From: Karin Tari <ktari@avantisystems.com>
To: "balloon@balloonhq.com" <balloon@balloonhq.com>
Subject: RE: 13 year olds
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:13:10 -0400


I was hired as a face-painting clown for a 16-year old birthday.  This was 
through somebody else's business, and I asked my boss (head clown) if "Mom" 
was maybe not aware that 16-year olds are too cool for this.  My boss told 
me that the birthday-boy in question was the one who specifically requested 
it.  So, I went, terrified that this was be-cruel-to-clowns week or 
something, but it was really cool.  The boy had a handful of friends over, 
all sweet as can be and yet fun-loving.  They got a kick out it.  They all 
wanted to be painted, one boy in camoflage, a couple of girls just wanted 
some sparkly thing on their cheeks, and four of the boys (best buds) wanted 
to be painted like the KISS guys.  I realize this is not exactly balloon 
related, but I thought I'd put my two cents in regarding teenagers 
sometimes being cool with kid-stuff.