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June 10, 2011
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More Friggin’ Fright Night
October 31, 2010Thanks to Paul Thomas of GCI ad agency for these fabulous pix!
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Jusby, Paul, Stephi, and Heather
- Thanks to Stephi Eubanks of Oodalally productions for asking him to come over!
- Thanks to Mike of Eastside Big Tom’s for putting together a Haunted Hamburger Drive-Thru for Scary Jusby and his Flaming Pies! … and accepting a (non-flaming) pie-in-the-face!
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Mike signs
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Mike waits patiently… and so does devilman.
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Done!
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and Well Done! Next!
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Definitely you, kid! After what you said to the mayor…
- Daniel gets his second pie (of the night!)… I was at his 8th birthday back in… June of 2008!
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Random kid… “Me too”
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Training Balloon Dogs to Jump Through Flaming Pie
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Hot stuff coming through!
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Are you sure I can’t interest you in dessert?
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Fright Night… first peek.
October 30, 2010
New, Scary Jusby.
Boo!
See also: The Olympian article
For “Fright Night”>
EASTSIDE BIG TOM’S “FRIGHT NIGHT” featuring Jusby the Clown and his flaming pies.
Pieing Daniel Again… also finally pied Ben.
Mike got his and several others rushed up as well. Waiting on pictures from Paul and Amber.
And for dinner: a Bacon burger with oysters and chipotle mayo, tots and fried pickles.
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Noise Guy Pied
August 5, 2010Charlie “The Noise Guy” Williams (of Isaaquah) capped off the Summer Children’s Entertainment Series on Tuesday night. Capped it right off. bang-bang-bang. ke-BaaaNGGG!
Okay, kids. You can only make these sounds OUTSIDE, okay? Have a fun car ride home, parents.
Blasting the kiddy mosh pit with a Super Soaker to illustrate the effects of Hurricane Charlie.
And a third volley because they screamed “More, more, you fool! We must be subdued by your hydraulic arsenal or we will rush the stage!”
What a pretty face! It almost seems a shame to cover it in pie. Almost.
We arranged to meet on Thursday morning before Charlie’s next Olympia show (at the downtown library). We had a blast comparing stories and riffing on each others’ material. We’ had a delicious breakfast at the New Moon Cafe (Vampire themed vegan breakfasts – j/k). He ordered French Toast. I ordered the Monte Cristo… which is a triple-decker French toast club sandwich. I brought a Buy Local coupon. He brought a credit card. Breakfast was on him!
Charlie’s modeling the new Magnum salon cape that replaced the backwards lab coat for pieing. He’s always wanted a pie-in-the-face. It was fate that brought us together. Fate and FACEBOOK.
Now it’s time for his Jusby Desert.
Desert was on him too!
No skimping on the pie! If you look closely you’ll see Terry Zander, former piee, peering at us from inside. Also seen in the New Moon that morning, former client, Debe Edden.
Ooops. Somebody’s gonna have to clean that up! Out came Terry Zander to the rescue with several buckets of water and an industrial push broom. The catch? I had to listen to his jokes.
Speaking of water… an hour later Charlie’s back to squirting the children for the conclusion of Take a Splash, Read!
What IS that racket?
It’s your new light saber on the first day of Jedi School. Good thing Master Yoda had that tip about the AA batteries.
“My crops need watering on Farmville! I’m wasting time on Facebook!”
Charlie wrote a book: “Flush, an Ode to Toilets”.
OMG, I Pied ANOTHER AUTHOR!
I’m am the literariest clown in the whole reciprocating bio-region of Cascadia!
Charlie’s review of the Pieing
Out of the choices: Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree or Not Applicable
Charlie selected Strongly Agree for All 7 survey questions
Pie
- The pie had an adequate, clearly identifiable target.
- Pie met my expectations in terms of its stated target.
- Comedy was appropriate for the amount of time allowed.
- Pie increased my laughter and/or expanded my smile.
- I will be able to apply the pie content to my current job assignment.
Clown
- The clown was organized and prepared.
- The clown had a thorough knowledge of the subject.
- The clown used effective talking and hand motions and stuff.
He also added the following comments: “Pied Piper, Pied lovebird, Pie in the sky, the great pie of Sauron”
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Thinking Outside the box pt 3
May 29, 2010Saturday
Thai, no pie
at Mekong
Stormy, Trish, Gaston, Mark – Rosebud -
The discussions about Redesigning Health care continued…
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Mississippi Pizza Shoot
August 23, 2009“We almost left town w/o connecting with Keith & Kara after the Monica Drake shoot. They arrived as the sun set, and Keith and I worked with what was there.”
At long last, I got an email from Keith Casper that contained a few of the shots from our Mississippi Pizza shoot.
To refresh your memory, Keith had reconnected (“hooked up”) with a mutual classmate of ours from high school (via facebook), and decided to offer me a complimentary photo shoot to express his gratitude.
I booked another shoot (see all the Monica Drake posts) and invited him along. It seemed like he wanted me all to himself because he didn’t show up for it. I called him as it concluded, and he agreed to meet us in an hour. We went to Mississippi Pizza with Dan and Serena and I posed for pictures with various passers-by. We extended our conversations as long as we could. It was 9 PM on a Sunday in Portland. We wanted to get our 5 year old to bed… In Olympia! We said good-bye to Dan and Serena and began walking back to our car. Just then Keith and Kara pulled up. He hopped out shooting, and shooting and shooting for an hour… due to some technical difficulties (harddrive crash) I had to wait a month for his e-mail. These are my five favorites.
Qwit struggling, Kid! I know you just got a second wind, but it’s MY SHOOT!
Everyone seemed to agree that I should try on Keith’s size 17 shoes. My walking boots just aren’t clowny enough, even with rainbow laces.
Imaginary tightrope walking
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Thursday Magic at Tugboat Annie’s
August 22, 2009To celebrate my new job at Madison we went out for a cheeseburger. We had a coupon for Tugboat Annie’s from the Buy Local book (buy one entree, get up to $10 off your second entree!). We didn’t realize that it would be tableside magic night!
The magician, Cary Durgin (of Durgin Magic ) arrived just as we ordered. [I chose the Bacon Cheeseburger. ~Delicious & Filling~]
Durgin wisely focused his attention on Orion first. Entertain the child, and the parents will be appreciative. Orion was a tough crowd at first; he was a bit too tired and hungry to be ebullient, effusive, or engaged. Durgin persisted and we were all completely entertained. We were baffled and amazed, really. We could barely believe our eyes. He’s got a dry, understated humor that I enjoy, and that I occassionally employ. His dexterity with cards and coins and sponge balls was astounding. [I've got to bring Sage here some time!]
Where’d the thing go?
Should I be looking where he’s looking? Or in that left hand where the thing is hiding?
During his act my phone rang, and I excused myself to talk with Finn’s dad who had double booked and needed some emergency coverage the next day. I couldn’t help him. I was quadruple booked> planning to culture jam at the Trader Joe’s Grand Opening, to pie Tall Sarah’s at her summer camp end-of-year BBQ, to ferry Trish to her outcall, and to bring Orion to a playdate with Anders. When I returned to the table, Durgin borrowed my cell phone, and suddenly it was INSIDE a BALLOON! “No, I can’t hear you… you’re IN A BALLOON!”
Orion’s starting to warm up to him.
No small change!
I was impressed and jealous. Other clowns have often talked about working restaurant gigs, but I’ve been specializing in the pie-in-the-face scene… which might not go over too well before the entree.
I would definitely return to Tugboat Annie’s on some Thursday evening for dinner and a show. I’d love to go with a group of other entertainers, be they clowns, magicians, mimes, or even twisters.
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Weekend Report – Off Duty Birthdays & Seattle Trip
August 3, 2009We finally connected with Pat & Melissa Suther for her birthday party! Orion got to play with their son, Keenan. We all go back to Evergreen, KAOS, & TCTV days. They had been living in Seattle for a couple of years but recently rematriculated to Olympia in the wave of reverse diaspora. Melissa is back on the KAOS airwaves.
The cake arrived in a giant blue canning vat surrounded by ice. Pat had agreed to a pie, but my heart wasn’t into it. It was too hot, and I just wanted to enjoy the BBQ. I promised him a raincheck. I like to be fully in character. I’m not a pie delivering machine. And after all, it was HER birthday, not his.
This was Saturday. On Sunday we drove up to Seattle for a combined birthday of Michelle and Roxanne. Roxanne turned 1 year old. Michelle turned another year older.
We went to the Pier 55 Red Robin for lunch.
I sat next to 3 y/o Rogan, and he started messing with me. He grabbed my face. I told him that it was my body space, and he should keep his hands to himself. He poked me with a crayon. I told him that I didn’t like that and he should stop. He didn’t. I picked him up and passed him across the table to his mother. 10 minutes later he was back.
He grabbed my face. I grabbed his face and said QWIT IT! He poked me with a crayon… in the ear! I broke his crayon. He cried. I wiped his tears away and patted his head.
The food arrived, and he was all better. I had this..
Burnin’ Love Burger™You’ll get fired up for the crispy-fried jalapeño rings, tangy salsa, and spicy Pepper-Jack cheese layered on top of our cayenne-seasoned beef burger. It’s topped with shredded lettuce and tomato to cool things off and served on a jalapeño-cornmeal Kaiser roll with Chipotle mayo.
And it was goooood.
There’s Roxanne with her Daddy, Drew, and brother Rogan helping blow out the candle. When the fire was extinguished and the cupcake brought closer, she got the idea and made a chocolatey mess of herself.
Then I brought out my nose and glue. I hit on the genius inspiration (if I do say so myself) of gluing the broken crayon tips to the kids’ noses… and foreheads. Then the straws to their upper lips.
Dakota and William wearing crayon noses. They messed with me too. Lotta boy silliness like burp contests and tickling and mustard-coated fry waving.
Dakota with straw mustache, Rogan with crayon horn. William kept a nose and mustache on all the way into the Seattle Aquarium, traveling a 1/3 of a mile on foot down Alaska Way and up until he got into the SCUBA gear.
I brought my goggles and diving toys for this shot. The diving hood was a bonus score.
Ewww, a pirate fish missing an eye. Or two. It never turned around.
Gavin’s demonstrating something.
Then I convinced the group to drive a few miles to Archie McPhee’s. Trish liked this fez, but I didn’t buy it. I liked a pair of underware gloves, but I didn’t buy them. I wound up with a chef’s hat (for my gourmet pies), a big comb, and a big axe.
Then we gave William a ride home, and he had his first Eastside Big Tom burger and first chocolate shake (EVER!?) He and Orion are posing by the new mural going in at the patio area. Not pictured: the garden gnomes.
Williams said, “Look out, we’re surrounded by crazy norms!”
“Um… norms? Did you mean gnomes? They’re called gnomes.”
“Whatever.” Okay. He meant norms. What a clown.
Then we met Mike who had just returned from Seaside and worked his 61st straight day of work. He is NOT PLEASED with certain teenager employees.
All in all, the trip might have been better had I realized well in advance that I do have other friends up in Seattle… and alerted them more than an hour prior to arrival. I had an ongoing phone conversation with Sage, and he would’ve done some magic tricks for us at Red Robin or gone along on an adventure, but it didn’t work out this time.
The lesson I learned was that I’ve got to alert my Portland friends TODAY if I want to meet them ten days from now. And/Or when Trish and Orion go camping I could plan to get out of my safety zone and venture up to the big city again if I arrange a time and place NOW.
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Interdependence Day: parade, pilgrimage, and phizzle
July 8, 2009Tumwater, WA, Fourth of July, 2009, 9:30 AM
Bubble~Trouble
Jusby, heading toward parade route, calls Bubble~Trouble.
“Hi, Jusby. What are you doing? I’m having tea, and then I’m going to get ready.”
“I’m on my way. We’re supposed to be there for the judging.”
“Oh, where should I park?”
“On Linderson, behind the high school. I have no idea. I’m getting dropped off. You need to get over here by the parade area to figure that out.”
Then I stand by the shuttle area for a few minutes and chit-chat with the girl and boy scouts also waiting for a ride. I notice a convertible Corvette checking in, so I walk in front of him and stick out my thumb, hitching a ride.
He lets me in and drives me down toward our spot, #75. On the way he mentions that there’s a clown in his group, a Ringling Brothers Graduate. OF COURSE THERE IS! Her name is Sprout, and her husband has a Corvette that she keeps promising he’ll let us use, but he never does.
How nice that I pull up in a Corvette and see Sprout and Bug standing there!
Later, another Corvette passes us pulling a miniature Corvette on a trailer. Sprout says, “That’s the Corvette we’re going to buy, and paint it to match Steve’s.” Oh, I see how you are! Got yr clown car all picked out, eh?
Across from us a political candidate has convinced a guy to ride a unicycle alongside him. I ask Sprout if she still has her unicycle. She does. I ask if she’s learned how to ride it yet. She hasn’t. I ask if she’s willing to sell it. She isn’t. OMG! I guess I’ve got to build my own clown bike or car or stilts… or WALK!
So, there we were. Three clowns representing an alley of ten. The judges drive past and we smile. Then a shuttle arrives with Stormy and Buzzy. Some time later my phone rings. It’s Bubble~Trouble. She’s parked by the Dollar Store by Trosper and Capital. It’s blocks away from the official parade start and we’re entry number SEVENTY-FIVE! It’s the better part of a mile, but she’s a fast walker, and we’re all reunited before we need to start moving.
We’ve been trying to get our act together for months now so that we could compete in the Paradability Category at the Northwest Festival of Clowns. With some last-minute coaching we agree that Buzzy will yell “Red Nose Brigade” and we’ll respond “Dot Com!” Hoping to drive traffic to the site http://rednosebridge.com And any clown at any time will be encourage to yell “Camera!” and we’ll all go over and pose for the people… maybe encouraging them to put their kid in the shot too.
A very clever strategy for team building, if I do say so myself.
It’ll work on several levels. Firstly , it’ll get us in close proximity of each other on repeated occasions. Secondly, people will more likely take a picture when there are 3 – 6 clowns in the shot than just one. Thirdly, people are extremely likely to keep and share a picture of their kid surrounded by 3- 6 clowns.
It definitely drew people’s attention when we were interested in them. I’ve yet to see any of those pics, but I have faith that they will appear. It absolutely set a precedent that continued through the weekend until late Tuesday night.
Between 11 AM on the 4th of July and 11 PM on the 7th of July, probably more than 50 photographers shot more than 500 frames featuring Jusby.
The parade was a mere pre-amble to what followed.
Professor Buzzy at the DQ, treating us to soft-serve.
“Burgerville Gift Cards: Makes people happier than clowns”, Service with Love from Burgerville, Centralia.
I ordered a 1/2 Pound Colossal Cheeseburger, with chipotle mayo, and a Mocha Perk shake.
We arrived safely in West Linn and the scramble began to find an appropriate venue and companions to watch fireworks. No one was interested in joining us. None of my 500 fcbk’ing friends nor any of the extended family, so we had a vote and chose to go to nearby Lake Oswego, anticipating a moderate sized crowd watching an elegant upper-middle class suburbian display. Parking was easy. We spread out a blanket and began waiting for the sun to go down. The show was scheduled to begin at 9:45 PM. By 10:10 the realization spread through the crowd that we were all
IN THE WRONG PLACE!
We tried to chase down a location for a few minutes but settled on buying our own miniature display.
sparklers… wheee!
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Wedding Stories pt. 1
June 16, 2009Since we just celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary, it’s time to bring up some fun wedding stories I’ve collected.
The most recent wedding we attended (last summer) was between a rocker and a massage practitioner friend of Trish’s.
Wonder Woman and Gene Simmons on cake
For the kids, they had a bouncy house! For the adults, they had alcohol and heavy metal!
It was a hot day and the ceremony was outside their house. Attire was casual, and the most common accessories were tattoos.
p.s. we celebrated our 6th by going to see UP, dining at i.talia and visiting Rusty Cock Ridge. The traditional 6th wedding anniversary gift is IRON; the modern is SUGAR! I picked up some red meat for the iron and poured the sugar on me!
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Eastside Big Tom’s
May 9, 2009I got hooked up with a couple of free shake coupons on myspace. The catch was that I was supposed to try the new shake of the month flavor, Orange Creamsicle. I quickly replied: Ewww! Some people don’t eat meat, some don’t like clowns, and some don’t like mixing citrus with dairy. I guess I’ll have to buy a second shake to wash the taste of the first out of my mouth. Well, Mike is such a great businessman, that he threw in that second shake for free too!
I’d been curious how the new paint job, patio and ATM machine were working out and wanting to stop by for weeks. We happened to show up when Mike was actually there working. They’d just redone the sign and had enough paint to redo all the trim to match. Don’t you hate it when two different reds clash?
Orion enjoying the Shake of the Month, Orange Creamsicle in the new patio area of Eastside Big Tom’s.
Mike F telling me all about the new patio area, the ingredients for the shake (Marshmallow Cream and Orange Soda Syrup), the new ATM machine and his Long Term Plans for pizza. Oh, I’m not drinking a Creamsicle~ EWWW! I’m having a smooth peanut butter shake! MMMM!
Orion’s improvement to the magnet board. He just asked how to spell Moose for some reason.
So now it reads: EAST ID GOD EATS MOOSE BIG T
As we were leaving, Mike says, “Bye, Orion. It was good to see you again.” Orion asked me in the car, “How did that guy you were talking to know me?”
“Well, he might remember you from the Halloween House, or maybe from reading all the stories and pictures I put on the internet about you. My blog, you know.”
“That guy has like four jobs! He has to do the Halloween House, Big Tom’s, AND Pizza!”
“Yeah, and he has another job about cheap toys that he keeps in a warehouse too, but we’ve never seen it! Maybe someday. And maybe sometime he’ll get a pie from Jusby!”
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Orion’s 5th birthday
March 24, 2009
Trish made a 13″ beeswax candle for Orion to use every year for 13 years.
Since our regular camera had been stolen the night before I had to use the Razr phone camera to catch this shot.
All in all, the Razr phone camera has produced some pretty good pics when the Canon hasn’t been available. I’m sure my next phone will do an even better job.
On his actual birthday, 3/19, Orion got to have beans & rice from El Sarape. They let him wear the sombrero, but they’ve discontinued taking Polaroids! For dinner he got to have orange chicken from Panda Express. For dessert, chocolate fondue with bananas, mandarins, apples, and strawberries!
Trish had bought him two more PlayMobil Dinosaur sets. I got him a 26 drawer Lego sorter, a foot operated bike/ball pump, and a small Lego Pirate set.
Now our bikes are all pumped up and so is his soccer ball.
But more importantly, his Legos are sorted!
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Weekend Story (2nd grade style)
March 8, 2009This weekend I did many fun things.
On Friday night, I went to “Dance Oly Dance” with Orion. Dan said that he’s planning a similar show, but it will be two hours long and all techno/ electronic music. Afterwards, I felt like a celebrity when I overheard someone say “He started it” and then a young woman asked “Are you one of the managers here?” She wants to plan another similar show for the Evergreen Hip-Hop Congress with b-boys (breakdancers). I wish both projects the best of luck. [suckers!]
On Saturday, we watched the Big Comfy Couch (with Lunette the clown).
Then, I checked out the Lacey Maintenance Center as a possible meeting place for the next alley meeting. I’ll have to go in person between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM to book it, but they have over a dozen parking spaces, and they’re right next to Pints and Quarts.
We also dropped off blankets at Animal Services and saw kitties, bunnies and guinea pigs for adoption. We looked at the lumber in Olympia Salvage, but it really seemed too beat up to use for Orion’s loft. Next, we went to Wind-Up Here. I made a wish list for my birthday there.
In case you’re wondering what an almost 40 y/o clown would like, items on the list range from trick candles to a heat sensitive shower light.
Orion got a Playmobil catalog. He wants most everything in that for his birthday, but he also wants most everything from his Lego catalog.
Then, I got my hair cut by Toni from Euphorium. She showed me a map of where she went on her honeymoon in Hawaii and tried to make me look less like Herman Munster and more like the suave, sophisticated gentleman I imagine I will be at 40.
Then, I took Orion to Rusty Cock Ridge. He played Pajama Sam and had a root beer float.
We saw Keith Jewell and his lady companion, Jessica. She’s a contortionist with the Pure Cirkus and has just started working with fire fans. They’ve got a new show at the Triple Door in Seattle on April 28th.
Then, we visited “Uncle” Luke and hooked up the computer to his network to recover long lost data… and a bunch of new mp3s from Duckhugger’s collection. I also left my S-VHS deck there for more maintenance. When it gets working I will be able to archive tapes from Kagami butoh, Infectious Waste Theatre, and the first few years of Dance O’ Dance.
On Sunday, I took Orion to the Eastside Big Tom’s to redeem another Free burger certificate I got on myspace. Mike’s trying hard to win the Best Burger Category at http://bestofsouthsound.com and he’s not afraid to bribe the voters. How does he afford it? Well, I also bought Tater Tots and a White Chocolate Passion (Raspberry) shake too.
Last, we stopped at Home Depot and priced fresh lumber. I also started coveting a Stanley 50 gallon rolling toolbox that’s big enough for pies, buckets of confetti, costumes, and everything. (Retailing for only $69.97)
Finally, Trish came home from the Women’s Retreat at Camp Seymour and I cooked her up enough vegetable soup for the week.
All in all, it was a fun weekend.
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T’s B-Day
February 28, 2009For her birthday, Trish got to spend 8 hours at the Olympus Women’s Day Spa (in Lakewood). It was the longest she’d stayed there in 11 years of going. It’s free admission on your birthday, ladies.
Orion got picked up from school by Shannon and Cy and taken to Charlie Safari’s! [Stormy did a birthday there once and described it as overwhelming!] Orion brought home a bag full of prizes. His favorite is the WHOOPIE CUSHION!
I got picked up from school by Steve Suski. [He's going to have an art show at the Minnaert in November!]
Around 7 PM Trish called and asked if we could go out for dessert. I called around to see what fancy places had cheesecake on the menu and we lucked out with Pellegrino’s Tyee Grill in Tumwater.
Orion was happy to get a mini sword to go with the lime in his water. He had been bugging us about onion rings, but wasn’t actually that into them. Trish was happy I suggested the Lady Godiva Martini. She also had a salad.
For dessert we had cheesecake AND creme brule.
Great service, beautiful atmosphere.
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Another Ridiculous Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2009
A few weeks ago I got a call to do a party on Valentine’s day. My pal, Fuzzle Bumpkins had referred a SECOND lead to me. [The first lead bailed on the night of the party.] I told the woman the deal, and she told her husband the price. He made an astonished/ horrified noise in the background. She told him it was “Even less than the other guy!” and put him on to give me directions. I asked them to e-mail me. They never did. I called back the following week and got THEIR email. They still seemed like they wanted me at their function.. in Centralia, in a banquet room…
In the interval before the big day, I got ANOTHER call for a Valentine’s day party. This time, my pal, Dawn Stratton had referred them. She stayed in phone AND e-mail contact with me as the day approached. It was a Bratz themed party, so I arrived in the Alice wig with a Scottish golfing hat (the kind with the pom-pom on top).
Getting ready this afternoon I started to get suspicious about the first gig and called PJ’s Pizza in Centralia to see if the banquet room had indeed been booked.
It had. By another group. The manager thought the name and details about my party seemed familiar, and he found that they’d booked it for MONDAY.
I called the mom. She sounded genuinely surprised and promised to call me back. I never heard from her. I guess I need to start asking for signed contracts and deposits for banquet room parties.
The local party went well, but I could have used an assistant, so I’m asking Heather “Honey” Duke to consider joining me. She’s got the hook-up for bindis and jewels and stuff at Profoundia. The kids today each went through the face painting line twice. They liked the designs on the temporary tattoos but wanted them hand painted.
I also had a lead on a “Pie Party” from Bil Fleming. He wanted to redeem his gift certificate but later decided that it wasn’t quite the right occassion. Some adults were getting together to bake pies. They didn’t really need me to add chaos to their intimate gathering.
For a time, I had three parties scheduled on a single day! After the first party was over I realized that I hadn’t taken any pictures, and it was looking like I wasn’t going to get any, so I had Trish take the above shot to recreate the look I had on Thursday after eating all the candy at school.
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