Chuck E. Cheese - The Reason Valium was Created

Last night we all gathered at the 38th St. Chuck E. Cheese for JaNyla's 6th Birthday Party. After five minutes in the joint, you can clearly understand where the idea for Valium came from. There were no less than 200 children in the place, most of them sans parents. There was at least a 8/1 kid-to-parent ratio. Also, the audio frequency/high pitched screaming in the room was slightly akin to the Thrill Kill Cult/Marilyn Manson concert I attended in 97'. There were so many people in that place that there was no way to "police" anything - proven later when Esther saw a woman take a "five finger discount" of cotton candy.

That being said, there was much to celebrate and many laughs - at the expense of a woman whose hairdo looked like a chocolate-vanilla twist cone (which will be published when my film is done), a 50-ish couple making out in one of the children's photo booths and Mr. Joe daring JaNyla's Dad, Jeff to "pants" Chuck E. Cheese. Esther, Valerie and I noted that the amount of adults collecting tickets in order to procure the kind of prizes normally reserved for Dollar Stores often outnumbered the amount of children. My favorite was a man with a Jolly Green Giant shirt on that had scantily clad women instead of broccoli and the Jolly Green Giant was yelling "Hoes..Hoes...Hoes."

Now, I could commiserate with Chuck E. Cheese a bit because I myself (and many of my co-workers) have played mascots in the past. In fact, Jennie and I would probably duke it out over who is the best beaver in town - literally and figuratively. The only difference was about 150 more kids tugging at your mouse tail, spilling their soda all over your soft, grey fur and punching you haphazardly in the crotchal area. After viewing this, one could certainly understand if Chuck E. had a minor crack habit. All in all, JaNyla had a great time running about with her friends and playing games, as did Mr. Joe - who engaged in a Skeetball "bowl off" with Miss Apers. One thing Chuck E. Cheese has going for it, besides beer - adults can amuse themselves taking grainy, black and white photos to show friends or post on their blogs. Here is JaNyla the Birthday Girl and a slightly sedated Miss Apers with her most prized possession of the night - a photo with the man/mouse himself. I think we make a nice couple.