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It's after midnight here, but it's still "today" for me. So this all happened yesterday, the 10th.
Mom and I went to the county fair! I've never been, so I was totally excited and had no idea what to expect besides there'd be food, animals, and rides. I wasn't interested in the rides though, mostly the animals. I didn't take too many photos honestly because most of my photos would've ended up being stuff like "PIGGIES!! And look at that fat chicken!" And I do that enough when I go to the L.A Zoo, so I just walked around enjoying the place and took photos of a few things. And now I shall post some of those photos!
According to kittencuffs and Google showing me similar ones, this is a Buff Laced Chicken. Mom and I dubbed them "chickens wearing Tina Turner wigs" because come on, that's exactly what this thing looks like. Sort of a blend between Tina and a member from Winger, I guess. "SHE'S ONLY SEVENTEEEEEEN..."
There were a whole lot of sheep and goats. We saw the two in this pen and were like "Something's off about these guys...wait, they have four horns!" These are Jacob sheep, they have faces like goats and they have a lot of horns, and black & white bodies which probably makes for some interesting looking spun wool. I know the horns on the second one look funny in this photo, the light glaring off them makes it look like I'm trying to show you a goat-sheep with tinfoil horns. I swear, they're totally real! *watches one snap off* (No seriously, you can even Google "Jacob sheep" if you're skeptical.)
This kid was so cute. There's cow heads on those hay bales where you can learn and practice using a lasso, and this little dude was really intent on getting it right, and was having a blast.
I seriously must've spent a good 15 minutes trying to find at least one goat with rectangle pupils to show Mom The Disbeliever. I mentioned how some of them have goofy pupils, and she just absolutely did not believe me. It became an inside joke for me to walk up to a group of goats and ask "Excuse me, do any of you have rectangular pupils?" I finally found these two and literally hopped around excitedly while pointing between them and mom and chanting "I told you!!" I think the brown one was recently tagged, the poor thing kept rolling around like a dog (rather cute to watch, actually) and rubbing that ear against the fence, so I figure it was either hurting, itching, or just plain bothering him/her. I wasn't worried at all though, every single animal was really taken care of there, and the place was so ventilated and clean that mom and I had absolutely no breathing problems, even standing directly next to cows.
I am such an asshole for taking this picture, but I had to document this. This area was called Jurassic Planet and you know me and dinosaurs. We walk in, make it maybe two feet past the door, I point at the robotic dinos and shout "OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME." We get to the exhibit and standing right next to it is this family, I dunno how many were actually there but I saw two women and this kid in the orange shirt, I have to figure the woman pictured here was his mom and maybe the other was an aunt, I dunno. But anyway, this boy must've been anywhere between 8-13 (he was my height but could just be big for his age) and he was absolutely fucking TERRIFIED, I mean scared to DEATH, of the robots. He was shaking and sobbing and screaming, and I just couldn't help myself, I turned my back to him and laughed. We stayed there for a bit just because it was so odd and funny, but also we wanted to see if the mother would wise up and get him the hell out of there. We finally walked away, I turned around at one point and saw they were still standing there so I dunno.
I saw on the map that there was a pirate area, so obviously we had to go see that too. See this photo? It's literally the coolest thing that was there. The pirate area was a total bummer, it was basically a place for parents to sit and let their children run in wild circles in a sand pit full of piratey things and statues, while nearby speakers looped A Pirate's Life For Me and the theme from the PotC movie. So we left that area and headed toward the gypsy camp.
...And this was the coolest part of the gypsy camp, because there was absolutely nothing else to look at besides a few other statues to pose with for photos, and some purple tents with shitty displays with flashing lights. I mean, seriously, it was like twenty feet of "We had to fill this space somehow so we slapped some stuff together." This statue thing just creeps me the hell out. Those of you who grew up watching Salute Your Shorts, remember Zeke The Plumber? You can't tell me you don't see the resemblance.
Mom and I learned how to make ice cream using two coffee cans by this dude with an awesome beard who liked my nails and shirt. We are totally going to try it. Today was AWESOME.
Mom and I went to the county fair! I've never been, so I was totally excited and had no idea what to expect besides there'd be food, animals, and rides. I wasn't interested in the rides though, mostly the animals. I didn't take too many photos honestly because most of my photos would've ended up being stuff like "PIGGIES!! And look at that fat chicken!" And I do that enough when I go to the L.A Zoo, so I just walked around enjoying the place and took photos of a few things. And now I shall post some of those photos!
According to kittencuffs and Google showing me similar ones, this is a Buff Laced Chicken. Mom and I dubbed them "chickens wearing Tina Turner wigs" because come on, that's exactly what this thing looks like. Sort of a blend between Tina and a member from Winger, I guess. "SHE'S ONLY SEVENTEEEEEEN..."
There were a whole lot of sheep and goats. We saw the two in this pen and were like "Something's off about these guys...wait, they have four horns!" These are Jacob sheep, they have faces like goats and they have a lot of horns, and black & white bodies which probably makes for some interesting looking spun wool. I know the horns on the second one look funny in this photo, the light glaring off them makes it look like I'm trying to show you a goat-sheep with tinfoil horns. I swear, they're totally real! *watches one snap off* (No seriously, you can even Google "Jacob sheep" if you're skeptical.)
This kid was so cute. There's cow heads on those hay bales where you can learn and practice using a lasso, and this little dude was really intent on getting it right, and was having a blast.
I seriously must've spent a good 15 minutes trying to find at least one goat with rectangle pupils to show Mom The Disbeliever. I mentioned how some of them have goofy pupils, and she just absolutely did not believe me. It became an inside joke for me to walk up to a group of goats and ask "Excuse me, do any of you have rectangular pupils?" I finally found these two and literally hopped around excitedly while pointing between them and mom and chanting "I told you!!" I think the brown one was recently tagged, the poor thing kept rolling around like a dog (rather cute to watch, actually) and rubbing that ear against the fence, so I figure it was either hurting, itching, or just plain bothering him/her. I wasn't worried at all though, every single animal was really taken care of there, and the place was so ventilated and clean that mom and I had absolutely no breathing problems, even standing directly next to cows.
I am such an asshole for taking this picture, but I had to document this. This area was called Jurassic Planet and you know me and dinosaurs. We walk in, make it maybe two feet past the door, I point at the robotic dinos and shout "OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME." We get to the exhibit and standing right next to it is this family, I dunno how many were actually there but I saw two women and this kid in the orange shirt, I have to figure the woman pictured here was his mom and maybe the other was an aunt, I dunno. But anyway, this boy must've been anywhere between 8-13 (he was my height but could just be big for his age) and he was absolutely fucking TERRIFIED, I mean scared to DEATH, of the robots. He was shaking and sobbing and screaming, and I just couldn't help myself, I turned my back to him and laughed. We stayed there for a bit just because it was so odd and funny, but also we wanted to see if the mother would wise up and get him the hell out of there. We finally walked away, I turned around at one point and saw they were still standing there so I dunno.
I saw on the map that there was a pirate area, so obviously we had to go see that too. See this photo? It's literally the coolest thing that was there. The pirate area was a total bummer, it was basically a place for parents to sit and let their children run in wild circles in a sand pit full of piratey things and statues, while nearby speakers looped A Pirate's Life For Me and the theme from the PotC movie. So we left that area and headed toward the gypsy camp.
...And this was the coolest part of the gypsy camp, because there was absolutely nothing else to look at besides a few other statues to pose with for photos, and some purple tents with shitty displays with flashing lights. I mean, seriously, it was like twenty feet of "We had to fill this space somehow so we slapped some stuff together." This statue thing just creeps me the hell out. Those of you who grew up watching Salute Your Shorts, remember Zeke The Plumber? You can't tell me you don't see the resemblance.
Mom and I learned how to make ice cream using two coffee cans by this dude with an awesome beard who liked my nails and shirt. We are totally going to try it. Today was AWESOME.