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short and sweet, ive been on the old poi-balls (as my stepmum calss them) for a good old hog of about three years.
gramted when i first started i went craze over it, but now the moves are generally all there its good to no that i can whip em out evernow an then to have a good time (my poi-balls)
the weave was the first thing i learnt (much to my dismmay i however found that bypassing a lot of the basic moves hindered me a great deal later on) i recently aquired a girlfriend from somwhere (i forget where) and let her have a play, i in fact lent her a my pair of beloved sock poi-balls to practice with.
I'm sorry, im putting off the point, it stands, dear readers that while self tuition took me substantial time to acheive the level i swing at now, it took the gf 3 weeks to get to my level.
3 WEEKS!
yes i know i should be happy for her..and i know its good shes taken a keen interest but come on, thats kindov depressing!
so really, is this fair??
(if u feel you are about to type something like 'thats really good..' or 'be happy, shes doing poi..' then i strongly advise not, i beleive most are allergic to a swift kick up the bottom)
oh, i love her realy..awww 
short and sweet, ive been on the old poi-balls (as my stepmum calss them) for a good old hog of about three years.
gramted when i first started i went craze over it, but now the moves are generally all there its good to no that i can whip em out evernow an then to have a good time (my poi-balls)
the weave was the first thing i learnt (much to my dismmay i however found that bypassing a lot of the basic moves hindered me a great deal later on) i recently aquired a girlfriend from somwhere (i forget where) and let her have a play, i in fact lent her a my pair of beloved sock poi-balls to practice with.
I'm sorry, im putting off the point, it stands, dear readers that while self tuition took me substantial time to acheive the level i swing at now, it took the gf 3 weeks to get to my level.
3 WEEKS!
yes i know i should be happy for her..and i know its good shes taken a keen interest but come on, thats kindov depressing!
so really, is this fair??
(if u feel you are about to type something like 'thats really good..' or 'be happy, shes doing poi..' then i strongly advise not, i beleive most are allergic to a swift kick up the bottom)
oh, i love her realy..awww
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i feel you pain. i can spin but im not the best one out there.
it took me a full day to learn how to do the stockmens crack with the whip puk gave me and it took a mate of mine an hour. i was not impressed
i feel you pain. i can spin but im not the best one out there.
it took me a full day to learn how to do the stockmens crack with the whip puk gave me and it took a mate of mine an hour. i was not impressed
What if we think the jokes on them,
But really - the jokes on us....
and also... i wuv Rougie *snuz*
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but i suppose we should be happy forem eh?
but i suppose we should be happy forem eh?
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Happy for 'em?
pfft! Kill 'em all, I say!
Happy for 'em?
pfft! Kill 'em all, I say!
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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gah, my cousin is like that... it annoys me... poi is my thing, and she got it fairly easily... and a girl I know was the same with Diablo, picked it up easily, and then had the hide to gloat.
Yeah, we should be happy for them.... but it makes us feel terrible and useless!
Reminds me, on the weekend I met a guy who has been spinning for 3 months, he can do the 5 beat weave, but not the 3 beat... 3 months of spining and 5 beat!
EDITED_BY: Hanz (1145254414)
gah, my cousin is like that... it annoys me... poi is my thing, and she got it fairly easily... and a girl I know was the same with Diablo, picked it up easily, and then had the hide to gloat.
Yeah, we should be happy for them.... but it makes us feel terrible and useless!
Reminds me, on the weekend I met a guy who has been spinning for 3 months, he can do the 5 beat weave, but not the 3 beat... 3 months of spining and 5 beat!
EDITED_BY: Hanz (1145254414)
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ah but not a 3 beat.... so really.... i mean.... come on-
ah but not a 3 beat.... so really.... i mean.... come on-
What if we think the jokes on them,
But really - the jokes on us....
and also... i wuv Rougie *snuz*
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actually... I think he may have been taught the 3 beat on the weekend... he was picking things up quickly.
But, how long did it take you to learn 5 beat?
actually... I think he may have been taught the 3 beat on the weekend... he was picking things up quickly.
But, how long did it take you to learn 5 beat?
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Ive been doing poi for over a year and i cant do the 5 beat!
GRRRRRRR!! I hate people who find it rediculously easy!
Ive been doing poi for over a year and i cant do the 5 beat!
GRRRRRRR!! I hate people who find it rediculously easy!
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i wasnt doing constantly but it took me maybe a month to get the five beat? altho for some time i had a wonky one where itd only have a five beat on one side, the left if i remember.
a little longer than your suggesting tho Hanz?
i wasnt doing constantly but it took me maybe a month to get the five beat? altho for some time i had a wonky one where itd only have a five beat on one side, the left if i remember.
a little longer than your suggesting tho Hanz?
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from what I can gather, many people don't even know what a 5 beat is in their first 3 months.... but I think you get my point... Im jealous of that kid! lol
from what I can gather, many people don't even know what a 5 beat is in their first 3 months.... but I think you get my point... Im jealous of that kid! lol
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it may have taken a month to learn, but dont get me wrong, i didnt know what one was for a couple of years! (probs cuz i only got the old poi out generally in summer time..my bad)
But the person who got me into poi and taught me the original 3 beat didnt know what it was! when i showed her after all that time she was like...
'looks the same as a three beat...'
i was NOT impressed haven taken all that effort learnin it!
it may have taken a month to learn, but dont get me wrong, i didnt know what one was for a couple of years! (probs cuz i only got the old poi out generally in summer time..my bad)
But the person who got me into poi and taught me the original 3 beat didnt know what it was! when i showed her after all that time she was like...
'looks the same as a three beat...'
i was NOT impressed haven taken all that effort learnin it!
never ever EVER, poke me with that thing.
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I got to a level in 4 months to spin the same/better than it took my troup 4yrs to get to. They are only kids though, and i do have a lot of time on my hands lol
I got to a level in 4 months to spin the same/better than it took my troup 4yrs to get to. They are only kids though, and i do have a lot of time on my hands lol
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Ah! the secret of all poiing, a LOT of spare time
i (in my last effort at some sort of a defence) do not have ANY spare time,
except for that bit over there..but ile never catch it now, its got at LEAST twice as many legs as a goldfish
Ah! the secret of all poiing, a LOT of spare time
i (in my last effort at some sort of a defence) do not have ANY spare time,
except for that bit over there..but ile never catch it now, its got at LEAST twice as many legs as a goldfish
never ever EVER, poke me with that thing.
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i bet others have experienced similar, theyre just to shy..
i bet others have experienced similar, theyre just to shy..
never ever EVER, poke me with that thing.
just my little joke. As always.
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I completely agree about the spare time thing. I was talking to dixie about it the other day, as his job allows him to spin for most of the day, and low and behold...he's really really good. I've become quite good in the past 6 months of properly doing poi(:D*looks smug*) but i've only managed this as i do poi sooo much of my time, same way i do staff, in summer last year i did nothing but spin staff and by the end of the summer i could do jesus's, doubles flowers etc.
I completely agree about the spare time thing. I was talking to dixie about it the other day, as his job allows him to spin for most of the day, and low and behold...he's really really good. I've become quite good in the past 6 months of properly doing poi(:D*looks smug*) but i've only managed this as i do poi sooo much of my time, same way i do staff, in summer last year i did nothing but spin staff and by the end of the summer i could do jesus's, doubles flowers etc.
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an hour a day should be good. maybe more on the weekends... after too mucht tho, i think your brain gets tired of thinking of circles.
if i didn't have to spend 90% of my time learning to dance right i'd be even better off!
an hour a day should be good. maybe more on the weekends... after too mucht tho, i think your brain gets tired of thinking of circles.
if i didn't have to spend 90% of my time learning to dance right i'd be even better off!
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Posted:
then stop spinning circels, play with some lines or other fun patterns
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i think your brain gets tired of thinking of circles.
then stop spinning circels, play with some lines or other fun patterns
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damn rite its not fair, i bought a staff and was all like " ooooh look at me with my staff" and my sister picked it up and she was literally a goddam pro, you wouldnt believe it. She was all modest saying "well, you know, i have a talent for these things" looking all smug and stuff.
My mother later told me that Rhonda had been a majorette when she was younger ( i was too young to remember that), so she had a lot of experience using batons. THE CHEAT, IMAGINE PRETENDING SHE HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
yeah man, circles get boring, try doing it though your legs when they are on fire, that'll give you something different to think about. 
damn rite its not fair, i bought a staff and was all like " ooooh look at me with my staff" and my sister picked it up and she was literally a goddam pro, you wouldnt believe it. She was all modest saying "well, you know, i have a talent for these things" looking all smug and stuff.
My mother later told me that Rhonda had been a majorette when she was younger ( i was too young to remember that), so she had a lot of experience using batons. THE CHEAT, IMAGINE PRETENDING SHE HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
yeah man, circles get boring, try doing it though your legs when they are on fire, that'll give you something different to think about.
Its a big ol mish mash!
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oh, so we're gonna play that way? lol show me a line that isn't a circle of infinite radius...
or a point that isn't a sphere of 0 radius.
Written by: yoniWritten by: Dut
i think your brain gets tired of thinking of circles.
then stop spinning circels, play with some lines or other fun patterns
oh, so we're gonna play that way? lol show me a line that isn't a circle of infinite radius...
or a point that isn't a sphere of 0 radius.
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aarrrghh, mathematics. poop
I kind of get it though, you cant really not do a circle when poiing. its aaaaall about the circles.........
aarrrghh, mathematics. poop
I kind of get it though, you cant really not do a circle when poiing. its aaaaall about the circles.........
Its a big ol mish mash!
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dut, ever seen a straigth line? i give u if it kept going u could use your infinite radius theory, but what if there are ends to the line? and you try and draw infinity man, its hard.
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circles are dead man, its all about the lines
dut, ever seen a straigth line? i give u if it kept going u could use your infinite radius theory, but what if there are ends to the line? and you try and draw infinity man, its hard.
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arclength doesn't have to be infinite, just radius. trust me, EVERYTHING is circles, even when it's not circles. lol.
but to get even further off topic and silly, drawing infinity is easy - just don't die. :P just like "back to the future", you've got to think 4th dimensionally -- who's gonna be around when you say it's done to tell you the line isn't long enough?! it's not the people who told you it couldn't be done, that's for sure... err. unless they were wrong. haha.
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circles are dead man, its all about the lines
dut, ever seen a straigth line? i give u if it kept going u could use your infinite radius theory, but what if there are ends to the line? and you try and draw infinity man, its hard.
arclength doesn't have to be infinite, just radius. trust me, EVERYTHING is circles, even when it's not circles. lol.
but to get even further off topic and silly, drawing infinity is easy - just don't die. :P just like "back to the future", you've got to think 4th dimensionally -- who's gonna be around when you say it's done to tell you the line isn't long enough?! it's not the people who told you it couldn't be done, that's for sure... err. unless they were wrong. haha.
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but people dont need to be there to tell you its not long enough for it not to be infinite, though i havbe to correct myself and say a draw an infinitely big circle or infinitely long straight line, as a circle can be percieved as infinite
what's the topic again
but people dont need to be there to tell you its not long enough for it not to be infinite, though i havbe to correct myself and say a draw an infinitely big circle or infinitely long straight line, as a circle can be percieved as infinite
what's the topic again
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ok, my brain just fell out my ass, Its weird for you to try and comprehend infinity, its like thinking about reincarnation, coming back but not being you, being someone else, its very weird. What IS the topic again?
ok, my brain just fell out my ass, Its weird for you to try and comprehend infinity, its like thinking about reincarnation, coming back but not being you, being someone else, its very weird. What IS the topic again?
Its a big ol mish mash!
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reincarnation is soo much more comprehensible than infinityy, and the concept of infinity isn't as weird as comprehending it, thats where the idea for the total perspective vortex.
reincarnation is soo much more comprehensible than infinityy, and the concept of infinity isn't as weird as comprehending it, thats where the idea for the total perspective vortex.
UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."
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ahh! brain. melting.
ahh! brain. melting.
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agreed. math isn't fair at all...
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ahh! brain. melting.
agreed. math isn't fair at all...
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im not talking about reincarnation itself, its the thought of trying to imagine that your soul has come back on this earth, but even though it is you, it wont be you. Who you are now wont exist, it will be someone else with no memory of this life now. anyhoo, off topic.
maths is confusing
im not talking about reincarnation itself, its the thought of trying to imagine that your soul has come back on this earth, but even though it is you, it wont be you. Who you are now wont exist, it will be someone else with no memory of this life now. anyhoo, off topic.
maths is confusing
Its a big ol mish mash!
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dont listen to rumple he is oen of these pic up thign easy ppl ... or mayeb i'm justa pic up slow person i dunnoo ... its look him like 2 try to get the backwards 5 beat weave
dont listen to rumple he is oen of these pic up thign easy ppl ... or mayeb i'm justa pic up slow person i dunnoo ... its look him like 2 try to get the backwards 5 beat weave
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right ok, infinty works a little bit like this, they so say that the universe is expanding indeffinateley in all directions yes?
so infinity on all sides can be considered equal distances, and equal distances as a measurement of length on all sides would have any point in the universe having this never ending espanse in all directions..
this subsequently means that at all points in the universe are the central points,
and i, having realised this am proud to say that i am at the center of the universe 
right ok, infinty works a little bit like this, they so say that the universe is expanding indeffinateley in all directions yes?
so infinity on all sides can be considered equal distances, and equal distances as a measurement of length on all sides would have any point in the universe having this never ending espanse in all directions..
this subsequently means that at all points in the universe are the central points,
and i, having realised this am proud to say that i am at the center of the universe
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and further, what if the reincarnated soul did come back nito a time where it is already living somewhere else, this has apparently happened, where the same soul is living in two differnt times and people/beings.
if a soul can come back,whats to say a soul cant come back in any period of history, they do not seem to conform to any physiacal or dimensional law,
does this explain soulmates? a deeper conection due to the fact the souls are indeffinateley similar or even the same at the core?
mmmmmmmm cake
and further, what if the reincarnated soul did come back nito a time where it is already living somewhere else, this has apparently happened, where the same soul is living in two differnt times and people/beings.
if a soul can come back,whats to say a soul cant come back in any period of history, they do not seem to conform to any physiacal or dimensional law,
does this explain soulmates? a deeper conection due to the fact the souls are indeffinateley similar or even the same at the core?
mmmmmmmm cake
never ever EVER, poke me with that thing.
just my little joke. As always.
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