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It's A Carnival


Everywhere I turn something is different... Some kids are eating cotton candy and some are crying cause they dropped the top scoop of their icecream cone and some rides are being repaired and the ferris wheel has a really long line and some people just want to eat or play in the arcade. Some couple is holding hands and some employee is cleaning the grounds and birds, birds are flying above and some clouds are puffy and white and some are dark and dismal and noise is everywhere at this carnival and in the midst of it all there is a photographer taking pictures of different sights and attractions and groups of people and there are firebreathing performers and clown jugglers and mimes who say not a word yet their body language says everything.

and it's unreal how the sounds from the chatting and the screaming and the laughing all blend together to form the response to this one seemingly simple attraction

It's unreal to see everyone's face... to see their enjoyment and the immensity of it all....

It's unreal to see these fairgrounds being used for the benefit of society whether it's for relief, fun, excitement, meeting others, or winning some prize.

It's unreal but it's happening simultaneously and here i am, waiting at the top of the of the shakiest rollercoaster of them all... the slow ride up was pretty intimidating-this seat is cold and the buckles don't seem as tight as they should be...not to mention, not many people have ever even dared to ride before... I can almost see the whole park from up here- The initial and steepest drop is only seconds away and i can feel my seat edging over as a teaser... There's nothing I can do to prepare for these coming corkscrews, loops, quick turns, and drops and I wonder what my picture will look like half way through the ride...All i can do is make sure i'm strapped in, hold my breath, raise my hands up high, laugh for comic relief and hereee weee .....