I went to the Shrine Circus today just because I wanted to feel like I was in Water for Elephants. :) Every character in the film was manifested in the real life circus and I loved it so much. I felt bad about myself though after ignoring the protesters just outside the circus tents, who were encouraging boycotts of circuses because of animal cruelty. I guess I&#8217;m a bit ignorant when it comes to that&#8230; I just appreciate all art forms and this is one  <span><a href="http://www.charleneprecious.com/blog/i-went-to-the-circus-june-26-2011/" class="readmore">Continue reading &rarr;</a></span>{"id":7432,"date":"2011-06-26T19:34:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T23:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=7432"},"modified":"2011-06-26T19:34:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T23:34:55","slug":"i-went-to-the-circus-june-26-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/i-went-to-the-circus-june-26-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"A Water for Elephants kind of day."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went to the Shrine Circus today just because I wanted to feel like I was in Water for Elephants. :) Every character in the film was manifested in the real life circus and I loved it so much. I felt bad about myself though after ignoring the protesters just outside the circus tents, who were encouraging boycotts of circuses because of animal cruelty. I guess I&#8217;m a bit ignorant when it comes to that&#8230; I just appreciate all art forms and this is one of them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Then I met up with a fellow Etsy seller for an awesome, AWESOME barter and some inspiration. I&#8217;m getting way too hooked on this for my own good. I&#8217;m sleeping at outrageous hours of the night because I&#8217;ve become a slave to my shop. Who knew that it would take this much effort to ramp up an online shop??? And who knew it would be this addicting? 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