Circus Girl

The last three weeks have been spent tidying, cleaning, cooking and organising.

Moving in takes quite a bit of effort and time to be spent on these things. After we’d got most things organised it was time for our first guest. Val, who’d just left the flat – came back for a couple of nights before leaving for the Antarctic (again). Also, we won a rocky road cake (unrelated).

Which is, probably (certainly?! – definitely, absolutely / completely …) why Maaike chose these few weeks to run away and join the circus. Well, run away and do a three week (5 days a week, 4->8pm) circus course. Coming home to cooked meals and cleaned rooms. Hope she doesn’t learn to expect these things ;)

Heh… anyway.. she can now juggle, knows one end of a trapese from the other, can beat people up even more effectively – create human pyramids etc. I’m actually really impressed and more than a little jealous. Might have to go on a course myself.

Anyways – here are a few video’s of the performers..

Trampoline…

Rollo Bollo?! (something like that anyway)

juggling (and passing)

trapeze

Maaike’s part in the performance was as MC. She gets really really really irritable though when anyone gets in her way (on or off the stage).. next three video’s of Maaike..

Most impressive..

Finally for the performance there was a human pyramid formed (well, lots of different figures really). Well done to Ollie (housemate) for organising the whole thing – and to all the up and coming performing artists.. great work.

Not quite finally for the evening though – Maaike took out the rest of her agression in the pub. Narrowly avoiding being thrown out on her ear..

Honestly… no idea where she gets it from – but will be meeting Maaike’s mother in the New Year, and will have a few questions..

p.s. … I’m sure you’ll agree the best thing about Maaike’s performance was, of course, my shirt..