illusion museum, mall of america

 i had a day off from work and went to the mall of america. seeing the illusion museum inside this mall had been on my list for a little while. i went in the afternoon, but i had lunch at bubba-gump shrimp first. i sat at the bar, where i saw the movie 'forrest gump' playing. i am thankful i made it in time to see the part where lt. dan screams during the hurricane. i said to the server how i scream the same way when i do the giant slide at the state fair. i had the shrimp poorboy sandwich with some fries, and an icee drink, cherry flavor. this led to an unexpected souvenir, the green cup the drink came in. i do have the movie soundtrack on CD. but i guess we should get back to the museum. i needed some time to get warmed up to it, but i liked the color room, seeing the colors change when my shadow moved. i am also the type that likes my space, so some parts of the exhibit i skipped and came back to once there were fewer people around. i did get some selfie photos, a museum employee helped with one of them. i did need a second look and then some of them made more sense. it was often about how far back i was looking at it, and from what angle as well. a few things were actually more fun as a two-person thing, such as the 'head on a platter' exhibit. i bought two postcards in their souvenir shop. i said my head hurt a little from the stimulation from all of these exhibits, probably not alone on saying that. i made it home in time to watch most of 'jeopardy', the final clue was about madame curie. in the morning i picked up two orders at the post office. then i went to target and bought two boxes of seasonal cereal, one of them capn. crunch. i was also pleased to find a puzzle in the section near the front door, one hundred pieces, the theme was the movie 'christmas vacation'. i did the puzzle in the evening, it took me just over an hour to finish. during my walks i found 63 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon was stuck and leonard was called after sheldon ended up in a ball pit. it was followed by the one where bert was stood up on his date and joined sheldon and amy on theirs.