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A Series of Independent Observations
Jul. 9th, 2011 08:59 pm 1) I went to the Aquarium today. A mother said, "Are those fish?" and her young son answered, "We're in an Aquarium." I once felt hopeless looking at the next generations, but they are learning sarcasm early now. I feel proud and hopeful for the future.
2) I saw a shark at the Aquarium and thought of Erik Lehnsherr. (Dammit, XMen fandom. Why are you so awesome and pervasive?) Now whenever I watch the scene with him in the water taking out ships (the scene where Charles manly-spoons him in the water and tells him to let go of Shaw's submarine) I am now substituting with the Jaws theme song in the background. Music videos must be made.
3) I like going places by myself. Sometimes it sucks relying on other people. But many times this almost makes me a second-class citizen in terms of the service I get. Maybe it's because we as people are expected to be a social animal, but many times I'm looked upon with a mixture of pity and something like shock, as if people are wondering what wrong with me that I'm somewhere by myself.
The Aquarium. There were parents with children, there were couples out on dates. Reminders of the horrors I'm expected to go through when I get a few years older. As someone there by myself, people seemed to unconsciously expect me to defer to them in terms of walking around, standing at exhibits, getting service. I was asked to take a lot of family and disgustingly kissy couple photographs. ( Manliness, second-rate service, and predator prey modelling )
2) I saw a shark at the Aquarium and thought of Erik Lehnsherr. (Dammit, XMen fandom. Why are you so awesome and pervasive?) Now whenever I watch the scene with him in the water taking out ships (the scene where Charles manly-spoons him in the water and tells him to let go of Shaw's submarine) I am now substituting with the Jaws theme song in the background. Music videos must be made.
3) I like going places by myself. Sometimes it sucks relying on other people. But many times this almost makes me a second-class citizen in terms of the service I get. Maybe it's because we as people are expected to be a social animal, but many times I'm looked upon with a mixture of pity and something like shock, as if people are wondering what wrong with me that I'm somewhere by myself.
The Aquarium. There were parents with children, there were couples out on dates. Reminders of the horrors I'm expected to go through when I get a few years older. As someone there by myself, people seemed to unconsciously expect me to defer to them in terms of walking around, standing at exhibits, getting service. I was asked to take a lot of family and disgustingly kissy couple photographs.
