{"id":1783,"date":"2011-09-01T08:42:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T13:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deepsicks.com\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2022-06-11T21:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T02:30:16","slug":"2011-llama-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2011\/09\/01\/2011-llama-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 llama pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_6385-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_6385-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_6385-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_6385-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/IMG_6385-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I saw my first llama pageant, an annual event at the Minnesota State Fair and now, inevitably, a tradition for me of hilarity and wildly imaginative kids and their decked out llamas. Here are a few of the notable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/knight_llama_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frog Prince llama\u2014winner of the Intermediate division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/frog_prince_llama.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garden llama has shoes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/garden_llama_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/garden_llama_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eeyore llama looked great but was having panic attacks. Mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/eeyore_llama.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a terrible picture of Viking Ship llama, but it was fantastic (and champion of the Senior division). Its legs are the ocean (with fish!), and the boat on its back has movable paddles. Stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/viking_ship_llama.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mickey Mouse llama was scary. Never put an animal in a white hood. Just don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/mickey_mouse_llama.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just when I thought my evening couldn&#8217;t get any better, I saw QR code crop art:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/090111\/crop_art_QR_code.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;which takes you to a psychedelic video about seeds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QxnKv1xFgaA\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you, MN State Fair. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I saw my first llama pageant, an annual event at the Minnesota State Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,25,27],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shouts","tag-art","tag-joy","tag-lulz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8134,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions\/8134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}