After finishing my jury duty, I hit up Faneuil Hall once again to check out the performance scene. Once again, there was only one performance going on, and it was the escape artist I saw the first day I went out (who I learned is named Jason Escape). This time around, I decided to have a chat with him.
Jason was kind enough to take some time and chat with me over drinks. Or rather, he drank and I just asked him questions. Understandable since I had already eaten and he had just finished two long performances in the hot sun.
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Today, after jury duty, I returned to Quincy Market to check out the street performance scene. This time there was only one performer doing a show. He was dressed as a construction worker and performed a number of acts including juggling, contact juggling, diabolo, and balancing on a rolling globe.
I approached the performer after his show and learned that his name is Brent McCoy. He is a professional performing artist and does street theater and other shows worldwide. This was his second summer performing in Boston’s Quincy Market and he said it was a great experience.
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As I mentioned, I was called in for Jury Duty, and so I went over to the courthouse today. It wasn’t much fun and I spent most of the day sitting around in a room, fighting sleep, and waiting for someone to tell me where to go next.
I ended up getting placed on a jury, and the trial is expected to last until the end of the week. *sad face*
It’s not all bad though. I am going to be missing summer camp, but at least I’ll have shorter work days for a while. As a matter of fact, I took the extra time that I had today and decided to take a stroll around the city.
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Awesome news! I have jury duty tomorrow!! Yeah, no… XP I was called in to perform my “civic obligation,” forcing me to take off of work… fantastic (*sarcasm*). They couldn’t give me jury duty on any of the days this summer when I was doing absolutely NOTHING? Nope, they had to wait until I’m actually [...]
I’ve been offered a job with the Examiner as the Boston Circus Arts Examiner, but I still need to hear back from them with all the information I need to start publishing. I am very excited though! It’s going to require a lot of work, but I’m up for it.
I’m probably going to end up changing things around here to make this a kind of unofficial homepage for the examiner site. Examiner is where all the articles will be, and this will be a more “About The Author” type of site. Not sure just yet how that will play out, but I’ll keep you posted.
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A friend of mine made a video of me from footage shot during a day out in the park. It actually came out rather nicely. Hope you enjoy!
A few months ago, I was over at a friend’s place in Nantucket. If you aren’t familiar, Nantucket is a little island off Massachusetts that is pretty awesome. They do a lot of fishing and sailing and such over there, so my friend was very familiar with the various knots that sailor use (being a sailor himself). And as he was demonstrating some of these knots, I asked if he’d ever used them to tie anyone up before.
Naturally, he was caught a bit off guard. He said he hadn’t, but he could probably do it pretty easily. So, being the circus artist that I am, I asked if he would be willing to tie me up to see if I could get out of it. Luckily for me, he agreed! Albeit, somewhat reluctantly.
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