I usually love this shit, but yeah, the best thing I got out of it was some Science Diet pet food samples. It was fun to point out the obviously rigged games to my boyfriend though. (The one where you toss a baseball into a bucket went down exactly like this carnival rigging video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnK1oQh0r1… )

Yeah, the paying to get in is some bullshit. I never go because of that. I just want to get my face printed on a "World's Best Grandma" sweatshirt, is that too much to ask?

Rose Festival 2013
Now With 80% less Seamen Rapiness!

Waterfront Park in summer is probably my least favorite thing about Portland, especially compared to how awesome it could otherwise be.

EVERY WEEK IS ANOTHER SHITTY CARNIVAL ATTENDED BY SHITTY PROTO-CARNIES AND MELOGNA.