Always Look on the Bright Side of Life... And Other Monty Python Stuff

Yesterday I spent the day in Athens, GA... A town home to UGA, drunkard college kids and The Classic Center. While I was SUPER FREAKING STOKED to make my trek to The Classic Center to watch Monty Python's Spamalot, I was less than excited to visit the UGA campus... I am, after all, a devoted Yellow Jacket.

Now, please allow me to stick my foot in my mouth... Athens was beautiful, and Georgia's campus was no exception. Everything was in walking distance... We found a great little restaurant called The Grill; Good food, good service and a great variety on the menu to accommodate everyone's pallet. We searched forever for a local coffee shop, but ended up settling on Starbucks. Of course, as soon as we finished our lattes we found a Jittery Joe's. Damn, maybe next time.

Now as far as the actual campus goes, it's hard to tell where this little town ends and the campus begins. It was MASSIVE. The buildings were gorgeous, there were small gardens and cemeteries are every corner, there was a history lesson within every building. And as much as it KILLS me, the Techie, to say this... Stanford Stadium was, to say the least, impressive.

Now as far as the play goes... Amazing doesn't even begin to cut it. Standing guard of The Classic Center is a statue of Athena, The Goddess of Wisdom.
The play ran through just about ever scene in the movie, but everything was changed up just a small bit. Of course it was, it IS a musical. These little changes kept everything fresh, so you never knew exactly what was coming up next. They included songs from The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. AND, the icing on the cake, Eric Idol is the voice over for God.
Now, I'm not going to go into much more detail about the show, or else it will spoil it for anyone else who wants to see it. But if you are a Monty Python enthusiast such as myself, I highly recommend seeing it.

 Those are my tickets :)

Bye, friends.

=)... Just... =)

I hope my friends see the title of this :)

Everyone is entitled to extream moments of cheesiness between two friends, and honestly sometimes those moments are the best thing for you given the current situation. However, just because you're entitled to said moments doesn't mean that your friends don't have the right to bust your balls about it... because believe me, they do, and they will.

This weekend, in short has been amazing.
I've began to let go of old grudges.
Saw a few movies with some amazing people.
Celebrated the 21st birthday of the most incredible person I've ever met, my best friend of FIFTEEN years (yeah, fifteen. Long. Fucking. Time.)
Stayed up all night having a long conversation about pointless things with a great person... seriously, didn't sleep very much... 45 minutes at best.

Maybe this past weekend has been my best adventure yet. Sure, it wasn't filled with new places that I have yet to explore. I didn't paint some silly picture. I didn't conjure up some crazy recipe either.

Instead, I found some wonderment in some of the most common and familiar places to me. I rediscovered the reasons why I love my friends, I laughed until my stomach hurt, and I'm constantly looking for reasons to smile.

I guess I didn't have to go looking for an adventure this weekend. Instead, it found me. Words cannot describe how enthralling it feels to laugh a little, loose a bit of the pretenses, smile with a friend, and grow as a person.

I love my friends... No matter how hard they bust my balls.

So maybe next time my post will be a little more exciting... but who cares?

Bye, friends :)

New Year Resolutions and Why They Should Die

It's great to set long term and short terms goals for yourself., to push yourself to be a little better in some way. But seriously, New Years Resolutions? They freaking suck. And if you are one of the jerks that vowed to lose weight and save money, then I hate you.

Did you know that the month of January is the slowest month in the restaurant business? Well, I do... After waiting tables for nearly four years, it always affects me. You see, because people feel the need to lose weight at the beginning of the year, they don't go out to eat... And because people are determined to save money at the beginning of the year, they don't go out to eat... And if people don't go out to eat, servers don't make money. You see where I'm going with this?

Needless to say, I made jack shit tonight at work. I'm just as broke as the rest of you out there. I need monies, too! My bills still here... So why are my costumers gone?

I know it'll get better, I'm just stressed out for now. I mean, I can't bash this whole resolution thing TOO much... I made them, too. ( Be healthier... I won't go as far as to say that I'll loose weight, but I can make sure that I'm taking a little better care of my body in general. .  Put myself before others. I'm pretty guilty of being a push over.) However, it would be pretty awesome if everyone else's goals went a little like "become obese and tip my server fat every time I go out to eat."

Oh well.

At least I have the day off tomorrow. It's gunna go a little something like: Sleep in, work out (aka play Just Dance, that game will get your heart pumping!), shower, put on a comfy pair of sweat pants, and read.

As for now, I'm gunna cuddle my pup and read the new issue of Cosmo... Yeah... Cosmo heals all wounds, even financial ones.

P.S. Please tip your server the appropriate amount the next time you go out :)

Paranormal Experiances

I guess I forgot to mention something about myself in my previous post... I absolutely LOVE watching shows about ghost hunting. I believe in ghost, but I'm definitely a sceptic. If I hear "footsteps" in the middle of the night, I'm level headed enough to realize that its just the wood settling, you know what I mean? Anyways, I have NEVER had a paranormal experience of any sort... until last night.

Before I get started, I know that some of you reading this are going to think that I'm being over dramatic, or just think that I'm making some of this up for the sake of a good story, but I assure you that everything that I'm about to write I honestly believe was happening for real. Also, I'm not naming any of my friends for their own privacy reasons.

My night started with two of my friends coming up to the restaurant that I work at to see me. I knew that we were planning on busting out the Ouija later that night, so I, who had never even touched a Ouija board before, was asking them all sorts of questions about it. I was sceptical. Honestly, how am I suppose to truly believe that this little piece of card board made by some Johnson & Johnson-esque company is really used for communicating with spirits? Anywho, they finished eating and decided it to head on home and let me finish up closing. They paid, we said good bye, blah blah blah.

Fast forward about two hours.

Because I was new at this whole Ouija thing, I was elected to go first along with another girl. I wasn't really comfortable speaking, so I let my partner do all of the talking. Not surprisingly, nothing happened... we tried several times and nothing happened. Still a sceptic.

Another set of people tried... nothing happened.

And another set of people tried... and shit started happening.
It was a newbie like me and a well seasoned ouijier... yeah, it's a word. Even if I just made it up.
Anyways, they had a twenty minute conversation with what we believe is an woman named "Su," or at least that is what we called her. She was 53 and had 5 grandchildren.

While watching something happen for my friends was exciting, I still didn't believe 100%. I wanted to experience it.

So I took a seat and decided that I wanted to talk aloud.

Me: Is there anyone that would like to speak with us tonight?
Board" Yes
Me: (heart is in my throat at this point, holy mother of god, it moved and my buddy wasn't the one moving it) Would you mind giving us your name so we know who we are talking to?
Board: P.... E.... T.... E
Me: Pete... Is your name Pete?
Pete: Yes.
Me: How old were you at the time of your passing?
Pete: 2.... Yes... 2... 2...
Me: Were you 22?
Pete: Yes.
(at this point, I don't even know what to say. Holy shit, something was making this pointer move and it was neither me or my friend doing so... but Pete broke the silence.(
Pete: H... U... A... B... A... B... A...
Me: Are you having a hard time trying to figure out what you want to say?
Pete: Yes.
Me: Take your time.
Pete: 2... yes... 3... yes... 4...

When they start going through numbers like that it means they want to get out, so we said our good byes.

We all did another few sessions, but the only real success we had was when I was talking... And every time I was talking to Pete. I'll paraphrase for him, because I'm lazy and don't want to type anymore :) The 2nd time I spoke to him, he spelled his name to me and said he wanted to talk to me. However, when I asked if he would speak to my friend, he quickly moved the pointer to good bye... Guess not.
The third and last time I spoke to him, he once again told us his name and said that he ONLY wanted to talk to me. He wanted me to introduce myself to him, so I did, hoping that it would make him a little more conversationable... but all he did was start going through the alphabet, which is just like when they go through numbers, so we said good bye. At this point I started to get a little uneasy, a little queasy and a little sketched out, so I ran to a friend for comfort. Before I could get to my buddy's side, I felt something, some sort of pressure as if a hand were on me wrap around my foot.

That's it... I'm done for the night :)

So in one last attempt to figure out what Pete wanted, two of my friends got on the board and asked for him... nothing. Then one asked, "Do you want to speak to Diamond?" Pete says yes. Then another asks, "Pete, are you good or bad? Move to the sun for good, and moon for bad." Guess where it went? Yup... the moon. "Good bye."

So I was officially freaked the hell out. I was scared to move.

I ended up staying the night... I was scared to be in the dark by myself... Not because I'm afraid of ghost in general, but if you had a spirit that claims to be bad and ONLY wants to talk to you, would you not be flipping your shit?

Even though my first experience with communicating with spirits was a bit on the freaky side, it in no way deterred me from wanting to try it again.

A few pictures were taken, and if I can ever get a hold of them, I'll post them in my next blog... I'm gunna also see if I can put one of the recordings that we took during my last Q&A with Pete up here... After listening to it, I couldn't really hear anything out of the ordinary. But it's always interesting to listen to it.

I'll stop babbling now, you are more than welcome to hit the "next blog" button.

Thanks for reading.

New Year, New Adventures

I've aways wanted to start a blog, so I guess there is no time like the present. Most of you who are reading this, if any of you ARE reading this, aready know me. So if that is the case, you may spare yoursef a few minutes of your time and skip this next paragraph.

My name is Diamond. I'm a waitress, a wanna be artist, one of the guys, a writer, a dreamer, a slacker, a napper, a mess in ever possible meaning of the word, a bitch and the most loyal friend you will ever have. I'm a proud mommy of a little pup named Jenny, my four legged best friend. I'm aways itching to get out and expore new places, experiance new things and grow as a person.

So I guess that this is where I'll document all of my new adventures... any new recipes I try, every new painting, all the new places I visit... I'm a boring person, but my life is pretty interesting. Follow me if you wish :)

peace out, bro.