Saturday, April 08, 2006

Ghetto Circus!!

I went to the circus Thursday night. I was so excited to go, since I have always wanted to , and everytime they have came to town I haven't been able to go. I even went online and researched Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. I found out that if you went an hour before the show, you could meet all the people in the show, and a lot of the animals. Well the pre-show activities were sooooo stupid! It was nothing like the website said. I could go to any park and watch kids play on the playground and basically see the tricks they were performing. I swear this was a GHETTO circus. Did you know that dogs and horses are in the circus?!? I have a dog...and she really could do a lot more tricks then the stupid ass dogs they had. I feel that if you get paid to be in the circus's and that's your "job" then you should do all your tricks right. If I wanted to watch a mutt miss frisbee's, I would have went to the park. I feel that if you have a safety net and a harness, then what you are doing is not a trick. I can do any stunt too if I have a net and a safety harness. I want to imagine that maybe there is a possibly of you falling to the ground and dying. That's not possible with nets and harnesses. The only thing that made the circus kind-of okay were the two elephants. I really think they were 100 years old, and watching them kind-of made me sad. But they were the only thing that I couldn't see at a park. I did get a really cute pink elephant cup, that had a snow cone in it. I'm sure I could have found one at Walmart for half the prize. The cup did make me laugh because it has a little sticker on it that says "The Greatest Show on Earth!" If this was the greatest show on earth, I would be VERY afraid to see the worst!! Here are some pictures, so you can get a better idea of what I'm talking about!! The "Ring Master"
Yes, this is the whole ring!!!
Some chic twirling hula hoops
Balancing on chairs, with a pole, on a tight rope. The thing you can't see in this picture is there's another rope tied in the middle to prevent the rope from moving....CHEATING!

Right after this, the guy fell on the net below.

Swinging from a traipse.
And another miss...
I don't really know why or how, but these two did a whole act upside down.
Elephants playing or dead....or wishing they actually were.

I think they were playing the drums.
Kicking a soccer ball.
Taking a bow
A guy being sprung off a teeter totter.
Flying in the air
Pyramid of people
Tada!! The end!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I am sorry I missed "the greatest show on Earth"