Now listening to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack
Hello Peeps! ~
I'm just sitting here in the dark, in my leopard print onesie and in the company of felines, wishing I had a Taro Boba or a Vanilla Iced Latte from Starbucks..Any coffee beverage actually.
I made an attempt and cleaned up my eyebrows,trimmed my bangs, repainted my nails, cleaned up the bedroom and went on a short walk to the Liquor store. You guessed it I was in the mood for some Top ramen noodles!
Welp mission was a success.
I was feeling rather chatty today & I gave my friend Ziggy the Queen a phone call (Ziggy is one of the horror nerds i know, & a makeup/SFx artist.And i promise when she has her new page up i will be sure to share it with y'all)
Anyway I called to check in on how she's doing & we shared a couple of stories. The last three days Sunday-Wednesday I was feeling it,just real low and moody I didn't feel like talking to anyone but it comes and goes you know? There are times when you just have to be in the moment and cry it out.
One of the stories that did catch my attention was about her building...y'all ready to read about it? ...Let's hope it doesn't bite me in the ass and give me insomnia BUT Before I get to the story
I will talk about my experience the last time I visited her.
She lives in one of those vintage brick buildings in a real cozy beautiful apartment, and she had been asking me to come see her place for sometime and hangout. So me being me I finally got to it this is way before we went on Quarantine mode.It turned out to be a Hocus Pocus/Pizza/beer night.
We picked up some lagunitas and cigarrettes at the 711 down the street, we made our way to to her building.
First thing I noticed was the view that you are able to fix your eyes on and the neighborhood is real quiet & the air was chilly that night.
The moment I stepped inside her building the air felt heavy there is the presense of something more in the atmosphere.I don't know how to explain it, you HAVE to be there. The lobby is empty but somehow the energy is heavy.
We began by her giving me a tour of the backyard the all around grass area.
I felt like Louis Creed when Victor is guiding him through the Pet Sematary.
There might've been fog too you guise..or maybe it's just my imagination.It was almost pitch dark, lots of plants. I followed close behind staying on the little pathway.
"Its really nice" I would say every now and then, I was fucking spooked but excited. Of course I like being scared. Who doesn't?
There was a sound coming from one of the bushes and I almost screamed.To our surprise it was only a chubby skunk making his way to who knows where, probably looking for food or marking his territory. He was so close to us !
We then made our way through the back entrance
"This use to be the crematorium, this basement a bomb shelter waaaay waaaaay back in the day so there's history you know?" She spoke very enthusiastic and proud.Oh the stories this place must have
You know? my workplace is haunted and i like to tell people about it and they get scared little do they know that so am I.
We went in to her place, talked, drank, stuffed our faces and nothing felt spooky.At around 2 am we made our way downstairs so that she could smoke her joint. We took the titanic elevator! it even has the little gate that you have to pull that was real cool.
So when she told me oh i need to show you the spot where i smoke and sit and just listen to music i thought oh okay? the roof or somewhere where there's light? the lobby ?
No..we were back downstairs near the basement.THE FUCKING BASEMENT..."Oh we're going outside?" i assumed. We ended up at some stairs,where the crematorium and the bomb shelter are only windows away from each other.I got this! I've been to the Glen Haven Cemetery late at night ..inside a car of course. This was okay. I'm not freaking out.
I took a seat next to her i lit my cigarette she did her thing, we listened to Sia. After a moment i forgot where we were but once the sound of the leaves and the wind got louder i stood up and faced her. I couldn't brush the feeling that someone was watching us. We're not alone i kept thinking. It's gonna be okay she'll finish her joint and then we'll head back inside.I stared at the city for the rest of our talk, there will be nothing more beautiful than looking at the downtown buildings at night, it's sure breathtaking.
The only thing that i knew and was sure of is that we weren't the only one's appreciation that view from where we were standing that night.
I took one last whiff of my cigarette and didn't look back as we made our way back inside the building.
Today during our phone call,Ziggy explained to me that the other spot where she goes to smoke is on the fourth floor, near one of the windows that lead to the fire escape. This whole time she goes out there to smoke and enjoy the view and get fresh air.Well the other night she heard a loud thump coming from inside that window and thought! Shoot am i being too loud? i don't want to disturb anyone.
Apparently there's been noises coming from that window...well my friends this is where I got spooked.
Turns out, no one lives there,there use to be a nice older lady that lived there but unfortunately passed away two months ago, and the door still has the coroners papers and all.
A little spooky but in the words of ziggz " a bizarre & sad chain of events"
So what is it? could it be a critter? could it be energy that's trapped there?
i'll let you decide.
This concludes the story of the day !
Tommorrow I have another one for you.
In other news
I'm currently reading a little bit of everything "War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells, "The book of the damned" by Charles Fort.I was also listening to an audio book by Neil Gaiman you can find it on Youtube it's called "Smoke & Mirrors: Short fictions and Illusions.
I've been doing more writing and hopefully when this is all over I'll have something to share with you guise. I'm really excited that I have the time to do this now.
The reading glasses podcast has a new episode if you guise would like to check that out,they've got tons of good book reviews plus recommendations.
I know i shared this on social media last night but my friend Roxy made a surprise birthday party on animal crossing for her lovely Girlfriend. Thanks to her friends they decorated the place and made it look real festive and cute.
With that being said if your birthday happens to land between this lock down do not panic! there is plenty of ideas! <3 You can always write them a letter, make them a card, make them a video of everyone wishing them a happy birthday.
Or I'm sure a simple phone call will suffice.
