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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Hey there everyone,
Well, now that I'm close to post number 300 I thought I'd do an intro thread... it seems like I'll be hanging around for a while now
Edit:
Yep, this is all changed cos I'm not feeling as sentimental as I was when I wrote the last intro.
I'm 28, live outside Belfast in Northern Ireland, run the fire performance group FirePoise (www.firepoise.com), like to travel and good music.
My myspace page is www.myspace.com/clarepalmer
Take care
bye
EDITED_BY: _Clare_ (1166016598)
Hey there everyone,
Well, now that I'm close to post number 300 I thought I'd do an intro thread... it seems like I'll be hanging around for a while now
Edit:
Yep, this is all changed cos I'm not feeling as sentimental as I was when I wrote the last intro.
I'm 28, live outside Belfast in Northern Ireland, run the fire performance group FirePoise (www.firepoise.com), like to travel and good music.
My myspace page is www.myspace.com/clarepalmer
Take care
bye
EDITED_BY: _Clare_ (1166016598)
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SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
hang on a minute...
I thought you were a man.
Well, you might actually be a man, but just oddly named as "Claire".
Not to worry, its nice to be able to welcome you here to HOP.
Remember,
hang on a minute...
I thought you were a man.
Well, you might actually be a man, but just oddly named as "Claire".
Not to worry, its nice to be able to welcome you here to HOP.
Remember,
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Hello Sweety
Your a girl? Oh God!!! Have you told your parents?
Welcome Anyway
many hugs and much love
a
Hello Sweety
Your a girl? Oh God!!! Have you told your parents?
Welcome Anyway
many hugs and much love
a
Love is the law.
GOLD Member
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
welcome sista
i was suppose to do an intro last week when i reached 600 but it slipped by unnoticed. guess i'll wait now until i hit 723.....
hehe, someone thought you were a bloke, that's been happening to me forever
welcome sista
i was suppose to do an intro last week when i reached 600 but it slipped by unnoticed. guess i'll wait now until i hit 723.....
hehe, someone thought you were a bloke, that's been happening to me forever
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
And you'd think with such an ovarian orientated hobby that people would have gotten it.... oh wait, didnt i think you were a bloke too....
but now i've seen both you and Firepoise wiggle and i can vouch for you girliness.
I'm a boy...
I just wanted everyone to know that.....
And you'd think with such an ovarian orientated hobby that people would have gotten it.... oh wait, didnt i think you were a bloke too....
but now i've seen both you and Firepoise wiggle and i can vouch for you girliness.
I'm a boy...
I just wanted everyone to know that.....
Love is the law.
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Lol, thanks m'luvelies...
Just outta interest, UCOF, why did you think I was a man?!
See you guys soon for much twirling and playing with Aidan's new stick.
Lol, thanks m'luvelies...
Just outta interest, UCOF, why did you think I was a man?!
See you guys soon for much twirling and playing with Aidan's new stick.
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SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Erm.....medunno.
Erm.....medunno.
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Lol... Ok.
Well, I'm away to introduce myself to the Belfast Circus School, have a lovely day everyone
xx
(And UCOF, hope all is happier in your life now)
Lol... Ok.
Well, I'm away to introduce myself to the Belfast Circus School, have a lovely day everyone
xx
(And UCOF, hope all is happier in your life now)
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GOLD Member
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello!
Its seems shtrange welcoming someone who's been here nealy a year longer than me!! So have one of these too
Hello!
Its seems shtrange welcoming someone who's been here nealy a year longer than me!! So have one of these too Let's relight this forum 
GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Its not new... I've had it years.... honest...
i got hop uv meteors today too and fire poi and twelve foot of wick for loadsa new staffs,I know i told you clare and er lisa and everyone else in ireland, but im excited and want to share my joy *does a little dance*
Good luck at the circus school, if they try to teach you how to juggle..."just say no"
hee hee
*runs away*
Written by: Firepoise
See you guys soon for much twirling and playing with Aidan's new stick.
Its not new... I've had it years.... honest...i got hop uv meteors today too and fire poi and twelve foot of wick for loadsa new staffs,I know i told you clare and er lisa and everyone else in ireland, but im excited and want to share my joy
*does a little dance*Good luck at the circus school, if they try to teach you how to juggle..."just say no"
hee hee
*runs away*
Love is the law.
GOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
firepoise
Please accept this selection of introductory chocolates as a welcome to the intro's section. The shiny ones aren't wet with dribble *wipes mouth on sleeve* its a new shiny glaze they put on them........
.....honest!
firepoisePlease accept this selection of introductory chocolates as a welcome to the intro's section. The shiny ones aren't wet with dribble *wipes mouth on sleeve* its a new shiny glaze they put on them........
.....honest!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello
You've been on here long enough to know the routine
... your colour pink preferance please?
Hello
You've been on here long enough to know the routine
... your colour pink preferance please? Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Hey!
Hey!
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Lol...
many to you all
Circus school was interesting. They are all very professional in there (there was a couple doing that climb a rope and dangle by your feet routine) and I don't think they were overly impressed by me turning up wanting to swing ribbony-things around.
Poi is definitely not big in Northern Ireland ("oh, I think some people do a little bit of that as part of their act")
Righto.
But I'll keep going back, because I think I taught myself the 5bt reverse weave today. I know I have it on my left hand side, but not sure about right. It doesn't seem twisted enough.
Skulduggery... thanks so much for the chocolates... I think I'll pass on the shiny ones, but you're welcome to some of the Cadburys chocolate fingers I brought into work with me, hmmmmmmm.
Pink... ah. Well, you know pink can look wonderful on some people and amazing in a sunset, but it doesn't really suit me. I'm more a dark green, blue with the occasional deep purple kindof woman.
And hello young dreaded badger.
So are you all having a lovely day?! I can't believe autumn arrived overnight. On Friday it was warm and pleasant, on Saturday it was cold, rainy and miserable.
Bah.
Love Clare xo
Lol...
many
to you allCircus school was interesting. They are all very professional in there (there was a couple doing that climb a rope and dangle by your feet routine) and I don't think they were overly impressed by me turning up wanting to swing ribbony-things around.
Poi is definitely not big in Northern Ireland ("oh, I think some people do a little bit of that as part of their act")
Righto.
But I'll keep going back, because I think I taught myself the 5bt reverse weave today. I know I have it on my left hand side, but not sure about right. It doesn't seem twisted enough.
Skulduggery... thanks so much for the chocolates... I think I'll pass on the shiny ones, but you're welcome to some of the Cadburys chocolate fingers I brought into work with me, hmmmmmmm.
Pink... ah. Well, you know pink can look wonderful on some people and amazing in a sunset, but it doesn't really suit me. I'm more a dark green, blue with the occasional deep purple kindof woman.
And hello young dreaded badger.
So are you all having a lovely day?! I can't believe autumn arrived overnight. On Friday it was warm and pleasant, on Saturday it was cold, rainy and miserable.
Bah.
Love Clare xo
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AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
They were probably just jealous that you could spin. Not like it takes talent or skill to be an aerialist!
They were probably just jealous that you could spin. Not like it takes talent or skill to be an aerialist!
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Lol... exactly!!
How hard can it be to drag yourself up a rope with nothing but your upper body strength, then dangle by one foot, upside down, while someone else spins you round at great speeds?
Pah... I can do the BtB weave!
Lol... exactly!!
How hard can it be to drag yourself up a rope with nothing but your upper body strength, then dangle by one foot, upside down, while someone else spins you round at great speeds?
Pah... I can do the BtB weave!
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AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Hell yeh! My brother didn't even have to drag himself up the rope.... That was done for him! Unwillingly perhaps....
Written by: Firepoise
Lol... exactly!!
How hard can it be to drag yourself up a rope with nothing but your upper body strength, then dangle by one foot, upside down, while someone else spins you round at great speeds?
Hell yeh! My brother didn't even have to drag himself up the rope.... That was done for him!
Unwillingly perhaps.... GOLD Member
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello Its about time too! you've been here 2 years!! 
Don't worry about people thinking you're a guy - loads of people on here have admitted to thinking that I was a girl!!
Hello
Its about time too! you've been here 2 years!! Don't worry about people thinking you're a guy - loads of people on here have admitted to thinking that I was a girl!!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
BRONZE Member
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Firepoise it's about time!
Firepoise it's about time!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Hehehehe...
Patrick... your brother cheated!!!
thank you kind people, hope you're all having a lovely monday.
xx
Hehehehe...
Patrick... your brother cheated!!!
thank you kind people, hope you're all having a lovely monday.
xx
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GOLD Member
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Your not a girl? hee hee
Written by: Bird
- loads of people on here have admitted to thinking that I was a girl!!
Your not a girl? hee hee
Love is the law.
GOLD Member
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
:P
:P
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
GOLD Member
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
Bird, i thought you were a bird too so sorry!
at least it's not just me then....
clare, i managed 1 half of the reverse 5bt last week too. i kept smashing myself on the head though with my left poi so i promtly gave up on the 2nd half.....
Bird, i thought you were a bird too
so sorry!at least it's not just me then....
clare, i managed 1 half of the reverse 5bt last week too. i kept smashing myself on the head though with my left poi so i promtly gave up on the 2nd half.....
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Bird, hellos anyway, no matter what dangly bits you have
Lisa, me too!!!
Let me guess, you can do the left hand side, but not the right?! Bah, maybe I'm doing it already, but it just doesn't seem to be twisted enough.
Will keep practising, then show you in Cork... I can't count these beat thingys myself at all - as long as its more twisted than the last one, then its clearly 5 beat, right?!!!
I'm heading back to the circus school today, but I might get a pair of jeans first... it's getting embarrassing showing up in work in my only pair which have huge black burn marks all over them
xx
Bird, hellos anyway, no matter what dangly bits you have
Lisa, me too!!!
Let me guess, you can do the left hand side, but not the right?! Bah, maybe I'm doing it already, but it just doesn't seem to be twisted enough.
Will keep practising, then show you in Cork... I can't count these beat thingys myself at all - as long as its more twisted than the last one, then its clearly 5 beat, right?!!!
I'm heading back to the circus school today, but I might get a pair of jeans first... it's getting embarrassing showing up in work in my only pair which have huge black burn marks all over them
xx
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BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
hello y'all... this is a special announcement for anyone who happens to read it...
Channel 4 is continuing the run of the 13 'lost' episodes of the marvellous Monkey tonight (channel 4, 1.15am)!!!
They started a couple of weeks ago... but they're all hilarious. Tonight, a demon abducts women from a small village apparently (how much innuendo can you fit in one kickass episode?!)
If you remember Monkey from your childhood, running round the playground (cos you HAD to play outside in those days - hail, thunder, lightning or snow) - pretending to karate kick your mates and break twigs with a dramatic hiiiiiya - you'll appreciate this.
xx
hello y'all... this is a special announcement for anyone who happens to read it...
Channel 4 is continuing the run of the 13 'lost' episodes of the marvellous Monkey tonight (channel 4, 1.15am)!!!
They started a couple of weeks ago... but they're all hilarious. Tonight, a demon abducts women from a small village apparently (how much innuendo can you fit in one kickass episode?!)
If you remember Monkey from your childhood, running round the playground (cos you HAD to play outside in those days - hail, thunder, lightning or snow) - pretending to karate kick your mates and break twigs with a dramatic hiiiiiya - you'll appreciate this.
xx
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SILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
huh... I could have sworn that I had posted in this thread before...
huh... I could have sworn that I had posted in this thread before...
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
SILVER Member
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
Posted:
*wanders in...looks around with a slightly confused look on her face*
hullo...
yeah...that's all, i think...
*stumbles off again*
*wanders in...looks around with a slightly confused look on her face*
hullo...
yeah...that's all, i think...
*stumbles off again*
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Lol... Vanize, hope you made it home safely!!
Now, just let this thread slide off into obscurity again please, people are becoming confused!
Lol... Vanize, hope you made it home safely!!
Now, just let this thread slide off into obscurity again please, people are becoming confused!
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SILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I planted the kinder egg and it grew into a tree.
Magical things kinder eggs
UCOF says I should move to Northern Ireland. I can't really see his logic. ut i suspect he's just trying to get rid of me....
I planted the kinder egg and it grew into a tree.
Magical things kinder eggs
UCOF says I should move to Northern Ireland. I can't really see his logic. ut i suspect he's just trying to get rid of me....
Meh
GOLD Member
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Posted:
I can't believe I haven't posted in here before! I'm so damn slack.
Happy New Year m'darlin', hope you have a truly amazing '05.
Are you gonna come to [Old link]? Would be amazing to meet you in the flesh (as it were) at last.
Incidentally, why wouldn't a Chrimble Card be appropriate?
I can't believe I haven't posted in here before! I'm so damn slack.
Happy New Year m'darlin', hope you have a truly amazing '05.
Are you gonna come to [Old link]? Would be amazing to meet you in the flesh (as it were
) at last.Incidentally, why wouldn't a Chrimble Card be appropriate?
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Cantus - wayhey. Kinder tree... hope you get lots of lovely kinder toy children.
The challenge is to construct the toy in the shortest time possible, then deconstruct it and see if it fits back in the egg. Ahhh. Too much time spent in Amsterdam coffee shops
And you are very welcome here in the north. However, I might be leaving soon - primarily cos it's too damn cold.
Hellos lovely Mags. I didn't think it was appropriate cos I haven't spoken to you in ages... but I'm glad you got it.
I'm not sure if I will make Falmouth cos I'm really saving money at the minute - want to leave here by May - but I am going to go to the BJC (the weekend after Falmouth) - so please, please come up to that!! It would be great to see you there...
Hope all is going well with you
Love and hugs to you all
Cantus - wayhey. Kinder tree... hope you get lots of lovely kinder toy children.
The challenge is to construct the toy in the shortest time possible, then deconstruct it and see if it fits back in the egg. Ahhh. Too much time spent in Amsterdam coffee shops
And you are very welcome here in the north. However, I might be leaving soon - primarily cos it's too damn cold.
Hellos lovely Mags. I didn't think it was appropriate cos I haven't spoken to you in ages... but I'm glad you got it.
I'm not sure if I will make Falmouth cos I'm really saving money at the minute - want to leave here by May - but I am going to go to the BJC (the weekend after Falmouth) - so please, please come up to that!! It would be great to see you there...
Hope all is going well with you
Love and hugs to you all
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