poetry in commotion...

wark!

Now, awesome dinosaur comics aside, let's talk about the fact that I'm a complete dork.

"But Jase, your impeccable fashion sense, your dreamy hair, the way you flounder around when someone asks you a question about cars or sports, these are the hallmarks of the quintessential coo guy!".

I know, I know.  However, every man has one, dorky embarassing side to him, and I am no exception.  There are two things to which I am partial to.  Firstly, 'cool stuff', a broad category for which everything that is cool, yet has no definable purpose, or merely a cool gimmick, fall under this heading.  Weird gizmos, objects or cool promotional merchandising are an example (such as here).  The other is stuffed toys.  Teddy bears, rabbits, dogs, etc.  While I don't go out of my way for them, I can never resist picking up a cute teddy bear in passing.

Now, disregarding the troubled psychology of this fixation,it is when these two weaknesses combine together that I literally squeal like a schoolgirl, my hands clapping with delight.  Such was the case when Shaun returned from his trip in Japan with something that only photos can do justice:

Yes, thats right: It's a chocobo.  Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee wark! Its prmototional merchandising for the game in the aforementioned link, and man is it awesome.  Dorky undoubtedly, but when you have a chocobo this awesome you don't have to care what people think.

Anyway, the reason why I brought this up is because I preordered the last Harry Potter book today.  How does that relate to the topic at hand? Here's why.  That's right, a plush owl.  Squeeeeeeeeeee- you get the idea.  Borders Perth isn't just a place where book snobs like me can drink Gloria Jeans coffee which they charge 4 dollars a pop yet serve it to you in a paper cup, while agreeing about how The Da Vinci Code is a terrible novel with awkward dialogue and hackneyed narrative structure.  It's now a place that gives you a plush owl for ordering a book about wizards and magic.

Perhaps I should look into that wizards costume for the book launch?

posted by jaseypoo! @ 10:25 PM