Seattle: Bad Land Date Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 06:28 AM PST Topic Religion After this weekend's twin peaks marathon, and last week's new Stephen King mini-series, I got to thinking again about Bad Land. That's when a place, regardless of any recent developments on the property, is just fundimentally bad. It's kind of like the opposite of "Holy Ground". Most people believe a place can be evil. How do I know? Because Stephen King wrote Pet Semetary. It's not that I think that Stephen King is a god, or even a great writer, but he knows what to write to reach the broadest audience. This might make him a sellout as a writer, but it makes him a great research tool. If he writes a story about Bad Land, and then goes and writes another one about a house on Bad Land, you can bet it's because most people believe in at least the idea of Bad Land. Rose Red Yes I know this is a piece of pop television, and no part of the movie should be taken seriously, and is probably completely inaccurate. But one fact about the movie cannot be argued in any way. It exists. The content of the movie is not as signifigant as the fact that it exists and was set in Tacoma (Seattle's grubby little strung out sister city). This particular story is based on a real place, probably because real stuff is easier to write convincingly about than pretend stuff. The diarys of the lady that this story is based on talks about how even when the house was being built she felt like there was something wrong with the place - something old. This is different from the classic haunted house stories where restless spirits inhabit the house after dying there. Whether or not you believe the story, it's existance suggests that people are trying to explain what's wrong with the place. No matter what it is that's really wrong, they would not be doing that if there was nothing wrong at all. Twin Peaks I'm sure it's no coincidence that Twin Peaks was set in rural washington. It could have been set anywhere, why did they pick washington? When I was watching it this weekend, I kept hearing characters saying things that I've heard before. Things that extremely vibey people say when they first get to Seattle. "There's something very old in those woods". I felt it when I first got here. To me it felt like a heavy cloud of dark sensuality. The kind of place that makes you want to fuck. Alot. And not in a very nice way. In a way, It feels like everything Bob personifies. It didn't ever feel as slimey to me, but just as dangerous. Observations I used to go out with a super vibey fairy princess from the jungle in hawaii - her family was the kind of people you would look at and think "they must have taken a wrong turn in 1969" - But both parents have books published, and they could all talk circles around any philosopher or theologin I've ever encountered. Anyway, suffice it to say, they are all extremely on the vibe - so when her little brother came to Seattle without hearing anything about it, his first observation was "I think this place is haunted". My current roommate had only lived here for a month or so before she started talking about the whole area being haunted. I don't know about haunted, but there's definately someting about it that makes people think things like that. Other Stuff I've heard people say they heard the indians put a curse on Seattle. I've heard it's all about the weather. Not enuough sunlight they say. I don't know if I believe any of thses things, but one thing is undeniable. Just by the existance of all these theories about what "IT" is - there is no denying that there is an "IT". Something that is fundimentally wrong about Seattle and the surrounding area. What I would like to know is why doesn't anyone talk about it? They can't possibly not know. They sweep it under the carpet of civility just like their peculiar brand of racism which they also won't admit the existance of, even to themselves. It's like a taboo - something that civilized people all know about, but just don't talk about, or even think about for fear of what might be unleashed. Why? This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=258