No, not the palace.: And the carnival comes to town!

Last weekend, the carnival came to town.

That’s right, ladies and gents, the freaking carnival. The ones you probably haven’t been to since high school. Game stands

carried such prizes as stuffed dogs with “I love you” hearts,

See Sim. See Sim shoot. See Sim shoot seven shots. Now that I'm done with pretentious and condescending alliteration/references to poorly written reading books, everybody say "aww" because all he wanted was to come away with was a carnival present to give his girlfriend when she comes to visit. "Awwwwwwwwwwwww!"

goldfish, and Daleks (EXTERMINATE!); rides bore names like MIAMI TRIP 3

...and not one celebrity on here (save for the lone Miami Dolphin who isn't even Dan Marino) is actually associated with Miami. I almost took over the announcing job from the staggeringly British guy because even a gringa like me does it better. ;)

Buzzin,

OHAI. I C U THAR.

and Meteorite;

I really get the feeling your little belts are there for your sanity and not your protection.

and food stands came complete with hot dogs,

FRESH ONIONS, Y'ALL!

candy floss,

Not the Wilco song anymore

fresh donuts,

and TEA [not pictured]! And a token Gypsy fortuneteller.

Not at a food stand. Don't be silly. You don't eat Gypsies.

At any rate, I wanted to ride almost everything I saw. I could care less that all of these rides are raised in a day and taken down in a night...THEY MUST BE CONQUERED. Thankfully for my wallet, I deemed many rides unworthy of my pluck (as I happen to have ridden most of them before in one capacity or another). See below:

Courtesy of HRHFLMKeltanen.

I'm still not man enough for the spinning teacups. I think I got a headache just looking at them, in fact. But never fear! I opted for a much, much better dig: BUZZIN.

Being on the ground was never fun enough...
Courtesy of HRHFLMKeltanen.

After Sim joined, I realized it was quite late and I need to ride this NOW! I cannot wait any longer! It was also quite convenient to have a riding buddy and someone to be Mom and hold everything (did we thank you properly for not running off and selling it, Sim?).

I forget how scary heights can be. As loud as I screamed, there were times the fear was suffocating and I reverted into my silent scream phase. IT WAS GLORIOUS. I have to agree with Mikko that unquestionably the hardest part was waiting to get off the ride...you just don't know how long you'll be stuck up there or when they're pulling you down! I discovered the world ends just outside Buckingham (because obviously no lights means the world ends there. Trust me, I'm a geographer).

For the record, I am my granny's grandchild. :)

As the carnival drew to a close, we wandered towards the Wool Pack (again...) to sit on amazingly epic couches, look stupidly intelligent, and discuss how bummed we all were that we didn't see the free LEGO coupon in the paper sooner! I'm afraid to say I think we're more hip than hipsters.

And now, enjoy some of the shots from the night. I'm hoping to try to get a video together if I can enlist the help of someone who knows what they're doing and happen to be quite talented at video editing---I'm looking at you, boyfriend! ;)