On Sunday, I went to the Virginia Renaissance Festival at Lake Anna. I’ve only been to one other, which was in Minnesota last August. The one in Minnesota was huge and being that it was the first time I’ve ever been to a Renaissance Fest, I was in awe. So when I went to the one at Lake Anna, I had something to compare. When I got there though, I wasn’t terribly impressed. Not many vendors or attractions, but it did have a few bright spots. Lots and lots of swords and weapons, a couple of good attractions, and lots of cleavage!

The fest in Minnesota showcased all sorts of dances, bands, and sideshows. I enjoyed the jousting, even though it rained during the middle of the thing. Lots of animals were showcased, such as boas, alligators, and other reptiles. However, at the Virginia Fest, the only animals showcased were an Alpaca and a couple of baby chickens and ducks and a beautiful and big Alaskan Husky. I was disappointed also since I got to see a lot of belly dancers in Minnesota but not here in Virginia.

There were a few things I did enjoyed. There was one show that was put on by a contortionist/juggler. He started out his routine with a few tricks with the contortion and moved to juggling. I was standing in the rear while most people were sitting down on hay bales and a few kids sitting up front near the stage. There was actually one kid, probably between 4 and 6 that I could constantly hear talking to the guy on stage. At one point, the guy started with the fire sticks and was doing a trick that consisted of a stick, the bottom being on his chin and balancing it on top of it another wand that was set on fire on both ends (just visualize the sticks being in a T formation on his chin). He finished the trick and everybody clapped in appreciation. He proceeded then to tell the audience that would do the same balancing trick, saying that all the women would enjoy this one, by balancing it on his tongue! When he finished, he said to the audience; “Well, I hope that all the adults in the audience would get that (refering to what he said about the women enjoying the trick). But I hope that none of you kids do!”. Well, right when the guy said that, the kid that was just talking up a storm to the guy in the front just yelled out “I GET IT, I GET IT!”. At that very moment everybody in the audience just busted out in laughter. However, the guy on stage rolled with it and asked where the boy’s mother was! Reluctantly though, everybody saw the boy’s mother, who was sitting on the ground raised her hand in acknowledgment. I think everybody got a kick out it.

I think the Minnesota fest spoiled the Virginia one for me since that was my first time to one. I’ll probably go back again in the future since my friend Rachel told me this is still new down here. We’ll see. Next thing I have to go see is a Sci Fi convention.

Hmmmmm…..let me see.

I’ve been busy around the house lately. The last month, my father and I have been trying to put up a fence around my property. Why? Because my neighbor is getting a cow. The next question that I get is why do we have to put up the fence, it’s the neighbor that’s getting the cow. Well, it’s actually my fault. There was a fence before I built the house, but when I had to put in the driveway and build the house, the fence that was there had to be torn down. We told my neighbor that we would put it back up if she decided to get another cow. Well, these last few weeks working on it has been a hard job. Working with my father has never been easy since he has a short temper and is a perfectionist. I did lose it a couple of weeks ago when I cussed him out, which was the first time in my life! Long story!

The grass is turning out very nicely around the house. It has helped with the erosion, since I had that problem last year. I finally got to use the riding lawn mower for the first time on Sunday. Let me just that riding that thing down the yard is scary as hell the first couple times down it. I had to put the brake on down the whole way and I was fish tailing a better part of the way down.

I’m also putting rip rap around the back of the house and down the right side of the bank. This will help with the erosion still. However, the hard part is putting all the rocks down which will a long hard back-breaking job. Once I finish though, it will look awesome. Next job after that will put in the fire pit.

I’ve been playing softball with both my company and church teams. My company team is finally doing well since we started three years ago. Right now we are 4 and 4, which doesn’t look that great but if you knew the company, that happens to be the best record we’ve had ever! It’s the middle of the season, so we still might have a winning record.

I saw “Star Wars: Episode III” on Sunday night. Before seeing it, I did read all the spoilers to it but that didn’t stop me from wanting to see it. I was impressed with it and I’m sure like everyone else, felt like this was the better of the first three. It can’t beat Star Wars, A New Hope or Empire Strikes back, but it was better than the others. I was disappointed that the reason that Amidala died was because of a broken heart. Kind of a pathetic excuse of a way to die. Also, we find out how Darth Vader gets his name, but I’ve been asking what does Vader mean? Maybe we weren’t meant to know how the Sith get their names.

Been watching all the season finales the last two weeks. I was watching NCIS last night and I was very disappointed that they killed off one of the main characters. She was shot in the head by a sniper! Again I was aghast by this way of being killed. Though this does make me want to know what they are going to do next season. Also, I watched the finale of 24 and was impressed. I’m not a big fan of Keifer Sutherland, but this role fits him. I think good writing has helped that show, though it can be over the top sometimes.