November 1, 2009:

I'm still shaking, I can barely write this!  What a night!!

I headed to the cemetery as planned.  Something about that place is so beautiful, so calming and peaceful.  I love to sit at the old tombstones, the ones that were done right in the old days.  When people spent time to craft the stone into truly eye catching works of art.  I like to talk to the spirits, I find them easier to talk to, they just listen and don't judge or laugh at me.  And I like to play hopscotch on the memorial tablets!  :)

But last night was different.  As I sat there, talking to my hearts content, I got that creeped out feeling again, those tingles up my spine and then once again I saw those familiar black shadows peeking around the tombstones.  I heard their whispers and as much as I tried to stay calm I started to get really scared.  Then the teasing and the taunting began, the tapping and the pushing.  It was if they were trying to tell me something or push me out of the cemetery.  And it worked!  I couldn't sit there another moment or I would have been too paralyzed to even budge an inch!

I got up to run and these swirling, shadowy fingers pushed at me.  If I tried to go one direction they would push me and whisper at me to go another direction.  It sounds completely bonkers to even be writing this!  Maybe it was all in my imagination, but it couldn't be.  They pushed me through the crowded costume-cladded streets, I knocked a few of the trick or treaters over, I fell into some of the pumpkins, I actually burned my butt!!!  But there was no time to think about it, everywhere I looked, swirling black figures, taunting me!

I lost track of where I was, since my feet were not my own for those moments, my eyes and ears were no longer under my control.  I merely went where I was pushed until the moment where I recognized where I was, in the alley of my favorite store, Spooks N Stuff!  Sitting on top of one of their bins was an antique, leather-bound book titled Charm School.  I picked it up and all else around me turned silent.   Was this where I was being led, it couldn't be, those mysterious figures could not have possibly taken me there, could they have??

I thumbed through the book and it's full of these strange looking words, like they're spells or something.  I noticed some of the pages are ripped and muddy.  I of course brought the book home, so today I am going to do some serious exploring!

 

October 31, 2009:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!  Yay, my favorite day of the year is here!  Tonight I am going to live it up, I'm going to visit my favorite cemetery, I'm gonna follow all the trick or treaters and scare the boogers out of 'em, I'm gonna pick up the candy they drop and make it my own!!

Then later I'm gonna dress up like Little Dead Riding Hood and hit up some parties!  I have a fake wolfs head that I put in my basket with some blood around it's neck and a butcher knife.  This Little Red, isn't taking crap from no one, surely not a big, snarling wolf!!  I'm so excited for the festivities, I better go get ready!!

 

October 26, 2009:

Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... sooooooooo sicky.... sooooooooooo blahhhhhhhhh... calgon, take me away... not even the sweet sounds of Bauhaus can cure what ails me... more sleep, more sleep, can not be sick for Halloween!!!!

 

October 24, 2009:

Oh goodness, oh goodness, oh gooooooodnessssssss... another Spooks N Stuff disaster... why do they dislike me so!?!?  I keep my hands to myself, I just can't help that my ears have a mind of their own!!  I walked around quietly, I kept to myself, but I don't know, I kept feeling like there were shadows following me.  You ever get that creepy feeling down your spine, up your neck, those little hairs stand up on your arms... thats' what kept happening to me.  I just wanted to look around, I mean who doesn't need more incense and crystals!!  But everywhere I walked I felt something was there, it was taunting me, playing tricks on my mind... but I swear to the bottom of my black little heart that something tapped my back!  It startled me so much, but I was good, I jumped but my hands stayed by my side.... unfortunately... my ears, arrgghhh, not so much!!!  Down went all the potions, little jars flew everywhere... I swear I am a walking calamity with the worst luck ever!!!  They got so mad at me they threw water on me.  I ran scared, it got cold and dark... and now, now, I'm sick!!  I am sniffling, my throat hurts... why does the world hate me so... sighhhhhhhhh  

 

October 22, 2009:

I woke up today remembering, hey... it's my favorite time of the year!!  Why am I sitting around like a total sloth, I should be out spooking, or gathering items for my... as of yet undetermined costume!  I have such a hard time figuring out what my costume should be!  I love them all, do I want to be dark and scary, some sort of blood sucking vampire, do I want to be Rainbow Brite?  I could wear the costume I was last year, Little Dead Riding Hood!  It was the cutest costume, but the thing that made it hilarious was the fact that I had the head of the wolf in my basket... yeah, nobody is gonna screw with this little Red, and most definitely not some mangy wolf!!  haha!

Off I go to Spooks N Stuff, there must be something good for me there!!!

 

October 21, 2009:

Ok, so sometimes the case of the Mondays carries over for a few days.  Sometimes it's just hard to figure out what the heck you are supposed to be doing!!  I find myself sitting at my computer for hours or watching tv and poof, I completely lose myself and my day!  Somehow I have to break that habit, I don't plan to be a couch potato or sit there in front of something completely mind numbing!!  There must be something more out there, something I am meant to be doing!!  Tomorrow... a new adventure awaits!!!  

 

October 19, 2009:

I had to know after a weekend like I just had that a bad case of the Mondays were gonna kick in.  Ugh, who feels like doing anything today!  Why can't every moment in life be pure bliss, or is that what we are here to learn, how to turn every moment, even the bad ones into something positive.  That I think is just too much for me to wrap my brain around!  What am I supposed to do today, after seeing that band play with such talent and joy nothing I do seems to compare.  I'm feeling too mopey to write anymore... sighhhhhh

 

October 18, 2009:

What a WILD weekend!!!  I just got home from the best trip ever!!!  Duck Nacho and I were feeling restless so we jumped into the Warrior and decided to blaze down the highway!!  We had no idea where the heck we were gonna go, but sometimes you just gotta get outta town!!  

It was so much fun to just drive and drive, and pretend like you don't have a care in the world!!  The wind was blowing around my ears, whipping them around, they even smacked old Duck Nacho in the face once or twice!!  I shouldn't laugh but it was darn hysterical, thwap! right on the side of his head.  He almost veered off the road, but thank goodness he's an alright driver!  No crashes for us thank you!!

As we drove we pulled into some magic land called Hollywood!  I think I've heard of this place once or twice, but I can't say I really know what this town is about!  But what I could tell was that this place was a buzzin!!  Everywhere you looked was beautiful people, sparkling lights, signs flashing, it was almost menacing at first, a little overwhelming!!  Then... something caught my eye... a sign, surely it was a sign for us to stop.  Standing outside a club were three guys dressed as... I don't even know, were they elves, bunnies, Daniel Boon, I had no idea, but I liked it!!  Turns out these three mystical creatures were about to hit the stage!  Oh yeah, we had to check this out!  I grabbed the steering wheel and made Duck pull us over!  We were not about to miss this!!

As we walked in, these guys hit the stage.  I could not believe my ears or my eyes, these freaky looking dudes played the coolest stuff I have ever heard!  The singer pulled his bow across his cello, that's right, his cello!  But this was no orchestra, this guy was pure electric, in every way!!  I've never seen anyone move or play like this, to take charge of himself in such a way, with such confidence, with such vigor for life!  I was in awe!  And the other two guys, what a hoot, just talented and hilarious as could possibly be!  I'm so enamored with people that can just let loose, have a laugh at themselves, and just purely enjoy what they do.  We could all take a lesson from this, including me, lordy knows I take life too seriously sometimes!!  

these guys rocked the club for an hour and every moment of it was bliss.  This is a show I will not soon forget, so thanks to Tornado Rider for rocking my world for a night!!!  Unfortunately we had to drive home the next day, but once again my ears were dancing in the wind and thwapping my good friend in the head!  What a great weekend, it's almost sad to be home!!

 

October 14, 2009:

Today I showed the world what I am made of!!  I shook off adversity and persecution and headed out into the world!!  I held my head high and set out to accomplish something, I didn't know what, but something!!!  

Down the road I went, my chunky boots polished and scuff free and the leopard print jacket was looking good!!  I had a lions roar in my heart and nobody was going to stop me!! Rawrrrrrrr!!! But somebody did stop me.  I didn't realize that I had been in such a great mood, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking.  I ended up all the way at Old Man Buttermans farm. Gosh, I walked FAR, how the heck did I end up at the last farm on the left! He's a cranky old man, that Mr Butterman, he scares everybody!!  

I'm not too sure that it's much of a working farm anymore, his beasts of burden look quite sad.  And you guessed it, it was one of them that stopped me.  Her name is Pursey, she's a sad old milk cow, she looks pretty dried up and I think she was soon to be on the chopping block to end up dinner.  I think she'd be a bit rough on the palette and well she's far better off still being in this world!!  

When she stopped me I was so excited to hear someone actually speak to me that I didn't pay any attention to the predicament she was actually in. That poor girls head was in a vice like grip in the middle of a tree.  What the!!!  See, there's a hollow tree that is the corner of one of the fences.  Pursey thought she could maybe fit through the tree and pull herself through.  I think maybe the idea was right but the execution... not so much!!  And needless to say, she's a cow, even a small cow is pretty hefty!!!  

Pursey wanted to see the world, she was tired of the same surroundings day in and day out and the constant threat of her eminent demise on the farm.  Who am I to stop a girls dreams!!  So we pushed and we pulled and we pushed and we pulled and heaved and ugh, what a process, but... BUT... Slowly but surely, we broke through that tree and Pursey is free!!!  Um, Pursey and well, all the other creatures on the farm... hey, why not, everybody should be allowed to explore this world, we shouldn't tie anyone down!  Run free children, RUN!!!!  Pursey was of course extremely appreciative, she said she would never forget me... and heh heh, neither will Old farmer Butterman!!

TODAY was a triumph!!!  I helped someone AND they survived!!!  Go Grimley Go!!!

After all that, I'm starved, what's to eat!!!  Something YUMMY!!!

 

October 13, 2009:

Alright, so I was a little down and out... these things happen right!?!?  I've been laying low, keeping to myself since my little adventures always seem to get me into trouble!  What can you do when you try so hard but things just don't always go as planned!  What do I do... I stay home, bury my head in thought, listen to a lot of music, pretend I can paint, watch bad tv... sometimes it's good to be a couch potato!!  Nothing makes you feel better than to watch people make complete fools of themselves on reality tv, it's good for the soul!!  But really, there's nothing like a great record to knock you out of your funk, thanks to The Sounds for shaking me up and waking me up!!  So tomorrow a new adventure awaits!!!

October 9, 2009:

Ehhhhhhhhh... the whole world is a critic... pffffttttt!!!  Who wants to write when ya feel so knocked down... maybe tomorrow will be better???  Yeahhhhhh right!

 

October 8, 2009:

Ever have one of those days where you feel like you are standing in the very center of the universe and all you see in every direction is glaring and disapproving eyes?  That's how the last few days have been!  Jeesh, you try to do something nice and everybody goes crazy on you!  Ok so maybe the end result of being nice wasn't so great, but hey, at least I tried! 

It was a beautiful day, super cloudy, pouring rain, and I was twirling in the rain.  I was stomping and splashing, I was loving life and minding my own business!  I should have kept it that way.  The next thing I know I see this old lady trying to cross the street.  She had to have been llke 90 years old, poor little crumpled woman, but there she was still making her way out and about!  I thought I would help, ya know, cover her with my parasol and make sure she got across the street without a hitch... well, ok, so there was a huge hitch, a ginormous hitch... I can play it all back in my head in slow motion, and it's amazing how just 2 seconds can feel like a lifetime!!  

My ear got caught in my parasol, while I tugged and tugged, I forgot I was holding on to the lady and blamo!!!!  Down she went!!  Errrrr.... I guess there isn't much traction when it's raining out.  Unfortunately for me, and well, I guess for her, that was her last moment, I took the poor woman down and that is all she wrote!  Now... can you imagine the mob that gathered, all those people running over screaming... I saw her, she threw that lady down and beat her onto the ground, she is vicious!!!  OMG!!!  RUN!  Gotta get the heck outta here!!!!  That's all I could do, run like crazy, so I ran and I ran and I ran and never looked back.  

I hid for days, if those people see me again I'll be beat to a pulp!!  I didn't mean to hurt the ol hag, i mean... lady.  Ugh, well after days of running through sewers it's nice to be home again, let's see if I can't keep out of trouble for a bit... wish me luck!  Time for a shower, I'm a grimy mess!!  I can't seem to kee the stink off me!!  Let's hit the tunes, what shall it be tonight... Love and Rockets it is!!  Later!!

 

October 2, 2009:

Ahhh back again!!  It's going to take some getting used to picking up this book and explaining the craziness that goes on in my world and in my head!!  But I will do my best!!

Since yesterday I've soaked in tomato juice twice and I still wreak of skunk stench.  That of course means that if you think people already looked at me funny, imagine the glares I got today!  Oh yeah, got some good ones!!  But whatever to them!!  It is my favorite month and time of year!  The leaves are changing, there's a bit of wind kicking up, the pumpkins are coming out, the decorations are adorning the lawns, it's Halloween time and a little stink is not going to keep me indoors today!

So I threw on the chunky boots, the leopard print jacket, I strapped on the tunes and what's my theme song for the day?  "Everyday is Halloween", yes, Ministry got that right!  Out and about I went, trying to scrounge up something fun for the day.  I stopped by Duck Nachos place to see what he was up to but jeez, my own good friend didn't even want to be near me, he said I made his eyes water.  Hmmmph!!  So alone I went!

I of course headed to my favorite store, Spooks N Stuff.  I have to be careful though, if I don't sneak around, I'll get caught and the people there don't like me hanging about.  They say my big ears get in the way and knock things down.  Pffffttt... I can't help it if I was graced with these hugenormous ears and who wants a Jesus candle anyway... wait, scratch that I have one of those!  I actually find all sorts of awesome treasures from their "recycle bins", it may be trash to them, but their trash is definitely my treasure!!  Why that's where I found my awesome jacket!!  I can't believe someone would throw away such a fine specimen!!

And alas, I did it again, someone started talking behind me and I got startled!  My shoulders jumped and the whole row of potions came crashing to the cement floor!!!  None of those were gonna be salvaged and there was gonna be serious hell to pay so I high tailed it out of there as fast as possible.  I'm sure there was an entire lynch mob behind me but I didn't bother looking back to find out!!  Guess I'll have to hit their "recycle bins" tonight after they close, maybe there will be something good!!

Guess what!  Yup, I'm starved!  Time for grub!!  More later!!

 

October 1, 2009:
Another birthday has come and gone and in true grim fashion it was not anywhere near all I hoped it would be.  The funny thing about that statement is that my standards and expectations weren’t even very high to begin with!!

But that day there was something extremely strange in the air, something foreboding and almost dangerous whipping about in the wind.  Something whispering to me, telling me to take cover and beware!!  I found out soon enough that strange scent in the air, the one of foreboding nature, was actually the smell of skunk.  That skunk decided to unleash his stinky fury on me!!!  Now I know, when my gut instinct is telling me to take cover, I need to listen!!!  I spent the rest of my birthday in a tomato juice bath!!!

I guess my birthday wasn’t a total loss though, I did get some messages from friends, and that was very appreciated.  And my old friend Duck Nacho stopped by and gave me this diary to write in.  He said, in the nicest way of course, he’s a little tired of hearing my tales of woe and my suspicions that something strange is happening around us, so he suggested I should write it all down instead… and of course gave me that wonderful suggestion, “come on kid, think positive!!!” Sometimes I want to smack people upside the head when they say that to me.  Think positive… doesn’t that just set me up even more for disappointment and failure???  Maybe it would be better if someone walked around and said, “Think Moderate”!  Haha, ok, I’m just kidding!  Better to dream of better days than not, that is for sure!!

So the beginning of another year is here.  I have a new diary to break in, this should be interesting!!  So until tomorrow my friends… right now, time for dinner, I’m starving!!