{"id":311,"date":"2009-05-11T22:23:57","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T06:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/?p=311"},"modified":"2009-05-11T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T06:23:57","slug":"day-89-the-jug-is-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Day 89: the jug is up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past few days, I\u2019ve been juggling more.  At work, I\u2019ll have to build our game periodically throughout the day and it takes a good 5-10 minutes to do so.  With the abundance of jugglers in the design pit, it\u2019s a good place to practice, trade some tips, and wait for our builds.  I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we started passing soon.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like returning to an old friend that you\u2019ve missed.  Realizing, once again, that a solid Mills Mess<\/a> pattern is so satisfying and comfortable that you never want to stop.<\/p>\n

I noticed today that two of my juggling balls were starting to show serious wear and tear.  The outside of one side of the two beanbags had started to crack and I\u2019m sure that continued use would eventually result in an unpleasant explosion of whatever magical bean is inside.<\/p>\n

Thus, for the first time in a long while, I looked up juggling supplies.  I looked at getting three more beanbags, to replace and supplement my current collection.  Each individual beanbag costs a little under $10, which is arguably a lot for a small beanbag, but about average for a decent juggling beanbag.  Slightly smaller ones are slightly cheaper and there\u2019s a large variation on ball styles and materials.  I like beanbags because they don\u2019t bounce or roll, and I like the solid feeling they have when they land in your hand.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I had a sudden moment of adultness, when I realized that spending $30 on replacement beanbags was nothing nowadays.  Sure, it\u2019s still a bit of a luxury to spend any<\/em> money on juggling supplies, but it wasn\u2019t extravagant.<\/p>\n

Compare that to when I first bought (or rather, was bought) the original 5 juggling beanbags that currently sit near my computer at work.  I was still just a kid \u2013 well, maybe a teenager \u2013 but those five beanbags felt like a kingly present.  It\u2019s a sense of financial and gift-giving wonder that\u2019s harder to realize once you start managing your own finances.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I don\u2019t really have a point.  Maybe I wish I was still naive and felt wonder and awe at spending $10 on a fancy beanbag to throw in the air.  Maybe I\u2019m happy that I know that I can spend $30 on juggling supplies without worrying about becoming insolvent.  Maybe more people should juggle.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be in New York later this month for a friend\u2019s wedding and it just so happens that the Dube Juggling shop<\/a> is located in downtown New York.  I just may pay them a visit.  I just may.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The past few days, I\u2019ve been juggling more.  At work, I\u2019ll have to build our game periodically throughout the day and it takes a good 5-10 minutes to do so.  With the abundance of jugglers in the design pit, it\u2019s a good place to practice, trade some tips, and wait for our builds.  I wouldn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[18,151,38],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year26","tag-job","tag-juggling","tag-money","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scott-n-katie.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}