h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

26 June 2005

Gay Pride was this weekend at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. I went with a couple of friends to see the parade this afternoon. It would have been better had it not been sprinkling/misting rain and had the folding chair I brought with me not been gargantuan. Oh yeah, and I have a very large acne cyst on the left side of my chin. It is absolutely disgusting!!
Other than that it was a great day! They give all kinds of stuff out at the booths. It almost makes up for the outrageously overpriced food and beverages. I paid $7 for a cheese steak sandwich cause me and my friend, Michael, were very hungry. It wasn't very big, either. But we split it in half and wolfed it down anyway. Cokes were about $4 for a 20oz bottle (I had bought a Pepsi Vanilla at a petrol station before we left for Atlanta, heh heh!) and a bottle of water was $3. I don't even want to know how much the beer was!
After the parade we walked around the park and saw the booths (that was when I got the sandwich for me and Michael) and loaded up on goodies! An old friend of mine once said that if you leave with less than two bags of free stuff, then you haven't truly experienced the event (she said it about Vet Tech Expo, but the same rule applies here). Some booths even had contests with drawings or there were a few where you spun a wheel for a prize. There was even a "pick a duck" game (plastic ducks floating in a tub, you pick one up and go from there). I tried a wheel-spin game and won a cap, some pens, a dry-erase pad, a cup, a ruler, and a drawing to win something else. I was just hoping for a cup! LOL!
Alas, the Elton John AIDS Foundation booth was absent, just like last year. This has been my 4th Pride festival and in the past two years that booth hasn't been there. I guess they couldn't find anyone with decent credit for their credit cards and gave up. Oh well....I was hoping to get another rainbow towel for Web Masta this year. Maybe next year....