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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
Hi all
I finally joined HOP. Well I think I joined ages ago but god knows what my login details were.
Im 22 and have been spinning poi since I was 18 when I was a fresher at uni in Birmingham Midlands UK. Stopped spinning as much for a while and took up devilstick and juggling abit more but keep seeing all these groovy throw and wrap moves lately which I absolutely hafta learn so my sock poi have made a reappearance.
Started circussy type stuff when I was 15 when I worked for a week at the National Eisteddfod in Bridgend, S.Wales working for a small Welsh Circus Group called Brolly Circus based up North, whom I still work with on a casual basis. Probably best gig I had with them was working at the Christmas in Athens festival this christmas just gone - whoop!
Hm anything anyone wants to know ask away and Ill answer
For now, au revoir
daisylou xxx
Hi all
I finally joined HOP. Well I think I joined ages ago but god knows what my login details were.
Im 22 and have been spinning poi since I was 18 when I was a fresher at uni in Birmingham Midlands UK. Stopped spinning as much for a while and took up devilstick and juggling abit more but keep seeing all these groovy throw and wrap moves lately which I absolutely hafta learn so my sock poi have made a reappearance.
Started circussy type stuff when I was 15 when I worked for a week at the National Eisteddfod in Bridgend, S.Wales working for a small Welsh Circus Group called Brolly Circus based up North, whom I still work with on a casual basis. Probably best gig I had with them was working at the Christmas in Athens festival this christmas just gone - whoop!
Hm anything anyone wants to know ask away and Ill answer
For now, au revoir
daisylou xxx
just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
woohoo! FINALLY someone from here
Welcome my lovely lady. Make yourself at home! (hope you recognize the smily face usder my name, princess)
Come play play play in the weird world that is HoP
Hope you're going to build Falmouth 4 into your summer plans now that you's officially a member of this wonderfully twisted community.........
See you
xxx
woohoo! FINALLY someone from here
Welcome my lovely lady. Make yourself at home! (hope you recognize the smily face usder my name, princess)
Come play play play in the weird world that is HoP
Hope you're going to build Falmouth 4 into your summer plans now that you's officially a member of this wonderfully twisted community.........
See you
xxx Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
yeay welcome to HOP,
yeay welcome to HOP,
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
You may not know it, but you two have been in the same place, at the same time, on my birthday - then again, you may know that already..... :rolssmile:
You may not know it, but you two have been in the same place, at the same time, on my birthday
- then again, you may know that already..... :rolssmile: Geologists do it in the dirt................
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grumpy poorly froggy
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Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
hehe we do now
hehe we do now
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
why do I always type 'rollsmile' wrong?
why do I always type 'rollsmile' wrong?
Geologists do it in the dirt................
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello
Do you like the colour pink?
Hello
Do you like the colour pink?
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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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:
y0! Congratulations, because I anti-hate you!!
y0! Congratulations, because I anti-hate you!!
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
hi everyone wow anti-hate - what a cool phrase! and yes i LOVE the colour pink....i have a pair of pink furry trousers that I made a couple of years ago and they rule!
hi everyone
wow anti-hate - what a cool phrase! and yes i LOVE the colour pink....i have a pair of pink furry trousers that I made a couple of years ago and they rule! just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
OMG they sound amazing!
Pink furry trousers!
*gets green eyed*
OMG they sound amazing!
Pink furry trousers!
*gets green eyed*
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Hi and welcome daisylou Would love to have started circussy stuff when I was 15- you're terribly lucky 
Hi and welcome daisylou
Would love to have started circussy stuff when I was 15- you're terribly lucky BRONZE Member
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
hehe i know. tho im also jealous of people who start younger than i was. theres so many decisions id change looking back but then i also sometimes look at my life and see how amazingly cool it is and can see why people are jealous of it....but then i spend alot of time being jealous of other peoples lives too i guess thats how life works
hehe i know. tho im also jealous of people who start younger than i was. theres so many decisions id change looking back but then i also sometimes look at my life and see how amazingly cool it is and can see why people are jealous of it....but then i spend alot of time being jealous of other peoples lives too
i guess thats how life works just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
see i saw poi for the first time in September and was hooked and wish i had found it sooner, i mean its not like there hasn't been a JC here for ten years or anything and i didn't know
ah well starting at 28 isn't all that bad i guess, at least its better thanner finding it 
*Shudders. what a thought.
see i saw poi for the first time in September and was hooked and wish i had found it sooner, i mean its not like there hasn't been a JC here for ten years or anything and i didn't know
ah well starting at 28 isn't all that bad i guess, at least its better thanner finding it *Shudders. what a thought. Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
never to late to start spinning.......the arts are all so therapeutic.....we all need them in some form or another.
never to late to start spinning.......the arts are all so therapeutic.....we all need them in some form or another.
just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
Agreed its fantastic i used to dance when i was iccle.... its been a while but remember now why its all i wanted to do. i love the feeling of freedom it gives you. although i still hate clowns
Agreed its fantastic i used to dance when i was iccle.... its been a while but remember now why its all i wanted to do. i love the feeling of freedom it gives you. although i still hate clowns
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
i didnt dance as a youngster, i did gymnastics for 10 years which was all i can call anti-therapy. which is why eventually i quit. but it was the reason i was able to get into circus (of which i knew nothing about) performing acro. through circus then i went to a centre based mainly on circus which also ran other classes and did a couple of dance workshops. made friends with the woman who ran the classes coz we were similar age and she lived in my village. so she let me go to other classes she ran for free so i did that and loved it through sixth form. i also did art at alevel even tho i didnt do it as gcse, but ahd kept it up in my spare time and went on to do dance art and drama at uni and ran the circus society for a year. only sod in life is....the arts are really hard to work employement wise in unless youve got bags of confidence....which i dont have enough of in that sense. however lucky enough to still work with brolly who i do feel comfortable with because ive been working with and friends with them for so long. wanna get back into my art and design though....but finding the time is a nightmare once studenthood stops....life is just dull work and bills and housecleaning for me these days - blah (except of course for monday circus club - yay)
i didnt dance as a youngster, i did gymnastics for 10 years which was all i can call anti-therapy. which is why eventually i quit. but it was the reason i was able to get into circus (of which i knew nothing about) performing acro. through circus then i went to a centre based mainly on circus which also ran other classes and did a couple of dance workshops. made friends with the woman who ran the classes coz we were similar age and she lived in my village. so she let me go to other classes she ran for free so i did that and loved it through sixth form. i also did art at alevel even tho i didnt do it as gcse, but ahd kept it up in my spare time and went on to do dance art and drama at uni and ran the circus society for a year. only sod in life is....the arts are really hard to work employement wise in unless youve got bags of confidence....which i dont have enough of in that sense. however lucky enough to still work with brolly who i do feel comfortable with because ive been working with and friends with them for so long. wanna get back into my art and design though....but finding the time is a nightmare once studenthood stops....life is just dull work and bills and housecleaning for me these days - blah (except of course for monday circus club - yay)
just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hi hi hi 
Hi hi hi
"I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
same here only without the job bit
Written by: daisylou
life is just dull work and bills and housecleaning for me these days - blah (except of course for monday circus club - yay)
same here only without the job bit
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
well im moving back to my mums for the summer in wales but may come bck to brum after summer again. or london. somewhere with good acro facilities coz i wanna get back into tumbling. wanna work in a circus and the circuses are focussing alot on acro and tumbling again. dont know if my body is too dead now to do what it usedta but want the chance to give it a go. i worked as an usher for cirque du soleil when they were at star city and it was the most amazing job i ever did.
well im moving back to my mums for the summer in wales but may come bck to brum after summer again. or london. somewhere with good acro facilities coz i wanna get back into tumbling. wanna work in a circus and the circuses are focussing alot on acro and tumbling again. dont know if my body is too dead now to do what it usedta but want the chance to give it a go. i worked as an usher for cirque du soleil when they were at star city and it was the most amazing job i ever did. just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello and welcome to HoP!!
Hello and welcome to HoP!!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
hellooo
hellooo
Clubbles Jugs
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
1,687 posts
Location: Manchester
Posted:
Hello Daisylou, how bad is that you told me your name at BCC and i've forgotten already Louise? See you at Bungay? Nice to see you on here, it's Will btw. How is you 5ball cascade getting along? 
Hello Daisylou, how bad is that you told me your name at BCC and i've forgotten already
Louise? See you at Bungay? Nice to see you on here, it's Will btw. How is you 5ball cascade getting along? ah wah wah wah a wah wah
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
Another Lou!
welxome to Hop!:p
sounds like you ran away with the circus
Another Lou!
welxome to Hop!:p
sounds like you ran away with the circus
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Pasta of Muppets
2,722 posts
Location: in the interwebs..., United Kingdom
Pasta of Muppets
2,722 posts
Location: in the interwebs..., United Kingdom
Posted:
Hi Lou!
I read in another post that you know Lee Louise in Chester...
May I ask how? As I am a resident local? And it is, after all, a local shop for local people...
to HoP! Come to Falmouth!
Hi Lou!
I read in another post that you know Lee Louise in Chester...
May I ask how? As I am a resident local? And it is, after all, a local shop for local people...
to HoP! Come to Falmouth! ohmygodlaserbeamspewpewpew!
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
Yeah I'm working on the Falmouth thing - I'm going to nudge Daisy very strongly when I see her on Monday
Yeah I'm working on the Falmouth thing - I'm going to nudge Daisy very strongly when I see her on Monday
Geologists do it in the dirt................
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
Hi Will
yea name is louise but most people call me daisy, which i prefer, or daisylou
I know lee louise coz i live(d) nr rhyl and chester is awsome. love it love it love it!!!!!!! its my annual christmas eve shop with my best buddy and we always have a silly fun time. but i go there as often as i can. walked round the walls part of the way at least and watched the boats on the river and ate icecream with my man last time i was there. 2 of my fave street musicians play there too - ed alleyne johnson on electric violin and andy martin on guitar. nowhere better on a sunny day than listening and watching the buskers in chester.
falmouth could be tricky....i have a full festival summer and need to somehow fit some kind of job in between... plus im skint and have hadta miss 2 festivals this year already....bjc and bungay....:(
sorry will not going bungay no money. am going to wales instead and watching nofitstate circus in colwyn bay and going to birmingham pride
Hi Will
yea name is louise but most people call me daisy, which i prefer, or daisylou
I know lee louise coz i live(d) nr rhyl and chester is awsome. love it love it love it!!!!!!! its my annual christmas eve shop with my best buddy and we always have a silly fun time. but i go there as often as i can. walked round the walls part of the way at least and watched the boats on the river and ate icecream with my man last time i was there. 2 of my fave street musicians play there too - ed alleyne johnson on electric violin and andy martin on guitar. nowhere better on a sunny day than listening and watching the buskers in chester.
falmouth could be tricky....i have a full festival summer and need to somehow fit some kind of job in between... plus im skint and have hadta miss 2 festivals this year already....bjc and bungay....:(
sorry will not going bungay no money. am going to wales instead and watching nofitstate circus in colwyn bay and going to birmingham pride
just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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Pasta of Muppets
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Location: in the interwebs..., United Kingdom
Pasta of Muppets
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Location: in the interwebs..., United Kingdom
Posted:
the electric violin dude is the best! I'll be busking with Mr. Monkey Fists and Mr. Staff as soon as I licenced and insured...
the electric violin dude is the best! I'll be busking with Mr. Monkey Fists and Mr. Staff as soon as I licenced and insured...
ohmygodlaserbeamspewpewpew!
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
well hello, almost a year on i make a hop reappearance! thought id bump this thread back up with a wee update as im sure im long forgotten to the most of you.
still living in north wales, not a great deal has changed in the last year except ive taken up contact juggling. im still pretty crap but enjoying it. due to no juggling clubs, ive not spun my poi since bristol convention. but now ive popped back along here im feeling the pull. cant wait for the sunshine and of course bjc.
anyway be nice to hear from some of you guys again
hugs
daisy x
edit: ok, almost 2 years on. it has been a wee while hasnt it!
EDITED_BY: daisylou (1171302821)
well hello, almost a year on i make a hop reappearance! thought id bump this thread back up with a wee update as im sure im long forgotten to the most of you.
still living in north wales, not a great deal has changed in the last year except ive taken up contact juggling. im still pretty crap but enjoying it. due to no juggling clubs, ive not spun my poi since bristol convention. but now ive popped back along here im feeling the pull. cant wait for the sunshine and of course bjc.
anyway be nice to hear from some of you guys again
hugs
daisy x
edit: ok, almost 2 years on. it has been a wee while hasnt it!
EDITED_BY: daisylou (1171302821)
just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world
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Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Posted:
hi and welcome back nice to meet you
hi and welcome back
nice to meet you A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
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la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
la di da di da
147 posts
Location: North Wales
Posted:
hi mynci
thankyou! nice to meet you too
hi mynci
thankyou! nice to meet you too
just a crazee daisy living in a crazy world