Comments | osagej4: the carnival at the end of the rainbow

osagej4

the carnival at the end of the rainbow

Apr 17, 2006 00:09

Like a concrete rose reaching for the sun from the cracks of the pavement, a multi-colored ferris wheel rises from between a community college parking lot on one side and the projects abutting the infamous East 14th of Oakland on the other to herald the coming of The Ghetto Carnival!

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shutter April 17 2006, 07:29:40 UTC

you posted this just for me, didn't you?

osagej4 April 17 2006, 17:17:47 UTC

What! Don't you know... You're supposed to write for yourself! And your friends' nudges too I guess :P

superslowmo April 18 2006, 03:41:34 UTC

you are everywhere!

shutter April 18 2006, 03:51:03 UTC

i am like a skin rash.

robertgarret April 17 2006, 09:45:02 UTC

Don't forget "Kiss at the End of a Rainbow" from the Mighty Wind soundtrack.

osagej4 April 17 2006, 17:18:12 UTC

I'm actually not familiar with that... as I am not familiar with you! Hahah oh I'm so clever.......

vacantseas April 17 2006, 10:25:57 UTC

i am SO bummed i didn't get to go to that! it's a whole 5 minutes from me too.

osagej4 April 17 2006, 17:20:12 UTC

Well just drive around the Oakland area and it'll be there. Sometimes it's across from the Coliseum area too, or like on the way to Wal-Mart/In-n-Out area there. I can't remember the freeway # right now :(

anziulewicz April 17 2006, 14:30:56 UTC

The photo of the double rainbow is impressive. Rainbows are easy enough to capture on film, but the much fainter second rainbow is more difficult to image.

Carnivals and amusement parks are always lots of fun. And "Over the Rainbow" as sung by Judy Garland is the GOLD STANDARD when it comes to songs about rainbows.

osagej4 April 17 2006, 17:21:33 UTC

Oh you give me too much credit. Right after this comment, I re-looked at my picture and was left with an overwhelming sense of... Overcastness LOL

BUT it wasn't more me, but the rainbow itself. The main one was so bright, and the second one above it was fainter, but still visible. It was so pretty!

adhesiveheart April 17 2006, 14:43:22 UTC

summer excites me because I can look forward to your festival photos.
we get lots of those day to day carnivals here, and the people who work there are s insane.

osagej4 April 17 2006, 17:22:35 UTC

SUMMER EXCITES ME TOO. I just hope it doesn't get TOO hot.

And those carni peoples are totally insane.. They're like the most ragtag group of random people ever and they're all so aggressive, and not in a jolly carnival-like way either :(