Conjecture
So the El stop by my work seems to hold water. It will rain, and then for days afterwards certain parts of the roof will drip, onto the stairs, platform, etc. I think this might have something to do with the huge population of mosquito-like gnat bug things that has appeared there. All these gnats support a huge, huge spider population. All the spiders seem to be of the same type, spinning webs in every available corner of the place. At one point, I counted three making webs in a single pay phone cover. I’ve spent several evenings waiting for my train watching a spider work on its web. The other night I swear I saw two spiders mating… It all rules.
New Photos
I’ve posted some photos from last year’s Fright Fest shows.. Check ‘em out in the Pictures section, and if you’re in the area, swing by Fright Fest this year to catch our new, improved Death show!
Mardi Gras again
The second year of Six Flags Mardi Gras in Augus has come to a close.. I only juggled on the weekend this time, as my other job prevented a solid week of juggling. Saturday, it was Harper and me out there.. Instead of an open street-style performance, this year we found out at the last minute that the park had set aside an area for us to juggle in. We shared a “stage” (roped off area) with a costume act called “Those Funny Little People.” The sign by the stage listed all of their showtimes, “1:30, 2:45, etc.” and then at the bottom said “Jug O’ Jugglers 1:00-9:00.” We were filling in between their shows, with any format we wanted. We ended up doing usually two shows in each of our time slots. Object Challenge was really popular..people loved giving us their sodas, and one person even gave us his huge prize stuffed bear to juggle. That one didn’t quite work…
Ask Me!
Last weekend we did the Ask Me! event, which took place at the Museum of Science and Industry. They had an array of booths set up, each with its own topic and “experts” on the topics. We were the juggling experts, with our own juggling booth. The first day, Friday, Brian and I came in to find our booth at the edge of a circular central space just past the entrance. We juggled, talked about juggling, answered questions about juggilng, etc. Hung out a little bit with Kristine Smith, the sci-fi writer who hooked us up with this gig. By Sunday, they had moved our booth to the center of the circular area… We drew by far the most people, even though only a small fraction of them wanted anything more than a little show. It was fun, got a little bit of cash from it.. Sorry for the break in updates, folks..I’ll try to be more regular now..
