R.I.P.
This blog entry is dedicated to my friend Amy's van. After a long and interesting life in the hands of Amy Gardiner, it has crashed into a hill today, never to be resurrected. Luckily Amy was fine but it must have been an extremely scary thing to go through. Let us all have a moment of silence for the van.
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Chicago Pad Thai *drool*
I was picked up at 8:30 this morning which was much better than yesterday. However, I am to the North of the city and and we have to meet everyone at Jena's place which is to the West of the city. It took us about 40 minutes to get there then about an hour to get into the city from there. The traffic is OUT OF CONTROL! I've never been in such a congested city before. There is construction everywhere and really long blocks of cars. It's nuts.
Man or Monkey? | Silk Sisters | Techno Ladies | Lanyard Heaven
Got to the convention and did our first show. We weren't able to get into the conference room all day today so I had to stretch in the tiny back room which really sucked balls. I never really stretched out my straddle split which made the straddle lift I had to do look like crap but oh well. The first performance was a little shaky. I didn't nail my first handstand because I hadn't done one yet so I felt like an ass. Everything else went fine though. It was totally a warm up performance.
After the first performance we had about 3 hours to the next show so Andy, Ray and I went out into the city and walked around looking for a place to eat. I got to see some of Chicago, even though it wasn't the nicest part of downtown. We eventually came to this little area that had a Subway and some other places. They went to Subway and I bolted for the Thai restaurant and got Pad Thai to go. It was a ton of food for only $6. It was very good too. It pleased my gurgling stomach.
My Burrrrito! | Salsa Plate | Rob's Food | Wall of Hot Sauces!
Went back and did our second show. My stomach was a little full still from lunch so my tidal wave rolls didn't feel too great, to say the least =P Then we all decided to walk around and see more of the convention. We went and watched a few different performances. The ice lady was making a thinking man and Andy asked if it was going to be a man or a monkey and she totally freaked out on him and threatened him very subtlety with her ice shaver. It was weird... we couldn't tell if she was joking or not. Across from that were three girls all decked out playing violin, viola and cello. It was like, electronic pop classical stuff. We all watched three songs because we couldn't tell whether or not they were actually playing. We came to the conclusion that no, they were not =P
Fuego Loco Fun Times
Then holy crap, we came across aerial rigging at one of the booths! Rob was pissed because he was told he couldn't rig. So I asked when the next performance was and it was in 10 minutes by the Silk Sisters from Las Vegas. We watched their double lyra act. It was good... clean lines, good technique.. nothing too interesting though. The music was way too low. One of the chicks had HUGE HUGE HUGE boobs! I couldn't believe it. The announcer said they were from Russia but they were also from Circus Smirkus at one point. Rob approached them and gave them his info. They said they would come watch us later...oh God.
Haha Dick Pond Athletics
Jena was collecting lanyards from every booth that had them. By the end of the night she had 17 different ones. The convention is in four other buildings so she's going to hit one every day haha. I shall be posting pictures everyday of the progress. We did our third performance. It went well and the Silk Sisters did come and watch. It's not that our performance is bad it's just that it could be so much better if we could add some circus elements to it and better music =P Oh well, it's enjoyable.
Mmmm. Drugs. For My Body.
After the performance, Jena, Rob and I went out to a great Mexican Restaurant called Fuego Loco. It had a really great atmosphere and all the walls were lined with hot sauces that you could just grab and try. It was awesome! I had a burrito with veggies topped with a red sauce and cheese. It was delicious. I asked them for their hottest sauce and they got it out of the fridge for me. I took a tiny drip and ate it. It burned my tongue and roof of my mouth for quite a while. I eventually worked up to using a little bit on my food. It was really hot but still enjoyable in tiny tiny doses. I liked it so much, I bought a bottle =) We were in a small town called Elmhurst and it was really nice. Had all sorts of cool places like a sporting goods store called Dick Pond's Athletics. haha Gross.
Got back to my place and b-lined it for the grocery store. I got some Advil for my back, an ice pack, Robitussin for my cough and Airborne. I drugged myself out, watched some TV and crashed at about 11 o'clock. I was so tired!
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Dir En Grey - Obscure
(F'ed up video from one of my favorite Japanese bands)
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