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Fire Spinning, After 3 Weeks
So here I am after three weeks! Tonight was a good night. Was having a lot of fun out there and trying to work in some new moves and a bit more motion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uibsAUqXMTo
Moves in the video:
- 3 beat weave (turning)
- 5 beat weave (turning)
- Thread the Needle (forwards and reverse)
- Butterfly (and variations of)
- Corkscrew
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Fire Poi, After 2 Weeks
Seems there was an error with the previous video, so it has been uploaded again. Sorry about that...
Last night I just was not on. There were a few tangles and flaming poi bouncing off me (unintentionally). Obviously I need more practice with the fire poi (unlit) to get a feel for the weight.
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Fire Spinning, After 1 Week
After a week of practicing, here is my second night spinning with fire. Special thanks to Melanie who has helped me get started, Yvonne for the practice poi, and to playpoi.com who has awesome instructional videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D85lkBPM3Og
Moves in the video:
- 3 beat weave
- 3 beat turning weave
- 5 beat weave
- butterfly (and with a bit of ( Read more... )
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Fire Spinning
So tonight I learned how to spin poi, and at the end of the night I got to try my hand at it lit! It was so much fun! It took a little to get my hands used to moving in those patterns, but the thrill from when I finally got it was absolutely amazing. And so, hopefully I'll be out spinning and practicing quite a bit now to get better and learn ( Read more... ) -
Life as a TA
I get the feeling that my students are getting tired of exception handling...
try { ... catch ( NumberFormatException e ) { System.out.println(e); System.out.println("User Error between the keyboard and the chair."); } -
Graduated
Well, today I took my last final. I am now done with my BSC in OMIS! It feels nice to be done with it, and odd at the same time. I graduated from High School in June 2001, so it has taken me about 6 years to complete it. Along the way I went to a total of 3 schools and earned an AA in Accounting. I have also gained quite a bit of professional ( Read more... ) -
Death Threats Drive Canine Heir to NY Hotel Fortune Into Hiding
This has got to be one of the oddest stories I've read on the BBC News site; it looks like it should be in The Onion instead.
Rich US dog hiding after threats
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7126411.stm
A dog that inherited $12m (£5.8m) from late New York hotelier Leona Helmsley is in hiding after it was targeted by death threats, US ( Read more... ) -
Happy All Hallows' Eve!
"The Raven," by Edgar Allen Poe. Performed by Vincent Price
"All Souls Night," by Loreena McKennitt.
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Rockin' and Rollin'!
We just had ourselves a nice little earthquake here. Preliminary measures right now are indicating a 5.6 magnitude quake centered 5 miles NNE of Alum Rock, CA. For reference, I'm in Santa Clara, CA.
Happily there is no damage that I can tell from the quake here. There was a bit of shaking and swaying (second story in the apartment), and Callie ( Read more... )
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