Hobbies and Interests

[Dirty Duck]

I've never stuck with hobbies and I've decided to change that recently.

So when I was 19/20 I taught myself to juggle when I worked on the produce department at Sainsbury's. 3 ball cascade and a few variations. A few weeks ago I decided to pick it up again. If I imagine Sisyphus happy, then juggling is beautifully Sisyphean.

I've been doing pretty well, got consistency with a few of the 3 routines and my 4 ball fountain / synchronous fountain have improved, however it turns out I've been using objects far lighter than what's advised, 45g vs 130g, I only found this out by chance on Sunday using someone else's props so I'm looking forward to seeing any progress in the coming weeks. Also going to a meetup tonight which should be fun.

Curious to know how many people at the juggling meetup are circus folk. Report back, Wayno.

This reminds me I got a kendama for Christmas after being mesmerised by some dude's doing it at Bangface festival last year. I've made 0 progress with it and Bangface is in 2 months so I feel I've dropped the ball (har har) a bit.

I've only spoken to a few people but no circus folk. Out of the 20ish people here tonight I'd estimate like 5 of us are actually juggling. A lot here, the majority, infact, are doing like "flow" stuff, staffs and balls on string which I'm confident would be on fire if we weren't indoors.

Were they welcome to the juggling meetup or is their being there a bit of a pisstake? Why are they co-opting juggling spaces?