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June 14, 2005

I was cleaning out the closet in my spare bedroom so that my girlfriend could have a place to put her things. As all men know there can never be enough room for a woman's shoes. Why do they need so many? OK, that's another blog. Anyway, I was taking a few things to the attic when I stumbled upon the old Ouija board. My first thought was that night and I have to admit an eerie feeling came over me thinking about that phone ringing. Shaking it off, I thought it would be cool to scare my girlfriend when she came over. So I brought the Ouija board downstairs with me. It was dusty and I cleaned it off and sat it on the coffee table in hopes of freaking her out when she came over.
Later that evening when Jess came over I showed her the board. Instead of being scared, she loved the board. In fact I think her exact words were "Is that a Ouija board, let's play!” I forgot that she was born under the sign of Scorpio as well. We lit some candles and dabbled a little with the board. It seemed as dead as it did that night after everyone was spooked by the phone ringing. Then again it may be because I had other things on my mind other than the paranormal if you know what I mean. Jess goes to college over two hours away and I hadn’t seen her in over a week, so sue me. The oracle never moved unless I playfully moved it asking questions about my girlfriend. The Ouija board was nothing more than a conversation piece....or so I thought.