We started with the frisbee dogs, then saw the African acrobats, the BMX show, the Dancing Dogs, the pig races, and the card stacker, and also saw the DAR and Ukrainian dancers along the way. Now all that's left are the human cannonball, the bird show, and the Texas Skyway.
These were my main observations:
-LOTS of pregnant women
-WAY too many babies and newborns at the fair, in the sun, and in strollers that had the sun guard shade thing pushed back instead of forward where it should be. I was hot and keeping hydrated so I can't imagine how these teeny babies felt, and most of the ones I saw were beet red and sweaty. What are people thinking?
-Fanny packs everywhere. I found at least 4 in pics that I took for other reasons. What are people thinking?
-Lots of jean shorts, some rolled up. What are people thinking?
-Many many people who think they're so important that they must wear their cell phone on their waistband.
-Oddly enough I counted at least 5 people in arm casts, and on one woman that cast extended from her upper arm down her forearm and hand, and then included just her middle finger. NICE.
-Way too many slow walkers. It was like being at The Parks in Arlington mall on a Sunday afternoon. Shoot me, please.
-People like to dress alike (like at Disney World) but these people tend to pick THE WORST OUTFITS EVER.
-Spangle-y and bedazzled country kitsch-ness at its best at the "Dancing With the Dogs" show. But it seems her outfit was so obscenely awful that my camera refused to focus on it.
-Oh, and did I mention the BUTT SWEAT? Told you it was hot.
But despite these things I, of course, managed to have fun! And here is the photo evidence:
The frisbee dogs:
It's FRIGGIN' HOT!
Big TexASS
African Acrobats...?
African Acrobats
The limbo? Really?
BMX Show
"Dancing With the Dogs," aka seriously bad rhinestone usage
Where do I start? With the matching couple, the fanny packs? The babies in the heat?
I was a pig race virgin until yesterday:
Ukrainian dancers
"Howdy Folks!" Big tex wears Dickies these days but Carly says he used to wear Wranglers.
The Guinness champ for card stacking
I had to turn the flash off because of the glass...
I liked the ceiling in the African Heritage Museum:
The DAR. My mom says I could be a member if I wanted to...eh, I'll pass.
2 comments:
Did you miss that it was the Texas State Fair? Unneeded butt sweat aside (thank goodness Big Tex was unaffected), it's awesome people watching. Though a fanny pack with a stroller seems like carrying luggage along side your valet; you must admit the cultural variations you saw could only be replicated if Wal-Mart had only one store per county open on Friday in the ghetto... with farm animals. Personally, I like the matching couple. If they got separated, you'd be playing a game of people concentration getting them back together after a day of binge drinking Bud Light. For sure it was hot. These babies are going to be raised in Texaco. Let them get accustomed to 95 degrees & 90% humidity like the rest of us. It's cooler & less humid than the womb they just got out of. Put some salsa in their milk while you're at it. We don't want them growing up sissy. I am glad you had some fun out there. I always root for Spamela Anderson at the races, & though I want it to happen so, the BMX guys never seem to fall to their death. You should reconsider the Daughters of the American Revolution thing though. They really need some young blood in there. I see you're into knitting. You have a natural in. In conclusion Big Tex did wear Wranglers.
there is nothing more flattering than stretchy waistbands on jeans with no ass pockets. Coupled with a large triangle of sweat...hooray for fairs.
That fair just as glorious as it would be in utah. Except for here, you add in the mormon dynamic--twice as many babies out in the sun and women in long jean shorts.
Texas and utah seem great for basically the same reasons.
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