Urgent!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am coming to you with, even by my standards, insane news. Less than 10 minutes ago I walking out the back door of my house with my dog to take her out for an evening stroll and I, in all seriousness, believe I saw a U.F.O.

My eyes were drawn to the sky the moment I stepped out from the overhang of the house and into the open back yard. I cannot describe the actual shape of the thing that I saw because the skies were totally dark, but there were three large lights on it, in a diagonal row, and they gave the appearance of some linear thing. Although, it is possible that those lights were just tools used to distract me from the enormity of the actualy craft that was hidden in the darkness. I may never know. I have never seen lights like this, placed in such a way, on any helicopter or plane that I have ever seen in the nighttime.

The thing that made me most curious was that the object was moving downwards, as if it was landing. And I happen to know that there are no airports within an hour of my house. Now that I think about it, I cant remember ever seeing a plane flying around here at all. The skies are not as highly trafficked here as they are in CT, where I used to look at planes many times a day. I was so confused when I saw the thing in the sky that I closed my eyes really tight and then opened them so I could focus on it closer. As I lingered, staring at it, something large moved in the bushes towards my neighbors backyard. Frightened that I had been spotted eyeing the object in the sky and that someone, or some thing, had been sent to take care of the matter, I cut my dogs walk short and ran back into the house.

Anyways, as soon as I got inside I knew I had to tell someone. And since my mom is asleep, and I know my brothers would never listen to me, and the author of my sister-blog has slipped into a 10 PM bedtime routine (which, especially considering tonight's events, I think she should revise) I have come here. Seeking clarity. Maybe a good nights sleep will uncloud my mind and allow me to think about this experience more rationally. But at the moment, I must say, I'm a little scared.

Brainwashed?

As you've probably heard, the last few weeks have brought nothing short of apocalyptic storms, flooding, and heat to the Midwest, particularly Indiana where I happen to be residing. During this time, I have been almost entirely confined to my house. Not always out of necessity, but out of my intution that if I should venture outdoors I will certainly suffer an attack by whatever power is causing this ridiculous weather. After many days, I have slipped into a somewhat rigid routine, mostly consisting of hours spent looking at my computer. For those of you wondering how my days are spent in Indiana, I thought I'd give you a glimpse into my day to day schedule.

I recently lost my eye mask that keeps the sun out of my eyes while I sleep into the late morning hours, so these days, around 11:30 I remove the pillowcase that I put over my head as a substitute. Within minutes, I open my computer which lays on the couch right next to my air mattress, and do a few things. I first check my email and facebook. Then I visit Entertainment Weekly.com to get the days tv/movie news. After that, I watch The Dark Knight trailer atleast two times, and think to myself "How am I going to get the strength to wait until mid-July to see this?". I have not come up with an answer to this yet.

After getting dressed and showering, I usually eat breakfast around 1. During this time, I complain to my mom for 20 to 30 minutes about how the upcoming Hobbit movie is going to go terribly wrong without the direction of Peter Jackson. Today's argument was: different title font and a potentially different composer than the magical Howard Shore.

The bulk of my day is spent surfing the web. Lately, I can spend anywhere from an hour to four hours doing this, this time is mostly spent on youtube. When I get on a Lost wave, there is usually some time inbetween each interview or clip where I feel this great heaviness in my stomach and I think about how I can't possibly wait until January for a new episode. Sometimes the subject of my search doesn't really make sense. The other day I spent my time looking at every clip of the Jimmy Kimmel show that I could find. I do this until I have to force myself to turn my computer off because my eyes hurt and, frankly, I become terrified of the power the Internet has over me.

I take a few hours in the evening to eat dinner and talk to my family and walk around and stuff, but around 10 PM my eyes are back on a screen. I usually watch a movie or two, but it is the internet that keeps me up until the wee hours of the morning. For those of you who weren't expecting a conspiracy theory to fit into this particular entry- WRONG. Rather than pin this on my own laziness I feel that something much more sinister is at work. Perhaps the unusual weather that is occuring is simply a tool to get us all inside and at our computers and tvs where we can subsequently be brainwashed. I think that is the far more likely explanation. Maybe I am wrong, but from my personal experience I can tell you that lately there is something UNUSUALLY hypnotic about watching Kimmel clips on a loop.