Memorial day.

Five hours of trapeze and perfect weather. My hands were not being my friends today. Just sitting here typing, they hurt like a bitch on crystal. I'm going to give them a week's vacation. Well, a business-week's vacation at least.

After my hands started crying (read: leaking puss), I took up biscuit duty. It was actually really relaxing standing up on the board and serving the bar, putting people in lines, etc. I first went up there because I saw RJ was having to secure his own lines, retrieve the bar, and serve himself over and over. I was just going to help him out a few times, but then I didn't want to get down.

It's a simple pleasure, but great for me. Because wwhenever I stand up there and look out over the entire rig, I'm overwhelmed with joy that I'm actually learning trapeze. I wonder if it will ever really sink in fully.

May 29, 2006 | 11:27 PM | Link | 2 comments

Almost two lessons without ripping.

I had my first return today! I threw a planche, or a hocks-off... I can't remember which it was. But Kevin caught it, I swung back and returned to the bar! :).

The next try, I missed. The third time I returned, but just barely. I learned an important lesson: if you're not going to safely catch the bar with two hands, don't even go for it. I caught with my right hand and swung solo for a second before catching on with my left. It put a couple nice, bloody rips in my hands that hand been doing so well!

Trapeze, rips and tears in my hand.

May 23, 2006 | 7:24 PM | Link | 3 comments

Yay! Rain!

I just noticed that it rained overnight, and it's supposed to rain more today! I love the rain! :)

In other news: I can't wait until Trapeze High's downtown location opens. It's so much closer to home, and now I'll be able to fly any day of the week! It also means I can fly fewer times in one session so my hands won't rip open as much.

May 22, 2006 | 7:24 AM | Link | 1 comments

Still day.

I couldn't get myself to do anything yesterday. I'd be awake briefly, maybe eat a snack or watch a few minutes of TV. Then I'd go back to bed for a few hours. This went on surprisingly all day. I didn't think I'd even be able to sleep last night, but somehow I did.

I just don't feel motivated to be awake right now.

May 22, 2006 | 6:56 AM | Link | 0 comments

HOLY FUCK!!!

I just had to cut away the most painful blood blister I have ever experienced. Shit! This thing hurts like a fucking bitch. Fuck! Haha.

May 20, 2006 | 7:01 PM | Link | 0 comments

A carny, by any other name.

What's a vacation? Is it lying around on a beach, not a care in the world? Is it a relaxing day at home, spent reading quietly? Travel to an unknown destination?

Yesterday, I took a vacation to a location just one exit up the freeway from my place of work; a volley ball court on a large corporate campus. From 10am to 3:30pm I lent my hands to help raise an entire trapeze rig. I took a vacation from my desk job, so that I could go put in some actual labor. And I loved it!

Me, flying on the trapeze

I arrived in the morning to an empty block of sand, Dave sorting out pieces and tools. I immediately got to work assembling the pedestal board, and then taking on whatever other tasks Dave put me to. Kevin arrived shortly thereafter, and eventually Lindsay, Jacob, and Ken. Together, the six of us raised the massive crane bars, rigged the cables and safety lines, and tweaked and leveled the whole setup. I felt lost at times, because I'd never done anything like this... but I did do better than I thought I would. :)

After it was all done, I couldn't help just stand there and stare at the rig, so pleased with what we'd done. Sure, it's not a house or even a tool shed, but to me it is much greater. Trapeze is this amazing new love I've found, and any chance I have to get more involved with it, I'll grab.

May 18, 2006 | 3:44 PM | Link | 3 comments

Shitty things.

I'm really upset right now, and I don't know what to do about it. Thanks to this stupid post that tries to be funny but really just says that white friends are fleeting. Real nice. It's just the kind of thing that puts me in a really foul mood and makes me wonder why people think to write such things. I don't think about how friends act differently based on their race. It's never even fucking entered my mind.

May 6, 2006 | 1:36 PM | Link | 4 comments

History 101.

I just watched The Celluloid Closet, and I really enjoyed it. It was all about Hollywood's portrayal of the homosexual through the ages. Very informative and entertaining. I highly recommend it.

But what I want to know is, what was the first movie to mention feltching?

May 3, 2006 | 11:43 PM | Link | 3 comments

Hi.

Just in case you didn't know... pulling sports tape off of 2nd degree burns does not feel good.

Ooh I wonder if I'll scar.

May 3, 2006 | 6:28 PM | Link | 1 comments

Want to know what's hot?

Me, walking into the kitchen at 1am... in my tighty whities, socks on my hands keeping on the Bag Balm, grabbing the vodka and chugging.

So hot.