Just Between You and Me…I’m Giving Away Books
How is it Wednesday already? (Actually, how is it NOT Christmas break already?) I have endured, survived, and championed my way through the first day of school. No kids til next week, so things are still pretty easy. Actually I am blessed with the best schedule EVER this year, so I have zero reasons to complain. About school anyway. So let me pick something else…
I am the take-it-home-and-then-try-on-take-it-all-back-later queen. Like right now I have 15 pairs of flats in my house. FIFTEEN. Is it REALLY that hard to make a ballet flat that you can tolerate longer than 10 minutes? I would think it would be the easiest shoe in the world to make. It’s not like a heel, where you have to take gravity and ankle joints into consideration. But every flat I try. . .AWFUL. But how cool is this–Tuesday I tweeted about coming home to a big box of Zappos, and Zappos retweeted me!!! Zappos! My heroes of footwear! The people who are CRAZY to even let me shop there anymore because for every 40 pair I order, I only keep like one and return the rest. On their dime. It’s out of control.
So the release date for Just Between You and Me is mere weeks away. How about we give away some copies? The book is about Maggie Montgomery, a thirty-year old woman who lives a seemingly fearless life. She travels the world as a cinematographer for a TV show and loves nothing better than to parachute out of planes or scale a mountain. But with one phone call from her father back home, her careful facade crumbles. In the novel Maggie has to face some pretty big fears she has, knowing if she doesn’t let go and truly surrender them, life is never going to be what it needs to be. The most obvious fear of hers is water. She’s not-so-secretly afraid of water. SO…this week’s question of the week is: What are you afraid of? And you don’t have to get deep and serious if you don’t want to. For example, I’m afraid of tons of things.
1. We know I’m afraid of plane rides.
2. And heights.
3. But I’m also afraid of getting a lunar eclipe and a solar eclipse mixed up and looking directly at the wrong one and my eyeballs burning out of the sockets like a zombie.
4. I’m afraid of vitamins that are unnecessarily the size of my fist.
5. I’m afraid of being by myself when I choke because I will never be able to throw myself against the corner of a table and will have to just lie down on the floor and patiently wait for death.
6. I’m afraid I’ll use the incorrect form of lay or lie. Like for item number five? I had to look that up.
7. I’m afraid of I’m never going to find a picture/piece of art to go over my mantle. (speaking of excessive purchases and returns…)
8. I’m afraid of getting stuck in an elevator with Clay Aiken, Judge Judy, and a midget wrestler.
9. I’m afraid the fact that I cannot find a decent pair of black flats and have purchased over 20 is a sad metaphor for something else in my life.
10. Peas
11. Women who shower in perfume that smells like the stuff that I use to kill wasps.
12. How my family would fight over custody of my cat if I should pass on to the great catless beyond.
13. That someone might look close and notice where I’ve drawn a stick horse in the dust on my buffet table.
14. That anchovies and I will ever meet.
15. The things that come out of Dr. Oz’s mouth.
16. OctoMom’s reality show.
17. Britney Spears as the new face of Candies. That’s Candies–as in apparel for teen girls.
18. Stickers that don’t come off things you purchase. But you know they should.
19. Leg warmers redux.
20.The fate of the massive amount of Christmas decorations I stuck up in the attic about 6 years ago.
21. David Hasselhoff
I’m just getting warmed up! I could do that all day long! You have through Friday evening to leave a comment. I’ll announce the winners next Monday in honor of my first day with freshmen. Just let me know at least one thing that is scary to you, light hearted or serious. Whichever! Can’t wait to hear what you have to say.
In case you need some research help for your answer, you can always text these people:
Tee-hee. That makes me laugh. Have a great rest of the week.
JEN
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My biggest fear is heights! I can’t even stand on a 3rd floor balcony! I can’t get on the ferris wheel with my kids. My legs get all tingly! I know it’s crazy but I can’t help it!
I’m scared of Clowns, Semi trucks, spiders, heights, being trapped in small spaces, where the future might lead, and a lot of other things.
I’m afraid of snakes. I didn’t know it until last summer when I went kayaking. Before you got out to the ocean, you had to paddle through TWO MILES of marshy waters. And–surprise!–snakes live in marshes. So there I am two inches above water in my teeny little kayak with fifty snakes swimming all around me. I was so freaked out, and well…I cried a little too. Today, not only do snakes frighten me, but so do kayaks. And marshes.
I’m with you on the fear of overpowering perfume. I also fear that someday I’ll trip and fall down the stairs and break all my bones, and since I live alone, no one will discover me for days. This fear has been somewhat reduced since the cat passed on (I was tripping over him CONSTANTLY), but just last night I almost bit it when my toe got caught in the hem of my pants. So it’s a very real possibility.
I think clowns are scary. I’m pretty sure that fear started when I watched Poltergeist as a kid, but Pennywise from It, The Insane Clown Posse, and the balloon lady who’s always at festivals and children’s events around here don’t help matters. Killer Klowns from Outer Space is an awesome B movie, though.
1.I am afraid of the eye doctor . . . mostly the dialating eye drops. Totally lame, I know!
2. Someone falling down dead, literally, and landing on me, probably stems from the last scene in Sleeping With The Enemy, I’m sure.
3. Mustaches that look like molestaches. There’s just really no need for creepy facial hair.
4. Being in a car accident on the ONE DAY when I forgot to wear clean underwear and having a cute paramedic be the one to notice. Or having hairy legs when they cut my pants off.
5. Of getting old and not having anyone around to remind me to put in my dentures or tell me I’m not wearing any pants.
Okay…I’m afraid of fear. Dumb. I know that, thank you. I hate being afraid. So I just refuse to be. I don’t say that I’m afraid to do something, I just say, “I don’t do that.” Or “That’s just not something I’m interested in.”
1. Like roller coasters that go upside down.
2. Or flying. Yes, in planes.
3. Or camping anywhere that doesn’t say Marriott on the entrance and with maids that leave mints on my pillow. (Okay that doesn’t scare me, I just hate bugs and hair that dried without the help of 1600 watts.) Actually the hair thing would be kinda scary.
4. The thought of my laptop dying pre-backup absolutely terrifies me.
5. The thought of having to go back to teaching is enough to bring on the hives and hyperventilating.
6. Missing a deadline. I did that in a dream once. Wasn’t pretty.
7. Finding typos after my author copies arrive so I NEVER read the story after I’ve turned in the final proofs. (I’ve found I don’t have to, readers make sure I know about every stinking error. Oh well. I’ve learned to face this fear with dignity and not respond with, “Who freaking cares at this point? I’m written three books since that one and don’t even remember what the one you’re talking about is about!!”)
8. Telling a joke in front of a group of people I’m speaking to and having them stare at me with pity on their faces.
9. Getting my shampoo mixed up with the dog shampoo. (Yeah, they’re on the same shelf.)
10. Not being able to come up with a number 10 because 9 things to be afraid of is UNEVEN.
I’m afraid of showing up at school in my pjs or even naked. I’ve had that dream so many times that it almost feels like a very real possibility. I mean, I’ve almost walked out the door without pants on…really. I mean how can I forget my pants?
OMG!!! Kirk! From Gilmore Girls! I *love* Kirk! That is awesome. I’m not entering the contest, just saying how much I love Kirk.
Oo, Just Between You and Me, how exciting!
Since I was a little kid, I’ve been terrified of the bathtub drain, particularly after you’ve had a bath and pulled the plug. I have to be out of the bathroom before the tub finishes draining, otherwise that drain monster will make an appearance. I’ve never seen it yet, but I know it’s down there!
I’m also scared of underground parkades. Claustrophobic, not to mention what if a natural disaster takes place while I am down there, and 13 floors collapses on me?
I’m afraid of the Dentist. They’re just mean. Everytime I go, they just HAVE to find something wrong with my teeth, and my dentist gets all mad at me. She makes me feel so small in the chair. And what’s up with making us talk while she has her hands and tools in our mouths? All you do is talk like a baby. No one can understand a word you’re saying. Except for the dentist. I think that’s just dumb. And if you have a patient, I would make them feel as comfy as possible. Duh. It’s just common sense.
I have a weird fear of heights…
For example, I HATE riding escalators or even looking of the edge of the handrail on stairs (I get vertigo bad)…but I will go rapell off an 80 foot cliff face…with a harness and line and safetly line…oh and a helmet. Because then, I know there is now way I am going to fall. But when I have to ride esclators, I have to stand directly in the middle, white-knuckling the both handrails…looking at my feet. No kidding.
I get really afraid, when one of my kids or husband are not home and I hear sirens or the phone rings after 9 PM. My heart skips a beat each time this happens. I usually take a deep breath and say a quick prayer that all are safe, and that if the sirens are for someone else, that God will be with them and what ever thier needs are.
im afraid of falling down the stairs when no ones home (but not if someones home weirdly) ventriloquist dummies are terrifying. toe socks. body hair. scorpions. burning alive. my neighbors on the end. never finishing things. getting fat. the feeling of towels when your skin is dry and you can literally feel it snagging on the flaking skin. i know. haha.
hope you have an awesome year. and i believe if you call and cancel one more time you get a frequent appointment miss-er card that i might be able to stamp for you. ^_-
Mourning the return of the school year. And the lack of good flats. Most of the heel-less shoes I buy end up cramping my arches or pinching my toes. (Though it’s awesome that your search for painless flats got you a comment from Zappos!)
I’m afraid of:
1) Planes. I’ve never even been on one, but just thinking about having to board American Airlines and ending up plummeting toward the Atlantic sends my pulse spiraling.
2) Surgery. Again, never had it, doesn’t stop me from panicking about it.
3) Spiders. Once a giant black one landed in the toilet, and I wouldn’t even enter the bathroom to finish it off. I stretched out my leg and flushed the toilet with my foot.
4) Stray dogs. So far I’ve been attacked by five of them in my neighborhood. Apparently people don’t respond to frantic screams and wails for help from evil Cujo-impersonators anymore.
I can’t, though I try often, let one of my feet dangle over the bed while I sleep. I boldly stick one out when I first lie (right verb form?) down but I soon chicken out, imagining the under the bed monster licking his chops at the mere sight of those pretty toes.
Okay maybe I will finally win one of these contest! I think today is my lucky day!! lol
Oh the list of things im afraid of goes on and on..but I will only give you a couple.
1) Im deathly afraid of fish..Im not kidding I hate them all, even the small harmless one..stupid little fishes…die!!!!
2) Im scared of the movie the orphan..no one can bring it up around me or a freak out..I have had nightmares…okay no more talking about that movie.
3)doctors…EVIL PEOPLE!! when I was about 8 I slapped a nurse for trying to give me a shot and I also ran around the room screaming..it was safe to say my mom never took me to the doctor again. lol
anyways those were just a few things!
I would not like to be entered in the draw for your new book, but i would like to leave a comment. i am scared of a lot of different things
Like snakes…
and Mondays…
and Miley Cyrus…
and the Jonas Brother’s TV show…
and Russel on Big Brother…
but the one thing i am really scared of is that i won’t have friends to walk with into my new school on the first day of my Freshman year. And then i will have to write a song about it…
I know, i’m weird. But i don’t care!
Live Life in Love,
Lauren ;D
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one with my fears!
1) Snakes.
2) Doctors.
3) Something bad happening to someone I love.
4) Falling (like those dreams where you’re falling off a cliff or something).
5) Public speaking (I volunteered to be a liturgist at my old church to attempt to get over that one – didn’t work).
6) Elevators. I will ride in them, but I don’t like it.
7) Anything remotely related to bungee jumping, skydiving, or paragliding. See #4.
I am afraid of snakes. And I mean that totally irrational fear that reduces people to blubbering nuts.
So you can imagine my surprise when I found one in my laundry room in my basement. At first I thought is was a rat. And being a Baltimorean born and raised, I’ve tangled with a rat or two in my life. It was not a rat. I almost wish it was.
And once we discovered each other, we both promptly left the room. It slithered behind the water heater and I climbed up on the washer and over a short wall separated the laundry from another room.
I think the funniest part is when animal control showed it. The worker came in with a pillow case and a flashlight. A pillowcase and a flashlight for the varmint that just shattered my peace!
“Are we going to make shadow puppets with that stuff?”
“No,” she said. “To catch a snake put the pillowcase over your hand and grab it, then turn the bag inside out.”
“You go right ahead. I’ll be upstairs.”
Needless to say, she didn’t catch it and I lived for months in terror of doing laundry.
i’m afraid that one day i will turn on the garbage disposal and forget and stick my hand in it.
tornadoes-i’ve been stuck in a few! not like dorothy but it sure felt like it
spiders-why do we need them?
apparently cleaning!
My fears….wow let me think.
1) Spiders–they are of Satan and I am yet to find any real reason that they are allowed to exist.
2) Small spaces–never was claustrophbic when I was younger, but the older I get the worse my fear gets. Probably becuase the older I get I know I am that much closer to the grave.
3) I am terrified that one day all of the people in the world (millions of them) that don’t use or have common sense will gain it and/or start using it all at the same time.
4) I am afraid that the bookstore at church will once again be delayed in getting the latest book by Jenny B Jones on the shelf when it is released.
I am afraid of:
1) Victor Hugo -Les Mis has been on my shelf for a couple years and I have yet to open it.
2) Haircuts -Whether I’m just getting a trim or chopping it all off, I’m always worried about the first few minutes after it’s done.
3) Drowning -I am a certified lifeguard and pretty much love all water sports, but I’m afraid I’ll drown and would rather burn to death.
4) Clowns -I’m not a pessimist, but seriously, who in the world is THAT happy?!
5) Willy Wonka -I’m all for a good piece of candy, but don’t give me anything those Oompa Loompas touched!
That’s my list. Oh, and I’m also afraid I won’t win this contest, but I’d love the free book ; )
I’m afraid of those horrible arm glove things kids are starting to wear again that have no fingers so aren’t really gloves and go halfway up your arms while you were a short-sleeve shirt. SERIOUSLY?
Your book sounds amazing, Jenny!
Oh crud. Now that I say that.. you’ll probably inform me that the weird gloves are your latest wardrobe addition.
So… I guess I can make “ticking Jenny B Jone’s off” to my list of things I fear:-)
Okay…want a book, please…Things I fear…
*Inservice—did I really have to stand up today by myself in front of all those people??? I think I went into a comma for that period of time…ugh.
*Flying…just the take-offs and touchdowns…the middle part is really cool unless there is bad turbulance!
*Wasps and other flying insects that look like wasps.
*Crickets outside my window at night. I don’t know why. One was so bad last night that my hubby actually got up and sprayed the wall by our bedroom so that I could sleep. (He’s the best!)
*Mice
*Gene Simmons
*Getting up in the middle of the night and breaking my leg…never feared that before it really happened and now it scares me!
*Commas (kind of like your lay/lie thing for me!)
*Writing my fears and not winning the book!
Can’t wait to read your book because win or not, I will read it!!!
I am afraid of running a race and falling in front a crowd, right before I get to the finish line! Maybe I dreamed it!
I’m afraid of heights. I don’t mind being in planes or anything enclosed. I can’t even climb a short ladder to wash the window outside or to put something on my wall and have the step ladder fall over.
Debbie and Joy, so many admit to being afraid of heights, but yet I don’t seem to be friends or related to any of them. I’m always the chicken loner when it comes to things high up.
Catrina and Shauna–clowns. Very creepy. Always. I have never liked them.
Amy, can’t imagine kayaking in a sea-o-snakes! it’s like a bad movie.
Natasha–I’ve missed hearing from you! And you need a new pet. One who would curl up next to your broken body after you fell. Or one of those trainable dogs that would get you candy and bring it to you while you’re in the fetal position on the floor at the base of the steps.
Ash, I’m afraid of the puff of air during the eye dr’s test. That freaks me out EVERY TIME. I just sit there and blink and blink and think now? Now? Okay, now? I’m a mess with that one. Oh, and molestaches made me laugh out loud. tho I had to reread it 3x to get the right pronunciation.
Lynette-great attitude! Computer loss equals big fear for me too. And I don’t read my own books either. For a lot of reasons, but catching mistakes is definitely one. Doing so will drive you mad.
Heather-I have never had that popular dream. Sometimes I wonder if I’m missing out.
Carman-OMG, I know!!! I miss Kirk!
Robyn, what about underwater bridges? EWWWW.
Cassidy, You’re at the wrong dentist They aren’t supposed to treat you like that. Unless you hit them like Tammy. Get a new one! And I don’t know why they try and have a conversation with you either. You feel rude because you can’t comment. And then stressed because you’re being rude. It’s a vicious, slobbery fluoride-filled cycle.
Siri-Wow. Rappelling! I’m so impressed! But what you should fear are germs on the escalator. Google that and you’ll never be the same again.
Colene, I HATE ventriloquist dummies! They are just creepy. One was on America’s Got Talent last night. And I am the canceling queen. And I always remember to call like at midnight. So lame.
Hannah, Stay away from dogs. And spiders.
Carol, don’t shave your legs. That keeps all sorts of things away!
Tammy, I think doctors are probably more afraid of you than you are of them…just a hunch.
Lauren, Just said a prayer for you–that you’d have tons of friends and the perfect hangout buddies.
Amy K-I have the falling down dreams ALL THE TIME. Sometimes its a sign of low magnesium, but that’s another story. And I hate elevators.
Terri, How did you live in a house with a MIA snake??!!!
My best friend from school Belinda!!!! I fear my disposal too. A long time ago when I was in high school I was at Denise’s and saw Amityville HOrror Part II. The house turned on the garbage disposal while the fix-it guy’s hand was in it. I’ve never been the same since. I will never forget that. And tornadoes–were you with us in the Great Brownie Troupe Tornado Evacuation of 1984?
Penny, awww thanks! I hope they get them in too! And no. 3 made me laugh. And hopeful I might still get some smarts.
Amy-Victor Hugo said to let it go and pick up a romance novel instead. And Willy Wonka is just CREEPY.
Krista-The thing about 80s is the first time around we didn’t have to be a size zero to wear the clothes. WHAT the heck happened? Skinny jeans must die a flaming death. Skinny jeans should stick its hands in a garbage disposal and fall off an escalator.
Paula-Take off KILLS me. It feels like a violation against gravity. And I have a weird, reluctant respect for Gene Simmons. I caught a few clips of his current reality show and he is so good to his mother. Like apple of her eye. And his kids–not disrespectful maniacs. It’s strange how close his family is.
Sandra–If I ran a race, I’d be so proud I wouldn’t even notice a face plant.
That was the longest comment to comments ever. Y’all are awesome!
What i am afraid of….
`I am afraid that if my sister has an allergic reaction that i am going to have to stab her with the epipen.
`I am afraid of England bees….they are huge!!!
`I’m not really scared of being home alone i just really really don’t like it.
`I am afraid of fruits and veggies, so i stick with cheetos and chimichangeas.
`I am afraid of walking into gas stations!!!!!
`I am afraid of people dying, not so much myself but other people.
I know there is more just cant think at the moment
I’m afraid that if my daughter doesn’t win one of these books I’m going to have to watch her pout for a year.
I’m afraid that if Christy Barritt doesn’t write book 3 soon my daughter will have a fit.
first of all i’m afraid of squirrels. i do not like those things at all!!
2. i am afraid of a bird pooping on me
and 3. i’m afraid of puppets. and this i do have a reason behind. i had a dream that one was choking me and when i tried to scream nothing came out!
biggest fear… birds! no if ands or buts, birds are some diffrent kind of scary, also scared of losing people i care about
I am scared of several things including heights, planes, and failure.
Ok, I really don’t like those alarm things that go off when your leaving the stores and they think your trying to steal stuff…… but the ones at my library scare me so much! I really don’t know why but every time i leave the library i freak out!
Scared to death of snakes, heights, rejection
I’m afraid of someone close to me dying. Around here I’m also afraid of driving after dark and having my car come into close contact with a deer – they can do a lot of damage to a vehicle!
I never enter to win….but I REALLY want a copy of the book so here it goes, my top 5 fears:
1. grasshoppers. you never know where they are going to hop, and they get in your hair and you hump around screaming and they end up down your shirt.
2. cicadas. sometimes you think they’re dead and you go and nudge one with the tip of your shoe and they start making this horribly angry buzzing noise and then you scream like a 12 year old girl.
3. being trapped out in outer space. seriously, I will soo never be an astronaut for that very reason
4. lighting the pilot light (my great grandma was horribly, horribly burned)
5. a creepy boy I had a tiny crush on in high school who turned out to be a crazy misogynistic stalker who randomly shows up places and is probably a list maker like Steve Bucimi was on “Billy Madison”
5.
I am afraid of going on an escalator- Every time I do, I watch my feet carefully just to see when I get to the end because I am afraid that my foot will get caught in the crack at the end and I will be pulled under (even though that has no remote possibility of happening…)
I am also afraid of having my window open at night and a person climbing in it and stabbing me to death. Needless to say, I close my window when I am ready to fall asleep…
Things I’m Afraid Of (Brace yourself, I’m about to spill my heart out to you):
1) To die. Especially at a young age. I shouldn’t be because I’m a strong Christian, but I’m also a selfish being who wants to live life.
2) Health Problems. I’m overweight, bordering the edge with diabetes, have high everything, and have a low self-esteem (about looks – I’m still confident of God’s love for me).
3) That I will never be able to lose weight and become the person who respects her body the way God wants her to.
4) That I will fall once again to the addictions of my past.
5) That I will always feel so unemotional when people die. I love my parents, but one of my greatest fears is that I will not cry when they die.
6) The death of my parents. I’m very dependent on them.
7) Making new friends at a new college.
9) Living in a Socialist Country
10) Having a friend dump me
11) Never getting married or being loved – living alone for the rest of my life.
12) My dog dying
13) Of never becoming the writer and inspirational Christian speaker I dream of becoming
Some sillier smaller fears: bees, mosquitoes, sometimes flies (a bunch of them at once or of them landing on my food and laying eggs), of my car blowing up at the gas station, of running out of books to read and review, of a being in a plane that goes a little too high and into space, of going above the clouds in an air balloon, deathly afraid of tornadoes and volcanoes (I used to be afraid to even sleep on the floor thinking a volcano might erupt and lava might cover me), surgery,deathly afraid of missing class or being late to class (I’m one of those people who constantly has nightmares about school), afraid that people might notice when my hair is dirty, and many more (on channel 4, and a big fat lady – namely me – on channel 80, and Scooby Doo – my pet bird – on channel 2…. etc).
And the classic fear: I’m afraid of the dark. Can’t sleep without a fan (or some sort of noise) and a nightlight on.
Last but not least, afraid I may not get a free of copy of Jenny B Jones’ new book “Just Between You and Me” which I would gladly review.
Oh, and afraid of wearing crocs because of that one time I wore them and they got caught in the escalator, which consequently ate half my right shoe. Boy, was that ever scary. And I’m not making this up!
so i’m really scared of rats, falling into deep holes that never end, and….ronald mcdonald. seriously. i am terrified of him. clowns i don’t like, but RM has scared me since i was 5.
Hm…
1. I am scared of letting people down/disappointing them.
2. Obsessive Twilight fans
3. Screwing up a relationship
4. Gladiator sandals (seriously, where is fashion going if designers think those are cute?)
5. Bad first impressions
I’m afraid of:
1. That my eyesight will fail to the point I’ll have long black hairs growing out of my chin and won’t know it.
2. I won’t have any close girlfriends who love me enough to tell me I have long black hairs growing out of my chin.
3. Those global warming people….
4. anything to do with fast eddie and his health care reform package
5. being bored — that scares me most of all….
1. Afraid of NOT winning this book!
2. Afraid of having to read more and interact with my family since our only TV broke last night.
3. Afraid that I still haven’t lost any weight even though I have painting all week in 90 degree heat and have been sweating like crazy!
4. Afraid of the sadness that will overtake me the week of ACFW when I think about not hanging out with Ms. Jenny B. (not able to go this year)
Ok, my list is this:
1. Handsome guys who look me in the eye…
2. Handsome guys who don’t look me in the eye…
3. Handsome guys in period. Well, actually, the majority of guys is scary….
4. Taller people than me (I’m 5’8″)
5. Spiders
6. Snakes
7. Trucks
8. Roller coasters
9. Philadelphia (You try crossing an intersection with 5 different outlets of honking cars. I think I got 2 gray hairs from that one)
10. Public embarrassment.
11. Stages.
That’s about it… At least, all the stuff I can remember. Thanks for listening! : )
~ ChristianGirl203
Hmmm…having a new baby has brought fears to surface I didn’t know I had; like electrical outlets, pieces of plastic laying about randomly & pennies hither & yon. Used to think I wasn’t scared of stuff…ha, right.
lookin for flats? try target. they are having an online sale, they have like every color. here is the link:
http://www.target.com/Womens-Shoes/b/ref=sc_iw_r_1_0/187-1832272-4937219?node=1041816
im scared of:
needles
blood
giant pills
cockroaches
guys with uni-brows.
the dark.(i still sleep with a nightlight.don’t laugh)
piranas.
aligators.
crocodiles.
old people at the doctor’s . once i had to get blood drawn (oh im also scared of that) and i was about to pass out and asked my mom for a cup of water, so she goes to the front to ask for water and she says: “i need a glass of water, MY DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO PASS OUT” all the old people in the doctors office stared at me. how embarrassing.
I’ve been afraid of spit since I worked on a political campaign and a woman in a Kokomo Wal-Mart figured out that the candidate was from the opposing party and spit in my face. I can still hear the sound and feel it hit my cheek.
This fear has morphed into a hatred of watching other people brushing their teeth and any hacking/hawking sound, or people who snort their snot and then swallow it.
Now that I have sufficiently grossed everyone out, I’ll also add that I am afraid of slimy things. Mushrooms. Slugs that hide in the lettuce I buy at the farmer’s market, and the fruit I leave out too long that suddenly become the breeding ground for fruit flies. What is it with fruit flies? After they’re born, they just multiply until they’re a great nebulous cloud, flying drunkenly into your face as you do dishes. Ick.
I am also afraid that I’ll never make something of myself and thus disappoint all my high school teachers that thought I would become president. Definitely off track for that!
Okay, I’m scared of the fact that I just typed responses and my computer ATE THEM. Round II…
Sheila, I’m afraid of the fact that I don’t know the difference between a cicada and a grasshoppper. Getting trapped in outer space–good one. Have you seen the preview for the new show that’s like Grey’s for outer space? I can’t watch it. I simply can’t. Not without an inhaler nearby. And pilot lights. TOTALLY. Scary, mysterious,invisible things. I do not like them. And as for the last one…that could be a number of boys…can you narrow it down? Oh, and Mr. D said to tell you hello…
Lynn, so Christy and I are the determining factor of whether your daughter has a fit or not? That is a heavy, heavy burden you’ve placed upon us.
Natalie, your epipen fear sounds perfectly legit. Then again, there are people I’m sure we’d all LIKE to stab with an epipen.
Tegan, are we talking crows, buzzards, vultures? Or cute little finch type of birds?
Dani, puppets are creepy. And you haven’t lived ’til you’ve had a bird poop on you. It’s like a little “hello” from nature.
Brittanie, concise list. Check, check, check. Right there w/ya.
Lizzie, it’s okay to admit your kleptomaniac ways are starting to get to your conscience. We don’t judge here. . .much.
Mark, rejection is a good one. Encompasses a lot. I’m sure it keeps all of us from trying a ton of things.
Katherine, I have a friend who refuses to open any windows in her house at all. She would totally relate.
Harmony, what year of college are you? Have you read Deadly Emotions by Don Colbert? He is an advisor/dr. to Joyce Meyer. I HIGHLY recommend this book. Email me if you want some info. I could talk all day long about this.
Deborah, Ronald McD is scary. Especially when you look at him. Really, really look at him.
Maddee, I’m ready for Gladiator sandals to go out too. Yesterday I had a moment of weakenss and almost bought some. Then I rebuked the spirit of Uncomfortable Shoes and Excessive Toe Exposure and put them back on the shelf.
Mary, you can always judge the depth of a friend’s love by how willing they are to tell you there is something on your face, in your teeth, or you need to make an appt with your electrolysis clinic.
Jennifer A, I am so sorry for your loss of a TV. You have my deep sympathies. How are you making it? And not gonna be at ACFW? WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! This makes me sad.
Katie P, I loved the combo of 1 and 2.
Jennifer, I have no children, but do have a niece and nephew. I will have random scary “what if” thoughts, so i can’t imagine how big the anxiety would be if it involved my own children.
Hannah, my FAVE black flats that I’m trying to replace are FROM Target!!! I can’t ever wear Target/WM/Payless type of shoes, but the heavens opened up one day and I found these ballet flats at Target last year, and we have been together ever since. But now they are gross and must be retired. So yesterday I searched for them on ebay. Nothing. And then just for kicks I tried Target.com to see if they were on clearance (since it had been forever since they’d been on the shelves) and THERE THEY WERE–not on clearance, but who cares!!! I bought two pair and then did a moonwalk of happiness.
Kate–GOOD GOSH. Are you kidding me? i can’t even stand to see someone get spit on in movies. It bugs me on so many levels. I hate mucusy spit too. I could go on about this, but I want. Cuz I’m already grossing myself out. I’m not grossed out easily, but that does it EVERY TIME. And I think you are great and successful and who wants to be president anyway? The world picks you apart and SNL makes fun of you. You don’t want to be prez.
I’m afraid of spiders, snakes and other creepy crawlies. I fear bungee jumping and sky diving, but know if someone pushed me out of my comfort zone into the free falling air, I’d be glad I did it once I landed safe and sound.
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Whoa. hope I”m not too late in posting. Everyone’s got sooo many fears. Yikes. Or else everyone wants a copy of another one of your fabulous books
But when I was little, I was obsessed.
So here’s a few of mine, quick:
-I’m afraid of growing up to be average, and not realizing my dreams
-I’m afraid of hurting the people I love
(And here’s a weird one) -I’m afraid of being too old for Peter Pan to take me to Neverland. I know, I know, I’m a disturbed child.
Oh, and one more. I’m going on a cruise Monday, and I”m afraid of it sinking
Well I’m afraid of a lot of things but some that come to mind are…
Just a few of the weirdest ones, the others are things like spiders and such.
1. Choking on an orange…just an orange I dont fear choking on anything else other than oranges.
2. Getting a cut in the ocean and attracting a Great White.
3. The dark…God only knows whats in it
4. Scoobie Doo, Y? I’m not so sure, maybe the monsters in it?
5. And that one day I shall wake up and find my hair as short as Ellen Degeneres’ and my mom will still force me to go to school.
Oh and Rondald Mcd I agree he is scary! Example: My cusins dad (who I should call my uncle but dont because i have only met the man twice) played him in a couple comercials. Now if you have met this man you have a reason to completly freaked of Ronald…this man scares me to the core. So I understand that fear so much!
ok i have tons of fears but most are just weired things like kite flying- i hate kites because i just can’t stand looking up at them when they are so high- im also afraid that i might let it go and it would fly away- im the same way with baloons- im scared of letting them fly away- thats why i just dont fly kites and i never touch anything with helium in it- so not natural. I’m am way more afraid of making mistkes- I get really nervous under pressure- I stiil don’t know how i play sports and actually make it through most games without freaking ou- but when it comes to tests and stuff i freak out becaude im just sitting there and the teacher thinks i payed attention- i didn’t. So thats what I’m mostly afraid of- nothing too terrible-please enter me in the drawing
oh and jen, I think it would be awesome for you to come to the chritian bookstore Lifeway in fortsmith, or Solid Rock, or Books A Million, or.. anywhere! I saw all of your books there at Lifeway and I think it would be a great place for a book-signing. It would be awesome to meet a local author!!!
I am absolutely terrified of spiders. I can tolerate small insects, but spiders just freak me out. It gives me the creeps. I’m also terrified of heights.
My embarrassing fear is when I have to get up to go to the restroom in the middle of the night in a dark bathroom. I usually have to flip the light on and off really quickly just to make sure there’s not a snake curled up in the toilet, or some poor drowning mouse/rat that is trying to get out and might see my behind as a way to get out. There I said it. Or typed it…out loud for all to see.
I am terrified of lightning, cockroaches and rattlesnakes. i know soo original
I’m scared of rides that go really high and then drop you, small talk, that ghost in The Grudge, that I’ll hate high school, when it’s really late at night and everyone is asleep but you and you keep hearing these footstep-like noises, and evil-kidnapper men. And, of course, everyone is afraid of spiders. I also seem to think that everyone in my new high school class will hate me… weird.
I’m afraid to board my dogs while I go on vacation. I have a terrible fear they will be lost. No one takes care of our children and pets the way we do.
I know the deadline has passed for the free book, however, I assume there is no deadline on posting fears in general. So here goes….
I am afraid of AMISH people. In case you wonder why:
First, have you seen children of the corn?
Second, what is up their hatred of the zipper? I mean really it is an inanimate object…I find this highly suspect and scary.
I am afraid of squirrels. Not the regular ones, but the flying ones. Was almost attacked by one on my balcony once. Called my dad (who lived in another state for help) he laughed at me. This only served to strengthen my fear of being alone and having no one to help me ward off attack squirrels.
Well, I have other fears but those are my top two.
Heather