you're so cool

11:50am: i am an idiot
today is my first day of my new term of classes...i was looking forward to having embalming class bright and fucking early this morning...rob has class this morning too so i hitched a ride up with him.
WELL, COME TO FIND OUT, EMBALMING IS AT 5:30PM. so i'm STUCK HERE, an hour away from home, until rob gets out of class. (class is about 4 hours long. i've been here since 8:45.) and the best part is i get to COME BACK HERE at 5:30 for another 4 hours.
it's my own fault for not double-checking my schedule. i am dumb. so now i'm sitting here, bored to death because there is NOTHING TO DO HERE except dick around on the computer.
wtf.

4:39pm: i've been going to the gym and i am awesome.

2:15pm: also
reminders to self/inquiries to others:

*FIX DIGITAL CAMERA. OR BUY A NEW ONE
(anyone know how much it cost to fix a digital camera? its a cybershot...i was drunk and taking pictures of me and my cousin kayla and i had the thing wrapped around my wrist but that did not prevent me from flinging it across the bar and smashing it into the wall. it still turns on, i can see the screen and the pictures that i had taken that night, but sadly it won't take any new pictures. the lens thingy wont completely open.)

*GET GOOD IDEAS FOR PAINTINGS
i am painting everyones christmas presents this year. considering i have so much time (riiiiight). well, i figure if i stay home and paint rather than go out, i can A. save money and B. give out awesome christmas presents. so far i've started 3, almost completed 2. give me some ideas of awesome things to paint/awesome color ideas/etc...cuz i have a lot of people to gift, and i don't want to do repeat paintings...or make lame ones, for that matter.

*OTHER CHEAP/CREATIVE GIFTS
any ideas?

*SAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE TO FIX CAR/PAY RENT/GET HEALTH INSURANCE
it's going to cost me $900 for my car alone. at least it's not totalled. anyone want to buy a painting, or have a job they'd like to pay me to do? CLEAN jobs...keep in mind i am not a prostitute.

*MAKE COPIES OF KEYS
this is a reminder to myself. car keys and apartment keys. i have one set of each and it's only a matter of time before i lose one...and i locked myself out of my apartment the other night and had to have rob climb the balconies (i live on the 3rd floor) to get in thru the sliding glass door, which i had left unlocked, thank god. but do not want to repeat that. especially if i'm alone. i can just picture myself falling off the 3rd floor balcony to my death.

THAT IS ALL FOR NOW.

1:26pm: i forgot to mention
the one good part about all of this is that i quit smoking...me and mom.
she had to...i wanted to.

i'm not saying that that outweighs all the bad crap...the bad crap still totally sucks. but it's nice to quit smoking...i haven't had one since the day mama got admitted into the hospital. and i don't even want one at all.
not even when i'm drinking...or drinking with friends who are smoking...or taking long car rides. so it's been over 2 weeks and i've passed all of my usual temptations so far. so i think i'm good.

now let's just hope i don't replace one addiction with another and get addicted to these painkillers and valiums.
haha just kidding.
kind of.

4:56pm: Pukesgiving
The big stormcloud hasn't been lifted from over my family's head just yet.

Yesterday my dad fell down the stairs. With a wine glass in his hand. Which broke, and the stem of it went thru the palm of his hand.

Silly dad, it's Thanksgiving, not Easter...we are not reenacting the crucifixion here.

He's fine now...he's in a cast and a sling....but SERIOUSLY though. First my mom has a heart attack, then I get in a car wreck, then my dad takes a nasty spill and ends up in the ER getting a glass stake removed from his hand.

The good news is....bad things typically come in 3s, so i think we're done here.
My sister gets off scot-free, big surprise.

Oh, and Diana-land update: did go to the doctor, do have broken ribs, did hurt my back again, big surprise, do need to get health insurance as i need to start physical therapy again because of the damage i've done to my spine/neck. great. awesome. the fun part is all the drugs i got. i'm like a float in the macy's day parade.

4:47pm: to add insult to injury...
after i left from visiting mom at the hospital on thursday night, i got into a NASTY car accident. pretty bad. have yet to find out if my car is fixable or not. either way i'm fucked cuz i can't afford to fix it or buy a new one.
also i cannot afford an ambulance ride....so i turned it down and had mikey come get me and take me home...my primary care physician is aware of the fact that i don't have health insurance so he hooks me up, so i talked to the office on friday (he wasnt in on friday, sadly) and i am going to see him tomorrow (monday)...my back was killing me as it is...now im definitely fucked.
my doc even said after my last visit that i should try to get some health insurance somehow cuz i prob need to start physical therapy again....and that was BEFORE the accident. i am so fucked.
and i definitely broke a few ribs....i have done it before and am well aware of what that feels like so i don't need a doctor to tell me that...so yeah, i'm in a lot of pain. can't reach to pull up my hair, can't sneeze without crying, etc.
i need to win the lottery or something.

THE GOOD NEWS is that mom came home...after almost an entire week in the hospital they finally let her come home. she is doing much better...still can't move a whole lot, but she was able to come home, she's back to her old self, save for the fact that she can't do a lot of moving around. so i'm hangin out with her now....the two cripples, haha. what the fuck.

5:04pm: update
1. momma had a heart attack. or at least we think. she was at the gym and started having jaw pain, shoulder pain, and then she started throwing up. she was rushed to the hospital and they gave her some drugs to bring her heart rate down (she was at like 160) and now she's around 60. we don't know what exactly happened...she passed the stress test that implies that she did not have a heart attack but they say that's typical, esp for minor ones. not sure yet what exactly is wrong, as they cannot do the "catheterization" to find the blockage in her heart due to her disease (she has a form of hemophilia) so we're just.....waiting. they've been doing a shit ton of bloodwork to find a way to get this procedure done and hopefully are going to find out what is wrong.
she says she's fine, i've been hanging out with her in the hospital for the past few days....she just wants to go home. she's stable and hangin out and watchin tv and being bored, mostly. so send her some love.

2. omg obama! was glued to CNN for hours, drinking lots of wine...my friend jeff and i were warching together...we FREAKED when we realized he was going to win, and we both cried during his speech. love!

3. my back hurts...my doc recommended i go back to physical therapy but i don't have any health insurance so if anyone wants to donate pain killers or back massages, please let me know. thank you!
also my prescriptions are expensive and i've taken the past few days off of work to be with my mom so i am broke AND stressed so i also wouldn't turn down any red wine if you wanted to bring me some.

12:22pm: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
i am going to see Radiohead tonight.

3:39pm: i have lost my voice

so i cannot speak.

interesting.

today i got a 90 on my final exam in funeral profession.  woo hoo.

today i also quit smoking cigarettes.  yes, again.  but i did it.  threw my unfinished pack in the trashcan today.  with a blunt roach in the fucking pack.  realized that a little too late.  but anyway.
quit smoking cigarettes.

saw miranda on the highway on the way to school this morning...so after our exam Rob and i went to burberry to visit her.  

saw kayla on the way home, she cut us off, that bitch.

that is my update.

2:56pm: cuz megan did it.
1. Do you have a tattoo?
2. How old are you?
3. Are you single or taken?
4. Eat with your hands or utensils?
5. Do you dream at night?
6. Ever seen a corpse?
7. George Strait or Jay Z?
8. How did we meet?
9. What's your philosophy on life and death?
10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know, what would it be?
11. Do you trust the police?
12. Do you like Country music?
13. What is your fondest memory of me?
14. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?
15. Would you cheat?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Have you ever peed in a pool?
18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Which do you prefer - short or long hair?
21. Do you sing in the shower?
22. What's your favorite color?
23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?
25. What was your first impression of me?
26. Have you ever done drugs?
27. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

7:20pm: temptation
i was almost just tempted to post pics but then i remembered

THE LJ CURSE

and i'm not doing it.

8:00pm: every time i post about this sort of thing on LJ it goes to *SHIT* pretty quickly so this is me NOT posting about it.

=)

2:18pm: michele got married!

at the bachelorette party. andi, michele, me, katie, julie and kelly

( the wedding! )

2:00pm: betches
i know i just made a picture post but i have so many pictures i want to post so deal with it

me, amber and bev



( shut up deck. i'm gonna betch slap you, shitbag. )

6:59pm: habits/quirks/facts.
* List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
* Tag seven people to do the same.
* Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

1. i am happier than i have ever been because i finally know what i'm going to do with my life, and i am EXCITED!!! i am going to mortuary school. i start next tuesday, august 28th, at 9am. i honestly feel that i have truly found my calling, i have found my purpose in life, and it feels great. i also feel liberated by the fact that i have found a profession which will allow me to utilize my artistic talents. i always wanted to be an artist but i figured i could never make a career with my artwork. well, now, in a weird way, i can.

2. i am somewhat obsessed with drinking through straws. they just make me happy. if i don't have one, i will drink from the glass, but i won't be happy about it. i have even gone as far as looking in my car for an empty iced coffee cup so that i could rinse and reuse the straw. the one exception to this is wine. i don't drink wine through a straw.

3. i play the piano by ear. i can read music, it just takes me a little bit longer. it's just easier for me to listen to the song a few times and then copy what i hear, or get the gist of the key and just do my own thing, wing it, jam out. usually when i get sheet music i will read the first few bars and then just fly off on my own. if you can read music and you follow the sheet music while i'm playing, after the first page you're gonna wonder where the fuck i'm going. you can tell by looking at all of my sheet music - there are only notes/fingerprints/creases on the first page of every song.

4. i don't like wearing shoes. they usually come off as soon as i am somewhere that i can take them off. besides being outside, or peoples' houses, playgrounds, etc, i've been known to remove my shoes and walk around barefoot at work, at bars, at concerts, while driving...pretty much anywhere i can get away with it. i've been told by people that i've "got balls" for not being afraid to walk around barefoot in dirty places, but honestly, i've been to some music festivals where everyone is barefoot and there are some seriously nasty things on the ground...my feet are tough. they can handle it.

5. i really, REALLY hate when people mispronounce my name. it's DIANA, not diane. i hate it even more when people pronounce my last name wrong. my last name is PETIT, pronounced like 'french for small,' PETITE without the E, not PET-it. it's FRENCH, people. how do you pronounce jose, huh? don't attempt to americanize the fuck out of peoples' names. it's ignorant.

6. i keep trying to quit smoking and i keep failing. most of the time i don't even think about a cigarette, but once i start drinking i have to have them.

7. i live by myself and it is wonderful. i will never have a roommate again. if i ever find myself in a serious relationship in which my partner and i decide to cohabitate (which i don't plan on having happen for A LONG TIME, if EVER), i will need to at least have my own room.


I TAG ALL OF YOU.

1:56pm: mortuary school, new pics, vaginas!


i haven't posted in a while so here's the rundown:

i am jobless once again, but i think it's ok because i'm going back to school in september and i'm going to just say FUCK IT and take out a big fat loan. I'm working on a part-time job right now...a friend of mine is hooking me up.

A woman from the school called me the other day to tell me about orientation on august 28th and also to inform me that they need my medical B forms and my transcripts. Once that shit is complete i will officially be a student at Fine Mortuary College. Be afraid.

I met a girl at one of spogga's friends' houses who just graduated from Fine and is currently a funeral director in mass. she loves it and she gave me her card and told me she'd help me out if i needed it. she gave me a ton of advice, which is awesome. i am so excited to get started!

i got to play with my totally cute cousins the other day and here are some pics. they're fucking adorable.


TWINS!!!

( MORE )

6:58pm: Kelly and Jeff's Wedding
So my pseudo-cousin Kelly got married yesterday (Kelly and her brothers lived behind my blood cousins when we were little, our parents were all best friends and we all grew up together).
It was beautiful, she looked beautiful, we all got drunk and i took tons of pictures.

kelly and jeff, husband and wife!

( Wedding Photos )

12:48pm: Prudence died today.
Dear Prudence died this morning.
She died in her sleep, as she was still curled up in a little sleepy ball when i woke up.
She was a happy, playful girl who loved attention and loved everyone she met. She was almost three years old. She was very loved and will be sadly missed.


DEAR PRUDENCE
(Lennon/McCartney)
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out to play

Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
The wind is low the birds will sing
that you are part of everything
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?

Look around round
Look around round round
Look around

Dear Prudence let me see you smile
Dear Prudence like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence won't you let me see you smile?

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out to play

7:14pm: run, run far beneath the sun
today i went for a run.

i haven't done anything even remotely close to exersize in god knows how long. so this is quite an accomplishment for me.
i have been super stressed out as of late and i'm having a mini nervous breakdown due to the fact that i don't have any money and my bills and my rent need to be paid and i don't know what the fuck i'm doing so i just ran.

i am not a morning person at all but i woke up at the asscrack of dawn and i didn't want to get out of bed but i did and i went to the beach and i ran almost 2 miles.

i was rather impressed with myself when i was done and i realized i felt much better so i put on my bathing suit and lay in the sun for a while, reading a few chapters of "one hundred years of solitude."

i'm going to run tomorrow, too. and hopefully every day.

5:29pm: miranda's birthday! last but not least
thursday night was miranda's birthday.
unfortunately i only took pics at the restaurant and not at the bar we went to afterward. but here they are:


happy birthday, miranda!!

( mmm...cheesecake )

5:01pm: TiTi's graduation!
i have a TON of pictures from this past week or so, so i'm going to split them up in order of events.



that's megamoo, bizzle, laura and myself, with stacey in the front

( The After-Party )

3:09pm: and for your viewing pleasure...
some pictures of miranda and i being silly.
we like photo shoots that involve alcohol and mary-kate and ashley makeup.




( series 1 )

( series 2 )

3:01pm: Mortuary School!!!
So i've given it a lot of thought and i've decided that getting fired was probably good for me because had i not gotten fired i probably would have put school off for another year because that's just the kind of thing i do.

i just filled out my application for Fine Mortuary College (yay). I plan on attending in september full-time, but i'm hoping to get a chance to talk to someone before summer classes begin because if i can i'd like to start as soon as possible!

If you care, here is the website: http://www.fine-ne.com/

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

9:00pm: ghetto holiday.
alissa and i usually get together and do a monday night girls night thang...it usually involves drinking a lot of wine and smoking some weed and laughing a lot. sometimes it involves bad reality tv, sometimes it involves movies, sometimes it involves GHETTO HOLIDAYS.
we were kickin it gangsta-style this past monday.

( check it out if u gangsta )

5:54pm: return to the internet

here i am, rock you like a hurricane.
be afraid. be very afraid.

i don't really have anything important to say, i just wanted to see if my lj still existed.
since i don't have anything important to say i suppose i can distract you from that fact with some pictures.

for your viewing pleasure:


miranda, stacey and myself in boston


doin shots at a bar in boston


stacey, miranda and jager.


drunk-face picture.


me and laura




my favorite ladies


and babygirl!