Carny's, Hot Dog Buns and The Atomic Cowboy

Michelle and I went to an awesomely lame carnival last night. I didn't plan for carnival rides, so I was still in my Sunday best. Dress and heels=awkward Tilt-A Whirl moments. But it was fabulous; carnival rides and getting hit on by toothless carnies will never get old!

Also, whenever Michelle and I are together we meet the most random people. We don't go out of our way, mind you, they seem to be drawn to us. Last night we met a man, who, after he got off work at Gordman's, decide that he frantically needed some licorice from the Carnival. He asked Michelle and I to direct him to the nearest licorice location. Unsure if that even existed at the shoddy little "Maple Days" carnival, we pointed him to the oily food trailers. On his way back to his car he passed us holding a lone hot dog bun. He then stopped to explain that he had a McDonald's cheese sandwich and coleslaw in the car already, but he really had a hankering for some licorice. When he saw the fair he thought he could buy some, but turns out the only thing they had in the same food group was a $3 cotton candy. Since he was borderline diabetic he chose to get the hot dog bun instead. I told him that he made the safest choice.

Then Michelle's friend & friend's boyfriend met up with us, and we rode the Tilt-A-Whirl once more (there's way more whirling when you have more than two people in the car.), and then Michelle and I decided to ride the worst ride ever: The Ferris Wheel with spinny-egg-shaped cars that twirl and twirl and you're upside down, and it jostles you, and it's AWFUL!

The crazy Carny kept us on for two rounds of that torture. I think he thought I was being silly when I screamed "Will barf, not good!" as we passed him one round. Needless to say I almost passed out and Michelle had to drive home. Haha.

It was ultimately an awesome night. Today I will hopefully go to Japanese Fest at the Botanical Gardens. Sumo Wrestling and a Kimono fashion shows are only hours away...

Seeing Zack in our Nation's capitol is only 6 days away. Being in Austria, only seven.

Also: I ran into an old, old Ludo friend at a bar in the city called the Atomic Cowboy. It's so great to be able to talk about really embarrassing things that happened to us around Ludo and all those bands. I love reminiscing.

I love...weird carnivals too.