I’ve got a hypothesis and I’m just going to put it out there. After hanging out in Del Mar recently, I’m wondering if one reason Americans have a harder and harder time holding their attention to one topic, task, or Hey, look! Nicolas Cage!
As I was saying. In one’s quest for focus and Zen-like calm, American state fairs aren’t helping. At all. Exhibit A:
I’m pretty sure chocolate-covered bacon isn’t helping either.
Speaking of bacon, I’m concerned this cheerful fellow hasn’t given enough thought to his t-shirt.
Exhibit B for both visual overstimulation and unhealthy (delicious!) American food choices:
Points for crafting giant food items out of what looked like papier-mâché, though.
There were also food items made out of actual food, depending on your definition of the word.
Exhibit C: toys and exuberant banners!
Are the leopard and the doll friends, or is she about to become the jungle version of curly fries?
The carousel from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. Feel free to make your own joke about overstimulation here.
There were a few soothing moments, like this one:
Ahhhh.
And this:
But if you’re afraid of heights, this might not have a calming effect.
And despite how I opened this blog post, I wasn’t in fact having an ADD-induced fit:
Because all roads lead to Nicolas Cage.
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I love all state fairs! The chaos! The mania, the smells! Bring it on and eat all the crap you can handle, like funnel cakes!!! Bring it!
Catherine – Seven exclamation points! Your love of state fairs is obvious. : )
I love the MN state fair but only if I go every third year. So we are due to go this year and now, thanks to you post, I will be looking everywhere for Nicolas Cage!
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