Gosh! Such Bratty Lemons at the Carnival!

Trust me, the post tittle should make sense by the end of this post. If not, well too bad so sad. Don’t cry about it though.

So, for those of you who didn’t know about it (even though there are signs posted everywhere) the Montville Carnival started at 6:00 PM today. Finally, Alex and I would be taking our show out on the road, and away from the Barnes and Nibble and Rockawocken Shopping Mall. (There is nothing to do at Willowbrook so we only go when we want California Pizza Kitchen).

We got there around seven or so, and immediately noticed the cigarette “smell of death” and the “lines” which looked more like mobs of people. Alex’s mom had tried to hunt down the $20 wristbands for unlimitted rides, but they were all sold out at the library and 7-Eleven. Still, for an extra $5 we got our wristbands there and then went off to stand in the so-called lines.

There are some rides we liked…and a couple that we just hated. One of our least favorite, and funniest rides happened to be “Scat.” Alex and I immediately determined that we were too fat for the ride as we had no arm room . We could not hold on, which was fine until the ride started spinning. The speed of the ride, or the fact that we stood at an angle was not so much of a problem. Feeling like we were going to slide out of the loose safety belts and up out of the ride was though.

While Alex and I were trying to get our safety belts on, there was one girl at the end. (We later found out she was eleven-years-old.) Out of nowhere, she turned to Alex “Don’t touch me! I don’t like you!”

Alex turned to her and immediately responded: “Well, I hate you!”

If I said something like that girl did my parents would slap me and then make me wash my mouth out with soap. I’m sure Alex’s mom would have done the same.

One of our favorite rides happened to be the Gravitron. I’m sure most of you know that is the one where it spins and you get plastered onto the wall. It was my first (and second) time on the ride, and we both enjoyed it-especially the flatness of our stomachs during and right after the ride. Scrambler was alright, but deadly. The first ride, Alex got in first with me following, and the entire ride he slid over to my end of the ride and squished me against the side of the seat. The second ride it was in reverse-but we decided on going for a third time.

I think one of the most nauseating rides was (don’t laugh) the Berry Go Round. Who knew the “family friendly” ride could spin so freakin’ fast?! We were actually somewhat plastered to the ride…like the graviton. And we thought it would be a more gentle ride…we were wrong!

One of our favorite, and funniest rides at the Carnival was the Octopus. Apparently, it was everybody else’s favorite too. The line was ridiculously long! Fortunately, the King and Queen were there with a melody of quality diddys to entertain everybody waiting in line. Some were vocal, some were vocal with kazoo, and there were even some kazoo solos by yours truely.

1. When the Saints go Marching In
2. This Land is Your Land
3. Jesus Loves Me
4. Do You Hear What I Hear?
5. Let it Snow
6. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
7. Take it All
8. I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
9. The Chicken Dance
10. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
11. God Bless America
12. The Star Spangled Banner
13. My Country ’tis of Thee
14. America the Beautiful
15. This Little Light of Mine
16. How Great is Our God

Some people actually sang along!

So, while in line, Alex and I started having a pretend argument. We decided that after the ride we would go get something to eat, but I was more concerned about something to drink. Our argument started by screaming back and forth to each other about whether we wanted beverages or food, but it soon became “Food and Beverages!” “Beverages and Food!”

Some guy behind us in line spoke up “What about condiments?”

Somehow, this turned into an argument about whether a lemon is a condiment or not. Apparently, according to this guy, bread is one. Even later on that night, this group of people yelled at us about condiments and lemons.

Almost as soon as we got on the ride, Alex and I immediately said we regretted it. It was frightening! While we were waiting for the ride to start, Alex said something and when I repeated it back he half-screamed “I don’t want gosh! I want God!” Before the ride even started, Alex was praying. During the ride, we screamed out The Lord’s Prayer. It was a scary ride, but we ended up riding it twice afterwards.

Right now, I am eating cotton candy and hoping the world will stop spinning. Carnivals love rides that go round and round and round and round…

Now that I read over it…well you guys missed out on the show. Arguing with people about lemons is really a lot of fun, and you should try it some time.

So, what’s my little Biblical moral for the day? Well…I think Alex covered it on the Octopus. When you are afraid or in trouble…don’t just call for anybody around. You should want God.

Yes, I am aware of how cheesy that sounds, but I’m only 16 (17 on Sunday!). I have the right to be cheesy if I want to because…well…I CAN.

Until next time (which hopefully will not be as long as the wait last time),

Queen Lissa