One more night (day 204)

We just returned from the Cirque Eloize, the last Cultural Olympiad show we had tickets for.  I guess that's it, it's really over.  I managed to see the flame(s) before it went out on Friday.  I missed the Canadian Mint pavilion and the Aboriginal Pavilion.  I regret the latter especially.  I heard it was amazing and I recently found out a good friend had worked on one of the video pieces.  Many people have said they missed events that were 'right next store'.  It's a strange phenomenon, this propensity to put off things that are right in front of us, as if mistaking proximity for eternity.

The Cirque's show was called Rain and hit a minor key, probably meant for a late fall kind of timeframe.  This being so close to Spring, it was a little off cue.  But the performers were great.  I especially loved the giant hoola hoops they they used to roll around like spokes in a wheel.  That looked like a lot of fun.  The choreography was ok.  Sometimes it played on gender stereotypes mixed with slapstick in a way that I found uncomfortable.    There were no clowns which is really too bad.  I love clowns.  They ended the show by making it rain on stage which was fun and impressive.  Overall I really enjoyed myself.  I don't want to be too critical.  I would go again for sure.  It's nice to see actual human beings on stage, rather than stare at a screen.  That's the real 3D.

As I checked in to FourSquare at the performance I got two badges:  Explorer, and SuperUser.  Steve thought I said SuperLoser.  Maybe a bit of both.  These artificial badges remind me of the "jetons" (French for chips as in poker chips) that my parents used to incite me to clean my room.  I don't think it worked in the end but it was fun at first.  I was a sucker for the gold stars at school though. I keep checking in FourSquare because I want to see what else could happen.  I did make a new FS friend who noticed I checked in at the performance.  Perhaps competition will change things.

Bacterial update:  Just bottled another batch of Kombucha today.  I wanted to add Chrysanthemum flowers for the secondary brew in the bottles but didn't have time to get them from Chinatown.  Instead I cut two small chunks of vanilla bean and stuck them in two of the bottles.  We'll see how that turns out.  I'm also curious about trying cocoa nibs.
The Kefir grains are doing well and we are in a good rhythm.  They are growing very slowly which is good.  I don't need to get stressed out about what to do with them.

A song for this post.