My desperation has reached its
Statue of limitations
And all I can think about is the way
The sunlight hit your hair well it
Made my day
All around you
The stars seem to shine the birds start to fly
And they’re singing (they’re singing)
Bye bye birdie hope you had a nice trip
And I’ll see you next fall
Bye bye birdie bye bye bye bye
My adoration is expanding
All of that love, spanning
Over 5 years its coming to a close
Because I’ve realized (I’ve realized)
That opposites don’t always attract
So bye bye birdie hope I have a nice trip
Hope I see you next fall
Bye bye birdie bye bye bye bye
Hopelessness is just a phase
I have learned that there’s many different ways
To praise
You in my own way
Hopelessness is just a phase
I have learned that there’s many different ways
To praise
You in my own way
Hopelessness is just a phase
Just a phase just a phase
So bye bye birdie hope you had a nice trip I’ll see you next fall
It's a song.. I have been writing a lot of songs nowadays. Maybe I'll post some more up. Ya never know.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
My *new* obsession!
Well, a few days ago I began to become increasingly obsessed with Fall Out Boy. Yesh! I used to be a really big fan (every sentence I said had "fall" or "out" or "boy" or "patrick" and my favourite phrase was "OMG I LOVE PATRICK!!") but I'd quietened down. THEN I listened to some songs from Folie a Deux, and Fall Out Boy's evening out with your girlfriend THEN came the videos of them on Youtube. Yesh. Now I'm obsessed with them!! Seriously, name ANY title and I'll recite the entire song!
I absolutely LOVE Patrick!! And their lyrics are just so great and of course Patricks singing is (oh no, here it comes) FOBULOUS!!
I absolutely LOVE Patrick!! And their lyrics are just so great and of course Patricks singing is (oh no, here it comes) FOBULOUS!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
This Is It, this is the last time I'll see a movie before I have a small idea of what it's about...Yargh!
Well, I've seen it!! And "it" was..ok, i suppose, if you like "that sort of thing"
Since I'm not really a fan of Michael Jackson, I didn't really like the movie, or should I say "documentary"?
Basically, it's Michael Jackson grabbing his "area" (You know, his famous "dance" move) and him bossing people around (constant "just let it sizzle"'s) and complaining about a fist being driven into his ear(??) for 111 minutes. Yeah. I liked when they were doing Thriller, because it was "3D" (but we didn't have those cool glasses!) and everyone was going up into the camera..
If you're a fan of Michael Jackson, or a dancer (like my friend who asked me) you'll probably like it, but if you're not a fan and have two left feet (like me!) then DON'T WASTE 14:95 LIKE I DID!! Yes, I got the medium popcorn and drink, thinking I'd save money instead of getting the large, and there was only 25 cent in the difference!! That's SCARY! (yes, a halloween reference!! hee hee!!)
But I did have a good time with my friends who I haven't seen since AGES!!
In other news, apparently FALL OUT BOY are gonna be on a hiatus for the whole year of 2010! Please say this is just a bad dream!!
Well, Mid-term is coming to a close, but at least I get some free tooth rotting goodness tomorrow!! Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be on later, dudes..
It's not like anyone reads these anyway!
Since I'm not really a fan of Michael Jackson, I didn't really like the movie, or should I say "documentary"?
Basically, it's Michael Jackson grabbing his "area" (You know, his famous "dance" move) and him bossing people around (constant "just let it sizzle"'s) and complaining about a fist being driven into his ear(??) for 111 minutes. Yeah. I liked when they were doing Thriller, because it was "3D" (but we didn't have those cool glasses!) and everyone was going up into the camera..
If you're a fan of Michael Jackson, or a dancer (like my friend who asked me) you'll probably like it, but if you're not a fan and have two left feet (like me!) then DON'T WASTE 14:95 LIKE I DID!! Yes, I got the medium popcorn and drink, thinking I'd save money instead of getting the large, and there was only 25 cent in the difference!! That's SCARY! (yes, a halloween reference!! hee hee!!)
But I did have a good time with my friends who I haven't seen since AGES!!
In other news, apparently FALL OUT BOY are gonna be on a hiatus for the whole year of 2010! Please say this is just a bad dream!!
Well, Mid-term is coming to a close, but at least I get some free tooth rotting goodness tomorrow!! Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be on later, dudes..
It's not like anyone reads these anyway!
Well, today I'm going to see This Is It (in about 33 minutes I'll be on my way!) And to get into the mood, I'm listening to "Beat It" but not the M.J. version because he's kinda creepy, so I'm listening to Fall Out Boy's cover of it!!
Anyways, tomorrow is Halloween!! Then I'll continuously blog about Christmas! (i won't really, that was a joke heh heh)
Aaanywho, this mid term has been pretty uneventful, so I'll just write about what's on my mind, which shouldn't really interest you..
(im gonna write about people i know so
1. I'm going to take the link to my blog off my bebo page and
2. I'm not going to use their names)
Be right back!!
Okay! Well that's done!
Now, on to
No, I don't think I should write about them, I'd sound too mean and gossipy, and I'm neither mean nor a gossiper!
Goodbye!!
Anyways, tomorrow is Halloween!! Then I'll continuously blog about Christmas! (i won't really, that was a joke heh heh)
Aaanywho, this mid term has been pretty uneventful, so I'll just write about what's on my mind, which shouldn't really interest you..
(im gonna write about people i know so
1. I'm going to take the link to my blog off my bebo page and
2. I'm not going to use their names)
Be right back!!
Okay! Well that's done!
Now, on to
No, I don't think I should write about them, I'd sound too mean and gossipy, and I'm neither mean nor a gossiper!
Goodbye!!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
A VERY productive day..Well, not really...Maybe it was..Look, i dunno GO AWAY!! No!! Don't go away! READ THIS FIRST!!
Well, today I got to go to THE HOSPITAL!!! Hooray!!
Then, a nice mean lady stuck a sharp object in me and proceded to drain my blood from a vein in my arm!! It wasn't actually too painful..
One time, I was in hospital for like a week and I had to get blood taken 12 times!! It was TERRIBLE!!
Then, I was talking to my mom and she said I have to get the SWINE FLU VACCINE!!
Darn! More sharp needles! I'm a pin cushion! AND at school we're getting this booster vaccine...*shiver*
*shiver shiver shiver* *shiver* *shiver*
Well, after we left the hospital I went to HMV and got The Corpse Bride on DVD. For 3.99!!
AND I got balloons for my Halloween costume!
I love the Corpse Bride its awesome! I also like The Nightmare Before Christmas!! That too is awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome.
I'm watching iCarly and some weirdo is calling them "hobknockers" WHAT IS THAT? Is it a word? idk................................................................................................................................
Goodbye!
Then, a nice mean lady stuck a sharp object in me and proceded to drain my blood from a vein in my arm!! It wasn't actually too painful..
One time, I was in hospital for like a week and I had to get blood taken 12 times!! It was TERRIBLE!!
Then, I was talking to my mom and she said I have to get the SWINE FLU VACCINE!!
Darn! More sharp needles! I'm a pin cushion! AND at school we're getting this booster vaccine...*shiver*
*shiver shiver shiver* *shiver* *shiver*
Well, after we left the hospital I went to HMV and got The Corpse Bride on DVD. For 3.99!!
AND I got balloons for my Halloween costume!
I love the Corpse Bride its awesome! I also like The Nightmare Before Christmas!! That too is awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome.
I'm watching iCarly and some weirdo is calling them "hobknockers" WHAT IS THAT? Is it a word? idk................................................................................................................................
Goodbye!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Wow Cirque du freak AND a super dooper manga comic book thing!!
Well yesterday I saw CIRQUE DU FREAK! It was really really good and its one of my NEW FAVOURITE MOVIES!! (Including Back to the Future, Grease, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Up) The guy who played Darren was AWESOME except he kept wearing that freaky red jacket and I can't believe they picked JOHN C. REILLY to be Mr. Crepsley. Actually, he wasn't bad but I would never have thought of casting him. That's probably why I'm not a movie caster person...
Anyway, after the movie my friends and I went into Easons and we were looking at books, and I saw the new cover for Cirque Du Freak (it was the movie poster cover of the book) and then SHOCK HORROR!!! I saw a MANGA version of The Vampires Assistant!! So, of course I bought it and I DIDN'T SPEND ANY money because I had a gift card!! Whoop de doo!!!
Well, on Wednesday I'm going to see This Is It with my friend.. It's the new M.J. movie (haha m.j.) and I'm slightly wary of seeing it. I'm not sure WHAT to expect!!
Wow! GO AND SEE CIRQUE DU FREAK IT'S AWESOME!! It's a little (okay a LOT) different than the book but they're two separate things, they can't be the same. I was hoping to see the bit with Sam Grest.. But they cut that bit out AND they cut Debbie out!! Instead, theres a girl called Rebecca..
Oh well.... [unhappy smiley face- :(]
Now I have to practice my guitar (I'm trying to play Decode by Paramore, among practicing other things) (DON'T TELL MY GUITAR TEACHER BUT *whispers* i forgot to practice last night! i was buried in my new book, mentioned above!) )
Goodbye! I'll let you know what This Is It is like!!!
Anyway, after the movie my friends and I went into Easons and we were looking at books, and I saw the new cover for Cirque Du Freak (it was the movie poster cover of the book) and then SHOCK HORROR!!! I saw a MANGA version of The Vampires Assistant!! So, of course I bought it and I DIDN'T SPEND ANY money because I had a gift card!! Whoop de doo!!!
Well, on Wednesday I'm going to see This Is It with my friend.. It's the new M.J. movie (haha m.j.) and I'm slightly wary of seeing it. I'm not sure WHAT to expect!!
Wow! GO AND SEE CIRQUE DU FREAK IT'S AWESOME!! It's a little (okay a LOT) different than the book but they're two separate things, they can't be the same. I was hoping to see the bit with Sam Grest.. But they cut that bit out AND they cut Debbie out!! Instead, theres a girl called Rebecca..
Oh well.... [unhappy smiley face- :(]
Now I have to practice my guitar (I'm trying to play Decode by Paramore, among practicing other things) (DON'T TELL MY GUITAR TEACHER BUT *whispers* i forgot to practice last night! i was buried in my new book, mentioned above!) )
Goodbye! I'll let you know what This Is It is like!!!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
I hope that I can stop talking about Halloween stuff because its getting really annoying!!
I just CAN'T stop talking about Halloween! It's really getting annoying for me! I LOVE Halloween! It's so fun! I can't wait to see Cirque Du Freak IT'S ALREADY OUT IN CINEMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wanted to write a poem or something, but I couldn't think of one and I wanted to write an Autumn-style one.
I'll just post some GHOST STORIES!! [i know, i can't shake this Halloween thing!!]
I'm just going to copy and paste ONE of them, and I'll write the other one BY MYSELF!!
Here goes nothing.
*furiously copies and pastes*
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allen Poe
TRUE! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees — very gradually — I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.
Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded — with what caution — with what foresight — with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it — oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, so that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly — very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! — would a madman have been so wise as this? And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously — oh, so cautiously — cautiously (for the hinges creaked) — I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights — every night just at midnight — but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.
Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers — of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back — but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily.
I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out — "Who's there?"
I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; — just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.
Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief — oh, no! — it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself — "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney — it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "it is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel — although he neither saw nor heard — to feel the presence of my head within the room.
When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little — a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it — you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily — until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the-crevice [[the crevice]] and fell full upon the vulture eye.
It was open — wide, wide open — and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness — all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot.
And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? — now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.
But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! — do you mark me well? I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me — the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once — once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.
If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.
I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye — not even his — could have detected any thing wrong. There was nothing to wash out — no stain of any kind — no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all — ha! ha!
When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o'clock — still dark as midnight. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, — for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises.
I smiled, — for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search — search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.
The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct: — it continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness — until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.
No doubt I now grew very pale; — but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased — and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound — much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath — and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly — more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men — but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed — I raved — I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder — louder — louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no! They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror! — this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! — and now — again! — hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! —
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
Yes! I LOVE this story! I've read that book with all of them in it, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I think! This is an awesome story!
I wanted to write a poem or something, but I couldn't think of one and I wanted to write an Autumn-style one.
I'll just post some GHOST STORIES!! [i know, i can't shake this Halloween thing!!]
I'm just going to copy and paste ONE of them, and I'll write the other one BY MYSELF!!
Here goes nothing.
*furiously copies and pastes*
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allen Poe
TRUE! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees — very gradually — I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.
Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded — with what caution — with what foresight — with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it — oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, so that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly — very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! — would a madman have been so wise as this? And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously — oh, so cautiously — cautiously (for the hinges creaked) — I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights — every night just at midnight — but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.
Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers — of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back — but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily.
I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out — "Who's there?"
I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; — just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.
Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief — oh, no! — it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself — "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney — it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "it is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel — although he neither saw nor heard — to feel the presence of my head within the room.
When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little — a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it — you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily — until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the-crevice [[the crevice]] and fell full upon the vulture eye.
It was open — wide, wide open — and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness — all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot.
And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? — now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.
But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! — do you mark me well? I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me — the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once — once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.
If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.
I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye — not even his — could have detected any thing wrong. There was nothing to wash out — no stain of any kind — no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all — ha! ha!
When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o'clock — still dark as midnight. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, — for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises.
I smiled, — for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search — search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.
The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct: — it continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness — until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.
No doubt I now grew very pale; — but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased — and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound — much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath — and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly — more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men — but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed — I raved — I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder — louder — louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no! They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror! — this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! — and now — again! — hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! —
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
Yes! I LOVE this story! I've read that book with all of them in it, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I think! This is an awesome story!
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