He's of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger.... he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts. ~William Shakespeare, Henry V

Monday, June 27, 2005

DEMOLITION DERBY

We went to the Willow City demolition derby over the weekend and it was really good. Cassie even enjoyed it and I was a little worried that it would be too noisy for her. When the cars started up she would just shout "loud" but she had fun watching them crash into each other. She would get bored now and then so Darren, his mom, and Darren's sister all took turns taking Cassie for a walk. There were these three guys standing next to Darren's folks truck who were really great with Cassie. She would stand over by them and "baby talk" to them, she would pat their arms and pick at their watches. They smiled, laughed, and even talked back to her and played with her a bit. When she was eating Cheeto's as a snack, she tried to share them with the guys by holding the Cheeto up and trying to push it into their mouths. I apologized but the guys said it wasn't a problem and that she was just flirting. Close to the end of the derby she was really concentrating on the guys and they were watching the derby and Cassie let go of a big sneezed and it must have reached all three because their arms moved a bit and then just laughed and smiled at her. I was starting to feel a little embarrassed, especially after that sneeze, but they took it every well. It was almost like they had small children of their own. They were pretty cool and I still don't have any clue who they were.

4 Comments:

  • At June 28, 2005 at 11:42 AM, Blogger KSoFM said…

    what's the primary object of a demolition derby? how do you know who wins?

     
  • At June 28, 2005 at 5:25 PM, Blogger Janelle said…

    With a demolition derby, you put a bunch of cars in a big enclosed circle. You use beat up cars for this sport, nothing new. The cirle is usualled bordered by big wood logs or posts and the inside of the circle is nothing but mud. The cars are facing out towards the specators. When the start signal is given, the cars go backwards as fast at they can. The main goal is to beat up the other cars as bad as you can. The last car that is still running wins. In case there are no cars moving then the car that did the most damage to other cars wins. You have to see it to actually appreciate it. I wish there was a way you could experiance it because I think you might like it.

     
  • At June 28, 2005 at 5:26 PM, Blogger Janelle said…

    It's like bumper cars only more brutal.

     
  • At June 29, 2005 at 2:19 PM, Blogger KSoFM said…

    thanks for that, i don't think you could've been more succinct. It does sound like something I would like. I checked, though, and there's no upcoming demolition derbys in cap city.

     

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