Over the weekend we went to a small carnival that's in town. Rode some rides, ate some fried food and walked around. I generally try to avoid the "game" section of these things since they can suck the money out of you quicker than your wife in the mall.

After walking through it once, and somehow spending $10 on some dart game Kyla and Suzy played, winning a wonderful $.50 stuffed seal, I saw a game. I walked up to it, and was trapped. It was a spiral wire, which spun counter-clockwise, and a circle thing you had to get to the bottom of the wire without it touching the wire (if they touched, a load noise went off like the game Operation). If you did it, you won a huge stuffed bear. It was worth a few tries.

Damn, I kept getting close. I kept trying, and handing over my loot. I didn't even care about the bear, I just wanted to beat the game. It was a puzzle, of sorts, and I love puzzles. But, I just couldn't get past the final small turn and get it to the bottom. It beat me.

Damn carnival games.