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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
-Updated 31 Aug 2005-



So here I am again. It's been a while hasn't it. My alto sax initially got a lot of use. Funny isn't it, how a fulltime job takes away all your spare time. Haven't had any time to poi too, apart from Jugglejam on Mondays and the monthly Moonfests. And even then, it somehow seems I tend to play with the stockwhip instead of poi shrug



Another lens has been added to the stable too. A Canon EF-S 10-22 3.5-4.5.. nice and wiide. But it all boils back down to that time issue. Despite having the new lens, I seem to find I'm out taking less pictures.. the folio hasn't been updated in a while, and I'm starting to get the horrible feeling I'm stagnating. Must. Get out of this rut.



If you're my muse and reading this, inspiration needed now. hug



-Edited 14 Dec 2005-



I liken this to opening the fridge to find that jar of misc what's it, several months expired ubblol. Hey how's it going? wave



So what's new! Well.. poi's getting a bit better for one thing. Nice how after poi-ing for a while, you stop hitting yourself senseless. In fact, one might argue how after a certain point, each hit puts more sense into you.. wink Haven't gone skating or rockclimbing in a bit, but that's ok- life's full of wonderful distractions, and really, you can only do a couple at a time.



University's just wrapped up! Yep. A degree in art & visual culture, television & digital media.. Just waiting for a piece of paper at the moment (yay!). And trying to sort out how Australia will let me live here forever and ever biggrin. Have I mentioned how wonderful it is, you so ought to visit *nudge* wink Also been getting out the with photography and stuff- a couple of projects to follow up on, blue skies and puffy clouds as far as I can see.



Updates updates. [insert geek] I've updated my camera gear too.. my 20D, 17-85 4-5.6 IS and 580EX now have a 70-200 2.8L IS to play with.. soon too, riding on getting a particular gig, either a 350D and a 24-105 f4 IS, or another 20D.. -grin- [/end geek]



[edit 14/12/05: Gig didn't go through, and ended up performing at it instead of shooting it ubblol Life has a funny way of messing you about doesn't it.. so no 2nd body for me just yet, or nice 24-105 f4 IS redface]



Been taking lots of photos lately. I think there's something intrinsically beautiful in capturing moments- you know how you look at a photo and it brings you back to where you were that day, who you were with, how the air smelt even.. Maybe one day I'll get to exhibit ubblove.. but yeah.. lots of work to be done meantime.



Hmmmm.. yes the world's beautiful today. It's good to have new toys, new moves, new direction.. old friends hug.. a best friend hug2, and enough distractions not to get bored for too long.



Btw.. favourite words haven't changed.. ubbrollsmile And mm.. I'm still not too close to balletic, and dulcet..



Hmm.. la la la laaa squawk.. footinmouth



[edit 14/12/05: I now have a beautiful alto saxophone- the best use of which I have thus far found, is to attract ducks and other misc waterfowl]



Yep, how about we say still aspiring. biggrin



Hope all's well with everyone- don't be strangers now! hug biggrin





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 Written by: Ry



I've been exploring this site a bit lately, and have decided everyone seems like a nice bunch- thought it's about time I said hello. Ryan, 24, born in Singapore, but Brisbane Australia has been home to me for the past 3 years.



I love photography, playing the guitar (if one took a picture of me with my guitar, it looks like I'm playing it- does that count?), getting from point A to B on my trusty mountain bike, inline skating and hockey, occasionally rockclimbing, and just being in good company. I'd also like to add poiing to the list when I stop hitting myself senseless.



Irrelevantly, my two favourite words (I've got heaps if anyone's interested) are 'balletic' and 'dulcet'. 'Balletic', unfortunately, isn't a word I'd use to describe anything I can do, and 'dulcet' is a word I haven't dreamt of aspiring towards yet.



Enough for now, don't be strangers! biggrin


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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Tina: Hey miss! Long time no see.. thanks for the birthday wishes! Sunshine's much appreciated, weather's a bit nippy these days. Congrats on getting to the end of uni! What's next? hug

Lou: ubblol Nah, was actually at something-and-Lou's wink Little cafe in Ashgrove where the furniture you sit on's for sale too. Took extra care to not spill my hot chocolate. Rug cost $167!
ma'tinaBRONZE Member
multiplex
611 posts
Location: somewhere..., Germany

Posted:
visiting friends, travelling, finding proper work...etc.
will let you know asap,
hug

- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*

steaksSILVER Member
former manc tour guide
1,909 posts
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Posted:
Happy belated burpday mister Ry, glad to hear you had fun.

What work are you doing these days?

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Adya MiriyanaGOLD Member
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia

Posted:
furniture for sale too? ubblol that's odd, yet quite cool somehow too.
mycoBRONZE Member
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia

Posted:
psst..i'm on HoP...thought i'd let you in on the little secret. miss you heaps ryan.
RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Tina: Can't wait for the update!! hug

Dale: Thanks matey - it was good.. these days, working at tafe.. same old.. possibly looking for other positions in the department so things don't start to get too musty. How are you doing? Hey btw, you've got mail here... What should I do with it?

Bonz: Hey stranger!! Where've you been? It's been a while- good to know you're still around. Miss you too.. what happened to the days of prolific postwhoring eh? hug!
RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Also.. my new love:


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My ugg-boot-lady uggies! ubblove



Survived a wet doof with the aid of Kiwi waterproofer ubblol biggrin
ma'tinaBRONZE Member
multiplex
611 posts
Location: somewhere..., Germany

Posted:
ooooooohhhhhhh ubblove i think i do like your new love a lot, too! wink

hug

- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*

RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Only like? umm

They're the warmest, cosiest, cushiest shoes ever! So not looking forward to winter ending. Might have to go to Europe just to use them ubblol. Actually does anyone wear them over there even?
ma'tinaBRONZE Member
multiplex
611 posts
Location: somewhere..., Germany

Posted:
aukay, sorry ry!
i just didnt want to get too direct.....yes, actually i love them, too......ubblove

....and yes, come to europe in winter, it is not the nicest thing to experience, this rainy-muddy time with not enough snow, but just to be able to use them for a longer period of time is fair enough clap tongue wink ubbloco hug

....i think they are more common in the usa then in europe, but i know them!:D isn't that enough???

hug

- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*

RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
ubblol I was over in 2004- white christmas in the UK.. ubblove I like it cool. Outdoors at my folks' place I spent most of my time in wellies, and they were pretty handy (jeez they cost lots at Homebase!)

Wasn't even sure if they had them commonly available in the US, but I know that some &*($# company tried (don't know if they won) to trademark the name Ugg, which is ridiculous! Aussies have been wearing and calling them ugg boots forever!

Yeah.. Europe trip.. I dream you know? smile hug
ma'tinaBRONZE Member
multiplex
611 posts
Location: somewhere..., Germany

Posted:
my trip towards your direction is still a dream, yet.....also.....so let's dream of each others place and perhaps we can meet there wink

hug

- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*

shocked_prawnSILVER Member
old hand
865 posts
Location: Sunderland, UK

Posted:
hello just popping in to see whats going on in here ubbrollsmile

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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Tina: Know any good astral projection resources? ubbangel mm.. I'm still recovering from a few big purchases and a trip. How much I'd love to go over though- Gabe says such good things about you guys! hug

Robyn: Astral projection! biggrin Any tips? angelblue
shocked_prawnSILVER Member
old hand
865 posts
Location: Sunderland, UK

Posted:
hmm.... astral projection?? umm i tihnk it would involve alot of concentration. i dunno, ive been trying to work out precognition recently, perhaps you can get a book on it at our local hippy shop. peace

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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Hehe.. I wouldn't mind reading about it, but probably wouldn't put too much effort into working it out. I did accidentally lucid dream a couple of times, and those are incredibly trippy. Haven't been able to work out how to consistently get it, but so far, I've noticed the instances I did get there, I was more shutting my eyes and trying to nap for a bit and trying not to get into a deep sleep because I needed to be awake in half an hour, and in a place not entirely dark..



Hippy shop wink How's precognition going? I assume that's like tuning your intuitive/psychic antennae?
shocked_prawnSILVER Member
old hand
865 posts
Location: Sunderland, UK

Posted:
hmm... i dont know anything about lucid dreams BUT!!! i do know plenty about slep cylces and the such like, for example, dreaming usually (but not always) happens in REM sleep, after deep sleep (or NREM sleep) and im fairly sure it takes a good half hour of hypnogogic sleep and light sleep phasses ummm 1 to3? before you hit deep sleep or REM sleep. so i dont know where lucid dreams would fit in, might have too look it up.

i have lost hope on finding resources for pregonition, i kinda just assume that its intuition knowing which thoughts and dreams are precognitive and which are just daydreaming. i still find myself getting them mixed up though.

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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Hypnagogic! Added to my list of interesting words. Have to look that one up.



*Andrea, if you're out there at all, Hypnagogic!!*



Lucid dreams are pretty cool, I think it's sort of waking up mentally before you wake up physically.. Trippy things like not being able to read or write (I looked at a noticeboard and thought, oh I can read it.. I must be awake; then the letters rearranged themselves, then again, into a flurry of symbols and text. Can't change the light either.. like if you walked over to the light switch and turned it on or off, nothing will happen. And also can't count properly- if you suspect you're in it, a good tip is to look at your hands, to establish some sort of control/awareness. But there's a good chance you get too excited then wake up.. But yeah.. it's a bit of an interesting area.



About precognition, I think I'd look at is as learning the language of intepreting instinct and honing that as much as possible. I think dreams are a great insight into the mind- trouble is it's a lot of effort to keep track, and then it takes some discipline to differentiate what it reads from what you want it to read.. Hmm. I'll have to do a bit more research I reckon..
shocked_prawnSILVER Member
old hand
865 posts
Location: Sunderland, UK

Posted:
hypnagogic is indeed an interesting word... ill even give a ful blown out definition for the heck of it

hypnagogic - border state of consciousness between sleep and wakefullness ie transitional state preceeding sleep, hallucinations may occur at this time and people in a hypnagogic state often claim they were not alseep.

see i feel clever now biggrin

i shall have to speak to dino, if i ever see him again, aparently he can lucid dream, as well as just fall asleep whenver her likes just to pass time.

i think we all need to a bit more research, but i know plenty of phsycholoigal theories into the funstions of dreams, however none of them mention esp, precognition or lucid dreams. i think most psycholohists dont belives in all the "psychic mumbo jumbo" biggrin

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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Hey neat- I just wikipedia-ed hypnagogic and found a link to lucid dreaming- very related it seems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream#Wake-initiation_of_lucid_dreams_.28WILD.29

That section on wake initiated lucid dreams was pretty much it! Wouldn't mind having another lucid dream soon- I suppose the problem is I don't really have time for afternoon naps ubblol

But yeah, lucid dreams I don't think are so much theories but more a phenomena relating to being between lucid/dream states..

Precognition though! That would be a good thing to read about if only there was more literature on it!
Adya MiriyanaGOLD Member
*slou?
6,555 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia

Posted:
mm been trying to lucid dream for ages hey.. but i keep waking up! is it odd being able to read in dreams? i was reading a map the other night whilst dreaming. btw do you know if there is a beren gully rd in qld? apparently its south of bris and maybe part dirt track but i think the map may have been the wrong way up..

hug
RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Try sleeping somewhere not too comfortable, in the daytime, like not on a pillow, but maybe a sofa cushion, and lie on your back , not to the side. Go to sleep with the thought you don't have an alarm clock but want to nap for an hour, and try not to go into too deep a sleep cos you want to be able to automatically wake up around an hour later.. Make sure it's not too dark, perhaps have a lamp on so much so if you close your eyes, you can see it's slightly brighter in the direction of the lamp.

Then when you actually reach some kind of between sleep and waking stage, think 'I need to look around me', and or 'I need to look at my hands'. Fingers look very strange, and if you shake them, you can't count them! That's the first stage for me. I find once I can my hands and I look up, I can see a dream scene. Trippiest tourist attraction in lucid dream land is 'Now I need to look for something to read'. For me, a noticeboard has appeared, a clock too. Things appear like you can read them, but they do the jackpot thing and roll, then stop, then roll then stop. And text has looked like kanji characters where each part of the kanji rolls independently..

Don't know about Beren Gully.. hmm.. if you shuffled that it'd be Green Bully? ubblol But mm.. Beren Gully sounds like a real place! To Whereis! ubbrollsmile

hug
mycoBRONZE Member
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia

Posted:
 Written by: Ry


Bonz: Hey stranger!! Where've you been? It's been a while- good to know you're still around. Miss you too.. what happened to the days of prolific postwhoring eh? hug!



yeah i've been AWOL for more than a little while, eh? i've just got my own internet connection, and always felt a bit uncomfortable using other people's connections to postwhore. things have been pretty good lately though, despite being very HoP-gossip-depleted. hope all's good and lovely in your world my dear boy hug
ma'tinaBRONZE Member
multiplex
611 posts
Location: somewhere..., Germany

Posted:
cheers, give a massive hug to gabe please!!!!
xxx
we'll meet one day, whenever that may be!

- Ho Sa -
kisses & peace & love to beautiful madges
*rever le temps le prendre*

RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Bonnie: A personal internet connection's always a good thing. It'd be difficult living without mine I reckon. That being said, I hardly post at all anymore these days, despite the good internet connection.



As for things in my world- sometimes when I think I've got a finger on things, I learn that I haven't. Things aren't bad, but things aren't lovely.. but then the sun will shine tomorrow (you can bet your bottom dollar tha tomorowww.. ubbangel)?



Tina: Definitely. Was possibly going to see her today, for the blue moonfest, but I can't make it, so the I've cleared some space on my shelf and the hug will sit there til I can deliver it smile Yes. One day. Europe trip- have to start building my transport now ubbangel Plan my great escape..



Pip:


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Eternal sunshine in a photograph. I'll always love you lots.. kiss hug smile
pineapple peteSILVER Member
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia

Posted:
hug !

"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"

*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*

RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Alrighty.. here's the update everyone's been (or not been) waiting for. Been trying very hard to avoid making this post, but at some point, it had to come.

After a year we wouldn't trade the world for- of love, laughs, tears, smiles, countries, lakes, mountains, people, things, turkeys, fishies - my darling missus and I are no longer travelling the same path.

Noone was really to blame; we still love each other very dearly. Pip, it broke my heart to let you go, but at the same time, it absolutely shatters it even more to not let you be all that you want to be, and take you wherever your heart leads.

Between a rock and a hard place eh. But yes. Cedar Creek will always be there for us. Meat shop, Kuan Yin, Jugglejam, the fishy business.. My castle is your castle. Well especially since after you infiltrated it with posh linen and super luxy towels and what not.. ubblol

You always will hold a very special place in my heart. smile hug hug hug kiss xxx
awakenSILVER Member
The Evil Pixie (apparently)
716 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Posted:
Hey babe..

hug

We still have alot to share, and more - great memories..

kiss <- always saved this one just for you wink

x

rock hopping, hop-scotching, pippy pocky stocking - Sureau - wink thanks Jen! biggrin

Ry: I can't hear you. I'm listening to The Spice Girls.

Pogo69SILVER Member
there's no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness
3,764 posts
Location: limbo, Australia

Posted:
awww... you two are lovely... whether you're two ones or one two... hughughug

--pogo (pat) [forever and always]

Bek66Future Mrs Pogo
4,728 posts
Location: The wrong place

Posted:
So very true...and I still wanna meet the both of you...I expect lots of my friends to be around when I get there...or I'm gonna throw a hissy fit...I mean it!!! *gives stern look*

"Absence is to love what wind is to fire...it extinguishes the small, enkindles the great."
--Comte Debussy-Rebutin

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