The 200 Dollar Stuffed Toy
Meet Armanth. He is tough, cool, and cuddly.
I had this crazy idea of creating a blog for my stuffed tiger Armanth and telling his story. Most of it will be fiction, but still based on some facts. I took plenty of pictures of him wearing his clothes (he has about 200+ USD worth of clothes, shoes, and outfits) to use on his blog. My awesome digital camera made perfect shots every time. The ones I liked best were the ones with him wearing an orange-and-blue windbreaker-and-hood (some of the pictures now adorn my blog as of Mar ’05). The color of the outfit complemented him. It brought out his adorable tigerness. I went “Aww!” and even squealed like a little girl as I took his pictures. It felt like the time I first held him. I got Armanth about 3 years ago in Disneyland Anaheim. They had a Build-a-Bear Workshop there and that was where I got Armanth. I remembered searching through a barrel of unstuffed tigers (you get to stuff them yourself) and looking at their faces. I do not know what exactly I was looking for, but all I know was that I wanted a connection somehow. I did not want just any stuffed tiger, I wanted Armanth. I went looking for Armanth when I went into the store. I knew his name even before I found him.
