I’ve only met you twice, and from my memory you were the nicest guy a person could know. The first and second time I’ve met you was in my sophomore year of high school four years ago. We met at that “cool” “scene kid” hangout. Throughout my entire high school existance I felt like a loser, but during those few short moments we had together you made me feel pretty cool. With the small group of friends I always felt like an outcast, but just those two nights of concerts together you talked to me like you’ve known me since forever. Thank you for that.

It’s kind of ironic in a morbid way. Just a few weeks ago I was thinking about you, so I looked at your facebook. I ended up sending the link to my friend and we just kinda laughed about how long it’s been since we saw you. We actually talked about you a lot after we met you four years ago. You were really attractive to us, and from my memory we were giddy over the fact you hugged us goodbye the first time we met. If I think really hard about that night, I remember you let my friend wear your hat. I’m pretty sure she about had a heartattack. You made her feel special too.

After all of these years of not thinking about you, and then all of a sudden thinking about you a few weeks ago, to finding out you passed away yesterday. It’s completely surreal. I can’t stop thinking about how just when I was thinking about you a few weeks ago you were alive, and then all of a sudden in one horrible moment you’re gone.

I never knew you well, but from the pictures I’m looking at you were really goofy. Then just now, as I’m reading about your death in the paper I find out you were a firefighter. You seem to have changed a lot. You’ve changed into such a mature young man, it’s such a loss for the world to lose somebody like you.

I wish your friends and family all of my thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace Jeremy.

P.S. This song just came out recently, it seems to fit. I’m sorry you had to have such a short life. Eighteen years isn’t enough for you. I’ll keep you in my mind when I want to give up. I’ll keep in my mind that you were stripped away of your life, and that I should live mine to the fullest.

Sincerely,
Keisha

I don’t know about you guys, but I like to dabble in makeup. I won’t lie, I probably spend hours on youtube watching Promise Phan, or many other gurus. The whole world of makeup is really intriguing. I mean, the fact that it can transform your entire face to something amazing or horrifying is an artform. People tend to underestimate it, and I feel makeup is definitely overlooked.

My real face:

For my anniversary date with my boyfriend he took me to see The Woman in Black (since I’m not all that exciting). I must say, this film was absolutely brilliant. The cinematography blew me away from the very second the film started. I loved how it wasn’t your usual widescreen, I’m not quite sure how to explain it…but how they made their anamorphic effects were breathtaking. I especially loved the antique feel they gave you throughout the entire movie. If I had to do a light comparison in cinematography I would say Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, except better.

Another thing that I enjoyed about this movie was the fact that it was PG13. It’s rare in the 21st century to find a movie that has no cursing, gore, and nudity, especially in a scary film. I think the worst that was said in this film was “what the hell?”, it was refreshing. You know, I think it’s a pretty rare gem these days to find a scary movie that has genuine scare scenes instead of watching some man get his head chopped off and people considering that “horror” I mean helllooo, gore doesn’t make a horror movie, it just makes a movie disgusting.

This movie wasn’t exactly thought provoking, but it did make you think a lot. The scare scenes were pretty startling at times, and the storyline was perfect. The acting in this was really great as well, and I thought that Daniel Radcliffe was perfect for the main character. I wasn’t exactly a huge fan of him, but this movie has definitely changed my mind about Mr. Radcliffe.

As for the story here it goes.

In case you weren’t aware, The Woman in Black is actually a movie based off the book The Woman in Black, and is actually not the first movie based off of the novel. There is also one available that was made in 1989. Getting back to the point of this paragraph. This film is about a lawyer who is widowed and has a son. To make ends meet, he must travel wherever there is work, and when he finally finds something it all goes downhill from there. Mr. Kipps (Radcliffe) has to go to a small village where the villagers seem to be terrified. Mr. Kipps must go to a deceasedl widow’s home to collect belongings and other legal documents. After the first visit of the deceased widow’s home strange and horrible things start happening. Is there a ghost terrorizing Mr. Kipps and the village? I would lie and say no, but that wouldn’t work.

If you’re a classic/morbid horror lover, I would definitely recommend this film.

Here’s the trailer: