The good, bad and english
Good news: I haven’t run away. Bad news: I have joined the circus…
I went last night to an induction class for acrobatics at Circus Space. I was surprisingly adept, though it is oddly terrifying doing backwards somersaults after all of these years. When they pulled out the vault-style trampoline and piled up the crash mats I was more than a little uncertain what would happen when I ran up to one and jumped. Turns out you fly though the air. We also balanced on each other. This is more painful than it sounds. I have another induction coming up for the flying trapeze, but the waiting list for trapeze courses is much longer. Not sure how much circus-ing I am really intending to do, but it did feel very stress relieving to spend a bit of time upside-down and moving reasonably rapidly towards a crash mat.
One of my housemates is about to bugger off, so I got home to a massive pile of spare clothes. I am now the proud owner of a Pimms* fleecy wind-breaker and a union jack umbrella. I will now be able to totally blend in to my English surroundings.
Also - on the music front - I have finally climbed aboard the Yo La Tengo bandwagon. They are good. I am listening to their latest album (bought from emusic - which is a pretty awesome website - like iTunes only you get mp3s).
* For those who have not had the pleasure, Pimms is a distinctly English drink that you have with cucumber, fruit and lemonade. You sip this in the sun, get very sun burnt and watch things like cricket. It goes well with cucumber sandwiches. Having said that, it is culturally the equivalent of Tooheys, but for chicks (and guys like it too – they are like that over here – all a bit “Mumsy”, if you know what I mean).
I went last night to an induction class for acrobatics at Circus Space. I was surprisingly adept, though it is oddly terrifying doing backwards somersaults after all of these years. When they pulled out the vault-style trampoline and piled up the crash mats I was more than a little uncertain what would happen when I ran up to one and jumped. Turns out you fly though the air. We also balanced on each other. This is more painful than it sounds. I have another induction coming up for the flying trapeze, but the waiting list for trapeze courses is much longer. Not sure how much circus-ing I am really intending to do, but it did feel very stress relieving to spend a bit of time upside-down and moving reasonably rapidly towards a crash mat.
One of my housemates is about to bugger off, so I got home to a massive pile of spare clothes. I am now the proud owner of a Pimms* fleecy wind-breaker and a union jack umbrella. I will now be able to totally blend in to my English surroundings.
Also - on the music front - I have finally climbed aboard the Yo La Tengo bandwagon. They are good. I am listening to their latest album (bought from emusic - which is a pretty awesome website - like iTunes only you get mp3s).
* For those who have not had the pleasure, Pimms is a distinctly English drink that you have with cucumber, fruit and lemonade. You sip this in the sun, get very sun burnt and watch things like cricket. It goes well with cucumber sandwiches. Having said that, it is culturally the equivalent of Tooheys, but for chicks (and guys like it too – they are like that over here – all a bit “Mumsy”, if you know what I mean).
posted by tangles at 6:59 PM
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Here is some Yo La Tengo to wet your little palettes.
straight from the fridge
I am a bit of a fan of the drawn out drone in "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" from their latest album I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.
If you are in the mood (not sure what sort of mood exactly) check out also the track "The Love Life of the Octopus" from Sounds of the Sounds of Science.
It is the sort of track you could have on repeat and probably not notice. I think that this is a good thing, but you may plead to differ!
This content is a comment is for an older post old but, meh.
I had a very vivid dream that I was running the construction company that was building giant water-slides in, what has until now, been the wasted internal space in multi-level shopping centres. Even after I woke up I was thinking of had it could be achived. I blame the Tate gallery and you for this.
Realizing that dream should be your life's work choco. I would actually go shopping more than once per 18 months if there was a water-slide there.
From dreams to fantasies. It used to be one of my main fantasies as a little kiddy to have a house where you could go from room to room via water slides. These rooms were, by the necessity of fun, far enough appart to make it all worth while. There was also no problem of climbing stairs to get back to the top. Esher, I think, also had a similar thing in mind with that picture of his. You know, the one that could really work. You know the one. Anyway, Choco, I think that this is your calling. Make it real for all of us!!
I also wanted a round house where each room was like a slice of cheese, but that is another story (or is it?!!!)
This is an un-edited recent response to our house-mate-hunting ad.
"My name is Teresa, and I am 23 years old.
At the moment I am working as an administrative assistant in a sex-toys distributor in Wandsworth.
I am an easygoing Spanish girl who likes being chilled during the week and partying a bit harder on the weekend."
We, the current housemates, find this hilarious. I will forward her email address to interested parties for a small fee.
Hope her clients get their wand's worth!
Someone had to say it.
And are you going to chill her? In the fridge?
Yeah.. we had to turn her down, I'm afraid. Just not enough fridge space...
PS - nice pun!
damnit chia, I was gonna reply with a hilarious fridge pun, but you beat me to it.
p.s. - house with waterslides - I claim place #2 on the waiting list for when choco starts making them.
Checking in to say Hi!
That's all. I must go prepare for my Halloween party now.
Hello! Halloween party?! Sounds awesome! The closest I have got so far was the Halloween day at the work cafeteria last week. The people serving had masks on and face make up. Wonderful stuff.
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