My day at the Fair

[purplesquirrel]

Today, I
went to the


There I saw some llamas





Artsy stuff my friends made

  

A parade



A scary taffy pulling machine


Scary Republicans


A talent show








And I wrapped up the night by going to the Shawn Colvin concert


Some observations:

• It was chilling to see so many Bush/Cheney buttons.  All sorts of people were wearing them.  Today was National Public Radio Day.  Is there a correlation or was this merely a creepy coincidence?
  
• What's with all the white people wearing "Viva Bush" buttons?
  
• Upper back and lower back tattoos are utterly passé.  Even farm girls have them now.
  
• mmmm... ice cream
  
• I really hate eating while walking around. Happily I found the State Fair's only sit-down restaurant unfortunately named "The Peg."
  
• Whoever scheduled the Teen Stage must be completely clueless. They booked the most white-bread hip-hop dance act ever. Think "Up With People" doing hip-hop and you'll have an idea of what they were like. The Hip-Hop Co-op should have been there instead.
  
• Although he's a good musician, Scott Laurent really doesn't belong on the teen stage either