Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I ate the last meal on the Titanic on the anniversary of its sinking.

I’m working on a summary from new friend Meghann’s event- http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/supportus/titaniclastmeal.aspx - I think that I have hit a new low in productivity. It’s like a hangover only without the headache and the fun drunk the night before.
Are you sure I’m not hungover? iTunes sounds way too loud.
So Meghann was like, Oh, Halloween’s coming up – let’s get some ghost hunters in here with the Titanic exhibit for an event (her job is publicity.) Imagine her shock when they actually found something – and not just with the Titanic exhibit but with the Aquarium.
Watch Ghost Hunters tonight @ 9:00 EDT on SciFi to see Meghann and what they found. Here’s the preview: http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=1082428 Wow – that was a cool preview. They didn’t share all that with us last night. Of course, they always hype them up. Still, go Meghann!

Okay, here’s the Cliff Notes actually smaller than that) edition:
Got there near the start with friends Nichole & Alice. Thank God N drove. Staff didn’t even look at the ticket I ran back to my desk to print. Champagne and some kind of quail egg hors d’oeuvres. I missed this as I got volunteered to do the tour with my new friend Hollis and another couple for the CBS-46 news crew 11p.m. footage as “people looking at the Titanic exhibit.” I didn’t even get to see if I made the cut (forgot Clinton could do distance Direct TV.) If you caught it, I’m in white with the retro pink shawl.
This was also my first ever visit to the Aquarium. It was gorgeous, especially at night and without the crowds. Dinner was really, really good. Wolfgang Puck’s folks did an awesome job of updating the actual menu of the last meal served aboard the Titanic. It was 97 years later to the day. That was eerier than anything else. Which really says something, considering the rest of the evening was focused on the paranormal.
We were totally and completely exhausted well before it was over with. The Atlanta affiliate of TAPS gave a presentation on their equipment, session protocol, and incident evaluation. We were then split into groups of 25-30 covering sections of the aquarium and exhibit in rotation. It was a cool concept, however the reality of sitting in the dark for half an hour with 30 strangers was not the best way of collecting data, in my humble opinion. I swear, I would throw all the data out without ever looking at it. There were just been no way to look out for every shuffle, cough, and shadow.
Nichole was sick with allergies, and she had the car. We bailed about an hour early. I was so tired I didn’t care. And I still had to drive home from her house. Here’s a summary from Hollis:

Subject: end of the night
“In the very last room there were "strange" things happening but honestly I think it was just that we were all beat by that time and we would believe or hear whatever we wanted."

So I’m excited to see the episode from a semi-been-there-done-that perspective. That’s all.

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