So...Independence Day
Rather than spend the day cooped up in the house with my 15 roomates (ok, 4....plus a houseguest.....in a roughly 1,000 square foot tract house....get the picture?), I decided to get my reclusive a** out of the house and get all festive 'n' stuff.
Well, the Queen Mary's website boasts "one of California's largest firework shows". Perfect! My house is too crowded so I'll go out and spend the day with scads of unwashed, drunken, sweaty humanity. BRILLIANT!!
Wait a minute, what? 45 bucks!? Plus parking !!? EFF THAT!!
But look! What's this? The Aquarium Of The Pacific has a ticket for around thirty that includes a BBQ that I don't have to slave over. Sweet! AND it's right across the bay from the QM so I get to see the fireworks anyway. Cool! Kinda like file sharing, but the FBI hasn't figured out how to enforce any kind of DRM laws on the sky...yet.
Since I was in the area anyway, I indulged in a little retail therapy on the boardwalk. 'The Pirate's Cove' in Shoreline Village is supremely awesome! I am now the proud owner of a "Pillage Naked" t-shirt. Yaarrrr!
Then off to hang out in oh-so-sweet-air-conditioned splendor with the fishes.
To Do list for the day:
-Pet a very UNfearsom shark - check
-Watch a misguided manta ray attempt to committ suicide by jumping out of its pool - check (hm...maybe he's sick of his roomates too)
-Have a Lorrikeet thoroughly empty its bowels while it was standing on my head- check
There's nothing like watching a load of used bird food sail past your left eyebrow...good times.
"Why the F*** would you let a fully-loaded bird stand on your head?!" you say.
No reason, I just like birds.
There are dog people, cat people and bird people - I am one of the latter.
"Freak" you say.
That I am.
But hey, at least the bird wasn't facing front at the time. I COULD have spent the day with a giant bird splat on my head that I didn't even know was there. Small blessings...
One other thing.... Jellyfish are awesome. That is all.
The BBQ? Not bad. Not enough chairs, more than enough food. Stuffed myself stoopid. Hooray for gluttony!
The fireworks? Good, but somehow I expected more spectacularness. Oh well....you get what you pay for :)
Hmm, what to do for my birthday next week?......that doesn't involve birds.
