Scary Stuff

Alien, Amityville Horror & The Shining. Three books I pilfered from my mom and dad when I was a kid. I was probably about nine when I read those, they scared the crap out of me but I loved every word I read and couldn’t get enough, I gobbled them up like turkey on Thanksgiving.

I have friends who decide on every single thing their children read, see or do. I am not saying this is bad, they are very attentive parents, I just wonder if they are being too over protective. My parents never censored what I watched or read (to an extent, it wasn’t like I was watching porn), they just monitored my reaction. Since I showed no signs of trauma and really loved horror/sci-fi/fantasy they had no problem with letting me explore the realms. I thank them for that.

I love to read, I always have. My parents were avid readers and they past it down to my sister and I. I so thank them for that. When I was younger and asked for the usual crap, jeans, lip gloss, hello kitty stuff, it was mostly a “No”, but if I asked for a book it was always a resounding “Yes”.

I remember seeing “Alien” at the theater when I was young. It scared the crap out of me. By the middle of the movie I had my legs crossed under me (that way, nothing could grab my legs and yank me away) and I watched the rest of the movie holding my box of peanut M&M’s in front of my eyes in case it got too scary. When I left the theater I was exhilarated. I loved the special effects, the scary moments and the fact that it was a chick that could kick some serious ass. To this day it still is on my “Top 10 Movies of all Time” list. I thank my parents for not “sheltering” me from things they thought might be scary". Sometimes scary is a lot of fun.

p.s. any aliens thinking about heading down to L.A. – Remember, Ripley lives around here somewhere. Go visit her. You, along with spiders are not welcome in my home.