Exploring San Fran with some of horse crew was great fun, only now I am recovering from walking around so much. Saw the golden gate bridge, pier 39, Lombard st, and drove thru much of the city.

My company was priceless but the souvieners were not.

Might get a chance to see the exploratorium and walk around Chinatown this upcoming Tuesday.

From San ( Read more... )

Quite often I feel trapped inside of my thoughts, as if my perception is a world that my mind has fabricated that doesnt really align with the reality of others which makes it difficult to communicate. As long as it mostly aligns, I can go through life hoping my beliefs are true and that people will accept me for what I talk about.

Dreamt all crazy ( Read more... )

Everyone on the east coast must survive the hurricane! Take precautions and prepare for downed power.

This weekend is a 6 pack load out. 3 shows each day then load out. Next city is San Fran :)

Pretty sure I am getting my raise for having a degree.

Last thing, almost everyone here is in really good shape. You have to be in order to survive the stress ( Read more... )

The new guy that taba hired is mostly useless. He has an achilles tendon injury that hasnt completely healed so he is unable to walk let alone lift stuff... However, his injury has made it so I am kind of in between job titles. Whatever taba says is what happens.

Let me explain... this morning when everyone was getting ready for practice, I was ( Read more... )

Its kind of hilarious how the train runs so far seem to leave me disoriented and very off balance. After this past train run, it took me a full day to regain my footing.

The animal walk to get the animals from the stocks to the arena was at midnight the night that we arrived in Bakersfield. Considering how small and quaint the town is, it was ( Read more... )

Notes regarding sunday, last day in San Jose, load out:

Tabas tone when speaking to me was different, softer, more relaxed. Apparently he has asked if I was mad one day and might be trying to alter our relationship. His demands sounded like requests and his control of me appeared to be geared towards putting me back in the show. He asked me not to ( Read more... )

Learned a few things recently:
Your image amongst the circus city can be altered by the events of one night.
Barn management defintely favors men, preferrably with no previous animal expierence.
Upper management believes that new comers conform but that new fresh eyes may be the key to revealing out dated ways.
The horses recieve eastern/western nile ( Read more... )

Been getting used to stable watch lately. Work till 3 then the rest of the day is free to do whatever. Its almost cruel of me to leave everyone else working while I go to shower, eat at a resturant, and exercise but as stable watch I am not required to stay.

Not being around is how I plan to let things blow over from the last bout with taba ( Read more... )

Yesterday was wicked emotional and after last nights exercise, dream and the attention I got from a subconcious mystery man things have leveled out.

Posts from now on wont get as ferocious as the last.

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Never realized how much money it costs to run a circus... Renting the rails and locomotives can easily cost a quarter mil, then renting the arenas, paying employees, maintence, costumes, props, animal upkeep, ect... Does the circus really make that much money to turn a profit?

Either way we are mostly all underpaid for the stress we put up with. ( Read more... )