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Posted:
Hi,
i'm gracie, i'm going by the general suggestions, so you'll just have to ignore the slight predictability of this. I've only been doing poi for a couple of months, but have still managed to set my leg on fire three times in one night
Aside from the obvious, my other hobbies include a bit of music, of most genres, a bit of science-fiction/fantasy, and Ballroom and Latin Dancing. I generally prefer the ballroom element of it (woo... pretty dresses), but some of the latin is just addictive.
For the acedemic side of things, I'm at Uni in Bath,UK at the moment, studying Maths and Physics; my other home is just north of London. My favourite authors include Katherine Kerr, Margret Atwood and Peter Watts. I have no idea what i want to be when i grow up, other than happy, not particularly wealthy or famous. My favourite musical artist varies pretending on my mood: a lot of Radiohead lives on my shelf, as does a bit of Sting. I have a huge amount of time for System of a Down, but for sheer power, you cannot beat Stravinsky. But then my room contains an absurd number of the Chopin etudes as well. Although sometimes some melodic Britten just hits the spot.
I generally don't watch a huge lot of TV, due the fact i dont own one, but I like some animes, particularly Hellsing and Trigun. Family Guy and Coupling are my favourite comedies, but Bill Bailey is one of the best standup comedians i have ever heard.
Thats about me in a bottle... urr I'll shut up now.
Hi,
i'm gracie, i'm going by the general suggestions, so you'll just have to ignore the slight predictability of this. I've only been doing poi for a couple of months, but have still managed to set my leg on fire three times in one night
Aside from the obvious, my other hobbies include a bit of music, of most genres, a bit of science-fiction/fantasy, and Ballroom and Latin Dancing. I generally prefer the ballroom element of it (woo... pretty dresses), but some of the latin is just addictive.
For the acedemic side of things, I'm at Uni in Bath,UK at the moment, studying Maths and Physics; my other home is just north of London. My favourite authors include Katherine Kerr, Margret Atwood and Peter Watts. I have no idea what i want to be when i grow up, other than happy, not particularly wealthy or famous. My favourite musical artist varies pretending on my mood: a lot of Radiohead lives on my shelf, as does a bit of Sting. I have a huge amount of time for System of a Down, but for sheer power, you cannot beat Stravinsky. But then my room contains an absurd number of the Chopin etudes as well. Although sometimes some melodic Britten just hits the spot.
I generally don't watch a huge lot of TV, due the fact i dont own one, but I like some animes, particularly Hellsing and Trigun. Family Guy and Coupling are my favourite comedies, but Bill Bailey is one of the best standup comedians i have ever heard.
Thats about me in a bottle... urr I'll shut up now.
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UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
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Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Posted:
'Bout time you showed up
'Bout time you showed up
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
Maths and Physics?
*shudder*
Hello
Welcome to HoP
Maths and Physics?
*shudder*
Hello
Welcome to HoP member
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
Thank you, thats the normal reaction. To be fair, it's mine as well when I wake up and realise what I actually have to do all day!
Thank you, thats the normal reaction. To be fair, it's mine as well when I wake up and realise what I actually have to do all day!
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
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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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Location: nevada
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Location: nevada
Posted:
hello welcom
hello welcom
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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:
Hullo! Congratulations, because I anti-hate you!!
Hullo! 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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Location: Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
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Location: Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
Posted:
Welcome Gracie
Welcome Gracie Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
A bowl of soup with some one you love is better than steak with some one you hate. Proverbs 15, 17
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What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
oi oi! welcome to HoP
oooh that rhymes! he he he! maths and physics! YUK! where is just north of london!? Cos i'm just north of london... but i feel i'll be a lil bit more north than yououououo! PM MEEEEE!
:D:D
oi oi! welcome to HoP
oooh that rhymes! he he he! maths and physics! YUK! where is just north of london!? Cos i'm just north of london... but i feel i'll be a lil bit more north than yououououo! PM MEEEEE!
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30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
Lol, Hertfordshire, Watford. So not actually London at all, but no-one knows where Watford is, unless they live there, can't afford to club in london, or really really like big busy shopping places.
most ppl get it confused with Watford Gap i've found :/
Lol, Hertfordshire, Watford. So not actually London at all, but no-one knows where Watford is, unless they live there, can't afford to club in london, or really really like big busy shopping places.
most ppl get it confused with Watford Gap i've found :/
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Stop Scaring the girl with your stalkerish ways Asena
Gracie,
One of my bestest HoP friends lives in Bath, Gayle. She's well worth finding and making friends with just because she is so
and 
Stop Scaring the girl with your stalkerish ways Asena
Gracie,One of my bestest HoP friends lives in Bath, Gayle. She's well worth finding and making friends with just because she is so
and Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
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Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
I'll keep an eye out for her... I'm part of GravityVomit at the uni, maybe she's done something with?
and I'm not scared of the stalkering... it's like hide and seek, only --
not.
I'll keep an eye out for her... I'm part of GravityVomit at the uni, maybe she's done something with?
and I'm not scared of the stalkering... it's like hide and seek, only --
not.
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30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
Seeing as i've already said I've only just started fire spinning, I can ask this without feeling too silly
but does anyone know what happens to bleached hair when it gets paraffin near it?
because i've got a blonde streak, and it's starting to change colour, and i'm trying to work out what i've done to it!
Seeing as i've already said I've only just started fire spinning, I can ask this without feeling too silly
but does anyone know what happens to bleached hair when it gets paraffin near it?because i've got a blonde streak, and it's starting to change colour, and i'm trying to work out what i've done to it!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
What colour is it going?
Swimming pool chlorine can make bleached hair go greenish.
What colour is it going?
Swimming pool chlorine can make bleached hair go greenish.
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
i should imagine wee turns it yellow???
to HoP hope you have fun here and dont mind the weirdo's...........we dont bite (much)
would you like a marmite cheese toasty???
i should imagine wee turns it yellow???
to HoP hope you have fun here and dont mind the weirdo's...........we dont bite (much)would you like a marmite cheese toasty???
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30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
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Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
Biting's not too bad, as long as it's only my shoulder... or lower arm.
It's sort of gone a pale streaky orange... although it's fading, so it's possible i'm imagining it
Biting's not too bad, as long as it's only my shoulder... or lower arm.
It's sort of gone a pale streaky orange... although it's fading, so it's possible i'm imagining it
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2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
Shoulda known you would be a Brit comedy fan
Nice to meet you
Shoulda known you would be a Brit comedy fan
Nice to meet you It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.
What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...
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Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hiya,
your at bath uni, im at bath spa uni! shame we dont have a spinning society, your uni has loads i hear although we are very small
a friend of mine is in Gravity Vomit, Mark, say hi, ive lost his number so lost contact for many a month
Hiya,
your at bath uni, im at bath spa uni! shame we dont have a spinning society, your uni has loads i hear although we are very small
a friend of mine is in Gravity Vomit, Mark, say hi, ive lost his number so lost contact for many a month
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
Bill bailey! love him in blackbooks
welcome to hop, gracie!
Bill bailey! love him in blackbooks
welcome to hop, gracie!
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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:
hello and welcome
hello and welcome
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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30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
Everybody should see Black Books, if only to be slightly alarmed...
Nice to meet everyone
uhhmmm, sunnysam, which mark did you mean, we have two: "handsome" mark atterbury or marky mark with his multiple bouncing balls?
https://people.bath.ac.uk/su4jugle/start.php?page=committee
anyway they're committee mails are they, if that helps?
we also have a bath spa member who spins with us, Fons, so maybe you could meet up with us if you want to? maybe you ought to mail committee, and then they'll be able to tell you actual stuff instead of ramblings
Everybody should see Black Books, if only to be slightly alarmed...
Nice to meet everyone
uhhmmm, sunnysam, which mark did you mean, we have two: "handsome" mark atterbury or marky mark with his multiple bouncing balls?
https://people.bath.ac.uk/su4jugle/start.php?page=committee
anyway they're committee mails are they, if that helps?
we also have a bath spa member who spins with us, Fons, so maybe you could meet up with us if you want to? maybe you ought to mail committee, and then they'll be able to tell you actual stuff instead of ramblings
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Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
i love black books, my favorite quote is "your just a beard with an idot hanging off it"
i love black books, my favorite quote is "your just a beard with an idot hanging off it"
newbie
4 posts
4 posts
Posted:
hey gracie,
nice to meet you.
Im from Manchester and i also like Ballroom and Latin. I LLLLLooooooovvvvvveeee the frilly dresses.
g2g
babylou
xx
hey gracie,
nice to meet you.
Im from Manchester and i also like Ballroom and Latin. I LLLLLooooooovvvvvveeee the frilly dresses.
g2g
babylou
xx
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*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
*strangles* YOU SAID WE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT CANADA!
that show.. is quite possibly the most quotable i've come across yet
*strangles* YOU SAID WE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT CANADA!
that show.. is quite possibly the most quotable i've come across yet
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117 posts
117 posts
Posted:
Yeh, you and fire are a little of a dangerous combintation :P That was quite an impresive night, I mean once happens, twice is careless, but three times. Mind you at least you staff didn't try and nut you one!! That really hurt.
Oh and welcome to hop.
Yeh, you and fire are a little of a dangerous combintation :P That was quite an impresive night, I mean once happens, twice is careless, but three times. Mind you at least you staff didn't try and nut you one!! That really hurt.
Oh and welcome to hop.
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30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
urrr... which particular night are we talking about? the one where someone had to tell me i'd set my crotch on fire infront of lots of people, or the one whe my poi gave me a big WARM hug?
sorry, because i have to:
"Where are the turrets?!"
and...
"look. look, bernard, look. look look look bernard! bernard. bernard, look bernard, look look bernard. bernard bernard, look -"
All together now...
urrr... which particular night are we talking about? the one where someone had to tell me i'd set my crotch on fire infront of lots of people, or the one whe my poi gave me a big WARM hug?
sorry, because i have to:
"Where are the turrets?!"
and...
"look. look, bernard, look. look look look bernard! bernard. bernard, look bernard, look look bernard. bernard bernard, look -"
All together now...
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UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Posted:
I'm a robot postitute from the future!!
That was me wasn't it? Or was it?
And I think we were all Bernard look look etc at some point that night
I'm a robot postitute from the future!!
Written by: Gasuyina
"Where are the turrets?!"
That was me wasn't it? Or was it?
And I think we were all Bernard look look etc at some point that night
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
member
117 posts
117 posts
Posted:
Bernard, look Bernard, look ...
Bernard, look Bernard, look ...
member
30 posts
Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
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Location: Currently nr Salisbury, but occasionally Bath, or ...
Posted:
Bernard! look look Bernard...
but seriously, does anyone know another way to get HoPpoint other than buyinf stuff, and how many do you need before you can post a photo? i've got a cool one of firewriting that i want to put up...
Bernard! look look Bernard...
but seriously, does anyone know another way to get HoPpoint other than buyinf stuff, and how many do you need before you can post a photo? i've got a cool one of firewriting that i want to put up...
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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:
I think there's a thread about it in the Help section. Although you'll have to search for it.
I think there's a thread about it in the Help section. Although you'll have to search for it.
Meh
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Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
Posted:
hey sorry for the slow reply, tis mr mark atterbury i know,went to swchs, did music etc, yeah saw him last year doin poi in bath but didnt click then i got a pair for my bday and then i was like.....
"OOOHHH SO THATS WHAT HE WAS DOING!!!"
Im so slow
anyhoo say hi
hey sorry for the slow reply, tis mr mark atterbury i know,went to swchs, did music etc, yeah saw him last year doin poi in bath but didnt click then i got a pair for my bday and then i was like.....
"OOOHHH SO THATS WHAT HE WAS DOING!!!"
Im so slow
anyhoo say hi
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
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