Sorry if this is a bit scrambled...

Published June 12th 2011
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I can't help but to have a fascination with the dead and after life. When I was four and a half I had my first paranormal experience after my mother passed away.  Since then I have experienced many different kinds of encounters.

I often ponder what happens to us when we die.  I know energy never ceases to exist and we are made up of energy. But, what happens to our energy? What happens when we no longer inhabit a home (the body) that supplies us with senses and consciousness? As of right now our energy is attached to earth and when earth ends our energy will then survive elsewhere in the universe. Our energy lives on and in that sense we are immortal... but is our energy our soul? Do we even have souls? If there are such things as "inteligient hauntings" where the dead are aware of their surroundings as they inhabit earth, what will happen to them when earth no longer exists? I can't even begin to imagine what the other side may or may not look like and if we can even see it, feel it, sense it?

When I watch Ghost Adventures and they speak out loud to the spirits asking "is there anybody in the room with me right now?" how can it be assumed that the other side looks anything like the room they are in? I understand asking that question is part of trying to figure it all out and that they want to understand the other side just as much as I do... without dying. I ask the same dumb questions when I do investigations as well.

I try to imagine all the tests that have been conducted over the years to prove the existence of the soul. I also think about the scientists trying to raise the funds to conduct new, more advanced tests.  I think about the mystery behind death as well.  Think of all the things we can do with science. We have neurogensis with suspended animation and the regrowth of dead brain tissue. We can regrow the brains of comatose head trauma patients until they wake up and walk around again. We can transplant organs, use stem cells to help organs become like-new again. We can do so much - EXCEPT- bring a perfectly healthy body back to life. Even if the organs and everything were in perfect working condition there is no way (as of yet) that we can bring life back into the body.  Why? Does this show us that there is more than just a working engine (our body) that is needed to give us life? If so, what is it? Where does it go when we die? And how can we try to get it back?

I also wonder if the hadron collider is going to help us discover more about the after life or alternate universes?

I could bring many other questions, theories, and thoughts up... but I prefer human interaction on the subject.

All I do know is that life is a miracle. Every day that we awake to another is a blessing.  We are never promised tomorrow. Anything at anytime can and sometimes will happen to you. There is no "eh, it'll never happen to me."  You never know what is going to happen. Nothing is certain and nothing is forever. Knowing this I appreciate life, all life, and the short amount of time I have to be a part of something bigger.

Hello, my name is Sarah...

 

...and I am a Ghost Adventures addict.

I am seriously obsessed with Ghost Adventures and it has very little to do with the ghost hunting.  Okay, I do love the ghost hunting but I am obsessed for an entirely different reason.  I can’t help but feel their excitement and passion with each episode. I feel that I am usually a good judge in character and I believe that these three men are genuine in what they do.  The way they get excited and pumped when something super natural happens seems real to me.  I can feel it through the T.V. I thoroughly enjoy watching these lads living a dream. It gives me hope.

Zak, Nick, and Aaron were all me at one point.  I am not certain if they all went to film school or not, but I do know Zak did.  But they all came from different parts of the U.S. They all lived normal lives with normal jobs.  When Zak experienced his first encounter with the paranormal it drove him to seek answers.  His passion lead him on a journey that would eventually land him a television show on the Travel Channel.  This inspires me greatly.

I think about how their several second clip of an apparition got them on the news.  Then that lead to other stations wanting to interview them, which lead to news paper articles, people contacting them for investigations, and eventually they caught the eye of someone from the Travel Channel.  I don’t know the full story of how it all happened but it moves me.

I also love the style of editing that is done for their show.  I am not sure who does the post production now that they are on T.V. but it follows the set up used back when it was 4Reel productions. I especially love that they show their evidence in “real time” as the audience follows them through the dark.  Not to mention how perfect their three personalities blend to make a concoction of awesome. haha. Everything about the show is grand.  The production (pre - post), the crew, the narration.
 I am also guilty of following them on FB and Twitter because I get to share in their success and see the kind of life I want to make for myself.

Zak, Nick, and Aaron you have proven more than the existence of ghosts.  You have shown me and many others that you can make dreams come true.  With passion and perseverance anything is possible.

 

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Where do I go from here?

Published May 29th 2011
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My boyfriend and I watched seasons 1-4 of Ghost Adventures on netflix.  We did this in a weeks span.  I decided to start following Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin on both facebook and twitter.  I also watched interviews with them on youtube.  All of this has really got me thinking about my future.  How can I do what I really love? How can I make the kind of money where my boyfriend and I can travel the world and have more time to spend together and with family?
The guys of Ghost Adventures have it made.  Three great friends getting paid to travel and do something they love.  Not only are they being paid to do something they love and to travel, but they have been able to start side projects that are successfull because of the names they have made for themselves.  And on their time off from shooting they get to experience whatever they want because they can afford to.  I want this. I have always wanted this.

How can I achieve this? What path should I take to be heading in that direction?
I want to be involved with entertainment. I want to get paid to travel and afford to have Ryan join me in my travels. I want to make a name for myself and have a fan base I can connect with. I want to afford to take time off and spend time with family and close friends and travel the world.I want to make a difference.  I want to create compelling art that will make people think and feel.

As I get older I start losing hope that I will ever reach my dreams.  When I was younger I felt as though anything was possible.  Now, I just don't know.  Are people born "special" and meant to become something while others spend the rest of their lives trying to become something? Is it not meant to be for me?

What did Zak, Nick, and Aaron do to achieve this? Can anybody achieve this if they work hard enough? Work smart enough?  What is it they have done differently? What makes success? How can I make my dreams come true?