whoever has been questioning american ingenuity due to this economic meltdown clearly hasn't picked up the latest skymall catalog, the unrivaled leader in new shit that we had never even thought about but upon seeing must have, as well as the shit that we thought only existed in movies (i.e. "spy pen" and "video recording sunglasses") and upon seeing have decided should remain the shit that only exists in movies. i guess what i am saying is despite the fact that it may seem a bit outlandish, i am glad there is a place i can buy "the first ever underwater pogo stick". sure, it seems odd. don't we already float in the water? can't we already bounce of the bottom and sides of a pool without a special stick? maybe we can, but then again maybe we can't really. is there more bounce underwater than we knew about? do we really know what we are missing until we buy one? is it the next olympic sport? raven wrote that "the perfect purchase extends us into the future". i think a purchase of the first ever underwater pogo stick could do much more. borrowing from the product description, i dare to believe that it could allow us to "splash effortlessly" and "bound powerfully" all the way to 2011.

with every new hobby, there are a lot of wonderful purchases to be made.
now that i have started thinking about the possibility of fishing, i like to buy those sparkling gummy worms at the super longs drugstore that smell like fruit loops and taste like plastic flavored plastic. there are a million different colors, and although they look like candy and smell like candy, they never get smaller when you suck on them. im still not sure what they are actually for, or what tackle means outside of football, but like i say, there is nothing that beats the thrill of stocking up on goods and getting ready to begin a new activity.