They are Actors!!!

This weekend we went to the local park to play pretend with the Wenches.

Every year a local troupe throws a Camelot Days festival. I have a blast. I drink beer and chew on turkey legs. Everyone dresses up and the characters offer a small glimpse of what it was like during the renaissance period.

I feel comfy there because I am considered quite the exquisite model being all Rubenesque and everything.

Some visitors go to the park dress and speak the language. They wear their best clothes to attend the function.

There are also vendors that sell the dresses and the boots, swords and necklaces.

We went with the kids - who try to express to us that they are Liberals. Let everyone live, let everyone be, let it all hang out. They call us uptight. Ha!

They will scream Liberalism all day at you...Until you get them in a situation like this. It makes them uncomfortable for some reason. They make fun, their faces are scrunched up like they are smelling something foul. They make comments and God Forbid you talk to one of the characters they tend to drift away, embarrassed. They call them creeps and carnies.

I call them "Actors".

"What's up? Why didn't you want to talk to that guy?" I say.

"He looked ridiculous!" They say.

I say so what - I think it's great! These folks love to get attention on their outfits. They spend quite a bit on the apparel. It is not cheap! They want to talk about it. They want to act!

The women, they love to talk and play wench and tease with the guys. They want to act!

They are playing a character - its like Disneyland in the local park.

I once saw a man dressed like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean at one of these things. I couldn't take my eyes off of him. I was almost stalkerish. He was fantastic!

These are good actors because they never fall out of character.

If you ask them about the period or what function they are doing - they give you a very detailed history lesson. HB and I sat thru a whole speech about body armor.

Its a fantasy. A play. Its pretend. Go along with it and enjoy yourself!!!

The kids have forgotten how to play pretend.

Oh - how they will be wanting to play pretend when the get old(er).