An introduction of the sort

When my friends Laura and Melody first pitched me the idea of creating a paranormal investigation service, I thought yeah sure, that sounds fun, but we know nothing about this. Which is true. And even if we did, by some miracle, manage to start one, there is only a small minority of people that believe in ghosts enough to hire us, and we're not even professionals.  If you were to ask me my scientific opinion, when we die we get buried in dirt, and thats the end. Its all blackness from there on out, and you decompose until not even your memory remains. Thinking in such a way is often called "pessimism". Yet, the naive side of me always had a this incredible longing to believe that something greater happens, that part of us still exists after we're long gone. You have to remember, matter is never created or destroyed, so we could still leave physical imprints on Earth long after we're dead. I guess this is more optimistic. It gives one more of a sense of purpose to think that there is something greater going on around them, you don't feel so mortal after all. It was this way of thinking, along with some of my firsthand experiences with the paranormal, that decided to make me go for it.

Although I've been more logical and straightforward as a teenager, as a child I was infatuated with ghosts. This obsession started at the age of 8 or so, when I saw the show "Ghost Hunters" on tv. From there I explored the depths of the internet, looking for videos, evidence, of life on the other side. Even during recess I would hang out in the library scouring the shelves for books on ghosts. Granted, this wasn't a normal obsession for a little girl to have. Most of my friends we're interested in Club Penguin and jump rope, but I earned the reputation as "the weird ghost girl" that brought a ouija board to school. I didn't mind though, as a very small and fragile child I enjoyed the intimidation that my hobby invoked in others.

As I got older, and became more self-aware(sorta), I tried harder and harder to keep my interest in the other side under wraps. I would pretend to be disinterested in the subject, as to not tarnish my reputation. As a teenager everything matters, and everything could possibly be the end of the world. Though as of recent, this has begun to die down. I realized that I simply do not give a fuck about others opinions anymore, and that I am going to pursue what I enjoy. So to anyone reading this, thinking that I'm crazy for starting a paranormal investigation service, I don't care, have your laugh or whatever. When my good friend came up to me, asking me to join her in exploring the paranormal, I gladly accepted, hoping that my years of knowledge on the subject could help us. Not to mention, the thrill of encountering a ghost is comparable to nothing else. So no matter what you believe, I invite you to join me in the investigation of the possibilities of life after death.