Got some good stuff done on my pipe today. Figured out that I can do a back hip circle out of a handstand without knocking the thing over. So useful! It's just the transition I need, and means I don't have to come down to the ground. My back tuck off the pipe is solid now too. I'm doing it comfortably without a spot. Still kept my cell phone within reach though since I was alone in studio two all morning. Just in case...
Great work party tonight over at the circus house. Almost finished the top of my costume for pipe, and finished covering my trapeze! Also spring rolls, veggie stir fry, Whip It, M&M cookies and Burdick's chocolate bunny. Yum, and fun, and productive, and yes!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Beautiful Weather BBQ
I laughed harder tonight than I have in weeks. Got fed popcorn and hot dogs by a one year-old circus baby. Had an incredible discussion about the history of porches. Ate guacamole, grilled portabello mushrooms, and a cheeseburger. Indulged in hard cider and peach beer. Much needed laughs with fellow protrackers, and a great plan for all of us to email Elsie that at this point in the year we'd like to change our majors.
Also started cutting fabric for my costume this afternoon. It's all coming together.
Also started cutting fabric for my costume this afternoon. It's all coming together.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Shin La Update
So I'm just home from the restaurant. Made $80 in tips for 4 hours of waitressing, which kind of bites cause we were actually pretty busy and there were only two of us on. Not only that, I missed Juggle For Japan, a circus show/fundraiser that was happening at school tonight. Working every Fri and Sat night really stinks. Remind me to never do that again.
Despite all that I kind of love working at Shin La. Mostly I love Mrs. Kim. Sure, she can be a bit of a tyrant, and some of her policies are ridiculous, but you scratch the surface of her and she's about the sweetest lady on the planet. She gives free chicken and rice soup to people nursing sick relatives. She loves to laugh and joke with us about customers we think are cute. Plus, she's told me so many amazing stories about her life. She basically single-handedly saved her husband from sinus cancer, and when the dentist said he should have all his teeth removed because certainly he'd never eat again, she refused and told him to fill every single one. Now he's years in remission and eating everything he did before he got sick. Many other amazing stories, but you'll have to get to know her yourself to hear them. I highly recommend it, she's delightful...when she's not reprimanding you forgetting to get a crab for cold noodle salad.
Good day at school too. Doing back tucks off the pipe without a spot. Reassuringly, I can now do all of the tricks in my pipe act on my own at this point. Not 100% consistent, not always pretty, but I can do them. I think that's a good place to be a month before the final show. I'll be able to polish it up a bit, but it'll still feel challenging and fresh by the time the show goes up.
OK, headed to bed to read more of The Hunger Games, my most recent sci-fri post-apocalyptic young adult literary find. And while I'm falling asleep I'll pray to the Goddess of pointed toes to help me, please help me, with my form on trapeze. Where's Rackim with his foot stretcher when you need him :)
Despite all that I kind of love working at Shin La. Mostly I love Mrs. Kim. Sure, she can be a bit of a tyrant, and some of her policies are ridiculous, but you scratch the surface of her and she's about the sweetest lady on the planet. She gives free chicken and rice soup to people nursing sick relatives. She loves to laugh and joke with us about customers we think are cute. Plus, she's told me so many amazing stories about her life. She basically single-handedly saved her husband from sinus cancer, and when the dentist said he should have all his teeth removed because certainly he'd never eat again, she refused and told him to fill every single one. Now he's years in remission and eating everything he did before he got sick. Many other amazing stories, but you'll have to get to know her yourself to hear them. I highly recommend it, she's delightful...when she's not reprimanding you forgetting to get a crab for cold noodle salad.
Good day at school too. Doing back tucks off the pipe without a spot. Reassuringly, I can now do all of the tricks in my pipe act on my own at this point. Not 100% consistent, not always pretty, but I can do them. I think that's a good place to be a month before the final show. I'll be able to polish it up a bit, but it'll still feel challenging and fresh by the time the show goes up.
OK, headed to bed to read more of The Hunger Games, my most recent sci-fri post-apocalyptic young adult literary find. And while I'm falling asleep I'll pray to the Goddess of pointed toes to help me, please help me, with my form on trapeze. Where's Rackim with his foot stretcher when you need him :)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Acts for the final show
OK, so I haven't posted anything in over a month. Thanks to my friend Tiffany who let me know she was missing my updates, I'm writing today. If you've ever blogged then you know how hard it can be keep writing when your just not sure if anyone (except your mom :)) is out there reading. But thanks to Tiff, and Rayna, and (yes) Mom, I'm getting back on the horse.
It's been an intense couple of months at school. Emotions have been running high for everyone off and on through Feb/Mar/Apr. First it was hard to weather to storms of the winter. The snow and lack of sunshine was getting us down. Also, the pressure to gain tricks and skills and start crafting acts for the final show has been stressful. Lately, big questions are on everyone's minds (except Marshall's who will be working for Cirque starting in June) about what next. People have been setting up gigs for the summer, starting new performance projects and making plans for traveling home and setting up their circus lives in a new place. Some folks are staying around Bratt to keep training.
Under great duress we came up with a name for our final show, Circus Clockwork. We were interested in exploring the passage of time and what all of us have been through as individuals and a group, throughout the year. Originally, we wanted to call the show Clockwork Circus, but that just reminded our coaches too much of The Clockwork Orange, so the change was made.
Lots of progress on trapeze and pipe. I love my pipe walking apparatus. So much. Even despite the feelings of betrayal when I crotched it a couple weeks ago while doing a cartwheel. Yeah, it hurt. A lot. Been seeing a chiro since to try and set things straight, and it's been generally very useful. Still feeling a little bruised tailbone action though. No fun. But really happy in general with my progress with handstands and excited about some of the tricks in my pipe act and the act in general. Yay!
Maybe that's enough for now. Another problem I'm having is getting my new phone to sinc with my old computer, which means no pics for the moment. But I've taken some cool ones lately, so soon, soon....
It's been an intense couple of months at school. Emotions have been running high for everyone off and on through Feb/Mar/Apr. First it was hard to weather to storms of the winter. The snow and lack of sunshine was getting us down. Also, the pressure to gain tricks and skills and start crafting acts for the final show has been stressful. Lately, big questions are on everyone's minds (except Marshall's who will be working for Cirque starting in June) about what next. People have been setting up gigs for the summer, starting new performance projects and making plans for traveling home and setting up their circus lives in a new place. Some folks are staying around Bratt to keep training.
Under great duress we came up with a name for our final show, Circus Clockwork. We were interested in exploring the passage of time and what all of us have been through as individuals and a group, throughout the year. Originally, we wanted to call the show Clockwork Circus, but that just reminded our coaches too much of The Clockwork Orange, so the change was made.
Lots of progress on trapeze and pipe. I love my pipe walking apparatus. So much. Even despite the feelings of betrayal when I crotched it a couple weeks ago while doing a cartwheel. Yeah, it hurt. A lot. Been seeing a chiro since to try and set things straight, and it's been generally very useful. Still feeling a little bruised tailbone action though. No fun. But really happy in general with my progress with handstands and excited about some of the tricks in my pipe act and the act in general. Yay!
Maybe that's enough for now. Another problem I'm having is getting my new phone to sinc with my old computer, which means no pics for the moment. But I've taken some cool ones lately, so soon, soon....
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