So this weekend I encountered Johnny Depp, Michael Jackson's glove, cockblocking, and fireworks. All of these things do sound awesome, and they are. Everything in this post is true.
Friday: I left around 3 in the afternoon to go to bellevue to see my friend Devon who lives in downtown Bellevue. I arrived at his apartment around 5, after which we headed out to walk downtown. We first went across the street to the Taphouse grill. It was there in which I had probably the best chicken sandwich I have ever had. Besides the chicken breast being incredibly tender and juicy, something which is hard to accomplish in my experience, it was also topped with avocado, fresh dark lettuce, and pepper jack cheese. On the side was a tomato and pink ginger onion for the topping. The fries were also done to perfection. The wait staff was also very helpful and friendly. It was also here that Devon cockblocked me. For those that don't know what that is, it is when someone is trying to get with a girl, only to be thwarted by another individual. This interloper is the cockblock. Anyways, the hostess here was pretty cute and me figuring that I would probably never see her again decided to put my phone number on the receipt. However, Devon in his wisdom thought it would be a good idea to cross my number out adn message out, as according to him he though that I had written a death threat on the receipt. Why he thought this was any ones guess. He also thought that I was talking about the waitress instead of the hostess, as he didn't know the difference between the two.
After that incident, we had about an hour until the movie we were going to see started. We spent that time people watching and looking at all the beautiful ladies that walked by. Soon after the movie started which was Public Enemies with Johnny Depp. For a short review, it was a pretty good movie that was a little long in parts. The gunfights were amazing, though Johnny and Christian Bale basically played themselves. After the movie was over we walked back to Devon's apartment were we spent the rest of the night playing video games. Mainly Street Fighter 4 and Call of Duty, which though I have kinda dissed in the past have to admit was a pretty fun game that might grow on me.
Sat (July 4th): The next morning we woke up and went to Denny's for breakfast. It was here that two thoughts occured to me. The first was the fact that no wonder people are so fat. Unless you want to pay 10 dollars for a breakfast, you have no choice but to buy there mega-breakfast with 5 huge items. Granted you are getting more for what you are spending, but what if you aren't that hungry? Also, I got treated with much better service then I am usually use to. Maybe its because we were closer to the staff's age at these restaurants than what they are usually used to. After that, we headed to Best Buy to pick Devon up some movies before I decided to head home. I stopped off at Half Price Books real quick to see what they had, before continuing on to my aunts house for a BBQ. It was family time for the rest of the day and I had a nice juicy flat iron steak. The highlight of the night was the fact that my aunts next door neighbor we estimate probably spent around $10,000 in fireworks. In fact, they were more like the mortars that you would see at a professional show.
Sun: It was on this day that I had one of the highlights of the trip. We decided to go to the Science Fiction Museum at the EMP. I had previously been to the EMP a few years ago before the sci-fi portion opened. I recommend that anyone go if they are a fan of sci-fi, cause there is something for everyone to see. The first floor served as an introduction to the genre, highlighting many of the subjects that are dealt with, while at the same time highlighting examples of these through different pieces. For instance, they use one of the suits from the ninja turtle movies to give an example of mutation. On the bottom level is where things really got good. The designed the floor to look like an armory one might find on a space ship. In each glass case they had props from different shows and movies. What made it really cool was that the descriptions for the items were written like they were actual piece of equipment, instead of props from a show. They had something from just about every show or movie made in the past 30 years. In the next room they had a special exhibit on Jim Henson, which was kind creepy as they had all the puppets that we know and love, only they were frozen lifeless in glass boxes for all the world to see. It was also creepy realizing that none of these characters have any limbs below the waist.
The EMP wasn't completely pointless however. Outside the building stood a memorial to Michael Jackson. By memorial, I mean the entire sidewalk was covered in tributes written in chalk. There was also some flowers put out for him, though they had all dried up and were dead. Inside however was the real attraction, as they had his jacket and white glove on display. Inside the museum there were signs all over the place stating that photography wasn't allowed. This in no way stopped everyone from posing in front of the display for pictures.
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