Sour Cherry - The Kills
Monday, July 13, 2009
investigating the morey mansion
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I am a member of the Orange County Paranormal Society (a.k.a. Adele is an uber geek). Investigating the paranormal has been something I have been interested in since I was 4-years-old; when I had my first, and only, experience. We lived in Redlands, which has been called one of the most haunted cities in the United States due to the number of Victorian houses. Each night I would go to sleep and feel someone sit on the end of the bed by my legs. On the rare occasions when I was brave enough to look, no one was there except an imprint on the bedding. Since I was 3 or 4-years old, there was no way I was imagining this.
When the OCPS said they were investigating a “haunted” mansion in Redlands, I immediately said I would investigate. I was so excited to take part in the investigation and have the potential to experience something for the first time in my adult life. Good lord was I wrong:
4:00 p.m.
Arrive at Morey Mansion in Redlands. It is 98-flipping-degrees. I silently, and wholeheartly, thank my parents for moving to Garden Grove.
4:15 p.m.
We meet the owner’s son who takes us on a tour of the house – in the why-is-the-air-conditioning-off-it’s-flipping-89-degrees-inside-the-house house. We ask, “Do you think it is haunted?” His reply, “Meh.” First sign of no-goodery.
5:00 p.m.
We venture throughout the house on our own. In the basement a thick, skunk smell is making us gag so we keep our mouths closed. As I continue looking through the basement, I am startled by the doll-from-hell. I open my mouth to gasp and then inhale skunk funk. I am about to puke. We turn a corner to find a little walkway that we cannot get through so we decide to go back upstairs. Mike (a.k.a. Rainbow Bright) says “What does this switch do?” and turns out the lights in the basement. I open my mouth again to scream and instead inhale more skunk funk.
5:10 p.m.
Chris wants to know what is making the horrible smell in the basement so he grabs a flashlight and goes down into the basement. By the walkway we couldn’t get through, there is a dead skunk, weeks old, being eaten by maggots. When he tells the owner’s son about the horrible discovery, he replies “Oh that’s what’s been making that smell.” Second sign of no-goodery.
5:30 p.m.
Tour with the owner ends. We ask the owner if there are any excellent restaurants in the area. He says there is a Chili’s down the road. Again, I silently thank my parents for moving to Garden Grove.
5:40 p.m.
Before dinner we decide to take our group photo in front of the house. Mike, the photographer, asks “What’s that?” That, happens to be a bee hive on top of the house with the angry bees starting to swarm toward us. Third sign of no-goodery.
6:30 p.m.
After dinner we stop by Stater Brothers for snacks. I decide that my ghost hunting snack of choice will be XXX Vitamin Water and a mega bag of Skittles.
7:00 p.m.
Ready for the game plan: 8:00 setup, 9:00 thermal sweep the entire house, 9:45 start investigation, 1:30 second thermal sweep, 3:00 wrap up, 3:30 meeting, 4:00 sleep.
7:45 p.m.
We enjoy the 80-degree weather on the back patio with bonus bugs. Every person that walks outside is almost killed by the owner’s dog sleeping in front of the door. We still do not feel the need to share to the others that the dog is laying in front of the door and just giggle instead.
8:00 p.m.
Setup starts. The guys feel that they should be setting up the equipment since “they know what they are doing”. I do not argue and sit in the cool kitchen and eat my Skittles.
8:50 p.m.
When they finish setup, the guys are dripping with sweat and already tired. Feeling good I played the woman card.
9:00 p.m.
Lights out and Nolan, Chris and John start a thermal sweep of the house. Part of the investigation will be debunking what the little shi**, The Othersiders, claimed was haunted.
9:02 p.m.
Already successfully debunked what the little shi**, The Othersiders, claimed was haunted with the thermal camera.
9:30 p.m.
Nolan radios Brigid and me to start investigating the first floor. We have high EMFs in the second sitting room toward the floor. We realize it’s the machines in the basement. We start EVP work and ask questions: “Are you Sarah or David Morey? Are you related to the Cheneys? Do you have a connection with the house? Do you like what the owner has done with the house?” Nothing. No weird feeling. I am actually quite comfortable even though I am in the pitch, black dark in a creepy house. Forth sign of no-goodery.
10:00 p.m.
Brigid and I decide to go into the basement. It is freezing and the skunk funk is still in the air. In the middle of the basement we hear creaking and footsteps. We ask if anyone is in the kitchen walking around. No one is. I take a photo and notice the doll-from-hell on the table next to me. I get a wee bit freaked out. Brigid feels something pull at her pant leg. We decide to move to the other side of the basement. Nolan joins us with a video camera. I realize I have been video taped this entire time – something I am not used to, but it felt natural (are you paying attention SciFi?) We get a weird vibe on the other side of the basement. I feel something lightly graze my shoulder. At the same time Brigid felt something lightly brush up her arms. I suggested that we switch places in case she was under a vent. She gets the same feeling. We hear a bang in the corner, and like the little girls we are, yelp and grab each other. I am officially freaked out. We ask the ghost to make the same noise – nothing. We get upstairs and I need a drink. I settle with Vitamin Water and a lemon Skittle.
11:00 p.m.
Ready for the second sweep. Nolan and I go up to the second floor of EVP work and begin in the Billiard Room. We ask the ghosts if they can light up the K2 EMF meter. Nothing. We ask questions. Nothing. We hear nothing. Nolan says this is bull shi*. I can’t disagree.
11:30 p.m.
We go to the most haunted room in the mansion – the Blue Room. After 30 minutes we decide to rename it this-is-starting-to-piss-us-off room.
1:00 a.m.
My Skittles have betrayed me and I am starting to get a headache.
1:15 a.m.
I think I see a shadow on the stairway. We stand on the stairs for a good 10 minutes asking questions, but hear and see nothing.
1:35 a.m.
Apparently Nolan does not like flashlights because we walking blindly in the dark. I cannot see a thing once I look away from the video camera. Found the banister with my thigh and my knee later found a chair. I officially have battle scars.
2:45 a.m.
After a whole lot of nothing we decide to call it a night. Again, the men think it’s best if they wrap up. I could not agree more and eat grape Skittles.
3:30 a.m.
We start our wrap-up meeting. Three things we did well are: groups worked well together, people were silent at HQ and everything ran smoothly. Two things we could improve: need to talk less so the EVPs are not distorted and more photos. For my first investigation, I thought I did very well and had a lot of fun.
3:45 a.m.
I get to my room and discover I share my bathroom with anyone on the second story. You cannot lock the door from my room; therefore someone could enter my room from the other bathroom door. I immediately think of opening my own B&B in Redlands just to take this place down.
4:00 a.m.
Finally get to bed. I am not feeling anxious or scared at all, but so calm I turn off the lights. I’m disappointed we didn’t find anything, but am glad I had the experience.
8:00 a.m.
Awoken by someone in the front yelling “This is a Folder’s coffee morning!” Nolan is an ex-Marine and apparently a morning person. This is not stopping me from wanting to bash him in the head with my iPod.
8:45 a.m.
Get downstairs for the breakfast portion of the B&B Bagels (no cream cheese), warm fruit and Minute Maid orange juice awaits us. The meal is overcooked scrambled eggs with both large and small sausage. The owner’s sister drove all the way from Mission Viejo to cook for us. She asked if we had plans to check out Redlands while we were here. I quickly stuffed my face with an egg to cover up my laughter and silent prayer, once again thanking my parents for moving to Garden Grove.
9:00 a.m.
It already feels like 95 degrees as I start the drive home. Whatever Morey Mansion!
I am a member of the Orange County Paranormal Society (a.k.a. Adele is an uber geek). Investigating the paranormal has been something I have been interested in since I was 4-years-old; when I had my first, and only, experience. We lived in Redlands, which has been called one of the most haunted cities in the United States due to the number of Victorian houses. Each night I would go to sleep and feel someone sit on the end of the bed by my legs. On the rare occasions when I was brave enough to look, no one was there except an imprint on the bedding. Since I was 3 or 4-years old, there was no way I was imagining this.
When the OCPS said they were investigating a “haunted” mansion in Redlands, I immediately said I would investigate. I was so excited to take part in the investigation and have the potential to experience something for the first time in my adult life. Good lord was I wrong:
4:00 p.m.
Arrive at Morey Mansion in Redlands. It is 98-flipping-degrees. I silently, and wholeheartly, thank my parents for moving to Garden Grove.
4:15 p.m.
We meet the owner’s son who takes us on a tour of the house – in the why-is-the-air-conditioning-off-it’s-flipping-89-degrees-inside-the-house house. We ask, “Do you think it is haunted?” His reply, “Meh.” First sign of no-goodery.
5:00 p.m.
We venture throughout the house on our own. In the basement a thick, skunk smell is making us gag so we keep our mouths closed. As I continue looking through the basement, I am startled by the doll-from-hell. I open my mouth to gasp and then inhale skunk funk. I am about to puke. We turn a corner to find a little walkway that we cannot get through so we decide to go back upstairs. Mike (a.k.a. Rainbow Bright) says “What does this switch do?” and turns out the lights in the basement. I open my mouth again to scream and instead inhale more skunk funk.
evil-loving bitch
5:10 p.m.
Chris wants to know what is making the horrible smell in the basement so he grabs a flashlight and goes down into the basement. By the walkway we couldn’t get through, there is a dead skunk, weeks old, being eaten by maggots. When he tells the owner’s son about the horrible discovery, he replies “Oh that’s what’s been making that smell.” Second sign of no-goodery.
5:30 p.m.
Tour with the owner ends. We ask the owner if there are any excellent restaurants in the area. He says there is a Chili’s down the road. Again, I silently thank my parents for moving to Garden Grove.
5:40 p.m.
Before dinner we decide to take our group photo in front of the house. Mike, the photographer, asks “What’s that?” That, happens to be a bee hive on top of the house with the angry bees starting to swarm toward us. Third sign of no-goodery.
6:30 p.m.
After dinner we stop by Stater Brothers for snacks. I decide that my ghost hunting snack of choice will be XXX Vitamin Water and a mega bag of Skittles.
7:00 p.m.
Ready for the game plan: 8:00 setup, 9:00 thermal sweep the entire house, 9:45 start investigation, 1:30 second thermal sweep, 3:00 wrap up, 3:30 meeting, 4:00 sleep.
7:45 p.m.
We enjoy the 80-degree weather on the back patio with bonus bugs. Every person that walks outside is almost killed by the owner’s dog sleeping in front of the door. We still do not feel the need to share to the others that the dog is laying in front of the door and just giggle instead.
8:00 p.m.
Setup starts. The guys feel that they should be setting up the equipment since “they know what they are doing”. I do not argue and sit in the cool kitchen and eat my Skittles.
8:50 p.m.
When they finish setup, the guys are dripping with sweat and already tired. Feeling good I played the woman card.
9:00 p.m.
Lights out and Nolan, Chris and John start a thermal sweep of the house. Part of the investigation will be debunking what the little shi**, The Othersiders, claimed was haunted.
9:02 p.m.
Already successfully debunked what the little shi**, The Othersiders, claimed was haunted with the thermal camera.
9:30 p.m.
Nolan radios Brigid and me to start investigating the first floor. We have high EMFs in the second sitting room toward the floor. We realize it’s the machines in the basement. We start EVP work and ask questions: “Are you Sarah or David Morey? Are you related to the Cheneys? Do you have a connection with the house? Do you like what the owner has done with the house?” Nothing. No weird feeling. I am actually quite comfortable even though I am in the pitch, black dark in a creepy house. Forth sign of no-goodery.
10:00 p.m.
Brigid and I decide to go into the basement. It is freezing and the skunk funk is still in the air. In the middle of the basement we hear creaking and footsteps. We ask if anyone is in the kitchen walking around. No one is. I take a photo and notice the doll-from-hell on the table next to me. I get a wee bit freaked out. Brigid feels something pull at her pant leg. We decide to move to the other side of the basement. Nolan joins us with a video camera. I realize I have been video taped this entire time – something I am not used to, but it felt natural (are you paying attention SciFi?) We get a weird vibe on the other side of the basement. I feel something lightly graze my shoulder. At the same time Brigid felt something lightly brush up her arms. I suggested that we switch places in case she was under a vent. She gets the same feeling. We hear a bang in the corner, and like the little girls we are, yelp and grab each other. I am officially freaked out. We ask the ghost to make the same noise – nothing. We get upstairs and I need a drink. I settle with Vitamin Water and a lemon Skittle.
11:00 p.m.
Ready for the second sweep. Nolan and I go up to the second floor of EVP work and begin in the Billiard Room. We ask the ghosts if they can light up the K2 EMF meter. Nothing. We ask questions. Nothing. We hear nothing. Nolan says this is bull shi*. I can’t disagree.
11:30 p.m.
We go to the most haunted room in the mansion – the Blue Room. After 30 minutes we decide to rename it this-is-starting-to-piss-us-off room.
1:00 a.m.
My Skittles have betrayed me and I am starting to get a headache.
1:15 a.m.
I think I see a shadow on the stairway. We stand on the stairs for a good 10 minutes asking questions, but hear and see nothing.
1:35 a.m.
Apparently Nolan does not like flashlights because we walking blindly in the dark. I cannot see a thing once I look away from the video camera. Found the banister with my thigh and my knee later found a chair. I officially have battle scars.
2:45 a.m.
After a whole lot of nothing we decide to call it a night. Again, the men think it’s best if they wrap up. I could not agree more and eat grape Skittles.
3:30 a.m.
We start our wrap-up meeting. Three things we did well are: groups worked well together, people were silent at HQ and everything ran smoothly. Two things we could improve: need to talk less so the EVPs are not distorted and more photos. For my first investigation, I thought I did very well and had a lot of fun.
3:45 a.m.
I get to my room and discover I share my bathroom with anyone on the second story. You cannot lock the door from my room; therefore someone could enter my room from the other bathroom door. I immediately think of opening my own B&B in Redlands just to take this place down.
the only person in the world who i would want to come into my room from the bathroom
4:00 a.m.
Finally get to bed. I am not feeling anxious or scared at all, but so calm I turn off the lights. I’m disappointed we didn’t find anything, but am glad I had the experience.
8:00 a.m.
Awoken by someone in the front yelling “This is a Folder’s coffee morning!” Nolan is an ex-Marine and apparently a morning person. This is not stopping me from wanting to bash him in the head with my iPod.
8:45 a.m.
Get downstairs for the breakfast portion of the B&B Bagels (no cream cheese), warm fruit and Minute Maid orange juice awaits us. The meal is overcooked scrambled eggs with both large and small sausage. The owner’s sister drove all the way from Mission Viejo to cook for us. She asked if we had plans to check out Redlands while we were here. I quickly stuffed my face with an egg to cover up my laughter and silent prayer, once again thanking my parents for moving to Garden Grove.
9:00 a.m.
It already feels like 95 degrees as I start the drive home. Whatever Morey Mansion!
movie review time
Due to the fact that I have a life, as meager as it is, I have been keeping up-to-date with my cinema and have had no time for movie reviews. I realized this as I was watching an ad announcing Push coming to DVD. Since there have been a lot of movies out lately I decided to review each movie within four sentences starting with …
Push
Why is this movie so familiar? Oh that’s right; I once saw an episode of Heroes. The Gelfling eyes of Dakota Fanning scared the hell out of me and made me have nightmares for a week. Chris Evans was awesome and hot.
Push
Why is this movie so familiar? Oh that’s right; I once saw an episode of Heroes. The Gelfling eyes of Dakota Fanning scared the hell out of me and made me have nightmares for a week. Chris Evans was awesome and hot.
dakota fanning in push
Watchmen
This is for the 99% of the people who saw this movie and did not read the graphic novel – I was promised an action movie! I get that it is a political story, but that is not how it came across in the trailers and I for one feel betrayed and angry. I saw this in IMAX and did not need to see an angry 80-foot tall blue penis for two hours. Patrick Wilson was awesome and hot.
I Love You, Man
I’m slappin’ the base! Enough said. Paul Rudd was awesome and hot.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
For the love of all that is holy; what a horrible movie. Half of the “mutants” were as threatening as a Care Bear. Ryan Reynolds was awesome and hot. Not you Hugh, you made me watch this monstrosity!
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
I am embarrassed I went to see this. You will never believe the ending – he learned his lesson and will forever be a great guy. I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Star Trek
I have never been into the whole Star Trek phenomenon, and do make fun of the occasional Trekkie, but I have to comment that this was one of the best movies of the year. Chris Pine was awesome and uber hot.
Angels & Demons
If you didn’t read the book and have a hard time concentrating, you are SOL. Nice cut Mr. Hanks. Ewan McGregor was awesome and hot.
Terminator Salvation
McG, Common, Jadagrace – does anyone have a last name anymore? Oh wait, Moon Bloodgood does. I am thankful for seeing this movie because it introduced me to Sam Worthington. Sam Worthington was awesome and uber hot (note the italics).
This is for the 99% of the people who saw this movie and did not read the graphic novel – I was promised an action movie! I get that it is a political story, but that is not how it came across in the trailers and I for one feel betrayed and angry. I saw this in IMAX and did not need to see an angry 80-foot tall blue penis for two hours. Patrick Wilson was awesome and hot.
I Love You, Man
I’m slappin’ the base! Enough said. Paul Rudd was awesome and hot.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
For the love of all that is holy; what a horrible movie. Half of the “mutants” were as threatening as a Care Bear. Ryan Reynolds was awesome and hot. Not you Hugh, you made me watch this monstrosity!
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
I am embarrassed I went to see this. You will never believe the ending – he learned his lesson and will forever be a great guy. I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Star Trek
I have never been into the whole Star Trek phenomenon, and do make fun of the occasional Trekkie, but I have to comment that this was one of the best movies of the year. Chris Pine was awesome and uber hot.
Angels & Demons
If you didn’t read the book and have a hard time concentrating, you are SOL. Nice cut Mr. Hanks. Ewan McGregor was awesome and hot.
Terminator Salvation
McG, Common, Jadagrace – does anyone have a last name anymore? Oh wait, Moon Bloodgood does. I am thankful for seeing this movie because it introduced me to Sam Worthington. Sam Worthington was awesome and uber hot (note the italics).
we are getting married in October by the seaThe Hangover
Naked “Leslie Chow” jumping out of a trunk? You cannot get any funnier than that. Bradley Cooper was awesome and hot.
The Proposal
Romantic comedy? More like make-me-feel-guilty-and-want-to-bake-Betty-White-a-cake movie. Plus seeing Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds naked pretty much made the whole theater want to drown their sorrows in buttered popcorn. Ryan Reynolds was awesome and hot.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
This movie had it all – racism, sexism, the lamest transformer ever, a tongue on a long-metal Transformer tongue, robots in disguise trying to destroy the one ring to rule them all in Mount Doom, the mother eating pot brownies and hilarity ensuing, complicated plot, robot balls, “actors” who you would smack if you ran into them on the street and Megan Fox’s alien thumbs. At least there wasn’t a helicopter flying into the sunset. Oh wait, it’s Michael Bay so there was 80 of those shots. I was hoping Bumble Bee would transform into an alarm clock to wake me up from the “action”.
Naked “Leslie Chow” jumping out of a trunk? You cannot get any funnier than that. Bradley Cooper was awesome and hot.
The Proposal
Romantic comedy? More like make-me-feel-guilty-and-want-to-bake-Betty-White-a-cake movie. Plus seeing Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds naked pretty much made the whole theater want to drown their sorrows in buttered popcorn. Ryan Reynolds was awesome and hot.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
This movie had it all – racism, sexism, the lamest transformer ever, a tongue on a long-metal Transformer tongue, robots in disguise trying to destroy the one ring to rule them all in Mount Doom, the mother eating pot brownies and hilarity ensuing, complicated plot, robot balls, “actors” who you would smack if you ran into them on the street and Megan Fox’s alien thumbs. At least there wasn’t a helicopter flying into the sunset. Oh wait, it’s Michael Bay so there was 80 of those shots. I was hoping Bumble Bee would transform into an alarm clock to wake me up from the “action”.
90% of the movie
Bruno
I never thought I would say this, but way too much penis.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
These adorable 30-year-olds are making me go to a midnight showing – that is huge. The spirit of Robert Pattinson was awesome and hot.
G.I. Joe
This hasn’t even come out yet, I know it will suck, but I am not going to give this a bad review because I do not want to make Channing Tatum cry. Channing Tatum is awesome and uber hot.
can your crush do this?
i am divorcing sam in november and marrying channing in december by the seaactual conversations I had this year
Person #1: (looks into the candy bowl in my cube) Wow, chocolate eggs.
Me: Yep, from See’s. I only bring the best.
Person #1: It’s not dark chocolate though, I only like dark chocolate.
Me: Well then you don’t get any.
Person #1: Sorry I don’t like dark chocolate.
Me: (evil stare and thinking “are you sh***** me?”
Person #1: Are you mad at me?
Me: Are you mad at me?
Person #1: No
Me: Then no, I’m not mad at you.
Person #1: What if I said yes.
Me: How was your weekend?
Person #2: How did the chat go?
Me: I don’t use the word nemesis enough…
Person #3: (grabbing tissue with Vic VaporRub coated on it to clean his mug)
Me: No! Don’t use that, it has the VaporRub on it.
Person #3: That’s a good thing! It will disinfect my mug.
Me: Um, no it won’t. It may make your mug breathe easier.
Person #3: Really?
Me: So my friend’s brother signed his e-mail to me: Have a rad day.
Person #4: We need to bring back RAD…
Me: I think that’s our goal for the month.
Person #4: And now we enter April, the month of rad.
Me: And so it begins.
Me: (walking inside the house)
Person #5: Is that you?
Me: No.
Person #5: Be serious. Are you home?
Me: No I’m in France.
Person #5: Would it kill you to answer a question?
Me: Would it kill you to wait 10 minutes before making my head explode?
Me: Yep, from See’s. I only bring the best.
Person #1: It’s not dark chocolate though, I only like dark chocolate.
Me: Well then you don’t get any.
Person #1: Sorry I don’t like dark chocolate.
Me: (evil stare and thinking “are you sh***** me?”
Person #1: Are you mad at me?
Me: Are you mad at me?
Person #1: No
Me: Then no, I’m not mad at you.
Person #1: What if I said yes.
Me: How was your weekend?
Person #2: How did the chat go?
Me: I don’t use the word nemesis enough…
Person #3: (grabbing tissue with Vic VaporRub coated on it to clean his mug)
Me: No! Don’t use that, it has the VaporRub on it.
Person #3: That’s a good thing! It will disinfect my mug.
Me: Um, no it won’t. It may make your mug breathe easier.
Person #3: Really?
Me: So my friend’s brother signed his e-mail to me: Have a rad day.
Person #4: We need to bring back RAD…
Me: I think that’s our goal for the month.
Person #4: And now we enter April, the month of rad.
Me: And so it begins.
Me: (walking inside the house)
Person #5: Is that you?
Me: No.
Person #5: Be serious. Are you home?
Me: No I’m in France.
Person #5: Would it kill you to answer a question?
Me: Would it kill you to wait 10 minutes before making my head explode?
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