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weird

Ok, so I got some money from my parents yesterday for gas money and I decided to use it to buy lunch today.

I'd been kind of ignoring the whole Pokemon thing going on at Burger King, since I haven't had any money. But when I was driving with my sister yesterday, she was telling me about all the really cool toys that they have. I started drooling.

I think that I've mentioned that I like Pokemon.

Anyway, I cruised over to the Burger King on my lunch break and got the Big Kid's meal. I am far from shy about ordering kid's meals at fast food places. If they have cool toys I always get the kid's meal. The guy who took my order shook his head and said, "I think we've had more adults than kids order these things."

"Really?" I asked. "That's cool."

"Not really," he replied. "I stopped working at McDonalds after that Beanie Baby thing. This is worse."

In case you don't have eight-year-old kids, the Pokemon toys come in a white plastic bag, which contains a clear plastic bag. Inside the clear plastic bag is a red and white Pokeball key chain thing. Inside the Pokeball key chain is the toy (also in a plastic bag), and a Pokemon: The First Movie trading card. If you spend another $1.99, you can get a 23-carat gold trading card in a REALLY neat Pokeball.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, whichever), this Burger King was out of the gold trading cards.

So I arrived back at work with my lunch, and promptly ripped open the white plastic bag to see which toy I'd got. (If you think about it, you're really getting three toys in one: the card, the actual toy, and the Pokeball. Pretty neat!) I got a light-up Raichu.

If you have no idea what a Raichu is, grab an eight-year-old and have them explain it to you. Simply put, it's the evolved form of Pikachu.

"What is that?" asked the Asst. Ops Manager.

"It's a Raichu!"

She frowned. "It's one of those Pok-min things, isn't it?"

"Yep."

"You are so weird," she said, shaking her head.

Some people see being called "weird" as a bad thing. Not I. It means I am different, unique. It means I am distinguished from the rest of the masses.

Well, it also means that I eat potato chips and dip for breakfast, but that's another story.

I'm not weird for weirdness' sake, either. It's just how I am. I can't help it. When I try to play "normal" I get pissed off or just depressed. Not worth it, if you ask me.

The Raichu, whose cheeks light up when you flip a switch on its back, is now sitting on Dexter's dashboard. It looked really cool going home tonight. grin

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