The divine miss m is TEN months today! Blessed be.

And now...
You wanna see something *really* scary?

1. Do you enjoy a good fright?
I really don't. I startle *extremely* easily and don't find it fun. This startle reflex totally short-circuits my rational brain, so that even a haunted house, which I've paid for and chosen and know isn't real, is almost unbearable.

2. Scariest movie you've ever seen
Wait Until Dark, with Audrey Hepburn as the blind protagonist. That scene with the guy stalking her in her house... [shudder]

I also foung the Silence of the Lambs totally terrifying.

And Misery. Dang, Kathy Bates was awesome in that.

3. Bobbing for apples: choose one and discuss:
a) Nothing scary about that! Good wholesome fun.
b) Are you *kidding* me?!? The germs, the germs!
I'm going to have to go with b. I don't find it a fun enough game to get past the Tub O' Cooties.

4. Real-life phobia
Is fear of public speaking really one of the top fears in adults? I don't know anyone who's explicitly named that as a phobia. Obviously I don't have that fear.

I would have to say bugs and other creepy crawly things. But I'm working on this for the sake of my girls.

5. Favorite "ghost story"
One time in seminary I was up late working on a paper, and R was traveling on business. Around 3:30 a.m. my cell phone rang. I walked over to pick it up, thinking, "Must be Robert, wow! He's up late." The caller ID on the phone said:
HOME

My heart leaped into my throat, remembering that lame campfire story that ended with, "The call is coming from inside the house!" I picked up the phone and nobody was there. Of course.

But it took a LONG time to get to sleep.