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Location: PDX, OR, USA
*ahem*
(I've never been quite sure how to do these "instant introductions". Let's try this:)
Hullo to one and all!
(Well that wasn't so bad! What else can I come up with...)
I'm a SWM who enjoys golf and-
(No! Wrong BB! Take 2!)
During orientation week at my new colege I happened upon a crowd of kids spinning and burning and having a great time. Transfixed, I trotted out the next day, bought some poi, and spent nearly 12 consecutive hours teaching myself the 3 beat weave, butterfly, and direction changes. The next day I could barely move my hands and wrists. 3 weeks later I was playing with real fire.
(Better! Keep going.)
That was three years ago. Sadly, about a year ago I hit a plateau - I haven't gotten better in a long time. It's time, I feel, to find a teacher, some guru or another who can help me overcome whatever is stopping me.
I spend the rest of my time trying to meet new people, make friends, and love as much as I can. I practice tai chi. I'm an aspiring bicycle mechanic and avid cyclist. I have a keen love for both American ice cream and Italian gelato, both of which I make in my home. I love science fiction and fantasy literature, role playing games, kayaking, weight lifting, knitting, and over-intellectualizing things for the joy of having a working brain.
I suppose that'll do it. I welcome anybody to get in touch with me - my favorite facet of the internet is the facilitation of interpersonal communication.
Ciao a tutti!
-Stove
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,099 posts
Location: Bideford and Bath, United Kingdom
welcome
this site has lot's of great people who are amazing at poi and i'm sure will be able to help you.
unfortunately i'm not one of them so i'll just say hi
UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."
Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Greetings and salutations to you too
Getting to the other side 
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Welcome Stove.
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11 posts
Location: PDX, OR, USA
And hello to all of you! Or is it redundant to say hello again? In any case, I feel welcomed - gratzie!
I should, perhaps, clarify that I'm not just here on HOP to find a guru - there seem to be so many of them about, I'm learning more than I have in years just by reading old posts! Some of y'all ("Glass" and "Dantana" in particular) are really bending my brain and I've only been here for 12 hours or so...
My compliments to all the people spending their time trying to explain their art - it is an admirable thing you do!
-Stove
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hello, welcome to our humble abode!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Hello!
I'm Roarfire, but you can call me Roar. Hope you enjoy your stay!
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
11 posts
Location: PDX, OR, USA
Pleased to meetcha, Roar.
-Stove
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
boing boing boing
heya how are you?
enjoy your stay and if i were you make sure you have industrial strength paracetamol; before venturinging too deep into the opi moves forum
back
11 posts
Location: PDX, OR, USA
*briefly baffled* Erh, paracetamol? What might that be? It sounds rather like an explosive, and I'm a little disconcerted by that!
I'm quite well, thanks! I'm getting close to finding my btb 3bt and standard 5 bt weaves. Blistered fingers aside, my mood is fantastic! Maybe that has something to do with the risotto I'm making for supper, though....
-Stove
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Paracetamol is a pain killer
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
11 posts
Location: PDX, OR, USA
Hah - I liked it better when it was an explosive. But then, maybe that's just me.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
hellooo
to the maddness HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Hi Welcome to HoP
Would you like some Spagehtti Bolgonase and a massage?
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
11 posts
Location: PDX, OR, USA
The answer is, startlingly enough: yes, please!* Either or both would be delightful!
Thanks for the welcomes, Star and PyroWill (Pyro? Will? Rowi?)!
*Note: The author does not asume that you have either such that you're willing to part with it, simply admits that he would be delighted were, really, anybody to give him quantities of the specified items.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Just Will is fine
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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