Spinning between constellations and dreams

Happy weekend everyone!!

I love the fact that the weekend is here, because the Travel Channel (which is quickly becoming my favorite TV channel!) has a show called "Most Haunted" that goes around to haunted places in the UK (because that's where the show is produced). Once in a while they'll do a live show that lasts about 7 hours (each normal episode is 30 minutes long). Most of the time, the live shows take place in places around the UK and the network breaks them up into a 3 or 4 night special that airs in the UK, so Americans can't watch it :(

HOWEVER! There are TWO occasions where the Most Haunted team have come to the US of A: Last June (the 1st, to be exact), the team went to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The second event is taking place TONIGHT (Right NOW to be exact) in the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. The whole affair started (for me) at 9PM (on Friday) to 4 AM (on Saturday morning). At midnight Cali time (3 for me), they're going to hold a seance in the Seance room in the mansion...I can't wait!! They've got webcams going in 8 rooms in the house, including the room where Sarah Winchester died, her private bathroom (also known as the "13th" bathroom, as Sarah had an affinity for the number 13, with a Winchester Rifle as a "trigger object" inside), the seance room, the kitchen dining room, basement, the "Switchback" staircase (look it up, it's cool), and the "Daisy Bedroom," where Sarah was trapped for hours after the Great San Fransisco earthquake.

So anyway, if you read this before 4 am Eastern Time or 1 AM West Coast time, tune in to the Travel Channel for an interesting show...they've gotten some GREAT phenomena (tapping, odd noises, shadows, etc.) so far and we're only a little over halfway done (4 hours in out of 7)!

Here's a link to the Wiki article about the house:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House

Here's the page of the show, with a Winchester theme for tonight ( I don't know how long the Winchester theme will be up for, so check it out soon!) with all sorts of links, including to the webcams (which probably won't be up after 4 AM EST):
http://travel.discovery.com/tv/most-haunted/most-haunted.html

Here's the link to the actual house's webpage (it's now a museum of sorts):
www.winchestermysteryhouse.com

And a few extra sites on the house:
http://www.ghosts.org/haunted/winchester/winchester.html

http://mysteryhouse.blogspot.com/

I'm fascinated with this house because Sarah Winchester is from New Haven originally, and I did a project for my production class about the while Winchester story.

Happy haunting, and sleep tight....

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HOMECOMING!!
This school has a great sense of humor. The theme of homecoming this year was:



Our football team is "undefeated since 1926" because that's when it was phased out. We actually did have a football team, called the "Solfeggios" (For those of you who don't know, "solfège" is the method of arranging a scale using the syllables "do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.")

And, I'm a dork. Like any school dance, they had a picture area, and they were using an instant polaroid to take people's pictures. I decided I didn't want a serious picture, so I did this instead:




...yes, that is a giant, inflatable football, and yes, I almost stole it :)

VIVA LA WCC HOMECOMING!

Comment to this post saying something - anything - about me. I'll then put what you've said in my profile. This means that you can say I paint babies, and it will still go up to describe me to the world. Then post this in your journal, so we can do the same thing for you! I will leave it in my profile for at least a month.

I just turned 18 26 minutes ago. I opened my big birthday box at 1:15, just 2 minutes after the official time on my birth certificate. I got some good pressies!! I got two books (Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" by Debbie Viguie, and The Faerie Path, by Frewin Jones), a Brita water filter (which I've been begging my mother for for MONTHS!), the Collector's Edition of my favorite movie, Serenity, and (the most exciteing pressie of all!) TWO TICKETS TO SEE THE LITTLE MERMAID ON BROADWAY!!! AHHHHH!!!!

I also got a really cute light up crown with maribou, fake jewels, and a light up '18' on it. I love my mother, she knows me too well. I think she read my mind the other day when I was thinking, "You know, I really wish I had a little crown or something to wear on my birthday!".

I really should go to bed now, I've got class tomorrow, but g-dammit, I'm just too excited!!

I feel so adult...I did my laundry for the first time without ruining anything!

Oh. Mygod. I just got out of Italian class, and I"m sitting here waiting for my Music Thoery class to start.

My teacher just stands there and chatters at us in Italian and expects us to understand what she means. After a while I started to get it, but I'm still a little terrified of the class.

I can't wait until the day is over, I want to take a nap SO bad.

So, as my 18th birthday is looming over the horizon (and I use looming as a term of endearment...I can't WAIT!), I've become quite serious about getting my first tattoo(s). My questions to all of you are:

1) Do you have (a) tattoo(s)? If so, where (if you don't mind sharing) and of what (again, if you don't mind sharing)?

2) Where did you get it done, and how did you find the shop?

3) How much did it cost (if you don't mind sharing)?

4) How long did it take?

5) How much pain was involved?

6) How long did it take to heal?

7) Will/would you get another tattoo?

I really appreciate all input on this post, meaning THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE! Much to my mom and dad's horror and dismay, I am really serious about getting two SMALL tattoos- a treble clef on my right foot and a bass clef on my left. Later on, I may get the same tattoos on my right and left wrists. I would really like everyone who has a tattoo to reply to this post, as I'm trying to gather as much info as I can before I decide to make the commitment 100%.

THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Oh, and just for fun:


HA! I WISH I were that skinny!