Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloweeeeen!
*Being a huge zombie fan, I couldn't resist posting a few of my favorites from the bunch*
here is the link: http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2009/10/22/zombie-city-usa/
I am about to see Micheal Jackson's "This is It" in a few hours. I am excited to see it!
Hopes everyone has a safe all Hallows Eve!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The American Ghost Hunter Movie
My Reflections:
This movie is definitely different than your average ghost movie. It's real, it's raw, and it's honesty is very moving. At the end of the film, the crowd at the Stanley Hotel at the PRS/AGH event, was silenced. We weren't sure exactly how to react, but we were sure moved by Chad Calek's story of his family and the shit they have gone through. I truly feel that this movie will help those that have gone through similar experiences, and aren't sure where to go or what to do about it.
Chad's perspective and his approach to the situation is interesting and motivating to watch. What I mean by that, is that it took a huge amount of courage to make this film and put his private life out there for people to see. This is not a film to take lightly. It is a film that makes you think about life, religion, and the people in our lives, and how it effects us daily. If you think you know everything about the Paranormal, you're wrong. Even experts who have studied in the field for years I believe will be scratching their heads while watching this film. I am understanding now, that no matter how long the paranormal has been a part of your life, there is always unexplained answers. Good or bad..
Having gotten to know the people in the film to a certain degree, I was affected by it. It was heart wrenching to watch at times. Chad and the others in the film are great people who worked super hard to get this movie out, in order that others will be helped and also "understood" with what they are going through.
My goal is to help promote this movie and get it out there. This story deserves to be heard, it deserves to be seen, for the sake of those that are crying out for help. Please pass the word on and get it out to the public.
**Thank you to Chad Calek, Ryan Buell, Justin Holstien, Joe Ansley, and Sergey Poberezhny for an amazing film and you have my best wishes and prayers!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
UFO Sightings on YouTube
However there are a few that stick out, that seem very possible, and real. For example, the think below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw2ceke9tYk
and the many videos of the recorded lights over Phoenix, AZ. and different parts of Arizona, between the years 2005 and 2006. Here is one I thought had the best footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eNtolbJLws&feature=related
Friday, October 9, 2009
UFO's and Aliens
Well if I hadn't seen something strange in the sky one night, when I was about 19 years old, I would probably would still be doubting the idea.
Here's my story:
I was driving home from my job at the local ice cream/hamburger place. It was about 1:30 a.m. And it was a little out into the countryside, so the skies were very clear and you could see the stars that night. Well I looked out my front windshield, and I saw this orb of light that was pretty far up above me, and it was dancing around like those little laser pointers do. I mean it was super fast and there was no way any flying machine that we have, would have the technology to do such a thing. Luckily there were no cars on the road so I kept glancing up at it..It came closer and closer to the earth's atmosphere, as it was dancing around, and then suddenly it shot up into the sky and disappeared, obviously going at light speed. I was dumbfounded, I thought what the heck was that? That was not human, for sure. I know I wasn't imagining it, because I have never done any type of drugs that would cause me to hallucinate. I wasn't that tired, so it couldn't have been that. I'm not sure what it was but in my mind it was definitely a UFO.
Here is a youtube video that I found, that is somewhat familiar to what I saw on that late summer night. (Note: not the best footage, but it is similar to what I saw, only mine was at night)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mPJZrEMfo&feature=related
My next few posts I will dedicate it to alien proof and conspiracies that I have found to be believable. Here is a video that I came across today by a fellow tweeter. It is very convincing, and very cool, if it is true!
http://jimharold.com/?p=2128
Peace to the above and beyond,
Kelly
Monday, October 5, 2009
Halloween Past
On All Hallows’ eve, the ancient Celts would place a skeleton on their window sill to represent the departed. Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga. Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body, containing the spirit and the knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to frighten off the embodiment of superstitions.Welsh, Irish and British myth are full of legends of the Brazen Head, which may be a folk memory of the widespread ancient Celtic practice of headhunting - the results of which were often nailed to a door lintel or brought to the fireside to speak their wisdom.
The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard-drinking old farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hollowed turnip.
The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America where pumpkins are both readily available and much larger- making them easier to carve than turnips. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their doorstep after dark. The American tradition of carving pumpkins preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.
Origin of name
The term Halloween, originally spelled Hallowe’en, is shortened from All Hallows’ Even ("All Hallows' Eve") [eve is an abbreviation of even, an older word for evening.
Halloween gets -een as a contraction of even to e'en], from the Old English term eallra hālgena ǣfen meaning "All Hallow' Evening", as it is the eve of "All Hallows’ Day", which is now also known as All Saints’ Day.
It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints’ Day from May 13 (which had itself been the date of a pagan holiday, the Feast of the Lemures) to November 1. In the 9th century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar.
Although All Saints’ Day is now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day.
History
Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain [pronounced: sow- wen]; from the Old Irish samhain, possibly derived from Gaulish samonios). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient Celtic pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores.
The ancient Celts believed that on October 31st, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the living and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks being worn at Halloween goes back to the Celtic traditions of attempting to copy the evil spirits or placate them, in Scotland for instance where the dead were impersonated by young men with masked, veiled or blackened faces, dressed in white.