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Posted: 24th Mar 2008
Rarr this has turned into a 50:50 thing for me! If I can get something sorted with work, I should be getting my arse there. Fingers crossed and all that I should be there!! Hopefully see ya all.x

Q:"How many Jugglers Does it take to change a light bulb?"
A:"One, but another 99 others saying,'I could do that if I only practised more'"

Gate Keeper to Shocked_Prawn. None may pass.

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
Ski you all tomorrow.

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
...and don't forget your ice skates, swimming cossies, and climbing kit...

A wise man once said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore you should shut the up and listen" (though, to be fair, he might not've put it _quite_ like that..)

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
Swimming... I haven't been to a swimming pool in over a decade..!

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
swimming cossies?

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
Yay I can't wait to go swimming, haven't been for ages. Apparently they even have slides!

Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
I have already packed trunks, towel and ice skates.

I'd look pretty stupid wearing them at the same time though.

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
my swimming cossie is packed i say packed... i mean i'll make sure it's packed when i actually get around to packing tomorrow morning...me lazy and tired tonight and need to knab some sleep so i'm all energised tomorrow... cant wait though! see you all tomorrow!

Thoughts arrive like butterflies...

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
Well I'm going to have a nice hot bath (going to enjoy being warm while I can), then attempt to cram as much warm clothing/bedding into/onto my rucksack as I can carry without looking too much like this
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You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
Ok, I have blankets, clothes, juggling stuff, and absolutely nothing to put anything in.

NOooooo! Just realised all my suitcases and rucksacks are at my parents house in Yorkshire.

Me thinks I will be taking a small detour...

See you all there. I really can't wait. (I hope its well signposted, I have a reputation for getting lost...)

Live like there is no tomorrow,
dance like nobody is watching
and hula hoop like wiggling will save the world.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
OK.. I''ve got the van insulated but no furniture...

But got some Mulled wine to keep warm..

but don't have any swiming stuff as I can't swim...

"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx

Posted: 25th Mar 2008
I'm sure there's one more thing I need to do before BJC......

Oh yeah.



SLEEP!

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.

Posted: 26th Mar 2008
Se ya all later

Live life in a spin!!!
but if you fall don't come crying to me!!!

Posted: 26th Mar 2008
perhaps i'll take my swimming cossie then. Garthy get some trunks, we can splash about in the shallow end and i'll teach you how to swim x

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Posted: 26th Mar 2008
I can teach you how to scare the life guards
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Still not got any sleep. I spent the time productively though. I have one working polar-light. I finally get to play around and see what new patterns I can make it do.

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.

Posted: 26th Mar 2008
right, im knackered and jet lagged but about ready to go. Gaaaaarrrrrrttttthhhhhhhhyyyyyy.......come and pick me uuuuuuuuuuuuppppppppp.

"Don't do it naked!"

Posted: 29th Mar 2008
even though I had to leave early, I had a great time and a fab birthday

to all those that were there

does anybody have pictures? I was crap and forgot my camera..

how was the show?

and did the 50mph winds finally hit the campsite??

Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant

Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.

'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi

Posted: 30th Mar 2008
Fantastic weekend, can't get the smile off my face.

Was so good to meet you all, thanks for the cake! Can't wait for play!

(P.SLuckily, the winds never came.)

Live like there is no tomorrow,
dance like nobody is watching
and hula hoop like wiggling will save the world.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted: 30th Mar 2008
the show was awesome Guy! Amy has pictures which i'm gonna steal off her seeing as my camera lied to me about being charged everyone seemed to love the guy from tokyo (not even going to bother trying to spell his name) but i thought the diablo duo was awesome too -very sychronised oooh and the hat guy
High points: the show, the people, finding the enthusiasm to practice again!
Low points: the cold and the rain (goes without saying really), not being able to practice after finding new enthusiasm to

oh well - i'll be spinning again well before the next festival - after consideration may actually be able to go to the firegathering this year woohoo!

Thoughts arrive like butterflies...

Posted: 30th Mar 2008
Hello to everyone I met, I really enjoyed the BJC and will definately be going next year.... this time i will try not to leave before the main show!
Hopefully see some of you at Southern Lights in June!

Posted: 30th Mar 2008
What a fantastic convention!!

Highs: Where to start? The main show was absolutely fantastic! Every act
was brilliant!!
The Friday show was good too... Loved the Vodka & Orange show. And Silvia
was fantastic as always.
BYJOTY was really good to watch! Although sitting on the floor all
squashed up was quite uncomfortable
PhysioMonkey's Workshop was really great, lots of good advice! Thank you!

Lows: Rain, Mud, Cold. Especially as people diverted the main muddy path
through the campsite by going past the door to my tent, thereby making a
nice mud patch outside my tent door.

Goal: Go to 2 workshops - oops... went to one. So half check.

Crush: The performers.

Bane: The rain

Was also great to see everyone again!! Fun games of Jungle Speed

Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...

Posted: 30th Mar 2008
What a good time that was

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian

Posted: 31st Mar 2008
soooo.. nearly awake enough to post a HlGCB,and i like the new, realxed rules, which allow more than one thing, so here we go:

Highs

all three shows i did in the much maligned big top. the Clock was a lot of fun to do with character for the first time, the ballons with J9 was utterly great, and a good use of the boat (and yes, i had to get my lawyer inbvolved to prove it was my boat. thanks tommy). And Vodka and Orange was my favourite episode yet. i hope the scottish accents were a good change from the italian flavour of the rest of the (fabulous) show
gladiators on sunday - i genuinely didn't plan the shoe thing, but it worked. mwahahahahaha.
2nd British Weeble Golf championshps on the wonderfully sunny sunday afternoon... (round of applauise for random mike *Clap* )
the sun on the aforesaid sunday :o) if it had been all week it would have made staying on asphalt more palatable.
senmaru
BKC
the lunch afterwards in the pub
the threestaff/club session with meg and sam very late on saturday. utterly awesome and inspiring.

i could go on and on, cause i had a LOT of highs from this one... but...

Lows
the weather (not a bane, cause i have a van....)
failing to plug PLAY very well (1)
not seeing peachi and sinD enough, considering i was camped with them :o( either i drag them out of BBMC nwext year, or i learn about balloon modelling...(2)
Flame Oz not coming to do their uber-tight fireshow :o(
the much maligned big top
feeling like i was being ripped off by a certain trader taking pics of my props when i was specifically saying they had been designed by someone else and trying to get credit passed on but being totally ignored. bad form m'sieu. like the rest of your convention it would seem.

Goals

Arrive: almost didn't, but finally got there. Win!
teach good workshops: check. hybrids one was tough, but the staff juggling workshops were really well attended and i watched people who started their convention as the bane of many jugglers become accomplished letters-go.
have fun on stage: Check (see highs above). we were really not sure how V and O was going to go down....
have fun: Check. not hard, this one.
be scottish (and spend very little): check! £13 on food, £8 on beer, £2 on coffee, £9 on juggling equipment, £7 of which was given away immediately
leave and arrive at intended location: semifail: steeringbox went on the van expensive and meant i didn't arrive in notts until 11pm

Crush
hmmmmm. Jeanine for being so excited about the balloons and the poi, and developing a fixed grin as a result. senmaru, is there a fanclub i can join? peter arghbrergh. was really nice to see you saturday night and wanted to show you with some of the things i'd been working on but didn't get the chance :o( The Void: coffee, amusement, keeping me away from the councilestateparade/nongames, and finally a lovely kendama. you rock :o) and all the others i spent ages hanging out with: nigel, steve, simian, meg, chutney, jo, will, will, sylvia, martin (newly recrowned gold) gracie, kev, etcetc)

Banes
the poi abuse :o( i'm really, really bored of it now.
the ropes attached to my van. i hate you, you R*****T




It was great. thanks everyone who did anything at all towards making it wonderful :o)

Rob

(1): 23-27 July, shortlytobeupdatedwebsite - www.playfestival.co.uk
(2): fortunately i get to spend monday-wednesday with them, so if anything not seeing them during the convention was a high, or i'd be ready to kill them by now....

Holistic Spinner (I hope)

Posted: 31st Mar 2008
That rocked. Lots.



I've got a few photos here.

There should be more coming when I've got them off the card and sorted them out a bit.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

Posted: 31st Mar 2008
Where there many whip ppl there?

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu

Posted: 1st Apr 2008
nice photos Bovvy! The one of Polarity makes him look like a Brian Froud goblin or munchkin!!
I've put my photos up on Facebook.
I had a lovely time and as always, it was wonderful to see you lovely people

I loved the Scrabble times, and the Jungle Speed times. I also liked the fuzzy tingle times.

I ate far too many cakes, didn't drink quite enough tea, and am nursing a cold now!

The sunshine on Sunday was gratefully received bring on the summer!!

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Posted: 1st Apr 2008

 Written by :jo_rhymes



I ate far too many cakes, didn't drink quite enough tea, and am nursing a cold now!

although i managed to drink lots of tea

Thoughts arrive like butterflies...

Posted: 1st Apr 2008
incidentally, does anyone know how i can get in touch with this man (sam, i think):
[image]https://photos.thebovrilmonkey.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=269&g2_serialNumber=2[/image]

i need his brain

Holistic Spinner (I hope)

Posted: 1st Apr 2008
hes bristol crew, think alice or connor should have a contact for him

met him at brum convention, he is doing some awesome stuff with clubs

"the geeks have got you" - Gayle

Posted: 1st Apr 2008
got him, thanks

Holistic Spinner (I hope)