Ok, listen... I worked there for 10 days.
Food
The Tailspin from the Hangar: New in 2019. This was good, but I don't know what it is. It has pork, BBQ sauce, corn, coleslaw, cheese, and... a hash-brown waffle? Who knows.
Caramelized Onion and Gouda Pie from Sara's Tipsy Pies: This was okay. You might get this if it has the shortest line in the Food Building, and you won't regret it.
Frozen Banana with chocolate: Sometimes a frozen banana is so refreshing, y'know.
BLT with Egg from the Farmer's Union: This is delicious! It's expensive, even by fair food standards, but it's actually really, really good.
Duck Drummies from Giggles: New in 2019. Crispy and juicy.
Walleye Cakes from Giggles: A classic.
Waffle Al Pastor from Nordic Waffles: New in 2019. Really good! The thin, crispy waffle is a good vessel for pork and pineapple.
Oofda Taco: A generous portion of taco toppings on fry bread. What else could you want?
Korean Barbecue Taco: A solid taco, with crunchy slaw and the right amount of spice.
Corn Fritters with Honey Butter: A long-time favorite. Always good.
Cream cheese wontons from Que Viet: Very good... They have seasonings in them.
Sweet Martha's Cookies: Yeah.
Smoked salmon on a stick from Giggles: One of my favorites from last year, and still a fresher option than most fair foods.
Carnitas Taco Cone: I was so intrigued by this new food that I waited in a still-very-long line on the last day of the fair to try it. It was alright. Wish there was more sour cream mixed in throughout, and I kicked myself for forgetting to add hot sauce. Also it was $10, which is a bit steep.
Slider flight from the Hangar: They got it right this year. It's actually three different meats! They are also much smaller this year.
Corn dog: I mean, it's a corn dog.
Bacon breakfast sandwich from Salem Lutheran Church: My annual free breakfast sandwich. Very good and buttery.
Shrimp and Grits fritters: New in 2019. These were really good!
Hush puppies: A nice treat, but I wrecked my palate with hot sauce so I barely tasted them.
Gator on a stick: My first time trying this, and I didn't realize it's just a sausage... Kind of dry, but nicely seasoned.
Drinks
Joey Mary from Brim: New in 2019. A cold press with a few pastries on a skewer. It's okay. Expensive, for what it is. The pastries were pretty good though. It's a novelty thing.
Lavendar Lemonade from the Farmer's Union: New in 2019. Pretty good! More expensive than a beer of the same size, somehow, but it tastes very fresh.
Pumpkin Seed Ale from Giggles: New in 2019. Do not recommend. It actually tastes like pumpkin seeds, and you realize pretty quickly that that's not what you want in a beer.
Swedish Egg Coffee from Salem Lutheran Church: For $2 instead of $1, get coffee here. It tastes much better.
Maple Cream Nitro Cold Press from the Farmer's Union: Very good.
Mango Bubble Tea from Que Viet: Too sweet and syrupy. Not worth it. Also the straw was maybe a bit small so getting the tapioca pearls out was a chore.
S'mores Beer: I still miss when this was a chocolaty stout, but the amber ale works well, too. It's a novelty.
Mini Donut Beer: This is still genuinely good, somehow.
Mini donut latte: Perhaps a bit sickeningly sweet, but I liked the little mini donut on the rim. Nice touch.
Flights of craft beer at the Agriculture Building: I love this new-ish addition! Good flight options.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Speculation: Check-in 3
Episode 8 hit us with a huge cliffhanger, cutting off before Dimple gave Mob (and the audience) some hope that his family wasn't actually dead. Wowza!
Then episode 9 packed in a ton of content, picking up right where we left off and going into 100% tenacity. After that, Mob gets picked up by Koyama and Sakurai, and meets up with the rest of the crew. They cut out Teru's fight, which was too bad, but they will have to cut out the more inconsequential fights in order to fit everything important in. They went through the Super 5 introductions as I expected, but they also included the Teru vs. Shimazaki fight. Great way to end the episode and set up.
Here are my revised predictions for the last three episodes. We're really getting down to the wire here, but there are still a few wildcards.
episode 10:
episode 11:
episode 12:
Then episode 9 packed in a ton of content, picking up right where we left off and going into 100% tenacity. After that, Mob gets picked up by Koyama and Sakurai, and meets up with the rest of the crew. They cut out Teru's fight, which was too bad, but they will have to cut out the more inconsequential fights in order to fit everything important in. They went through the Super 5 introductions as I expected, but they also included the Teru vs. Shimazaki fight. Great way to end the episode and set up.
Here are my revised predictions for the last three episodes. We're really getting down to the wire here, but there are still a few wildcards.
episode 10:
- Reigen and Dimple-Mob vs. Shibata, Dimple-Musashi (!!!)
- Mob wakes up — what did I miss?
- Shimazaki fight continued interspersed with:
- Mob yells at lackeys & Mogami’s return
- This episode could end when Mob decides to go into the tower, and maybe cut off right when he sees Serizawa. It could also include the Serizawa 100% friendship fight... Hard to say.
episode 11:
- (If it's not in episode 10) Mob vs. Serizawa, 100% friendship
- Shou vs. his dad: Reveal of charge-bomb thing. Pops isn’t human!
- Mob vs. Suzuki: lots of villain monologuing
- Reigen: This gun is loaded
- Serizawa saves Reigen
- 100% anger: we’re DONE talking
- Suzuki being a jerk to Serizawa
- Mob gets Suzuki away from everyone else so that he can actually fight him. Ends with everyone on the ground watching as shit gets REAL.
episode 12:
- Boss fight
- Aftermath, calm after storm, loose threads
- Broccoli
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Speculation: Check-in 2
Episodes 4-6 Check-in:
Episode 4: First half of Mogami Arc. It ended right after Mob ended the simulation part of the mind-world, which was actually my initial guess. Cool.
Episode 5: Second half of Mogami arc. Cut out a decent amount of stuff from the manga, but wrapped up the mind world and the big fight.
Episode 6: First half of Separation Arc. I thought that this would end right after Reigen has been exposed on TV, and I was close! It ended with him on TV and Jodo saying that he's planning to get revenge on him.
Revisions:
Episode 7: I'm thinking the cold open will be the beginning part of the TV show and Reigen about to "exorcise" the spirit. And then after the OP, we'll get the Exposure, and the fall-out of that, going all the way into the press conference scene and the "He is a good person" scene. This episode is gonna kill me.
I've re-read world domination arc and I am refining my predictions.
episode 8: ch 74-78.5
episode 9: ch 78.5-85
episode 10: ch 86-89
episode 11: first part of ch 90
episode 12: ch 90.5-91
Episode 4: First half of Mogami Arc. It ended right after Mob ended the simulation part of the mind-world, which was actually my initial guess. Cool.
Episode 5: Second half of Mogami arc. Cut out a decent amount of stuff from the manga, but wrapped up the mind world and the big fight.
Episode 6: First half of Separation Arc. I thought that this would end right after Reigen has been exposed on TV, and I was close! It ended with him on TV and Jodo saying that he's planning to get revenge on him.
Revisions:
Episode 7: I'm thinking the cold open will be the beginning part of the TV show and Reigen about to "exorcise" the spirit. And then after the OP, we'll get the Exposure, and the fall-out of that, going all the way into the press conference scene and the "He is a good person" scene. This episode is gonna kill me.
I've re-read world domination arc and I am refining my predictions.
episode 8: ch 74-78.5
- Tsubomi consultation
- Marathon
- Burning house, 100% tenacity
- Mob gets picked up by Koyama and Sakurai (Serizawa first glimpse!)
- Ends when Mob meets up with Reigen and everyone
episode 9: ch 78.5-85
- Mob falls asleep, we catch up with the Scars
- Announcement on TV
- Prime Minister abducted & Super 5 introductions
- Reigen and Dimple-Mob vs. Shibata, Dimple-Musashi
- Mob wakes up — what did I miss?
episode 10: ch 86-89
- Shimazaki fight
- Mob yells at lackeys & Mogami’s return
- Mob vs. Serizawa, 100% friendship
- Shou vs. his dad, ends when Mob shows up
episode 11: first part of ch 90
- Mob vs. Suzuki
- Reigen: This gun is loaded
- Serizawa saving Reigen
- 100% anger: we’re DONE talking
- Mob gets SERIOUS and gets Suzuki away from everyone else so that he can actually fight him
episode 12: ch 90.5-91
- Boss fight: a solid 7-10 minutes cause let’s be real, it’s gonna be amazing
- Aftermath, calm after storm, loose threads
- Broccoli
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Mob Psycho 100 Season 2: Speculation Check-in 1.
Every three episodes I'm gonna review and revise my speculations... 'cause why not.
Also, isn't this season so amazing? I'll do some kind of actual review once it's over, but. Yeah, I'm loving every second of it.
Episode 1 did include the Roots case; in fact it was the cold open. The rest of the episode was the Emi mini-arc. It did not include the omake where Tsubomi goes to Spirits & Such. This was such a great first episode. I loved the decision to start with the Roots Case. This gave us Mob's first line: "Again, can you not summon me on such short notice?" to mirror his opening line in season 1: "Master, I asked you not to summon me on such short notice." Hilarious.
Episode 2 was the Urban Legends arc, as we knew it would be. The only major change from the manga was that the Kuchisake-onna was changed to the Dragger, who was a similar spirit overall. I'm not clear on the reason for this; the Kuchisake-onna is a real urban legend in Japan on par with Bloody Mary when it comes to cultural awareness. Some have said that the reason is that the Kuchisake-onna is copyrighted; others have said it was too gory for the anime so had to be toned down. Either way, the change was fine as it still got the same points across as in the manga.
Episode 3: The only twist from this episode was that the bullying scene from the beginning of Mogami arc was moved up to the middle of this episode to separate the two parts of the Ghost Family case. This was a great decision and helped the pacing a lot.
Revisions to my speculations:
Episode 4: It will not include the bullying scene since that was in Episode 3. They will probably skip the invitation thing entirely and just show Reigen and Mob on the train on their way there. Based on the title of this episode ("Inside"), I think that it will go up to the point that Mob enters to mind world. Splitting it here definitely means that Mogami arc will only be two episodes.
Episodes 5-7: No changes to my earlier predictions.
Episode 8: This is where the omake with Tsubomi going to Spirits & Such will be. I'm sure of it. It will lengthen this episode which will also include the marathon and Mob seeing smoke coming from his home.
Episodes 9-12: No changes to my earlier predictions.
Also, isn't this season so amazing? I'll do some kind of actual review once it's over, but. Yeah, I'm loving every second of it.
Episode 1 did include the Roots case; in fact it was the cold open. The rest of the episode was the Emi mini-arc. It did not include the omake where Tsubomi goes to Spirits & Such. This was such a great first episode. I loved the decision to start with the Roots Case. This gave us Mob's first line: "Again, can you not summon me on such short notice?" to mirror his opening line in season 1: "Master, I asked you not to summon me on such short notice." Hilarious.
Episode 2 was the Urban Legends arc, as we knew it would be. The only major change from the manga was that the Kuchisake-onna was changed to the Dragger, who was a similar spirit overall. I'm not clear on the reason for this; the Kuchisake-onna is a real urban legend in Japan on par with Bloody Mary when it comes to cultural awareness. Some have said that the reason is that the Kuchisake-onna is copyrighted; others have said it was too gory for the anime so had to be toned down. Either way, the change was fine as it still got the same points across as in the manga.
Episode 3: The only twist from this episode was that the bullying scene from the beginning of Mogami arc was moved up to the middle of this episode to separate the two parts of the Ghost Family case. This was a great decision and helped the pacing a lot.
Revisions to my speculations:
Episode 4: It will not include the bullying scene since that was in Episode 3. They will probably skip the invitation thing entirely and just show Reigen and Mob on the train on their way there. Based on the title of this episode ("Inside"), I think that it will go up to the point that Mob enters to mind world. Splitting it here definitely means that Mogami arc will only be two episodes.
Episodes 5-7: No changes to my earlier predictions.
Episode 8: This is where the omake with Tsubomi going to Spirits & Such will be. I'm sure of it. It will lengthen this episode which will also include the marathon and Mob seeing smoke coming from his home.
Episodes 9-12: No changes to my earlier predictions.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
2019 Goals
1. Start the GIS program. I have been accepted into the program, so I should, like... do it.
2. Along with the new education, get a new job or at least switch tracks at my current place of employment. I don't wanna do community outreach anymore! I'm not even good at it!
3. Make more YouTube content. I've been making a few more videos recently, and I'd like to continue. It's fun.
4. Write. I've been shying away from numerical goals recently (setting myself up for failure) but let's say... publish at least 20 posts on this blog.
5. Travel somewhere. Yeah, somewhere. Maybe a road trip out west to a national park over the summer.
6. Start home-brewing. Second time's the charm.
Um... I'm just going to publish this now and add to it later on if I can come up with more goals.
2. Along with the new education, get a new job or at least switch tracks at my current place of employment. I don't wanna do community outreach anymore! I'm not even good at it!
3. Make more YouTube content. I've been making a few more videos recently, and I'd like to continue. It's fun.
4. Write. I've been shying away from numerical goals recently (setting myself up for failure) but let's say... publish at least 20 posts on this blog.
5. Travel somewhere. Yeah, somewhere. Maybe a road trip out west to a national park over the summer.
6. Start home-brewing. Second time's the charm.
Um... I'm just going to publish this now and add to it later on if I can come up with more goals.
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