go fly a kite. literally.

sunday was the Berkeley kite festival, and i have to admit, it was pretty fun to watch even though i went with my parents.

it was a pain having to find parking, and not only that, but as soon as we got to parking, ROTARY was there collecting "donations" for parking and shuttle rides into the festival.

Of course, that just meant that they were conning us into giving them money when we didn't have to give them money at all. 4 Dollars for a shuttle ticket when the shuttle driver asked us when I gave him the ticket: "What? I have to collect tickets?"

Fucking ROTARY. Go to Hell. Post on Hell coming up soon.

When we got there...

well, look for yourself.

(to set precedence, captions are above pictures from now on.)

look at all the kites!?



and look at this guy. holy crap he's HUGE!


that thing's like 20 feet wide!

if you think that's crazy, wait until they're in formation!



mao! i mean, meow.



this guy is being dragged along by a parasail looking kite. you just can't see it, but he was going PRETTY DAMN FAST.















never saw super long colorful tails on a stunt kite until today. and look what he can do!















and lastly this man.


This man flies three kites AT ONE TIME.

He has two of his kites on each hand, and the remaining lines attached to his belt loops on his pants.

and he makes them fly in formation,



and effectively, steals from the Blue Angels.



The guy was incredibl...

..y dark skinned, holy crap. it was like looking at the old man and the sea from hemingway...

apparently this man is also lucky if he makes a total of 14 hours at home. he's been on the road for so long, he doesn't even remember where he lives. he also jokes that his alzheimer's is setting in too. he then gave me hearty laugh and then left.

yeah.

if you have a chance, i would suggest going next year. it's fun to watch, TONS of kites.
aside from parking, entrance is free.

i give it a 4/5!