Or, What Shannon learned at the ROM that made her laugh
I went with Alan and Courtney to the ROM yesterday, so we could see the dinosaurs and make dino-noises. Actually, Courtney and I were the only ones making dino-noises and Alan was trying to act like he didn’t know us, a pair of twenty-somethings stomping around the dinosaur exhibit dino-roaring every few minutes. It was great fun, and if you’ve been to the dinosaur exhibit at the ROM, I’m pretty sure you’d agree it definitely brings out the kid in you.
Let me tell you one of the things I learned about yesterday. There is a tree called, ‘Araucaria araucana’, whose common name is the ‘Monkey Puzzle’. It is considered to be one of the world’s oldest living coniferous trees, and is considered a living fossil. Anyways, the common name of the tree came about because some British bloke in the 1850′s was showing off one of his trees, and his friend said that “It would puzzle a monkey to climb that”. How crazy is that? Read more at Wikipedia.
I love random trivia like that. Hope you all did too.
The ROM was great fun. Courtney and I hadn’t had a chance to hang out for a while, so that was fun, and Alan took pretty pictures of dinosaurs and other things. We were there most of the afternoon, and then we had dinner and watched Better Off Ted for a bit. I also traded some books with Courtney, so now I’ve got some new stuff to read. It was all in all, a very fun day.
I also finally got around to watching the rest of Heroes, and it was weak sauce. It’s pretty bad when the most badass person in an episode is Peter Petrelli. Wish they’d just cancel this show and move on to some other awesome sci-fi show.
