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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
did someone say eye candy???
*looks around for Brad Pitt*
darn
did someone say eye candy???
*looks around for Brad Pitt*
darn
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely 
BRONZE Member
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
you guys I swear... 
you guys I swear... What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
sticks a cardboard cut-out of Brad Pitt in the room.
I might as well throw in a few other cuties while I'm at it. Any requests?
sticks a cardboard cut-out of Brad Pitt in the room.
I might as well throw in a few other cuties while I'm at it. Any requests?
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I have a request.
Me.
anyway, yo yo word Van. 'sup me bumbaclut breadbin bloodclot?
I hope to go to Berlin for my 3rd year as Ive told you. Will you still be in Germany in 2 years time? (if everything my end goes to plan that is!)
What would be the chances of living with you?
Go on. You know you want to.oke:
or ... whats the housing and stuff like out there... how expensive.. even though i dont know what im doing..
Im hoping to get a job with a friends friend.. but I dont know if thats in Berlin.
Anyways, if it is, and I do end up in Berlin for a year, I shall hope to get to as many of the Juggling workshops there as possible. Thomas Dietz will be there and I soooooooo want to meet him. And theres also the advantage of having Coleman (plus many others i imagine) come to vist us lots.
Which shall be great.
Anyhoo, I hope you are well.
I have a request.
Me.
anyway, yo yo word Van. 'sup me bumbaclut breadbin bloodclot?
I hope to go to Berlin for my 3rd year as Ive told you. Will you still be in Germany in 2 years time? (if everything my end goes to plan that is!)
What would be the chances of living with you?
Go on. You know you want to.
oke: or ... whats the housing and stuff like out there... how expensive.. even though i dont know what im doing..
Im hoping to get a job with a friends friend.. but I dont know if thats in Berlin.
Anyways, if it is, and I do end up in Berlin for a year, I shall hope to get to as many of the Juggling workshops there as possible. Thomas Dietz will be there and I soooooooo want to meet him. And theres also the advantage of having Coleman (plus many others i imagine) come to vist us lots.
Which shall be great.
Anyhoo, I hope you are well.
BRONZE Member
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
if can say something with the housing stuff... you go well with Berlin the rest of the answer I leave Vanize
but
if can say something with the housing stuff... you go well with Berlin the rest of the answer I leave Vanize
but
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
I hope he's not still there in 2 years, but that's just me being selfish
I'd certainly ask Babajaga about the housing. She's lived there her whole life and knows how to find the good deals.
I hope he's not still there in 2 years, but that's just me being selfish
I'd certainly ask Babajaga about the housing. She's lived there her whole life and knows how to find the good deals.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Berlin is about the cheapest big city in western europe rent wise actually. I have a 60 sqM 2 room flat well into town (old west side city center area - not the coolest place to live, but quite nice) for just under 500 euros a month with all the utilities figured in. you can typically get a very nice room in someone elses flat for 200 to 300 euros a month, and if you want to live a little rougher but in a "cooler" more urban warrior enviroment, then you can get a totally accpetable room for even 150 to 200 in certain areas of the old east side, though it may be a bit drafty and need a bit of TLC. The key to Berlin is to hunt a LOT when trying to find a place - because often you can find a better place for 30% less in a better location than the last place you looked at.
My work contract here only goes one more year unfortunately, but who knows what will happen between now and then!
Note that there are two good performers schools here in berlin, plus the RAW where there is a semi-continuous juggling or acrobatic or some sort of thing workshop type enviroment going on. Dues are quite low at the RAW (which is a series of converted warehouses for artists BTW). There is also one other RAW type place I have heard of that is more exclusively for high-brow jugglers and their private practice spaces, but I've not been there.
Berlin is about the cheapest big city in western europe rent wise actually. I have a 60 sqM 2 room flat well into town (old west side city center area - not the coolest place to live, but quite nice) for just under 500 euros a month with all the utilities figured in. you can typically get a very nice room in someone elses flat for 200 to 300 euros a month, and if you want to live a little rougher but in a "cooler" more urban warrior enviroment, then you can get a totally accpetable room for even 150 to 200 in certain areas of the old east side, though it may be a bit drafty and need a bit of TLC. The key to Berlin is to hunt a LOT when trying to find a place - because often you can find a better place for 30% less in a better location than the last place you looked at.
My work contract here only goes one more year unfortunately, but who knows what will happen between now and then!
Note that there are two good performers schools here in berlin, plus the RAW where there is a semi-continuous juggling or acrobatic or some sort of thing workshop type enviroment going on. Dues are quite low at the RAW (which is a series of converted warehouses for artists BTW). There is also one other RAW type place I have heard of that is more exclusively for high-brow jugglers and their private practice spaces, but I've not been there.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
So this is where he put the scrabble sofa!
Written by: Cantus
*Pushes some comfy looking furniture into the room. Leaves again*
So this is where he put the scrabble sofa!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
No I reupholstered that and took it back.
this is a new sofa.
No I reupholstered that and took it back.
this is a new sofa.
Meh
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Ooooh cool then. New sofa's are great, can you arrange one for me please? I seem to be lacking in comfy furniture.
Ooooh cool then. New sofa's are great, can you arrange one for me please? I seem to be lacking in comfy furniture.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
I've heard Vanize could do with some furniture in his flat too... d'u feel like pushing a sofa to Berlin?
I've heard Vanize could do with some furniture in his flat too... d'u feel like pushing a sofa to Berlin?
Getting to the other side 
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
not really.
can't he push his own from the shop?
not really.
can't he push his own from the shop?
Meh
BRONZE Member
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
What about that one...
Non-Https Image Link
What about that one...
Non-Https Image Link
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
oh my! certainly brings in my time living in south africa...
oh my! certainly brings in my time living in south africa...
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Getting to the other side
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
awww....but zebras are soo cool close up, I'd hate to be sitting on their skin...maybe we could find one in Rhino...those are some SCARY creatures when within touching distance and you're in a hurry.
awww....but zebras are soo cool close up, I'd hate to be sitting on their skin...maybe we could find one in Rhino...those are some SCARY creatures when within touching distance and you're in a hurry.
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
They're quite nice when neither of you is bothered by the other. They only usally get upset if you look rather like a Land Rover....
They're quite nice when neither of you is bothered by the other. They only usally get upset if you look rather like a Land Rover....
Meh
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
and that would be particularly foolish
and that would be particularly foolish
Getting to the other side
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newbie
9 posts
Location: Devon, United Kingdom
newbie
9 posts
Location: Devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
Lol, i grew up right by where you live, lol
now i live in england
this dragons flame is going out its so cold!
ever go to Durbanville?
Lol, i grew up right by where you live, lol
now i live in england
this dragons flame is going out its so cold!
ever go to Durbanville?
Bow to the MIGHT dragon of snazziness!
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
no land rover...only a Jetta. And it wasn't out fault the big guy got in our way. We were trying frantically to make it to our camp before the gates closed...but you're only allowed to drive so fast, and then a huge ass goes tromping along the road right in front of the car, so...
no land rover...only a Jetta. And it wasn't out fault the big guy got in our way. We were trying frantically to make it to our camp before the gates closed...but you're only allowed to drive so fast, and then a huge ass goes tromping along the road right in front of the car, so...
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I met a badger once. Does that count?
I met a badger once. Does that count?
Meh
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
well, did it look like this ? Cuz if not, then no.
grumble...can't figure out how to use the image thingie
well, did it look like this ? Cuz if not, then no.
grumble...can't figure out how to use the image thingie
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
no she looked like the badger in my gallery (which you will, obviously, have looked at. Cos I looked at everything in your gallery)....
no she looked like the badger in my gallery (which you will, obviously, have looked at. Cos I looked at everything in your gallery)....
Meh
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
That's easy...I've only got 5 pics. Besides, all I found in your gallery was your apparent love of cows.
That's easy...I've only got 5 pics. Besides, all I found in your gallery was your apparent love of cows.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
bah! tis snowing here again quite heavily.
all the previous snow just melted away a day ago and I was thinking perhaps spring might actually think about coming round soon, but now...
grumble grumble grumble...
bah! tis snowing here again quite heavily.
all the previous snow just melted away a day ago and I was thinking perhaps spring might actually think about coming round soon, but now...
grumble grumble grumble...
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
GOLD Member
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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Posted:
Now I feel so bad for basking in the nice sunshine!
Now I feel so bad for basking in the nice sunshine!
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Tee hee.
Grumpy Vanize.
Tis ok... it'll all melt away soon and the sun will come out and you'll be able to go play again
Tee hee.
Grumpy Vanize.
Tis ok... it'll all melt away soon and the sun will come out and you'll be able to go play again
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
awww...looks like I'll be in shorts this weekend as well. Of course, this is the first weekend that it's not supposed to rain in over a month, so I guess some payback is in order.
awww...looks like I'll be in shorts this weekend as well. Of course, this is the first weekend that it's not supposed to rain in over a month, so I guess some payback is in order.
BRONZE Member
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
I wanna have spring here too
...
I wanna have spring here too
... What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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