Ahaha!  I got your attention! 

Ok I'll admit it - I have done it - I have now gone to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire!  

YIKES!  Is my first thought!

As any well served LA socialite would say - "this is the land of freaks  - the path of the which the no reasonable person should actually cross"!  At first sight I would have to agree!  This was a freak fest of EPIC proportions.  I mean really who in their right mind dresses up in mid evil garb and runs around talking in Old English dialect, living in an virtual fantasy world??  This is something I had to experience first hand!

So I donned my best tank top, dressed the chillins in their favorite Mid Evil garb and we were off!  Between the two of them we all looked - eeeekkkkk  - like we actually belonged there - the chillins were a hit - and God love em - they loved every second of it! 

Thankfully for my husband and I the kids are young and they don't actually get the full gist of the "Pleasure Faire".  It is basically and excuse to drink to much, show wayyyyy too much cleavage, grab people you don't know and kiss them, touch strangers in places where you might just want to wash your hands after doing so, and generally just plain ole misbehaving.  It is a license for the truly geeky to be accepted and let go of all inhibitions and suddenly become lusty and "Wanton".  It is a sight to behold! 

My partaking of this affair was simply as voure!  I went out of curiosity and a bit of - "wow that sounds like fun"! But I did go thinking I would hate every second of it... ARUGH surrounded by crazy geeks all day - YUCK! 

So as we walked in - after a half an hour in line with the likes of Robin hood and Captain hook... the first thing I run up against is a guy who runs up to my husband and challenges him to a duel for the "wench in the underwear"!!!  Once he was past us - the next obstacle was a guy who ran up to read my t-shirt - 3 minutes later he said  he "was a slow reader" the t-shirt had 3 words on it! 

Anyway - it was all in good fun.  We stayed for a few hours, walking around, eating surprisingly great food and looking at all the craft and game booths.  I have to admit the games were truly fun - and I am now thinking of taking up archery as a sport!  But, many times I found myself just sitting there watching the people as they walked by and went about their tasks.  It was truly amazing.  These people believe fervently in the world that they have created for themselves.  They have created a world where debauchery is OK and pride and true workmanship are a thing to be reviled.  They enjoy for just that moment, a very simple life - one with no modern worries, no stress, just living in the moment and taking from it what they can. 

There was something very sweet about the whole thing once I looked at it with non judgmental eyes.  Now I can see the appeal in it for the masses.  They get to believe that life is simple, and just there to be enjoyed and lived for that moment.  In a way I felt jealous that they could just let go and be free like that.  They don't care what anyone thinks about them or what they do... there is no posing, no passing of judgment... just a passing moment where it is OK to be silly!  I was in Awe of their freedom. 

So what did i take away from my day of debauchery???  Other than a nasty sunburn? I have learned a new way to look at things - a bit more openly!  I have decided that life is to short to assume anything!