What a disapointment
Well, I went to the Puyallup fair today. Supposed to be this big great fair everyone talks about.....
Man it was worthless. A few cheesy booth games(the typical shill stuff), A few rides(though some were rather interesting), the typical animal barns, but over 75% of the booths/tents/whatever were commercial in nature. I can't count how many hot tub vendors, window vendors, and other pointless vendors there were, but there were far to many.
Suffice to say it was a major dissapointment. Maybe it's that I'm not a kid anymore, and it doesn't hold the appeal a kid may have for it.
The one booth I realy liked though, is they had a real blacksmith there working. He was selling stuff, of course, but he was also working while we watched. His kiln was tiny! Had a little eletric motor for a blower, but I didn't ask what he was using within the kiln to get the heat. I'd love to learn how to do that! Hell, then I could start making swords and other interesting metal impliments! My only problem is the space to do it. You need a good 10x20 area to work in, and I certainly don't have that available right now, and probably not anytime in the near future sadly. Ah well, such is the way life rolls.
In other news, I go into the dentist today to get a few of my worst teeth fixed. Namely the one that went *crunch* the week before, and is making it very hard for me to eat. I know I'll be getting a root canal and cap on that tooth, and he mentioned doing 2 other teeth while in there. I'm not sure which two, since they are all in pretty bad shape. I'll make sure I know before he starts, so I won't be suprised. In about half an hour I take the valium he gave me, so I won't be having a heart attack from the stress and worry of going. :) I've only been to the dentist once before for any kind of major work, and that work fell apart after six months, so it leaves me a little worried going in like this. That, and the root canal. I've heard both good and bad stories. Guess I'll soon have my own to add to the pot.
Man it was worthless. A few cheesy booth games(the typical shill stuff), A few rides(though some were rather interesting), the typical animal barns, but over 75% of the booths/tents/whatever were commercial in nature. I can't count how many hot tub vendors, window vendors, and other pointless vendors there were, but there were far to many.
Suffice to say it was a major dissapointment. Maybe it's that I'm not a kid anymore, and it doesn't hold the appeal a kid may have for it.
The one booth I realy liked though, is they had a real blacksmith there working. He was selling stuff, of course, but he was also working while we watched. His kiln was tiny! Had a little eletric motor for a blower, but I didn't ask what he was using within the kiln to get the heat. I'd love to learn how to do that! Hell, then I could start making swords and other interesting metal impliments! My only problem is the space to do it. You need a good 10x20 area to work in, and I certainly don't have that available right now, and probably not anytime in the near future sadly. Ah well, such is the way life rolls.
In other news, I go into the dentist today to get a few of my worst teeth fixed. Namely the one that went *crunch* the week before, and is making it very hard for me to eat. I know I'll be getting a root canal and cap on that tooth, and he mentioned doing 2 other teeth while in there. I'm not sure which two, since they are all in pretty bad shape. I'll make sure I know before he starts, so I won't be suprised. In about half an hour I take the valium he gave me, so I won't be having a heart attack from the stress and worry of going. :) I've only been to the dentist once before for any kind of major work, and that work fell apart after six months, so it leaves me a little worried going in like this. That, and the root canal. I've heard both good and bad stories. Guess I'll soon have my own to add to the pot.