My First Ghost Experience | Hello, Gentle Viewers Ep. 2
Added 2023-10-27 22:14:37 +0000 UTC
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I'm still thinking about your first ghost experience! I'm still kinda bothered thinking about what that might of been if not a ghost! Pretty much ruled out a shared hallucination (which could be brought on by carbon monoxide eg) spooky! Glad you survived to tell the tale
Ryan Barry
2023-11-03 14:42:30 +0000 UTCFor Alastair's Q&A in a future video : 🟦 If it is within your comfort level, can you talk about procrastinating and avoiding conflict ( that you mentioned in HGV episode 2 ) ? Various problems do certainly cause me stress and to procrastinate and avoid conflict, and I imagine this is common for many other people too. 🟩 For myself, one reason why I delay responding to problems is : responding to the problem feels more stressful than delaying. 🟧 And one reason why I avoid conflict is : it feels like addresing a conflict will just result in more stress. 🟪 One way that I try to help myself is : I try to find ways to respond to the problem or address a conflict that will make me happier - but that's often difficult or not possible. 🟫 I am not familiar with the military - and maybe military strategies do not always work in regular life - but I'm curious, what do they ( the military ) tell you about procrastinating and avoiding conflict ? And in your regular life, how are things going related to procrastinating and avoiding conflict ? And are there anything that helps you with procastinating and avoiding conflict in your regular life ?
Jay
2023-11-01 21:03:57 +0000 UTCQuestion for HGV: what was Day of the Dead like when you were growing up? I understand the parade in the James Bond movie Spectre is made up, but now an annual thing since the movie came out. Curious to know if you recall any interesting traditions from the real holiday?
Ryan Barry
2023-10-30 01:17:22 +0000 UTCQuestion for next HGV: I've never seen Buffy. Not because I wasnt interested, it just didnt happen for me around the time it was airing. I'm going to start watching Season 1 soon. What should I know about the series? What about the series still resonates with you (and Zach) today? Anything in particular I should look out for on first viewing?
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 05:21:49 +0000 UTCAs far as what I'm working on and what's motivating me - the thought of telling you 100% honestly what I've got and havent finished- I know you would kick my ass. I procrastinate and overthink and hope for perfection. Looking for signs about the direction I should be going when in truth I've known what I need to do all along. I just fear change and the future. It's easier to pretend I need more time. I am more than a little ashamed I've hesitated so much the last few years but I'm feeling way more motivated knowing how much you're doing these days! All the best to you for November and thanks for sharing!
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 05:16:48 +0000 UTCAll three book suggestions seem interesting. I cant pick. Where you lead, I will follow
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 05:08:55 +0000 UTCIf they make it into a movie I think they should start at the point where Val is sleeping in the house, then go back as flashbacks to how she got there and her life on the ranch, then forward with the Mister Magic crowd and podcast etc. I didnt mind the gradual start to the book and perhaps the remembering of the childhood show makes another line of flashback/asynchronous telling too complicated. I think I just want more creepy suspense right off the bat. Perhaps with Dad dying she could have begun experience more magical creepy flashbacks to childhood as if her Dad's existence was protective and his death exposed her and made her vulnerable to the magic regardless where she lived
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 04:52:00 +0000 UTCI was worried the ending would be weird or unsatisfying. In the chapter before the ending as the friends children are led in and the circle is reconstituted as the Mayor and townspeople wanted I was totally believing and thought it was such a bullshit ending.... until Val realized she was being manipulated! I didnt see that coming (gullible me) but that made the actual ending more satisfying imo. Overall I really enjoyed this book and felt immersed. I will read it again because I think I missed some foreshadowing and author craft in my first reading
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 04:47:04 +0000 UTCAround the first 1/3 of the book I recall the friends driving off road in Southern Utah for over an hour, seemingly endlessly, when Val reached out willing their destination to appear.... and it does! I expected it to be magical and at Val's command but it was perhaps coincidental and the house is just a real, strange place.... but later I recognized it as foreshadowing Val's role in the ending, being strong in the power in the Mister Magic world
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 04:42:28 +0000 UTCSPOILERS: the ritualistic nature of how a Mister Magic is chosen and how Jenny's Dad volunteered was really creepy and interesting - and after reading the acknowledgements it confirmed to me it was a lightly veiled critique of Mormonism and cults more broadly. I expected Mormonism to be a reference subject but Kiersten White obviously has a strong rejection of that church. You're right the gay characters came together so naturally, I didn't notice it was happening until it was overt. Kind of a nice FU from White for ideologies that hate LGBTQ+
Ryan Barry
2023-10-29 04:38:18 +0000 UTC
