Salmon Fry and Shanghai Circus Don't Mix

Last night we had tickets to the New Shanghai Circus that was performing at BYU. To get ready for it, I had to make a really quick dinner, which included pan frying a whole steelhead salmon from Costco. As we all know, the fish smell is not the most appetizing in the world, and we realized it again when Alex walked around with a air-freshener in his hand. The smell was quite bad. I got my salmon fried and eaten and then I decided to change my clothes so I wouldn't offend anybody at the theater.

When we were in the car, I realized that it wasn't my clothes that smelled, it was my hair. Couldn't do anything about it now except to open the car windows and let the fresh air come in, and maybe whisk away the putrid smell from my hair.

We arrived to the theather, sat down, and Alex looked at me with total disgust. "You smell so bad, mom", he said. I almost turned around and apologized to the people around me, but didn't. Was it bad not to?

The Shanghai Circus was incredible. Who knew that you can twirl plates with sticks, or climb a strap with just your hands and legs as quickly as possible. That was some exciting Jackie Chan stuff, for sure. What was with the bald spot of the guy's hair who juggled garden pots? But the best was the Big Wushu. I'm not sure we saw Big Wushu or if they performed it but I think we saw it. Actually, the best number was the hoop diving. That was our favorite. We clapped and cheered the whole 2 hours. Those 3 foot Chinese men and women were totally worth seeing.

Next up: Living Legends at the Conference Center on Friday night.


Alex is ready to see Tang Xingyong and Lin Chengyang to rip it up on the stage.