Sam Speaks Saturdays: I’m Scared!

Okay so I feel bad for not doing a Sam Speaks Saturday in 2 Saturdays, so, in order to make up for my lameness I am going to tell you what I fear, from the legitimate, to the stupid. Here it goes!

Spiders

Spiders are most definitely my biggest fear. If I see one I can feel my spine crawl and I shrink as far away as possible. I can kill them, but only if they are very small and very far away and I don’t have to touch them. Usually, I have my mom or Max do it for me. Actually, there is this one GIGANTIC spider that is up above one of the doors to Dene House, which I use to get into Nootka sometimes, but that door belongs to the spider now, cause there is no way I am using it.

Heights

Max and I actually share this fear, and it is only when I am around him that I realize that my fear of heights isn’t all that big. He doesn’t like going by ledges or bridges or anything. I can handle all that, but no high roller coasters, ladders, and the like. Actually, I think I have a fear of falling, not of heights.

Nuclear War

This is a good thing to fear, but probably not to the extent that I do. It’s the idea that there is a big flash then it is all over that gets me, also, being an American, we’ve had a pretty strong nuclear history. I think that is always in the back of my head. My mom had me read Hiroshima when I was about fourteen, and, while it is a really tragic story, I think the way it was written cleared up a lot of my fears about the situation…but it is still something that really worries me from time to time.

Aliens

I know this is completely irrational, but ever since I was little I have feared aliens. I am pretty I owe this fear to the joint contributions of both Independence Day and E.T. (I know the latter doesn’t make too much sense, but I remember having a lot of E.T. nightmares when I was little) I think it was also all those UFO shows that air on Discovery Channel every once in a while. Anyway, I still have nightmares of UFOs and being abducted and if I visit any websites involving anything of the sort I get kind of freaked out. It’s sad, I know.

El Chupacabra

As far as sad goes, this is the saddest of my fears. El Chupacabra, which is like a Mexican big foot. This is an monster that goes around sucking the blood of goats. Sightings have been reported from Purto Rico up to Maine, but it is mostly a legend down south. Now why would I fear Chupacabra when I am not a goat? I remember it all quite clearly, I was seven years old, and I was watching a TV show called Animal X on Animal Planet. The show was about the urban legend, and they showed a photo of the creature that really freaked me out. Later on in my childhood I lived with my mom in New Mexico, where there had been a lot of “sightings” and so I spent many sleepless nights certain that Chupacabra was waiting for me outside my window. Nowadays I am not so terrified of the goat killer, but whenever I am down south, I still lock my windows when I go to bed.

So there you have it, my fears. I realize that most of them are kinda dumb, but for whatever reason I have a pretty hard time letting go of them, feel free to laugh. On a far more awesome note, today is, officially, Max and my Bi-Anniversary. That’s right, six months strong. We are celebrating by having homemade stew for dinner. I really love him, he makes my life happy.