The Folk Life
I went into the city today to experience the Folk Life festival; a street fair of sorts exhibiting all walks of life.. certainly more than the hippie tree huggers that I expected:
The infamous Space Needle towering over Seattle Center. It was originally built for the 1962 World's Fair. It cost just $4.5 million back then, but underwent a 'revitalization' to the tune of $20 million in 2000.
The International Fountain at Seattle Center. Wanna run through an adult-size sprinkler?
No street fair would be complete without some pain-junkie-freak-shows. For a measly $1.00, you could attach your dollar to a human body with a staple gun. Up the ante to $5.00 and you can staple it to his cheek, or go all out and staple it to his tongue for $10.00. As if that wouldn't make you naseaus enough, there were plenty of needle demonstrations and this guy even put a kilt on, tied a rope to an unnamed extremity underneath it and 10lbs worth of weights to the other end of the rope.. then, well, I suppose you can figure the rest out..
..And, of course, who doesn't look forward to the promise of eternal life from Jesus, himself?!
It's nice to be back in the big city. I had forgotten about the amazement that awaits every time you walk out the door; it's not always plesant, but it's always interesting.
That being said, though, barring any obligations to the job search, I think I'm going to head out of the city tomorrow to go remind myself of what surrounds me.. If not tomorrow, surely in the days to come, so watch for the full ride report this week! Maybe The Olympic Peninsula (home of the Olympic Mountains)
Or maybe the other direction to Mt. Rainier.
Stay tuned..
The infamous Space Needle towering over Seattle Center. It was originally built for the 1962 World's Fair. It cost just $4.5 million back then, but underwent a 'revitalization' to the tune of $20 million in 2000.
The International Fountain at Seattle Center. Wanna run through an adult-size sprinkler?
No street fair would be complete without some pain-junkie-freak-shows. For a measly $1.00, you could attach your dollar to a human body with a staple gun. Up the ante to $5.00 and you can staple it to his cheek, or go all out and staple it to his tongue for $10.00. As if that wouldn't make you naseaus enough, there were plenty of needle demonstrations and this guy even put a kilt on, tied a rope to an unnamed extremity underneath it and 10lbs worth of weights to the other end of the rope.. then, well, I suppose you can figure the rest out..
..And, of course, who doesn't look forward to the promise of eternal life from Jesus, himself?!
It's nice to be back in the big city. I had forgotten about the amazement that awaits every time you walk out the door; it's not always plesant, but it's always interesting.
That being said, though, barring any obligations to the job search, I think I'm going to head out of the city tomorrow to go remind myself of what surrounds me.. If not tomorrow, surely in the days to come, so watch for the full ride report this week! Maybe The Olympic Peninsula (home of the Olympic Mountains)
Or maybe the other direction to Mt. Rainier.
Stay tuned..
posted by Dude at 10:10 PM
2 Comments:
Sooooo.....that staple-gun guy is freaking me out! Maybe that could be a new side-job for ya! LOL Looks like things are going well...great to see!
The sl100 lives! Keep up with all of the fast paced action at http://dirtrat.blogspot.com, a blog created mainly for your benefit and my ego. It's not current yet, but I'll get all of the finished bike stuff posted as soon as I can. It's good stuff!
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