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I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
Brand new to twirling, seen a few people that are guns at poi and staves but still looking for more expert advice and ideas! (internet time is much easoer than trying to catch a lesson with mad work rosters)
Name: Hailey
Location: Adelaide
Hometown: Born and bred South Aussie
Birthday (sign?): Leo
Age: 23
Sex: im a lady
Occupation(s): Nurse (hence the mad rostering, dang shift work)
Favorite Food(s): cucumbers, fairy floss and mash potato
Favorite Color(s): Yellow and green (it's only a coincidence they're the aussie colours)
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? Why? what does it normally carry/laden with?
Toys: stick... upgrade from the old broom handle!
Hobbies other than the obvious: Music! play piano and violin, occasionally smack a djembe out of rhythym, photography
Education: registered nurse
Favorite Book(s): ooh hard one, read alot. Mat Reilly books and everything really.
Favorite Movie(s): One Perfect Day, blood diamond, constant gardener
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? The destroyer, cos Godzillas bark is worse than his bite. like little dogs bark there heads off until something weird scares them and they run away sooking and hiding in the middle of New york.
Favorite TV show(s): Scrubs, how i met your mother, outrageous fortune, supernatural.. when there's time.
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up)I don't wanna grooow up... otherwise travel. alot.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: too many to name, heaps of Aussie artists angus and julia stone, room eleven, jay hoad band and a fine frenzy, tool, elvis....
Do you think these pants make my butt look too big?: I haven't seen your butt.
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): boysenberry...
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella?* ooh noo.... vegemite, wait no nutella, no vegemite! hmm.. vegemite on toast and nutella out of the jar.
Brand new to twirling, seen a few people that are guns at poi and staves but still looking for more expert advice and ideas! (internet time is much easoer than trying to catch a lesson with mad work rosters)
Name: Hailey
Location: Adelaide
Hometown: Born and bred South Aussie
Birthday (sign?): Leo
Age: 23
Sex: im a lady
Occupation(s): Nurse (hence the mad rostering, dang shift work)
Favorite Food(s): cucumbers, fairy floss and mash potato
Favorite Color(s): Yellow and green (it's only a coincidence they're the aussie colours)
What is the wing speed of an unladen swallow? Why? what does it normally carry/laden with?
Toys: stick... upgrade from the old broom handle!
Hobbies other than the obvious: Music! play piano and violin, occasionally smack a djembe out of rhythym, photography
Education: registered nurse
Favorite Book(s): ooh hard one, read alot. Mat Reilly books and everything really.
Favorite Movie(s): One Perfect Day, blood diamond, constant gardener
Godzilla vs. a Star Wars Star Destroyer. Who wins? Why? The destroyer, cos Godzillas bark is worse than his bite. like little dogs bark there heads off until something weird scares them and they run away sooking and hiding in the middle of New york.
Favorite TV show(s): Scrubs, how i met your mother, outrageous fortune, supernatural.. when there's time.
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up)I don't wanna grooow up... otherwise travel. alot.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: too many to name, heaps of Aussie artists angus and julia stone, room eleven, jay hoad band and a fine frenzy, tool, elvis....
Do you think these pants make my butt look too big?: I haven't seen your butt.
Favorie ice cream flavor(s): boysenberry...
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella?* ooh noo.... vegemite, wait no nutella, no vegemite! hmm.. vegemite on toast and nutella out of the jar.
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
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:
Quote:Yellow and green (it's only a coincidence they're the aussie colours)
Nevermind, they are also the South African colours. Except ours are green and yellow.
What is fairy floss?
Quote:Yellow and green (it's only a coincidence they're the aussie colours)
Nevermind, they are also the South African colours. Except ours are green and yellow.
What is fairy floss?
'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
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
you don't know fairy floss?!!
Missing out. It's coloured sugar thats put into a heated machine and air is forced into it to make this fluffy sugary goodness on a stick. Melts in your mouth. very very nice.
you don't know fairy floss?!!
Missing out. It's coloured sugar thats put into a heated machine and air is forced into it to make this fluffy sugary goodness on a stick. Melts in your mouth. very very nice.
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
journeyman
77 posts
Location: Anglesey, Wales, UK soon to be Lincoln, England (s...
77 posts
Location: Anglesey, Wales, UK soon to be Lincoln, England (s...
Posted:
Ohhh you mean Candy Floss, lol
Welcome
Ohhh you mean Candy Floss, lol
Welcome
From Within Chaos Comes Order
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:
Yeah.... Candy floss is what I call it.
Dammit. Now I need to go find some. Which is highly unlikely to be a successful search right now. :anger: :rage:
Yeah.... Candy floss is what I call it.
Dammit. Now I need to go find some. Which is highly unlikely to be a successful search right now. :anger: :rage:
'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
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
you guys are all crazy it's called cotton candy :-p
welcome to hop. i remember when i graduated from 6ft broom stick to a real fire staff
good times
you guys are all crazy it's called cotton candy :-p
welcome to hop. i remember when i graduated from 6ft broom stick to a real fire staff
good times O.B.E.S.E.
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journeyman
77 posts
Location: Anglesey, Wales, UK soon to be Lincoln, England (s...
77 posts
Location: Anglesey, Wales, UK soon to be Lincoln, England (s...
Posted:
But it doesnt taste like cotton???
But it doesnt taste like cotton???
From Within Chaos Comes Order
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
But it is soft and fluffy like cotton balls! fairy floss sounds so much sweeter!!
oh, ouch, needing fairy floss now...
hahaha yet to get a real staff but the stick sure feels better than the broom!
Bought Poi yesterday, dang it does hurt! Thought being so little no way it would leave a bruise!
But it is soft and fluffy like cotton balls! fairy floss sounds so much sweeter!!
oh, ouch, needing fairy floss now...
hahaha yet to get a real staff but the stick sure feels better than the broom!
Bought Poi yesterday, dang it does hurt! Thought being so little no way it would leave a bruise!
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
BRONZE Member
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Posted:
Hi Hails! I'm also from Adelaide!
Do you go under the bridge?
Hi Hails! I'm also from Adelaide!
Do you go under the bridge?
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Help! My personality got stuck in this signature machine and I cant get it out!
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
hey! I don't go under the bridge! Still working out basic moves, Is that meeting still happening, saw some posts on here about that, Would be keen to pop over and pinch some tips!
hey! I don't go under the bridge! Still working out basic moves, Is that meeting still happening, saw some posts on here about that, Would be keen to pop over and pinch some tips!
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
SILVER Member
stranger
5 posts
Location: Marlborough, Wilts. UK
stranger
5 posts
Location: Marlborough, Wilts. UK
Posted:
Originally Posted By: Hails Svegemite on toast and nutella out of the jar.
Swap the vegemite for marmite and that is a goooood answer... welcome!
Originally Posted By: Hails Svegemite on toast and nutella out of the jar.
Swap the vegemite for marmite and that is a goooood answer... welcome!
"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy s**t we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man..." - Tyler Durden, Fight Club
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
oh marmite. Never! vegemites the only way..
oh marmite. Never! vegemites the only way..
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
SILVER Member
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Posted:
The real question is, are you going to Common Ground?
The real question is, are you going to Common Ground?
GOLD Member
stranger
21 posts
Location: Adelaide, Oztralia, Australia
stranger
21 posts
Location: Adelaide, Oztralia, Australia
Posted:
Originally Posted By: Hails Shey! I don't go under the bridge! Still working out basic moves, Is that meeting still happening, saw some posts on here about that, Would be keen to pop over and pinch some tips!
Bridge meets are monthly at the moment- the second Friday of each month, so next one is on the 10th of July. There's an Adelaide fire spinning facebook page here . Kicks off around 9, wraps about 12 (ish), beginnerish people most welcome and there's usually a few people lurking around more than happy to help out with learning moves/ offer advice
Like MNS said... there's CG too- [Old link] is awesome, heaps of fun and full of lovely spinny people. Definitely not to be missed if you have/ can get that weekend free.
Oh, and ello
Originally Posted By: Hails Shey! I don't go under the bridge! Still working out basic moves, Is that meeting still happening, saw some posts on here about that, Would be keen to pop over and pinch some tips!
Bridge meets are monthly at the moment- the second Friday of each month, so next one is on the 10th of July. There's an Adelaide fire spinning facebook page here . Kicks off around 9, wraps about 12 (ish), beginnerish people most welcome and there's usually a few people lurking around more than happy to help out with learning moves/ offer advice
Like MNS said... there's CG too- [Old link] is awesome, heaps of fun and full of lovely spinny people. Definitely not to be missed if you have/ can get that weekend free.
Oh, and ello
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
haha Hi!
ooh how exciting! I'll check it out, 10th July that's almost here already, this years gone too quick!
Haha beginner'ish? not complete novice? lol, I'll have learnt by then, have 5 days off, mini holiday woop!
Very keen to hit CG, have a few mates might be interested too. I'll see if I can work some magic with my roster.
Is it really possibly the last chance to get there this year?! only just hearing about it beginning this year, sad to lose it before I even see it.
Thanks for all the info!
haha Hi!
ooh how exciting! I'll check it out, 10th July that's almost here already, this years gone too quick!
Haha beginner'ish? not complete novice? lol, I'll have learnt by then, have 5 days off, mini holiday woop!
Very keen to hit CG, have a few mates might be interested too. I'll see if I can work some magic with my roster.
Is it really possibly the last chance to get there this year?! only just hearing about it beginning this year, sad to lose it before I even see it.
Thanks for all the info!
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
GOLD Member
stranger
21 posts
Location: Adelaide, Oztralia, Australia
stranger
21 posts
Location: Adelaide, Oztralia, Australia
Posted:
Originally Posted By: Hails SHaha beginner'ish? not complete novice? lol, I'll have learnt by then, have 5 days off, mini holiday woop!
Oops, thats not at all what I meant- will have to be more careful about indiscriminately adding 'ish' to the ends of words
. Sorry about that. Beginners of all varieties/ levels are most welcome, as well as musos/ drummers and really anyone friendly .
So maybe see you down there? regardless of whether or not you've achieved jedi-like mastery of the basics of staff by then!
Originally Posted By: Hails SHaha beginner'ish? not complete novice? lol, I'll have learnt by then, have 5 days off, mini holiday woop!
Oops, thats not at all what I meant- will have to be more careful about indiscriminately adding 'ish' to the ends of words
. Sorry about that. Beginners of all varieties/ levels are most welcome, as well as musos/ drummers and really anyone friendly .So maybe see you down there? regardless of whether or not you've achieved jedi-like mastery of the basics of staff by then!
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
'ish is a lovely term though, especially when your clock is always making u run late for things!
Have a confession to make, stopped with the staff... moved to poi there are rainbow ones, so to justify buying them had to start learning. much fun though!
Should be there this friday! hopefully the dang flu's moved on by then!!
happy spinning otherwise!
'ish is a lovely term though, especially when your clock is always making u run late for things!
Have a confession to make, stopped with the staff... moved to poi there are rainbow ones, so to justify buying them had to start learning. much fun though!
Should be there this friday! hopefully the dang flu's moved on by then!!
happy spinning otherwise!
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
SILVER Member
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
Originally Posted By: Hails S
Have a confession to make, stopped with the staff... moved to poi
Traitor....
Originally Posted By: Hails S
Have a confession to make, stopped with the staff... moved to poi
Traitor....
O.B.E.S.E.
Owned by Mynci!
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:
Poje: If it makes you feel better, I have started mucking about with contact staff.
Poje: If it makes you feel better, I have started mucking about with contact staff.
'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
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted:
*sigh* we lose one and another comes along....the ratio should be lose one get 2 me thinks
Keep it up Aston!
*sigh* we lose one and another comes along....the ratio should be lose one get 2 me thinks
Keep it up Aston!
O.B.E.S.E.
Owned by Mynci!
BRONZE Member
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
I know I'm strange but do you have to label me!
10 posts
Location: Adelaide South Aus, Australia
Posted:
I still want to do staff I love the way it looks! I do Poje!
It's just very hard, and coordination seems to be part of learning it, which is silly.
I haven't completely gone over to the dark side, there's still interest in there.
I still want to do staff I love the way it looks! I do Poje!
It's just very hard, and coordination seems to be part of learning it, which is silly.
I haven't completely gone over to the dark side, there's still interest in there.
knocked myself out, woot adequate amount of practice!
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