colorblindPICASO: Sure it is before noon... but if your job description included dressing up in a red mumu and wearing hammer pants, you'd hit the mead a bit early too.
colorblindPICASO: Backup Belly Dancer. It is a full-contact sport, so it never hurts to have an understudy in the wings.
colorblindPICASO: Mugging for the camera. You'd think these 16th century women had never seen a DSLR camera before or something... weird.
colorblindPICASO: If I were playing the part of the "lovely assistant" to a knife thrower I might not like seeing all the holes in the back drop!
colorblindPICASO: Not to belabor the point... but this woman calmly stands there as axes are thrown at logs a few inches from her hips. Smiling, barefoot, wearing a skirt and an (admittedly cool looking) jacket. I would totally do that....
colorblindPICASO: In the middle of the routine these two broke character and started their own conversation... SO unprofessional!
colorblindPICASO: Every man's worst nightmare, six women asking if this dress makes them look fat.
colorblindPICASO: Does the chick in green look anything like Christina Aguilera to anyone else? Seems like kind of a step down in her career... okay, now that I think about it, this really could be her.
colorblindPICASO: Another picture of the Ax lady from behind. Note the hair. More evidence to support my Padmé Amidala theory. But hey, if you are going to do this day after day... have fun with it!
colorblindPICASO: "Dear, we've been over this a million times... we are NOT going to get matching T-shirts for our vacation next week. Couples who dress alike look RIDICULOUS!"
colorblindPICASO: I get tired just WATCHING belly dancers. Yet somehow they do four shows a day and still prance around in those getups.
colorblindPICASO: You wouldn't believe the sale they were having on red and black cloth that day.
colorblindPICASO: This guy is thinking about the good 'ol days in high school. When being on the drum line meant cheer leaders, drill team dancers, and majorettes thought he was cool. Oh how the times have changed...
colorblindPICASO: Sure the pay sucks and the drummers are the butt of all the MC's jokes, but at least they get air conditioning.
colorblindPICASO: "OK, next show how about WE wear the fluffy skirts and make the girls wear these ridiculous looking hats?"
colorblindPICASO: Hm... did the mother not get the memo about wearing stripes? Really people, why do I even bother writing these memos if you aren't going to read them?
colorblindPICASO: He's got a little Captain in him. What did goofy buccaneers do for a stock pose before that ad campaign anyway?
colorblindPICASO: "AAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH A wasp!!!! Somebody find something to kill it with!! Anything! A shoe! Some insect spray! A kni...... Never mind... I'll get it. "
colorblindPICASO: My friend the bag pipe player. Looks like he doesn't change his kilt every day. They go commando right? Ew+stinky. Again... score for the 200mm zoom! Is good for more than just perving on chicks after all!
colorblindPICASO: "WHAT?!?! You two dressed as pirates too!?!? How many times do I have to tell you not to copy my costume ideas??!?!??"
colorblindPICASO: What's the deal with all the raccoon tails? Tons of people wore them.
colorblindPICASO: *sigh* "Why do I always have to pick up the other dancers' rainbow wraps?"
colorblindPICASO: Chester the horse: "How come I always end up at pony rides instead of jousting?"
colorblindPICASO: Without warning, half the belly dancer audience busted out an Arsenio Hall fist pump. "Whoo Whoo Whoo!"
colorblindPICASO: "What a nice day. What a nice stack of tree stumps. I think I'll stand here and take a break from the 14th century grind. What could go wrong?"
colorblindPICASO: "....so then His Majesty said 'My Lady, if thou wishes to see us dance, me thinks mine cup will need something more filling than ferret!' *Ha* *Ha* Even the court jester was in stitches!"
colorblindPICASO: List of reasons I could not work at a Renaissance Faire:
colorblindPICASO: What a strange place for someone to plant a fem-flower. Oh well... people do odd things at renaissance faires.=)
colorblindPICASO: The woman on the right is the same one that was having axes thrown at her from the previous day. She is wearing completely new clothes. She is the Padmé Amidala of the Faire.
colorblindPICASO: I must admit, the last thing I expected the belly dancers to perform was an educational rendition of "the hip bone connects to the thigh bone."