Ill-advised Intro

Dear Reader,

I regret to inform you that the blog you are reading is extremely unpleasant.  It consists of scattered, morbid, and unusually rash facts that may or may not be true. From the first sentence to the last quote you will read of misery and woe.  I would suggest that you view another more uplifting blog about photography. But if you must read this then just know, you have been warned.

With all due respect,

Olivia

Fearful Facts

·      Chinese water torture was invented by a 16th century lawyer

·      Over 2500 left handed people are killed each year from using products made for right handed people

·      Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote ‘Nutrition for Health’, died of malnutrition

·      In Erwin, Tennessee an elephant was once hanged for murder

·      About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year

·      The British Society for Psychical Research claims that Athens, Ohio, is one of the most haunted places in the world

·      My freshman year dorm was haunted. A common disturbance was the "marble sound," which often occurs even on the top floor of the building: the sound of someone dropping hundreds of marbles onto the floor above you. 

·      A story with a more concrete basis in fact, freshman dorm Crawford Hall began to experience ghostly phenomena after the Easter 1993 death of Laura, a resident who fell from her fourth-floor window. Lights would flicker and doors would slam or open--especially on the first floor. One night an RA in a first-floor room was awakened at night by the silhouette of a girl who had opened his door. She said, "I'm sorry, I've woken you," and closed the door. The RA went into the hall but there was no one there. He later learned that his room's window faced the spot where Laura hit the sidewalk. CD and tape players there will refuse to play the Bob Marley song "Laura." 

·       The notorious RIDGES!! 

Now to leave you with a few Lemony Snicket quotes:

-People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict

-Often times, when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.

-It's hard for decent people to stay angry at someone who has burst into tears, which is why it is often a good idea to burst into tears if a decent person is yelling at you.

-Fate is like a strange unpopular restaurant
filled with odd waiters who bring you
things you never asked for and don’t always like

-At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey