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rynlingThe other day I got very depressed for reasons I don’t care to talk about, and I tried to cheer myself up by going to the aquarium in Camden to see the axolotls.
If you’re not familiar with axololts, they’re neotenic salamanders with tiny eyes and big smiles.
If you’re not familiar with Camden, it’s the city across the Delaware River from Philadelphia that is not Cherry Hill. While Cherry Hill is known for its giant mall, its gourmet diners, and its cheapweed gas stations on the way to the Jersey Turnpike, Camden is famous for having the second-highest murder rate in the United States. In 2008, the city was given almost a hundred million dollars in revitalization money by the state of New Jersey, and they used about half of this to build an aquarium, which I understand has not improved the situation.
The axolotls on display in the Camden aquarium were clearly the new subspecies that’s been crossbred with tiger salamanders, but they were still very very very cute. The staff of the Camden aquarium were clearly a bunch of baby gays from Philadelphia, and they were very cute as well.
Driving through Camden to get to the aquarium was not great and did not improve my mood. The aquarium itself seems to be going for a “family friendly” theme park vibe but comes off as trashy, and it felt a little cringe to be there. I’m not sure what I expected from New Jersey. The friend I went with made the observation that “New Jersey is the Florida of states,” but that feels unfair to Florida.
Anyway, here is a picture of some axolotls:
If you’re not familiar with axololts, they’re neotenic salamanders with tiny eyes and big smiles.
If you’re not familiar with Camden, it’s the city across the Delaware River from Philadelphia that is not Cherry Hill. While Cherry Hill is known for its giant mall, its gourmet diners, and its cheap
The axolotls on display in the Camden aquarium were clearly the new subspecies that’s been crossbred with tiger salamanders, but they were still very very very cute. The staff of the Camden aquarium were clearly a bunch of baby gays from Philadelphia, and they were very cute as well.
Driving through Camden to get to the aquarium was not great and did not improve my mood. The aquarium itself seems to be going for a “family friendly” theme park vibe but comes off as trashy, and it felt a little cringe to be there. I’m not sure what I expected from New Jersey. The friend I went with made the observation that “New Jersey is the Florida of states,” but that feels unfair to Florida.
Anyway, here is a picture of some axolotls:
