Weekend News
Oct. 1st, 2012 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseSo, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, they have this thing called Oktoberfest. It's kind of a big deal. This last Saturday was the kick-off, which is a THREE HOUR parade, which includes every highschool band in the area as well as the UW-L alumni band, floats, politicians, and... giant semi trucks. You know, the usual, except with more leiderhosen.
My family went down to visit my folks and to participate in the insanity. Though, I'm happy to say that the North Side, where I'm from and where I have always celebrated Oktoberfest (sorry, South Side, folks, the big fair grounds is NOT my scene,) was dry this year. They still had all the usual carnival rides and midway games, just minus the drunken stupidity. Mason fell instantly in love, and also blew through a ton of our cash. But, I got to relive the experience of the Tilt-a-Whirl, which... honestly, is still pretty awesome. Mason also got his face painted on Sunday:
He's also holding the giant inflatable swords that he won doing the Thor hammer slam thing, where you have to ring the bell. The folks at kuk sool should be proud because in order to mentally prepare himself, Mason did a ki-yop in the proscibed way (as though about to break a board.) It was very impressive.
For myself, I had an excellent visit with the folks, chatting about life, the universe and everything.
Monday, however, has been tough. I believe, later tonight, we will be having a discussion about Maslow's hierarchy of needs with Mason in terms of what money gets spent on fist. This, I'm afraid is the natural consequence of having a weekend of, "okay, sure, honey" on the fairgrounds.
My family went down to visit my folks and to participate in the insanity. Though, I'm happy to say that the North Side, where I'm from and where I have always celebrated Oktoberfest (sorry, South Side, folks, the big fair grounds is NOT my scene,) was dry this year. They still had all the usual carnival rides and midway games, just minus the drunken stupidity. Mason fell instantly in love, and also blew through a ton of our cash. But, I got to relive the experience of the Tilt-a-Whirl, which... honestly, is still pretty awesome. Mason also got his face painted on Sunday:
He's also holding the giant inflatable swords that he won doing the Thor hammer slam thing, where you have to ring the bell. The folks at kuk sool should be proud because in order to mentally prepare himself, Mason did a ki-yop in the proscibed way (as though about to break a board.) It was very impressive.
For myself, I had an excellent visit with the folks, chatting about life, the universe and everything.
Monday, however, has been tough. I believe, later tonight, we will be having a discussion about Maslow's hierarchy of needs with Mason in terms of what money gets spent on fist. This, I'm afraid is the natural consequence of having a weekend of, "okay, sure, honey" on the fairgrounds.
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