sweet dreams are made of these

SO much to write about today...

1. I got myself an iPod nano, and I LOVE it. Seriously folks, I know this thing looks really small and cool on the tv ads and such, but it is so much cooler in real life. I really don't know what else to say about this- it is so freaking sweet that it has rendered me speechless. What is more funny is that the thing that drove me to buy it was a dream I had the night before. I dreamt that I was traveling and ran into a certian apple-loving acquaintance of mine who announced quite proudly that he was waiting for his nano to come in the mail. Excited to beat him to the punch, I wipped mine out of my pocket and informed him that I was already a proud owner. I then woke up, drove myself to the bookstore, and bought it. In white, of course....black is for boys.

2. Speaking of dreams...I have been having some really odd ones lately. I used to be able to make it through my nights quite uneventfully, but this past week, my fifth REM stage has been all kinds of crazy. I blame this on Alan. Given the extreme weirdness of the aforementioned dreams (seriously....I actually typed these all out and then realized how absolutely looney I sounded), I will refrain from going into too much detail. All you need to know is that my past few nights have included Sadquatch, the dorms, and Machu Picchu. Moving on...

3. I went to the Utah State Fair on Friday night, and it was AWESOME. At first I was not going to go because I had to work, but 45 minutes before I was supposed to clock in, I got a phone call saying that my shift had been cut. So I put on my finest fair wear and we were off. Rumor had it that this year's fair included an extremely large cow, as well as a cow made out of butter. I have had a long standing fascination with anything and everything that has to do with the distinction of "world's first," "world's largest," "world's smallest," etc., so naturally I was intrigued by this report. We moseyed through the livestock barns for a while (where I decided that I want a baby cow), stood in line forEVER to get funnel cakes (which were NOT good....never settle for anything less than the Pennsylvania Dutch. It is totally worth the extra dollar), witnessed the filming of "I Know What You Did Last Summer 3" (which, suprisingly enough, is probably going to go straight to video), and rode on the zipper (which always has and always will be my absolute favorite). It turned out that there was a large horse and a small horse in addition to the large cow, and they were all located in separate tents which you had to pay to get into (sort of like a more modern and PC freak show, I suppose). I first paid a dollar to see the horse, who was named Hercules. Big, yes, but somewhat anticlimatic-- he was faced away from us, so the view was somewhat less than spectacular. Then came the small horse, which cost fifty cents, that was truely "too small for even a baby to ride" (brilliant advertising slogan, don't you think?). Again, fascinating, but this one was in a little pen that was sunken into the floor, so all we got was a top view of it. I feel that I could have gotten a better idea of the horse's size if I had been able to see its legs and maybe had something to compare it with side by side. Then was White Mountain, the 6'8" steer. Wowsers. He was totally my favorite.

That is, until we found Promontory Hall. Therein was found the notorious butter cow. The building was locked and the lights were off, but we managed to bat our eyelashes at a fellow inside, who kindly opened the doors for us. There, in a refridgerated glass case, stood one of the more magnificent spectacles I have ever beheld. Really, the fair could have been a total let down had I not been with the company I was with. Luckily, we were all easily amused that night and everyone was laughig at things that would normally not be so entertaining. Best state fair EVER.