My Obsession with Cirque Du Soleil

Last night Jason, Jessica, Rich and I went to see the new Cirque Du Soleil show that is in town, Kooza. It was amazing. It was the 4th CDS show I have seen and I would go to it every night if I could afford it. The things people can do with their bodies is amazing...freakish...but amazing. The show was funny, awe inspiring and highly entertaining. People, if you have a chance to go to CDS, whip out your Visa and get your ass there. You will leave mouth agape and seriously wondering why you hadn't forced your parents to enroll you in circus school.

Later on it got Jason and I thinking about taking a vacation to Las Vegas, which is something I never thought I would ever say. I am not the Vegas type of person. I hate overly crowded places, I don't gamble because I would much rather have a new purse on my arm than drop money in some machine and I hate the super hot/super air conditioned ratio you get there. It is just not my scene. Been there once and that was enough but.....they have 7 CDS shows running there. 7 freakin' shows!!!! I can watch a different show every night for a week. HEAVEN!!! It could only be better if they made a really dark CDS about serial killers and it starred Matthew Gray Gubler (I love you my TV husband). I have no idea what I would do during the day, but my nights would be occupied with all the acrobat/contortionist goodness I could handle. At almost $100 per person, per show, it's going to cost over $1500 for just Jason and I (although we ruled out CDS Elvis as I don't think I could take a few hours of that) but we can score a discount if we have 12+ people....so who's with us??!!! Who wants to go to Vegas for a week just to watch Cirque shows? I promise it will be the time of your life!!!!! If you don't have a CDS obsession already, this is a good way to kick off one! Just let me know if you are down and we can start saving together. It might take us a year and there will probably be another show by then (hopefully my Criminal Minds inspired idea will take off), but it will be way worth it.

One other thing that happened post CDS last night......
On the way back to the max stop, we were dodging traffic on Front Avenue and I have to admit when it comes to playing live action frogger, I am all for myself. I view the situation at hand, determine if there is enough time for myself to make it across without having to run like an idiot and start crossing, really not even concerned if the others I am with can make it across as well. When we get to the other side Jason points this out and I tell him I am simply trying to thin the herd and save humanity from all the slow street crossers out there. Jason then reminds me that we are a herd of two and if I ever want to make this herd any bigger, I better make sure it doesn't get any smaller. And since I am looking forward to growing our herd later this year, I better learn how to mind traffic for others and not just for myself. Lesson learned. I mean, I guess it is better for me to learn this prior to the expansion than afterward. I can't really expect a toddler to keep up with me. Well...maybe that would be good training for circus school....I can't let my child feel deprived some 20 years later when they leave a CDS show. They could become freakish traffic dodgers....maybe I won't be mindful after all and I could get free CDS shows for life!!!! YES!!!