and you thought only you took it too seriously?

and by 'it,' i mean the sunsphere.

this past weekend, casual conversation led myself and a friend to sunsphere worship. apparently, it exists. a contingent of our fellow knoxvillians bow down to the oddly mesmerizing monolith. unaware of such a following, and curious of its legitimacy, i turned this query to my most trusted adviser.

after less than a minute and a half of internet searching, i was not disappointed by a link to the sunsphere cult on myspace.

after a quick read through in search of their raison d'etre, the group appears to be nothing more than a group of bored kids on myspace. big surprise . i guess i was really hoping for a small group, reverently dressed, on their mats every morning in a semicircle around the glowing orb.

but then again, the following words are in their bio:

We Hereby worship the greatest achievent [sic] of the world, The Sunsphere, erected for the 1982 World's Fair, seemingly out of nowhere, the sunsphere is a place of Divine Worship and Holy Pilgrimage.

how can they not mean business?

so this is a question to you, sunsphere worshipers: do you exist? are you serious? what about the ugly yellow ball beckons your allegiance? if i was good at research or journalism, i'd search for these answers myself. but as it turns out, i'm a lazy blogger. so i leave all the work to you.

depressing side note: a website linking to this blog came up second on a google search for "sunsphere worship"

bonus: there is a sunsphere song as well. aren't the internets amazing? so many secrets revealed!