day one hundred and eighty-four - juggling beers
Me, handcuffed through a dozen or so juggling rings and skolling two schooners on the Renegade stage at the 2009 Sydney Juggling Convention - By the look on my face… this is number two. Not my proudest moment.
Photo Credit - Julian Orbach
I think of my drinking a little like I think of my juggling. Now for this to make sense, first a little backstory. I like to juggle. I’ve been doing it for decades now. I travel to conventions, I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of the finest jugglers in the world. Some of my very closest friends are from the juggling community. It’s a place I feel at home. I love the nerdiness of the numbers and juggling theory. I used to train quite a lot… it’s a thing.
So with this in mind, to a non-juggler, if you see me juggle, many would say “Wow. You’re a really good juggler”, but if you’re a juggler… like, a proper juggler, they’re far more likely to compliment me on my shoes than my juggling. In the real world of professional juggling, I’m rubbish.
To a teetotaler, there are times when I could be seen as a raging alcoholic, but to the raging alcoholic, I’m a lightweight (but perhaps one with promise).
I’d much prefer to be a better juggler than drinker, though lately, that preference doesn’t match my actions.
Maybe this month, I should take my mind off the lack of beverages and get back to working on my 4 ball mills mess again.
Kilt of the Day - Mackay Tartan
Soundtrack of the Day - 99 Bottles of Beer - The Melvins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7fRt_NvwzM
Ridiculously Explicit but unbelievably clever and musical Mashup Album of the Day - All Day - Girl Talk (for Wes Peden)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39y-BGoJTms&t=96s
Comparative Links of the Day - How to Juggle 3 Balls - Josh Horton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZmmOdnljG4
ICE CREAM - melted juggling by Wes Peden - who was the International Guest at the Sydney Juggling Convention 2010 - absolute legend mate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkqaPsE5W10
Me (again), handcuffed to the sound desk for the Renegade stage at the 2010 Sydney Juggling Convention - By the look on my face… I’m more than a few in, but that was the year I got to meet and hang out with Wes Peden, one of the world’s finest and most creative jugglers… and then he commented on it… Still one of my proudest moments (but not one of my best photos).
Photo Credit - Julian Orbach
