An Unhealthy Overactive Imagination?

I do this thing sometimes in my head. It's completely unhealthy and not the least bit rational. It's what you'd probably call "worst case scenario" thinking really. Here's how this goes down: So I'm in a cave the other day. We're crawling around in really tiny spaces, getting super muddy and I start to think: What if there's an earthquake and we get trapped? What if we run out of air down here and suffocate?! This is all despite the fact that, A. We live in Colorado and there aren't friggin earthquakes and B. We really weren't that far underground to run out of air... I mean, you could see sunlight most of the time. That's what I'm talking about. Or I'll be in a movie theater and start to think: If I was a terrorist, I'd totally infect the arm rests of a movie theater because it would spread really quick. How come they haven't thought of that one yet? What? Who thinks stuff like that?

Don't judge. Have you ever wondered how you would react if someone you loved died? You begin to play the whole scene out in your head; the phone call to your desk at work, how you would react and how you would be devastated and tragic at the funeral. You've done it. Don't lie. So why do we do this imagining of horrific things? Why when I'm in a crowded room do I think about what would happen if there were a fire? Or sudden volcano (I hate those sudden volcanoes)? I think it's because we want to mentally prepare ourselves for the horrific. I mean, if we never think about stuff like that, how are we going to be the hero in that situation? How can you save the bus full of nuns and children from rolling off the cliff if you never imagined how to do it in the first place?! You'd be totally unprepared! So see... I'm not irrational when I'm thinking of stuff like: What if I turn on the tapwater and nothing but spiders pours out? I'm prepared.

Ten Movies I Bawled at

I detest crying. Especially in front of people. Even when I'm in a dark theater where no one can really see me, I feel like the world knows that I'm crying. But that's what happens when you get all involved into the story! I couldn't help it. I was powerless! Here are the top 10 movies that have made me cry. Curse you hollywood and your emotional manipulation!

1. The Fox and the Hound. You know when the old lady has to leave Todd in the forest? When she's all singing about her heart and memories and junk? Yup. That right there.

2. Up. The first 10 minutes of this movie are so full of emotion. They never got to go on their trip... they never got to have a baby... so harsh!

3. Titanic. Who the hell didn't cry at that movie? (don't deny it, you SO did). I find it ironic that when thousands of people were dying and drowning, no tears... but when Leo dies, the floodgates opened. Very interesting.

4. Marley and Me. It hit too close to home. No one wants to see a dog put down. Not even an obnoxious one. Come to think of it, not even a rabid one (i.e. Ol' Yeller)...

5. Father of the Bride. I'm not married or engaged, but this movie made me wanna be! It made me cry because I think about how hard it must be for dads to finally let their little girls go.

6. Steel Magnolias. I don't know a chic out there who doesn't cry at this movie. Even though we've seen it a dozen times and we KNOW what's going to happen.

7. Little Women. Why, oh why does Jo have to die? It's so unnecessary! Curse you Louisa May Alcott for your sad, sad plot!

8. The Passion of the Christ. I think this movie experience pretty much went like this: Sit in chair. Cry for two and a half hours. The end.

9. Finding Neverland. When Kate Winslet finally gets to see Neverland... and then stays there.

10. The Lion King. I'm cool with it now, but when you're 10, and Mufasa gets trampled, it's totally game over.

There's probably more that I can't recall at the moment. Or am just refusing to acknowledge and type. I must admit though, I did get misty-eyed when the clone troopers carried out "order 66" in Episode 3...