As I continue my Supernatural season one DVD marathon I find myself looking up some creepy myths online - at night - alone. The night I was writing this particular post I had just added the above picture and was about done when all of the electricity went kaput for about five minutes in the entire area (I checked outside). Creepy coincidence? You tell me. I’ll be cuddling up to a blanket and watching my cat for odd behavior.

So, what was it that I was looking up online that was getting me freaked? The Witches Ball. If you Google for ‘The Witches Ball‘ you’ll come across an overwhelming variety of different sites. Places like Salem Massachusetts have Halloween parties which are given that name. That was exactly the sort of image that was first conjured in my mind with the phrase. I was picturing people dressed in pointy witch hats and gyrating to songs like ‘I’ve Put a Spell On You’. (And nooooww you’re mine! Muah - ha - ha!)

The deeper you look, there is something else that goes by the name The Witches Ball. It is, ironically enough, an actual ball of marble which serves at a tombstone in the Myrtle Hill Road Ohio cemetery. The local Ohio lore says that it marks the grave of an ‘evil witch‘ who was buried standing straight up with the marble ball over her so she couldn’t rise from the dead. Of course, there’s a completly contradictory story about the woman buried there being the murderer of her family. That seems to be a less popular theory.

I would love to see this explored on The CW’s Supernatural sometime. As you can already see, I found some YouTube videos which use The Witches Ball as the video subject. The first one has some neat video aging effects. But it’s the second video I really want to discuss.

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Matt Mitovich of TVGuide.com recently interviewed none other than Hector Elizondo, who is joining the USA Network hit TV series Monk this season. Elizondo talks seriously about Alzheimer’s, affectionately about Pretty Woman, and mysteriously about Monk. Do you think his lips are sealed about what will happen between his character and Monk? Watch to find out!

Whenever I see Hector Elizondo (in pictures and such, I don’t see him out on the street or corner market) I always feel like hugging him. I bet he gives good hugs. We love him. But will Monk?

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If you work hard, you better play harder. That’s the message of Gretchen Wilson’s song.

I know I’ve been talking a LOT about the TNT TV show Saving Grace, but it’s got a lot going on for it right now! So, it would be in bad taste to not tell you all of the latest news, right? That brings us to the wonderful fact that Grammy winner (I won five! Or not - you guess) Gretchen Wilson has released a music video in association with Saving Grace. The song is appropriately called Work Hard, Play Harder. This fits in perfectly for the Saving Grace theme: Embrace Your Grace. Forget notions of devout nuns with bowed heads and silent demeanors. Nothing against nuns, but that’s not what this phrase is about.

I promised myself I wouldn’t say this unless I MEANT it, and I do: I don’t like most Country music (I liked that one Shania Twain CD for about a week), but I really do like this song. I mean, I’m just a 20-something girl who enjoys a catchy anthem about independence! And yea, I sing along. What about you?

“This campaign is about strong women who follow their instincts, their intuition and their guts. It’s about women who never back down,” said Tricia Melton, senior vice president of marketing for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movie (TCM). “Gretchen Wilson truly embodies the ‘Embrace Your Grace’ code, especially with her new song ‘Work Hard, Play Harder.’ The video showcases her strength, attitude and defiant spirit, all of which match the heart and soul of Holly Hunter’s Det. Grace Hanadarko in SAVING GRACE.”

I’m really going to put myself to the challenge of applying this theme song to my life today. Too often too many people are working themselves silly and then they hardly let themselves relax, or bask in the glow of their hard work. You have to appreciate yourselves. And not just for the big things, for the tiny things too. I got up super early this morning because I went to bed early with a migraine (the bane of my very existence!) So, today I’ve already walked the dog, fed the dog and kitten (she’s not a cat until one year has passed!), and had two big glasses of water.

You might especially be questioning the water thing, but I’m someone who does not even like water - despite hearing that it will cure 5,000 different things AND made your skin glow. But with a little crystal light and lots of ice, water isn’t all that bad. So whatever accomplishments you have today - don’t shrug them off as nothing. Everything has the possibility to become something extraordinary.

Except mullets. Just say ‘no’ to those.

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Hello! I decided to interview myself. (Yes, you read that right.) That’s just the kind of wacky thing I do. That’s how I got my nickname ‘wacky-doer-of-things-Jessica’.

Sofachip: So, Jessica, what is it that you’ve been watching these days - besides what you’ve mentioned on Sofachip already?

Jessica: A crazy amount of goodness that fills me up with all the angst, joy, and vitamins I need.

SC: But you didn’t answer - What exactly have you been watching, though? What did you watch today?

Jessica: Fine, fine. I’ll speak. I currently have Supernatural season one on DVD which I’ve been watching and just flat-out adoring. I just watched the Bloody Mary episode about an hour ago. See, I had seen most of the first half of the season, but not the rest. I saw the majority of season two, and all of season three. So I wanted to go back - it’s very rewarding to have seen the recent episodes and then go back to the initial ones and see how it all started. Also, these DVDs are honestly possibly the best DVDs I’ve ever seen in terms of TV shows on DVD.

SC: Why is that?

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Thanks to USA Network and Electric Artists I am able to give you guys a chance to win some fun prizes from Monkand Psych. Since we’re talking about those shows, you can also read what I’ve recently written about Monk and Psych regarding their season premieres which are this Friday night.

While you’re here, sit down and have a cookie! I very much want to encourage you to look around the blog. I did a Wacky Self-Interview today that will give you some insight on who I am and what I watch. It will also show you that I’m a human who is hopefully relatable, with flaws that you can laugh at (hey - I don’t mind). So that might help you decide if you’d like to subscribe. And I’ve love for you to do that!

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To enter, leave a comment here (using a valid e-mail address) and tell me one thing you did this week that has made you smile . You must enter your comment by Friday July 18th at midnight. If you win, you will be contacted via the e-mail address you used to enter. This contest is open to USA and Canadian residents only, and please no P.O. boxes. Read the full article

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