Antiques, crack fiends, jaywalkers, and waving as if you were on fire! What a day.

So as I'm sure you are realizing, to the 0 people who read this (xD), I kind of live a rollercoaster kind of life, where some days I'm awesome, and others days... well, not so much. I'm still grieving about my cat, but hey, I suppose laughing is the best cure for pain.

Today I went out to the movies with two friends to see Megamind. Well we went to Chipolte, ate our food, then decided to walk around to an antique store nearby. Now, I used to go to antique stores with my dad when I was a kid. I actually didn't enjoy them back then, but now I sort of am fond of them. They're quite awesome if you have a fancy for old, dusty objects. OR! You totally turn the place upside down and make it hysterical. Thankfully for me, both were options. I'll give you some highlights of the antique store adventure:

•  Tanned Santas. I have never seen the oddest combination before. The Santa drinking beer was interestingly odd.
• Dolls. My God. So many creepy dolls inside antique shops. We saw naked dolls (mainly barbies; one was decapitated), Victorian dolls, Raggedy Anns, those scary blinky eyed ones, and dolls with messed up appendages.
• Hats! We tried on several brands of hats. Fedoras, big rimmed, old lady hats, you name it! We saw everything. Trying them on was awesome. Especially the old lady ones. There was a top hat, which was pretty freakin' awesome.
• Old records. We saw a record with a bunch of naked men on it. We giggled and thought about how the record would be an awkwardly awesome gag gift for someone. We laughed at some of the weird names, weird record covers, etc. We found some pretty awesome KISS and Queen ones though.
• Mirrors. We saw all kinds of weird, body distorting mirrors. Kind of creepy, kind of cool.
• Clothes. My friend and I were joking and pointing out each others' prom dresses. She said I would get this royal blue 80's dress with shoulder pads, and I picked out a baby blue sequined dress and a gaudy leopard print coat. We found leather pants with studs for all three of us. We'd be the baddest badasses in all of badass land. We also found a leather hat and a cowboy leather jacket.
• Fabio books. I squeeled when I saw Fabio. I was like, "OMG! ITS FAAAAHBIO!" 'Tis a shame some kids don't know the sexiness of Fabio. 'Tis a shame indeed.

All in all, we laughed and had a great time. I totally would do it again. We didn't break anything thankfully. But the porcelain dolls and china looked sooo tempting. Slightly shocked we didn't get kicked out. But hey! It wasn't like we were doing any shenanigans. Just three people laughing and having a great time.

However, as we embarked back to the movie theater to not be late for our movie, we were approached by a homeless dude next to a semi-abandoned mall and a really run down Denny's (though, are any Denny's kept up?). He was like, "Ohhh heeey guys! I'm totally looking for people to come to mah art show down the street... I'm a homeless person who has been clean for 4 years, I gave 10,000 bucks to the Salvation Army, I accepted Jesus in mah life," and then he suddenly turned and said to another guy, "Heeeey do you get the rolls?" (or something of the sort; I assume it had to do with drugs). And then this guy went on to explain how he could draw anything for us, even our dead cats. I was like, "Wow, dude, I just lost my cat." And he said, "Aww, that sucks. You could bring it in and I'll draw it!"
Moral of the story: My first encounter with a drugee (ex-drugee?) Oh and, don't take shortcuts to get to where you are going...You might just meet some crackheads who want to draw your dead cat.
I mean, I suppose he seemed nice? I don't know. I guess it's just another experience I can tell my kids one day. But honestly, I was hoping he would tell me this: "Hey guyss... I've seen some stuff, man. Some stuff. Back in my days in VietNAM, man. I've seen some stuff, and I've done some stuff..."
Example: Family Guy Angry Vietnam Veteran

Not to be offensive or anything to veterans. I love you guys. World War II is a testament to history itself. A true battle of good v. evil. Amazing time period.


ANYWAYS! We went back to the theater laughing our heads off. It was great. But we were kind of late to the movie, so we had to sit in the first row, where you are basically craning your neck to see the film. Megamind was pretty funny, though I don't think all the kids in the theater understood all the jokes. Too bad for them. It was a good movie. We saw it in 2D, because lets be honest. 3D is a headache. A pain. I was so pleased they weren't making the next Harry Potter in 3D, or at least they changed it back to regular D? Because again, lets be honest, Harry Potter is awesome without 3D.

Anyways, I have a thing against jaywalkers. I think they are the laziest people on the planet, and it kills me everytime I have to jaywalk because I am with other people, and I'd rather not explain to them the social-political problem they are perpetuating. It's like a pet peeve to me. It is THE WORST.

But anyways, today was a great day. Sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, a nice breather after some terrible stress. I hope whoever reads this has a wonderful experience like my own sometime soon. They're mind blowing.