The past three months has been nuts. Much to write about, but I'm still trying to loosen Facebook's grip on my brain. I wish I could inspire a mass exodus to Livejournal. I really miss all the posts from the LJ crew of Ye Olden Tymes ( Read more... )

I finally got back to working new tricks on a reasonably regular basis. In the last few weeks I cleaned up my barrel roll and tube so that they've become strong features. Worked out the linear isolation and the tracing linear isolation, which looks pretty badass. I'm nailing the one-handed palm spin on the first try about 90% of the time and I'm ( Read more... )

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I took a detour on the way home from The Tour De Fat to drive through downtown Durham, where I worked before they closed our U.S. finance HQ. Happily, they let me stay on and work from home, but I miss my old digs and being downtown.

Then I saw Major, the Durham Bull, and decided that he needed a makeover...


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The weekend didn't go exactly as planned, but I did knock off a few goals. Christmas decorations are packed away, house is tidy, laundry, trash and dishes done. Managed four good hours at the office and my base hoop workout is caught up. Week five starts tomorrow. Trying to badger myself into adding weight training every other day, using Gavin's ( Read more... )

As of today I've been hooping once a day for three weeks in a row. Whoo. The Plan is that at week four I make it a firm rule to drink at least 8 cups of water per day. If I start pounding it down when I wake up and finish the 2nd quart on the way to work, I won't have to worry about having to wee after I'm comfortably settled into bed. No caffeine ( Read more... )

In two days I'll have been back on the hooping wagon for two weeks. Today is the first day I woke up and felt that changes are definitely happening. My arms feel firmer, and I can feel a bit of tautness in my muscles everywhere. (Underneath, anyway.) And I can actually see the difference ( Read more... )

If you've just started reading my blog in 2015, you'll probably think it's going to be All Hooping All the Time. The hoop stuff should taper off a bit after today. I'm getting it out of the way because I'd resolved to get back on the Livejournal wagon and back into hooping every day. The best way to do that is to write about what interests you at ( Read more... )

Dammit. About three weeks ago I helped a co-worker move a bunch of boxes downstairs. The next day I couldn't grip anything with my left hand or subject it to very much force without significant pain in the outside muscle just below my elbow. I rested it for a while and then five days ago I started back onto my daily hooping fitness routine, which ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was looking for hoop-related images and came across one that said, "Nothing bad can happen when I'm inside my hoop." The image came from HipTheHoopla.com and quote is attributed to Ché Rippinger. My first thought was about all things I've knocked over or broken while I was inside my hoop or shortly thereafter, including one of Gary's ( Read more... )