I’m heading back out on the road and don’t know when I’ll be able to post again. I’ll post as often as I can but my posts will be few and far between until late fall. Here I go again. My life and thoughts as a Carny.
So You Wanna Be A Carny
Why? You can run, but you cannot hide. People have fantasies of running away, dropping out, leaving all the bullshit behind. I’ve met lots of people over the years that were running away. A Carnival is a good place to hide, no one really gives a shit who you “really” are. You can give a…
Things That Haunt me
In the early summer of 1985 we pulled into a small city out west to do a show, I was 19 that summer. We had a whole day off after setup. I wanted to spend that day by myself and explore a little bit, rather than get shit face drunk with the rest of the…
A Moment Of Clarity
The rain is beating against the windsheild, I can’t see it though, I’m too high. Dale is driving, he’s my best buddy on the road, I’ve known him for years. He’s giving me a lecture and I’m trying to listen but I want to nod off, it takes everything I have to keep my head…
Two Worlds
When I’m on the road, the regular world seems a distant memory, and when I’m off the road, the Carny world seems a distant memory. The “Normal world”, as I and many others call it, is a quieter more stable enviroment. Workers have rights and get paid decently, they get breaks, there are labour laws,…
Forecasting And Predictability
People are generally predictable. We follow patterns and programming within us. Most people will simply follow the crowd, this is called the “Herd Instinct.” It’s also the reason a “Pitchman” will call a couple people in and ask them to hang around while he does his pitch. Of course others in the “Herd” see these…
The Reason I Started This Blog
I didn’t know people would actually find it, I didn’t know anything about Blogs a month ago. I am learning a little now. The reason I started writing here was because I kept losing shit I wrote on my computer. I would write something and file it in a folder and then either delete it…
Jackie Brown
I can’t remember Jackie’s last name, I haven’t seen her in a decade or more. I just remember she hated it, so I called her Jackie Brown. She was short and well built, attractive in an odd way, and had an explosive temper. Her parents were hardcore bikers and she had grown up in an…
Late At Night
Sometimes late at night, when I’m laying in my bunk and can’t sleep, I open my window a crack and listen to the young guys and girls on our crew partying. I chuckle to myself when I’m listening to them, all their shit talk, laughing, music. They say youth is wasted on the young. I…
Lot Lizards
They exist on every Carnival lot in the world I’m sure. We’ve all had our turns with them, well….most of us. I haven’t touched one in years. They’re easy, they take no work or effort, they’ll fuck anybody. “Rode hard and put away wet” is the term. They’re rough looking and it’s not hard to…
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- Diary of a Carny – The White Witch December 23, 2022So my 88,000 word Memoir is finally done to the best of my ability at this time. You can find it on Smashwords for free. Written from my many notebooks and diaries I kept over the years, twenty six years. It only covers a season and a half, and focuses on one of the most... […]Kevinmorra
- Sarah October 13, 2008I have a small metal box of mementos of women I’ve known and been with along the way in my travels on the road. Pathetic I know. Sentimental old me. I haven’t been through the stuff in that box in a long time. Rings, necklaces, pictures………. Tonight I was looking in the closet for something... […]kevin
- My Interview On Ballycast February 16, 2008I’d like to thank Wayne Keyser from Ballycast for interviewing me for his podcast. You can catch the podcast here, as well as many others on “Show” people and “Side Show” people. My life and thoughts as a Carny.kevin
- The End May 13, 2007It’s that time of year again, a week ago it was, I’m always on the greyhound the first week of May. Last season I was long gone by this time. It feels strange not going, I think I’ll be fine though, my heart does ache some. I live near a highway in this tiny town... […]kevin
- My Prediction April 25, 2007Carnies are born, they can’t be made. The Carnival Industry has always been made up of a certain type of person. That personality is a transient by nature, not materialistic, existing for the moment. These people do it for the love of it, they need to keep moving, dreaming, living just for this day, tomorrow... […]kevin
- What’s New Lately February 16, 2007About a month after I got off the road, and my visit home, I landed in a city close by and thought I may as well start adjusting to the real world and get a job, any job,just something to keep me occupied. Normally I don’t work in the off season, but considering this off... […]kevin
- On With Life February 16, 2007Ok, I’m finally past the “Feeling sorry for myself” mode. Self pity is comfortable for awhile, then it’s like “Who gives a fuck?”, time to get up and move on, life is so much more fun that way. My life and thoughts as a Carny.kevin
- End of an Era December 24, 2006I find it ironic that my Carny life should end just as the curtain lowers on the Carny Culture of today, it’s last dying exhale. The hard living, road happy people of yesterday are few and far between now, replaced with clean cut, drug free, South Africans or others the shows can import for cheap.... […]kevin
- A Place In The Sun November 23, 2006I’ve always had an incredible long term memory. Aunts and Uncles have commented on it, amazed that I could recall a certain event or place, considering I was 3 years old at the time. In the early winter of 1969 I was a couple of months from my fourth birthday. My brother and I shared... […]kevin
- Shauna (Do you wanna?) November 1, 2006I remember when Shauna was beautiful, back in the days when she turned every mans head. You wouldn’t know it looking at her now though, the young beautiful Shauna replaced with the old worn out hag of a Shauna. When I was a kid I used to follow her around, I had a crush on... […]kevin
- Diary of a Carny – The White Witch December 23, 2022