Double Dino
Last night my friend and I went to Beulahland for beers & hot, live vending. C had never seen the Venderia and was looking forward to finding her spirit animal.
An insatiable voyeur, I love watching strangers hit up the machine. But when my pals select spirit animal or chance bags, I get uncomfortable. Like when Dorothy sees behind the curtain and finds the Wizard of Oz is a mere mortal, I feel my presence somehow breaks the machine's magic spell. I also get squirmy because I know some of the animal spirits are mean. I don't want any of my friends to get a nasty spirit animal. Unfortunately, once the machine loaded, it's all out of my hands.
Last night when C found her spirit animal a number of strange things happened. First, although she paid for only 1 bag, she received 2. The first animal was el dinosauro. This dinosaur was a completely white, thin plastic, very rudimentary-looking dimetrodon. You can see in the photo that the dinosaur is covered in studs and has a killer mohawk. This dinosaur's fortune read something like"With your studs & mohawk, you are so punk rock. Beneath the tough attitude though, you're a pale little lizard. Just cuz you're a badass doesn't mean you can forget sunblock this summer."
C was not impressed. She insisted she is NOT a dinosaur. And although her recent sunburn did clearly indicate her need to apply more sun protection, I wholeheartedly concur that she does not have much of a dino vibe. C is spunky, fun, lively, and open. She is not heavy. I urged her to peek inside the 2nd bag. Maybe the next animal would be more suiting...
The 2nd bag was also a dinosaur!
Double dinos?! Very, very strange. I make a point not to load 2 of the same animals in a row. Of course there shouldn't be 2 of the same animal in a row! Duh. No one wants that. And although this was a very different looking, hard plastic, multi-colored, large pachycephalosaurus, and although the fortune was totally different, too, still C was unimpressed, much more unimpressed. The fortune failed to make matters better. It read, "You are slow and deliberate. Despite your small brain, you are a deep thinker. In times of crisis you are a trusted friend, yet you often fail to take care of your own needs. With imminent extinction looming, now is a time to quit over-thinking things, trust your gut, and enjoy yourself." Not a particularly bad fortune. (Believe me, I have written soooooooo much worse.) But clearly C was disappointed, even a little pissed off.
So I am in a pickle. As I said, C does not exude a dinosaur vibe. She is not slow and deliberate, and her brain is certainly not small. But, I can't help feel that the dinosaurs have a real message for her. How else can you explain 2 spirit animals for the price of one, BOTH dinosaurs, loaded inexplicably in a row? It's quite unusual. One bogus spirit animal you can shrug off, but TWO? You gotta meditate on that.
.... Am I growing way too superstitious???
An insatiable voyeur, I love watching strangers hit up the machine. But when my pals select spirit animal or chance bags, I get uncomfortable. Like when Dorothy sees behind the curtain and finds the Wizard of Oz is a mere mortal, I feel my presence somehow breaks the machine's magic spell. I also get squirmy because I know some of the animal spirits are mean. I don't want any of my friends to get a nasty spirit animal. Unfortunately, once the machine loaded, it's all out of my hands.
Last night when C found her spirit animal a number of strange things happened. First, although she paid for only 1 bag, she received 2. The first animal was el dinosauro. This dinosaur was a completely white, thin plastic, very rudimentary-looking dimetrodon. You can see in the photo that the dinosaur is covered in studs and has a killer mohawk. This dinosaur's fortune read something like"With your studs & mohawk, you are so punk rock. Beneath the tough attitude though, you're a pale little lizard. Just cuz you're a badass doesn't mean you can forget sunblock this summer."
C was not impressed. She insisted she is NOT a dinosaur. And although her recent sunburn did clearly indicate her need to apply more sun protection, I wholeheartedly concur that she does not have much of a dino vibe. C is spunky, fun, lively, and open. She is not heavy. I urged her to peek inside the 2nd bag. Maybe the next animal would be more suiting...
The 2nd bag was also a dinosaur!
Double dinos?! Very, very strange. I make a point not to load 2 of the same animals in a row. Of course there shouldn't be 2 of the same animal in a row! Duh. No one wants that. And although this was a very different looking, hard plastic, multi-colored, large pachycephalosaurus, and although the fortune was totally different, too, still C was unimpressed, much more unimpressed. The fortune failed to make matters better. It read, "You are slow and deliberate. Despite your small brain, you are a deep thinker. In times of crisis you are a trusted friend, yet you often fail to take care of your own needs. With imminent extinction looming, now is a time to quit over-thinking things, trust your gut, and enjoy yourself." Not a particularly bad fortune. (Believe me, I have written soooooooo much worse.) But clearly C was disappointed, even a little pissed off.
So I am in a pickle. As I said, C does not exude a dinosaur vibe. She is not slow and deliberate, and her brain is certainly not small. But, I can't help feel that the dinosaurs have a real message for her. How else can you explain 2 spirit animals for the price of one, BOTH dinosaurs, loaded inexplicably in a row? It's quite unusual. One bogus spirit animal you can shrug off, but TWO? You gotta meditate on that.
.... Am I growing way too superstitious???
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