The FONZ

The Zoo was super crowded yesterday, but the animals were awesome. We even managed to see one of the elusive pandas! Of course, the instant we arrived it turned around and gave us a great view of its rear end as it fled the viewing area. Such sweet creatures.

Just kidding. Somebody needs to whip these pandas into shape.

This elephant was very cool though. At one point he(she?) grabbed a ball from the water and after carrying it around for a bit decided to chomp on it. That resulting in a cool-looking water explosion as seen below!

He'll never forget that moment.

One thing about the zoo is that they are always sold out of pink lemonade. Apparently people LOVE pink lemonade. Go figure. Another revelation I had yesterday was that Minute Maid (yellow) lemonade is actually pretty good! There were even bits of "real lemon" floating around in the bottle! It was CRAZY. Crazy delicious.

Probably looking for Pumbaa!

By the end of the day we were pretty exhausted from the heat. Luckily, by evening everyone was up for watching my new Back to the Future blu-ray. I love that movie!

Enjoying his summer off from monkey business school.

George Foreman Grill

A few months ago, we brought home a George Foreman Grill that someone left in our building's lobby area. It had a little sign on it saying it was free. People leave random stuff down there all the time, but this time the pickings were too good to pass up!

It took a while to muster up the desire to use the George Foreman Grill. Seeing as it was owned by randos, part of me was seriously grossed out by the thought of eating food from a potentially tainted George Foreman Grill. 

Eventually, this unease was overcome by an all consuming will to grill.

The first thing I grilled was a black bean chipotle veggie burger. It was pretty good - better than from the microwave. The latest thing I grilled was bell pepper. The George Foreman Grill turned my raw yellow, red, and orange bell pepper slices into beautifully grilled wonders. They looked cool because of the grill marks and they tasted delicious. I can't wait to keep on grillin'!

The George Foreman Grill is making things HOT!

The George Foreman Grill looked a lot nicer before I removed the bell peppers.

I collect shot glasses, so

I wanted a shot glass display case. My collection was originally located on a shelf, which offered limited visibility. For the past year it has been hidden inside various boxes, which offered no visibility. Now, thanks to a birthday gift from Ammu, my collection is located on super cool shot glass-sized shelves, which offer transparent visibility!

I was hungry earlier, so

I bought groceries at Giant. I also signed up for a Giant card. They gave me one regular-sized card and two miniature-sized cards. I would have preferred a giant card. It is what I asked for.