circus!

well, CODA rang and offered us free tickets to attend the circus! of course we accepted!
pity, though, the circus itself was a huge disappointment ...
-the juggler dude was useless - he dropped @ least three things during his routine!
-the ring master (a lady) who using a whip; she had her grandkids each hold a thin strip of paper between their outstretched hands and she tried snapping the paper ... only her aim was off and she caught one of the little girl's fingers! >< poor kid cried and needed comforting, of course ... :(
-the only animal present was a horse - well, a two man horse! like, two guys dressed up as a horse ... meaning, no real animals. :(
-but the tubby girl doing trapeze work and the guy who stufed some other guy in a box were good!
-after the show was over, we had a yak with the ringmaster - turns out the circus business's family owned!
-only other no good thing was that 'twas pouring for the whole show! thank-goodness, though, we were in a building, not some random circus tent ... the other plus was that we were seated in chairs with backrests ... @ first, i was dreading having to sit on backrest-less benches ... :S
wonder how many years it'll be before i get another chance to see a circus! fingers crossed it'll be one with real animals!
cheers,
em. ^^