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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
Name: James Perry Hartman, better known around here as Sparkey
Location: Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland, USA
DOB: September the Second, Nineteen Eighty-Nine
Age: Eighteen
Sex: Male
Occupation(s): Student
Favorite Food(s): Anything I haven't tried before
Favorite Color(s): Green
Toys: Mostly poi, with some juggling, unicycling, devilsticks, stilting, staff, CJ, whip, and dart, roughly in that order.
Hobbies other than the obvious: Photography! Hardcore style. Plus didjeridu. And I'm interested in pretty much everything.
Education: I've a high school diploma, which I'm told is worth something. I'm now in college.
Favorite Book(s): Catch-22, the Hitchhiker's Guide, books by Neil Gaiman, books by Terry Pratchett, Dune, Ender's Game, To Say Nothing of the Dog
Favorite Movie(s): Mirrormask, labyrinth, Donnie Darko, the Matrix, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly
Favorite TV show(s): Eh. I'm not a bit TV person
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) I want to be a photographer! Or something. Or maybe I want to design CD album artwork.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: (ahem)
Air, All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, The American Analog Set, Amon Tobin, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, The Arcade Fire, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Kweller, The Beta Band, Beula, Birdmonster, Boards of Canada, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Cake, Carbon Leaf, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Cursive, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, Dismemberment Plan, Doves, The Dresden Dolls, Earlimart, Editors, Eels, Elbow, Eluvium, Exlosions in the Sky, Final Fantasy, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Fugazi, Grandaddy, Guided by Voices, Idlewild, Interpol, Iron & Wine, Jethro Tull, Kaiser Cheifs, Liars, The Libertines, Lonely Dear, Looper, Mclusky, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Mouse on Mars, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, The New Pornographers, Of Montreal, The Olivia Tremor Control, Pavement, Pelé, Piñataland, Pixies, The Pogues, The Postal Service, The Prodigy, Propellerheads, Q and not U, Radiohead, Reel Big FIsh, Rogue Wave, The Shins, Sigur Rós, Simon & Garfunkel, Slint, The Softies, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Spoon, Stars, Stephen Malkmus, Sufjan Stevens, Super Furry Animals, Super System, Tanzwut, They Might Be Giants, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, Thrice, Tortoise, Versus, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Yo La Tengo
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Mint chocolate chip, but if there's something new I'll have that first.
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Oh, definitely Nutella.
EDITED_BY: Sparkey (1190774973)
Name: James Perry Hartman, better known around here as Sparkey
Location: Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland, USA
DOB: September the Second, Nineteen Eighty-Nine
Age: Eighteen
Sex: Male
Occupation(s): Student
Favorite Food(s): Anything I haven't tried before
Favorite Color(s): Green
Toys: Mostly poi, with some juggling, unicycling, devilsticks, stilting, staff, CJ, whip, and dart, roughly in that order.
Hobbies other than the obvious: Photography! Hardcore style. Plus didjeridu. And I'm interested in pretty much everything.
Education: I've a high school diploma, which I'm told is worth something. I'm now in college.
Favorite Book(s): Catch-22, the Hitchhiker's Guide, books by Neil Gaiman, books by Terry Pratchett, Dune, Ender's Game, To Say Nothing of the Dog
Favorite Movie(s): Mirrormask, labyrinth, Donnie Darko, the Matrix, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly
Favorite TV show(s): Eh. I'm not a bit TV person
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) I want to be a photographer! Or something. Or maybe I want to design CD album artwork.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: (ahem)
Air, All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, The American Analog Set, Amon Tobin, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, The Arcade Fire, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Kweller, The Beta Band, Beula, Birdmonster, Boards of Canada, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Cake, Carbon Leaf, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Cursive, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, Dismemberment Plan, Doves, The Dresden Dolls, Earlimart, Editors, Eels, Elbow, Eluvium, Exlosions in the Sky, Final Fantasy, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, Fugazi, Grandaddy, Guided by Voices, Idlewild, Interpol, Iron & Wine, Jethro Tull, Kaiser Cheifs, Liars, The Libertines, Lonely Dear, Looper, Mclusky, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Mouse on Mars, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, The New Pornographers, Of Montreal, The Olivia Tremor Control, Pavement, Pelé, Piñataland, Pixies, The Pogues, The Postal Service, The Prodigy, Propellerheads, Q and not U, Radiohead, Reel Big FIsh, Rogue Wave, The Shins, Sigur Rós, Simon & Garfunkel, Slint, The Softies, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Spoon, Stars, Stephen Malkmus, Sufjan Stevens, Super Furry Animals, Super System, Tanzwut, They Might Be Giants, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, Thrice, Tortoise, Versus, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Yo La Tengo
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Mint chocolate chip, but if there's something new I'll have that first.
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Oh, definitely Nutella.
EDITED_BY: Sparkey (1190774973)
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
I just got back from my first Tai Chi lesson. My legs are totally knackered, I'm not used to keeping them bent that long. By the end of the class they were all spazzing out and I was like "dudes, quit it" and they were like "no way, man, we're going to keep spasming."
I just got back from my first Tai Chi lesson. My legs are totally knackered, I'm not used to keeping them bent that long. By the end of the class they were all spazzing out and I was like "dudes, quit it" and they were like "no way, man, we're going to keep spasming."
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
Tai chi?.. ooo.. did you find it really relaxing, aside from all the spasm bit?.. when I did tai chi, I liked the embracing the power of energy, thought it was calming
Tai chi?.. ooo.. did you find it really relaxing, aside from all the spasm bit?.. when I did tai chi, I liked the embracing the power of energy, thought it was calming
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no excuses. no apologies.
1,799 posts
Location: aotearoa, New Zealand
no excuses. no apologies.
1,799 posts
Location: aotearoa, New Zealand
Posted:
spasming legs shows your qi is flowing through your meridians properly.. see, keeping your knees locked so often is like making a door or a dam to stop the flow of qi.. whereas bending your knees facilitates the flow once more.
yay.
chinese medicine rules.
(yes, taiji is part of chinese medicine... was originally used for health reasons only, and then later turned into an internal martial art)
spasming legs shows your qi is flowing through your meridians properly.. see, keeping your knees locked so often is like making a door or a dam to stop the flow of qi.. whereas bending your knees facilitates the flow once more.
yay.
chinese medicine rules.
(yes, taiji is part of chinese medicine... was originally used for health reasons only, and then later turned into an internal martial art)
those that know, dont say. those that say, dont know.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
I knew that, sort of. That is, I knew keeping your knees locked was bad.
Last night I had a paid preformance with fire. It was fun, but I don't think it whent very well for me. I messed up all my best tricks. Screwing up airwrap looks really bad, which just isn't fair. I intended to do a leg wrap transition from a forward 3bt to a btb 5bt, but the left poi went strait into my pocket and the safety had to help me out. I'd be really embaressed if it hadn't been so funny. There were a bunch of really talented spinners there, it was great to watch. One lady had a pair of fans, and now my mum wants some. The thought of her dancing kinda gives me the shivers.
It's nice to finally have her full support for me using fire. As soon as it was over, she turned to me and said "you need to get some bigger wicks" (mine were the smallest there). The best part is, I got $50 which I'm using to buy more toys!
I knew that, sort of. That is, I knew keeping your knees locked was bad.
Last night I had a paid preformance with fire. It was fun, but I don't think it whent very well for me. I messed up all my best tricks. Screwing up airwrap looks really bad, which just isn't fair. I intended to do a leg wrap transition from a forward 3bt to a btb 5bt, but the left poi went strait into my pocket and the safety had to help me out. I'd be really embaressed if it hadn't been so funny. There were a bunch of really talented spinners there, it was great to watch. One lady had a pair of fans, and now my mum wants some. The thought of her dancing kinda gives me the shivers.
It's nice to finally have her full support for me using fire. As soon as it was over, she turned to me and said "you need to get some bigger wicks" (mine were the smallest there). The best part is, I got $50 which I'm using to buy more toys! -James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
wow! that sounds fun still, you know, apart from the messing up bit. but the poi in the pocket sounds pretty funny actually
mm... one can always do with more toys..
wow! that sounds fun still, you know, apart from the messing up bit. but the poi in the pocket sounds pretty funny actually
mm... one can always do with more toys..
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
just saw these and thought of you..
not because you're evil or anything. only Tina would say something like that.
just saw these and thought of you..
not because you're evil or anything. only Tina would say something like that.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
I saw those and got ideas.
How about a set of poi made from these?
I saw those and got ideas.
How about a set of poi made from these?
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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member
136 posts
Location: Maryland, USA
member
136 posts
Location: Maryland, USA
Posted:
Howdy sparkey! (& everyone else)....I happened upon one of your posts and noticed the "Rockville, MD" and that being about 5 minutes down the road, I thought I should say hello.
If I can be nosy (which surely I can be since this is HoP) where was the paid performance that you were in? I'm always up for finding out about local spinning events.
Howdy sparkey! (& everyone else)....I happened upon one of your posts and noticed the "Rockville, MD" and that being about 5 minutes down the road, I thought I should say hello.
If I can be nosy (which surely I can be since this is HoP) where was the paid performance that you were in? I'm always up for finding out about local spinning events.
I was touched by His Noodly Appendage
Toe Poking Bad Boy
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK
Posted:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
Remember.........YOU LOSE!!!
Internet Hate Machine
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Posted:
Happy birthday dude!
Have a wicked one
Happy birthday dude!
Have a wicked one
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
IT'S SPARKEY'S BDAY!!
how old be you now sir??!!
I was saving this one for you!!
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and it's not because you're 21, it was entered in a cake competition
Happy birthday sir!!
IT'S SPARKEY'S BDAY!!
how old be you now sir??!!
I was saving this one for you!!
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and it's not because you're 21, it was entered in a cake competition
Happy birthday sir!!
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Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Posted:
happy burpday mister, hope you have a good one
happy burpday mister, hope you have a good one
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
Jerry: Twas in an arts festival in Harper's Ferry. I learned about it through the Calefaction mailing list (www.calefaction.org), you should sign up if you haven't already. It'll let you know about everything firespinning related for the whole metro area and then a good bit more.
Lou: SQUEE!!! That's the greatest ever! I'm now 16, so I can get my driver's license and whatnot.
Everybody else: Thanks! Although, here it's not my birthday until tomorrow, I'll let you know about all the great loot I got then.
Jerry: Twas in an arts festival in Harper's Ferry. I learned about it through the Calefaction mailing list (www.calefaction.org), you should sign up if you haven't already. It'll let you know about everything firespinning related for the whole metro area and then a good bit more.
Lou: SQUEE!!! That's the greatest ever! I'm now 16, so I can get my driver's license and whatnot.
Everybody else: Thanks! Although, here it's not my birthday until tomorrow, I'll let you know about all the great loot I got then.
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
Posted:
Happy Birthday! 
enjoy the orange juice!
Happy Birthday!
enjoy the orange juice! Live like there is no tomorrow,
dance like nobody is watching
and hula hoop like wiggling will save the world.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
.:tries to eat the little cake by his name:.
Eww, pixles don't taste good!
.:tries to eat the little cake by his name:.
Eww, pixles don't taste good!
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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136 posts
Location: Maryland, USA
member
136 posts
Location: Maryland, USA
Posted:
Happy B-day!! and thanks for the calefaction info. I actually signed up for the listserve last week sometime, so I guess I am in the know now.
Driver's license, huh? Believe me, driving on these roads is WAAAYYYYYY frustrating, and often more trouble than it is worth (esp with gas at $3 a gallon, yikes!!). But I guess at 16, the freedom is worth the frustration. Good luck with that! And watch out for the crazy people on the roads (I try to not be one of them)
Happy B-day!! and thanks for the calefaction info. I actually signed up for the listserve last week sometime, so I guess I am in the know now.
Driver's license, huh? Believe me, driving on these roads is WAAAYYYYYY frustrating, and often more trouble than it is worth (esp with gas at $3 a gallon, yikes!!). But I guess at 16, the freedom is worth the frustration. Good luck with that! And watch out for the crazy people on the roads (I try to not be one of them)
I was touched by His Noodly Appendage
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HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey sparkey!! Happy Birthday dude, i didnt knwo you were 16 or a bloke, funny that
Hey sparkey!! Happy Birthday dude, i didnt knwo you were 16 or a bloke, funny that
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife
"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian
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Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Posted:
as mentioned in MSN:
happy burpday
as mentioned in MSN:
happy burpday
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
--FSA
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
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Posted:
Happy propa birthday!
Happy propa birthday!
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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old hand
733 posts
Location: Bewildered state of nothingness, United Kingdom
old hand
733 posts
Location: Bewildered state of nothingness, United Kingdom
Posted:
*As an exception to the rule, gets booted out for being the most un-cool person ever born, screeming HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!*
*As an exception to the rule, gets booted out for being the most un-cool person ever born, screeming HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!*
Trippie Hippie- Monty Dons secret love child
Fly like a mouse, run like a pillow, be the small book case.
"Last night i met some pixies and we danced around a stone".
Because dressing up is fun.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
I've got an idea!
Let's colour all the wheelbarrows yellow.
That way, all the wheelbarrows will be yellow.
I've got an idea!
Let's colour all the wheelbarrows yellow.
That way, all the wheelbarrows will be yellow.
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
Internet Hate Machine
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Posted:
*gasp*
That's genius!
Written by: sparkey!
I've got an idea!
Let's colour all the wheelbarrows yellow.
That way, all the wheelbarrows will be yellow.
*gasp*
That's genius!
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
which wheelbarrows?..
which wheelbarrows?..
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
The ones that aren't yellow already.
The ones that aren't yellow already.
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
the red ones?
the red ones?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
No, not the red ones. I painted those yellow last week, you just can't tell yet.
No, not the red ones. I painted those yellow last week, you just can't tell yet.
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
ahh.. but then wouldn't they seem orange?... or was it really thick paint?..
ahh.. but then wouldn't they seem orange?... or was it really thick paint?..
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Jovian moon?
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Jovian moon?
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-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
Hello, Io.
Evidently, the Ioians don't like me. They chased me with sticks.
My spider Ungoliant moulted today. It was exciting. She's a bunch bigger now.
pretty tarantula!
She's a Grammastola pulchra, which looks something like this:
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When Mehitable gets big enough to handle, I'll put some pictures up of her.
She's a G. aureostriata, which looks like this:
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Hello, Io.
Evidently, the Ioians don't like me. They chased me with sticks.
My spider Ungoliant moulted today. It was exciting. She's a bunch bigger now.
pretty tarantula!
She's a Grammastola pulchra, which looks something like this:
Non-Https Image Link
When Mehitable gets big enough to handle, I'll put some pictures up of her.
She's a G. aureostriata, which looks like this:
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-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!
*runs*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!
*runs*
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura