Fear

When I was little, I was scraed of most things, but there was one and particular that we can all thank my older brother for: my fear of Darkness. This happened when I still lived in Illinois and I was anywhere between 7 and 9 years old, I honestly don't quie remember. We were in our family room, which housed all of our video games. We had just got a new game for Christmas: Torok 4. We shoved it into our Nintendo 64 and began to play. Right away, I knew it was not going to be like the other torok games with dinosaurs and multiplayer mode; it was completely different. I bet the cut scene wouldn't bother me now, but it was pretty bloody and full of things my small mind couldn't comprehend. A scene in particular, the one that really did it for me, was when we were walking down in the sewers and ran into this old man. He was obviously scared and begged us not to hurt him. When he finally can to the conclusion that we were not aliens, he agreed to show us the way out of the sewers. He led us up a ladder and opened the latch to the streets, but right when he stuck his head out, he screamed and his body went flying; all you could see were his legs whipping back and forth. We let it settle down a bit before we climbed out and what we saw was the nice old dudes legs detached from his torso, which was still alive and lying in this massive pool of blood. You are probably wondering why this made me scared of the dark. That's because I watched this late at night, which my brother and I are notorious for doing, and it was night time in the game. Fear of darkness connects to our novel because they are in complete and total darkness at night with no protection whatsoever, and most of them are scared of the "beasties" that come out at night. Also, I have a fear of large bodies of water, due to the fact of watching my dad almost drown. So, considering that these boys are on an ISLAND, I think I would be pretty much screwed.

Ah, Technology...

I love technology. The ability to use it in English has even improved my love for it, but there are a few things that hinder me. For one, I don't always have a computer. All we have is a laptop and it is my Dad's work computer as well, so when he leaves for a job, I might not have a computer for days or weeks at a time. Also, I don't have a printer. Well, I do, but it took a crap. So I can't print things out at home and I don't always have time to go to the library to print. But, other than that, technology is just wonderful. ^^