Monday, August 24, 2009

Bridgewater Fair Pt. 2

Sorry about going AWOL, folks. Today is my last day in the city which means I'm frantically packing things I might need for my new apartment in Chicago. Tomorrow we hit the road and take the long drive out to Illinois. 

To celebrate the end of a damn good summer I hit up the Bridgewater fair with Robbie. As mentioned in the previous post there was a scary amount of rain and lightening. Still, during a small slither of sunlight that lasted a few hours Robbie and I were able to enjoy a bit of old fashioned carnival goodness. 

First thing we noticed when we got there was this awesome attraction: The Giant Horse. It cost a buck to get in and boy was I glad I paid the buck. I was going to take pictures of her to post online but felt it's better to leave it to your imagination. This horse was fucking big, people. That's all I'm going to say.


After staring into the eyes of a monster, Robbie and I went to the free "exotic" petting zoo. There we saw a few goats with horns growing out of places they shouldn't be.


We also saw a dead kangaroo. It was never verified but I'm pretty sure it was dead. It didn't move. Even when you threw food at it. 


All was going well. We decided to blow some money on carnival games. We know they are usually rigged but we felt confident. This folks, is when we realized we were in a recession. After spending 2 bucks at a basketball toss (which Robbie sort of won) we got the shittiest prize in history of prizes: a bead necklace. It's not even Mardi-Gras, people.


After spending another 5 bucks we wished the next prize was a Mardi Gras necklace. Instead, Robbie got a stuffed animal from last Halloween. Lame.


We heard some music and wandered over to the band stage. There we saw some 50 year old dudes playing tunes. Turns out they were an Allman Brothers Tribute band. We listened for a bit to see if they would play Whipping Post. They didn't, so we left. 


Walking around aimlessly we saw a cloud appearing. Everyone was silent. Something bad was looming. 

Rain.

Deaded. I like how it looks like that dude just ripped off some cloth from the tent he's walking away from and made it into an umbrella. 


Later that night when tidal waves weren't falling out of the sky we went back to get the rest of our fair in.

We had a romantic Ferris wheel ride,


caught the last pig race


and went home. Overall, a very fun time. Now I just count the hours until I'm out of state. Damn. things are about to get crazy. 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

in all honesty, that was both lovely and hilarious.
you said in an earlier post that it's about time to put an end to the summer...it's always true. life is all about changing. as painful as it is sometimes. you can't do one thing for too long. ya gotta do things that aren't going to easy.
or at least that's what i say.

my additional (personal information), just for kevin so he learns a little more about what's going on with me:
lily left for vassar today. i'm still in the city. i don't leave till saturday so these next few days are going to be real depressing.
love, daniel (anonymous)

Anonymous said...

in all honesty, that was both lovely and hilarious.
you said in an earlier post that it's about time to put an end to the summer...it's always true. life is all about changing. as painful as it is sometimes. you can't do one thing for too long. ya gotta do things that aren't going to easy.
or at least that's what i say.

my additional (personal information), just for kevin so he learns a little more about what's going on with me:
lily left for vassar today. i'm still in the city. i don't leave till saturday so these next few days are going to be real depressing.
love, daniel (anonymous)

Anonymous said...

oops

LudwigLongPlay said...

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