paranoid activity.

you know a movie is scary when you are too afraid to...
-shower.
-breathe.
-get into your bed without jumping, just in case there is something under your bed.
-driving without a light on in the car.
-go the speed limit because you are SURE that someone is following you home.
-get out of the car to type on your garage door code.
-sleep in on fall break.
-blog because you are afraid that you will see a person's reflection in the computer screen that isn't your own.
-walk by the stairs that lead into the basement.
-explain why paranormal activity 3 scarred you for life when your dad calls and asks you that.

but really, i'm totally fine.

master of suspense and his lowly wanna be.

today in my film class 

all we talked about was mr. hitchcock.

who, by the way is totally brill, right?

right.

my teacher

{imagine the nicest person you have ever met,

then forget that...because that is the furthest thing from her real personality}

told us that hitchcock had heard that

audiences have a 7 second reaction time to 

something frighteneing on screen.

alfred, the genius that he is,

came up with the idea that if you show the audience

something bad is going to happen before it happens

extends their "fright time" and gets them more involved.

perfect example seen here.

well guess what... 

that piece of information about my man alfred

has nothing to do with the direction of my post.

instead 

i just need you to know that i captured one of the scariest moments in history

on my trusty ol' flip a while back.

it was a regular saturday evening.

if i remember correctly

my minions and i drove up to slc

while jamming to the latest avril jam.

i showed them my secret city gems

and captured every moment on film.

we went to the only establishment that is 

opened past 9 and legal for us to join in on the fun.

then edward cullen walked in.

and let's just say our night was cursed from then on out.

watch the freakishly pale guy 

who's dressed like a character from a jane austin novel

{or stephanie meyer...i guess...forget i made the comparison}

behind cassie as she speaks in a japanese accent like a native...

watch this...

it's scary.

let it be known.

evil is lurking.

also know,

that i heart alfred hitchcock 

and am aspiring to be just like him

in my humble flip vids

for your viewing pleasure.

inspiration: bathroom style.

i experienced one of my greatest fears today.
no, not:

• being attacked in an underground parking garage.
• finding someone hiding underneath and/or inside my car.
• myself in mom jeans.

nope.  none of those.
instead i was trapped inside a stall in the uvu bathroom.  public restrooms are terrifying enough as is.  but my slightly dangerous, borderline addiction to diet coke forces me to overcome my public restroom fear occasionally.  the one second that i was locked in that stall changed me.  i panicked.  and i vowed to myself that i will never use a public restroom ever again.  even if that means i have to give up my daily diet coke intake.  whoa whoa too far.  never giving up my dc.  never.  ever. 

so, public restroom stall that taunted my into believing me that i might spend the rest of time locked inside of you, you inspired me.  inspired me to never go near you again.  i'd rather do my business in the privacy of my own home anyways.

i'm scared.

i have this worry.  actually it's more of an extreme fear that haunts my dreams and steals my sleep.  that fear is fear of movie makers running out of ideas and that someday all the ideas will be taken and there will be no more movies ever again.  i am terrified of that.  but then i go to the movies and think what the?  what am i so afraid of...there are lots of good ideas left to be taken. and then i have a good nights sleep. 

...and then there is youtube.  or what i like to call creativity's toy box.  endless supply of goodness.  and this video above makes me just about as happy as i could be.  the mixture of my 2 favorites this summer=me being reassured that creativity lives on. 

go movies!

haunted hometown.

my dad is so smart it's scary.  every year he makes up a halloween game for his office and every year he frightens me because of his whit.  this year he has blown me out of the water.  for the annual Transwestern halloween game he wrote "CSI in SLC".  the stories are haunting.  the stories take place in my hometown. and scariest of all, the stories are true.  so, to be festive, i want to spook you with a few of the true salt lake city hauntings by my creep master father.  warning:  if you love slc, just like i do, and want to continue doing so, but are easily scared, maybe you shouldn't read this.


 This mini mausoleum holds the remains of a successful Salt Lake City brewery owner.  The memorial stands several feet high with a door on the front of it that has a window.  Through the window the pieces of a broken urn can be seen.  Rumor has it that if you walk around the grave three times while chanting a three letter name, then look into the window, you will see the glowing red eyes of the deceased.  What cemetery is this grave located in and what is it commonly known as?

{salt lake city cemetery :  emo's grave}

This Salt Lake social club once had rooms on the top floor in which members could stay.  Many years ago a man fell asleep on the couch with a burning cigar in his hand.  Most of the top floor was consumed and the man died.  The soot from the fire can still be seen outside the top floor windows.  Many have seen the ghost of the man wandering the halls of the top floor.  There is also a ghost in the basement that touches one lightly on the shoulder.  With this ghost comes a strong smell of lilac perfume.  What is the name of the building? 

{the alta club}

This Salt Lake City building was constructed in 1910 on the west side of the city.  The most famous ghost there is a woman in a purple dress from another period.  As the story goes, this woman was engaged to a handsome young man.  The lady would come to Salt Lake by train to see her fiancé.  One day they had a terrible argument and the young man threw the engagement ring on the railroad tracks.  As the woman hurried to retrieve it, she was hit by a train and killed.  She has been haunting the building ever since.  Late at night, when the building is closed, people outside have witnessed lights in the basement going on and off.  What building is this?

{the rio grande depot}

 

A strange headstone is that of Lily Gray. She married Elmer Gray when she was 72 years old.  Other than the eerie inscription on the headstone taken from the Book of Revelation, there are two other curious aspects of the headstone.  Lily’s legal name was spelled “L-I-L-Y”.  On the headstone it is spelled “L-I-L-L-Y”.  A Elmer is buried in the same cemetery, but far from his wife.  In what cemetery is this headstone and what is the eerie inscription to which I have referred?            {salt lake city cemetary : victim of the beast 666}

This Salt Lake City home was constructed in 1900 at a cost of $1 million.  The family moved out in 1920 after the children were grown.  The home has been used as a music school, dance school, and reception center since.  There have been many reports of a male spirit who often appears to individuals in the house when they are alone. There is also a ghost of a young girl who regularly appears.  She resembles a girl in a picture hanging on the wall of the home.  She has been seen going into and coming out of a mirror on the West side of the home.  She wears a gown similar to the dancing gowns worn by the dance school girls.  What is this building?
{the mccune mansion}

 

are you scared?  i am.
happy hauntings.