Biggest Fear

After sixteen years of wondering and questioning what my biggest fear is, whether it be spiders, fire, death, barfing, whatever; I finally figured out what it is.

Sound.

Which is also my favorite thing in the world. So it kind of contradicts itself. Seriously though, think about it. Sounds can be horrifying. If you hear a hiss, you think SNAKE and panic, and maybe pee a little. If in the dead of night you hear a creak, and the bathroom door open, and a family member probably just has to relieve themselves, but in your head you think, oh no, what if they are sick?! and start panicking about that too. Well... I doubt you panic about that, but I sure do. Which makes it a terrifying sound. Or just creaks and squawks of the house at night, and you wonder, burglar, or creep? Or murderer. Or could that gurgley sound be maybe a zombie? You just don't know, do you.

Of course, sounds can also be the most wonderful things in the whole world! Like when you hear the oven beep, and you know, the cookies are ready! Or that jolly Ho Ho Ho of Santa! Or birds chirping. Or MUSIC for crying out loud!

Sometimes I just wish I could be deaf, so that I wouldn't have to think about all those horrible things that are sounds, but then I realize that would mean giving up music, and seeing as music is more important to me than food, or people even, I just don't think that would work out very well.

BUT, you can see where I say its my biggest fear. I hate bad noises. Nails on a chalk board, screeching wheels, screaming, barfing, zombies (Heh), murderers and burglars, etc. They are bad noises. That, is why sound is my biggest fear. But also biggest love.

Geekin' Hard

Alright. I'm going to take up a post, to be a complete and total geek. I'm not posting this to be fun of, so if you intend to make fun of me, save it for your journal. I'm posting this for those who keep their bit of hidden geek tucked away inside them. Basically, I was on StumbleUpon (if you haven't heard of it, then check it out www.stumbleupon.com) and I stumbled to this website - www.minecraft.net. Basically, its a 3D game (You can play creative mode for free) where you place, and destroy loads of different kinds of blocks that are different types of minerals and ores and soils and rocks and wood and you build yourself mines underground, and skywalks above, and houses on ground. During the day its a lovely scenery, with wild farm animals (cows, pigs, sheep, chickens) roaming around, you can climb up into the trees, and swim in crystal clear water, and just enjoy the scenery. But nights -- Hopefully you spent your lovely day building a fort or shelter of somekind, because at night is when the monsters come out, and you better protect yourself. I was playing this game with my friend Kaitlin the other day. We dug ourselves into a cave, and couldnt get out quickly. Suddenly I saw something, a little glimpse of something greenish above us. It fell into the hole. Suddenly we were both screaming and panicking. Quickly I shut the entrance to the big cave, but the creature was just on the other side of two rocks. It was making the grossest gurgly noises, and we just screamed more and backed away from the computer. That was my first experience of a Zombie. There are also Skeletons that shoot arrows, and these weird things called Creepers that explode, and the spiders. You can see the spiders from a long ways off, because of their red glowy eyes. Now, it isn't the graphics of this game that freak me out. No, its good old 1990's graphics, everythings cubic and not scary whatsoever, its the noises, and the sheer surprise if you fall into the clutches of a mob of monsters. All in all, my brother Sam and I are completely addicted to this game, and we can't get enough of it. Completely obsessed. Of course. :) I really suggest you try it. Honestly.