New AND Improved Blog Entry!
Now 99.9% Drama-Free!
For those of you who have read more than two or three of my posts, you know that I have a proclivity for peripatetic musings. Because of this, my posts are often random. Such would describe this post.

At first I was going to title this, "You say 'Cho-LESS-terol' but I say 'Cho-MORE-terol'", but I feared the play on words would be lost on everyone except myself and my desultory sense of humor. The reason for this naming is because the majority of this writing is dedicated to the awesome experience that is The Orange County Fair! Yes, I went. It was fabulous. Fabulous is not an adequate word to describe the encounter I had with the Carnies and their effrontery to any and all passers-by. It truly amazes me at how bold these mullet-adorned, tank-top wearing, lost generation of the wrong-side of the tracks 80's generation specimens can be. We all know that with their "Business in the Front/Party in the back" type attitude, they are there to make a buck and have some fun at the same time, however, as I turned down yet another opportunity to win a giant stuffed Tasmanian Devil, I had to admire the tenacity at the vendor as he tried every trick and phrase in the book to reel me in. But I can happily say that nary a carnival game was able to procure from me even a dollar.

Nevertheless, I did leave the fair a good $30-$40 less than when I arrived. Part of that went to a t-shirt to commemorate my first ever California County Fair experience, but the majority of it went straight to my ever-climbing cholesterol level. I speak of course, of fried foods.

Most of you know that I have a thing for foods. All foods. Strange foods. Different and New Foods. I am a Foodie. Because of this addiction, the OC Fair happened to be, at least for a time, the Greatest Place on Earth for me. They had everything you could imagine, and then they also had it fried. Here is just a taste of the foods that I partook of:

Fried Snickers Bar! This truly did Satisfy!

I am not sure what these were...but they were good. My best guess is that they were just fried batter.

Last year at the Payson Onion Days, we found, and enjoyed, a sandwich called "The Motherlode". It was basically a cheeseburger, with onions, and a Polish Sausage, all in a bun. This wasn't quite that large...but you have to give them credit for "Kreativity". Behold: The Fried Chicken Sandwich placed lovingly between two halves of a Raspberry-filled Krispy Kreme Donut, (and side items of Fried Avocado and Fried Tomatoes (red ones...not green)!

Now the whole reason that I was at the county fair was because my good friend Christina happens to have some serious connections around town and was able to procure tickets for the both of us to The Plain White T's and Blue October. This was a VERY cool concert, made even more cool when I learned that The Plain White T's song, "Hey There Delilah" was at the time, the number one song on the Billboard Charts and iTunes. It isn't often that you get to see the number one band in the world live.

As an added bonus, after that concert, we were able to sneak into the last part of Weird Al Yankovic's concert!

But what is a county fair without some more food?

Yes...that is a turkey leg!

And finally, as we were leaving the fair, we saw this sign, which I am sure was an aposematic decree to all of the Judean Belief:

Not only is it Non-Kosher...but it is the posterior side of the Non-Kosher animal. But it sure tastes good!

So in conclusion...there is no drama to report of this week...but I give this entry as a dedication to all things County Fair. In the immortal words of Pedro and Napoleon Dynamite, "The bull goes moo, the ducks go quack, Napoleon has got my back. I like to eat the cakes and pies, My shoe just stepped in a surprise! The Utah State Fair (or Orange County), where all of your wildest dreams will come true!"