Drunk Girls, Fire Trucks, and Spastic Skinny Dudes

By Benjamin Leatherman As I type this, a spacey and visibly intoxicated lass named Dorothy just wandered into our tent and started firing off questions about what we're doing. After we informed her of our liveblogging activities, she inquired: "Can you blog about me?" Since we aim to please, here's...

By Jonathan McNamara

September 27, 2008

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By Benjamin Leatherman

As I type this, a spacey and visibly intoxicated lass named Dorothy just wandered into our tent and started firing off questions about what we're doing. After we informed her of our liveblogging activities, she inquired: "Can you blog about me?"

Since we aim to please, here's a snapshot of the drunk Dorothy (next to our intern Yvonne, who is not drunk but sort of wishes she was)...

It's been quite toasty out here today, and as a way to help cool down the crowd, the Gilbert Fire Department brought out a pumper truck to spray down the crowd.

And then there were these dudes, who had such a unique pose that we had to get their picture.

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