Like a Deadbolt song...

Dear Mr. Circus,

You have been a source of inspiration and hilarity for me for a while now. I first “met” you when I did a portrait of you. You are a perfect storm of throw-back items for me. You have the look of an old vaudevillian actor, like Buster Keaton and Chaplin, along with the interpretive make-up and get up. You have the crass and raunchy stylings of a Robert Crumb comic. And to top it all off you seem to be one of the real nice guys that are pretty much getting driven to extinction these days by faux tan douchebaggery, or guys like Dane Cook to personify it more accurately.

I have never had the pleasure of being at one of your performances, as my brutal fear of the public-at-large prohibits me from taking part, but I have seen a lot of your content online, and the pictures go a long way to making me laugh my ass off. I will at some point work up the nerve to go to one of these shin-digs of yours, as it seems I owe you atleast the price of admission for all I have gotten out of it. I also still fully intend to go as you for Halloween one of these years, and at this point I am fairly sure I would get recognized immediately.

My exposure to you on FB has been obviously one sided. I basically just watch your newsfeed for new photo shoots, random one liners, and promotional stuffs. It makes me happy to see that there is a real life audience out there for your particular brand of humor, as in general performance art is shit in my book, and could use some more from the likes of you. I will continue to follow your exploits on your website, and occasionally drop you a line to see if you need anything (or if I can just send fan art your way). I must say in a lot of ways you are too good at what you do, because it will probably encourage people to try to emulate it…but I am just a grumpy bastard, and want things one way. Keep it up, cause I am indeed still watchin’.

Today was a great day, but tomorrow our FBfriendship will end,

Curt