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Location: Brisbane, Qld, Australia
383 posts
Location: Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Posted:
it seems that they're unavoidable! the space left when I stopped a drug addiction has been filled by an addiction to fire twirling. its all i can see when i close my eyelids at night, the yellow/white patterns moving around. when i stare at an ant's nest and see the masses of eccentrically moving ants, the pattern reminds me of some huge complex 128-flamed poi move or something.are there support groups for this? =)
it seems that they're unavoidable! the space left when I stopped a drug addiction has been filled by an addiction to fire twirling. its all i can see when i close my eyelids at night, the yellow/white patterns moving around. when i stare at an ant's nest and see the masses of eccentrically moving ants, the pattern reminds me of some huge complex 128-flamed poi move or something.are there support groups for this? =)
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Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
oh there's definetly such a thing as positive addictions ellie. but addictions they are, nonetheless, and even a positive one can become negative over time.... i'd like to think spinning isn't going to!btw, cantus, that little graphic is awesome where did you get it?
oh there's definetly such a thing as positive addictions ellie. but addictions they are, nonetheless, and even a positive one can become negative over time.... i'd like to think spinning isn't going to!btw, cantus, that little graphic is awesome where did you get it?
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
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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:
You can get pictures like that (and some much better ones) if you click here
You can get pictures like that (and some much better ones) if you click here
Meh
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
*all Ros's aches and pains flitter away never to trouble her again*
*all Ros's aches and pains flitter away never to trouble her again*
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
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603 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, Uk
603 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, Uk
Posted:
I would like to announce that I am completley addicted to Potatoe. Yup. I love Potatoe. Thank you for your time.
I would like to announce that I am completley addicted to Potatoe. Yup. I love Potatoe. Thank you for your time.
Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love aren't we already there? If there is someone willing to show, and there is someone willing to see; magic happens. This is whem humans are alive. This is when the wingless fly.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
Potatoe? Ever since I started reading posts in people's accents I'm having real difficulty understanding some people
Potatoe? Ever since I started reading posts in people's accents I'm having real difficulty understanding some people
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238 posts
Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada
238 posts
Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada
Posted:
Addiction is spending every moment you have at skool on either the HoP website or turning offf the lites in some bathroom in of the skool and pulling out some LED poi...*looks at watch to see hasnt touched a glowstick in six minutes. Kaos begins to go into a fetal position as he slowly descends into glowstick withdrawal*shit, my teachers coming and im supposed to be doing chemistry work instead of this,,,,better submit it quickly...------------------Do You ever Question Your life? Do You ever wonder Why? Do you ever see in Your dreams, All the castles in the Sky??
Addiction is spending every moment you have at skool on either the HoP website or turning offf the lites in some bathroom in of the skool and pulling out some LED poi...*looks at watch to see hasnt touched a glowstick in six minutes. Kaos begins to go into a fetal position as he slowly descends into glowstick withdrawal*shit, my teachers coming and im supposed to be doing chemistry work instead of this,,,,better submit it quickly...------------------Do You ever Question Your life? Do You ever wonder Why? Do you ever see in Your dreams, All the castles in the Sky??
Every morning I wake up and hit the ground yawning...
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238 posts
Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada
238 posts
Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada
Posted:
HAHAHAmy mom just took away all my glowsticks and poi shit cuz she caught me spinning instead of studying!!!!so I tied two pencils to headphone wires and spun like that...I think i need to seek help for this ------------------Do You ever Question Your life? Do You ever wonder Why? Do you ever see in Your dreams, All the castles in the Sky??
HAHAHAmy mom just took away all my glowsticks and poi shit cuz she caught me spinning instead of studying!!!!so I tied two pencils to headphone wires and spun like that...I think i need to seek help for this ------------------Do You ever Question Your life? Do You ever wonder Why? Do you ever see in Your dreams, All the castles in the Sky??
Every morning I wake up and hit the ground yawning...
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
What? go on HoP during school? I would never...
not like right now or anything... and i finally foudn a use for things like "activety period" and "homeroom"... 
What? go on HoP during school? I would never...
not like right now or anything... and i finally foudn a use for things like "activety period" and "homeroom"... Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
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38 posts
Location: England
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38 posts
Location: England
Posted:
Potatoes? Well, I guess oyu could find a way of attaching them to sting and spinning them!True- some addictions are good! I like this addiction - it's startin to cost me more money now tho as I want to buy more different poi to play with.. that's not so good - the money I mean *signs as she looks at the big fat zero on bank statement!*But I guess we're all addicted to something - I'd prefer 2 B addicted to this than something a little more harmful. keep it reale*
Potatoes? Well, I guess oyu could find a way of attaching them to sting and spinning them!True- some addictions are good! I like this addiction - it's startin to cost me more money now tho as I want to buy more different poi to play with.. that's not so good - the money I mean *signs as she looks at the big fat zero on bank statement!*But I guess we're all addicted to something - I'd prefer 2 B addicted to this than something a little more harmful. keep it reale*
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119 posts
Location: fort worth, TX, USA
119 posts
Location: fort worth, TX, USA
Posted:
ok...while we're on the subject...i have always wondered something....is it possible to get addicted to therapy?just a thought....------------------'' not all who wander are lost'' J.R.R. Tolkien'' its better to burn out...then to fade away'' Def Leppard
ok...while we're on the subject...i have always wondered something....is it possible to get addicted to therapy?just a thought....------------------'' not all who wander are lost'' J.R.R. Tolkien'' its better to burn out...then to fade away'' Def Leppard
its to dying in anothers arms and why i had to try it......
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38 posts
Location: England
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38 posts
Location: England
Posted:
I was thinking that as I wrote my last post...I guess you probably can,... well, maybe not addicted - but definitly dependant on it, if there's a difference. I think there is a difference,
I was thinking that as I wrote my last post...I guess you probably can,... well, maybe not addicted - but definitly dependant on it, if there's a difference. I think there is a difference,
old hand
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
Posted:
My spinning addiction was so high when i first started, i'd do shadow poi in the shower.------------------[]Dhuong-Vu Truong==== []Dhunky ====
My spinning addiction was so high when i first started, i'd do shadow poi in the shower.------------------[]Dhuong-Vu Truong==== []Dhunky ====
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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:
Don't start the damn shadow poi conversation off again. Please.
Don't start the damn shadow poi conversation off again. Please.
Meh
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
An addiction is "The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something" so you can be addicted to anything really. Addictions are only bad if they're a major crutch in your life and emotional stability or overly damage you.ellie, having a desire to own different spinning toys can seriously affect the bank balance. Trust me on this one So I make a lot of mine. Cheaper, and you get a custom built set of toys to play with!Spinning potatoes could hurt! Unless they were baked well and you were spinning them to soften up the insides, then add butter, bacon, melted cheese and pepper. Voila! Poi Potato!
An addiction is "The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something" so you can be addicted to anything really. Addictions are only bad if they're a major crutch in your life and emotional stability or overly damage you.ellie, having a desire to own different spinning toys can seriously affect the bank balance. Trust me on this one
So I make a lot of mine. Cheaper, and you get a custom built set of toys to play with!Spinning potatoes could hurt! Unless they were baked well and you were spinning them to soften up the insides, then add butter, bacon, melted cheese and pepper. Voila! Poi Potato! Oolering Man
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
Posted:
I wasn't that addicted to poi when I first started them but having taken up staff about a week ago _ now thats different. Stole my cleaning ladies mop to make the staff - hmm, now all I need is to attach a flint or bronze spearhead to the end and a couple of strings of feathers..... hmm. been spinning it every day. Hey heres another question along these lines. Has your addiction to poi or staff carried on even though you've done yourself damage? A freind of mine cut his hands to buggery spinning so much, but just encased his hands in elastoplast and carried on. ------------------Trance the sacred spiral dance.Love and LightSpiral
I wasn't that addicted to poi when I first started them but having taken up staff about a week ago _ now thats different. Stole my cleaning ladies mop to make the staff - hmm, now all I need is to attach a flint or bronze spearhead to the end and a couple of strings of feathers..... hmm. been spinning it every day. Hey heres another question along these lines. Has your addiction to poi or staff carried on even though you've done yourself damage? A freind of mine cut his hands to buggery spinning so much, but just encased his hands in elastoplast and carried on. ------------------Trance the sacred spiral dance.Love and LightSpiral
old hand
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
Posted:
lol, ya shadow poi------------------[]Dhuong-Vu Truong==== []Dhunky ====
lol, ya shadow poi
------------------[]Dhuong-Vu Truong==== []Dhunky ==== SILVER Member
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've gained some nasty looking bruises in the last few days Spiral.And my electroglos used to bite me when i first got them. But I've not been put off yet.And I saw two lunatics get their firechains wrapped round their wrists at poi in the park on devonshire green a while back and that didn't put me off either....
I've gained some nasty looking bruises in the last few days Spiral.And my electroglos used to bite me when i first got them. But I've not been put off yet.And I saw two lunatics get their firechains wrapped round their wrists at poi in the park on devonshire green a while back and that didn't put me off either....
Meh
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