The conservatory window has feelings too...

This is true, as I found out last night whilst trying to teach my best friend some simple diabolo and juggling stuff. Paul was one of the original people to motivate me into learning to three ball cascade, but there, and a few columns tricks, is where his skills pretty much end. So, having overtaken him in the tricks department, I took it upon myself to drag him into my garden at 9:30 on a Friday night to teach him to diabolo. Within half an hour, he'd learnt some simple speeding-up techniques, Cat's Cradle, and some Magic Knot stuff, managed a completely accidental Whip Catch after watching me do it, had his first ever diabolo strop by throwing my sticks at my conservatory window, and trashed half the bushes in my garden. I then tried to teach him to ball pass, but that didn't go according to plan due to the lack of natural light and decent balls...
But last night left me with a sense of pride that I can actually inspire someone to become so enthusiastic about learning things. And trying to teach someone things that I've only recently learnt myself has let me look at them from a different angle, and I spotted some little things that I don't do that would probably help me to complete the tricks better and more easily.
So anyone reading this that would like to learn some simple circus tricks, let me know.

So, you take one ball...

Disclaimer: This blog is all the fault of Nathan Lawrence.
All complaints must be sent straight to him.

SO. The intended, and intended is the key word here, purpose of this blog, is to
a) Log my progress as a juggler/diabolist/general circus kid;
b) Try to find like-minded people;
c) Be just like any other juggler on the face of the planet, in being competitive, big headed and pretentious.

I suppose the start of a blog is already fulfilling point c).
But yes, I was inspired by my good friend Nathan 'Nay-FUN' Lawrence, in creating this blog, to attempt to motivate me and my friends in becoming better at the things we love to do, to boast about things I have learnt, and to share anything 'cool' and circus related that I happen to stumble across during my many hours on this computer.

Futhermore, I was going to have the URL the same as the title, as it is my Messenger name, Youtube name, and favourite doodle on my English Language notes, but Nathan got there first, for which I shall never forgive him.

A Brief History of my Circus Skills.
Brief being the appropriate word. I spent all of my Year 11 study leave last year teaching myself to three ball cascade, and since then it has snowballed. I now have a small catalogue of simple 3 ball tricks, as well as the ability to juggle three clubs, and successfully complete several quite easy but impressive tricks with a diabolo without losing limbs/eyes/friends. I went to the British Juggling Convention in March with a load of my circussy friends, and fell even more in love with anything and everything to do with circus skills, and have since spent too many hours juggling and too few actually working. But at least if I fail college I can run away to the circus.