The last few weeks have been eventful.
I saw a quote on my friends facebook which was "One of life's hardest decisions is to decide whether to try harder or walk away". Very relevant in my thinking at the moment. And I think that if you have to make a conscious effort to try harder it means the sensible decision is to walk away. So onwards with my journey I go.
So... I went to see Woman in Black in the theatre yesterday. I was a bit sceptic as to whether a 2 man show would entertain me. I have a tendency to start thinking about other things and lose concentration if there's lots of talking and not much else going on. Especially with a play. I love musicals. If I had to start my life again I would continue to learn how to sing and dance and be trying hard to get on stage. I am in awe of anyone who has a natural talent to be able to sing, pick up an instrument and play what they like. I wish I could.
Anyway this play was amazing. At first I was wondering how 2 men on a stage could make reviewers say they were scared and jumped lots. It's a play in a play and the acting was awesome in the sense that they make the audience use their imagination, subconsciously, to set the scenes.
It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, being a complete wimp when it comes to horror. When I was younger, I would watch horror films and be to scared to go up the stairs to go to bed and would be constantly on the look out for ghosts and zombies coming to get me. In a sense I guess I am still the wimp that I was. I can't watch a horror and be alone. Otherwise my imagination takes over and I scare myself.
I think it's ghosts that scare me... It's the fear of the unknown I guess.
In Japan, in August they have a festival called Obon, which is according to Wikipedia:
Obon (お盆?) or just Bon (盆?) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist-Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.
If I was in Japan at this time, I would be scared and although I'd take part in the activities surrounding it, I would be constantly scared of what was actually going on. It didn't help that the leading 3 days to the festival they show constant ghost stories and horror on TV and horror in Japan is pretty scary. I once read a Japanese book which was a ghost story about a girl who read a ghost story and it happened that if you read the book, you would be cursed and would end up in the same situation. I finished the book and it told me that now I had read it, the same thing was going to happen to me. I spent the next few weeks petrified. Bearing in mind I was about 12, I think now that that was a bit harsh that a child's' book should make me feel like that!
I have a few strange fears, which I am petrified of but although I am scared I like to find out more. Ghosts are one of them. I hate the fear surrounding ghosts, but I'm interested in hearing ghost stories and seeing random photos of the so-called unknown etc... weird. Snakes is another thing. I hate snakes... and I couldn't have one of those things draped around me, but I could stand and watch them for hours, mesmerised.
My friend and I visited a theme park in Japan and one of the attractions was a ghost house. We made it in the first door and saw a woman with long black hair and white make up making her way very slowly against the wall, towards us. We stood in fear for about 5-10 minutes trying to go through the door into the house, but didn't make it. We ran out screaming which led the tiny Japanese girls behind us to follow us out, screaming. What a bunch of wimps.
Anyway, if you get a chance to see Woman in Black, it's worth a watch. :) I'd write more about it but then I'd be giving it away :)
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