Thursday, July 01, 2010

Blue Ribbon Beef. And Pork. And Goat.

No offense Utah, but your state fair is not the best state fair. One could miss it, or even be late. Or could they? Fact is, a state fair is fun no matter what, but in comparison to that of Wisconsin, the Utah State Fair only gets 3 out of 5 fried cheesecakes on a stick. I'm guessing this has a lot to do with the immense lack of beer being served per capita. We did enjoy the dancing bear show...at least the few hairs of it that we were able to see over the heads of the crowd. Also, I was a big fan of the upstairs exhibit of legume mosaics made by each of Utah's counties. Oh, and the goats were the happiest little goats in whole wide world. The reason they're so happy is because they know that of all the meat producing animals in the state, they have the least to worry about. Goat meat is really icky compared to the lardy glory that is bovinae and suidae.

Since state fair going is best done in herds, we invited Jennifer, Annie, and my good buddy Mike to come along with us. I'd say we all had a super great time walking about admiring the grown goods of our home state. I love hanging out with Mike. Since High School came to a quick end, we just haven't done much together, I assume that living a thousand miles apart has something to do with it. We've both been pretty busy, too. He just got done graduating from Law School for goodness sake! That's pretty cool. Anyhow, I really like looking at the best pigs and cows in the state. The only real difference between this and a beauty pageant is the actual encouragement to eat. That, and the animals wear much skimpier evening gowns.

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