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August 18, 2008: "Learning Curve"

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Anonymous said...: Best of Luck! You're going to be great in Red Noses. I'm soooo looking forward to seeing it.

I taught myself to juggle (well, the 3-ball basic) in a four-hour marathon session when I was a junior in high school. I had a lot more tenacity, or ADD, or OCD, back then! I remember my parents were out for the night, and this really crappy movie called "Karakatoa, East of Java" was on the ABC Movie of the Week. I grabbed three tennis balls and just started doing it. At first, I was lucky to get 4 catches in a row, but by the time the volcano erupted, I was up to 20. In another couple of weeks, I could do 100, and in about a month, I was able to do more configurations. Then in a few more months I worked my way up to 4, then 5, then 7 balls.

Last year (30 years later) I was in a show where some other people had to juggle, and I was amazed that I could still do 3-ball configurations fairly well.

I would say "Break a ball" but that just doesn't sound right. So, best of luck with the juggling process.; September 18, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Charles Riffenburg said...: Thanks, Michael. My main juggling problem is that my throws are not consistent, so the balls tend to collide in mid-air and go shooting off in opposite directions. Grrrr...; September 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Anonymous said...: Yeah, I've been there.; September 19, 2008 at 4:11 PM