Friday, August 15 - The Indiana State Fair

We decided not to go to the Indiana State Fair last night, because it was raining for most of the day yesterday.  Of course, as soon as we called it and canceled with everyone, the sky cleared off.  Grrrr...it looked like no elephant ear for me this year.

However, after a quick decision, I am happy to report:

The major plan for the night was to drive to Columbus, IN for the viewing of my godmother.  Yes, I just went from elephant ears into death, but when you think about it, one certainly causes the other.  So, it's like irony and stuff.  Anyway, my mother sent me a freaked out email on Wednesday about the sudden death of my godmother, and while I cannot say I'm exacty torn up (heck, it's been nearly 10...maybe 15 years since I saw her) and its not like I'm exactly a model for the Catholic faith, which is what the godparents are supposed to do, I'm kind of more upset for what this means for my mother.  My parents are 61 years old, and I think this may be the first of one of their good friends to die of natural causes.  I think when you reach a certain age and your friends start to pass, its the human thing to start thinking about your own mortality.  It doesn't help that Mary Beth died from an absolutely freak liver condition that she didn't have any idea she had until it took her life -- quickly.  So, tomorrow, I get to have a wonderfully uncomfortable hour drive with my parents to a funeral, which have always given me the willys.  Yes, tomorrow is shaping up to be a great day.

Okay, enough of that, back to the fair.  After I got the memo that the I wasn't going to be able to get out of the funeral by going to the viewing tonight and once I got the details on my trip to tour the brans spanking new Lucas Oil Stadium tomorrow night, I decided to hop on my bike and go solo to the State Fair.  In some part of my mind, I figured that the nearly 8 mile trek (with a trip to the ATM) would some how balance out the fact that I was about to throw lots of bad food into my gullet.  Try not to laugh too hard...okay?  In the end, I really didn't eat too poorly, I started with a turkey breast sandwich, then I had my favorite corn dog on the planet, washed down with a lemon shake up, and I ended the whole night with the above elephant ear.  I figure that was a good 2000 calories.  Oy...where's my feather!?

As I am prone to do when I'm by myself, I walked around and took pictures of the weirder things in the world.  I'm going to end the blog with a slideshow, but I want to point out some of the ones that I loved the most:

1,500 Pounds of Cheese Sculpture:

Pig Pimping:

Uhhhhhh:






Who said we're white bread?:






The Worlds Largest Boar (and you thought it was George W):