On Saturday night the family watched "Scared Shrekless". Not great, but it was cute. In one of the short stories, Pinocchio climbed up the wall and across the ceiling. I assumed that was a sign he was "possesed" by some Disney spirit. Then I wondered if a similar thought had crossed my dad's mind, many years ago.
When I was young, I had trouble getting to sleep. Well, I continue to have that problem. But when I was 8 it was more likely to get me into trouble. Some nights I would sneak behind my dad's chair to watch the news--until he noticed me and sent me back to bed. Other nights I practiced an activity my brothers and I used to do for competitive fun on rainy days. The hallway outside our bedroom was no wider than the door, so if we pushed one hand against one wall and the other hand against the other wall, we could lift ourselves off the ground. Once we started using our feet we could actually climb up to the ceiling.
One night after my dad went to bed, I was feeling restless and decided to visit the ceiling to see how long I could hold myself up. While I was up there, looking down at the floor, I heard my dad get out of bed. I knew I didn't have time to climb down, so I stayed up there, hoping he wouldn't see me. Of course the first thing he did as he walked out of his bedroom was look up. I scared the heck out of him!!! Tonight I realized I must have looked like a possessed Pinocchio in the dim light of the hallway. Sorry dad {but at least it helped you figure out how all those little finger prints got on the wall up near the ceiling}.
At the time, I thought him making me wash every wall in the house as punishment was a bit of an over-reaction. But maybe not--it did keep me from ever doing it again. And to this day I can't stand to see someone touching a wall with dirty hands. LOL!
Happy Halloween folks!!!
Warning: Don't try this at home! Little kids are very light and walls can handle the force required to lift their tiny bodies. If I tried that maneuver today, the sheetrock would give way--and I would get seriously hurt!!!.
It's like something out of a Spiderman movie, to see your kid suspended way up (I'd get a heart attack haha!)!
ReplyDeleteYup bijin is Japanese for beautiful! What made you google? =D
Any plans for Halloween? Stocked up on candies yet? =D
ReplyDeleteAwww Rick, you are so sweet, I'm no where near bijin though!! =D
Did you carve the pumpkin yourself or do they sell ready made ones?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the kids will have fun!! =D
There are Halloween parties and stuff like that, that you organize yourself, but it's not an occasion that most people celebrate.
ReplyDeleteHave a good night's sleep!!! =DDD
PS: Is your pumpkin huge or average sized? 11 kg sounds huge to me!
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ReplyDeletethat must ave a beeeeen an intense shock fer yer dad-
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LOL! I'd be scared too if I were your dad!
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine the shock he must have felt :D Very naughty Rick! Happy Halloween (even though we don't really celebrate it here)!! :D
ReplyDeletei used to climb up the wall annd see how long i could stay there for, but now im too tall for it :P
ReplyDeleteseriously???? perhaps that's where they got the idea to create horror movies like ju-on or the ring hahaha
ReplyDeleteHahahahhaha, that would've scared the pants out of me, had I been in your dad's place! Great story, as usual! =)
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween!
I think you must have been a very interesting child to raise. :-) I like your dad's punishment. It exactly fit "the crime."
ReplyDeleteI would have been scared outta my wits to see someone hanging from the ceiling and boy, you really deserved washing the wall. LoLz
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween!! :-)) I'm happy to get to read a post from you before I leave for Japan :-))
ReplyDeleteHonestly, if I was your father I would have gotten a heart attack or something like that, hahaha! I'm so easily scared XDD
Sorry Rick, but you did deserve it for scaring your old man like that! :D
ReplyDeleteOoh for some reason I had a flashback of that one scene in the Exorcist when she's coming down the stairs. *cringes* Haha...I know that's not what your post was about. Think I'm just in Halloween mode. ;) I hate hand prints on walls too. Thank goodness for Mr. Clean erasers!
ReplyDeleteoh man, i really thought this was gonna be one of your spooky stories!! yes, i do remember seeing my brother do that too. i couldn't do it coz well i cant support myself against a wall. lol
ReplyDeleteim guessing you were channeling spiderman at that age?
LOL i can imagine your dad's reaction when he saw you up there :P
ReplyDeleteHappy halloween rick!!! im sure you give out lots of treats to kiddos! :)
Hahaha!!! You certainly was mischievous back then, aren't you?!
ReplyDeleteoh wow! i honestly wanna try that! maybe, if i build my own house, ill make sure to have a corridor where i can do just this... hahaha! i just wanna see how long i could hang, as well, you know...
ReplyDeletelol I would be freaked out if that happens to me! then I would ground the kid!
ReplyDeleteOh, that would've totally freaked me out if I saw you up there!!!! Yikes.
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ReplyDeletehahaha, my cousins and I used to do that at my Grandparent's house throughout the hallways. We never did it at night and gave them heartattacks like I'm sure you gave your dad, but hahaha, that's funny!
If I was your dad, I would've been screaming and would've run in the opposite direction!! LOL
OR if I was your mom, I doubt someone's dad would be doing that. ahahhahahhaha
hhaha omg your poor dad! Even just imagining this freaks me out haha
ReplyDeletehahaha i can just picture the scene... you up by the ceiling and hoping your dad doesn't catch you. silly boy. glad you warned me... i was about to go home and try it myself. ;P
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Now, I think I know where those little fingerprints in my wall came from. Up to this day, nobody admits where it came from. I guess my boys did your stunt as well. I miss you my dear friend! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI would really love to keep on reading your other posts but uhm you already know.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, i really admire your vivacity in writing.
Take care...
i used to do that too as a kid! and i'm fairly certain my hands were filthy. i was kind of a tomboy. kinda.
ReplyDeletelol I would seriously get a heart attack if I saw a "posessed Pinochio"..especially in the dark. I hope no one ever does that to me! haha being a boy really makes one agile enough to climb up doorframes huh? :D
ReplyDeleteyay I'm glad you think I look the "starlet" part for my costume :) btw forgot to mention.. I like your wife's name very much, will we see any posts on her?
ReplyDeleteThanks, and yay to voting! What channel and time is that Sherlock Holmes show on?
ReplyDeleteHaha! you're hilarious Rick... but just so you know, even if you delete a comment, your comment numbers stay the same... i think...... okay, wait... now i'm starting to doubt myself... haha! try it and let me know how it goes! ;P
ReplyDeletewhen i first started blogging, i didn't have the word verification thing but then i started to get tons of spam comments... which is why i put it up. But then again, i get spammers like you anyway even WITH the verification code. hahaha! just kidding rick! :D
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ReplyDeleteLOL, that was hilarious when you scared the crap out of your dad by being up at the ceiling when he came out. :-) the possessed Pinocchio sound funny as well.
ReplyDeletemmhm, i remember you saying that you'd try to watch tv behind that chair when you were supposed to be sleep! lol
ReplyDeleteyour dad gave you an awfully nice punishment...i probably would have punished you by scaring you right back. and thanks for the warning because i was seriously tempted to try it.