{"id":248,"date":"2006-10-12T19:18:48","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T03:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/12\/state-fair-06\/"},"modified":"2006-10-12T19:18:48","modified_gmt":"2006-10-13T03:18:48","slug":"state-fair-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/12\/state-fair-06\/","title":{"rendered":"state fair &#8217;06"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>state fair trip with ken and janie in september!<\/p>\n<p>first order of business was to use up the rides we bought.  my pick was the swing ride (my absolute favorite of carny rides)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/kenjanieswing1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/kenjanieswing3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/kenjanieswingsmile.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/usswingshadows2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>after rides we decided to try to find the baby animals and petting zoo.  we kept getting lost.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/kenjanie.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/mekenjanie.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>eventually after much frustration following the wonky signs, we hit paydirt.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/babygoats.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/dudewatchesgoats.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/newbiecalf.jpg\" alt=\"could you really eat me?\" \/><br \/>\nborn an hour before we got there! welcome to the world little hamburger!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/piglets.jpg\" \/>          <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/pigsexhausted.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni think they all look so exhausted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/speckledpiglets.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nalas, no holding of the piggies today, but at least we saw some speckled ones!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/ewelamb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>next page: petting zoo, at long last!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goatstalkinsmack.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthe goats at the petting zoo were already talking smack about us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goathoof.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goateats83.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nat least i don&#8217;t look absolutely ridiculous when i eat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/exaltedlama.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthe Exalted Lama!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/janielama.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/kenlama.jpg\" \/><br \/>\neverybody wanted their pictures with the Exalted Lama.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goatfeed.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nlast year a deer was doing this exact thing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goattrio.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goattrio2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nwe&#8217;re the trio. you&#8217;ve heard of us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/pygmygoat.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthis guy gave me the hardest time getting his picture!  he was pretty ornery. or shy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/ravenousdeer71.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/ravenousdeer72.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/ravenousdeer73.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/ravenousdeer74.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthe deer were ravenous that day. i swear, these roles were reversed with the goats last year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/thdeerlikesken78.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/thedeerlikesken77.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nfinally the deer fixated on ken. i guess to the animal kingdom he&#8217;s one big salt lick.<\/p>\n<p>next page: is it art?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/janiebear1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/janiebear2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\njanie hit it off with this bear thing.  they&#8217;re already talking of the wedding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/mekenbear.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n(taken by janie)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/marionap.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nmario showed up but he just wanted to nap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/blingmobile.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/blingtar.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni&#8217;m not making this up. there was a bling category in the arts and crafts building.  and there&#8217;s an altoid&#8217;s tin on the guitar. and yes, a bling toilet seat cover.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/coffinsculpture.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/potterchessbd.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nharry potter chess set!  too bad it&#8217;s the same 10 characters repeated over and over.  those are not turds, by the way, on the griffindor side. they&#8217;re sorting hats. i know, i got confused at first too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/sleepygoose.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/loveducksclose.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthe love ducks<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/cockatoowonder.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthis is generally what happens when one sees a cockatoo. they just gape at it in wonder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/goliath.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ngoliath, the biggest turkey evar, or something. he was kind of scary and i thought he&#8217;d peck the lens out of my camera.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/mebatman.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthe superheroes exhibit was sort of lame. but here&#8217;s a lego batman.<br \/>\n(taken by ken)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/zorrodog.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthe dog looks embarrassed to me.<\/p>\n<p>next page: i&#8217;m running out of titles<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/megunnecklace.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nit&#8217;s my bolo! remember my bolo, from the free box at delta? this is it!!!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/muppetwtf.jpg\" \/><br \/>\na muppet was driving. an onlooker was bemused.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/horseblur.jpg\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/hungryhorse.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni don&#8217;t know what to tell you, kid.  horses get hungry too, you know.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/janiecoaster.jpg\" \/><br \/>\njanie braves this totally messed-up coaster!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/fairgroundeve.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/janieauralpain.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/meauralpain.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n(taken by ken)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/statefair06\/janieauralpain2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nhere we are &#8220;enjoying&#8221; the vocal &#8220;talent&#8221; show.\n<\/p>\n<p><small><b>please do not comment in livejournal. follow <a href=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/painomelette\/index.php\/links\/2006\/10\/12\/state_fair_06\">this<\/a> link to comment at my blog.<\/b><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>state fair trip with ken and janie in september! 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