Yeah, I’m sure that title has been used before but that’s just tough noogies because I like it too! Now, on to the post.

This past weekend my lovely lady, @fandpinlv, (otherwise known as the lovely Nancy) was kind enough to take me to see “The Beatles – Love” a Cirque de Soleil show for my birthday and it was nothing like I expected. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect which was what made this surprise all the better. I just gotta say… WOW! The first words to spew from my mouth were, “That was one of the most bizarre and fucked up things I ever saw. I LOVED IT!!!” I must say I was just in awe. It was definitely a Cirque show with all the flying ladies and gentlemen on trapezes (Is that right?) and fabric and such. You know, the things you expect to see in a Cirque de Soleil show. That, however was just the tip of the iceberg. There was a trampoline act in the show that was just amazing. For me, that was one of the highlights of the show. I soooo want to do things like that. Maybe I should get a trampoline someday. Hmmm. Another too cool part was the rollerskating exhibition. 2 ramps on each end and 1 up and over in the middle. Sure it had it’s elements of danger but it too looked like a ton of fun. I don’t think I’d like to try those 20ft ramps, though, I like my tailbone as it is. The dangerous part, the one that scared the Jebus out of me, was this demon on a swing. No, I wasn’t afraid of the demon and, no I don’t have a fear of swinging objects. It was that the swing was 40ft in the air and the “demon” was working without a net. I have this thing about heights, you see and it just made me cringe watching this guy so high in the air standing on this swing. I mean he was working it. He was doing 360’s and changing positions in mid swing from one bar to another. I almost had a heart attack!!! It was one of those things, though, that you couldn’t help but watch. Sure I had a death grip on Nancy’s hand and I looked away but I just had to keep looking back to see more. I’m telling you the athleticism of these performers was just _______. (Awesome! Fantastic! Thrilling! Use what you will because it ALL applies!)

Apart from all of the daredevil acts it was just a very cool show. There were four guys who I assume were supposed to loosely represent the Fab-4. Three of the guys were the cool ladies men with one awkward dude who reminded me of a cross between Edward Scissorhands and a mute Pee-Wee Herman. He spent the entire night trying to give yellow flowers to the ladies in the show and getting repeatedly shot down. This was a theme throughout the whole show. I’m not quite sure what it was supposed to mean. Guess I’ll just have to go back, huh?

All through the show there was a very “Seussesque” quality going on with all the cool costumes and the way the actors followed each other in line. It was very cool Also, I would say a little steampunk at times too with the design of the wrought iron VW Bug, the riderless tri-cycles and the empty galoshes tramping across the stage. It was too awesome!

I am soooo happy Nancy thought to take me to see this as it was something I would never had gone out to see myself. Now, I want to see it many more times. I want to take friends, family, stray people I find on the street… EVERYONE! This show is a treat for all ages for anyone that has a sense of wonder. Well, stop wondering and go see LOVE!