Tag: Sam Speaks Saturdays

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.

Saturday number two…let’s see how many of these I can remember to do in a row, which might be a bit hard, seeing as I alllmost forgot this one. Okay, so what will this Sam Speaks Saturday entail? The internet! Namely, some of my favorite websites and why.

PostSecret (http://postsecret.blogspot.com/)

This is a blog maintained by a man named Frank Warren, who posts anonymous secrets sent to him by people across the globe. Every Sunday he updates, posting about 20 new secrets from everyday people. The secrets vary from funny and heart-warming to tragic, but what I love about this website is the fact that anyone can participate. The address is posted on the site and you can use it to make your own secret that might get shown on the web, or even put into one of the books published by Warren. I personally have sent in a secret that was put into the second PostSecret book, My Secret (ironic, I know). Anyway, I highly recommend this sight to make your Sundays a bit more interesting, but beware! It is rather addictive.

You Are Beautiful (http://www.you-are-beautiful.com/)

This is another website that always makes me smile. The basic idea is that you can mail a self-addressed envelope to the address on the website, and they will send you stickers that read “You Are Beautiful” You take these stickers and post them wherever you wish, just to remind people that they are beautiful and make their day. You can even take pictures of where you post them and submit those to the website. I just love the idea of random acts of kindness. I’ve actually thought of making a random acts of kindness club here at UBC…

Overheard in New York (http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/)

This is a website I go to when I need a laugh. On it you can find a wide variety of funny things that, ask you can guess, been overheard in New York. Submitted by random New Yorkers and tourists as well, I sometimes find it hard to believe that people actually said some of the things you find there. Always good for a good laugh, Overheard in New York is a winner on my list.

These are just a handful of websites I visit in my adventures online. I mean, you’re on the internet now, you might as well check them out!

I have been (mentally) smacking myself repeatedly, telling myself to update more, so, in order to cure my own stubborn writers block and staggering inability to use this outlet I was so kindly trusted with I have decided to create my own little weekly bloggy things. Like, Sam Speaks Saturdays (I am a slave to alliteration!), in which I think I will disclose one little-known fact about myself and rant about it a little bit so you, whomever you are, are able to get to know me just a little bit better. Forgive me if I slip on a Saturday here or there, as I am a very genuine, but forgetful person. So, what will this Saturday entail? Music! More importantly, my favorite song, artist, and album.

Song: “Blackbird” by The Beatles

I have loved this song since I first heard it, back in grade 10, when one of my now best friends, Kevin, first handed me his headphones and told me to listen. It can bring me to tears in the right moment as it reminds me of several different people and points in my life. It has slowly become Max and my song, mostly because it was his lullaby growing up so it makes the both of us feel warm and fuzzy. I know the fact that it is a Beatles song makes it a bit cliche, but it is my favorite song and I am more than happy to say so.

Artist: Bright Eyes

Actually, to say that Bright Eyes is my favorite artist now seems kind of wrong, I don’t really listen to Bright Eyes much these days, I think it is because I’m happier these days. I don’t know how familiar you are with Bright Eyes, but lets just say that I have 146 songs of his in iTunes right now, all memorized, and only about 6 of those songs are truly happy ones. His lyrics are more poetry than anything, and I think why I fell so hard for him when I did (I was about 13 when this happened) was because I felt like he was singing my own thoughts to me. Nowadays I am more inclined to The Decemberists, whose music feels like reading a novel, but I can never neglect Bright Eyes as my true favorite artist.

Album: Death Cab for Cutie : Transatlanticism

I love to put this album on whenever I am alone and need to be okay with that fact. The entire album is amazing as a single work, and I can honestly say that each of its songs have been my favorite at some time. “The New Year” is my anthem for every, you guessed it, new year. “The Sound of Settling” never gets old, it always makes me want to dance, and “We Looked Like Giants” is about sex and love and it is so raw you can feel every beat banging in your heart. This is an AMAZING album.

I am a self-proclaimed music geek, and I can tell you that it is bugging me that I have mentioned so few artists in this post. My music library currently holds over 5,000 songs and SO MANY of them are brilliant…lets just say that this post is only the beginning of my music pimping.

I don’t know which facet of my personality I’ll show next Saturday, but lets hope this weekly updating will get me out of my head and back on this blog!

(PS: Like my music tastes? Want to stalk me see what I am currently listening to? Add me on Last FM!)