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A look back to 2017 and BIG things coming in 2018!

A look back. Despite the issues of this last year, it was a good year for me. After staying at my brothers for 6 months (Thank you for putting up with me, Jerome), I moved back into the room I lived in for a few months before I went on the road. All my stuff […]

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Well into Week Two.

Here it is well into week two and I am finally updating. Training went well. It was very much like Amaluna. The big difference is that there are a lot less ques but a lot more ushers. Doors 3 and 4 have a divided entrance. There are stairs going up to the 200 sections and […]

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Here we go! Running away with the Circus 2.01: Code name: Denver

I got up early on Wednesday (I know Jerome, 8 AM is early for me). It took a bit for the final bits to be finished. Packing the van, laundry, etc. I took some time to activate my 23 hour fitness membership. Now I am guaranteed a place to take a shower. I stopped by […]

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One week down

Last Monday started early. We were doing chair setup at 8AM and it takes me over an hour to get there so my alarm went off at 6. Unfortunately the complementary breakfast doesn’t start until 6:30. But I had been prepared and had gotten breakfast and lunch the night before. The day progressed as expected. […]

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And so starts Washington DC

I flew out of Seattle on Wednesday night. That’s right I took a red-eye. It was $140 cheaper than the cheapest daytime flight. As you might expect I did not sleep, only dosed. The plane was equipped with personal screens for each seat. I had a choice of videos, music, games, and flight info. I […]

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About time I posted agian.

Sorry about the long delay but I am a procrastinator. Guess what? Cirque is now in San Francisco and so am I! After spending a week at home and going to haunted houses with Cindy, I packed up my car and headed south… Well, North really. I decided to make this trip via highway 101, […]

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Its been a while.

I haven’t posted in a while and I have some time so here I am. There is one word to describe Minneapolis, Slow. We started late in the setup. Usually we come in at 8 AM to start setting up the chairs but they delayed us to 1PM. We managed to get all the chairs […]

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And so Minneapolis begins

On Tuesday I left home for a trek across two thirds of the country. The days were nice and uneventful. Just the way I like my drives. The first night I stopped at my sister, Annes, house. We met at a local (well, local is a relative term) steak house. After a good steak and […]

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A very cool day at Cirque, and I wasn’t even working.

A week or two ago I was given an opportunity by the head of lighting to shadow the techs for a show. Last night I did it. I arrived on site and was greeted by “Joe… your not on the list”, so I reminded them why I was there. My boss took me into the […]

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Fun, Partys, and theft

Yesterday was a fun day. I started the day by going to the Elitch Gardens Theme park. elitchgardens.com The first thing I did was go to a magic show. It was named “Cirque Conger”. What a coincidence. The show was cheesy but had some good jokes and the tricks were done well. Then I headed […]

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