So it's been a great but looong weekend at the Sutton Fair. When not busy we have taken to deep frying whatever we can get our hands on. It all started a month ago while having lunch with John and Darren. They told me about the vast possibilities in the carnival food. This week we have added deep fried mars bars to our menu. They have done very well. We have sold 300 so far. But perhaps the most fun is the testing of new potential products. So far we have tried deep fried cherries, oranges, oreos, sour candy, bananas, and peaches. Peaches taste like peach pie and people have been paying $4 for a half peach fried with ice cream on the side. Not all of them have been winners though. Try as I may, deep fried smores got the better of me. I can't figure how to keep em together in the fryer. That said, come on out to Sutton for Some deep fried goodness, its good and its good for you!
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Whatever is causing my eyes from seeing what you want me to see, may you take it away from me tonight.

Whatever is causing my mouth from saying what you want me to say, may you take it away from me tonight.

Whatever is causing my ears from hearing what you want me to hear, may you take it away from me tonight.

 Whatever is causing my mind from knowing what you want me to know, may you take it away from me tonight.

Whatever is causing my hands from doing what you want me to do, may you take it away from me tonight.

 Whatever is causing my feet from going where you want me to go, may you take it away from me tonight.

 And whatever is causing my Heart from loving whoever you want me to love, may you take it from me tonight.

I have been thinking a lot lately about the concept of destiny. What were we put on this earth to accomplish? As I start my second summer as a street meat vendor and food carnie, I find my self thinking, wondering about what my destiny is. And I start to dream... Well maybe I will do this of that or maybe I will be famous. And dreaming is good. It keeps you young and creative but the one danger is that you will come face to face with your destiny and pass it by cuz its not as sexy as your dream.

But what if your purpose on this earth was to guide someone else to greatness, to help them become a great and powerful and a wealthy person, all the while you lived a modest life. Would that be okay with you? Or what if your destiny was to give your life for another?

I recently heard a story about a youth leader who was in a prayer meeting and prayed "God I will give my life if it means that others will find you from my sacrifice" and that night he died in a car accident and his friend in his grief wrote a powerful song that is changing lives all over the world. Would you be okay if that were your destiny?

The funny thing is that we are all put in the earth for a reason. And some Of us may never even get to know the reason. The important thing is to strive for greatness all the while not allowing the little moments to be kind to your fellow human because you never know if in that moment how your selfless act could change a life. How that persons life could spiral towards greatness. Wouldn't that be okay?

I believe that God has a specific plan for my life. And throughout it he intertwines my life through others lives and I get to hang out and be there for friends and strangers alike and I may never know how a smile affects someone positively. But the one thing I do know is how there is enough sadness in the world. Their is enough pain, suffering and poverty and I have the ability to change this world everyday with every decision I make, both negatively and positively. So I want to make sure that I become a person who stops and thinks about how I will respond to people. A person who helps out friends who are in need, whenever I can. Who loves people. Not just the ones i know, but every soul because they are beautiful in some profound way as they were created with love, some just made poor decisions in their lives but in no less need of love and dignity.

I'm not saying I'm perfect. Nope far from it. I just am striving one day leave this world better off than it is now. For my kids, and their kids and theirs. To fulfill my God given destiny. Whatever that may be. Because not everyone gets to be King... But everyone will have to serve one. Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

I'm old. I am out for a drink with a couple of friends in Barrie. As I sit here sipping my extremely girlie cooler. I look around and realize I am one of the oldest in the room. There was a time not so long ago when I would be on the younger end of the demo. Now its 12, I'm old and I feel like the old creepy guy at the bar, I find the music too loud and I wish this place had booths. Oh where did cool Martin go?
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Gotta love health food. Just one of the many products I peddle for the good folks at Zehrs.

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Seriously who needs three pairs of glasses at one time

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I am calling it quits for the season in terms of cooking the sausages. All summer long I have been keeping notes on some of the wacky things I actually overheard while cooking for people. Its as if I wasn't there. (please note I haven't made up any of these. They were all actually said)

-we don't have a cl for the component yet

-its bigger than you realize, cuz the pants are holding it in.

-i think my room mate stabbed someone.
-I don't need the whole world to sEe. I love him and he loves me and that's good enough for me, you know?

-we are sick of that bathroom.
-i had to get me shades back on (irish accent) shaaades! (sung like an 80s rocker)

-youve got stuff to set up. Got a tent to set up. Get the clowns up and ready

-she drives a friggin crotch rocket, zoom zoom (motor bike sounds)

-P1-What are we gonna do with all these kids? P2-hog tie them... I've got an attic! P1-we can play spin the bottle

More to come.

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Gotta love when you go out of your way to make a suggestion to an event organizer only to have them blow you off.
Tonight in the midst of the down pour I noticed that their tents corners weren't pulled tight and in a rain storm that can cause the rain to catch in the top and warp the tent or even cause the peak to rip thru the fabric. I know this only from working events for ten year in my previous vocation.
I mention it to the event organizer, but she didn't seem to concerned. After all I'm just a dumb street meat vendor. Well the rain built up until it could no longer hold it any longer. It burst with two smokers underneath. It was classic. They were soaked and I was vindicated. Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

I can sell meat that normally I couldn't sell... Of course I don't!
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