But now you can read all about one the best cartoons ever made: Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. This show harkens back to the style and sense of innocence (but not TOO innocent) that cartoons had in the late 70’s/early 80’s… just before the big ‘merchandising’ cartoon wave that consisted of GI Joe, Transformers and Thunderats, etc…
Yesterday was incredible. B33j actually woke up on time and we left exactly when we had planned to. The drive was pleasent and we ran into no traffic to speak of. I even found a rare treat for the trip up: Fuze drinks. No high frutose corn syrup. noartificial flavors or colors. real milk and real juice. all flavor. I love drinking them because it feels good to and they taste so damn good. Props to Collin for turning me on to them.
We met Dad and Felecia at Panera Bread (where i had an eggsellent souffle) and then made our way into the heart of Atlanta to the new Aquarium. Don’t get me wrong, i LOVE the Chattanooga Aquarium, but the one in Atlanta is more like a theme park as opposed to an educational museum. The sheer amount of money spent on the Georgia Aquarium is mindblowing… they have ‘petting zoo’ type areas where the kids can actually TOUCH the stingrays, sharks, horseshoe crabs and various fauna of the underwater world. The GA Aquarium even has a fully stocked and very nice cafeteria with a wide range of foods, desserts and drinks… it was better than some resturaunts i’ve been to. The beluga whales, the otters and the whale sharks we among my favorite creatures there. The beluga whales were absolutely mesmerizing in their grace and beauty. What a strnage evolutionary path whales have made… first to emerge from the sea to land mammals, then back into the sea to become such a strange thing as an air-breathing, fully aquatic mammal.
Leaving the Aquarium, we then decided on The Varsity for lunch, where, they will ask loudly and continously, “Whaddya Have, whaddya have, whaddya have??” until you answer them.. clearly they have food to serve and have no time to waste on the indecisive. The pulled pork barbeque sandwich was GREAT. the meat was juicy, flavorful and lean. I wish i had gotten 3 or 4 of them!
From there, we went north and found the much-talked about IKEA store. I cannot, in measure of mortal words, describe how fucking HUGE this store is. I must admit, see some of the furniture and accessories in that store got the ‘nest-building’ part of my brain going. I am both intrigued and slightly disgusted by that… in the end, it just means that i’m an adult and that isn’t a bad thing. I COULD have emerged from IKEA completely unscathed… if not for a single couch.
I have found MY couch. and with this couch, i could build an existance, a LIFE, of sheer expression of myself in housewares form. The “Kramfors” couch. It is sleek, black leather, interestingly angled and classic-retro looking. When i saw it, i was pulled to it. When i sat upon it, my father turned around and saw be comfortly leaned back, leg crossed. In his widened eyes was the same instanteous recognition that forced me there.
“That is YOUR couch, Scott, ” he said.
“I know”, I responded.
From that point on, all I could think about was having a place of my own with that couch as the centerpiece to which build my domestic empire of cool shit. My style actually exists out there. i CAN have what i want… and as soon as i can afford it, i AM going to start building my living space to fit my personality and who i am. Its strange how i am just now understandign the fact that i CAN do these sorts of things. I am not forced to simply have what i have. i CAN get more. I CAN get what i want… Knowing that what i want actually exists has made that realization possible.
The afternoon has slipped by us, so we drove back to Dad’s apartment, giving us a chance to play our DS’s in a head to head match of MarioKart DS. I Emerged victorious before motion sickness began to make us feel woozy. Once back to Dad’s place, B33j loaded Reason onto Dad’s compy. I am certainly curious to see how those two individuals can forge music out of such a program, especially if they ever combine their talents for good.
B33j and i got back just as true darkness had finally leeched all color out of the sky. Its kinda of nice having a touch daylight past 9:00 PM.
HERE is the gallery of pics that B33j took with his DigiCam.
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