Z - Zoo

Zoo: Place

Both of my parents took me to the Zoo (The Duluth Zoological Gardens / The Lake Superior Zoo) often when I was a young kid. I would make them read all of the placards about the animals. Trips to the Twin Cities usually involved a visit to either the Minnesota Zoo or the Como Zoo.

I love the zoo. I may not want pets, but I will definitely take my hypothetical future children to the zoo. It's where I learned to love animals (well, along with the Library and TV).

My favorite animal at any zoo is always the Otter, and if they're out playing, I'll spend at least 20 minutes to a half hour watching them.

A - Aquaman

A - Aquaman

Even though he gets made fun of for having supposedly lame powers, I really liked Aquaman when I was a kid. He was easily the coolest of the Super-Friends, and my favorite superhero. Being able to talk to undersea animals (with cool telepathy that made a neat noise and looked like circles), and to breathe underwater were things that I really wished I could do (probably because I loved the idea of water and the sea, but was a non-to-poor swimmer). I also really liked The Flash (because he was fast).

When I lost one of my first teeth (possibly my very first), the (very generous) Tooth Fairy brought me an Aquaman action figure. When you squeezed the arms, it's legs did a flutter-kick.