some days aren't like others

23 Oct 1998

Some days just aren't like others

Take off from work early, head home and change into the red plaid suit and blue afro; grab the juggling bag, matches, lighter fluid, and I'm out the door.

It was an afternoon I couldn't have predicted: passing 6 flaming torches, dancing to cajun zydeco with an 8 foot stilted clown, and spinning helter-skelter in a human gyroscope. This was College Homecoming from an alumnus clown perspective.

That night I would receive an all-time high payment as a hired juggler: a barbecue dinner and three alien-design hackey sacks.

Posted by Mark Stosberg on Friday, October 23, 1998 at 12:00 PM | 0 TrackBacks

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