While I'm up...
Spent the day at the Natural History Museum (...whose cafe makes a tasty french fry) with mah honey. In this heat, it was genius to spend the afternoon in air conditioning among our fellow nerds. Tagged along slightly behind a guided tour, and was charmed by the docent. Getting paid to geek out and tell everybody how cool The Thing You're Obsessed With is has got to be a great way to make a living. (I'm sure it's a volunteer position, but I can dream.)
Anyway, their gem collection is amazing and Chris successfully kept me from being dragged to jail for molesting and/or swiping the jewels. I probably watched The Pink Panther* too many times as a child, but secretly I always wanted to grow up to be a jewel thief or cat burglar with glamorous headquarters somewhere in the Riviera.
I was a weird kid.
Chris is posting pictures elsewhere - beware the puns. You've been warned.
* The original, for god's sake.
Your comment about the docent is exactly why when I become rich, I intend to be an usher at Dodger Stadium.
Also, you = awesome cat burglar, and not *solely* because of the costume, although no one is complaining about that, either.
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8/24/2009 11:23 AM