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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
I have been thinking recently what the hell would I be doing now if I had not waltzed along to the little place near my foundation course, where people teach eachother how to spin things to make purdy patterns?
Ok this is the last time i'm going to talk about depression, but at that point in my life, I was in desparate need, I was still desperatly shy, one day a noticed that there was a guy in my class doing perculiar things with socks, wierd orange socks. He had mentioned a workshop, and I plucked up the courage to do something new and check this thing out.
Before I knew it I had found some, now, very important people in my life.
From a shy odd arty loner, to a happy confident arty person who can't count how many friends they have in the world if they tried.
I love you guys all of you, you know who you are
I'm a lucky jem
I have been thinking recently what the hell would I be doing now if I had not waltzed along to the little place near my foundation course, where people teach eachother how to spin things to make purdy patterns?
Ok this is the last time i'm going to talk about depression, but at that point in my life, I was in desparate need, I was still desperatly shy, one day a noticed that there was a guy in my class doing perculiar things with socks, wierd orange socks. He had mentioned a workshop, and I plucked up the courage to do something new and check this thing out.
Before I knew it I had found some, now, very important people in my life.
From a shy odd arty loner, to a happy confident arty person who can't count how many friends they have in the world if they tried.
I love you guys all of you, you know who you are
I'm a lucky jem
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
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coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
i dont think i'm one of them
hoorah for you!
i dont think i'm one of them
hoorah for you!
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
dont you like me?
I'm sure if I ever did meet you, you'd be added to the list
dont you like me?
I'm sure if I ever did meet you, you'd be added to the list
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
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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:
Poi saves lives, it's true.
Poi saves lives, it's true.
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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journeyman
72 posts
Location: Toronto, Canada
journeyman
72 posts
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted:
...at the very least you're guaranteed a conversation topic when you're meeting someone new!
...at the very least you're guaranteed a conversation topic when you're meeting someone new!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
kelly
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Pooh-Bah
2,110 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Pooh-Bah
2,110 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Posted:
I hear you Jem. I have similar stories to tell. Shoot, before I found poi my life revolved around a computer game. In fact, I was more active in my online character's life than in my real one. Then one day by chance I ran into this website and from then on, things were different. I eventually met a group of spinners based nearby and they quickly became my friends. Everything I knew before that went out the window as my life was completely changed by poi. God knows what Id be doing right now if I hadnt found poi.
I hear you Jem. I have similar stories to tell. Shoot, before I found poi my life revolved around a computer game. In fact, I was more active in my online character's life than in my real one. Then one day by chance I ran into this website and from then on, things were different. I eventually met a group of spinners based nearby and they quickly became my friends. Everything I knew before that went out the window as my life was completely changed by poi. God knows what Id be doing right now if I hadnt found poi.
Let's turn those old bridges we crossed into ashes.
We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
-Me
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Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
No dramatic changes for me, just a real sense of doing something for me, the real me - a re-discovery, but no less life-changing for that.
Some of the happiest times I've had since last September have either been on HoP or with HoPpers, I've met some truly lovely people who I'm pleased and proud to call my friends and the fact they seem to feel the same about me is sweet balm to my low self-esteem - I'm really starting to relax and trust people and not be afraid to be myself.
So thank you HoPpers one and all - the one's I don't know are just friends waiting to be met
Not only that it's just so much FUN!
Can't wait to do my cv/resume again - always struggled with 'Hobbies' 
No dramatic changes for me, just a real sense of doing something for me, the real me - a re-discovery, but no less life-changing for that.
Some of the happiest times I've had since last September have either been on HoP or with HoPpers, I've met some truly lovely people who I'm pleased and proud to call my friends and the fact they seem to feel the same about me is sweet balm to my low self-esteem - I'm really starting to relax and trust people and not be afraid to be myself.
So thank you HoPpers one and all - the one's I don't know are just friends waiting to be met
Not only that it's just so much FUN!
Can't wait to do my cv/resume again - always struggled with 'Hobbies' 'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus
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fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
fluffy mess
197 posts
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Posted:
If it wasn't for poi, I'd have many more unbroken things in my flat. Now that would not be cool!
Im genarally fidgety, so if it were not for my poi, I would probably have no social circle, know no nice people,and build a lot of puzzles.
If it wasn't for poi, I'd have many more unbroken things in my flat. Now that would not be cool!
Im genarally fidgety, so if it were not for my poi, I would probably have no social circle, know no nice people,and build a lot of puzzles.
"I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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Member
326 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Member
326 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
Last year was about the worst ive had and if it hadnt have been for a freind encouraging me to take up poi and meeting all the nice people i have id most liekly still be in a heap somewere or involved so copletely in a online game id have trouble telling what reality was
Last year was about the worst ive had and if it hadnt have been for a freind encouraging me to take up poi and meeting all the nice people i have id most liekly still be in a heap somewere or involved so copletely in a online game id have trouble telling what reality was
Tell me and I forget, Show me and I remember, Involve me and I understand
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Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
When I've learnt the reverse 5bt... that's when I'll go out and be sociable But I do love it. Something beautiful to do alone, or with friends on a summer day.
A good excuse for a get-together
When I've learnt the reverse 5bt... that's when I'll go out and be sociable
But I do love it. Something beautiful to do alone, or with friends on a summer day.A good excuse for a get-together
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
I've a pretty optomistic personality 99% of the time these days, if i hadn't found poi i'm sure i'd have found something else and having fun. Every now and then when I'm moving out of one hobby and wonder what's next something else comes along. I have however gotten a lot of enjoyment out of learning poi/staff, the people i've met as a result and many fun days/nights out as a result. There's not many hobbies I've had which are as enjoyable and cheap.
I've a pretty optomistic personality 99% of the time these days, if i hadn't found poi i'm sure i'd have found something else and having fun. Every now and then when I'm moving out of one hobby and wonder what's next something else comes along. I have however gotten a lot of enjoyment out of learning poi/staff, the people i've met as a result and many fun days/nights out as a result. There's not many hobbies I've had which are as enjoyable and cheap.
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Sparkely arty Mormon rainbow fairy
933 posts
Location: infront of you, United Kingdom
Sparkely arty Mormon rainbow fairy
933 posts
Location: infront of you, United Kingdom
Posted:
Id have more money(so far ive spent £45 on them)
Id have less bruises and less broken light bulbs.
Id also have less confidence and smile less. Its amazing how much your confidence you get when you spin out frount of a collage, and how much you smile when people stand and stare at you in amazement (like this
and this 
)
I would also have never found HOP, so i would have a smaller 'Ohana.
(p.s. if you havent seen lilo and stich, 'ohana means family)
Id have more money(so far ive spent £45 on them)
Id have less bruises and less broken light bulbs.
Id also have less confidence and smile less. Its amazing how much your confidence you get when you spin out frount of a collage, and how much you smile when people stand and stare at you in amazement (like this
and this )I would also have never found HOP, so i would have a smaller 'Ohana.
(p.s. if you havent seen lilo and stich, 'ohana means family)
Property of Fine_Rabid_Dog
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HOP OM
225 posts
Location: HOP Central, New Zealand
HOP OM
225 posts
Location: HOP Central, New Zealand
Posted:
If it wasnt for poi & the purdy patterns that you mentioned Jem, I would never had made my first set of fire poi over ten years ago, leading to running my own business, then selling up leading to the continueing firey walk of life that I now lead...Oh what a journey...and hooooray for firey twirly goodness...To be sure.
Nice post by the way....
EDITED_BY: Kombi guy (1116600161)
If it wasnt for poi & the purdy patterns that you mentioned Jem, I would never had made my first set of fire poi over ten years ago, leading to running my own business, then selling up leading to the continueing firey walk of life that I now lead...Oh what a journey...and hooooray for firey twirly goodness...To be sure.
Nice post by the way....
EDITED_BY: Kombi guy (1116600161)
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enthusiast
249 posts
Location: Exeter, United Kingdom
enthusiast
249 posts
Location: Exeter, United Kingdom
Posted:
I found Poi just in time for my exams so it helped alot with the stress. But i dunno if i can say it really helped me deal with/ vent my depression and anger coz at about the same time, i hurt myself pretty bad and shocked myself into seeing a shrink. I also got a boyfriend so any, and more likely all of those could have improved my life, although id like to think it was poi
It definately helped.
I found Poi just in time for my exams so it helped alot with the stress. But i dunno if i can say it really helped me deal with/ vent my depression and anger coz at about the same time, i hurt myself pretty bad and shocked myself into seeing a shrink. I also got a boyfriend so any, and more likely all of those could have improved my life, although id like to think it was poi
It definately helped.
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addict
529 posts
Location: I wish I knew, United Kingdom
addict
529 posts
Location: I wish I knew, United Kingdom
Posted:
I might have done a bit better at uni
I might have gone straight into a well paid and soul destroying job that would have left me thinking "surely there's more to life than this?"
I almost certainly wouldn't have gone travelling
I wouldn't have met so many amazing people, so different (in a good way) from how I was brought up
I would actually have less self confidence than I do now (not much)
My hair would be shorter
Good thread!
J
I might have done a bit better at uni
I might have gone straight into a well paid and soul destroying job that would have left me thinking "surely there's more to life than this?"
I almost certainly wouldn't have gone travelling
I wouldn't have met so many amazing people, so different (in a good way) from how I was brought up
I would actually have less self confidence than I do now (not much)
My hair would be shorter
Good thread!
J
If you're not confused, you're not thinking about things hard enough.
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
posotivly tispy post here , but 
posotivly tispy post here , but
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Well, I would still be performing and doing what I do but...and for me it is more of if I hadn't have come along Home of Poi more than poi.
I would not have the burn scars I have, but I also would not have the memories associated with them, all of which are fabulous.
I would probably not have the upper body stamina that I have now
But more than anything are the people. I would not have met or known so many of the astoundingly wonderful people I have come to call friends, a couple who have come to be my best friends, or been inspired in the many directions they have lead me outside of poi. People whom I know will still be my friends and love me, even if I ever put down my poi (as if! )
Well, I would still be performing and doing what I do but...and for me it is more of if I hadn't have come along Home of Poi more than poi.
I would not have the burn scars I have, but I also would not have the memories associated with them, all of which are fabulous.
I would probably not have the upper body stamina that I have now
But more than anything are the people. I would not have met or known so many of the astoundingly wonderful people I have come to call friends, a couple who have come to be my best friends, or been inspired in the many directions they have lead me outside of poi. People whom I know will still be my friends and love me, even if I ever put down my poi (as if!
) Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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old hand
740 posts
Location: Darkest Bedford., United Kingdom
old hand
740 posts
Location: Darkest Bedford., United Kingdom
Posted:
Poi and poiple make the bad things go away... Thats how it seems sometimes anyway.
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Poi and poiple make the bad things go away... Thats how it seems sometimes anyway.
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
i would still be on meds, have a couple of friends and never of travelled out of my own town on my own with no idea what i want to do with my life.
i would still be on meds, have a couple of friends and never of travelled out of my own town on my own with no idea what i want to do with my life.
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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member
102 posts
Location: Croydon,Surrey,UK
member
102 posts
Location: Croydon,Surrey,UK
Posted:
poi r cool poi and staff and flags r cool.... v cool
but i cant help but think to myself sometimes that if i didnt start making purdy patterns with poi and stuff that i wouldnt of had to buy shares in lightbulbs
poi r cool poi and staff and flags r cool.... v cool
but i cant help but think to myself sometimes that if i didnt start making purdy patterns with poi and stuff that i wouldnt of had to buy shares in lightbulbs
There may be one for everyone but what if there is two for three would that mean none for someone or did they start off without one....
Note to self... Fur + Fire = Hurt.
107 posts
Location: Bloomfield Indiana. USA
107 posts
Location: Bloomfield Indiana. USA
Posted:
Well... I know if I didnt find poi I wouldive been bored outta my mind the year sense I started to spin
Well... I know if I didnt find poi I wouldive been bored outta my mind the year sense I started to spin
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Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Posted:
Written by: Dixie
Poi and poiple make the bad things go away...
Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering...
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
"boing" bounces off.......
"boing" bounces off.......
Never assume
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Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
I wouldn't have sorted my shoulders out nearly as much as I did as quickly as I did. Actually, I wouldn't have sorted my posture out as much at all as arashi wound up giving me the last kick in the arse, so to speak, this summer. So I'd be in more pain.
I wouldn't have met dom, or kinudin, or dr mike, or judith, or vern. So I wouldn't have travelled all over the place when I got to university, or met some of my best friends :eep:
I wouldn't have met a lot of people... but those are the ones I met like three years ago, who have changed the arc of my life a lot more so far!
Then I stopped spinning seriously, and I stopped posting here as well (I still don't spin as much now as I did in days gone by, but ... I'm back here).
But I wouldn't have had people to go and places to see this summer when I needed to get away from everything happening back home. And I wouldn't have so many absolutly amazing people to talk to. I wouldn't have an extra place to stay when I was going to york... ok, I wouldn't even be going to york cause thats a direct result of this summer's trip... and I wouldn't be applying to go back to university next year either.
There's some other effects too. But I think thats enough! Goodness..... (Oh, I prolly would have been a lot more depressed in the first few months when i picked them up as well, I got lots of exercise and socialization from them....)
I wouldn't have sorted my shoulders out nearly as much as I did as quickly as I did. Actually, I wouldn't have sorted my posture out as much at all as arashi wound up giving me the last kick in the arse, so to speak, this summer. So I'd be in more pain.
I wouldn't have met dom, or kinudin, or dr mike, or judith, or vern. So I wouldn't have travelled all over the place when I got to university, or met some of my best friends :eep:
I wouldn't have met a lot of people... but those are the ones I met like three years ago, who have changed the arc of my life a lot more so far!
Then I stopped spinning seriously, and I stopped posting here as well (I still don't spin as much now as I did in days gone by, but ... I'm back here
).But I wouldn't have had people to go and places to see this summer when I needed to get away from everything happening back home. And I wouldn't have so many absolutly amazing people to talk to. I wouldn't have an extra place to stay when I was going to york... ok, I wouldn't even be going to york cause thats a direct result of this summer's trip... and I wouldn't be applying to go back to university next year either.
There's some other effects too. But I think thats enough! Goodness..... (Oh, I prolly would have been a lot more depressed in the first few months when i picked them up as well, I got lots of exercise and socialization from them....)
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
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Stalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Posted:
If I hadn't found poi, I would have no-one to look down upon, saying that their "Object manipulation" is easy.
(calm down)
If I hadn't found poi, I would have no-one to look down upon, saying that their "Object manipulation" is easy.
(calm down)
Willy - is bad for your health...
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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:
ha ha ha...*pats lemonkey on back and runs away to hide*
ha ha ha...*pats lemonkey on back and runs away to hide*
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.
Stalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Posted:
I really should edit that post, to further enphasise my joking...
I really should edit that post, to further enphasise my joking...
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
if i didnt have poi.... i would have spent way too much of summer online or doing nothing much
i would not have meet the people who i now count good friends
i would not have an amazing hobby to talk about with people who i will meet at uni (tomorrow)
if i didnt have poi.... i would have spent way too much of summer online or doing nothing much
i would not have meet the people who i now count good friends
i would not have an amazing hobby to talk about with people who i will meet at uni (tomorrow
) back
circling on the edge of madness
889 posts
Location: away with the faeries
889 posts
Location: away with the faeries
Posted:
if i hadn't found poi i wouldn't have got to know mynci
and where would i be now if that hadn't happened probably propping up the bar in my local pub every hight of the week
sounds fun actually why did i have to find poi
if i hadn't found poi i wouldn't have got to know mynci
and where would i be now if that hadn't happened probably propping up the bar in my local pub every hight of the week
sounds fun actually why did i have to find poi
finland finland finland
the country where i want to be
pony trekking or camping
or just watching tv
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