The Block

The Block

Friday, March 4, 2011

Blog #2 - Bouncing to the mooooooonnnnnn...

Carnival is located across from the bowling ally and next to Creative Movement and behind Finch Pointe.

Attractions:
>a bouncy house
>the Ferris wheel does not really function well. It stops everytime around. Three of the chairs are crooked.
>there is a "ball pit" - there are things that move around the bottom of it.
>a walk-through "fun house"
>a trailer that is a "freak show"
>cages of animals - goats, pigs - that race with one another every hour and people bet on which pig will win.
>games with dangerous weapons, water guns, puck-a-duck, etc.
>random people walk through eating swords, breathing fire and ranting
>the prizes at all the gaming booths are weird
>bumper car ride keeps randomly quitting on certain cars. The cars stop, then go, then randomly stop for a few minutes at a time.
>the organ grinder has a monkey who is a pick-pocket
>The day is ridiculously bright, beautiful and warm.
>the exits keep moving and everyone is confused about how to leave
>there is a cacophony of soundtracks and the monotone of the MC droning on and on.
>a bus full of children from the pre-K school arrive, get off, but the bus breaks down and stalls in the middle of Elms Street.
>clowns that seem a little off and a bit scary go around on unicycles. Then they wander around town and are spotted in the strip club, in the diner; they can be seen in the windows of the abandon house, buying donuts and trying to buy a used car and other random places.
>At dusk, the power goes out on the whole block, but the carnival still has power and lights. The power stays out all night and on all night in the carnival.
>It's full moon and rises to its apex at 11 PM. It's still a bit chilly, but the snow hasn't arrived yet.
>Food trailer has fried food of some kind and on the counter, there are two big jars, one of pickled eggs and the other is pickled pigs feet. There is a small shed around back of the trailer that is selling bootleg liquor.
>Tilt-a-whirl is near the back of the carnival
>"rock and roll rattle" ride is the one that looks kind of like a roller coaster but it just goes in a small wavy circle and pushes everyone against the inside edge and then it reverses.
>There are three ticket booths that smell of stale cigarettes and use recycled tickets.
>There is a balloon man, who is mean, and doesn't ever make what people request and makes snakes.
>the photo booth takes pictures, but only one person's face appears on the print.
>If you bowl a game, you get 10 free tickets.
> If you drop 50 bucks at Queens, you get 20 ride tickets FOR THE CARNIVAL.

Characters to interact with:
JJ Carlyle
Gracie Sinclair
Keezy Le'Breezy
Sugar
Joseph Johnson
Bobby Scott

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