tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post8078564825682469243..comments2024-03-28T18:09:43.267-06:00Comments on The Warrior Muse: Scaring MyselfShannon Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-86529930021728948332012-12-21T15:38:30.098-07:002012-12-21T15:38:30.098-07:00Carol, shew, it's not the worst kind of mind t...Carol, shew, it's not the worst kind of mind to share!<br /><br />Wino, oh yes, I'm sure. And roller coasters, and sky diving, etc. Maybe it's because we can control those horrors and scares to a point?<br /><br />Mina, yipe! Yes, he's home, happily. When he's here, I can actually let my feet dangle, because I'll grab him if it tries to pull me under. He's meant to be my anchor, right?Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-88465207306705626902012-12-19T20:26:21.304-07:002012-12-19T20:26:21.304-07:00LOL Shannon, you poor thing, you! I have a vivid i...LOL Shannon, you poor thing, you! I have a vivid imagination, too, which keeps my feet under the covers (though I might let 'em stick out, just not with my toes pointing up, 'cause one time, as I was falling asleep, I coulda SWORN something TUGGED ON MY DANGED BIG TOE!!!!!). Ahem. You did say your husband's back home, right? ;-)<br /><a href="http://minalobo.blogspot.com/2012/11/poll-preferred-days-to-read-blogs.html" rel="nofollow">Some Dark Romantic</a>Mina Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173895884776280826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-12399898827604996612012-12-18T11:47:46.318-07:002012-12-18T11:47:46.318-07:00Eke, I don't want to think about watching Amer...Eke, I don't want to think about watching American Horror Story right before the power goes out!<br />I loved this post- yes, even imaginary scary can be scary. People are just drawn to freaking themselves out, I suppose that's why horror movies are so popular Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-41000595119974472362012-12-18T08:30:11.283-07:002012-12-18T08:30:11.283-07:00And I'm so glad to know I'm not the only o...And I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one! We share the same kind of mind :)Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745686632918324803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-8700071739160048152012-12-17T23:35:45.316-07:002012-12-17T23:35:45.316-07:00Alex, sounds like a lady I'd get along with (b...Alex, sounds like a lady I'd get along with (but we shouldn't be left alone...)<br /><br />Marcy, I did the exact same thing! Boy, I could fly across that room like Michael Jordan going for a dunk!<br /><br />Betty, sounds like exactly the same things I would have been convinced of!<br /><br />Al, we probably all should lecture our imaginations, but it's rather fun to be carried away, no?<br /><br />ABftS, I agree. Paranoia is for the extreme. <br /><br />Jeff, haha, I wish I could write humor. I'm such a smart aleck in person, but it's just not something that comes naturally to me when writing. <br /><br />Carrie-Anne, terrifying, for sure!! I get lovely little waking nightmares that cause me to see things, but it's just me half awake and dreaming already. Blech!<br /><br />Tony, true, reality is certainly horrible enough. I like the escapism of having a "safe" scare, I guess.<br /><br />Andrew, I need to stop by and see your Slim Dyson party!<br /><br />Jamie, I used to be desensitized to it, but I got all wimpy when I had kids. Ha!Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-66246397435083304002012-12-17T23:27:23.191-07:002012-12-17T23:27:23.191-07:00I used to have that kind of overactive imagination...I used to have that kind of overactive imagination, though I've largely become desensitised to it all know so not much horror really affects me. I'm still looking for that truly terrifying horror story :)<br /><br />JamieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548680159204361401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-76156989999156005012012-12-17T12:40:56.205-07:002012-12-17T12:40:56.205-07:00Actually, I eventually had to turn on the light to...Actually, I eventually had to turn on the light to find out, but it took me a long time to work up the courage to do that.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-19124292487683689612012-12-17T12:40:24.661-07:002012-12-17T12:40:24.661-07:00I have a Slim party today.
I haven't had one ...I have a Slim party today.<br /><br />I haven't had one of those episodes since I was, I don't know, 8 or so? It turned out to be a pile of clothes or something my mom had left in my room, but I couldn't fall asleep for a long time because I thought there was someone in my room watching me.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-91038347430716369232012-12-17T12:05:27.136-07:002012-12-17T12:05:27.136-07:00I wrote a story similar to your car trip anecdote ...I wrote a story similar to your car trip anecdote in college. I don't think readers like those anymore than your parents, though. Like your sense of paranoia, opening up the possibilities of the world can sometimes seem scarier than reality. And reality is bad enough.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-57541038484922857492012-12-17T10:00:59.654-07:002012-12-17T10:00:59.654-07:00I've certainly been guilty of an overactive im...I've certainly been guilty of an overactive imagination sometimes. When I was about 8 years old, I was so badly freaked out by a Time Life commercial for a book about aliens that I not only ran out of the room without shutting off the TV, but that night in bed in the dark, I saw a huge alien advancing towards me. I screamed bloody murder. I know now there was no alien and that it was just a terrified imagination gone wild, but that was one the most realistic visions I've ever had.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-75857171145977156922012-12-17T09:59:36.685-07:002012-12-17T09:59:36.685-07:00Might I suggest trying your hand at writing humor ...Might I suggest trying your hand at writing humor or romance? LOL You do the spooky very well, but scaring yourself is evidence enough of that. Great post.Jeff Hargetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198367021884647821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-31636338032908779732012-12-17T08:18:28.649-07:002012-12-17T08:18:28.649-07:00I still do this now that I'm much too old for ...I still do this now that I'm much too old for such a thing. What some call "paranoia" I like to call "creativity."A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-3874600081185376972012-12-17T08:09:41.592-07:002012-12-17T08:09:41.592-07:00I had scared myself with my own reflection against...I had scared myself with my own reflection against a window. My imagination just flies unrestrained. That's why I don't read horror. I should lecture my imagination, right? :)Al Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107619009321980764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-69845293872613162702012-12-17T07:26:18.817-07:002012-12-17T07:26:18.817-07:00You sound like me! When I was about 8 we lived in ...You sound like me! When I was about 8 we lived in a house for a minute that looked like something from Nightmare on Elm St. Scared the shizz out of me, esp with all the hidden nooks and crannies, I still to this day cannot picture the hidden cupboard under the back steps without a little girl in it *shiver*. We wont even talk about my grandparents house, who's backyard met the fence of a graveyard. Every time I walked past the sliding glass doors that led to the backyard, I just *knew* there was a dead guy getting ready to tap on them LOLBettyhttps://www.facebook.com/rainbowbrightbettynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-15891511232608919652012-12-17T07:14:45.712-07:002012-12-17T07:14:45.712-07:00When I was a kid I used to flick my light off on t... When I was a kid I used to flick my light off on the wall (no bedside table! Ack!)and make a flying leap into bed so whatever was under my bed couldn't grab me and pull me under. So yes, I do have a horribly active imagination!<br /><br />mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-46047030141473261172012-12-17T07:09:51.310-07:002012-12-17T07:09:51.310-07:00Someone around to hear you scream! Funny.
My wife&...Someone around to hear you scream! Funny.<br />My wife's imagination tends to go into overdrive when stuff like that happens.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com