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Steph: I started telling coworker how I tried tapping on the ceiling to make my old noisy neighbor think their apt was haunted and I thought, “wow I'm terrible,” LOL.

I can usually be bribed with food, but not not when there are ghosts involved.

Justin: You should take a spontaneous trip!
me: Drive five hours to keep you company in your haunted house? After you piss off the ghosts with a paranormal team?
Justin: We can get brunch on Sunday!

me: I'm watching Celebrity Ghost Stories alone, might not be be the best idea ever. 

Justin: Any good ones? 

me: Patricia Velasquez had a dead child prince visit her. 

Justin: Dascool, though I don't know who that is. 

me: Ummmm, she played in the second Mummy. She was the reincarnation of that Egyptian girl. She was holding the snake. Kind of a bitch. 

Justin: Oh ok. That show should be called, “B-List Celebrity Ghost Stories.”

Ouija? Oui-NO!

That day I went to help with the Rossmeissl yard sale and discovered that they were selling a Ouija board.

a. oh hell no.
b. I don't know, vina. Should you take this Ouija board and put it in PX or TNT for Halloween?
c. Nah, son. Horror movie waiting to happen.

me: I'm at a yard sale, do we want a Ouija board for Halloween?
Meshe: Don't even touch that thing!!! Spirits follow you home, haven't you watched the movies?!!!!!!!

I UNDERSTAND THAT'S HOW YOU GET HAUNTED.

Ghosts (but not really), peach beer, and drunken hillbillies

 

 

We finally used that Groupon for the Haunted Cottage in Harper's Ferry. We left around four and got stuck in Friday rush hour traffic. The sky was overcast and it would drizzle from time to time. Liz made pumpkin butter muffins (I was finding cupcake wrappers in my car for weeks) and I made croissant sandwiches with Pink Lady apples and extra sharp cheddar. We walked around historic Harper's Ferry and took scary night photos. A man with a dog appeared out of nowhere and we all screamed. We arrived to the cottage twenty minutes early and sat in the car eating chickpea salad and drinking delicious peach beer (truly the first beer that I've liked wholly). The Haunted Cottage turned out to be the cottage of suck. The tour guide was very earnest and tried to corral the rowdy and rude family (fake snoring, muttered comments, and obviously drunk). It didn't work so well. The cottage is over a hundred years old and is probably legitimately haunted. It would have been creepy if there weren't alien dolls, Bela Lugosi movie posters, and otherwise kitschy scarytime things. The tour guide's wife wore fake wings and very high gothic boots. It was quite the adventure.

More photos in the Autumn (or what it feels like to Fall) Flickr set

Mmhmm. Mmmmmmhmmm.

This is some Michael Keaton/EVP/White Noise shit right here.

[via text after Justin calls me three times and says nothing when I answer]
me: So either one of us has no reception of you're dead and your ghost is trying to contact me. I really hope it's not the latter.
Justin: Huh???
me: You called me three times!
Justin: Nuh uh!!!

Gurrrl, where my sage at?!?

[Paranormal Activity 2 spoiler alert]
Lisa: Do you want me to just tell you the story?
me: yes.
Lisa: So the demon initially started with them. Scary shit happened to them. Something dating back to the olden days.
me: You said olden days.
Lisa: and the daughter was reading up saying that the demon wants the first born son. So I guess every generation has been female.
me: What the hell? This isn't Rapunzel.

Lisa: the nanny comes back saying the only way to get the demon out of her body is to give it to a blood relative.
me: what! Fucked up.
Lisa: That's how the girl in the first one got it.
me: They done ghosted it forward.

Lisa The nanny gets fired.
me: why is there always some non-white servant with all the answers? That's bull.

Side note,
me: I've literally been sitting here in a towel for the past two hours.
Lisa: ...you're in a freaking towel?
me: yes. just for you.
Lisa: Talk about lazy.
me: lazy nothing, talk about comfortable.

!!!!!

I've already committed to seeing Paranormal Activity 2 in the theater. I don't know if my poor heart can stand all the screaming and tomfoolery.

I would have left that tool the second he bought that Ouija board in Paranormal Activity

Steph: ouija boards = demon chatrooms...and someone stilllll always asks "asl?"

This is an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, I know it!

In Chincoteague, I ended up having to sleep in a room by myself with two twin beds. Strike one.

The owner of the house, though she does not live there regularly, uses that room as a guestroom for her grandchildren. The room has a little wicker rocking chair and a collection of toys including a porcelain doll whose eyes can open and close. Strike two.

You see that door next to the bed? That is either a locked closet or a locked door to the attic. That is a big strike three, my friends.

I'm fairly superstitious and I scare easily. Imagine, if you will, trying to sleep at two in the morning with visions of ghost children and slowly-turning doorknobs, not to mention the fear of turning over and seeing someone in the bed next to mine (it's ok, I piled all of my luggage on the bed beforehand).

Add to that a friend whose comforts you by suggesting you sprinkle baby powder on the floor. Jerk!

As a cherry to this supernatural sundae, my bed was shaking as I fell asleep. I worried about this when I woke up until Liz reminded me that the bed lies directly over the ceiling fan to the living room. Ok. 

It's pretty sad when you seriously consider going down the hall to sleep with your friend because you're scared of ghosts. I'm just saying.

Ghosts!

I like ghost stories. I like recanting ghost experiences. I like horror movies. I like scaring myself and, believe me, I scare easily. Please don't watch me watch a horror movie. It's not pretty. My palms sweat. I plug my ears and cover my eyes. The audio scares me more than the visual. Liz, Justin, and I have been watching Ghost Adventures while we work (or not work) in the studio. I would go much more into detail but the Lady Gaga Glee episode is playing and I'm finding it hard to concentrate on spirits and singing.

[via text]
me: I've been watching Ghost Adventures for awhile. The sidekicks are forever getting possessed.
Justin: Seriously. That's because they're paranormally easy.

More on this later, guys.