Another fun thing to wile away the time

One of you friends out there sent us an invitation to do an interview at this site called WhoHub.  You can go check it out here:

http://www.whohub.com/graniteghosts

But we’ll post the questions we’ve already answered here for ya.

BLOGGING

What is your blog address? What subjects do you deal with?

Mostly we just talk about how lonely it is in a big abandoned school building and relay messages back and forth between the teachers that used to teach there.
http://graniteghosts.blogspot.com/

What was it that made you create your blog? On what date did you start it?

We created the blog on August 13, 2009, a couple weeks before the beginning of the new school year. We were used to being alone with the custodians over the summer, but when the time that the building would be full of people came close, we realized it wasn't going to happen this year.

What blogging system have you adopted and why?

Blogger, because that's the one Steve uses.

How many visits a day do you get? What type of comments do you receive?

No idea. We're ghosts, not psychics.

How has 'having a blog' contributed to your life?

Yes, it helps us feel close to the poeple we miss.

Have you created relationships with other bloggers or readers of your blog?

No, lot of people don't think we're real.

How often do you post? Does regular posting of your blog require a lot of effort on your part?

Well, with only one person in the building, not much goes on, so we don't post as often as we would like to. Plus they left only this one crappy computer that I don't think they even know about, and it takes about a month to boot up.

Does blogging bring in income for you? Can one make a living from posting?

Who needs to make a living?

How do you promote your blog?

We don't.

How would you define your readers? Have you got a faithful audience?

A very small, very dedicated audience that we love.

Are there any blogs you follow daily or regularly?

Yeah, we look at Steve's to see what he's up to.
http://ladunata.blogspot.com/

How do you see your blog evolving in the future?

No idea what so ever. Unless they tear down the building and then we'll be gone into oblivion and the blog will die.

What advice would you give to someone who wishes to begin a blog?

It's easy. Do it.

PERSONALITY

How do you find the balance between working to live and living to work?

We're dead, so we don't have to do either

In moments of tension, what techniques work in calming the mind?

Lincoln usually just flies up through the roof and watches the cars go by from there. Harriet will just go inside one of the thicker walls and stay there until she calms down and Octavio likes to go out on the lawn (we do get to roam the property too) and scare little dogs that are doing their business on the grass.

What is the greatest loss you have had in your life?

Our lives.

You have nine wins in a row in a game of roulette: do you continue because you are on a good run, or abandon the game because statistically, it is your turn to lose?

Run with the money.

Is there any superstition that makes you change your behaviour?

Dude, we ARE superstition!

Does knowing someone's zodiac sign help you to better understand that person?

Zodiac, schmodiac. What does the placement of planets millions of miles away have to do with personality?

What hobbies have you got?

Roaming the building.
Scaring little animals that wander onto the property.
3-man Pinocle.
Risk (thanks to whoever left it).
Counting cars that drive by.
Messing with the cell phone reception of people who walk by talking on their phones.

Which actor would you like to be?

Patrick Swayze or Edward Mulhare

If you were sent to a deserted island, which book, CD and film would you take with you?

Stephen King, Oingo Boingo and "101 Dalmations", the 1961 version.

A simple pleasure that for you is quite big or important.

Listening to the conversations of live people.

How do you respond to telemarketing calls?

Don't answer. Can't answer, it would take all three of us using full concentration to pick up the phone, and then all they'd hear is "whooooooooooooo"

Are you an ex-smoker? How did you quit?

We all still smoke, whenever we go over to the furnace building and fly through the chimney.

It is 5 pm on a typical Sunday: what are you doing?

Just hanging out somewhere in the building.

Something in which you are completely incompetent.

Lifting heavy things.

Of what are you an addict?

Nothing anymore, unless you consider being eternally linked to this school building as an addiction.

What toy gave you the best moments of your childhood?

Harriett's favorite toy was the corncob doll her mother helped her make back in '06 and Lincoln's favorite was the Pet Rock he got when he was 12. Octavio didn't really have a favorite toy.

How did you meet your current boy/girlfriend?

All three of us are currently without boyfriend or girlfriends. Unless we count each other, but that's all emotional, there’s nothing physical there.

What was your first vehicle?

Harriett never had a vehicle, women didn't drive back then. Octavio and his wife bought an old Studebaker the third year they were married and Lincoln had a beat up '63 Ford Pick-up when he was in high school.

Please list something you have not yet done, but that you would definitely like to do someday.

Cross over.

In your lifetime, what is the best news you have ever seen printed?

Harriett: "The 'War to End All Wars' Ends"
Octavio: "JFK Beats Richard Nixon"
Lincoln: "Man Lands on Moon"

To which other place in the world would you move without hesitation?

Anywhere

A bad habit you have overcome.

Biting our fingernails.

What do you imagine yourself doing for your retirement?

Oh, haunting an old school building, maybe.

If you were to return reincarnated, which real-life person would you like to be?

Any real-life person

More news from the other side.

Greetings ghosts!  I had a great week. Thursday I got to visit  Carole and give her some money. Thursday evening I had dinner with Rossi and Doris Stock (you were all invited to Paradise Bakery). I haven't laughed like that since last spring.  We had some great stories to share.  Tonight I went to Alchemy to hear Draper sing while playing the guitar while playing the harmonica, while playing his box that acts like a bass drum with a tambourine. Whew!  He is a one man band. Esad, Stephanie, MeiLi, etc were also there to hear him.    Rossi,  please send the blog address again because I haven't seen the ghosts blog yet.  Pam

More news from the other side.

Greetings ghosts!  I had a great week. Thursday I got to visit  Carole and give her some money. Thursday evening I had dinner with Rossi and Doris Stock (you were all invited to Paradise Bakery). I haven't laughed like that since last spring.  We had some great stories to share.  Tonight I went to Alchemy to hear Draper sing while playing the guitar while playing the harmonica, while playing his box that acts like a bass drum with a tambourine. Whew!  He is a one man band. Esad, Stephanie, MeiLi, etc were also there to hear him.    Rossi,  please send the blog address again because I haven't seen the ghosts blog yet.  Pam

Triple the fun with Granite Students

Got this from one of our refugees that went to Cottonwood High:

I got a good compliment from our school media person last week about our students.  She said that since the "new Granite" kids have come to Cottonwood, library circulation has tripled.  And that the students come into the library and read.  Comments about Granite students in general have been positive.

Yea for you guys! If you got your students reading enough that the "too few students to keep the building open" can triple circulation at a school as big as Cottonwood, you deserve to pat yourselves on the back. 

The Sounds of Silence

We know this was the week for Parent-Teacher conferences, and despite the fact that nobody else was here, we decided to make the best of it. We took turns playing teacher, parent and student. Good thing there is three of us, or it would have been really hard. Octavio (he's the one on the left) got to play teacher first (he pretended to be Mr. Kaly), I got to be the parent and Harriet (on the right) played my daughter. Then Harriet played Octavio's mom, I pretended to be Mr. Rossi, and then Harriet pretended to be Ms. Spjute and Octavio was my dad.

Yeah, fun times. Gotta make the best of where you're at, especially since we can't go anywhere else.

Hope you all had conferences as successful as our play ones were. See you on the 8th.

Class of '64

Another e-mail from one of our friends:

Dear Granite Ghosts, Thanks so much for surrounding Connie and I tonight as we sang the Song of the G standing next to the seal. We truly sang our hearts out. It was a fun but a long, hot evening. I just got home (yes, it is nearly 11pm). Bart was there to help too. Well, Bart was paid. Connie and I were volunteers. It was the last reunion scheduled to meet in the building, the class of '64. I was made an honorary member of the class and am now a full fledged Granitian. We had a blast in the auditorium, it rocked! We all sang songs from the '60's. We ate steak and salmon in the cafeteria with glass plates, linen tablecloths, etc. Odd prizes were given to people who had 1. been single the longest 2. drove a car older than 15 years (I almost won that one.) 3. had accrued the most frequent flier miles 3. served the longest in the military, etc. I got teary when the military people stood up and remembered their classmates who died in VietNam. Connie and I spent several hours in the alumni room upstairs. She, of course, knew everyone. The evening ended with thunder and lightning. I guess you ghosts had a rockin' good time. Watch over Bart since he's probably still there. Pam

Pam,

We were just glad to hear your voice again, along with all our friends from '64. Bart, along with his crew, did so much to make our school shine again, of course we will watch over him. Thank you for coming by, and we hope to see you, and the rest, again for the Judge game on October 8th. We will do our best to make sure the weather is great for you all, but no matter what we are looking forward to hearing you again as you eat dinner in the school during half-time.

See you then.

Hey guys, we'd love to see you again, and we just thought of a way to do it. Your old principal has to be here for the Judge games on the old football field anyway, so why don't you come down and watch a game (we heard she can get you in for free!).

We'd love to see you again. There's a game this Friday (Sept 18), sorry we didn't give you an earlier notice. We've been a bit busy the last couple of weeks with all those pesky district people coming and going, and giving away all your stuff! But it's been fun, moving things around on them, locking doors behind them and causing other mayhem. (Shoulda seen old what's-his-name, some big-wig at the district, when we made the ceiling drop down right in front of him. His toupee did a full 180)

Anyway, there's a couple other games you could come to. One on October 8th and one on October 23rd. The three of us have been talking and hope you make it to game on the 8th, the 23rd might be a little too cold and wet. Carole said (we CAN make it out to the field) that you could even order in some food and have dinner inside the building during half-time. We'd love that, hearing you guys laughing and joking again.

So, what does everybody think about making it down there for the game on the 8th? You could show up at any game and chat with Carole, but if we could get a bunch of you there on the 8th it would be fantastic.

Let us know - we'll pass the word on.