My Mexican Snowstorm

I sat through a snow storm last night...in Mexico... with clowns. It was RIDICULOUS!!!! So, here is the story.

A couple days ago, the Consul came up to me and told me we had been given six free tickets to go and see this show, Slava’s Snowshow, at one of the theatres here. So, I agreed to go. Who wouldn’t take advantage of the perks of this job?! Haha! So, I started looking up the show and what it is about and all of that and turns out, I was going to a clown show. Hahahahahaahahahahhaahahaha!!!!

IT WAS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! This wasn’t one of those beat each other over the heads and spray water out of plastic flowers kind of clown shows. It was more of an artsy-fartsy-interpretive work. It was soooooo interesting. We all walked away going, “I have NO idea what that was all about but it was pretty cool!” The music and the costumes and the humour were just all so endearing. Their movements were very slow and subtle but those miniscule movements portrayed so much emotion and such a storyline. It was awesome. Anyways, part of the show was this focus on snow. There was fake, tissue-paper snow EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!! We got front row seats so there were many times where clowns would come up and pour buckets of “snow” all over the front row or sweep snow at us or other random stuff. It was so cool and really, I can tell as I am writing this that my description doesn’t give it even a particle of the justice it deserves. Let’s just say, if you ever get the chance to go and see this show, GO!!!!! cuz it is super awesome.

Anyways, at the end of the show there is this amazing snow storm that was portrayed. They have these HUGGGGGEEEE fans that were blowing at us soooo hard that everyone instinctively threw their hands up to protect their face. And then on top of that there was the fake snow blowing at our face in an excessive quantity and there was this blinding light shining right at us so everyone was looking away, in the same way you do during a huge snow storm. Seriously, it was RIDICULOUS how similar it was to a heavy blizzard. It was a nice little reminder of home – minus the cold! Luckily it is still 25 degrees here. Hallelujah!

After, we were able to meet the main clown who was Canadian and had given us the tickets. We got a group photo with him and then went back stage to talk for awhile. It was an awesome experience. Quite excellent. Then we finished the night off by going out for food and drinks where I had the most delicious nachos I have had in a LONG time. Seriously, awesome ending. And of course, the night wouldn’t be complete without my boss being a goof. He stuffed his pockets full of fake snow before leaving the theatre and continued to throw it at us as the night went on. We were all finding snow for the rest of the evening. I opened my jacket and an entire snowman fell out!

Yup. Still loving it here. I am super sad that the end is drawing near. That being said, it will be SOOOO nice to come home and see family and friends! Yay! Taco Night – December 12^th! Soooo soon!