a juggling artist.

I went to North Carolina from July 13th - 19th for the IJA. www.juggle.org. It was a blast. I learned a lot. Had a lot of fun too.

Highs:
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- First IJA!
- Seeing all my juggling friends.
- Rooming with Tim, Mark, and Crash. Good times.
- Having a nice 5 club run.
- The shows were amazing. Ivan is one funny guy. The Welcome Show was awesome and the Cascade of Stars. The rest were sweet too, but I preferred these.
- Getting a lot of interest in my t-shirts.
- The Lounge. Genius.
- Some acts in Renagede
- Everything being so close. Housing, Gym, Theater.
- Lots of fun juggling and non-juggling related.
- Lots of the New York crew were there.
- Partying with so many people. It pretty much was a week long party. It’s one big blur.

Lows:
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- Not juggling as much as I thought I would at a 7 day, 24 hour fest.
- Not being able to go to as many workshops as I wanted to. I was too tired, or forgot about them.
- Being tired a lot, but if I slept I would have missed out on a lot of fun. Sleeping is overrated anyway. Does one really need more than 3 hours of sleep a night?
- Some acts in Renagade. It’s not the hosts fault. Some people want to perform who think they are funny… when they are not.

Goals:
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- To juggle: check
- Work on 5 clubs: Check
- Learn some new stuff: Check Thanks Club motion guys and Flo.
- To have an awesome time: Check Plus

Crush:
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- Mark and Flo. Awesome people. Tim too
- The lots of new people I met.
- The Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, jugglers were awesome. So flowy with all the stuff they did.

Bane:
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- I wish there were more places to eat.. maybe more variety. Not the fests fault though.
- Diabolo. haha just kidding.

Surprise:
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- Muffin Clutches. Way to go Reeses. That was awesome. Probably one of the best acts.
- I agree with Tim. People being talented enough to do a handstand and able to break a chop stick with their ass at the same time. I have so much to learn.

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Speaking of t-shirts. I want to try and get my t-shirts out there. To the non-circus related folk. Anyone have any ideas? I know people like the design and I have sold to non-circus fans. Any help would be appreciated!