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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
So Beastie Boys or Helmet?
So Beastie Boys or Helmet?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I'm looking into the possibility of seing the Beastie Boys here in Berlin on Thursday night and then going to Hamburg for Helmet the next night...
If I can find some poi peeps in Hamburg to hang with on Saturday, then I might just do it.
I'm looking into the possibility of seing the Beastie Boys here in Berlin on Thursday night and then going to Hamburg for Helmet the next night...
If I can find some poi peeps in Hamburg to hang with on Saturday, then I might just do it.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Sounds like a plan!
Sounds like a plan!
BRONZE Member
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
it is a four hours ride to Hamburg so should not be a problem to do both
it is a four hours ride to Hamburg so should not be a problem to do both
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
that mean you are interested in going to Hamburg on the 10th of December?
Any poi peeps from Hamburg on the German poi website?
that mean you are interested in going to Hamburg on the 10th of December?
Any poi peeps from Hamburg on the German poi website?
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
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hee hee! it's cute!
Non-Https Image Link
hee hee! it's cute!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
is he related to Einstein???
is he related to Einstein???
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
2300 posts! wooo!
2300 posts! wooo!
-v-
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SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I miss you.
I miss you.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I'm thinking about coming to the falmouth xmas thingy...
back
I'm thinking about coming to the falmouth xmas thingy...
back -v-
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
That means no concert in Hamburg then...they are the same date.
That means no concert in Hamburg then...they are the same date.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
duh! thanks for pointing that out...
even puts a potential dent in the beasitie boys concert attendance chances...
dreimal scheisse!
beastie boys, helmet, or falmouth???????
duh! thanks for pointing that out...
even puts a potential dent in the beasitie boys concert attendance chances...
dreimal scheisse!
beastie boys, helmet, or falmouth???????
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Why not
VIERMAL?
I dont know.
Why not
VIERMAL?
I dont know.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
truthfully, it might be cheaper to not go to either concert and just go to falmouth!
truthfully, it might be cheaper to not go to either concert and just go to falmouth!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
do not curse in German here
Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual!
do not curse in German here
Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual!
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Sweet! Yet another way to get past the censors!
Written by: vanize
dreimal scheisse!
Sweet! Yet another way to get past the censors!
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
It's vanize's thread...I think he should be the one deciding who can do what in it...
Although, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want Patrick peeing in it.
It's vanize's thread...I think he should be the one deciding who can do what in it...
Although, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want Patrick peeing in it.
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Ermmm! You couldn't have told me this.. like five minutes ago?
Written by: spritie
Although, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want Patrick peeing in it.
Ermmm! You couldn't have told me this.. like five minutes ago?
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
i was just kidding, hopefully he decides thatI can make jokes in here
i was just kidding, hopefully he decides thatI can make jokes in here
What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
well, it's not my thread, so...
rushes over to the market to make sure patrick doesn't get any ideas after all the yummy food there
well, it's not my thread, so...
rushes over to the market to make sure patrick doesn't get any ideas after all the yummy food there
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
You guys... I swear!
I had the pleasure of meeting PoiBox last friday. He's an amazing spinner and a hell of a cool guy!
He and Gidg and Babajaga and a few others of us had a little fire meet on friday night - cold and eventually rainy, but we had a blast anyway!
You guys... I swear!
I had the pleasure of meeting PoiBox last friday. He's an amazing spinner and a hell of a cool guy!
He and Gidg and Babajaga and a few others of us had a little fire meet on friday night - cold and eventually rainy, but we had a blast anyway!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
I can attest to the fact the Friday night was great!!!! Even though I didn't know what was being said most of the time.
I want to thank you for showing me a great time while I was there. If it wasn't for you guys the trip would have been booooorrriiinnggg!!!!! What I would love to do is take a trip during the summer, my fingers got a little numb during that spin.
By the way Vanice, thanks for the use of the beenie. Did you ever find the missing ones?
I can attest to the fact the Friday night was great!!!! Even though I didn't know what was being said most of the time.
I want to thank you for showing me a great time while I was there. If it wasn't for you guys the trip would have been booooorrriiinnggg!!!!! What I would love to do is take a trip during the summer, my fingers got a little numb during that spin.
By the way Vanice, thanks for the use of the beenie. Did you ever find the missing ones?
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
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Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Arrggghhhh!!!!
It is snowing! Mid- november and it snowed on me the whole way to work (25 minutes of walking and 20 on the train). here at work there is almost 1/2 and inch of snow on the ground.
It is going to be a LONG winter...
Arrggghhhh!!!!
It is snowing! Mid- november and it snowed on me the whole way to work (25 minutes of walking and 20 on the train). here at work there is almost 1/2 and inch of snow on the ground.
It is going to be a LONG winter...
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
You've got some warm goodies on the way to you.
You've got some warm goodies on the way to you. GOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
YAY! Snow........ mail it to me Vanize! I Luuuuuuuuuuuuv snow!
YAY! Snow........ mail it to me Vanize! I Luuuuuuuuuuuuv snow!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Vanize, tell me that you are joking. You mean I missed the snow by a week?!!! I put up with that cold and didn't get any snow.
this is for the Texas boy that is freezing his tush off. You need to find a sunnier location.
Vanize, tell me that you are joking. You mean I missed the snow by a week?!!! I put up with that cold and didn't get any snow.
this is for the Texas boy that is freezing his tush off. You need to find a sunnier location. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
snow most of the weekend in fact! it still melts off during the day off course, but more comes at night.
I saw a fantastic diablo show on saturday night - lots of two diablo tricks as well as a couple with 3, followed almost immediately by the worst club swinging routine I have ever seen (using aerotech clubs). There were also some good jugglers and one really good clowning act at the show. The clowning act was a girl who did "Mr.Bean" type stuff and started off looking like a complete dork. as the routine progressed she slowly changed into a slinky outfit with platform heels and a wig and was looking pretty hot by the end of it, but still acting like a dork. It was pretty hilarious.
snow most of the weekend in fact! it still melts off during the day off course, but more comes at night.
I saw a fantastic diablo show on saturday night - lots of two diablo tricks as well as a couple with 3, followed almost immediately by the worst club swinging routine I have ever seen (using aerotech clubs). There were also some good jugglers and one really good clowning act at the show. The clowning act was a girl who did "Mr.Bean" type stuff and started off looking like a complete dork. as the routine progressed she slowly changed into a slinky outfit with platform heels and a wig and was looking pretty hot by the end of it, but still acting like a dork. It was pretty hilarious.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
Posted:
sounds gooood
sounds gooood An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
yeah, she was a real nutter.
oh yeah, forgot to mention that, after 4.5 years of spinning (it was bound to happen someday), I finally took out my first ceiling lamp yesterday! It really shattered - I don't think there was any peices of glass larger then about 1 cm square - and they were all over the room!
yeah, she was a real nutter.
oh yeah, forgot to mention that, after 4.5 years of spinning (it was bound to happen someday), I finally took out my first ceiling lamp yesterday! It really shattered - I don't think there was any peices of glass larger then about 1 cm square - and they were all over the room!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
no lamps myself but im up to four or five lightbulbs....
*note, must remember to buy lightbulbs*
Written by: vanize
yeah, she was a real nutter.
oh yeah, forgot to mention that, after 4.5 years of spinning (it was bound to happen someday), I finally took out my first ceiling lamp yesterday! It really shattered - I don't think there was any peices of glass larger then about 1 cm square - and they were all over the room!
no lamps myself but im up to four or five lightbulbs....
*note, must remember to buy lightbulbs*
Love is the law.
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