i give up. i have every intention of writing all about the fair. all the glorious details. but life, every day life, is getting in the way. very much in the way. i've got all these fabulous tales swirling about in my head, things i feel i really want to write the right way, to share with you, to make sure you truly understand how very special the fair was this year, how it is special every year, how it renewed me, recharged me, how it made me a better me. and maybe somehow i can do that at some point. but for now, i will just have to share some very important highlights:
** saturday i was standing near the juggling tent and this guy walks up
to me. he's pushing a baby in a stroller. he says, "hey, are you
nakedjen?" i smile and say, "yes, i am." he says, "thank you so much
for your pictures and your words about the fair. i am here because of
you." and i said, "really?" and he said, "yes, really. i read your
blog. and i flew my whole family here from atlanta just for this fair
because of you." i asked him his name, he said it was josh, i sprinkled
him with some glitter and gave him a proper nakedjen fair welcome and
told him he had given me a wonderful fair blessing. it really was a
wonderful moment.
** hiding from the sweep at john's. and then hooking up with viriam and
zoey and a VERY DRUNK rob who was wearing christian dior couture (with
boning in the dress no less) to snuggle in the corner and chatchatchat.
and having my husband declare that he was sad he wasn't gay because he
really did LOVE rob. 
** the yard dog road show. fanfuckingtastic. go see them if they come to a city near you. one of the BEST ACTS i saw at the fair this year. i absolutely loved them. they were everything an act at the fair should be and more. really and truly.
** meeting nadine on SUNDAY. wow. now that was so just, wow. back in
the dark ages of last century when i was planning my wedding, before
there was OUH or even UW, there was e-groups. remember that? and i
joined an e-group for june2000 brides. i'm still a part of that group.
we still email and share our lives. and on sunday, i met nadine, who is
a member of that group in real life. and it was just wow. so cool to
meet what felt like my SISTER after all these years. she was everything i wanted her to be and more. absolutely. everything! what's even
better? ellie and ron were there, too. with baby max. and ellie and nadine are friends. because they're both in portland. so it was a grand love fest for all of us. and i was tempted to move to portland. instant FRIENDS! it was just so much love and goodness in one place i felt like i would explode!
*** the dragonflies resting on our fingers. it was such a blessing. you
put your finger in the air and the dragonflies would just come and rest
and hang out there. nothing on your finger. you just stuck it in the
air and then, magically, there was a dragonfly. it was the coolest
thing. and it was the tail end of the fair. and just such a wonderful
moment. blessing from mother nature. just for being you.
*** dinner at the tofu palace on sunday night. we ate dinner at the
tofu palace on sunday night and all got rather goofy. i was melancholy
because the fair was "over" for yet another year, and yet i was also
just filled up to overflowing with love and goodness and happiness and
hope. i can't explain, really, what the fair does for me each year.
it's just such a renewal. a spin of positivity. a reconfirmation for me
that i'm doing all the right things and headed in the right direction.
and piled there in the corner listening to our santa cruz friends sing
their jah love songs it just all was so good. and so right. and i never
ever ever wanted it to end.
