Lagoon...a Fair...Karaoke...Oh My...

Let's document this weekend shall we?I went to Lagoon with this kid (Casey)Went to the Avenue's Art Show with this gal (Lisa)And celebrated this little guy's 28th birthday (Nick aka Honey Bucket)

So let's start right at the beginning, before we go any further let me just tell you. I LOVE LAGOON, and I don't care what anyone else says. It really is one of my favorite places in the world, quality ride....less than quality people...hello what more could you want. It was Casey's work party...along with some other places like Western Watts...oh yeah there was quality people oozing out of the woodwork. I saw a guy who had, 3 earrings per ear, nose pierce (bull style), lip, and both eyebrows. Yeah, 10 piercings just on the face...I wonder if he has any more...Has anyone else never noticed the name of this plane on The Flying Ace?I decided this would be a great picture...on the space scramblerCasey finally got me to ride the ride that's on a Ferris wheel thing with individual cages. It's nice to know that not only does my muffin top need some work apparently my thighs do as well. It took the little 15 year old like 5 minutes and nearly a broken finger to try and close our cage (which we appreciated...sorry for the wait everyone) and the lap belt bruised my legs and I lost all feeling in them for the duration of the ride...once again painful but worth it just for this picture...pretty creepy

But what can I say...I LOVE LAGOON! (And yes, Nat I am all set to go for next summer!)Now on to the Art's Festival! Kind of sad, but this is the only thing I bought...and it was worth ever penny. My only regret is that I didn't go for the $5 version instead of the $3. My muffin top thanks me for that...but my taste buds are still sad about it. The art festival bring a different crowd too, way different from lagoon but I think I was the only girl there that didn't show up bra less, in a Subaru with 3 Siberian Huskies. But, we still had a great time. Lisa and I both fell for the cardboard cut out EVERY TIME! Now looking at the picture you can totally tell it cardboard so the picture is not nearly as cool as we thought it would be. We just went to the tent to get some free face painting (I know, I know, I'm not 12 but I just really wanted it) but we got pinched out of line by about 12 Hispanic high school kids...so we just left empty handed (well and empty faced for that matter). Why we didn't say anything to these 15 year old's to get our spot back? We are still trying to figure that out...By far my favorite part of the fair...this women is wearing a bra...she was also wearing a shirt until about 3 seconds before this photo was taken. I mean it was warm out..but not hot enough to take off your shirt in the middle of the street while dancing to some local band. In a perfect world I would have gotten a photo with her shirt on, taking it off, and this but sorry. No perfect world here.

And last but not least....the Karaoke Bar for Nick's birthday. It was my first time in Gino's...a private club for members...and I will definitely be heading back. Once my black lung clears up and I am not relying on the ol' inhaler for daily use. But let me just summarize some little snippets of the night:

-You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette is not really something that I have ever thought of as a song to get down to...but the trio of freakers loved every minute of it
-I never knew that Meredith's Brooks, "I'm a Bitch" was something that was romantic or a dance to slow dance to..
-I would also like to thank that little Latin gal in the tube top for providing hours of entertainment by allowing us to watch you for hours while you attempted body rolls in the mirror
-"With or Without You by U2" is one of my least favorite songs...and when Mr Drunk and Tone Deaf sings, it makes life pretty unbearable.
-That Alvin and the Chipmunks or that awful trio should never sing "LOVESHACK" ever again. My ears are still ringing.
-The only thing worse that Melissa Etherage's song "Come to my Window" is the girl attempting to sound like Melissa Etherage while karaokeing "Come to my Window"
-If you weight upwards of 350+ lbs and are still insisting on using an air guitar during instrumental parts of the song...please don't sing "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" unless you remind me to bring some Depends.

But, I think that Nick and I did a pretty decent rendition of "Rocketman" by Elton John..and as you can see from the action shot we were pretty into it. Romantic glances at each other when he talks about missing his wife, my hair flying in the wind...Nick's hand mid air...who knew we was so in to Karaoke?

And lastly, I think that this little guys did one of the best Karaoke's of the night (his 3rd mind you). "America" by Neil Diamond has never been sung so good...even though you were a little on the intoxicated side and fell (twice) attempting to do this knee drop, I think it was worth it. It looked good...real good.