Sea Monkeys

For those of you who don't know about the amazing world of Sea-Monkeys, my sympathies. To those of you who are all too familiar with them, my apologies.

Sea Monkeys have been my passion for many years. I can still remember my first kit of the little critters when I was maybe seven years old. I never had great success with actually having them survive any amount of time, but I still think that they were great. Most people who don't absolutely love them, don't understand them at all. "Why not get fish or something?" they may ask, but they're missing the essence of Sea Monkeys. First off, Sea Monkeys are cool, not just a tool to learn responsibility or be ornamental or relaxing like fish or other pets. It's like having lights and plexiglass on your computer case... "Because I can, and I like it!" Next, they're iconic. That is, what they represent is something that describes a little more of who you are. Like t-shirts that have green mushrooms from Super Mario that say "1up"... you know what kind of person that is. "I have Sea Monkeys"... you know what kind of person I am. And finally, there are a million gadgets that you can get to help you in your Sea Monkey experience that are beyond belief. You can get yourself a Sea Monkey drag strip race track to race your Sea Monkeys, using their natural inclination to swim upstream. How cool is that!

Anyhow, whether you like me or hate me because of or despite the fact that I like Sea Monkeys, the fact remains that I do. Unfortunately I didn't get any last year for my birthday or Christmas.... I'll have to resort to asking for them this year. But in the meantime, I can go to this very cool online Sea-Monkey Simulator and make Sea-Monkey Easter Eggs.