a few hauntings, pt. 2

the haunting. based on the book by shirley jackson; released in 1999. it starts liam neeson, owen wilson, catherine zeta-jones, and lili taylor.



definately scarier than the book. the hidden rooms. the creepy mansion. the special effects. the creepy maid and crazy groundskeeper. the whole movie is just great and the location helped a lot. especially the creepy picture at the top of the stairs (shudders). i won't tell too much; but would recommend for a light and breezy scare.

a few hauntings, pt. 1

1999 was the year of the hauntings. house on haunted hill and the haunting(based on shirley jackson's haunting of hill house and renamed for the pictures because of the aforementioned movie).



today, we'll start off with the haunting of hill house.



i asked about it for the shining and i'll ask again, why was this book so scary? seriously, what did i miss? she just runs her car into a tree. there's nothing really scary about that.



the movie was WAY better. guess i'll have to review that next!

Ghost Ship

since it's the ever so wonderful bewitching season, i thought it would be good to do some spooky reviews. my first is a fave movie, ghost ship.

released in 2002, it stars juliana margolies and gabriel byrne. there's also some post-xena, pre- star trek karl urban too.

the story centers around a salvage crew back from the sea. they're approached by the mysterious ferryman about something in international waters which is basically, finders keepers. the group decides to go, of course, and find this mysterious ship.

her name is the antonia graza and she's been missing since 1962.

of course, many scary things happen. but, for me, the big clincher is the "death scene." in this scene, they tell you how everybody died. it's great. it's morbid. it's got a great soundtrack! seriously, "my little box" just adds wonders to this scene.

i'd highly recommend this movie for a little bit of a scare. for me, it's not too scary. more morbid than anything. especially when the dead lounge singer changes from tantalizing to her been dead for forty years look. creepy. but just wait to see how she died!

of course, there is the double meaning of the name ferryman. he really is a ferryman, i.e.- a man who ferries things or, in this case, people.

look for him and what looks like a dead crew(they're not, but isn't that just great?) at the end of the movie.

cussing about the library

first off, don't cuss when you're in the library. there are children around.

second, don't cuss in ear shot of a staff member. we'll ask you to leave.

third, just don't cuss. 'kay?

fourth, if you have to talk like that, leave it outside, in your car.

fifth, didn't someone teach you how to use your words? you could have said something else and still shown your aggrivation. plus, you could have asked in a nicer manner, couldn't you?

i had a really annoying patron who couldn't help but cuss her way through the adult fiction section about how screwed up the library and the computerized card catalog was. okay, lady, just deal. we have to deal with your crap all day on a much grander scale. i tried helping her; i did. but, alas, she kept dropping f words hither and yon. i finally said, as she was leaving, "if you're going to talk like that, please don't do it here."

another patron, sitting at a table behind us and overheard everything and more(i left to go find the search elsewhere), thanked me for saying something later.

now that is a nice patron. i just hope the other one doesn't come back anytime soon.

what i'd really like to say

sometimes, i really want to give an honest answer. but, unfortunately, i'd get fired. so, i'm relaying all comments here. i'm probably gonna have a lot of these posts!

are those holds for like another branch? could we check those out?
okay, fool, you answered your own question!

(sitting behind desk) do you work here?
honestly, do you think i would be sitting here otherwise?

(phone)are you open?
no, this is an automated recording. please leave your message after the click.(hangs up phone)

(waves emphatically or snaps or something similar)hey, hey, hey.
you will be completely ignored. if you don't have respect for me, i don't have respect for you. so, get up off your lazy ass, come over here, and ask me polietly! then, maybe i'll help you.

(rambling, slightly delusional patron at the top of her lungs in the middle of the library)that bitch is gonna get cut!

random notes from the library

Thought I'd come back for a bit and write something. So, here's a few random occurences from your local library.

1.) I was turning off a frozen computer, it sounded like a jet engine, and then smoke starting coming out. Ah, life in the smoking section.

2.) The other day, there were these two women in line for the computer reservation station. One must have cut in front of the other because all of a sudden, they were cussing each other out. And, both of them had kids! Really interesting.

3.) A lady said I was a genius because last week, I found a bunch of book titles for here and this week, I found a phone number where she could get ahold of someone who knows where her grandson is.

4.) I found a really cool story about a patron at one of the other branches. I delted the link, but it was a cool story.

random program idea

i read a lot. i mean a lot. so i was just thinking that a fun year long(calendar or school) program would be to see how many books people read in a year at their age/grade level and above. basically, the only books that would count for adults would be adult books. sorry, no stories you read to your kid.

for example, i read nine books last month alone. my average is six a month.

okay, anywho. you could give prizes every month for most books read in different categories, like children, teens, adults, etc. and then, at the end of the year awards for who read the most books. these can be maybe coupons to a bookstore(try used and local especially), movies, books, and more.

just something fun to keep people in the library.