Random Pageant, Round One

What is my favorite possession, and why?

Wow.  This is a good question.  I’d have to say my favorite possession is probably a two and a half foot tall alien named Purplgrr that I got at Great Adventure about five years ago.  He’s sort of a neon green in color, black eyes, and mouth, and he’s wearing a purple cloak with silver trim.  Everyone’s seen these aliens, I’m sure.  They have them all the time at carnivals, amusement parks, etc.

So, why, you ask, is he my favorite thing if there are so many others floating around?  Because of the circumstances in which I won him.  I was at Great Adventure with one of my best friends and his family.  I’d had a terrific time with him, going on rides, and everything else.  We were seeing a firework display that night as well, since it was the day before July 4th that we went.  Well, on the way to the waterfront where the display was, I saw a stand that had those aliens all over the back wall.  The game was this: you had three balls.  You had to throw those balls, knocking down and breaking three plates.  So, I figured what did I have to lose?  I’d try it out.  It was the last of my money, and I wanted to see if I could win.

I gave the woman up there my money, and she gave me three baseballs.  I threw the first two, and they hit and broke two plates, but the third one only knocked it down.  The woman hadn’t seen that, however, and she asked me if I’d broken three.  Well, my friend piped up then, “Yeah, she did.”  So, she hands me this alien in a purple cloak.

That was just the background story.  Jason, that’s the guy’s name, and I have been through a lot in our friendship.  We’ve had up’s as high as the sky, and down’s as low as the Marianna’s Trench, but somehow, we’ve come through it all.  And every time I look at that little alien, I’m reminded of how close we’ve become over the years, and how much Jason means to me.

–Notes–

Good Luck in the Pagent. That was a beautiful entry about Jason. He definitely is an interesting person.