{"id":187350,"date":"2024-07-22T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=187350"},"modified":"2024-07-22T02:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:56:03","slug":"the-queue-to-the-faire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/07\/22\/the-queue-to-the-faire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queue: To the Fair(e)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition is in town and I&#8217;ve been there so much already, and there are so many more days of fun ahead of me! I haven&#8217;t been on the rides yet, but I&#8217;ve proven my iron stomach holds up by eating a pulled pork grilled cheese made with a Long John donut. Let me tell you, it was actually an interesting taste combination, and I would have it again. The rest of the fair food is pretty standard deep-fried and pickle-infused creations, but I&#8217;m still considering getting a burger served between two slices of watermelon.<\/p>\n<p>The music lineup has been the true standout so far though. I&#8217;ve seen two great shows already with my best lady, and there are so many more! Tonight we&#8217;re going to go see Metric!<\/p>\n<p>While I see if I can remember all of the lyrics to Black Sheep, it&#8217;s time for &#8212; The Queue!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">LADY JADE EXCUSE ME, BUT HAS ANYBODY EVER TOLD YOU YOU LOOK JUST LIKE THAT SINGER ON T.V.<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>What&#8217;s the nerdiest car accessory you&#8217;ve seen?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oh boy, I did just see a vanity plate that said Onyxia. Which is pretty up there in terms of nerdy car things. I feel like I remember seeing a really bright orange sports car back when I visited the Blizzard offices that had a vanity Ragnaros plate, but I could be making that up.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen plenty of Anime faces peeking out of the back windows of cars, and lots of sci-fi and fantasy bumper stickers. In both of these cases, there are usually too many per car, and it gets pretty busy. I&#8217;ve also seen a car with a little <em>Mass Effect<\/em> N7 logo just stuck right next to the model name on the back. At least that one was pretty subtle and only stood out because I know\u00a0<em>Mass Effect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also seen plenty of &#8220;Baby on Board&#8221; signs that are nerdy, Grogu from\u00a0<em>The Mandalorian\u00a0<\/em>has been pretty popular recently &#8212; but I&#8217;m also counting the baby from\u00a0<em>The Hangover<\/em> as nerdy. There&#8217;s also the person I know who has a Captain America Funko Pop on their dashboard. Which is a pretty nerdy interior accessory.<\/p>\n<p>I think that the most nerdy accessory though is any time someone has a Jeep and gives it the <em>Jurassic Park\u00a0<\/em>color scheme. I&#8217;ve seen a couple driving around and each time I got very jealous. When I win the lottery you know I&#8217;ll have my own in my garage.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">NO NOT ENO, THE OTHER ONE, THE ONE WHO SINGS THAT SONG<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>QftQ: If you started a band, what would it be called? Bacardi Unlimited?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Slipknot! No wait&#8230; Stonesour! Wait&#8230; Maybe I&#8217;ll just go with my name&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Nah none of those are really speaking to me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never really thought of a band name. I like bears, maybe something involving them. Grizzly Sound? Panda-monium? I could see people wearing some great Panda-monium merch.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">MAN, THAT SONG, IT MEANT SO MUCH TO RED<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>Q4Cory: what is the secret for happiness?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It might be spending the day in a water park and then eating pizza, playing video games, and watching a silly movie with a pretty woman. I just tried that and I feel pretty happy right now.<\/p>\n<p>It also might involve deep-fried cheese curds after listening to a great set of live music at a fair. Or maybe it&#8217;s driving dark country roads bopping along to the radio with your person by your side. Or it&#8217;s doing nice things for other people, like passing on a tube to a family waiting in line for a slide at a water park. Going out of your way to try and make someone else&#8217;s day a little better.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no one secret to happiness and I think that mainly it&#8217;s just looking for people and things that bring a smile to your face or your heart beat faster. That can be as simple as watching a video of a cat trying to catch toilet paper hung from a ceiling fan, or getting a shiny piece of loot in a video game.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s just me today. I bet you&#8217;d get four more equally correct and equally different answers from the other Queue writers this week.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">BUT MY FRIENDS THOUGHT THAT ROXXII THE TRANQUIL MASTER COULD USE A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>You and the lady friend looking good.<br \/>\nQ4TQ: Prepatch is live: what are you skyriding on? I\u2019m on a waverider!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Flight Form, duh!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve waited for the whole expansion to just turn into my Druid form with one click and take to the skies like a nimble little bird, or bat, or pterodactyl. One of those for sure, I haven&#8217;t quite decided which flavor of Flight Form I&#8217;ll start with, but I know I&#8217;m excited!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bw_queue_hr_v2\" \/>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_v2\">\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_from_v2\">I TALKED TO MY LIFE COACH, SHE SAID, &#8220;GIVE MUSEDMOOSE A CHANCE&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"bw_queue_question_body_v2\">\n<p>Q4tQ: ever pick up a game you haven&#8217;t played for a long time, then get reminded quickly why you stopped playing it?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just saying, Hades is a beautifully done game, but putting hours into Diablo IV has not in any way made me better at it. &gt;_&lt;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t given up on it, since I am a tough Jedi Knight and all that, but I am playing <em>Jedi Knight: Survivor<\/em> and I&#8217;ve been reminded of why I don&#8217;t play many <em>Dark Souls<\/em> parry\/dodge style games. I&#8217;d rather just have flashy beat &#8217;em up and button mashy attacks like in <em>Bayonetta<\/em> or<em> Devil May Cry.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I just stumbled into a pair of bosses in Jedi Survivor that absolutely trucked me. One was a Rancor, so at least that&#8217;s big and imposing and has some cinematic cache to it. The other is just a giant frog! I didn&#8217;t even tickle the giant frog, it just jumped on me and then hit me with its tongue and I was dead. The Empire wins I guess, all thanks to random giant frog in a bandit camp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187355\" src=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_-398x224.jpg 398w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/great.dane_.vinny_.dog_.nose_-340x191.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A special guest appearance! This is Vinny the Great Dane and oh boy is he happy to be here. Leave a boop for some\u00a0<em>great<\/em> loot in your Great Vault!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Anna Earworm\u2122: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=481hSRm75rI\">I&#8217;m Not Drunk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have an excellent and music-filled week everyone! I&#8217;m not sure if Anna is back tomorrow, so best to leave lots of questions just in case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition is in town and I&#8217;ve been there so much already, and there are so many more days of fun ahead of me! I haven&#8217;t been on the rides yet, but I&#8217;ve proven my iron stomach holds up by eating a pulled pork grilled cheese made with a Long John donut. Let me tell you, it was actually an interesting taste combination, and I would have it again. The rest of the fair food is pretty standard deep-fried and pickle-infused creations, but I&#8217;m still considering getting a burger served between two slices of watermelon.<\/p>\n<p>The music lineup has been the true standout so far though. I&#8217;ve seen two great shows already with my best lady, and there are so many more! Tonight we&#8217;re going to go see Metric!<\/p>\n<p>While I see if I can remember all of the lyrics to Black Sheep, it&#8217;s time for &#8212; The Queue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":131956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187357,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187350\/revisions\/187357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187350"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=187350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}