A spinning fool introducing himself...

Well, hello everyone! wave

I'm Lukas, I live in Bern, Switzerland. Obviously english isn't my native language, so please bear with me... wink

I started spinning about a month ago, when a good friend of mine brought his fire poi to a cottage where we spent a weekend fooling around with them. There I got addicted instantly, even though I just could do a figure 8 forwards and backwards.. biggrin

Back home I just had to continue, but had no poi, so I made myself a pair out of string and tea lights (tea candles?). Well... As you can imagine, those really hurt when you whack yourself, even in not so delicate places, but on the up side, they offer a great deal of control and precision. And they definitely give you instant feedback when you do things wrong. biggrin

After a while I decided to stop torturing myself (reverse weave... Ouch! ubbloco

) and got me some soft comet poi and a set of fire poi. I'm just amazed how much progress you can make, everytime you spin you pick up something new, and you never forget the stuff you've already learned. So far I cracked (in this order) the weave (forwards, reverse, turns (360°)), chasing the sun, low and high turn, windmill, and some other stuff.

Surprisingly I found the weave very easy to learn, it just clicked some day, whereas I'm still having trouble with doing the butterfly properly, which many people find much easier to learn.

Well, that's about it, here comes the survery. biggrin

Name: Lukas Graf

Location: Switzerland

Hometown: Bern

DOB: 10.06.1982

Age: 24

Sex: male

Occupation(s): Freelance web application developer and security consultant (a.k.a. "Hacker")

Favorite Food(s): Not a dish per se, but I looove mangos

Favorite Color(s): None in particular

Hobbies other than the obvious: Photography, Hiking, Linux, Hacking

Education: University drop-out biggrin

Favorite Book(s): Terry Pratchett - Discworld, Douglas Adams - Salmon of Doubt

Favorite Movie(s): Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch, Tristram Shandy - A Cock and Bull Story

Favorite TV show(s): I don't own a TV, but I really like "Black Books" and "The Office"

Plans for life in general: Well... Someday being able to convince a majority of people around me that we HAVE to stop f..cking up our environment RIGHT NOW.

Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Smashing Pumpkins, Flogging Molly, Coldplay, The Beatles,

Favorie ice cream flavor(s): Caramel and pistachio biggrin

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