Monday, October 10, 2005

Tarantism.
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*Space for rent*

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere.

Theme song of this post: Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie.

I'm feeling better now that I've had some rest and relaxation. My mom drug us all off to the botanical gardens which was.. nice. Niceish. You know, sort of nice, lol. It was rather humid out there today- storms are lingering in the area [what better day to go to some gardens]. Equally bad was the fact it's Columbus Day- tons of people were off so the Botanical Gardens were full of families and tours. Still, it was pretty nice. Their exhibit is some sort of dinosaur theme- but I wasn't really there for that. I'm not entirely into plants or anything but nature is pretty nice to spend some time in, you know? We walked around the place for maybe an hour and forty five minutes.. saw all there was to see [some of the park was closed off to construction]. I would have rather gone to the McNay Art Museum but it's closed on Mondays [argh].

It's nice to see all the children running around erratically, really. Kids are pretty relaxing for some reason- their spunky, brazen spirit is a nice change from the stoic world of.. here? lol. Something like that. I've reiterated this point many times over but I really am a kid person. Kids and I click for some reason- maybe I'm immature inside or something, lol. Anyway, it was a pretty fun trip. It was hilarious too since my dad and I kept making this cynical/humorous comments as we walked along. One of the funniest [and most controversial] was something my dad said as we went into the Garden for the Blind. The Garden for the Blind is a little garden that has all the signs printed with braille as well [this isn't anywhere else in the park]. As we walked into it my dad said "Ahh! So this is the garden where the blind people can look at plants!" It was so random that I burst out laughing even though it was so questionable in it's nature, lol. Another fun exchange:

Dad: Hey! Those are oranges on that tree! *steps back*

Mom: *looks up* Whoa. You're right! Look at the oranges!

Dad: You can see them really good from over here. *gestures to where he is*

Mom: *walks over to there* Wait.. I think they are grapefruits.

Dad: *shakes head* Nah, they're oranges.

Ken: *has been reading the sign at the base of the tree stating that it is a lemon tree from a tropical country* Actually, they're lemons. *sits on a nearby stone wall and closes his eyes to zone out*

Dad: How can you be so sure? They look like oranges to me.

Mom: Come on, they are OBVIOUSLY GRAPEFRUITS. *gestures*

Dad: *shakes head* They are oranges.

Mom: What makes you say that? They are definitely grapefruits!

Dad: *shrugs*

Ken: *opens his eyes* Uh, guys? *points to the sign* I'm pretty sure that they're lemons.

Mom: Oh. *reads sign* So they are lemons.

Dad: *shakes head again* I don't like fruit anyway.

Mom: *practically yells* You don't like fruit?!?!

Dad: Well, fruits.

Mom: *pause* Fruits?

Dad: Yes. Fruits.

Mom: There's.. a difference?

Dad: *doesn't reply*

Ken: *leans against the railing* Why don't you like fruits?

Dad: I don't know. I just don't like fruits.

Mom: *laughs* Oh well. I guess I shouldn't have yelled that loudly..

Ken: *yells really loudly* YOU DON'T LIKE FRUITS? HOW DO YOU NOT LIKE FRUITS?!

Other people: o.o;;?

Mom and Dad: *laugh*

Ken: *still yelling* I MEAN, JEEZ, EVERYONE LIKES FRUITS~!

I don't really understand one thing though. See, up around the Botanical Gardens is the city of Alamo Heights. San Antonio does not have the power to annex incorporated cities so we literally surround/overtake several cities [Leon Valley, Alamo Heights and eventually Helotes]. This city is sort of the artsy area- it's near the McNay Art Museum, the Witte Museum and the Botanical Gardens so the culture is somewhat higher than other areas of town. Alamo Heights ISD is also the top school district quality wise. What I don't get is why people would pay 250k dollars for a shitty little home just to live in a area of "high culture". How irrelevant is that, seriously? If I bought a house I'd combine the quality of the school district with the quality of the home I'm getting and other facts. Why just focus on the 'culture' or 'art value' when it's such a jip? I mean these houses were pretty damn small- a real waste of money if you ask me. I guess there's different tastes for different people but it just doesn't make sense to me, lol.

For me, I'd probably buy a house with a rather spacious yard. I think it would be good for my child if s/he had a nice large yard to tromp around in, you know? I know that I really loved to just run around and play in our spacious yard. I'd like pretty good access to schools/commercial areas- the elementary and middle school that I went to are only a mile away. There are big business areas within a mile of here, lol. Yet this is also semi-forested so you don't feel too much like you're a urbanite. I suppose it would be good to have alot of trees, too. The school district should be pretty well off.. Northside ISD [the one I'm in] is the largest school district in San Antonio and among the richest, lol. So this place is pretty choice if you ask me. I don't know if I'd live here all of my life [might be kind of bland] but I cannot deny the primeness of this location.

Ah well. Better places than this, I guess.

Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt.

Ja ne.

P.S. Progress continues.

P.P.S. I was tempted to buy a plushie raven at the gift shop. It still tempts me. Ravens are my favorite creature. <_<;

P.P.P.S. Alternate theme song for this post: We Will Rock You by Queen. I remember one time in middle school I started up the stompstomp clap thing at a basketball game. That felt pretty good.. until I got in trouble for it, lol. However, I started it up just a couple of minutes later.

We will, we will rock you!
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