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All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
Extremely new n00b here. And a very clutzy poi spinner.
Let's see here...
Name: Chris
Location: Tennessee (the radioactive part of the state)
Hometown: Somewhere between Nashville and Knoxville
Birthday (sign?): Libra
Age: Never ask a mature woman her age.
Sex: Female
Occupation(s): Graphic Designer
Favorite Food(s): sushi
Favorite Color(s): black, purple, blue
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? Huh?
Toys: Poi, and my computer
Hobbies other than the obvious: drawing, painting, urban fantasy writing, rock violin playing
Education: college
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? Depends on which Godzilla we're talking about here. Now the Dark God Gojira from Gojira, Mosura, King Ghidorah Daikaiju Soukugeki could probably blast the Star Destroyer to bits, if he managed to get inside. I mean, he's basically a bunch of very angry American and Japanese souls put together, the giant, metallic wedge of cheese isn't going to take him down very easily.
You're talking to a G-Fan here. God, I'm such a geek.
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) I wanna be a fire truck!
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Anything from John Williams, Godsmack, Metallica, Alice in Chains, E Nomine, Nightwish...and yeah, I can spin to John William's Imperial March. It's strange, but...eh. Give me Mozart and I could spin to it too.
So, um...yeah, clutzy spinner, but enjoying it. Uh, hi? Any room for a geek spinner here?
Oh, and for some strange reason, my left hand is a complete idiot because I can't do split time opposites. My left hand wants to do what the right hand is doing except for when I'm playing the violin. Then, it can think for itself.
EDITED_BY: Achiladoowega (1241855522)
Extremely new n00b here. And a very clutzy poi spinner.
Let's see here...
Name: Chris
Location: Tennessee (the radioactive part of the state)
Hometown: Somewhere between Nashville and Knoxville
Birthday (sign?): Libra
Age: Never ask a mature woman her age.
Sex: Female
Occupation(s): Graphic Designer
Favorite Food(s): sushi
Favorite Color(s): black, purple, blue
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? Huh?
Toys: Poi, and my computer
Hobbies other than the obvious: drawing, painting, urban fantasy writing, rock violin playing
Education: college
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? Depends on which Godzilla we're talking about here. Now the Dark God Gojira from Gojira, Mosura, King Ghidorah Daikaiju Soukugeki could probably blast the Star Destroyer to bits, if he managed to get inside. I mean, he's basically a bunch of very angry American and Japanese souls put together, the giant, metallic wedge of cheese isn't going to take him down very easily.
You're talking to a G-Fan here. God, I'm such a geek.
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) I wanna be a fire truck!
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Anything from John Williams, Godsmack, Metallica, Alice in Chains, E Nomine, Nightwish...and yeah, I can spin to John William's Imperial March. It's strange, but...eh. Give me Mozart and I could spin to it too.
So, um...yeah, clutzy spinner, but enjoying it. Uh, hi? Any room for a geek spinner here?
Oh, and for some strange reason, my left hand is a complete idiot because I can't do split time opposites. My left hand wants to do what the right hand is doing except for when I'm playing the violin. Then, it can think for itself.
EDITED_BY: Achiladoowega (1241855522)
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BRONZE Member
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
Posted:
Hiya!
Geeks are most welcome
The klutz thing will sort itself out eventually with practice.. mine pretty much has
Happy spinning
Hiya!
Geeks are most welcome
The klutz thing will sort itself out eventually with practice.. mine pretty much has
Happy spinning
THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!
If that's okay with you?
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
THanx. What about the idiot left hand who can't think for himself when doing split time opposites? Seriously, it is a very stupid hand. I think my left hand is retarded or something.
THanx. What about the idiot left hand who can't think for himself when doing split time opposites? Seriously, it is a very stupid hand. I think my left hand is retarded or something.
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BRONZE Member
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
Posted:
Has it tried counselling?
Maybe it just feels insecure compared to your right, just give it more attention, make it feel special.
Has it tried counselling?
Maybe it just feels insecure compared to your right, just give it more attention, make it feel special.
THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH!
If that's okay with you?
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
I'm thinking about doing that. My right can do all the turns and such. One of the reasons why I have hard time doing the 2-beat weave is because my right is the one who initiates the weave and I can't go back around because my left won't attempt to initiate the second beat.
I think it needs counciling or I need to just spin with one poi in my left to strengthen it more. Maybe if I have it do its own thing by itself it'll do stuff correctly when performing. Though it's strange, it always wants to be the top hand when I do butterflies. I try going in with my right and I get tangled. I go in with my left and it looks good.
I'm a clutz!
I'm thinking about doing that. My right can do all the turns and such. One of the reasons why I have hard time doing the 2-beat weave is because my right is the one who initiates the weave and I can't go back around because my left won't attempt to initiate the second beat.
I think it needs counciling or I need to just spin with one poi in my left to strengthen it more. Maybe if I have it do its own thing by itself it'll do stuff correctly when performing. Though it's strange, it always wants to be the top hand when I do butterflies. I try going in with my right and I get tangled. I go in with my left and it looks good.
I'm a clutz!
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SILVER Member
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
Hello and welcome to HoP!
Hello and welcome to HoP!
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
GOLD Member
enthusiast
324 posts
Location: SouthDakota, USA
enthusiast
324 posts
Location: SouthDakota, USA
Posted:
Welcome!
Try to loosen up your left hand before spinning. Practicing with it more than your right should help too.
Welcome!
Try to loosen up your left hand before spinning. Practicing with it more than your right should help too.
Listen to Your heartbeat and dance...
SILVER Member
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Welcome! Nice taste in music.
With the left hand, your right can probably go on auto-pilot now, so forget about it and focus on what your left does.
Welcome! Nice taste in music.
With the left hand, your right can probably go on auto-pilot now, so forget about it and focus on what your left does.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
Thanx, I'll do it. Yeah, the right can go on autopilot. It does everything on its own.
Oh, I got the weirdest taste in music. Anyone spin to J-pop before? Last night we had some swing music with big brass and everything and I was spinning to that too.
EDITED_BY: Achiladoowega (1241984182)
Thanx, I'll do it. Yeah, the right can go on autopilot. It does everything on its own.
Oh, I got the weirdest taste in music. Anyone spin to J-pop before? Last night we had some swing music with big brass and everything and I was spinning to that too.
EDITED_BY: Achiladoowega (1241984182)
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SILVER Member
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Bwahaha!
J-Pop is funny to start with. Ever tried various musicals? Theme song of Sound of Music is... special?
Swing and big band jazz is awesome.
Bwahaha!
J-Pop is funny to start with. Ever tried various musicals? Theme song of Sound of Music is... special?
Swing and big band jazz is awesome.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
LOL! I should try spinning to the Sound of Music.
"The hills are alive with the sound of...the poi smacking me in the head!"
LOL! That would be funny.
I'm a violinist, so, beat and music comes naturally to me.
LOL! I should try spinning to the Sound of Music.
"The hills are alive with the sound of...the poi smacking me in the head!"
LOL! That would be funny.
I'm a violinist, so, beat and music comes naturally to me.
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SILVER Member
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Violins are pretty instruments.
Violins are pretty instruments.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
Thank you. You should see my electric fiddle (violin). People tell me it looks like a space-aged crossbow.
But at last, someone appreciates my odd tastes in music. If you're ever in the neighborhood, try coming to one of our festivals where my step-dad's R&B and Carolina Beach music band plays the nights and try swinging poi to Sammy Davis songs. I'm gonna try. He does a good Mustang Sally.
Thank you. You should see my electric fiddle (violin). People tell me it looks like a space-aged crossbow.
But at last, someone appreciates my odd tastes in music. If you're ever in the neighborhood, try coming to one of our festivals where my step-dad's R&B and Carolina Beach music band plays the nights and try swinging poi to Sammy Davis songs. I'm gonna try. He does a good Mustang Sally.
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SILVER Member
Hunting robot foxes
1,046 posts
Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (UK)
Hunting robot foxes
1,046 posts
Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (UK)
Posted:
Just thought I'd pop in to give ya a
Just thought I'd pop in to give ya a
Working hard to be a wandering hippie layabout. Ten years down, five to go!
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
THanx, I could use a hug right now.
THanx, I could use a hug right now.
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Kebab Embalmer
316 posts
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philippines
Kebab Embalmer
316 posts
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philippines
Posted:
Greetings! You are a hopper now! ... Metallica's battery or blackened and poi will do just fine! forget the left hand, think of it as the right as well, in that way, it might cooperate.
Greetings! You are a hopper now! ... Metallica's battery or blackened and poi will do just fine! forget the left hand, think of it as the right as well, in that way, it might cooperate.
Tam tam tam cheketitamtam, ketumpantam, ketumpan kete kete kete, tam tam tam ketumpanketey!
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
Trying to get it to cooperate is the key. LOL. It's retarded, that's all I can say.
Trying to get it to cooperate is the key. LOL. It's retarded, that's all I can say.
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Bwahaha.... Odd music is some of the best music. Not always to poi to, but anyway....
Electric violin huh? Seen one a few times, sound really cool.
Bwahaha.... Odd music is some of the best music. Not always to poi to, but anyway....
Electric violin huh? Seen one a few times, sound really cool.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
SILVER Member
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
All Sloppy No Joe
22 posts
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Posted:
It is very cool. I should show the pictures I've made of it. It's a nice one.
It is very cool. I should show the pictures I've made of it. It's a nice one.
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