I’m so used to it being bright and sunny here all the time, and now that the drought is finally getting fed by a few days of rain, it’s almost depressing! Though I should be used to it, since Troy, NY must be the capital of gloomy weather (at least in western NY there’s lots of snow so it’s deceivingly bright)! Hopefully the bad weather will help my work morale, though it is strangely dark in the office this morning because of the lack of sun outside. How dare the sun go away! 
Went to the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science yesterday. It was quality! Lots of hands-on stuff, which, in my opinion, makes museums a lot more interesting. I remember going to an art gallery with my AP Biology class (they had a Monet exhibit, okay? Hello, plants! well I think it was just an excuse for a field trip since the AP exam was over and Mrs. Gugino ruled). Anyway, there was a canvas painted green. Just green. That’s all. I wondered, is it a John Deere Tractor advertisement? A painting by Kermit the Frog? An expression of putrid emotion? Why wonder when you can see REAL creepy crawlies and science experiments! woohoo!
Also saw Men in Black and Scooby Doo (for a second time) at the Starlite Drive-in, our favorite movie theater/ movie rental place / concession stand / gun shop. I’ve always wondered why they don’t sell ammunition at the Charcoal Corral – I mean it just MAKES SENSE, no?
The Starlite is great. They have pictures of dancing popcorn and hot dogs painted on the concession stand just like in the movie Grease. And a swingset near the screen. I was tempted to go sit up there and sing “stranded at the drive in, branded a fool, what will they say Monday at school?” and believe me, I do an uncanny John Travolta impression.
Okay, so today we went shopping at Streets at Southpoint, and I noticed something quite wrong with those stupid Abercrombie and Hollister stores. Numero Uno – the pictures they have hanging on the walls of people – they are NAKED! Hello, if you’re supposed to be selling clothes here, why not show your people wearing some? Numero Dos – Every single mannequin in both stores was also completely naked! It was so funny, in Hollister they always had a man and woman one together facing each other. I just do not understand their logic in these situations. I suppose high schoolers are brainwashed enough into buying those clothing items anyway. (or rather, begging their poor parents to buy them)
Strange, mysterious. I got some clearance deals at Wet Seal, and my first puchase ever at the Gap, some jeans for $10. woohoo.
Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion is a hilarious movie. I always thought in high school I would definitely want to go back to my reunions, but now that I think about it there would be about 5 people that could possibly be there that I would be really happy and grateful to see (i.e. that I have actually missed), but of course I guess the goal of a reunion is “to impress people”, “Like, duh! I invented Poost its!” At least I have another 7 years before I need to think about that. Phew. Though it’s never too early to start organizing a reunion alternative. It’ll definitely have pigs in blankets and tater tots. Yummy.
Went to see a fireworks show tonight in Raleigh. Were you wondering, like I was, how fireworks work? I especially enjoy the ones that twinkle and are really huge. Oh yeah.
Tonight we went to a Durham Bulls game. Though I’m not much of a baseball fan, I still had fun observing the following things:
- The giant bull standing in grass billboard. It said, “Hit the Bull win a steak” and “Hit the grass win a salad.” Whenever there was a home run its eyes lit up red and smoke came out of its nose, oh yeah.
- The mascot, Wool E. Bull, was quite a character. They had these little “in between” contests and activities… One in which Wool E. shot t-shirts out of a giant hot dog. I think this is wrong on so many levels.
- The “group date” of fourteen year olds that was happening in the row across from ours. Who’s with who? “Oh my god, let’s split some Dip N Dots (a SFDL favorite)! But I had a cracker earlier, oh my god, I’m going to be fat.” I especially enjoyed the girl with the very coordinated rainbow tank top, belt, and hat. I woulda worn that! Damn!
I would just like to comment on how strange it is to work with people without ever seeing them. Like last summer, I was a receptionist so people were calling me all the time – William and Kelly from guest services, for example, called every hour on the hour with the in-park count of guests. Yet, I never met them. And even after 3 months of “Hello this is Kelly from guest services with the count” we never had much more of a conversation than that! This girl Melissa, who worked at the Steak Hoagie shop, called me and was always like, “Oh my god Carrie I need another keg of Labatt’s!” as if I were her best friend, but I wouldn’t recognize her if I passed her on the street.
The same this year, I email these developers and things – that work in San Hose and other places (perhaps even as close as the next building over), and I just find that very weird, that we send each other millions of text messages without ever actually meeting. Maybe I am just being way too philosophical. Just call me Platocarrie (wasn’t that a clever mix of names! haha. OK I think it is time for bed).
