Super Rad!!

Saturday night we of Thee Inner Cirkus threw a party at local venue The Hangar. It was great fun and I hooped for HOURS! In case your curious, the Barnum & Bailey kids DID come and enjoyed the little performance we gave. Crickett the clown, Chelsea and Blazer (guitarist for the house band) were the good sports that came out. We spun fire at the end of the night, after which we had a cuddle puddle, then hit up our usual late night hot spot, the Waffle House near our house. =) Mmm, heavenly hashbrowns...

Sunday my new hooper friend Niko and I went to see the Ringling/Barnum show Funundrum and it was great! Saw Chelsea again, Crickett in his full costume ...

(adorable, no?) and met Billy, a sweet little clown with a real life gansta attitude. Haha. The show itself was a bit PG and disney-fied but the skills were so impressive! Niko teaches hoop fitness on Sundays so we kidnapped Chelsea of the B&B crew and brought her with us. If your looking for a fun fitness class, check hers out!! I'm more of a hoop dance instructor myself, in case you were wondering why I was promoting elsewhere. =) As a massage therapist, Chelsea schooled me on my crap posture (which I AM already very aware of) and now perhaps I'll pay more attention to correcting it! She said it should take about 2 week of conscious correcting to "fix" my bad habits. I.E. Slouching when taking photos or on the computer, tucking my tailbone under when I stand or walk so that my back doesn't hurt so much. All good points...

Sunday night we (Niko, myself and Andy) spent a multitude of hours back on the Ringling train hanging with the performers. Americans are vastly in the minority and the various accents were beyond my understanding... We came to realize though how very normal all these individuals were, at least normal by my standards... You'd expect them to be superbeings, living the life they do... And the life they live can be CRAZY, doing 2-3 shows a day for several days in a row... But really, life on the train reminded me a bit of college... Living in a tiny room (although the rooms on the train were the size of my bathroom in the dorms), almost constant socializing and the inability to get away from others. A life not for those prone to occasional bouts of hermit-ism, or homebodies... The bonus being that there is ALWAYS something going on. Life on the train being a community of 300-400 people, imagine the things you'd do, learn and see!! I was extended an invitation to travel with them to Philly as that's where they are this week but alas, the cold in Philly was discouraging and I wouldn't have had any clean clothes...haha. Someday though, truly. Next time we meet up, in this city or another, I'm along for the ride! =D
On Wednesday I had a vintage style photoshoot with Katrina Chief from North Carolina. This was our second shoot together and she is SUCH a doll!! She requires little to no direction and her smile is killer! Dresses from The Clothing Warehouse. Here's a teaser from the shoot (and I'll be the first to say that my optimizing skills could use some improvement, any suggestions?!):
You can see more on my flickr, or my facebook. Links on the right of the page...

Carolina Cup shoot this weekend with McAuley's...will post teasers sometime next week!!

For all other photographers reading this, mpix.com is having a %50 off sale on 8x10's that ends on Saturday!!! My experience with Mpix has been great and their metallic prints are gorgeous!!! I'll be getting some made for my portfolio and a few shows I plan on entering here in the near future....