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Greetings,
Humm what do I do when coming face to face with the Hollywood myth? Well I roll my eyes a lot and try to find reasons to make a clean break for the exit. When pressed, I start asking the questions.
I used to work in an office where Halloween was a BIG deal. Annually they would hold a super huge party and an all day costume event. (No doubt that the UK & China offices thought the US office was a bit nuts-o for a day.) Every year that I worked there I won the “most likely to be a vampire in real life” award complete with several bottles of vampire wine. I never dressed for the costume party, but that didn’t seem to matter. When asked if I “really” was a vampire I’d say “of course I am – I got the award didn’t I?” If pressed further I would say such things as “now do you really believe in all that Hollywood stuff?” Eventually there were a few people that I COULD let in on the truth. But that was only after knowing them and learning that they really were interested in going beyond the Hollywood myth.
It seems that for a couple of months every year swarms of folks want to believe in the Hollywood vampire myth. And I can understand why – its dark, romantic tragic, and appeals the forbidden all at the same time. By comparison, real vampirism is boring. The thing is, most of these folks do not want to believe in real vampirism – they are happy with the myth. That is why I ask the questions. When I find someone that truly wants to know I feel that it is then worth my time to give them some information on real vampirism, then point them at the Vampire Church website
LA. Judge / nodecaf
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