Fresno Fair Review

so, we went to the fair friday night. good times we had by many.

we arrived and saw the animals. i think we normally hit the fair during the second week so it seems like there are more animals.

after washing our hands, we decided to eat a bit. i think 4/5s of our group had a corndog. but, we didn't all buy them from the same stand. and, some of the corndogs purchased @ the same stand were cold. but mine was nice and piping hot. i only bought a small corndog because i knew i would be eating much more fair food.

brian went over to the bbq joint and bought himself a turkey leg. if you remember, i had one last year. it was enjoyable. but brian's looked like it had been left on the smoker far too long. and, it was all dried out (he said). me, after the corndog, i hit up the bbq joint for a pulled pork sandwich. very good.

after eating, we strolled down to the art exhibit. i was pretty disappointed. there were a handful of good pieces, but overall it seemed pretty weak. i've definitely seen better art hops. we were curious to also see what furniture had been entered. let's just say that adam's work would easily leave the submitted pieces in the dust. not even close competition.

after viewing the art show, we knew we had 30 minutes until the pig races. we walked back to that side of the fairgrounds, and figured we would hit the student art show because it was right next store and we had time. so glad we did. honestly, i was much more impressed with the student art. and, we saw an amazing table done by a junior high student. maybe that student can teach the adults about wood work.

and then it was off to the pig races. there were 3 races (2 semis and a final). i'm only posting the video of the final, but if you want to see them all, along with a warm up watch more of my youtube vids.



after i failed to pick any of the winners, we headed off to the midway. i was so glad that the swing ride was open (last year it wasn't). i love the swings. i'm always a bit terrified that i'm going to somehow die on this ride. but, the feeling of floating through the air is worth it. here's 3 minutes of our flight.



if you're watching closely, at the very start of the video you can see adam cross himself. calling out to God before riding the swing, eh?

mike and kasey didn't want to ride the swings, so after we all went over and did the ferris wheel. here's two clips of it.





so to review:
animals - all right. could use a few more. check out the pygmy goats.
food - some good. make sure you get a hot corndog, and meat that hasn't been on the grill too long.
adult art show - meh.
student art show - very good
rides - good. at least the two i rode were fun.

experiences at work

i think i may have "discovered" adam's dilemma at work.


toothpastefordinner.com

just kidding, guy. have a nice friday.

a little bit of shhhhh

adam should love this story. it's about his favorite car part.

in other news, rainn wilson did a great monologue for snl




finally, i set up my show for the rogue festival today. now i need to make my title cards. hey, did i mention i have a web page there, too? it's a little something they did for all the artists. that's right, i did.

your memories are wrong

last night, adam and kasey and i were chatting about a whole lot of things. somehow, our discussion went to fashion fair mall, and the location of one of the bathrooms. you see, there was a particular restroom that was located downstairs, next to orange julius, in front of where santa hangs out (when he's there).

anyhow, we all remember the restroom. but, do the restrooms still exist? or were they moved? two of us remembered it one way. one of us said that they were no longer there.

it didn't get heated, but a bet was placed. at first, it was just about honor. but, @ the prodding of someone (ok, me), the bet needed to be worth something. $10 seemed like a fitting amount. and i was dispatched to provide a definitive answer (i don't work too far from there).

here we go:

approaching the area. i see the sign for restrooms, pointing towards the location. looks good for someone


d'oh! this is the view from santa's spot. i see starbucks, i can see security spot, and no restroom.


a closer shot that illustrates much the same. no restroom in between santa & starbucks


sign that explains where the restroom went


the view from the other side


adam, you owe kasey $10. we should have known better than to doubt a woman about knowledge of a mall (i know, stereotype, & i'm just kidding).

deyoung before new years

so, we enjoyed our time with justin in town from seattle. not that we haven't also enjoyed seeing other out of towners (johnsons, widlunds) or other in towners we haven't seen as frequently (portelas, castros, fosters) or the ones we see often (adam, woodys). we finished our whirlwind Xmas week with two road trips. the first was to bakersfield to meet up with the johnsons. we had some super grub, even if we arrived way late. hey, things happen. but it was good to see scott & malisa, as well as emily, although her appearance for us was brief. just a bit between bath & bed. we also got to see our chums the woody w/little georgia, the ogdens (damn, i should know their child's name, i know we got an announcement and other stuff like that. i admit, my bad) and julie. sadly, no dana. but we did see doug. yep, doug is still as tall as he was, although malisa couldn't believe it.

today, we rolled up to sf to see the deyoung museum. nice drive, went up through gilroy & hit up the outlets. got some new golf shoes (great deal, and i purchased my current pair over 6 yrs ago, they're pretty beat). we then hit the city. the museum was really nice. it's brand spankin new, so i think this may explain the large crowds. it's really big, and lots of nice stuff.

after the museum, we went down haight street and found some nice little place for dinner. we walked around a few streets and headed home.

(for some reason, blogger's not wanting me to upload photos right now. i'll try again tomorrow. the post will be a lot more comprehensive with photos & explanations.)

adam gets his groove on

oh, you hummer humper.