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Location: Brisbane, Qld, Australia
383 posts
Location: Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Posted:
it seems that they're unavoidable! the space left when I stopped a drug addiction has been filled by an addiction to fire twirling. its all i can see when i close my eyelids at night, the yellow/white patterns moving around. when i stare at an ant's nest and see the masses of eccentrically moving ants, the pattern reminds me of some huge complex 128-flamed poi move or something.are there support groups for this? =)
it seems that they're unavoidable! the space left when I stopped a drug addiction has been filled by an addiction to fire twirling. its all i can see when i close my eyelids at night, the yellow/white patterns moving around. when i stare at an ant's nest and see the masses of eccentrically moving ants, the pattern reminds me of some huge complex 128-flamed poi move or something.are there support groups for this? =)
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Me, addicted? You must be joking. I certainly don't pine for my staffs whenever i'm seperated from them for more than about 8 hours! That'd just be silly.And I definitely don't wander round people's houses and butcher their mops and brooms to make staffs when i stay at their places...a-n-dI hardly ever go on and on about spinning fire to the point that people go out and find me a staff to shut me up!Nope, nope, nope.Never happens.
------------------C@ntus
Me, addicted? You must be joking. I certainly don't pine for my staffs whenever i'm seperated from them for more than about 8 hours! That'd just be silly.And I definitely don't wander round people's houses and butcher their mops and brooms to make staffs when i stay at their places...a-n-dI hardly ever go on and on about spinning fire to the point that people go out and find me a staff to shut me up!Nope, nope, nope.Never happens.
------------------C@ntus Meh
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old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
Posted:
and i didnt scrounge change out of my couch the other night to go and buy fuel either...[This message has been edited by pozee (edited 23 October 2001).]
and i didnt scrounge change out of my couch the other night to go and buy fuel either...[This message has been edited by pozee (edited 23 October 2001).]
anyone got a light?
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
PozeeOh so it was you... I was wondering where that money went
PozeeOh so it was you... I was wondering where that money went
Meh
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old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
Posted:
dude, i dont know what you're talking about, it wasn't me, no really it wasn't me...
dude, i dont know what you're talking about, it wasn't me, no really it wasn't me...
anyone got a light?
member
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Location: Round Rock TX , US
97 posts
Location: Round Rock TX , US
Posted:
NYC that makes you a sole-proprietor. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. Oh I don't have a problem!
NYC that makes you a sole-proprietor. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. Oh I don't have a problem!
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old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
Posted:
thats called denial jedi...
thats called denial jedi...
anyone got a light?
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old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
old hand
887 posts
Location: san diego, USA
Posted:
NYC that makes you rich...
NYC that makes you rich...
anyone got a light?
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freelance bum
286 posts
Location: Upstairs, Australia
freelance bum
286 posts
Location: Upstairs, Australia
Posted:
Who's got kero? I can smell it!
Who's got kero? I can smell it!
UYI 
OLDSKOOL
Froggie ... Ribbit !!!
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
Posted:
NYC.. I am affraid that makes you a "greedy fucker" according to "poi positions" 's lovely politically correct way of thinking But according to me, that makes you the kind of teacher I'd have *loved* to have quite a few years ago !!!!Pozee... you are really addicted !!!!Shine onCassandra
NYC.. I am affraid that makes you a "greedy fucker" according to "poi positions" 's lovely politically correct way of thinking
But according to me, that makes you the kind of teacher I'd have *loved* to have quite a few years ago !!!!Pozee... you are really addicted !!!!Shine onCassandra "I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
"So I was raised in Europe, where History comes from ..."
"NON !!! La Plume de mon oncle n est pas Bingibangibungi !!!"
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member
156 posts
Location: madagascar, USA
member
156 posts
Location: madagascar, USA
Posted:
on the combined subjects of fire addiction and student fire clubs... the fire club/pyro support group at my old school was called O.P.A. it stood for otherworldly pyromancers anonymous
on the combined subjects of fire addiction and student fire clubs... the fire club/pyro support group at my old school was called O.P.A. it stood for otherworldly pyromancers anonymous
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freelance bum
286 posts
Location: Upstairs, Australia
freelance bum
286 posts
Location: Upstairs, Australia
Posted:
All I did was add to a thread that hadn't been touched since march!Can anyone remember the look on someones face when they first did fire? It makes you go giddy!I keep looking at the headphones on the computers at work. hm------------------Your parents were wrongFire is good Play with fire
All I did was add to a thread that hadn't been touched since march!Can anyone remember the look on someones face when they first did fire? It makes you go giddy!I keep looking at the headphones on the computers at work. hm------------------Your parents were wrongFire is good Play with fire
UYI OLDSKOOL
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
"Teacher you would have loved" Cassandra? "Pleeeease don't staaaaand so close to me" my little Lolita.And no, I'm neither "greedy" nor doing the other lovely word you called me. Actually, there's been a noticable lack of that around here lately. Perhaps that's the problem.
"Teacher you would have loved" Cassandra? "Pleeeease don't staaaaand so close to me" my little Lolita.
And no, I'm neither "greedy" nor doing the other lovely word you called me. Actually, there's been a noticable lack of that around here lately. Perhaps that's the problem. Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Location: Lingfield, Surrey, England
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Location: Lingfield, Surrey, England
Posted:
sticky fish like this page
sticky fish like this page
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
Actually, I spot some NYC/Cassandra flirting in this thread.
Actually, I spot some NYC/Cassandra flirting in this thread.
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110 posts
Location: Israel
110 posts
Location: Israel
Posted:
Pele- the pet shop thing- been there!!!as i don't have fire toys all i can say is that i am addicted to poi.if by chance i don't bring my poi to a party i find myself doing poi moves without poi!!!kewl!!wicked moves others haven't seen before- or they think im crazy... not sure about that...
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Pele- the pet shop thing- been there!!!as i don't have fire toys all i can say is that i am addicted to poi.if by chance i don't bring my poi to a party i find myself doing poi moves without poi!!!kewl!!wicked moves others haven't seen before- or they think im crazy... not sure about that...
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193 posts
Location: Manchester NH USA
193 posts
Location: Manchester NH USA
Posted:
I know how this is... You know that your addiction has reached a new level when you are riding in your friend's car and you look at the temperature adjusting knob and see a blue and red guage. You then claim that they look like 2 poi in a revers butterfly. Your friend then looks at you and says, you need to be cut offMatt------------------I dreamt that I ate a 10 pound marshmellow and then when I woke up, my pillow was gone!
I know how this is... You know that your addiction has reached a new level when you are riding in your friend's car and you look at the temperature adjusting knob and see a blue and red guage. You then claim that they look like 2 poi in a revers butterfly. Your friend then looks at you and says, you need to be cut off
Matt------------------I dreamt that I ate a 10 pound marshmellow and then when I woke up, my pillow was gone! I dreamt that I ate a 10 pound marshmellow and then when I woke up, my pillow was gone!
veteran
1,325 posts
Location: San Diego, California, USA
1,325 posts
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Posted:
We worked on Penjalum's (i know, my spelling's bad.) in science today and I compared the weight of the... weight at the end of a string to the weight of my 2 strings with 3 glowsticks on each.My friend glared at me then busted out into a performance I've been planning. (To put a short story even shorter, we got strange looks).Kinudin
We worked on Penjalum's (i know, my spelling's bad.) in science today and I compared the weight of the... weight at the end of a string to the weight of my 2 strings with 3 glowsticks on each.My friend glared at me then busted out into a performance I've been planning. (To put a short story even shorter, we got strange looks).Kinudin
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
Addiction....it is not an addiction... my play director yelled at me to stop spinning the other day and put on my costume and i had actually already gotten another member of the cast to go and fetch it for me... I put it on in the back of the auditorium and kept spinning till they called places. And I havn't even been doing it very long.But I guess I know what you mean about the drugs splat i didn't have a drinking problem really but it was definetly a would be problem and i'm finding a lot of release in spinning I just go outside and play when i am feeling stressed (there's no room in the house)It gives me a lot of strenghth I didn't think i had anymore. I'm really impressed that you got over it splat I know so many people that havn't.Kudos to Hitokage and Whiffle Squeek for giving this wonderful addiction to me!
Addiction....it is not an addiction... my play director yelled at me to stop spinning the other day and put on my costume and i had actually already gotten another member of the cast to go and fetch it for me... I put it on in the back of the auditorium and kept spinning till they called places. And I havn't even been doing it very long.But I guess I know what you mean about the drugs splat i didn't have a drinking problem really but it was definetly a would be problem and i'm finding a lot of release in spinning I just go outside and play when i am feeling stressed (there's no room in the house)It gives me a lot of strenghth I didn't think i had anymore. I'm really impressed that you got over it splat I know so many people that havn't.Kudos to Hitokage and Whiffle Squeek for giving this wonderful addiction to me!
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
And then there were 3....
And then there were 3....
Meh
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11 posts
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posted:
My problem is that I picked up poi and staff in Australia shortly before moving back home to Canada. Of course I didn't have room bring any toys with me (that and flying through LA with anything more threatening then a wet towel gets you stripsearched these days). So I've been living without toys for over a month now.One day walking home from the store I realised I had a shopping bag in each hand and before you knew it I was swinging milk and bread around my head. Pool cues and brooms are irrestistable toys when I come across them. I need to build myself a staff and poi soon or I'm going to be in BIG trouble.=========================- K.A.O.S.
My problem is that I picked up poi and staff in Australia shortly before moving back home to Canada. Of course I didn't have room bring any toys with me (that and flying through LA with anything more threatening then a wet towel gets you stripsearched these days). So I've been living without toys for over a month now.One day walking home from the store I realised I had a shopping bag in each hand and before you knew it I was swinging milk and bread around my head. Pool cues and brooms are irrestistable toys when I come across them. I need to build myself a staff and poi soon or I'm going to be in BIG trouble.=========================- K.A.O.S.
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Location: galway,ireland
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Location: galway,ireland
Posted:
Hey there, i have suffered intense loss in my college work and other aspects of my oh so fulfilling life since i have taken up poi..... what frustrates me the most however is the constant desire to be better than before...... every time i seem to find i can do a new move i just want ot do more, satisfaction is hard to find.....sally.
Hey there, i have suffered intense loss in my college work and other aspects of my oh so fulfilling life since i have taken up poi..... what frustrates me the most however is the constant desire to be better than before...... every time i seem to find i can do a new move i just want ot do more, satisfaction is hard to find.....sally.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
I am as addicted to poi as I ever have been, but slowly but surely I am learning staff and and having to come to terms with yet another addiction....(the repeated brutal beatings I'm recieving as a result are somewhat offputting though.....)
I am as addicted to poi as I ever have been, but slowly but surely I am learning staff and and having to come to terms with yet another addiction....(the repeated brutal beatings I'm recieving as a result are somewhat offputting though.....)
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
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394 posts
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Do my poi look too small in this?
394 posts
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted:
I used to have these loooooong acid trips where the whole time I could see these fire-balls spinning round and round and round in my head. I would be talking to someone and all I could think about while I was talking was poi.I have no idea what those conversations were about to this day.. I've been told it seemed like a random stream of consciousness, as in I was just talking aimlessly for hours. But thats how I talk normally too!
I used to have these loooooong acid trips where the whole time I could see these fire-balls spinning round and round and round in my head. I would be talking to someone and all I could think about while I was talking was poi.I have no idea what those conversations were about to this day.. I've been told it seemed like a random stream of consciousness, as in I was just talking aimlessly for hours. But thats how I talk normally too!
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73 posts
Location: Bentley Alberta Canada
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Location: Bentley Alberta Canada
Posted:
im addicted to changing the config of my poi. i'm constantly modifying length, grip, ect, and i'm not sure that i can keep it much longer... fading away...must... find... new... ways...*dies with a sigh*------------------Just a Thought... Ignore it if you wish...
im addicted to changing the config of my poi. i'm constantly modifying length, grip, ect, and i'm not sure that i can keep it much longer... fading away...must... find... new... ways...*dies with a sigh*------------------Just a Thought... Ignore it if you wish...
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33 posts
Location: Saline, MI United States
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Location: Saline, MI United States
Posted:
Hey, i think im addicted... I rarley let my poi out of my arms length unless i have to, or forget that i dont have them. Whenever i can, i just pull them out and start spinnin. ------------------visit salinecarnies.com!im poiboy on the site!
Hey, i think im addicted... I rarley let my poi out of my arms length unless i have to, or forget that i dont have them. Whenever i can, i just pull them out and start spinnin. ------------------visit salinecarnies.com!im poiboy on the site!
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Good eye Dom... It's kinda weird having a good chunk of our courtship saved on disc. The "old love letters" of yesteryear become the "old love emails" of today that couples will someday bore their grandkids with. I guess that's what you get for hookin' up with a hot chick you meet on the internet. I may have to go revisit that "bumpin' uglies" post of a while back...
Good eye Dom...
It's kinda weird having a good chunk of our courtship saved on disc. The "old love letters" of yesteryear become the "old love emails" of today that couples will someday bore their grandkids with. I guess that's what you get for hookin' up with a hot chick you meet on the internet. I may have to go revisit that "bumpin' uglies" post of a while back... Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
*Inkeeping with Dom and NYC's off topic ramble*Ros, you got any bruises from your staff spinning you need kissing better?------------------C@ntusMusic grows in the rose, rock and the rain and the blowing snowstorm,Everything seems to sing, everywhere I go,I say 1, 2 play me do,Let me sound as sweet as you,Play me wide, play me long,Let me be your song.
*Inkeeping with Dom and NYC's off topic ramble*Ros, you got any bruises from your staff spinning you need kissing better?
------------------C@ntusMusic grows in the rose, rock and the rain and the blowing snowstorm,Everything seems to sing, everywhere I go,I say 1, 2 play me do,Let me sound as sweet as you,Play me wide, play me long,Let me be your song. Meh
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
*blush*blush*blush*(I guess this is the one you were talking about then.....).....but I would be lying if I said I don't
*blush*blush*blush*(I guess this is the one you were talking about then.....).....but I would be lying if I said I don't
Geologists do it in the dirt................
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Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
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Location: England
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38 posts
Location: England
Posted:
Is it possible for an addiction to still be the therapy that keeps you going? Addicted? I guess. But it's the therapy of the twirling that keep my mind from exploding - Great thinknig time when your surronded by fast moving objects so no one can go near you without getting hurt.e*
Is it possible for an addiction to still be the therapy that keeps you going? Addicted? I guess. But it's the therapy of the twirling that keep my mind from exploding - Great thinknig time when your surronded by fast moving objects so no one can go near you without getting hurt.
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