TRIP TO DC

Monkey and I flew to Washington, DC this weekend for The Lobsterboy Revue's last show ever. We have performed with them since they started- we only missed 2 shows in their 4 year history. They totally went out with a BANG!

Our flight down was delayed so we made good use of an extra 3 hours at the airport...

CIRCUS SCHOOL WEEK 7

This week we worked on jumping up to hands-to-feet. It was awesome working so much with Zina- she had a partner act with her hustband for many years where she would do one-hand handstands atop a giant pole that he would hold. Our private lesson was with Zina this week as well- we got the infamous "treatment" from her during an hour of majorly intense stretching.

The fall leaves are in full form- some of my favorite spots to watch the TREE SHOW...

BALTIMORE WEEKEND- SHOW, ZOO, WEDDING

Home after 6 weeks- this is our show at The Ottobar...so much love. (Camp Love Letters spotted far left!)
Bradford- I'm soooo sorry I had to post this photo- but Dr. Donut undressed is PRICELESS- just know I didn't make any money off this "Celebrities- They're Just Like Us- They even drink beer in their underwear!" moment.

I started researching a new show about the relationship between animals and their trainers- inspired by the real-life relationship of Scotty and Jumbo the elephant circa 1880's. Thusly, I went to visit my friend, Rick, at the Baltimore Zoo to see the educational animals and had the amazing opportunity to watch him and another employee brush Yang the Alligator's teeth! Small- but scary and scaly. They are like fleshy yet stony at the same time- positively prehistoric. And there WAS a small amount of blood shed even in this weekly dental routine!

On Saturday night, a dear old friend also got married in a Vedic ceremony- please have all the people I love gather around to shower me in rose petals ANY TIME. I think I would spontaneously combust, orgasminate, phosphorese and squeal with reckless abandon!

CIRCUS SCHOOL WEEK 6

This week was very nearly a break-down week. Things seemed more scary and horrifying than usual. It's normal to take a few steps forward and a step back when pushing yourself physically- so I took in stride and dealt with the lump in my throat. Aside from almost crying doing a back layout off the high trapeze bar, this was the week of back bends. I worked on dropping back to my hands all week and found myself back-bending off of people and chairs many times!

NYC VISIT. LOVE IS THE WORD

Feeling expansive in my heart...Fort Tryon Park, NYC

And satisfaction in all things is apparently...automatic.

Maybe things are THAT easy!?

CIRCUS SCHOOL WEEK 5

Splitsville, USA- After 2 days of really intense focus on stretching my hips, hip flexors and hamstrings- I made it to Splitsville on both sides! I managed to put on a happy face amidst the intensity just long enough to pose. Guess that's the showgirl in me. One of the funny analogies that made me and my stretching buddies laugh through the pain was talking about how getting splits is like anal sex- you have to coax it each time and never over push!

This week was the first week of skills training instead of just conditioning like we have been doing- which was exciting and fun, but also means we have to motivate for serious and do all the same amount of conditioning on our own time. The safety lines were brought out for the first time this week for us to learn Penny Drops- basically flips off a high bar onto the ground.



Life in Keene continues to amuse as well- this is a little after-dinner freak-fest with Sadie and Monkey. I'm sad to leave here in November, but we will definitely need to be closer to the studio (Keene is 30 minutes away) to become the bad asses we want to be! We're gonna spend the rest of our 9 months in Brattleboro with 2 guy contortionists in the program- isn't that hot?

PLAYA DEL FUEGO- FALL 2007

I drove 7 hours Friday to join my favorite Baltimore nutballs who convened as Camp Love Letters- a brilliant interactive theme camp conceived of by Spoon- people came by to write love letters and then we would take turns delivering them! We brought a lot of joy to the world this weekend! Other highlights include (but are not limited to):

1. DONKEY! I never knew I loved donkeys so much!

2. Making my synchronized hula hoop video (with 28 hoopers and only one rehearsal!)
3. Our synchronized swim routine for the opening ceremony of the Naked Slip-N-Slide
4. Pickletinis (pickle juice, vodka, vermouth- YUM and WEIRD!)
5. Writing and delivering all the love letters.
6. Malcolm's Robot Dance
7. Gnome sitings Friday night
8. Joe's angry-dad voice for deliveries
9. Talking about pink bubbles, crystals, Mongolian vacationing, Chartreuse, roadkill photography, Britney, geology, William Shatner- to name a few memorable converstations.
10. And being in the best camp ever with the coolest and most creative people EVER- I LOVE YOU CAMP LOVE LETTERS!

CIRCUS SCHOOL WEEK 4

Many of us were slowed down this week with sniffles and coughing from what became known as 'the cold'- but the highlight of the week was when we got to play soccer (with a rubber bouncy ball) and sort-of basketball in our stilt class! We also had an unexpected gig in Boston on Thursday. The scheduled performers were coming down from Montreal but weren't permitted to cross the boarder for some reason- so they pulled it together with Vermont peeps last minute. The skirt I'm wearing is actually one of their costumes- it is made out of hundreds of stockings- brilliant!