March 16, 2002 - 8:03 p.m.

So, Mary and I took out Zoe to see the Easter Bunny at the mall today. That thing creeped me out. First, its head was HUGE! Second, and more important, the guy never spoke. No "Hi there, little girl" or "Happy Easter." Nothing. Just these crazy pantomime motions that looked like he was swatting flies by his cheek and this little clapping motion where he never actually clapped but stopped his palms just millimeters from touching. No way was he as cool as the mall Santa from this year. That dude was old and ornery. Spent a good 10 minutes griping about how commercial Christmas is these days and how Santa comes out to malls before Thanksgiving now. Oh, yeah; he constantly referred to himself in the third person, too. Now, that is a holiday personality I enjoy.

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