Birthday Triumphs

My birthday was last Monday, and it shares the day with Halloween.I really like Halloween because I enjoy dressing up, but this year my costume idea (pregnant Beyonce) was snuffed out by a previous promise I made to my mom about not dressing up like I was pregnant.
Anyways, I didn't have anything planned for my birthday, other than buying boots, and eating cupcakes and drinking Jamba Juice. Mission accomplished. I went to work and although I was crazy busy, I still managed to laugh my face off. I seriously have the best job with the greatest co-workers. I loved all the birthday wishes and hugs I received!
As I was about to leave work, I got a call from two of my friends, telling me not to eat because they were taking me to dinner. Yay! I don't have to sit on my couch by myself watching my dvr tonight!! A couple friends met at Rice King, you may remember how much I love them from this post. The owner even said, "I know, she likes cashew chicken." Yeah yeah.
Kiera, Michael, and I ran a couple of errands and had some tasty frozen yogurt before we decided to go see a scary movie. I'm all about getting over my irrational fears and phobias so I agreed to see the movie, even if I could potentially pee my pants.

I don't have the best track record with scary movies:

INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE

When I was little, my Mom let us watch Interview With A Vampire. Don't throw my mom under the bus, I'm pretty sure we begged her to watch it, and she had read the book. I don't do well with blood, biting, and veins so I was traumatized for life. Basically this is what I had to do every night for years and years, wrap my neck with a blanket so that I could try to fight off the vampire if they attempted to suck my blood and got their teeth stuck in my blankey.  

PSYCHO

I was definitely old enough to appreciate and notice the cheesiness and "special effects" of this movie. Nevertheless, I had to close my eyes during any scene when a knife or blood was present. And this is how I showered for many years to come..

With my hand covering my throat. Just in case a crazy tried to knife me when I was rinsing my hair. 

Paranoid.

SCREAM

When I was 16 and my aunt was 17 (old enough to get a rated R movie) we decided to rent Scream. Once again, this was foolish on my part being fully aware and still scared of knifes, stabbing, and blood. Even if it is just a movie, I covered my eyes and whimpered through the entire thing. I also slept in my aunt's bed and cried the whole night, because I kept having nightmares about people with knifes. To this day, I get mad anxiety when I see one of those masks. 

Birthday: FRIGHT NIGHT 3D

As if this movie wasn't terrible already, we have to put it in 3D. I realized during the previews that I had made a huge mistake. I was so stressed, I should have taken an entire bottle of Xanax. It didn't help that Michael purposely scared me during one of the previews and I almost experienced a "fade out." My family also refers to this as the possum. As in, "Oops, someone scared Shelene again and she possum-ed." Possuming is when I black out and my body collapses due to being surprised or stressed from a recent scare. My brother use to wait by the door to jump out and scare me just to watch me possum. It's not funny, I promise, don't try it! 

Anyways, Michael scared me and I experienced slight tunnel vision but thankfully came out of it. The first half of the movie was really scary for me and I was on top of my friends, with my feet up, and my coat covering my throat and half my face during most of it. But the second half was a little corny and I managed. 

I was worried that when I drove home and entered my dark house that I would still be scared, but I realized that I was NO longer afraid of vampires! I'm proud to say that a Colin Farrell movie helped me overcome my irrational fear at the age of 24. Maybe being a little stressed out on my birthday was all I needed to check one more phobia off my list. Go me!