364 days until the next Cooper-Young Festival… I’ll have a recap of yesterday in a moment, but first it’s time to roll out my latest website:
The Action Figure Collector Shop sells hard-to-find action figures, and ones that you never knew existed. I got the idea for this store when I was building Rat Race Resources and found a series of cubicle action figures. I decided to see what else was available on Amazon, and there were quite a few wild and weird ones, including the Crazy Cat Lady action figure, Mr. Bacon vs. Monsieur Tofu, Jon Bon Jovi, memorable past presidents, Barack Obama, John McCain, religious figures, The Fonz jumping the shark, and dozens more. Check it out – even if you don’t buy any of the action figures, you’ll get a good laugh out of the site.
Cooper-Young was fun as always, although I wish the cooler weather expected for this week had arrived yesterday. It was in the upper 80s and the bike ride out there nearly killed me. Once I got to the festival, though, it was a great time. Highlights included the delicious chicken philly crepe I had from Crepe Maker, and hanging out at Dr. Bob’s booth for a significant part of the day.
Here’s a pic of the Nuh-Uh Girl, in a tube top, eating a pretzel:
Hmmm… let me check my wallet… I had $126 after stopping at the ATM on the way to Cooper-Young… now how much do I have left… $54. So I spent $72 on food, beer, and Gatorade on the bike ride there and back. Yeah that sounds like a typical C-Y Fest. In addition to the crepe, I had a slice of pizza from Garibaldi’s, a beef and lamb gyro, and numerous cans of PBR.
I stayed past the end of the festival, catching the Kings of the Delta on Celtic Crossing’s patio. Darbi and Kristin were there. “Did you ever appoint a BFF for September?” they asked. No, because quite honestly, I forgot. “So I guess we’re still your BFFs then,” they said. “Well, look,” and they showed me the “Paul is my BFF” panties they had on. No kidding, they really did create them on CafePress and order them.
Fun day. Today is recovery day… there’s no way I’ll make it to brunch (it’s week 1 Blue Monkey, for those who check the blog to keep up with such things). I’ll probably hit the Saucer about 2 with the backpack, beat Pete at pool a few times, then pull out the laptop and work on more websites.