Fun Times

I know I haven't posted in what seems like an eternity. Needless to say ... we've been busy. In fact I think that's an understatement. But... like I told my student teacher, when I'm not busy I get depressed and focus on me.... so it's far better to be busy than to not be. If only I could find a good balance between the two. So here we go. About a month ago we went to the Cirque du Soleil show in Portland again. We expected nothing more than last years Corteo show from this years Kooza. We were totally jazzed. This year we went with our very good friends. We met them up in Portland at the Spaghetti Warehouse and later went to the show. The show itself was amazing... but we wouldn't recommend it because of the "comic relief" between the acts. They were really gross and completely inappropriate. At one point my good friend turned to me and said "Why do I feel like we are the only ones not laughing." It was sad to see so many people disillusioned to the grotesque humor... including the elementary school kid sitting in front of us. Sad. As far as the true talent of the show though.... breathtaking... or maybe I should say non-breathtaking as I held my breath throughout most of the show. If I get super ambitious I might try to upload some of the acts we watched from on line. At one point one of the girls was LITERALLY running around her head. I kept asking myself... "Now what part of the body am I looking at here." People just aren't supposed to fold likes these people can do. Just amazing! The pictures that are lighter are at the warehouse and the darker just before the show started. We couldn't take pictures during the show (for obvious reasons.)