My hair is a matted rat's nest, my face is caked with sweat-streaked character make-up, my throat is parched like an endless desert....and I couldn't be happier.
Tonight was a Ghost Tour night! I had an intimate but brave and spirited party, all ready to brave the Florida humidity to explore haunted theatres, parks and forgotten graveyards. We even did a little ghost hunting; you never know when an orb may pop up in a picture!
Tonight's character look was a car crash victim: ponytail ripped apart, haggard and lifeless skin, bloody split lips and huge bruises on my cheek bone and collar bone. So ghastly!
Dead but still looking good!
My tour guests usually have one of two reactions when they meet me and take in my varied apparance-
1- "Oh, my God! Let me take your picture, this is going on Face Book!"
2- (......Silence and then a polite but awkward handshake......)
Tonight I was favored by one of each reaction. Not a problem. The awkward Option Two people ended up giving me the biggest tip. Could it have been the fantastic storytelling or the threat that I wouldn't show them how to get back to their car when the tour was over? We'll never know.
As for me, I'm content in my air conditioned home chugging glass after glass of ice water. I may love storytelling but it is a LOT of talking in every kind of weather! Outdoor tour guiding: not for the faint of heart!
Until next time.
Happy haunting,
~Story Siren
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