Sometimes when I'm at a place like Target I browse through the pool/backyard fun area and look at the pictures on the boxes. It's always been one of my dreams that I would be in the photo shoot for the pool floatie box, or the floating basketball hoop, or the slip n' slide.
Of course once I start down this path I get lost for hours looking at all the crazy things at Target that I usually breeze right past. Like this highly unsettling quote from Kevin, age 11.
Or this woman who I am convinced is that girl from Rock of Love who I can't seem to find on any google search:
Was she one of the brandi's? I don't remember, I think she was on I Love Money and Charm School though. And now apparently she's posing for the outdoor water castle box. I want her career.
Also in the pool section I found this boy:
Ok, he's excited about slippin' and slidin', I get it, he's good. Then I walked down a few boxes and saw this:
Is it the same picture photoshopped to look different? Or is this kid just that good? He gets a call on saturday morning, "Hey Johnny, we got a shoot for a new pool toy today you in?" He's got a pair of board shorts in green that have yet to grace a box so he goes for it. Just gotta stretch my hamstrings first, gonna be a day of heavy squatting.
Winding my way through the pool/outdoor section meant that I transitioned seamlessly in to the toy section which captivated me for quite some time. I mean have you seen some of the lego sets they have these days? I wanted everything.
But I wanted nothing as much as I wanted this:
If they had had these when I was little I woulda bought the shit out of them. WHAT COULD IT BE?! I was going to buy it but then I decided I'd rather let the mystery live on. It could be anything. It could even be my car! What if it was my car, omg now I have to go back to Target.
