You know that scene in Ghost World (aka Still My Favourite Film After All These Years Because I Remain an Angsty 17 Year Old At Heart) where Enid and Rebecca are in the diner and Melorra, that really irritatingly earnest girl who is exactly like every perky human that I hate (because actually I am a Cynical Old 76 Year Old At Heart) comes in and is like “this place is so funky”? HERE LOOK, I found you that scene in case you forgot – the part I’m talking about starts at 2:30:
This basically actually happened in real life the other day. We were at Pie ‘n’ Burger and this girl came in and she WAS Melorra and she said to the dude she was with “I love this place! It’s so…retro!” in exactly that perky, uncynical tone of voice that I so often fail to understand.
So anyhow, that was hilarious. And Pie ‘n’ Burger was basically a dream come true. Look at how photogenic this cheeseburger is! I honestly cannot stop looking at this picture.
And then I had a slice of butterscotch meringue pie (I KNOW, right?) that was so delicious that I forgot to take a picture. You will just have to go to Pie ‘n’ Burger and see for yourself!
And then we went to the monster park in San Gabriel! (See this post I wrote for Metblogs for further details.) Here I am conquering a giant cement octopus in the name of all womankind:
And here is Nikki, taming having just tamed the wild pink whale:
I love giant things made of cement. They’re the one thing I can actually be earnest about in this day and age.
