I mean really, you can get dudes to look at your boobs and get WAY better prizes than year-later shame or some plastic beads. But maybe I'm missing something awesome, so please, please enlighten me. And if one person mentions a king cake, I'll punch you in the face with a tiny, plastic baby fist.
The only mardi gras I've ever celebrated was 4 years ago. There was a hurricane offshore that was blowing through Athens as some sort of tropical storm, so almost everything was closed and I had my crew hanging out in the office (the office was a big magnetic room that used to be a bank vault... crazy) and I took leave of the place to go find something to do. And what do I find? A birthday party in the middle of a bar party. And so my one and only foray into mardi gras was born.
I hopped into the party and helped blow out candles just as the worst of the storm was coming through and all the lights in town went out as one of the GINORMOUS trees on N.Campus toppled over into the main square in front of Downtown. Yes. That's right. We blew out the candles just as the lights went out. It was eerie to say the least.
Girls Screamed, I'm sure some boobs came out of their shirts, and boys hooted. I grabbed some cake and ran out into the rain. Then of course, I gave up birthday candles for lent because they were obviously working some weird magic.
Now, to tangent (Cause it's my blog and I can)... I don't celebrate any holidays other than Christmas. Well, not with any fervor anyway. You know how I feel about valentine's day, I'll probably wear green on St. Patrick's Day (because I work in the service industry and people eat that shit up) and I definitely don't celebrate easter. I can't remember the last time I gave anything up for Lent for realsies. Usually I just say... well, I'm giving up... frowns. I hope you're ready for even-more-jolly-than-she-already-is Corie.
But this year, I'm giving up sweets and the word "word" as an affirmation. Sweets, because after yesterday (THE FIRST DONUTS OF THE IKE AND JANE BAKERY!!) when we tested 20 dozen donuts, I can feel the sugar pulsing through my veins and because I've gained 10 lbs in the past 2 months and I don't like it.
And I think you know why I'm giving up the word "word."
Cause it's getting a little out of hand.
-word
