So, we hit the Utah State Fair yesterday, as we do this time of the year. We rode the Giant Yellow Slide. We saw piglets! And BUNNIES OMG. Lionhead Bunnies! We got to pet one and it was SO SOFT OMG. I need one. OMG.

I also ran into Dave Farland/Wolverton (depending on what name he's writing under) and scored a signed copy of "Of Mice and Magic," a poster, and a little plush dragon. He's been working with animators and book people to put together a book/DVD about fish, which we got to see bits and pieces of--and looked brilliant. Traditional 2-D animation FTW. Dave's going to be at LTUE in February, and I'll grab those for Da Boy then.

And then we got to see Weird Al Yankovic in concert.

First off, they were dreadfully late. I realize that for a show of this complexity (and DUDE. It was really complicated. When did concerts get complicated?) there's a lot of setup and stuff that goes into it, but honestly, they should have gotten their act together a bit better than they did.

But once it started...

IT WAS FABULOUS.

It started with a polka medley. Of course. *hearts the polka medleys* I swear, Weird Al goes through a good twenty or so costume changes during a show. While he's doing that, we get video interviews with various celebrities--which are hysterical. I can't believe he gets away with what he does, honestly. Apparently people like Eminem, Kevin Federline, and Jessica Simpson, I'm sorry, Sampson, have a sense of humor about themselves. Or something.

We got treated to a bunch of new stuff, and lots of classics. Both the Star Wars songs, "Amish Paradise," "White and Nerdy" (my personal anthem), "All About the Pentiums," "Fat," "Eat It"...
There's no way I can name them all. The show ran a good two hours.

What was nice was, even the songs I didn't know, I could make out most of the lyrics to. That was very cool.

And then for the encore he came out and did "Albuquerque"!

He must have been exhausted by the end.

So, yes. If you're a Weird Al fan (or even if you're not--if you're not, WHY NOT? Goodness.) and you get the chance to see him in concert, GO.

Fun was had. The Giant Yellow Slide (A State Fair Tradition!) was slid. A silly amount of food was eaten. A giant alligator was ogled. Pigs, sheep, and goats were petted. A reptile show AND an animal show were watched. The Rock Wall was NOT climbed, because of the state of my back. Artwork was admired. And a little red leather purse with enough room for my wallet and a paperback book was purchased for $10.

The animal show had a Binturong, which I'm not sure I've ever seen in action before. It had the weirdest gait, trotting across the stage almost like it was floating. I thought it was adorable. The Hubby, not so much.

The reptile show had this cobra that seemed pretty casual about the whole thing. The guy was doing his spiel, and the whole time, it was sitting there with its head on the edge of the bucket it was in looking around. "Yeah, I'm just chillin', here, lookin' at the peeps, in my comfy bucket, stickin' out my tongue and smellin' the sweet Utah air. Mmm, kettle corn."

Then we went to Best Buy, where I purchased the last copy of VM S1 they apparently had, and after that we hied ourselves to Smith's and purchased five 2-liter bottles of Strawberries and Cream Diet Pepsi.

And now I'm on the couch in a puddle of goo, after having taken 600mg of ibuprofen and sticking an ice pack under my back. Yay.

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