The Upside Down

Something beautiful happened today. Lydia was holding Ernie up above her and he spit up and it got in her mouth. He was spitting up the milk that Lydia had fed him earlier from her own body. It was a very circle of life/water cycle wonderful part of nature. These two are pretty gross and I'm glad I'm not involved.

One of the cool parts of Seattle's Stranger Things: The Experience was the end where they let you out of the experience part into a retro 80s mall type place with booze, free arcade games, and lots of photo ops. There were a lot of fun bright lights there as well and I have a little friend who likes bright lights a lot. Well they started letting people get into this area for free and I liked it so much I thought I should take a second bite of the apple.

The place was about to close and move to a new city, and Zoe hadn't seen it yet either so we took her along.

Ernie journeyed to the Upside Down multiple times.

We had some classic Chinese-American cuisine at Tai Tung in the International District.

I let Lydia part this poor boy's hair a few times and she keeps giving him these horrendous middle parts. He looks like Dwight Schrute.

Lately I've been playing Firewatch which is about a guy who works in a remote area in a fire tower. The loneliness and isolation take their toll and he starts seeing weird things happening around him. His only contact is by radio with the lady who works in a neighboring tower. It's suspicious because I've listened to a podcast serial with the exact same premise.

I am the Strangest Thing

With my dude in good hands at home, we headed out for an adventure.

We headed to Seattle for a very exciting destination: Stranger Things: the Experience. It was very cool and very immersive. You start off doing a sleep study run by Hawkins National Laboratory. There were live actors leading you through some sciency stuff when paranormal things start happening. It was a very good mix of real life and digital effects. At one point, for example, you can see demogorgons chasing scientists down the halls and eating them, so to keep the room you are in secure you are asked to stack up a bunch of benches in front of the door to keep monsters out. It was super cool.

After the scheduled programming was concluded and the world was saved, you are let out into an area almost as exciting as the last. It's all 80s mall styled, with shops and video games and food. It was great.

We were able to gather a surprisingly large group of friends together to come with us.

Lydia wanted to have an immersive experience at Scoops Ahoy. The workers came correct with little sailor outfits.

All the arcade games were free. If I didn't have a little demogorgon at home I could have stayed here for hours.

This place was so much fun and I would highly recommend it.

Don't eat me!