How I Spent My Sunday

I was musing last night before bed about wanting to do something different today. I wanted to go somewhere where I could take pictures. We came up with the zoo and then I just had to invite Belle. All plans were made at about midnight and solidified around 2:30. I love when a plan comes together.

We picked up Belle at noon and went for our inaugural visit to the Los Angeles Zoo. The line to get in was a bit insane but moved relatively quickly. The zoo isn't as big as the SD Zoo so we had plenty of time to see things, the zoo doesn't close until 5PM.

The first couple pens we looked in we didn't see anything. Then we came across the sea lions and we watched their feeding time. I like sea lions. We walked around and looked at things and came to the flamingos. I'm not a big flamingo fan, but there were just so many of them.

I know I'm a bit of a bah humbug but I really think that what is wrong with places like the zoo is the children. Well the parents too. I think places like that would be much better if it was more selective in who it let in. I can't stand the parents fighting with children, the children screaming and the general problem that strollers cause. Couldn't they make days when grown-ups could go and enjoy places without children being there?

We spent the day there and didn't get to see everything. I missed the snow leopard. I did get to see the lions and tiger though. From the amount of pictures that I took of them you could say that they were my favorite. I know Belle was excited about the koalas. She's pretty cute when she is excited about something and she really really wants to hold a koala.

As the day wore on and we tried our hand at eating the food there, which I recommend to no one, ever, we noticed that the pens were more and more packed. I think everyone rushes to see things before they have to leave. We just know for next time that we need to arrive earlier and leave more time for the entire circuit. It was still plenty of fun.

When we left we went to the 101 Coffee Shop for coffee and I got the best veggie chili that I have had in a long time. We sat around talking movies and how Speed Racer is going to tank but have a cult backing because it is made by the creators of the Matrix. And we discussed the movie budget numbers for Twilight which went from 38 million originally to 60 million because of the fan reaction it was getting. I really hope that it can live up to that hype.

My day still wasn't over. My Pens made it through their series today and tonight was the Sharks and Dallas came. It started at 6PM and it's in it's 4th overtime. It's nerve wracking. I hope for D's sake that this ends well, but I know better to pray for it after last Thursday. Now the Pens are going to play the Flyers in the next round. It's like the rumble in Pennsylvania.

So that has been my Sunday. It was long and I am actually tired.