I would have given anything to see Joe do a bad impression of COPS. Destruction of an entire door is very impressive.

I actually went to college with two guys from Finland, Reima and Petri. They both played on the soccer team and drank large quantities of alcohol. Petri was also a chain smoker--kinda strange since he was a soccer player. I do not believe they are representative of the Finnish population.

I took Mojo and Cookie to the Big Apple Circus. It is a one ring circus and plays under an actual big top. I was not looking forward to it as I have an aversion to circuses. Along with the wee folk, clowns creep me out in a big way. However, it actually was pretty entertaining. Part of it could have been there was only one clown in face paint and another guy that did clown stuff but was not face painted.

Cookie was enthralled with the acrobats. Indeed when we saw the commercial on TV, he declared that he was going to be an acrobat when he grew up. He was even more sure of his career vocation after watching the teeter board team. They actually did that thing where two people jumped from a high height onto a board, propelling another guy on the other end of the board high into the air to flip and do other things. This fascinated me also but for quite another reason--any one of this team could have passed for a member of Jenia's family.

Now, watching Mojo at the circus was quite a treat. He sat through most of it with his cheeks sucked in like a fish, and he really seemed to hate the clown. The only part where I saw a normal little kid reaction out of him was the animal acts. This circus does not use any animal that is not domesticated by man. Therefore, the animals involved were dogs, cats, pigeons and horses. I was impressed with the cat tricks. I could never imagine Killer doing any of the stunts that these cats did.