dynamine

not too bad for the inbred empire.

grew up here…no need to for people to visit unless they have family or friends here.

i spent the summer of 1984 in venice, with my father, and we went to the pier quite a few times.

i remember riding the bumper cars, the carousel not running, eating crab and corndogs. my dad and i playing skee-ball, getting loads of tickets.

back then there was a bike path back then that ran from the marina to just past the pier…i wonder if it’s still there? if it’s still packed with rollerskaters and biking children like it is in my head? i rode my bike from one end of that path to the other, over and over that summer…it was lovely.

biggest stone feet ever.

...the scope of this was just unreal. i knew it was big, but to see it, and to dwarfed by it..

well, it was definitely something.

we only spent a few hours here, at night. needless to say, i saw very little of the city. the hubbs says we’ll spend more time there someday…hope it’s soon.

toy tokyo! veselka!! the biggest toys r’ us ever!! midtown comics!!

drawbacks: too many damned people everywhere. oh, well.

we went for otakon one year and had a fine time….we stayed in a crap, over-priced hotel that had the softest bed ever, walked around the inner harbour in the mugginess and saw the wonders that the national aquarium had to offer.

sharks galore, and geeks aplenty—i couldn’t really ask for more.

the best ride on earth in the best place on earth. can’t really beat that with a stick, can you?

all the birds sing words and the flowers croon.