rebel queens show

 this was the final day of the Minnesota state fair. it is not too often that i do the last day, but this time i knew i was likely to see my meetup friend, the retired postal worker. near the end of the day, we were in the bazaar area and saw a band called rebel queens, doing a cover of poison's 'talk dirty to me'. i had seen poison in concert with my brother many years ago, Damn Yankees was part of the same show. earlier we were at a different stage and during a break in the action i heard Belinda Carlisle's 'heaven is a place on earth'. i know this one mainly from being in the movie 'Romy and Michele'. i called it a 'carefree day', the part after finding my meetup friend. it was mainly spent drinking beer and watching people sing. even said so in two text messages i sent to friends. i still wanted to get some chores and errand running done before getting on the bus to this event, and made it there fairly early, mid-morning. shortly after arrival i did two things that i also liked doing on day one. this was going to the 'all you can drink' milk booth and going on the giant slide. i also found a puppet show and found out meetup friend knew the performer. this shouldn't surprise me much, being a patron of many shows in the local arts scene. we also got a closer look at the crop art, aided by waiting until just minutes before closing time when the line is much shorter. i saw three Snoopy depictions and one Homer Simpson. and we saw the fireworks show as well, i know i usually don't stay late enough to see that. the bus ride home, it left a lot to be desired. there was a long wait for a bus, and when i got on it was crowded and i ended up standing. there was some arguing as well.