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Hi! I'm really new at this but, considering that I'm a Leo with an Aries/Mars decanate and was born on a Tuesday (Aries/Mars again), my next logical step has to be fire dancing. Always loved the primal quality to fire dance and can't wait to get good enough to show off a bit!
Name: Rebekah Sawyer
Location:USA
Hometown: Bunn, North Carolina
DOB: August 16, 1966
Age: 40
Sex: would be lovely. Oh, female.
Occupation: former hairdresser, presently Criminal Justice
student, mother of two
Favorite Food: Cherry Pie...no, really.
Favorite Colors: red(Fire) blue(water)
Toys: poi, 'chuks, djembe, my hands
Hobbies: mother of two (what hobbies?)
Fav Book: Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
Fav Movie: The Crow, 13th Warrior, The Shining, The Birds,
etc.
Plans for Life: Do whatever I want...when, and how I want.
Fav Music: Wide and Varied. . .Counting Crows, Godsmack,
Dave Matthews, etc.
Fav Ice Cream: Cherry-Vanilla
The last ? just scares me.
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"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
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IHoP, IHoP.
Hey wait a minute, over here that's International House of Pancakes!
Mmmmmmm......pancakes!
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
master of disaster
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Location: New York, USA
random?
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
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I'm a HoPper...
IHop.
C'mon, fNi, get with the program!
Don't make me come up there.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
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Pat, you'd have to see the chamois poi to really appreciate them. They were ever so much fun while they lasted!
I guess they were kind of strange though.
Kind of apt, if you knew me.
*sings* People are strange, when you're a stranger.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
master of disaster
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*sings* people seem ugly, when you're alone.
personally i prefer *sings* show me, the way, to the next whisky bar....ooh don't ask why'
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
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One of these days you're going to be advantage and someone's going to take drunk of you!
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
Niraffe
884 posts
Location: Up north, Scotland (UK)
Written by: fireNice
mmm
I was resistant to socks until they were the only thing I could use when I was...in Scotland
go figure
*bounces in, and trips over the doorstep, rather spectacularly*
Ooh, it's nice in here....I brought shortbread! FireNice, why could you only use socks in scotland? I've got some nice tails and some nice LED type thingys, and they work here......well, when it's not windy.
Can I sit and have a beer too?
"Lots of beeping. And shaking and tinfoil." Chelly
"Are you sure it's a genuine test and not a robot heroin addict?" Cantus
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master of disaster
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sure *passes cb a beer*
my trip to Scotland was last summer, before all these highland hoppers came out
I didn't bring any poi, and took my woolen socks and filled them with Go beads for weight.
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Niraffe
884 posts
Location: Up north, Scotland (UK)
Oooh, clever!! Wooly socks are an essential here! We have filled some of ours with tennis balls! You should come back over and play! Or maybe we should come to the sunshine. Hmmm.......
*slurp* nice beer by the way, slainte! (cheers in gaelic) I've got some peanut butter cookies and some bread and humous if anyone fancies some?
"Lots of beeping. And shaking and tinfoil." Chelly
"Are you sure it's a genuine test and not a robot heroin addict?" Cantus
---set free by the rather lovely FireTom---
--(right arm owned by Fyre)--
master of disaster
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where in the highlands? I was up in Durness for about a month
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Learnin About Burnin
385 posts
Location: Michigan, USA
What the heck is going on here??? "Chamois Poi"?? Is that the NC version of the Irish ballad "Danny Boy"?? People passing out beer and peanut butter cookies??
I really don't know what to think about FS taking Brandi to chearleader practice?? I hope that the chearleaders are over 21. My oh my, such shameful behavior and I was left out of it because I was off trying to learn about spinning Poi and not spinning tales!!
I'll take a dozen peanut butter cookies CB and a pint of Guiness (as long as it is the real deal and not our "Americanized" version..
I may be crazy but I ain't stupid
Life is to short to waste it on stupidity
Niraffe
884 posts
Location: Up north, Scotland (UK)
Oooh, wait! Not only do I have (well, not real, but I'm sure it's more real than the states version) guiness and real Scottish Heather Ale!! In fact, I brought a crate of Scottish beer for you folks to try........
Um fireNice, I live in Nairn (about 13 miles east along the coast from Inverness). Did you enjoy the Highlands?
"Lots of beeping. And shaking and tinfoil." Chelly
"Are you sure it's a genuine test and not a robot heroin addict?" Cantus
---set free by the rather lovely FireTom---
--(right arm owned by Fyre)--
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Damn! Let's see if I can figure all of this out.
jt-I loooove "Danny Boy." I have the lyrics in my grimoire
along with the Norse funeral blessing.
- My 11 year old Daughter's name is Brandi...Emily Brandace to be exact.
-Other stuff-
I am sooo jealous of those of you who have been to or are in Scotland. I want to go but, I doubt I'll make it in this incarnation.
I'm of Scottish descent myself and one of my ancestors led a raid on Dunbarton Castle in 1538 that is considered to be among the most daring in history. I've been trying to learn a bit of Gaelic so that I can read my Celtic books, of which I have quite a few.
I also am quite interested in the Norse pantheon and am just starting to study the Asatru tradition.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
master of disaster
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ooo what do you want to know about the norse pantheon?
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
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I couldn't really say, darlin.'
I have lots of pagan books that cover pretty much everything that I could possibly want to know.
I'm fairly knowledgeable about it already but am just delving a little deeper into it lately.
My favorite movie of all time is "The 13th Warrior."
For some reason the funeral blessing almost brings me to tears.
Perhaps I was Norse in a past life?
Don't know. Just know that the tradition really appeals to me.
I'm a knowledge hound when it comes to the Old Religion anyway.
I've always been a pagan at heart.
If I happen to think of anything that I can't find though,
I'll let you know.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
Learnin About Burnin
385 posts
Location: Michigan, USA
Hey FS, hope you appreciate my literary efforts this time:
*jt sings*
My chamois poi, you broke, your dead and fallen
I would try socks, but they're on Brandis feet
My dog, my dog, two tennis balls I've stolen
But thats OK, cause now I can spin all day
I may be crazy but I ain't stupid
Life is to short to waste it on stupidity
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Okay, Okay!
Not bad, I must admit.
In my defense, at least over the tennis balls,
my dog could care less.
If it's not edible, she doesn't want it!
I guess I'll just have to take a picture of my poor, broken "Chamois Poi" so that maybe they won't seem quite so strange.
Seemed like a good idea at the time, anyway.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
Learnin About Burnin
385 posts
Location: Michigan, USA
Hey, post the picture next to the NC coast or "The Temptress" (I kinda like that name!)
As soon as I can, I will post pictures of my new poi toy (but not the lumps or bruises on my body)
Oh yeah, some dogs just have no taste at all
I may be crazy but I ain't stupid
Life is to short to waste it on stupidity
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My real name, Rebekah, means "temptress" in ancient Hebrew.
It's pronounced [reevka] which is kind of cool to me, although it's pretty much useless trivia to anyone who doesn't share the name.
My dog, Maedhb, is as nutty as a fruitcake!
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
Learnin About Burnin
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A dog named Maedhb??? Now that is a new one on me. Help with the pronunciation please??
No trivia should be useless trivia. Mans goal should be to seek knowledge, not power. With knowledge comes power, but definetly not vice versa!!
Working on a new poi yet??
I may be crazy but I ain't stupid
Life is to short to waste it on stupidity
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Had no time to work on the new poi, yet.
Maedhb is just one way to spell her name.
It was pronounced to me wrong when I first came across it as [mab] when it is actually supposed to be pronounced [maeve].
She's the Celtic faery queen.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
Niraffe
884 posts
Location: Up north, Scotland (UK)
You guys know more about this side of the world than I do! Wicked! do you have any good links to sites about Norse/pagan history? There is a lot of historical sites here - Skara Brae and Ring of Brodgar as well as hundreds of burial mounds etc, but I love reading all thsi stuff, and at the moment I don't have all that much to do at work before I start my PhD.I looked into buying some books and stuff before, but it's just so expensive, and the library in my town shuts at 5 o'clock during the week and at 12 on a Saturday....aaah - small town living!
"Lots of beeping. And shaking and tinfoil." Chelly
"Are you sure it's a genuine test and not a robot heroin addict?" Cantus
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There is one which is very good that I have called,
"The Everything Paganism Book," by Selene Silverwind.
She gives a very good overview of the pagan religions.
Gotta go right now but will come back and tell you more later.
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
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Well Chellybean, it might roll it's sidewalks up at night ... but if you're into golfing and cold beaches it looks like a good place to be.
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moo..
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I burnt my mouth ...howdy dudey neighbour
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That was pretty random ezz......mouth OK? My ADD makes it so that.....Ooooo SHINY.....wanna go ride bikes....wait....where am I.....
moo..
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thats not random at aaaaall loki,...my mouthgot burnt by over heated food..my house is too cold...and yeh y mouth is ok i just keep moving that litttle burnt bit,,hnnnn
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Ahhhhhh I see My ADD makes it so that.....Ooooo SHINY.....wanna go ride bikes....wait....where am I.....
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Chelly, I am soooooo jealous. Your hometown is absolutely beautiful. Makes me wish I could come over more than ever.
I've been doing a very long assignment for my online class today so the tranquil pictures were just what I needed.
Check out the one of Emerald Isle in my gallery.
Not a bad place to be, either.
(Part of the NC coastline.)
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin
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