I scare way too easily.

Here's a fun fact about me. I used to check under my bed for murderers and rapists while I was growing up. I checked the closet, too. It was just something I had to do before I could fall asleep.

Here's another fun fact. I haven't stopped. In fact, I think the paranoia is getting worse as I get older and eventually I'll be an old women who stays in her bathrobe all day and never leaves the house. (I wish.)

When Hubs is home, I'm fine. I don't feel scared or anxious or the need to check for murderers. When Hubs is away, like he was this past Friday, well, that's another story.

I check the bathrooms and showers, then my closet, then his closet. I leave every light in the house on and take a knife with me to bed. (Seriously, a knife!) Only after I check for a dial tone can I finally get into bed and try to fall asleep.

I am easily scared. I can't help it. It's why I don't like watching horror movies. Although, sometimes I find myself in a strange mood to watch them anyway.

Recently, friends at work had been telling me that I have to see the Saw movies! My interest was piqued and when Hubs and I found ourselves at Target a few weeks ago and noticed that Saw I and Saw II were on sale, we bought them. Hubs was the one to point them out and, since he actually likes scary movies, I assumed he would watch them with me.

Later, at home, when I suggested we watch the first one, his response was: "I have no interest in seeing those movies."

Gee, thanks.

So, they sat on our coffee table for weeks. And weeks. Until finally, I got him to watch the first one with me. And, I swear to God, I was so tense for the first half hour of the movie, just waiting for the worst to happen, I almost had to turn it off. I couldn't handle the anticipation.

Turned out, the movie wasn't that bad. Was pretty good, in fact. Now, if I could just get Hubs to watch the next one.

I was recently talking to a co-worker about the list of movies I'm watching. He was really interested and we got into a big discussion about it. I mentioned that one of the movies I'm not anxious to see is Ben Hur. (It just looks boring.)

Well, he proceeded to tell me about the "famous" chariot race, during which one of the riders gets knocked off and is supposed to fall, face first, in the dirt and stay there so the chariot behind him can run over him smoothly. Well, the actor panics and at the last second tries to get out of the way. He raises his head just as the other chariot reaches him and he's killed instantly. The scene was so powerful, and would've been too difficult to re-shoot, so they left it in the movie. I, of course, immediately looked it up on YouTube.


(Fast forward to the 2-minute mark.)

Days later, I showed this clip to another friend. I said I couldn't believe they actually left the scene in the movie and he said, "Well, what about the Twilight Zone movie?"

Turns out there was a dramatic scene in this movie where a man and his two children are running through a shallow lake, the wind whipping the trees around them, helicopters flying above. Well, one of the helicopters malfunctions and decapitates the man and one of the children and crushes the other. It's really awful, and I'm sure I'll get hate mail for sharing this, but here it is anyway.



As we watched, I start feeling anxious and on the verge of a panic attack. Then J sees a link for "wizard of oz suicide" and just has to click on it.



Yeah, I'm sure it's bird, too, but after watching the first two clips, you start thinking, what if it really is a disgruntled hanging munchkin??? And when your "friend" asks if you've ever seen the ghost in the movie Three Men and a Baby, you find yourself saying WHAT GHOST?

So, he shows you.



Yeah, I'm sure it's a prank, too, but that doesn't stop me from checking behind my chair to make sure there isn't a murderer standing there, waiting to KILL ME.

God, I really need to stay off YouTube.