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I had to wait twenty four hours and calm down. A LOT. Before I could write about this.
So. If everyone who reads my LJ has been paying attention, you all know I've been very excited about this Sasuke competition that's held twice a year in Japan. After a terrible winter involving three separate life-altering health issues & a series of operations, I was feeling weak & sorry for myself until I saw this little guy kick the CRAP out of the most insane obstacle course you could imagine. It did something to me. I started riding my stationary bike immediately & switched to my trails as soon as possible. It hurt like hell but I'm getting better & doing an average of 20 miles a day, now. I also started lifting weights.
So yeah, I'm all kinds of inspired these days simply because![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angeljapanwas IMing me one morning about a month ago, telling me about this competition. I get my inspirations from the weirdest things...I know. ^_^
Anyway, since I'm such an otaku now, I found out that the same producer is responsible for the Sasuke event & the Viking event (a similar show with a lot of the same competitors on it & who was the only guy to get to the final stage of that event? Yeah, my favorite ninja fisherman) . This producer has also developed a stage show on the Vegas strip & in Tokyo that has been wildly popular. It's called "Matsuri; Muscle Musical" & it's like a combination of Stomp & one of these Japanese endurance events. Once again a lot of the same guys are in this show (not my fisherman 'cause he's fishing!). It was in Vegas at the Sahara until November. It rotated to Tokyo but it'll come back here eventually & I was thinking "Hey...my brother lives in Vegas!"
So I called my brother & we're talking & I say "John! I have to see this show called "Matsuri"..." & He stops me & says "Oh yeah...I worked on the stage design for that one."
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*much arm waving & incoherent squeaking ensues*
Seems the Japanese producers wanted a more "Cirque" feel to the show & guess who they hired to work that angle? MY BROTHER.
I'm not kidding.
John's partnered with another guy (they've both worked with Franco Dragone, Mr. Cirque Du Soleil himself) who is still in Tokyo. They're working on the Tokyo production as well, updating the look & the music & well...it seems they LOVE John's work over there & he is supposed to go there sometime early next year for an extended business trip, to meet with the producers.
Did I BEG LIKE SOMEONE WITH NO DIGNITY to go with him? You know I did.
The timing of the trip coincides with TWO things I really want to see;
*Hanami Matsuri; cherry blossom viewing season
*The Spring Sasuke competition
In case you need reminding, Sasuke is the event produced by the same people John is working with. So kids...in about a year I could actually be in Japan, watching my very favorite little fisherman kick the crap out of the 2009 Sasuke event FOR REAL.
There are no words.
Does the universe work like this for everybody or is it just me? 'Cause I really want to know.
So. If everyone who reads my LJ has been paying attention, you all know I've been very excited about this Sasuke competition that's held twice a year in Japan. After a terrible winter involving three separate life-altering health issues & a series of operations, I was feeling weak & sorry for myself until I saw this little guy kick the CRAP out of the most insane obstacle course you could imagine. It did something to me. I started riding my stationary bike immediately & switched to my trails as soon as possible. It hurt like hell but I'm getting better & doing an average of 20 miles a day, now. I also started lifting weights.
So yeah, I'm all kinds of inspired these days simply because
angeljapanwas IMing me one morning about a month ago, telling me about this competition. I get my inspirations from the weirdest things...I know. ^_^Anyway, since I'm such an otaku now, I found out that the same producer is responsible for the Sasuke event & the Viking event (a similar show with a lot of the same competitors on it & who was the only guy to get to the final stage of that event? Yeah, my favorite ninja fisherman) . This producer has also developed a stage show on the Vegas strip & in Tokyo that has been wildly popular. It's called "Matsuri; Muscle Musical" & it's like a combination of Stomp & one of these Japanese endurance events. Once again a lot of the same guys are in this show (not my fisherman 'cause he's fishing!). It was in Vegas at the Sahara until November. It rotated to Tokyo but it'll come back here eventually & I was thinking "Hey...my brother lives in Vegas!"
So I called my brother & we're talking & I say "John! I have to see this show called "Matsuri"..." & He stops me & says "Oh yeah...I worked on the stage design for that one."
0___0
*much arm waving & incoherent squeaking ensues*
Seems the Japanese producers wanted a more "Cirque" feel to the show & guess who they hired to work that angle? MY BROTHER.
I'm not kidding.
John's partnered with another guy (they've both worked with Franco Dragone, Mr. Cirque Du Soleil himself) who is still in Tokyo. They're working on the Tokyo production as well, updating the look & the music & well...it seems they LOVE John's work over there & he is supposed to go there sometime early next year for an extended business trip, to meet with the producers.
Did I BEG LIKE SOMEONE WITH NO DIGNITY to go with him? You know I did.
The timing of the trip coincides with TWO things I really want to see;
*Hanami Matsuri; cherry blossom viewing season
*The Spring Sasuke competition
In case you need reminding, Sasuke is the event produced by the same people John is working with. So kids...in about a year I could actually be in Japan, watching my very favorite little fisherman kick the crap out of the 2009 Sasuke event FOR REAL.
There are no words.
Does the universe work like this for everybody or is it just me? 'Cause I really want to know.
