I cannot for the life of me think of something entertaining that happened between yesterday and today to blog about, so I pulled out my handy notebook of “Ideas for Blogging” and one of the ideas in there was my fears. I think that everyone has one or two fears that just make them queazy to think about, like spider or for my little brother it is crickets. He used to have pet snakes, and he fed them crickets. I would have to feed them, and then recapture the leftover crickets after they were done eating, so he could sleep at night. ha ha. Funny boy.
Anyway I am terrified of scorpions. When I was younger I put a shirt on while we were out camping and there was a scorpion in my shirt. It stung me all over my neck, and luckily it wasn’t too venomous, but I still had a swollen neck, and had to have the venom sucked out by a doctor. The rest of the night, I was supposed to stay awake to make sure I was still alive and they’d gotten all the venom out. Luckily, I am not dead. But the experience has scarred me.
My other worst fear is car trouble. Last year my tire flew off while I was driving at least 75 mph on the freeway. Big O Tires hadn’t put my tire on the rim correctly and it wobbled all the nuts loose and flew off my car. Anyway it damaged my car pretty badly, but I was fine. When my car was out of control and sparking I finally made it to the side of the road and just sat and bawled. A little because I was scared, and a little because I knew that I would have to fix the car. After I fixed the car, i ended up selling it because every time I drove in him (his name was Vern), I felt like he was going to spontaneously combust, and I HATE dealing with mechanics (except my roommate) because they always try to screw me over. Like oh, the $29 price just went to $89 for an oil change, screw that! Anyway I am terrified that at any point while I am driving something will happen to my car, I will be all alone, and have no idea what to do.
I think that I am scared of a lot of things like getting lost, losing my dog, finding a dead body, looking under rocks ( I always think there will be something horrible under there or dead reptiles), getting stuck in a cave…
What is your number one worst fear? Ever.
getting attacked while using a public bathroom!
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like, i can't fight back. i don't have pants on.
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Your answer cracked me up. Always does!
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ReplyDeleteThat's a big one for me too. Especially failure of parenting or of marriage. Those scare the crap out of me.
DeleteDude. I almost peed my pants when I saw that first picture. Holy scary.
ReplyDeleteI hope you were wearing a diaper! Joking! =0 I hate scorpions, they are horrible creatures!
Deleteomg ew! so gross! i HATE any type of bug. my number one worst fear is getting taken by someone. I watch way too many 48hrs episodes! haha!
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haha 48hrs is a good show. Have you seen killer kids? horrible show. It made me terrified of all the kids in my neighborhood!
DeleteOmg glad you survived the scorpion bite...how scary! And your car, wow. I get scared thinking that I'll have a blow out while driving on the freeway. I was thinking about what fears I have and a bit list came to mind, hmmm I didn't realize I had that manyOne of my worst fears is getting into a really bad accident. This is also going to sound silly, but I don't handle pain well AT ALL and I HATE going to the dr,,,with that being said, I'm terrified about having a baby. Haha. I know it sounds ridiculous. fears. Hmmm. :)
ReplyDeleteIt was scary, truth be told I was young, but I remember everyone freaking out like mad freaks! Any type of car troubles scare me. I worry that I will be stranded, and then stranges pull over and that kinda freaks me out too. EW!! Dudette I am ALSO terrified of having a baby! That scares the bejeebus out me.
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ReplyDeleteEW! Especially when they sneak up on you!
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ReplyDeleteYUCK! Especially when they are in your water glass
DeleteScorpions are scary little things...there are certain places around here where there's a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteI had a really bad wreck about 6 years ago, someone hit me in the back going 55 mph (I was a dead stop). Thankfully I was okay, but every time I'm at a traffic light or I put on brakes...I'm always looking behind me to see if there's a crazy person that's not stopping.
My number one fear? It would be really hard to narrow that down...I'm afraid of a good many things.
That sounds horrible. I once was rear ended, not nearly as bad as yours, but I do the same thing. I am constantly looking in my rear view mirror to make sure the car behind me is stopping.
DeleteI think we're all afraid of lots of things, or at least I am!
yikes those are some scary stories! I just had my first scorpion experience a few weeks ago and even though it wasn't as bad as yours, I never want to see one again!
ReplyDeleteThey are scary little creatures. Nothing about them is friendly in the least bit. I don't know how people on fear factor eat them!
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ReplyDeleteand horses.
and the ocean.
and the dark.
And......
A LOT!!!!
I get more scared of things the older I get. Like just recently I start to fear the ocean and all the creatures it has in it. I think it's the unknown that scares me!
DeleteHoly wow woman, you got stung by a scorpion?? And you survived?? THAT'S HARDCORE. You have LIVED TO TELL MY FRIEND! That's just crazy. And terrifying.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely scared of the typical creatures: spiders, snakes, SCORPIONS.
And the ocean. I love the beach, but I don't go into the water very often anymore. I just don't like swimming in water where I can't see my feet. And also, where there might be sharks and other mysterious creatures with the potential to sting/eat me.
I also fear the possibility of a massive tidal wave. I drive along the coast every night to and from work, and at night on my way home, it's pretty daunting to look over and see just black. Like you can't even separate the ocean from the sky. I always think about how gnarley and terrifying it would be if there was a tidal wave all of a sudden. I'd be screwed.
I fear I'll die young.
You will not die young! That is a good fear though, it would totally suck not to be able to live a long and filled life.
DeleteAlso I can totally see the ocean as a fear. It scares me more the older I get. Mostly because you have no idea what is in there. It's terrifying to go swimming or diving when you don't know what you'll run into or even the "powers" of the things you are looking at! It's a whole different world in the ocean.
Do you fear horses ;)
I was stung by a scorpion too! While I was sleeping when I was 5!! Crazy! You're the only other person I've ever heard of getting stung, I mean I know it happens...Apparantly I was awake for nearly 3 days straignt because they had to wait to let the venom pass because I got to the hospital too late. By the time the ambulance got there, I was already convulsing and all kinds of crazy. NUTS!
ReplyDeleteWell, glad we survived that adventure!
xo Kayla
WOAH! I don't remember convulsing or anything like that. That is so crazy. My uncle rushed me to the marina hospital which is like a little room and they applied a sucker thing to my neck, but it got red and poofy and the same thing as you, where I was suppose to stay awake. My mom would sit and wake me up anytime I fell asleep. It is scary!
DeleteI am happy to meet someone with a similar experience! I seriously have never met anyone like me before =)
Where ever there are scorpions I am not going but my sign is Scorpio . I have gotten more fearful after I had my son but I think it just happens. Maybe being a hermit doesn't sound so bad
ReplyDeleteI agree. I could sit in my house and just live via blogland and be totally fine. I get more scared of things as I get older too. I will be a mess when I am a mom. I am already ultra protective over my doggy.
Deleteoh you were just hoping to get your neck sucked on. i know how you are!
ReplyDeleteMy worst fear EVER is blowing a tire. I seriously dont know what I would do. I always tell my hubby that I will ride rim until I get to where I am going!
I think I would do the same thing. I would probably ride on the rim, what else do you do? Just stop and hang out. That is terrifying. No WAY!
DeleteI kinda just asked the scorpion to do a little foreplay with me, it didn't turn out how I hoped ;)
i definitely need one of those handy notebooks for blogging ideas...i tried to get my readers to suggest topics for me the other day, but i only got two replies back! now i feel kinda foolish for asking hahaha and hey, thanks for the sweet things you said!!! and for becomming follower number 95...definitely better than 103, totally get that.
ReplyDeleteI have done that before too! It didn't work well for me either. haha! Apparently people don't like giving up ideas to others. rude. You're very welcome! =) I like your blog and look forward to more posts!
DeleteCar problems scare me too!! My car is cursed, I'm sure of it.
ReplyDeleteI will bless your car if you'd like? Even though it may make things worse. I am still willing.
Deletehello miki. you can thank dusty for my presence here...her "hot tamale" series brought me!!
ReplyDeleteuhm, that scorpion story? yikes!! that's what you get for camping in utah!!
my worst all-time fear? gosh...this is surprisingly hard to answer. probably something like, someone walking in on me naked while dancing. that's NEVER good.
Thank you Dusty! Seriously, I am never going to camp in that place again. Who honestly invented scorpions?
Deletehahahaha. Do you dance naked often? Was that far too inappropriate to ask?
I'm afraid of the following.
ReplyDelete1. dark chocolate.
2. semi- sweet chocolate
3. black licorice.
4. mushrooms.
5. oprah.
6. the dentist.
7. mariah carey
8. my step sister.
9. my tire blowing, it happened on the freeway too.. i thought a jet was driving over my car. not quite. (i cry whenever anything ANYTHING goes wrong with my car)
listen, as I type this i notice your ticker, and i laughed and laughed. but girl, my phone is from 1912. it's vintage practically. so your ticker is making me feel like a loser. I can handle it though.
p.s. dusty introduced me to you, so I'm STALKING
and you don't have word verification.
Deleteyou just won so many blogging points.
WORD VERIFICATION BLOWS! I will scream it from every mountain top I can find or climb too. So do I have like 11 bloggy points? That's a lot. Your fears are terrifying,
Delete1. in real life I love candy but HATE chocolate. So finding like a lake of chocolate would be a fear of mine.
2.Oprah is scary because she'd probably try and like telepathecially make you a better person, who needs that?
3. Step sisters are always bad according to disney..
4.Mariah Cary married nick cannon and had their twins 1st bday in paris, so she is like a witch. 5.Mushrooms are delicious, but they grow in cow shit and shit is terrifying.
So I AGREE and comply with all your fears.
Seriously so scary!!! Oh my gosh. Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteYAY! I am glad that you found me. I am kinda hidden in the blogosphere. =) I will totes be looking at your blog tonight.
DeleteAnything that can kill me or can poison me scares me! I love snakes and all other animals though :)
ReplyDeleteI am a snake lover too. I used to have those little garden snakes used to be all over my yard, and my brother and I would go catch them and keep them for like a week, and then rerelease them.
DeleteBlack widows are a huge fear of mine.
My number one worst fear ever is Tornadoes. Everyone thinks I hate thunderstorms because I get so freaked out but really it's just the thought that a tornado could happen. I seriously about have a panic attack over them.
ReplyDeleteAnd spiders are pretty dang scary as well.
I'm scared of most all natural disasters. I feel like its something that is just so out of anyone's control and all you can do Is wait it out. Which is a terrifying thought! I think that tornadoes are a very valid fear!
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