Yesterday was a campus furlough so I didn’t have to go to work. Instead I spent my day with Rocky and Tiffany. It was one fun day.
After Rocky picked Tiffany up, he drove all the way down and picked me up and headed to Long Beach Aquarium where he volunteered. And since he was a volunteer, Rocky gave Tiffany and me free admissions ticket. Once inside we cruised through from one area to the next and gathering stamps as we went along. I have been to the aquarium many times before but it never felt like this. I came to realized that there were so many details I never really paid attention to…the colors and shapes of the fishes, etc. This time around was different, maybe it was because we took our time and instead of just rushing by. It was also a nice sight to see Tiffany with her mini art-book making sketches of the fishes that caught her attention.
During our stay there, Rocky asked me what my favorite fish was and I could really answer. Now if he was to ask me again, I can finally say seahorses, sea dragons, and jelly fishes! They are so awesome, especially the seahorse and sea dragons! There are so many kinds of them! Oceanic Seahorse, pot-bellied seahorse, leafy sea dragon, and weedy sea dragon! The most amazing sight was seeing the very very very tiny baby sea horses! Many of the baby seahorses held each others tails and dangled with each other, they look cute. I wish I had a camera to take pictures of them.
We had a late lunch/dinner at Chicken Dijon near AMC Long Beach. Tiffany bought their gyro meat sandwich and hummus with pita bread. Rocky brought their rotisserie chicken with sides. At first I was undecided since I ate before I went, but Tiffany’s gyro meat sandwich looks delicious so I ended buying one too. Their Mediterranean Fries are delicious, I should have bought some. As we sat down and ate, I realized that Rocky’s skin got darker from swimming class that he had during the previous semester. Once we were done, we left for the theater.
We were nearly 30-40 minutes early for the movie Splice, but it was all cool. The movie started out interesting. As biologist it was nice to seeing the two main character experiment with DNA splicing and creating new organism. There was lots of suspense and funny moments in the movie, but toward the middle to the end things got a little too weird for me; it was as if I was watching a sex movie. o: Overall, it was a good movie. The end left me question “who does that actually belong to?” I guess we will never know unless they come with a second movie.
Marc unfortunately was not able to watch the movie with us. Instead he waited at Barnes and Nobles until the movie ended to meet up with Tiffany. Marc looks different since I haven’t seen him for awhile, but looking cool as always. Seeing Marc and Tiffany together brings a warm smile to my face. =]
I haven’t been in Barnes and Nobles for such a long time. If Rocky didn’t have to go, I wouldn’t mind staying there for hours and being surrounded by all the books. ^-^ Books are awesome, they bring you into another world.
Thank you Rocky for picking me up and driving me home. =]