cosmolinguist | [243/365] state fair

I had about six hours of sleep. We were at the fair by 7:30 this morning. I

ate cheese curds
took lots of pictures (some of which are on Facebook now for those who know me there)
got a temporary tattoo of Gitchigami (as I was delighted to see it called in the exhibit, though it was more often called Lake Superior)
talked excitedly to people from the University of Minnesota's German, Scandinavian and Dutch languages department
saw people wearing Minnesotan t-shirts I loved (most especially one that looked like it said "COLD°F" but upon closer inspection the degree symbol was a little lowercase "a" so the shirt really said "cold af")
really wanted to buy a t-shirt that said "march & rally & knock & call & vote DFL" from the DFL (Minnesota Democratic party) stall but couldn't

Such a fun day.