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ruToday was fair day for the Ru. <3 <3
Eien-chan and I spent the afternoon there, and I think it was enough to satisfy me until next year rolls around. Usually, I have a short list of things I want to do while I'm there, after which everything else is just gravy. We got the first thing on the list done right away, which was to go to the fine arts exhibit and see if a picture my brother submitted happened to be displayed. Unfortunately, it looks like it wasn't, which was a little disappointing. I guess we probably would have heard something from them if they had planned to put it up. Oh well. I hope it doesn't discourage him from trying again tho.
We then went through a tent with some food and plant stuffs for sale from some local companies. Of course, I had to go and squee at the plant booth. <3 They had some venus fly traps and pitcher plants for sale, and I was actually rather tempted to get one. The problem is, though, is that I'd have to feed it, and I'm afraid I don't really quite know how to take care of carnivorous plants. I know there are some dos and don'ts, like that you shouldn't overstuff the traps, but I don't know all the specifics. Well, maybe I should go looking into it online. Then maybe the next time I'm faced with one of those lovelies I'll be able to take it home with me. Eien-chan ended up buying some peppermint bark while we were there, which he split with me. <3 <3 It was deliciously scrumptious.
The second thing on my list went unfulfilled, sadly. I remember a couple of years ago there was a panning booth near the lake, where you could go and pay for a bag of dirt, then take it to some water troughs and take an old-fashioned strainer and pan for shiny rocks and things. I've been wanting to do that again ever since, but sadly, it seems that for the second time in a row they haven't been there. ;_; The walk was nice tho, and we saw a sawmill at work on the way. Oh, and ducks. We saw ducks. ^__^
The third and final thing on my list was probably the most satisfying. I remember, way back when, when I was a wee Ru, that there was a booth at the fair with a giant inflatable strawberry on top. I remember just seeing the inflatable strawberry was enough for me to be fascinated by, but according to my mom, they made some of the bestest strawberry milkshakes around at that place. So, last year while I was there I got my chance to go and get one, and absolutely loved it. So of course, I had to go and get another one. I don't know if there's a 'proper' way to make strawberry milkshakes, but as far as I'm concerned, these guys do a pretty bang-up job of it. They don't use strawberry ice cream, but instead use vanilla and then put strawberries with their syrup into it, along with the obligatory milk. So when you finish your shake, there's all these strawberries in the bottom for you to slurp up. Mmmmm.
We saw a few more things after that. We saw the rabbit barn, with all the rabbits lounging about. There were a couple there that made me think of Bun Bun, and then made me relieved that these rabbits didn't have access to switchblades. XD And we saw a couple other buildings, with things like the sewing contest and the canning contest(I'm still trying to figure out how one judges canning. I mean, how much criteria is there? I figure as long as it doesn't give you botulism then it's okay. And why isn't it called jarring, when they're putting things in jars?). After which we were ready to go home. So, as I said, it was enough for me to be satisfied until next year. ^_^
One thing that really bothered me though, was that I still didn't manage to escape contracting Fair Food Syndrome. That's actually a term my mother uses, seeing as she sees a lot of people in her office with it during fair season. Basically it refers to when you eat so many fatty things that your stomach goes "This is ABUSE, and I don't have to take it, so I'm going to FIGHT BACK" and makes you sick in some form or another. The funny thing is, compared to what I *could* have eaten at the fair, I don't see why my stomach got upset. I had the obligatory strawberry milkshake, the peppermint bark, and a veggie gyro, which basically consisted of pita bread, fresh veggies, and cucumber sauce. So I don't really know what upset my stomach.
Well, I can only think of two possibilities: Either the ice cream from the shake gave me problems, or the lettuce from the gyro gave me problems. I know the lettuce doesn't make much sense, but considering my track record with it, it's a possibility. Which is sad, because I like lettuce.
And to follow up the mystery of deep fried fruit, strangely enough, I didn't even see where they were selling it. Since we only covered about half the fair, I suppose it's possible that they were selling it on the other side, or I just didn't happen to notice it. Skeiler, I did, however, see deep fried candy bar stands that were selling deep fried oreos. o_O And they all had fairly significant lines(Why? Whyyyyyyyyyyy?). I'm starting to wonder if during the off-season, a bunch of the midway-types get together and go, "Okay, let's see what we can throw into a vat of boiling oil and sell! Any thoughts?" "Twinkies!" "Ding dongs!" "Tomatoes!" "Grapes!" "Beer!" "...can you even deep-fry beer?" XD
And now, to email professors and try to start on finding someone to do my research hours with. This part always makes me a little anxious.
Eien-chan and I spent the afternoon there, and I think it was enough to satisfy me until next year rolls around. Usually, I have a short list of things I want to do while I'm there, after which everything else is just gravy. We got the first thing on the list done right away, which was to go to the fine arts exhibit and see if a picture my brother submitted happened to be displayed. Unfortunately, it looks like it wasn't, which was a little disappointing. I guess we probably would have heard something from them if they had planned to put it up. Oh well. I hope it doesn't discourage him from trying again tho.
We then went through a tent with some food and plant stuffs for sale from some local companies. Of course, I had to go and squee at the plant booth. <3 They had some venus fly traps and pitcher plants for sale, and I was actually rather tempted to get one. The problem is, though, is that I'd have to feed it, and I'm afraid I don't really quite know how to take care of carnivorous plants. I know there are some dos and don'ts, like that you shouldn't overstuff the traps, but I don't know all the specifics. Well, maybe I should go looking into it online. Then maybe the next time I'm faced with one of those lovelies I'll be able to take it home with me. Eien-chan ended up buying some peppermint bark while we were there, which he split with me. <3 <3 It was deliciously scrumptious.
The second thing on my list went unfulfilled, sadly. I remember a couple of years ago there was a panning booth near the lake, where you could go and pay for a bag of dirt, then take it to some water troughs and take an old-fashioned strainer and pan for shiny rocks and things. I've been wanting to do that again ever since, but sadly, it seems that for the second time in a row they haven't been there. ;_; The walk was nice tho, and we saw a sawmill at work on the way. Oh, and ducks. We saw ducks. ^__^
The third and final thing on my list was probably the most satisfying. I remember, way back when, when I was a wee Ru, that there was a booth at the fair with a giant inflatable strawberry on top. I remember just seeing the inflatable strawberry was enough for me to be fascinated by, but according to my mom, they made some of the bestest strawberry milkshakes around at that place. So, last year while I was there I got my chance to go and get one, and absolutely loved it. So of course, I had to go and get another one. I don't know if there's a 'proper' way to make strawberry milkshakes, but as far as I'm concerned, these guys do a pretty bang-up job of it. They don't use strawberry ice cream, but instead use vanilla and then put strawberries with their syrup into it, along with the obligatory milk. So when you finish your shake, there's all these strawberries in the bottom for you to slurp up. Mmmmm.
We saw a few more things after that. We saw the rabbit barn, with all the rabbits lounging about. There were a couple there that made me think of Bun Bun, and then made me relieved that these rabbits didn't have access to switchblades. XD And we saw a couple other buildings, with things like the sewing contest and the canning contest(I'm still trying to figure out how one judges canning. I mean, how much criteria is there? I figure as long as it doesn't give you botulism then it's okay. And why isn't it called jarring, when they're putting things in jars?). After which we were ready to go home. So, as I said, it was enough for me to be satisfied until next year. ^_^
One thing that really bothered me though, was that I still didn't manage to escape contracting Fair Food Syndrome. That's actually a term my mother uses, seeing as she sees a lot of people in her office with it during fair season. Basically it refers to when you eat so many fatty things that your stomach goes "This is ABUSE, and I don't have to take it, so I'm going to FIGHT BACK" and makes you sick in some form or another. The funny thing is, compared to what I *could* have eaten at the fair, I don't see why my stomach got upset. I had the obligatory strawberry milkshake, the peppermint bark, and a veggie gyro, which basically consisted of pita bread, fresh veggies, and cucumber sauce. So I don't really know what upset my stomach.
Well, I can only think of two possibilities: Either the ice cream from the shake gave me problems, or the lettuce from the gyro gave me problems. I know the lettuce doesn't make much sense, but considering my track record with it, it's a possibility. Which is sad, because I like lettuce.
And to follow up the mystery of deep fried fruit, strangely enough, I didn't even see where they were selling it. Since we only covered about half the fair, I suppose it's possible that they were selling it on the other side, or I just didn't happen to notice it. Skeiler, I did, however, see deep fried candy bar stands that were selling deep fried oreos. o_O And they all had fairly significant lines(Why? Whyyyyyyyyyyy?). I'm starting to wonder if during the off-season, a bunch of the midway-types get together and go, "Okay, let's see what we can throw into a vat of boiling oil and sell! Any thoughts?" "Twinkies!" "Ding dongs!" "Tomatoes!" "Grapes!" "Beer!" "...can you even deep-fry beer?" XD
And now, to email professors and try to start on finding someone to do my research hours with. This part always makes me a little anxious.
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Date: 2005-10-17 03:07 am (UTC)Also, I am deeply saddened that you did not get to pan for gold. I remember doing that when I was a kid and it was ALWAYS exciting even if all I got was rocks. XD
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Date: 2005-10-17 11:24 pm (UTC)Oo, panning for gold would be neat. <3 Actually, the way the panning booth worked was that you could pick a bag "type", like a sapphire bag or a ruby bag, and it would have rough gemstones in it and lots of other neat-looking rocks and things. When I did it that one time, I bought an emerald bag, and I got some rough emeralds and some really big hunks of what I *think* are fluorite, among other things. I loved it everso and was squeeing all over the place, and I desperately hope they bring it back next year so I can pan for more shinies. <3 <3 <3 <3
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Date: 2005-10-17 03:12 am (UTC)I'll ask my Matt about the beer. I'm sure he would know. Besides, I blame him for the deep-fried foods fetish because the fact of the matter is that I didn't see a single thing like that before I went over to England the first time and then, a year after I came back... There it was. Wait, that comes across as confusing. What I mean to say is that, in addition, I had never seen any of that garbage until I was in England where they will deep-fry anything. Matt and his school friends used to deep-fry candy bars frequently.
Then again, this is the place that gave the world Scotch Eggs. Erg.
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Date: 2005-10-17 11:50 pm (UTC)I didn't realize that the whole deep-frying candy bars and the ilk was in England first. All this time I thought it was something that originated here, maybe while a bunch of guys were deep-frying chicken and decided to get a little adventurous. Or maybe they were drunk. Or both. XD Either way, yeah, they've definitely become prevalent here. I got the funny feeling that we were all somewhat doomed when I saw one day that some of the dorm council-type people were down on the first floor making and selling deep-fried candy bars. XD
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Date: 2005-10-17 04:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-18 12:05 am (UTC)What really surprises me is that you were confronted with them at a REN FAIRE, OF ALL PLACES. I didn't think that they showed up in such places, and that they were strictly a venue of State Fairs. That's almost kinda sad. Maybe they really ARE taking over. XD
In any case, I think I will continue to remain of the opinion that the only liquid Oreos should be submerged in is milk. <3 <3