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Posted:
Well, hello children, my name is ben and i've been watching you for a while....
that's not actually as sinister as it sounds - i've been plucking up the courage to join HoP since i took up poi three weeks ago, but it's only now, having consumed more chocolate that can possibly be healthy (about 200g singlehandedly in a few hours) that i find i have enough seratonin-inspired confidence to introduce myself.
So, who am i?
pretty good question, but i'm a student, which means i haven't yet decided, and luckily the world doesn't expect me to decide for another two years.
I picked up some poi three weeks ago now, and was instantly hooked, having only seen them at raves in london. I'm one of those annoying people who've picked it up really quickly, but don't worry - progress has slowed recently as life makes more demands, so i'm not threatening your statuses as Poi Legends.
I'll buy a camera one of these days, but it's going to take even more chocolate to get me to post any photos!
I hope to chat with lots of you, drink with lots of you and spin with lots of you in the future.
Much love and admiration,
Ben
xxxxxx
ps. how cute is this bouncy guy?
Well, hello children, my name is ben and i've been watching you for a while....
that's not actually as sinister as it sounds - i've been plucking up the courage to join HoP since i took up poi three weeks ago, but it's only now, having consumed more chocolate that can possibly be healthy (about 200g singlehandedly in a few hours) that i find i have enough seratonin-inspired confidence to introduce myself.
So, who am i?
pretty good question, but i'm a student, which means i haven't yet decided, and luckily the world doesn't expect me to decide for another two years.
I picked up some poi three weeks ago now, and was instantly hooked, having only seen them at raves in london. I'm one of those annoying people who've picked it up really quickly, but don't worry - progress has slowed recently as life makes more demands, so i'm not threatening your statuses as Poi Legends.
I'll buy a camera one of these days, but it's going to take even more chocolate to get me to post any photos!
I hope to chat with lots of you, drink with lots of you and spin with lots of you in the future.
Much love and admiration,
Ben
xxxxxx
ps. how cute is this bouncy guy?
please help keep the world clean - others may wish to use it
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Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
chocolate?!?!?
where?
oh by the way welcome to HOP!
chocolate?!?!?
where?
oh by the way welcome to HOP!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
What sort of chocolate, the sort that kinda melts or maybe with fillings. mmmmmm caramel. White with orange flavouring...yumm.....
What sort of chocolate, the sort that kinda melts or maybe with fillings. mmmmmm caramel. White with orange flavouring...yumm.....
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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
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Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Posted:
hello, you look seem quite lovely judging by your post and picture, unless of course you just tok a photo of a lovely looking person and wrote a lovely sounding intro to trick us all. and lure us in with chocolate (which works so well round here). hmm, tangent over.
welcome to HoP, the bouncy guy is very cute, although i like the yellow one better.
hello, you look seem quite lovely judging by your post and picture, unless of course you just tok a photo of a lovely looking person and wrote a lovely sounding intro to trick us all. and lure us in with chocolate (which works so well round here). hmm, tangent over.
welcome to HoP, the bouncy guy is very cute, although i like the yellow one better.
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water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
Posted:
hey ben, nice to meet you.
i do like that guy, but this guys pretty cool too
welcome to HoP
hey ben, nice to meet you.
i do like that guy, but this guys pretty cool too
welcome to HoP
"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*
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Location: Clapham, London, United Kingdom
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Location: Clapham, London, United Kingdom
Posted:
Yummy I love Chocolate!!! Those sea shell ones are my favorites at the moment... Might have to go to the shop now.
Welcome, it's nice to meet you!
Yummy I love Chocolate!!! Those sea shell ones are my favorites at the moment... Might have to go to the shop now.
Welcome, it's nice to meet you!
veteran
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
Posted:
Welcome! Chocolate is goooooooooooood...
My bouncy guy is nicer
Welcome! Chocolate is goooooooooooood...
My bouncy guy is nicer
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
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Location: london / cambridge, United Kingdom
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Location: london / cambridge, United Kingdom
Posted:
while the chocolate has your undivided attention, I thought i'd use the opportunity to ask my first annoying-newbie-question-that-has-no-doubt-been-asked-before-somewhere-on-the-list-but-can't-be-found kind of question:
Double windmills... a matter of confidence, or is there a trick to it? (oh, and if there is a trick, can someone let me know please?)
I just bought some beautiful new atomic-strobe poi, which make a beam of multicoloured light as you spin them. there don't seem to be many photos of them in use on the web, so when i get the camera and the chocolate, I'll see what i can do - they are totally mesmeric.
love of course,
Ben
the yellow guy is cuter, it's true
while the chocolate has your undivided attention, I thought i'd use the opportunity to ask my first annoying-newbie-question-that-has-no-doubt-been-asked-before-somewhere-on-the-list-but-can't-be-found kind of question:
Double windmills... a matter of confidence, or is there a trick to it? (oh, and if there is a trick, can someone let me know please?)
I just bought some beautiful new atomic-strobe poi, which make a beam of multicoloured light as you spin them. there don't seem to be many photos of them in use on the web, so when i get the camera and the chocolate, I'll see what i can do - they are totally mesmeric.
love of course,
Ben
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water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
water based
5,125 posts
Location: melbourne, Australia
Posted:
i like the green one more
i like the green one more
"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*
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Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Warm welcome to HoP Ben
mmm seratonin high..
*nods approvingly*
Have a Tim Tam
Re: the bouncy guys.. have a couple more
https://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
but anyway, i cast a vote for poly's bouncy guy. He blows bubbles.. mmmm bubbles
Warm welcome to HoP Ben
mmm seratonin high.. *nods approvingly*
Have a Tim Tam
Re: the bouncy guys.. have a couple more
https://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
but anyway, i cast a vote for poly's bouncy guy. He blows bubbles.. mmmm bubbles
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
i take it you're talking 4beat windmills, as opposed to the normal 2beat windmill?
there's no real trick to it. when i first learned this one i had a seriously sore left boob for a couple of weeks due to excessive boob-whackage....... it's just a matter of practise
check out motsplace.com , he's got some great tutorials
oh, and
to the madness 
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Double windmills... a matter of confidence, or is there a trick to it? (oh, and if there is a trick, can someone let me know please?)
i take it you're talking 4beat windmills, as opposed to the normal 2beat windmill?
there's no real trick to it. when i first learned this one i had a seriously sore left boob for a couple of weeks due to excessive boob-whackage....... it's just a matter of practise
check out motsplace.com , he's got some great tutorials
oh, and
to the madness My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
Posted:
*wanders in upon hearing the words 'chocolate' and 'timtams'*
oh hullo! another newbie! man, they're popping up everywhere!! but at least this one brought chocolate!! 
welcome to the nuthouse! enjoy your stay!!
*wanders in upon hearing the words 'chocolate' and 'timtams'*
oh hullo!
another newbie! man, they're popping up everywhere!! but at least this one brought chocolate!! welcome to the nuthouse! enjoy your stay!!
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!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
thinks chocolate is more appropriate to here than poi talk
thinks chocolate is more appropriate to here than poi talk
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,533 posts
Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
Posted:
y0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!
have some cranberries!
y0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!
have some cranberries!
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello and welcome to HoP!!
is there any chocolate left??
Hello and welcome to HoP!!
is there any chocolate left??
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
did somebody mention cows?
moo
did somebody mention cows?
moo
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Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Before we go any further in this relationship, I want to know which college you go to.
Before we go any further in this relationship, I want to know which college you go to.
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Disco Inferno
160 posts
Location: Remote Western Australia Karratha
Disco Inferno
160 posts
Location: Remote Western Australia Karratha
Posted:
Howdy, personally i never been much of a fan of chocolate...but like es cargo and snake and ox tongue, im willing to give everything a fair go, the only chocolate i like really is picnic bars.... Welcome to HoP happy chatting!
Howdy, personally i never been much of a fan of chocolate...but like es cargo and snake and ox tongue, im willing to give everything a fair go, the only chocolate i like really is picnic bars.... Welcome to HoP happy chatting!
"Only fools are positive! are you sure? Im POSITIVE"
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Location: london / cambridge, United Kingdom
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Posted:
Fabergé - thanks for the link, and i'm sorry to hear about your left-boob-related accidents. due to certain circumstances beyond my control, i am free of that risk, but seem to attack my leg instead. i can feel the move coming though, which is a lovely feeling, much like the moment between the supermarket and the eating of the chocolate, when you know that nothing can come between you and it.
ah well.
I did have plans to become thin and beautiful, but they seem to be on hold.
so as it turns out, i didn't really introduce myself above, so here goes:
I'm ben,
I currently have bright orange hair - just a phase...
when there's no serious jazz or dylan available, i listen to just about anything, but i dance best to a bit of drum'n'bass - just a bit, mind...
i like the way poi caters for the obsessive compulsive element in me that wants to do exactly the same amount of stuff with each side of my body
I'm studying english at trinity - well guessed mr freud!
i recently acquired some magnetic fridge poetry (the wizards set - all the words are wizard-related) and am totally addicted to it - i've made some really fun poems already
I'm a londoner born and bred, so point me towards a poi gathering in london (though clapham common is a long way away) and i'll buy you a drink...
Six weeks ago i renounced all toxins apart from chocolate, which involved a massive struggle of mind over matter, but i now discover that the limit i set myself (the end of winter) is this sunday. time to take all those bad habits up again. it's going to be a messy equinox, i feel.
everyone i have met who does poi or is in some way associated with the spinny things has turned out to be lovely. your welcomes seem to suggest this trend will continue...
anything you want to know?
Ben
ps. thanks for the cranberries.
pps. there is always more chocolate.
ppps. but i think i have now reached my maximum chocolate uptake threshold.
pppps. does 'pppps' exist?
Fabergé - thanks for the link, and i'm sorry to hear about your left-boob-related accidents. due to certain circumstances beyond my control, i am free of that risk, but seem to attack my leg instead. i can feel the move coming though, which is a lovely feeling, much like the moment between the supermarket and the eating of the chocolate, when you know that nothing can come between you and it.
ah well.
I did have plans to become thin and beautiful, but they seem to be on hold.
so as it turns out, i didn't really introduce myself above, so here goes:
I'm ben,
I currently have bright orange hair - just a phase...
when there's no serious jazz or dylan available, i listen to just about anything, but i dance best to a bit of drum'n'bass - just a bit, mind...
i like the way poi caters for the obsessive compulsive element in me that wants to do exactly the same amount of stuff with each side of my body
I'm studying english at trinity - well guessed mr freud!
i recently acquired some magnetic fridge poetry (the wizards set - all the words are wizard-related) and am totally addicted to it - i've made some really fun poems already
I'm a londoner born and bred, so point me towards a poi gathering in london (though clapham common is a long way away) and i'll buy you a drink...
Six weeks ago i renounced all toxins apart from chocolate, which involved a massive struggle of mind over matter, but i now discover that the limit i set myself (the end of winter) is this sunday. time to take all those bad habits up again. it's going to be a messy equinox, i feel.
everyone i have met who does poi or is in some way associated with the spinny things has turned out to be lovely. your welcomes seem to suggest this trend will continue...
anything you want to know?
Ben
ps. thanks for the cranberries.
pps. there is always more chocolate.
ppps. but i think i have now reached my maximum chocolate uptake threshold.
pppps. does 'pppps' exist?
please help keep the world clean - others may wish to use it
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Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Posted:
of course pppps exists. i'd like to ask you a very important question. can a have a few cranberries? have a cuddle, just because you seem so lovely
of course pppps exists. i'd like to ask you a very important question. can a have a few cranberries? have a cuddle, just because you seem so lovely
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Pooh-Bah
2,084 posts
Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Pooh-Bah
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Location: melbourne, victoria, australia
Posted:
forgot to put that in before pressing continue. whoops!
forgot to put that in before pressing continue. whoops! SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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Location: South Wales
Posted:
Trinity you say.
My sister went there.
Ive been there too.
But I didnt study there.
I was visiting my sister.
Trinity you say.
My sister went there.
Ive been there too.
But I didnt study there.
I was visiting my sister.
lovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
Posted:
i remeber puking in the park behind the bus station in cambridge and getting punched in the face by some crackhead townie for speaking german. He went for a swim in that open sewer that people punt on, seconds later...
i remeber puking in the park behind the bus station in cambridge and getting punched in the face by some crackhead townie for speaking german. He went for a swim in that open sewer that people punt on, seconds later...
"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer
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1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
Posted:
Coincidence, Konsti?
I've been spending quite a bit of time in Cambridge recently, again visiting, not studying
Coincidence, Konsti?I've been spending quite a bit of time in Cambridge recently, again visiting, not studying
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
lovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
Posted:
cambridge was fun tho, we spent many a day punting with the boat filled with bags of ice and heineken.....
it was hilarious we kept trading alcohol with other boats, met loads of people, and got invited to random parties...
cambridge was fun tho, we spent many a day punting with the boat filled with bags of ice and heineken.....
it was hilarious we kept trading alcohol with other boats, met loads of people, and got invited to random parties...
"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer
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Location: london / cambridge, United Kingdom
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Location: london / cambridge, United Kingdom
Posted:
well, if all of you come and visit me, i'll protect you from any angry crackheads (i reckon you were just unlucky Konsti!).
but term is thankfully nearly over - i only have a week and 11 1/2 hours of exams left until it's home time.
cranberries aplenty myco!
I'll share a short magnetic wizard poem:
searching a forest of poisonous apple trees
for a falling serpent crying
hell is less evil than school
Ben
well, if all of you come and visit me, i'll protect you from any angry crackheads (i reckon you were just unlucky Konsti!).
but term is thankfully nearly over - i only have a week and 11 1/2 hours of exams left until it's home time.
cranberries aplenty myco!
I'll share a short magnetic wizard poem:
searching a forest of poisonous apple trees
for a falling serpent crying
hell is less evil than school
Ben
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello
do you like the colour pink?
Hello
do you like the colour pink?
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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Tosser
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Location: Bristol,UK
Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Posted:
Ben- Hello- David/ Chutney here
Stop spinning
Now
You're too good too soon..
It makes me scared
See you at Spitz,
Dc
Ben- Hello- David/ Chutney here
Stop spinning
Now
You're too good too soon..
It makes me scared
See you at Spitz,
Dc
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Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted:
Welcome.
Welcome.
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* Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
* Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
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old hand
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Location: Behind you...
old hand
853 posts
Location: Behind you...
Posted:
Hi, remember me?! I'm that girly who doesn't really understand Anthropology, but is going for a 1st degree in it anyway (will be the BIGGEST blag in my life if I pull it off).
How are you? Are you from London too? I like your orange hair. I might meet you one day if I ever make the trek down to Spitz, am waiting for the weather to get better. Do you like tea? What's your favourite biscuit?
Hi, remember me?! I'm that girly who doesn't really understand Anthropology, but is going for a 1st degree in it anyway (will be the BIGGEST blag in my life if I pull it off).
How are you? Are you from London too? I like your orange hair. I might meet you one day if I ever make the trek down to Spitz, am waiting for the weather to get better. Do you like tea? What's your favourite biscuit?
Idolized by Aurinoko
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind....
Bob Dylan
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Location: london / cambridge, United Kingdom
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Posted:
oooh, i've been naughty and have totally neglected this thread. oops.
chutney - can't stop, addicted now. but don't worry, progress has slowed sufficiently. hope your exams went ok, and i was sorry to miss clapham on sunday, but synergy sort of wiped me out...
Sorry to miss the tea fairy at clapham as well, but i'm sure i'll catch you soon. best of luck with your 1st in the meantime!
er, milk chocolate hobnobs. they are ever so slightly salty i reckon, so they hit your tastebuds really nicely. mmmmm.
span fire for the first time last night. wooosh. i guess i should spend some money on some of my own. oh dear, goodbye student loan.
oooh, i've been naughty and have totally neglected this thread. oops.
chutney
- can't stop, addicted now. but don't worry, progress has slowed sufficiently. hope your exams went ok, and i was sorry to miss clapham on sunday, but synergy sort of wiped me out...Sorry to miss the tea fairy at clapham as well, but i'm sure i'll catch you soon. best of luck with your 1st in the meantime!
er, milk chocolate hobnobs. they are ever so slightly salty i reckon, so they hit your tastebuds really nicely. mmmmm.
span fire for the first time last night
. wooosh. i guess i should spend some money on some of my own. oh dear, goodbye student loan. please help keep the world clean - others may wish to use it
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