I don’t know what to say about anything
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It's one of those posts, yup.
Red Sox opening day is tomorrow!! I am looking forward to the start of the 2009 baseball season and the lazy summer days that are ahead, hanging out in the back yard, watching the kids have fun and listening to a game on the radio.
The B's are the #1 seed in the East. Awesome. But that does not make me any less nervous about the first round of the playoffs..
I don't watch a lot of TV. Ok, I don't watch any TV, at all, because I think it's an evil flickering box. But I do watch sports, and Rescue Me. And Rescue Me comes back on Tuesday. I am fully psyched.
Last week 3/4 of my grrrage band did an open mic at a local bar which featured several firsts, the most notable being, people getting on the floor and actually dancing during our set, somebody yelling 'FREEBIRD!' and a stranger buying me a beer afterwards. That is pretty f-ing cool, and what a blast! Awesome.
Today we went to a mall to go see the Easter Bunny and get a picture. My Son has no desire to sit on the Easter Bunny because, as he puts it, 'The Easter Bunny is freaky'. Ok, well, he/she/it seems friendly enough, by my Son does not like him. He just likes the candy that he/she/it drops off on Easter morning..
Nearby where the Easter Bunny was setup, a car dealership had put some new cars out on display. One of the cars was a pretty cool convertible. I opened the door so my Son could sit in it and I took his picture. After he got out a security guard came over and told me we weren't really supposed to get in the cars. I told him I was sorry, I did not think it was a problem since the car was unlocked. No biggie.
I thought that would be the end of the discussion, but the guard went on to inform me that, 'actually you're not supposed to take pictures in here at all, it's a federal law'.
'It's a federal law that I can't take pictures of my children?' I asked.
'No, it's a federal law that you can't take pictures inside of the mall, for security reasons. If the feds found out you were taking pictures, they'd come in and shut this place down.'
He continued to try to impress upon me the seriousness of the security threat that my snap-shots posed, but I had put the bullshit filters on by that point so I politely thanked him for the information and headed back to the Easter Bunny.
Aside from the ridiculousness of his statement that 'the feds' would come in and shut the mall down if they found out some guy was taking pictures of his kid inside.. you can't take pictures inside of a mall. Yup.
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if you cannot take pictures inside the mall what is the easter bunny and santa doing there? hhmmmm i think it is a holiday conspiracy! where if they are not allowed to take pictures then the kids get no presents or candy in the local area! freaky how the ‘feds’ would shut down the mall for failure to keep people from taking picutres. Wouldn’t they just update security and fire the company (or employees) currently allowing people taking pictures?
Comment by Bubba International April 6, 2009 @ 8:12 amand if no one was taking pictures – would there still be the need for mall security?
He actually did say that unless you’re getting your picture taken with the freaky easter bunny then you can’t take pics inside the mall.
Comment by Ernie April 6, 2009 @ 9:17 amIt’s nothing new. If you type ‘taking pictures in a mall’ into the google machine you can read all kinds of stories about people being kicked out of malls for taking pictures or being asked to delete the pictures they took ,etc. it’s for our own good. so we’ll be safe. yup.
Freedom!
Comment by BINTL April 7, 2009 @ 2:58 amThat’s amazing! I really never knew that you can’t take pictures inside a mall (unless you are with the Easter bunny).
Comment by Kristin April 7, 2009 @ 12:30 pmCongrats on the firsts for your band Ernie. That’s great! When can we expect your first album release? ( :
Cosmic Box Set out yet??
Comment by BINTL April 7, 2009 @ 2:35 pmYes we need pics and filming before a live studio audience too!
I look forward to see you guys play during my next visit home!!
First we need to have a name. And a myspace page, of course! haha :-J
Comment by Ernie April 8, 2009 @ 9:44 am