Circus; sharp sticks and mud; The Book of Mormon musical

1. NPR has the original cast recording of “The Book of Mormon” available streaming on its website. This is, as advertised, incredibly obscene and profane. It is also blisteringly funny. It is also, to my surprise, sweet and touching and incredibly earnest. As Trey Graham says at NPR: “Much has been made of the essential [...]

Four brief things on a Sunday morning

1. Yesterday went well. M got home at 10:45 at night, but was a complete trouper. 2. I saw Thor last night! More thoughts on it on the forthcoming Fantastic Fangirls podcast, recorded soon. 3. I am currently reading: Cinderella Ate My Daughter, by Peggy Orenstein Story, by Robert McKee Wars of the Roses, by [...]

Dashing away to the day

1. Happy birthday to N! In celebration we are hustling off to breakfast before K’s 10:40 makeup call for her final Blue show. 2. Apparently some of K’s older friends watched her Unicycle act last night, cheering and calling her name. I’m not sure what to make of these friendships. K is friends with these [...]

The first Purple Show

1. M acquitted himself well. Two other parents said hid did excellently in his Unicycle act, and he said he did not fall, not even once. He’s got to do it two more times, and REALLY doesn’t want to. But he is looking forward to the fact that after these shows we’re not making him [...]

List of items, briefly

1. K’s first show went really well. She was so excited she forgot to eat, though. Poor kiddo! That’s eight hours with only a handful of pretzels. 2. The Y yesterday morning felt good. Like, why can’t it feel this way ALL the time? 3. We’re meeting my brother at the zoo in seventy-five minutes. [...]

Purple Show Dress and Tech rehearsal

The Purple Show dress and tech rehearsal last night went really, really well, from my point of view. I think the riggers and act captains might have had different opinions. We got there at 3:40, with our backpacks full of snacks and books and toys, our unicycle and unicycle shoes, and our generally positive attitudes. [...]

Cue the clowns

1. It’s Spring Show week for us at Circus Juventas. I am off of work until Monday in order to help get this done. 2. My brother and his family are visiting! We’ll get to see them Thursday through Saturday, and I look forward to it. 3. Henry VI’s Regency Council was awfully shortsighted. I [...]

Circus scheduling, an explanation

Jim Shooter, the editor of Marvel during the years I first started reading Marvel comics, apparently used to insist that each comic be written as if it could be someone’s first comic. In every issue everything had to be explained for a new reader. In the spirit of that, I’ll explain what this whole “circus” [...]

Time, money, both still finite

1. The May circus shows are coming up. Somewhat to our chagrin, the kids’ Unicycle acts are each in the second half of the show. So both kids will need to stay up until 10:30 or 11:00 at night on show nights. Not to mention dress/tech rehearsals, which are LEGENDARY for how long they runs. [...]

Circus and life skills

We’ve had two weeks of classes now, and things are going smoothly. Having class on two days a week instead of four is good from a driving and scheduling point of view, though the hours are a bit rough on the kids. We’ve re-introduced naps on Monday and Wednesday so that the kids can make [...]