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Hoopiversary #5
It was five years ago today that I started hooping. What a life changing experience. Except, really, it isn’t. I am still me but I dance more. I have always been drawn to creating projects, organising events, choreographing performances. Now I have a great excuse to do all of that – the hoop. Hooping still bring…
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Updating and Fixing the Blog
So many months of neglect while I Facebooked my life has left poor old Mediatinker creaky and broken. Commenting only seems to work for the spammers. The server is sloooooow; the version of Movable Type is ancient. There are no social media hooks. The design is unavoidably retro. It is time to upgrade and fix…
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Doing Without Report #2
I missed writing the June report on my ongoing experiment in non-consumption, so this one will do double duty. I feel I failed overall. I bought a few things and I haven’t gotten rid of nearly as much stuff as I wished to, but I have been mostly mindful. I will work harder at it this…
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Contests and mental blocks
A few months ago, Ayumi and Mami announced the Japan Hoopdance Champion contest. It’s a nationwide contest for all hoopers living here. I was excited to see it come together and I wanted to enter it not with any intention of winning, but in solidarity to the organisers and to connect with the broader Japanese hoop…
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Doing Without Report #1
Here I am, a month into my experiment and I can’t say I have had great success but I am not totally failing. I think I am doing OK on the giving away part, not so great on the purchasing part. Successes: Joined Freecycle and gave away some big stuff from the pantry closet Put a box of…
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Doing Without in 2013
I returned from Spark! Circus with a renewed distaste for consumerism. We don’t need everything that is offered to us, and there are some ridiculous things being sold. Walking through the shopping districts of Tokyo was painful. I started to avoid going into areas of town where every nook and cranny is dedicated to selling…
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Spark Circus: the work, the shows.
The Sparkles at a fundraiser on Koh Samui Where do I even begin the story of my circus adventures? The beginning seems so long ago. So I will start at the end. Feb 22, 4 pm. I chucked my bags onto the songtauw heading to the airport. As I plopped myself on the bench and…
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Circus Life
I am in love with the circus. I love my performance family. I love the shows we do and I especially love the kids we entertain. I love playing with fire. I love packing every day so full of action and emotion that 24 hours seems like a week. Our mission is to bring play…
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Spark Circus fundraising
Hi, I’m home! Not for long, though. In less six weeks, I will be in Thailand performing with Spark Circus. Joining the circus is a lifelong dream for everyone, isn’t it? Maybe it is just me… I’ll be involved in lots of different ways: helping with backstage logistics, making circus props, and being a general…
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Me, morning
Hey, it’s me pre-coffee. Why am I posting this? I’m testing an iPad app called Blogsy that should let me post here while I am traveling. In addition to blogging here and on Spin Matsuri, I will tweet as spinmatsuri, update Facebook, post photos to Flickr, and have access to Skype while I travel. My…
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