Interesting New Development

Tara doesn't want to insist, but she just doesn't understand why I havn't taken the uniquie opportunity she's offered me, especially since there's absolutely no risk to me.

Well, I don't want to contradict, but that's basically all Tara does; insist, insist, insist.

And also, there is a very slight risk to me if I do choose to recite the incantations she's sent to me; there's a very, very, very remote chance that the Christians are onto something, and I could end up feeling the full force of God's wrath if I do go through with these incantations.

But this leads me to the interesting new development that you've read all about.

Tara seems to know that I haven't yet recited those incantations that she sent me last week. I mean, sure, she could've just got lucky sending me the correct mass email. But for someone who wants to pass themself off as a pyschic, this seems like a risky and incrediably foolish move.

So that leads me to believe that maybe Tara might indeed be the real deal. But as I've been saying ever since she sent me them, I won't actually know until after I've recited these bloody incantations.

Although, that being said, I really don't appreciate Tara trying to scare me in reciting them; If you exit this page, you’ll be condemned to living in the negative atmosphere that surrounds you now, Emma.

Kind of sounds very threatening to me.

Maybe, if Tara is the real deal, she's the one surrounding me with all of this negativity.

That still makes her a fraud if that's the case.

Ghosts & the Can Opener

While I was once again struggling to properly open a can with one of the numerous can openers in the house, I couldn't help wondering why the hell none of the numerous bloody things in this house can never open a can properly.

Trying to pry open a can that wasn't opened properly is how I almost sliced the pad of my right index finger off. So naturally, I'm put out more than ever now by the sketchy opening job the can openers always do when a can is trying to be opened.

I've never had this problem with can openers before ... except with blunt ones, but they don't really count as can openers, do they?

And most of the can openers in this house are almost brand spankin' new! So there's no reason why they shouldn't be opening cans cleanly and properly.

The only logical conclusion why the can openers aren't doing their job properly?

Horry and/or Charlotte!

One or both of those ghosts are possessing the can openers when they're being used, and ensuring that the cans aren't opened properly.

And this whole time I thought that they were ineffective as ghosts!

Sure, the whole possessing the can openers things is weird and unheard of as far as hauntings go. Also not all that scary to begin with. But it does get the job done for them; we're hugely put out, and run the risk of seriously injuring ourselves trying to open the cans with our bare hands (and suddenly the whole can opener haunting thing seems a whole lot scarier than it did a few seconds ago). Plus, because of how unusual it is, it's less likely to draw attention to their devious little plot.

Pretty tricky of Horry and/or Charlotte! But I caught on to them in the end. Now I've just got to figure out how to put a stop to these actions. A circle of salt around each can opener should do the trick ... unless there's already a ghost in the can opener! Then I'll just be trapping the damn thing in there.

This is going to require more thouhgt ... and possibly the continuation of watching Supernatural to get some ideas on how to deal with ghosts.