circus, love, and other indoor sports

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:55 -0700

So this is what we did in acro last Sunday…..

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:12 -0700

So this is what we did in acro last Sunday…..

laughingsquid: Chemistry Dubstep, Music Video Created Using...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:07 -0700

laughingsquid:

Chemistry Dubstep, Music Video Created Using Scientific Experiments

…someone has to have made a “drop the base” joke already. This is too perfect.

philadelphiadancephoto: Spent last evening at the closing show...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:14 -0700

philadelphiadancephoto:

Spent last evening at the closing show of Invert by Tangle Movement Arts at The Rotunda in Philadelphia. It was a great show, we will be posting a fair amount of shots in the upcoming days. Many thanks to Lauren Rile Smith for making it possible for me to attend.

My friend Lauren runs an incredible queer-female focused aerial troupe out of Philly and if you’ve never checked them out, you really should :)

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:20 -0700

thislondonbridges: AFUK How the fuck do I get to this magical...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:35:17 -0700

thislondonbridges:

AFUK

How the fuck do I get to this magical circustheatredancewonderfulness?

theartofanimation: TangoCharlieESQ These are so reminding me...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:27:23 -0700

theartofanimation:

TangoCharlieESQ

These are so reminding me of a YA fiction series I was obsessed with as a kid, featuring a wild redheaded adventuress (their word, not mine). Hell if I can remember the name of the series, though.

tanglefootcomic: All I can say is that I’m sorry. I seriously...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:24:18 -0700

tanglefootcomic:

All I can say is that I’m sorry.

I seriously adore this artist.

danceabletragedy: by Henrietta Harris I really adore that...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:17 -0700

danceabletragedy:

by Henrietta Harris

I really adore that glitch art is becoming (is already?) a thing.

irresponsiblejam: welcome-foolishmortals: sanctusclothing: Ange...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:05:37 -0700

irresponsiblejam:

welcome-foolishmortals:

sanctusclothing:

Angel of Death by Ryan Conduit Photography
Assistant: Dannielle Jane Allen
MUA: Aline Kaloudi Make Up Artist
Model: Melanie Ford

The eyes, the nails, the hair — lovely!

nothing-nice-to-say: aghostwhorawks: theuncub: heymonster: So...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:22:56 -0700

nothing-nice-to-say:

aghostwhorawks:

theuncub:

heymonster:

Someone requested a post of all of the current Strong Female Characters, so here you go.

prints are available here.

I need Scully, Ripley and Janeway. I have Starbuck already on a shirt.

^ I need dat Scully shirt, Dat Ripley shurt, AAAAND THAT FUCKIN’ JANEWAY SHIZ LIKE NAO SOMEONE MAKE ONE FOR ME!

this would make a lovely installation piece an… octych? of altars, flowers, candles and all.

Tonight was spent bouncing between house parties

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:41:59 -0700

Me at a musician house party: Mm yes hello I am the most vastly cool person here, allow me to throw around clever stories and flirt with everything that moves and make everyone around me explode in raucous laughter.

Me at a circus house party: Wow hi hello that is some amazeballs tech poi you have going on there let me just sit quietly and eat these cookies while you discuss your upcoming tours.

jtotheizzoe: An important reminder that the universe has three...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:42:45 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

An important reminder that the universe has three spatial dimensions and is best appreciated with all three engaged*.

*engage fourth as needed for EXTREME MODE

I love doing this pose! It’s terrifically easy too, if you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:32 -0700

I love doing this pose! It’s terrifically easy too, if you post up your knee on your foot before making the grab.

warrenellis: it seems this bottle of dark mead makes me mighty like Mind Viking and yet easily...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:34 -0700

warrenellis:

it seems this bottle of dark mead makes me mighty like Mind Viking and yet easily confused like… easily confused thing

I have had the unutterable luck to run into Warren Ellis’ various online brain depositories throughout the entire time I’ve been interacting with humans on the internet (first Livejournal, then twitter, now tumblr). This makes me happy.

Me, performing in the renegade show at a local and much beloved...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:24 -0700

Me, performing in the renegade show at a local and much beloved clown’s birthday party in Portland.

I got so many compliments on this act from the circus folks who were at this party! It was a renegade show, and I didn’t plan to perform, but I’m easily lured by a captive audience. I did an “awkward contortionist” bit where I pretended (note: didn’t really pretend) to be utterly stark terrified and confused as to how I wound up on stage and did all my tricks in a desperate gambit to distract the audience.

And yeaaaah, lookit that point! My contortion coach is always telling me to work on it more, and my feet don’t have any sort of natural inclination to point, but I can see how hard I was trying in these photos. Good job, feets.

Crossfit Day

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:20 -0700

I nearly skipped Crossfit this morning- not due to any lack of motivation, but because I haven’t been able to walk without pain since those 80 wall-ball squats on Wednesday. And it’s frustrating me that the pain and soreness from Crossfit is negatively impacting my Saturday morning handbalancing class. Ultimately, I decided to go, and ask for other exercises if we were doing glutes again.

Luckily, we weren’t! It was all upper body and abs, to my positively gleeful delight. I got taught how to do clean muscle jerks (where the bar travels from below the knee to full extension about the shoulders) which were kinda scary but also great fun. I only worked with the 15kg bar, no weights, because I’m still nailing form. Getting anything above my head using my arms is exciting because I so rarely manage to get flyers up there.

The workout of death was 4 rounds of 10 pushups, 15 ring rows, and 20 sit-ups with plates for time. I had to keep moving the rings up to decrease resistance and I started with the 25lb plate only to move down to the 10, but I made it through and was the second person to finish out of five.

Total: 40 pushups, 60 ring rows, 80 sit-ups with weight, 10:22.

anythingphotography: Mind-Bending Photo-Manipulations by Erik...

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:40:36 -0700

anythingphotography:

Mind-Bending Photo-Manipulations by Erik Johansson

Erik Johansen’s pictures are worth more than a thousand words. The German born, Swedish based photographer enjoys nothing more than manipulating the mind with his tantalizing visual imagery. His vivid imagination and surreal forms create brilliant pictures of surreal moments, all with a hint of the believable. Originally a computer engineering student, Johansson currently works on personal projects as well as commissioned ones.

(Continue Reading)

warrenellis: I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:39:41 -0700

warrenellis:

I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.

Ground pork, finely shredded cilantro, orange zest, juice of one...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:20:00 -0700

Ground pork, finely shredded cilantro, orange zest, juice of one lime, minced red onion, garlic, a toss of coconut flour and two eggs.

Mix it, ball it, fry it in bacon grease.

Then get experimental with a couple slops of mayo, red chili paste, stone ground mustard, lime juice, coconut aminos (soy sauce substitute) and hot sauce.

Drizzle that shit over a bed of broccoli slaw, avocado and cucumber, throw the meat on top. Run out to the corner store for a cheap bottle of wine and invite your best friend over.

Paleo and protein-rich as fuck :)