My Cirque Du Soleil Job is Better Than Your Dumb Job!
03/28/2006 02:56 a.m.
I'm in between jobs right now so I called Manpower for a temporary thing. I totally lucked out, I'm an usher for the Cirque Du Soleil show that's in Scottsdale for a month. It's called Corteo and it's totally beautiful, though I still prefer Varekai. Nonetheless, I've seen Corteo 9 times now and am madly smitten with a Brazilian trapeze/acrobat girl named Helena. I think it's the baby blue silk shorts and knee high stockings. Or maybe the sassy brunette flapper-esque bob cut. Hmmm.
Actually, the funnest part is in the middle of the show I have to sneak down the center aisle and push Valentina back into the air (a dwarf lady tethered to six huge helium balloons that the crowd taps around like a beach ball at a rock concert). The actors are so friendly, they really live for the applause, it's a palpable sustenance for them - you can see it in their eyes. I've met the main star, the clown Mauro, as well as the giant clown who's 6'7 400lbs. Oh, and the female singer who I've also got a crush on. We eat in the staff trailer and they must have a professional chef, I had an amazing swordfish steak and lamb chops already. All in all, not a bad temp job, agree?
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