Saturday, December 08, 2007

Okay, so maybe it was in the drama section

When I was young, and The Sixth Sense came out and watched it with my family, I woke up multiple times a night for the next week and a half and couldn't get out of bed because I was too paralyzed with fear that preteen Mischa Barton was going to reach out from under my bed and grab my ankles.
I'm no scary-movie queen* and sometimes have bad dreams after commercials about scary movies, but in effort to rise above what is actually a very well-made, intelligent film last night we watched The Sixth Sense and The Ring. The Ring because that is Treza's scary movie Everest. This is the woman who likes to watch scary movies in the dark by herself on Halloween night.
I would like to thank the following for making sure we didn't cry or need to borrow dry pants from someone:
  • Jacob's left hand, Will's right.
  • The tiger pillow
  • Fitting 5 people on the futon. Coziness helps us think about fear less. There is also less room under a a futon for Mischa to hide.
  • The Nun's complete fearlessness of everything. Probably because she has God on her side.
Totally have risen above, but maybe leave the movies in the car, put the TV in the bathroom at night and keep lots of things under the bed just in case.

*Last night Treza said she could only call herself this if she could rise above The Ring.

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