Ta Ta For Now.

This year has been insane…. and I really hope that this will not be my last post. Making this blog and writing posts has been suh fun, and I really hope I don’t stop just because it’s the end of the year. Sadly though, it will be at least a couple of months because the computer I use to blog belongs to my school, and the school takes back our computers for summer. I do have other computers in my house, but for some reason my family has a bias against Apple products and I really don’t want to type on my crappy PC. But, that shouldn’t be too much of a change as my posts were usually quite a few weeks (or months, oops) apart due to my amazing procrastination skills. Oh, and for those of you that don’t know, this blog was an assignment for my english class, and I’m so happy that my super sassy and swag teacher Mr. Parker gave us this assignment. Anywho, this last post is supposed to be on how I’ve changed this year, and I’m not sure if I’m supposed to write about how my blog has changed or how I’ve changed as a person so I’m just going to write about a little bit of both. (And I’m supposed to keep it to 500-600 words but that’s not going to happen so sorry in advance.)

As far as this blog goes, I’ve really loved talking about all of this creepy stuff with you kids (and maybe adults idk). When I was first choosing a topic for my blog, I originally thought that I should do something about my life experiences and just talk about anything and everything that’s happening to me at that moment. But, after figuring out that almost every other girl in the grade was doing something along those lines, I thought that maybe I should do something different. So, I decided to do a blog about conspiracy theories… and such. You probably already know that this blog as been more of the “…and such” part, as only six of my posts are about actual conspiracies. This is because I realized that I liked writing about scary stories and other spooky things as opposed to conspiracies after writing my first couple of posts. I was also trying to find my writing style when I first started out, and if you read my Moon Landing post you will see that my voice was completely different then it is now. I was still as sassy as I am now in real life back then, I just had no idea how to put that tone that into writing, and now I do, which is pretty awesome. Well considering I’ve almost gone over my word count just talking about my blog I should probably start talking about how I’ve changed as a person this year…

9th grade has been pretty chill so far. I still think it’s pretty stupid that we still go to a JUNIOR high school even though we’re freshman, but my teachers this year have been so incredibly amazing that it makes up for it. I don’t know what it is about this year, but I feel like all of my teachers have treated us kiddos more as friends as opposed to students. I actually have inside jokes with quite a few of them, which is pretty cool if you ask me. Shoutout to Mr. Parker, Ms. Alp, The Shan Man, Mr. Z, and Ms. Strong; they have all helped me realize that your teachers will always be there to help you along. Also, my GPA has actually been pretty damn good this year, which is weird because there have been times where I just wanted to pull my hair out because I was so stressed and just burn my massive homework load. But, I somehow managed to keep it under control, even if it meant pulling several all-nighters and BS-ing some of the work. But, I feel like this heavy work load has taught me how to manage my time well (or at least better than before).

I am also so grateful for my fabulous friends, who have really helped me grow as a person and become more confident. Whether I’ve known you for a decade or just met you in one of my classes this year, you’ve all been there for me this year and I hope that you know that I’m going to always be there for you. I just h*cking love you all.

I should probably stop now because this post has close to 900 words, which is wayyyyyy more than the word count we’re supposed to have, and I’ve just gotten really off topic in general so I think I’m just going to end it. It’s been a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious year. 

Peace out home dawgs,

-Allie

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ARE ALIENS REAL???

“There are two possibilities: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

That is a quote that can really make you think. Whether or not aliens (or just other life forms not from Earth) exist has been debated for centuries. I am just going to say right off the bat that I 100% believe that life, whether it is intelligent or not, exists somewhere other than Earth. The universe is so vast that is seems almost impossible that the species on our planet are the only life forms. I will say though, I do not believe aliens are like the little green men stereotype. Aliens could be anything from a tiny single celled organism to something that is much like a human, or even more intelligent. Here is some evidence that the possibility of aliens existing is actually a reality.

1: Area 51. I could write for hours on this one topic alone, as there is so much superstition and conspiracy involving this one topic. It was actually debated whether or not Area 51 even existed, but after several presidents discussed the topic, it was clear that it was actually being used for secret purposes. President Obama actually did acknowledge the existence of the site, but refused to disclose any information about it which implies that the government is trying to institute a cover up for it. As usual, the government is hiding things. You can actually look it up on Google Earth; its coordinates are 37°13'02.94”N and 115°50’49.35”W.

2: UFO sightings. I know that several of you will say that everyone who has claimed to see a UFO is just lying to get attention. However, there are pictures that show little objects in the sky. But, these photos aren’t taken as legitimate evidence, as 75% of them are probably photoshopped. I actually think I saw something along these lines myself, but I honestly can’t remember if it was an actual event that happened or if it is just something my mind created. (Maybe I was abducted and they erased my memory xD)

3: Ancient evidence. This is actually pretty strange. In the painting “The Madonna with Saint Giovannino”, there is something strange in the upper right corner of the picture. A strange, disk-like object is flying through the air, and a man is looking at it from a hill in the background. No one can really explain what it is, and it is hard to deny that it does in fact appear like a UFO. 

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4: The “Wow” signal. In 1977, a radio signal was received from space. It is simply known as the “Wow” signal because scientist Jerry Ehman was so amazed that he circled 6EQUJ5 and wrote wow next to it. It was much to powerful to just be a signal sent from deep space, and the signal had several characteristics of an interstellar broadcast.

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5: Crop circles. Everyone is familiar with these. There really isn’t a scientific way of explaining them, but there are countless theories, with aliens being the most popular one. 

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There is so much evidence to show that aliens could very well exist, so next time someone brings up the possibility, consider these few things before shooting down the idea. 

-Allie

Bad Luck Charms

Everybody has that one object that they consider a good luck charm. Whether it is a pair of socks, a bracelet your mom gave you, a keychain, or even a rock, you believe that when you have the thing with you, you are invincible. But, some people believe in bad luck as well; I know I do. Some just call it "unlucky coincidences" but some of these things are known to cause bad luck all around the world.

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1: Friday the 13th. This is definitely the most widespread bad-luck superstition of them all. In fact, some people are so terrified of it that they refuse to leave their houses all day when Friday the 13th occurs. There is actually an official word for the fear of this day: Friggatriskaidekaphobia. Kinda stupid if you ask me, but hey, if you really believe that you have increased chances of dying or something on that day, feel free to lock yourself in your room.

2: Spilling salt. Salt is actually supposed to ward off spirits, but apparently if you spill salt, you are actually INVITING the devil in. You know, I always thought that you would have to have like a whole seance or something to contact the devil, but if you can just knock over a little salt, why do seances even exist? Just something to think about… 

3: Upside down horseshoes. Normal horse shoes are supposed to bring good luck, but as soon as someone flips it over, BAM, bad luck.

4: Walking on someone’s grave. I don’t think that this would bring you bad luck, or that a dead body will reach up from their grave and pull you under or something, but it is really disrespectful, so if you want to see if bad lucks charms really have an effect, please don’t do this one. 

5: Encountering a black cat. Black cats were supposedly the companions of witches, but I really don’t think a cat can bring you bad luck. All cats are amazing regardless of color, and who knows? Some witches could’ve had tabby cats, and we don’t discriminate them. 

6: Walking under a ladder. The only thing that is bad about this is the possibility of the person on the ladder falling on you. 

7: Stepping on a crack. I will admit that I wholeheartedly believed this one as a child. But, if “Step on a crack and you’ll break your mothers back” was actually true, 99.99% of women would be hospitalized right now. 

8: Chain Emails. This one actually makes me really angry. You know when you get one of those emails that is about a ghost story or something and that the end it says, “forward this to 10 people or a little demon child girl will be in your room tonight”? Please please PLEASE don’t forward them. The only bad luck that results from them is that you end up with a virus on your computer. 

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There are several others that are quite popular, such a breaking a mirror, opening an umbrella indoors, seeing a raven, and even spitting in public. I do believe in bad luck, even though most of these “bad luck charms” are kind of ridiculous. But, if you really do think that walking under a ladder will cause you to die tomorrow, it is totally fine by me if you don’t go near one. 

-Allie

The Blair Witch

GHOST STORY TIME!!!! (And it’s a bit weird so if your squeamish, I would advise you to read one of my posts about a lighter, more family-friendly topic, such as the Disney conspiracy). 

All righty then. Many of you might be familiar with the Blair Witch. The movie, “The Blair Witch Project” made the legend famous, and I would advise watching that movie if you haven’t already. Even though the movie is fake, it is based off of actual events that happened in the 1700s, in the Black Hills Forest of Maryland. 

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In 1785, Elly Kedward of Blair, Maryland was accused of witchcraft and banished to the nearby woods during that winter. Most assumed that she had died of hypothermia, starvation, and/or other causes, but in 1786, over half of the children in the town had gone missing, and the rest of the town’s residents fled the area as they believed that it had been cursed by her. 

The area was abandoned for over thirty years, but, when a man named Burkitt discovered it, he decided to “take it under his wing” and renovate all of the buildings and property. Then, he named the town after himself. Burkittsville still exists in Maryland to this day. Sounds kinda sketchy? That’s because it is. The events that followed the founding of Burkittslville were pretty horrific, and I really don’t understand why anyone would choose to live there. There are currently only 152 people in that town, and all of them are either extreme daredevils, or insane. 

After Mr. Burkitt rebuilt the town, bad things started happening. Eileen Traecle drowned in a nearby river only four years later, and according to at least a dozen people who had supposedly seen the act, a hand had reached up from under the water and pulled her down. Her body was never found, and for quite a few years after, many stick figures were found all over the site where she had met her demise. They all had a very similar shape, and that is where the symbol for the Blair Witch came from. 

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Then, when Robin Weaver went missing in the woods for several days, a search party was sent out after her. She actually ended up returning, but the members of the first search party were found dead and mutilated near the same sight where Eileen Traecle died about twenty years prior. That isn’t the creepiest part though. Robin claimed that while she was lost in the woods, she encountered a woman that floated above the ground that invited her into her home. She said that she got so frightened that she eventually left, and found her way back to Burkittsville. 

Since then, there have been several disappearances and even several murders. Rustin Parr murdered and tortured several children in his basement in Burkittsville, and although he confessed to the crimes, he explained that he had been possessed by a woman that forced him to do these horrible deeds. Personally, I do believe that it is possible to become possessed, but some people are just criminally insane, so it’s hard to know what to believe.

Leave me your opinions on the Blair Witch in the comments!

-Allie

Horror Movie Stereotypes

If you watch horror movies as frequently as I do, then I am sure that you are aware that all of them, literally, every single one, contain characters and scenarios that are hella cliché. And, I can honestly say that it drives me insane. I usually will end up screaming at my television over a character that has no common sense, or I will end up rolling my eyes over something I’ve seen a thousand times before. Seriously, it’s like no one has any original ideas anymore…. Here are a few examples:

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1: The DAD always makes the family stay in the house. Over 90% of the horror movies I’ve seen that take place in a haunted house contain this scenario. The wife and kids are like, “Yo, this is sketchy and we should probably leave” and the dad is all like, “Nah it’s fine I can handle it.” And then, BOOM, everybody dies. However, every once in a while you have a dad with common sense that actually lets them leave, which leads me into my next stereotype…

2: The entity follows them. Even if the family in the movie is smart enough to leave the house, the entities in the house somehow follow them and torment them wherever they go. 

3: Walking towards the place where the sound is coming from (especially basements and attics).  PLEASE…. have some common sense. If you hear footsteps coming from the attic, why would you go up there to see what’s causing them???

4: Tripping and staying there. Whenever the killer is chasing someone, they always trip and fall. ALWAYS. 

5: Walking around in the dark. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this one. The killer turns off the lights and instead of the hero simply turning the lights back on, they wander around in the dark. It’s basically an invitation for the killer to murder them.

6: Demons that walk around in backbends. WHY IS THIS ONE SO COMMON I REALLY DON’T GET IT.

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7: Splitting up. This is one of the stupidest things that a character can do in a horror movie. If the group does indeed prove that they have no common sense by choosing to investigate the sketchy abandoned house, why on earth would someone choose to do it on their own? Safety in numbers.

8: Something that has the shape of a body is covered up by a cloth and someone chooses to remove it while intense music plays, and it turns out to be an ordinary household item. I know it seems specific, but I’ve actually seen this in several horror movies. 

9: Double checking to make sure the killer is dead. Seriously, if you're unsure if something is dead, don’t go up to it to see if it is. Just run away while you have the chance.

10: “It’s just the wind.” This quote usually goes hand in hand with my first stereotype, when the dad blames a clearly suspicious sound on something totally normal. 

11: Mirrors. Sketchy things always happen when there is a mirror involved. 

12: No cell phone signal. At the climax of the movie, none of the characters can get a signal to call for help. How convenient. 

Leave me a comment if you can think of anything else.

-Allie

Disney Easter Eggs

Some of you might be aware that Disney movies contain a lot of hidden messages and cameos. These are known as Easter Eggs, as they are hard to spot in these movies. In fact, most people don’t notice them all together. Here are a few of my favorites:

1: The Pixar Ball

The Pixar Ball is an icon of the Pixar company, and it appears in several movies that have been created by Disney. These movies include Lilo and Stitch, Toy Story, UP, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., and several others. It is actually thought to be in every single Disney/Pixar movie, but it still hasn’t been seen a few of them.

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2: A113

This is one of the more difficult easter eggs to notice, and most people aren’t aware of the story behind it. A113 is the number of the room where many Disney designers studied, and that reference has been in several Disney/Pixar movies as well. It is the number on the license plate on the back of Andy’s car in Toy Story, the camera that is used in Finding Nemo, Mater’s license plate in Cars, Sully’s apartment in Monsters Inc, and many more.

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3: Character Cameos

This one is probably the rarest easter egg, but sometimes, characters are seen outside of their movies. One of the most obvious examples of this is when Ms. Potts and Chip from Beauty and the Beast are seen in Tarzan. Less obvious examples include: Mickey in the trading post in Frozen, Lotso from Toy Story 3 in Up, Nemo from Finding Nemo in Monsters Inc., and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story in Finding Nemo. 

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4: The Pizza Planet Truck

This is one that most people find hard to believe, as some Pixar movies are set so far back in the past that cars, let alone Pizza Planet, haven’t been invented yet. However, the Pizza Planet truck has appeared in every single Disney/Pixar movie EXCEPT for The Incredibles. Made famous by Toy Story, the Pizza Planet truck is now another iconic Pixar symbol, and has made appearances in movies such as Monsters University, Cars, UP, and Wall-E.  As for movies set in the past, such as Brave, the truck is visible in the witch’s wood carving shop.

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These are the main reoccurring easter eggs that are found in Disney and Pixar movies, although several others have been found. Next time you watch a Disney movie, see if you notice anything out of the ordinary, because you could end up finding a brand new easter egg!

-Allie

How To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

I feel as if this will be the most important post I have written so far. Having the right skills and knowing the right facts will really benefit you when the apocalypse happens, and who knows when that day will come? Tomorrow… Next week…. A couple of years???? For all you know, it could be happening right now, and in that case, I am choosing to write this post just in time. I am indeed an expert in these kinds of things, and you my friends, have come to the right place for guidance. 

1: The first and most important rule of surviving the zombie apocalypse is: Every man for themselves. This doesn’t mean that you have to be completely independent, but when you are being chased by the zombies, don’t expect everyone to survive. Natural selection rid your group of the weak links. If someone trips and falls to the ground like in a stereotypical horror movie, leave them there. In the words of my geography teacher, “Never leave your wingman behind unless you are being chased by an angry bear,” or in this case, zombies. 

2: Make sure you have a large supply of food and water, especially Twinkies. Everybody knows that Twinkies never expire and can basically withstand a nuclear blast, so they are a good thing to have. 

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3: Wear armor. This does not mean wear heavy clothes, this means you should go all medieval by wearing metal plates all over your body. Once you're bitten, there is no going back. Also, duct taping magazines to your arms and legs doesn’t work. I know in the movie “World War Z”’ Brad Pitt does that and it works for him, but it will not work for you. He is Brad Pitt. Everything works for him. 

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4: This one is actually a pre-zombie apocalypse tip: stay in shape so you will be able to run fast while carrying all of your equipment. And no, playing Call of Duty your Xbox will not benefit you when the undead attack.

5: The more isolated you are, the better.

6: All zombies do not move slowly. I know that the stereotype is that all zombies are slow and have limp, but this is not the case. It all depends on how fit the person was before they became a zombie. Who knows? One of those zombies could’ve been a world class athlete. 

7: When killing a zombie, only aim for their head. Shooting or cutting off their limbs does not work, and if you set them on fire, they will still keep moving. 

8: Zombies don’t like loud noises. If you choose to blast your music in the middle of the apocalypse, I wish you good luck.

9: Do not provoke the zombies. Surprisingly, throwing rocks at them will only make them more angry. 

10: Don’t base your knowledge of survival off of Hollywood stereotypes. Listen to me instead. 

You are welcome in advance. 

-Allie