All of the things on this page are true. This is not a work of fiction, this is actually my life. Some may say I am crazy for believing in these things. To those people I say this: "I may be crazy, but I don't think so. My life is full to the brim of wonderful, fantastic, sometimes petrifyingly frightening things. Every day is a great adventure. Fairies dance in my garden, voices whisper to me at night, and I am good friends with several vampires. My life is amazing. Your life, however is mundane, dull and filled with deadening sameness. Yet, I operate the same as you. Work, learn, go grocery shopping just as easily as you. I am fine and my life interests me to no end. Can you say the same? Which of us is truly sane? The one who revels in mundanity, or the one who seeks the strange and wonderful all about her?"
November: The most wonderful thing has happened to me!!! One of my guardian spirits from back when I was very young has returned to me!!! I heard his voice and felt his touch on my mind and all of my sorrow and pain fled instantly. My dear friend, I'm so glad you have come back to me!!!
10/14/01 Here's an update on the fantastical in my life...I finally get around to setting up my altar and what happens right away but my house gets infested by mischievous Fairies!!! And I don't mean misbehaving members of B-GLADD, either. Damned pesky pixies!!! They take an absolute delight in messing with my art supplies. But, the traditional Irish cure seems to be working; a dish of milk every evening outside for them. And when that doesn't work, I frighten my roommates, and hopefully the fairies, by running through the house yelling and waving around a cold iron knife. Did that the other day when guests came by and my wonderful roommate, Paul, just said, "Don't worry, she's harmless." I could see by the looks on his guest's faces that they certainly didn't think a screaming woman running with a knife was harmless, but they're still alive, so no problems, right?
I work in a haunted theatre. Actually, I work in two of them and spend
time
in a third, but this is not the point. Valborg Theatre, the main
stage for
the Department of Theatre and Dance at Appalachian State University is
haunted,
and has been so since the 70's. It's the ghost of a man who died
from a
stroke in the audience during the performance of a play. He's
pretty harmless.
But since we started Hamlet, there's been a new ghost around. And
he's a
strong one!! People who don't even believe in ghosts have seen
him clear
as day. And, he's irritating. He likes to make shadows with
the lights,
mess with sound equipment and follow people around the catwalks.
I've seen
him less than ten feet from me and didn't realize he wasn't a person
until
he disappeared. The theory among those who have experienced him
is that
he belongs to the skull we are using for Yorik. The man that
skull belonged
to apparently died under very strange circumstances. We're all
pretty afraid
that the ghost is going to stick around once we've completed the show
and
I'm not over fond of the idea. I like our old, sweet, boring
ghost much
better.
Please, follow the link below to my good friend's vampire information site. Now, like everything else on this page, this is not a site for fiction or role-playing, but is full of information on REAL vampires. Catherine is a sweet and dear woman who knows exactly what she's talking about. TRUST ME! I know, and have occasionally wished I haven't for the terrible dreams I've had about my vampire friends. But for the courageous, there is much to be learned!
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