thought o' the day...

[charlatan_mudo]

Here´s another one/aquí va otro

"My brothers and I administer evil, and thanks to us good exists"

Li-xiao (a character in a book called "The Cannibal´s Daughter" written by Rosa Montero)

"Mis hermanos y yo administramos el mal, y gracias a nostros el bien existe"

Li-xiao (un personaje de un libro llamado "la Hija del Caníbal" escrito por Rosa Montero)

[theballoonman]

a story jeff told to me at byrons birthday dinner yesterday, about a mutual friend, sharon(Tallulah the juggling whore)....

part of her show is something called "The ladder of men"(all rights reserved)
this entails getting 3 guys out of the audience,taking off there shirts, and dressing them in ladies lingerie. She then climbs up and over them, and sits on ones head and juggles.
All this done the way only the lovely and charming talullah can....

a heckler seeing the men half naked in lingerie shouts out "Hey its just like Iraq!"
the lovely talulah not missing a beat quips back...
"its not about Iraq ....its about YOUR rack."
then proceeds to honk her volunteers man boobs.

THIS is the reason,i'm bearing her lovechild.
(My mother wanted to know)
Mike Shick
Eight months along...
(Oh look,his leg is dangling out,oh, sorry.)

[theballoonman]

hello again....
This summer,travelling around europe,as a canadian,the constant "This house is older than your country.""This pub here,its older than your country" nonsense gets a little old.
I'm sure the australians would agree....
After the amsterdam rally this year i went on a road trip with some friends thru northern germany on our way to berlin.
we stopped in my friends hometown in north germany for a coupla days and as he was showing me around he mentioned the church at the end of the road as "Being older than my country..." to wit. i replied...
"Gee Sorry, I thought we bombed all those..."

mike

[$cottbox]

dont judge yourself by how people percept you. Judge yourself for what you can do, and what you are inside.

[theballoonman]

Gloomy,wet,vancouver winter settling in...gotta go south....anyone want to adopt a post modern punk rock clown???
i'm loud,take up alot of room,and eat a great deal...
But I've got a great personality.

Mike Shick
The Balloonman Show
"Fat people are harder to kidnap."

[martin ewen]

Wait.. wait yes I'm definitely picking up a frequency

The observation that, instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise protection from nightmares.
This implies many things, not least the advantage in producing and managing nightmares.

[theballoonman]

musings

As i get older... i'm constantly reminded abought change.
How things i hated as a young child...could not stand in the least as a tiny tot....
Become,over time, some of my very most favorite things...
Like....
Rainy days and, orchestral plays.....
Museums of modern art, operatic ariations,and the philosiphy of Sartre....
Taking an afternoon nap or going to learn in a school...
getting up really early or working with tools....
A really large book of Poetry or a play from the Bard....
writing a letter, or workin in the yard...
A cool autaumnal eve,or a higher power in which to beliave...
And...oh yeah.....
cauliflower,fat chicks and spankings.....

mike

[Butterfly Man]

twisted into hyperbolic shapes

You are somewhat brilliant and have given me a whole new way to look at balloons.

[theballoonman]

snow falling on palm trees.

Well, I survived yet another holiday season,maniacally busy performing and cavorting. I dug out my Santa Claus costumes from storage this year.(I have three different ones,lets just say, you dont want to run out) And proceeded to ensconce myself in expensive red crushed velvet (velvet pants....mmmmmm),
I replaced the crayola I typically wear as an earring, with a candy cane, donned my red leather santa hat, and set out to make merry.
I mean what is christmas about....? If not the birth of Santa??

Well now its January,its a rare day in Vancouver, in that its been snowing....a good strong packable snow I havent seen in almost a decade...My snow person is made.I've recovered somewhat from the work/play binge that is a performers holiday. All this is behind me now,I have replaced the crayola,and wear the red crushed velvet pants only around the house. And have time to type.

I'd like to wish a very merry Ho Ho to all on pnet and my good friends around the world who continue to teach, inspire, house, feed, show around, buy rounds of libations,hire, conspire and to simply play with me. You know who you are.

A special shout out to Spike Danbunt for his beautifull and sentimental photos of his newborn baby,lovely wife and his self, celebrating a joyous and happy scottish xmas surrounded by his family and relatives. Curled up at the hearth of his castle. Adorned festively ,warmly, and with great care.
"How people can live like that,I have no idea."

I'd like to write each of you seperatly,but at 5 wpm typing speed, I've already spent the last several hours on this missive.

2005!!!!!!
I'm still alil miffed my flying car,robot maid/love slave and holo deck that i've been asking Santa for, for the last 30 years, still hasnt come.(Yeah,yeah, I know the holo deck wasnt introduced til the 80's,yeah,yeah....F@ckin Trekkies....)
And this last year was the year that my livliehood was devastated on Granville Island (Van,BC,CA,my hone pitch of 10 yrs) by some first year clown who cant even make a one balloon dog. But, was given an unreasonably unfair advantage, in terms of being allowed to perform anywhere, anytime,with no time restrictions, even allowed to actively solicit, for as long as he wants,even in my scheduled one hour allotments(to a max of 3 hrs per day,set locations that i share with another balloonartist.)simply because he wears a red nose and makeup. Although my nose is often rosey.... especially after a visit at Pepes(Badum-dum,cymbal crash).
Ive always believed that nice clowns pinch,bad clowns rouge.
Personally, that hackneyed, cliche of a clown image has always creeped me out....blame Stephen King, John Wayne Gacey but most importantley that red headed abomination Ronald. If for no other reason, than for the fact that though I learned it over 3 decades ago, I still remember that it's " 2 aaall-beef patties,special saauuce, lettuce, cheeeese,pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun...."
If thats not a mark of the beast, I dont know what is.
Anyhoo,the complexity of the irony, that I'm being run out by a poodle maker is not lost on me. So I learn the lesson, chuckle contentley, and compose a scathing letter of protest. I'll keep you all informed as to progress. Its not THAT important anyway. The majority of this coming summer will be spent in europe, with a long threatened,but as of yet, unrealised trip down under. "Gentlemen,prepare your couches.!"

Lastly, and most importantly(at least to me), 2005 is a year of rebirth....My Van Dyke has finally grown long and curly enough at the ends, and flecked with larger and larger patches of silver, despite the best efforts of me and Clairol. The laugh lines have sunken in beautifully around my eyes...and I achieved my goal of losing 50 lbs of extra weight by 2005.(there's no joke,i'm down to a waiflike 5'10",215 lbs) (All this time i thought that diet and exercise were just some lie skinny people told me)
Now is the perfect time to rename myself and my show...

Its still "The Balloonman Show" but I've finally grown old enough to suit a name i've been enamored with for years...
Ladies and gentlemen....children of the jury....I am,and forever on shall be known as....
The amazing.....the ambiguous.....

pApAdAdA
"A new direction in latex."

(Get it...? newd irection,that always kills me,hehe...cool)
All my new promo material will list me as pApAdAdA....
look for me loyal viewers,in the nights sky....
til next time moppets....

vaya con globos

The Balloonman Show
starring pApAdAdA

"The worlds premiere popcomic."

come on...who's your dAdA????????

[theballoonman]

help i'm stuck in edinburgh!!?!

This just in from the White House....

Pres.G.W. Bush has finally declared that the horrible flooding in New Orleans WAS the work of a suicide plumber.





did i wait long enuf? Katrina and the Waves cd anyone....pull my goddamm finger.
(2 months in europe and i havent left edinburgh....)

pApA dAdA

[le pire]

ça manque quelque chose dans la traducion...

On vient tous du même pétrin
qu'on soit froment ou sarrasin
herbe folle, maïs ou blé noir
du champ voisin ou de nulle part


La Tordue

[jester]

Bush War

You can't wage war against the forces of nature. However, you can wage war against naturism.

War against Naturism. Just picture any congressman naked and you'll know this is a good idea.

nature gave us the hurricanes, so we can lock up and detain without trial any naked moral degenerate hippy...

Join me my brethren. America needs you to be strong, to wear uncomfortable clothes. Rush out and buy expensive clothes made by junior school children in Asia who earn barely 10 bucks a month.

Together, we shall avenge Katrina.....

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

Sad times.

[martin ewen]

http://tombstone.dogcrap.net/tombstone.php

[Rachel Peters]

I know I'm a month early, but I thought I'd get a head start on the occassion.