Circus

A circus arrived in the "city" I live in recently. I had no idea why they'd come to a place like this- people were scarce, there was no activity- dullness drifted in the air. Or perhaps this was the circus' idea of a perfect market- entertainment was scarce, too- maybe they had hoped to profit by being the sole attraction.

I felt little inclination to visit the circus- I think I would have liked to, a few years ago. It would feel a little pathetic, grasping for the ideal childhood when I had legally left my own behind less than a month ago. Despite my slight unwillingness, my mother had decided that both my sister and I should go and see the show. I listened in exasperation as she continued to complain about the ticket price, and explained to her that I was no longer amused by the idea of a circus. She obviously mistook my sincere confessions for a use of reverse psychology- and purchased two tickets as soon as she could. She lamented how she had misplaced one of the discount offers, else she would have saved another two dollars.

Though I appreciate her efforts of financial management, and how she wishes to indulge her children... I must say that there is something awkward about wanting to spoil your children and yet lacking the monetary capacity to do so. Reminds me of the time the family went out to dinner for my 18th- how Dad complained about the price of the food as we were paying the bill. I guess that was far worse.

I had a pleasant time at the circus, I suppose. I saw nothing extraordinary- and my sister seemed as uninterested as I was. It would be too disrespectful to say that the show was boring, it was just.. unexciting. The circus was a rather basic one- it had all the performances you'd expect, but nothing high-grade. Juggling, ropes, animals- the usual. Except the juggler stuffed up almost every single juggling trick he performed- and the most he juggled was 5 balls. Not that it's something I can accomplish myself, but by circus standards, I thought it was rather poor. The animals were cute enough- I think they were mules. They had 3 mules, and I think they were supposed to jump over these hurdles- and the 3rd mule always ran around the hurdle while the other two jumped over. This is probably due to poor training, but I found it rather comedic. They had dogs, too- the dogs stood and rolled over etc- but they were rather unattractive dogs.

No jumping tigers though

The highlight of the show for me was this performance of acrobatics, where a girl hoisted herself into the air using a dangling net, and demonstrated various tricks. Not that the tricks were particularly memorable- but the girl was hot. She was like a cross between Megan Fox and Olivia Wilde- except dressed in tights (where her back was revealed and there was a gash near her chest) and doing splits in midair, using a net. The inappropriateness of my thoughts struck me as I realised I was surrounded by a crowd of small children- but I soon consoled myself, because I'm sure some of the parents would share my opinion. We are human, after all.

Kinda like that^, except with a net

And now I'm starting to think that I wouldn't mind going to see more circuses, if every circus had an acrobat as good looking as her.