I am so grateful, blessed, and privileged to have the wonderful set of family and friends that I do have. Before I forget this brief episode, I wanted to immortalize the moments we had.
- $10-to-$5 coupons from Yelp, Shirls fails to use the discount, badgers the cashier for food, suspiciously eyes Channers/my yums, and responds to shaky motions
-Shirls evident displeasure with all displays at the Natural History Museum; “Give every exhibit its fair share”; Rotunda w/ Creepy Noise; Shirley is a borderline child kidnapper; the Insect Zoo has…6 insects?; obviously Gems aren’t important; “I want to see humans” says Shirley, who immediately after rejects the California History exhibit.
- BUTTONS. Avian interactivity overloads Shirls with buttons; Channers weighs as much as 23 lb of bone; “THEY’RE MOVING”; we find a secret staircase
- DISCOVERY ROOM: we re-rack all preserved animals; abuse compound microscope by inappopriately magnifiying preserved goods & minerals from other stands; horns become hats, helmets, and phallic representation; we made a child cry :(
- California Science Center: Too many buttons in The World of Life; we lose Shirley for ten minutes;our favorite show- the surgery room; Rot Zone displays time-lapse video of exploding rabbit; “It’s like I made life from nothing”, in reference to backwards-looping rotting strawberries
- Ecosystems: Shirls sits down in front of beautiful hologram of natural creations; tide pool has ridiculous ping-pong catching game (to represent barnacle filter feeding??): sending air shockwaves to represent river ripples; Shirley attempts to walk barefoot; “IT’S SO HOT, YOU ALL HAVE SUNGLASSES”
- Scouring our house for my brother’s folder
- “They have the hots for you” says Chun, after we almost crash into a neighboring car; Shirls kicks Chun out of shotgun seat; “Can we listen to music??”; GENDER IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
- UCLA; everyone is ridiculously attractive; meet the three stooges; Wayne works in batcave-esque alcove; Rieber Dining Commons has huge line; banana dance distraction plan; 22-hour silence regulation prevents ping-pong; da harrison blinks; JUNTAO!; korean “comics”; great food & great scenery!; “you’re such a lesbian”, the only thing worse than being gay (“but you just said they have it better” - shirls)
- Parallel Parking Disasters; i have officially obstructed 30% of all L.A. traffic; Shirley and that disrespect; take fifteen minutes to get out of Pasadena alone due to wrong turns
- Come home to family and eat fruit!
Thanks to everyone for making this possible! Like I told you all, I don’t want my memory to lose certain treasures!