torihoney

i just got back from an 8 mile hike out at the Santa Rosa plateaus. it's a state protected wildlife preserve in wildomar/murrieta, and it was all but deserted today. i went out with an ipod, and two bottles of water, and told myself i was going to hike until i was tired. about half way through i started getting very freaked out and i felt like someone was watching/following me. i was out by myself, but i hadn't passed anyone for miles. i stopped listening to music, and told myself that i was safer if i could hear something sneaking up on me. what i thought i would protect myself with is anyone's guess...i did see a pack of coyotes that stopped and observed me for quite some time, and when i started clapping my hands, they moved away. on my way back in to the visitors center i saw a lone coyote, that hunched down when it had seen me turn my head to look at it. i think i've seen far too many movies to really appreciate being alone in the middle of nowhere..i always fear the worst.

i went to see 'the exorcism of emily rose' the other day...i liked it for what it was worth, but i did think that if you are religious, especially catholic, that movie might mess you up a bit. i was on a long walk the other day with a friend of mine and we were talking about being young and playing with ouija boards at slumber parties...how could something that parker brothers makes actually work? strangely enough, we both had stories to tell that made us swear off ever using one again.

so what about you all- have you ever used a ouija board, and if so, did it work? have you ever experienced anything else that seemed supernatural?

back to the grind tomorrow...so much for the "productive" vacation...i was a total slacker!