My Fair Weather

Yesterday I went to the State Fair of Texas. The day started out really ugly. The morning was windy, cloudy and chilly. By noon though the sun was out and the rest of the day was history - we had perfect fair weather for the rest of the day.

I ate...a hamburger, some coke, a hot dog, some lemonade, some fudge, a crepe and a fried PB&J with banana. Yikes, I better get some good exercise this weekend.

I saw...Zombies dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller, a juggling chef, some racing pigs, BMX stunt bikers, a really tall guy (not Big Tex, although I saw him too), Marilyn Monroe made out of butter, some strange arts and crafts, an 800 pound pig, and a lot of new cars, some nice, some ugly, some way too big, and others that were way too pricey.

I really enjoyed...the Crazy Mouse ride, the fried PB&J (surprising, huh?), the Card Stacking Man (does he get a lot of paper cuts?), the long-jumping dogs, the weather, and my date.

I was weirded-out by...the chair invention that wraps around your knees (the guy selling it said that he uses his for yoga and meditation), the strange-and-way-too-confusing end of time chart depicting the seven stages of the history of the world, the juggling chef's whistle, the fried coke, the Parade of Lights, and all the food on a stick.

The following foods were on a stick...sausage, cheesecake, fried potato slices, chocolate dipped strawberries, fried pickles and of course corn dogs and ice cream (those are classics).

I think...THE FAIR IS AWESOME! Where else can see luxury cars, racing pigs, butter sculptures, as-seen-on-TV inventions and a tacky parade all in one place?

True Story...

This past Saturday I went biking in Fort Worth and part of the trail was blocked off by a lion and a buffalo. The lion was standing up on his hind legs with a fierce look in his eye, like he wanted to attack and the buffalo was just standing there. They were really big and since they were blocking the trail we had to bike around them.