I don't really like going to the mall, but I had to go this weekend and I saw something that made the trip completely worth it. Right by the entrance, there's a big wide open jewelry store with no walls, and inside it there was a lady with her kid, who was probably about 15 or so. Or at least that's my best guess. Honestly, I have no clue how old anyone is anymore, even though when I was 15 I could instantly tell anyone's age, it's some weird innate gift teenagers have. Ha ha, useless teenagers, all they can do is tell ages! They don't know smart thing like me adults!
Anyhow, so this kid had been dragged in there and was looking around nervously to make sure noone saw him while his mom browsed around. The best part is, the mom decided at some point that morning "today I will go to the mall with junior, and he will have to come with me, his mother, to the jewelry store, and I don't care whatsoever that the back of shirt says, in the biggest letters ever, EAT A BAG OF SHIT ". I just loved seeing that a mother's love and pride for her son cannot be diluted by the fact he is wearing a shirt that says EAT A BAG OF SHIT in huge, huge letters. I didn't get to see the front of the shirt, but I am pretty sure that this is actually the new McDonalds slogan.
Incidentally, that was the first of two incidents in the past few days that made me curse myself over and over for not having a camera with me. The second was just this morning on my way into the office when I saw an apple stand on the side of the road that had been knocked over by last night's rain, and sitting in front of it happily munching away at an apple was a beaver. It doesn't get much more canadian than that!
12:07 p.m. - Sept. 26, 2005