I synced up Eurydice this morning so I could have the new podcasts of The New Yorker and “This American Life” for my commute. It was then that I learned that I had listened to that damn New Pornographers’ album twenty-six times. “Go Places” rocketed to the top of my Top 25 Most Played list [...]

My love of the Great Minnesota Get Together has been well documented lo these six years I’ve been writing for iwilldare.com ( 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). Tomorrow the family will head out once again in the wee small hours of the morning to take the State Fairgrounds by storm.
I am giddy [...]

as we were walking into the fair on tuesday morning, there was a giant stand that said ‘Fair Dos.’ fair dos, for those who don’t know, are where little kids get their hair all ‘punked’ out for the fair. it costs like $6 to have some 17-year-old from owatonna or something put your kid’s hair [...]

this here is nolan, he’s almost 2 — star of jaycie and max’s soon-to-be-filmed movie “Nolie’s Motion Picture” (they plan on “Nolie’s Motion Picture 2 to come in 2007, they are just waiting to find a camera that can take videos — jaycie’s the writer and max is the director, they will tell you all [...]

the best part of the state fair is all the horrible and horribly bad for you food. i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again, how can you not love a place where it’s not only socially acceptable, but downright expected, to eat a corndog and drink a beer before noon? god, i love [...]

one of the things i hope to see today while at the fair is the Princess Kay of the Milky Way carved in butter. It’s a tradition, even the new york times dug. there’s even a slideshow.

today i will be off enjoying the great minnesota get together with the family. as you read this, i am already there. it’s the magic of the internets. we have to gather at the parents’ house at 7:30. which is going to be hard for me, because i usually don’t even roll out of bed [...]

going to the bank this afternoon will be the most exciting thing i do today. why? how could going to the bank be exciting? well, i’m cashing in my change. this makes me giddy and a little sad. i had two banks (the superman one i got from wendy and the superman bucket i got [...]

going to the fair so late in the day, totally threw off my fair mojo. we didn’t even take pictures at the linus statues until after 7, when the sun was all wonky making for craptastic pictures. i am super disappointed in how they turned out, and how my cam. takes pics on a lower [...]

in a move that has shook the very foundation on which i’ve built my life on, the fam decided not to go to the fair at the asscrack of dawn. rather we’re leaving at the reasonable hour of noon. i am shocked, shocked and delighted.
i am giddy with anticipation. my love of the great [...]

this lucy statue was probably one of my favorites at the fair. the sad thing though, people had managed to chip some of the nickels out the statue. how pathetic and evil is that?

big fair.
big fun.
big blister.
now i am gonna go hose myself off and curl up in bed. pictures and stories to follow tomorrow.

sister #4 just called.
“we’re leaving our house at 7 in the morning.”
“do you hate me?”
“you said that last year.”
“yeah, i was wondering if you still hate me.”
“you can only park on the grounds in a few places this year so we have to get there early to get good parking.”
“you said that last year.”
“well, you [...]

oh my! scandal strikes the great minnesota get together: Use of drug costs steer Fair prize (10/23/2001).

jaycie’s favorite souvenir from the fair was the single serving golden grahams box she got with her breakfast. she was pretty sure it was the coolest thing ever. she took it out whenever there was something cool to see. the golden grahams box watched the camp snoopy show, talked to chickens and went to the [...]