May 2012
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Circus problems: mixing up stage names and real...
…has never been a problem for me, until I wound up in Portland, where the circus community is so massive that I’ll be someone’s acquaintance for ages without actually getting their real-world name, and consistently get their stage name when I see them at performances, which just feel unfair. This situation is not helped by the ridiculous real-world names most of our circus world...
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“People will stare. Make it worth their while.”
– Harry Winston (via queerfatfemme) words to fuckin live by. (via cage-veil-cunt) I remember living by this credo in high school, trying to carve out a little space for defiance in my tiny Pennsylvanian city. Then I grew up, starting doing circus, and moved to Portland, where no one stares at...
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“Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the...”
– John Scalzi tells it like it is. (Go and read the whole essay, then read the comments.)
May 16th
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Equilibrium: Thought I'd document my list of... →
shouldersmoreforward: I might do this every Friday haha. FRIDAY THE 11TH OF MAY 2012 - INJURY CHECKLIST! Injured my right Achilles tendon doing a suicide drop to double foot lock on rope. Burnt my ribs doing a donkey roll up the rope, should’ve worn a shirt. Cut/burnt my wrists doing drops on straps. Hurt my… Oh my gosh, FUN! I wanna do one! Current Injury List: Sprained big toe...
May 11th
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Handbalancing Olympics!
Well, sort of. We had Jedi Olympics at my handbalancing class tonight, which was pretty awesomely fun. I won all things backbend related, and my team (The Calrissians) came in second. I advocated for “The Sith Lords” as a name so evil could win, but I was voted down and also accused of being competitive (true. I don’t get to be competitive often, but when backbend races and...
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Finding: The Day Is Coming →
fe-not-phoe: The day is coming when I move away from Eugene. The day is fast approaching where I will get to make the choices of who is going to keep being my friend and who I am going to leave behind. The last time I had to do this, I dreaded it, but this time, I am so excited for it. I am so excited for the… I just had a moment of fantasizing about leaving Portland and getting to do...
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Small victories
To my complete and utter surprise, I floated up into a tuck in handbalancing class tonight. Tucks have always been my nemesis, second only to press handstands; I tend to roll out of them onto my head, or be too afraid to go far enough to get weightless and extend into a handstand. I even asked my friend Ursula, who was kindly spotting me, if she was holding my weight, and apparently she...
May 4th
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wisdom
joykristen: “Never let success get to your head. Never let failure get to your heart.”
May 4th
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