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Posted: 13th Mar 2005

Written by: Phantasin

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Hobbies: Travelling, impulsive power-spending, sailing, surfing badly, talking, archaeology, swimming, procrastination, music.

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We have the same hobbies... cept sailing -edit- and archaeology



Hello! Welcome to HoP. In a moment, you will be bombarded by crazy people. Take ur last breath of sane air, and enter the madness *tense Music* *evil laugh*
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1110760348)

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."

Posted: 13th Mar 2005
Hello

What do you sail?

Do you like the colour pink?

Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...

Posted: 13th Mar 2005
y0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!!

-James

"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"

Posted: 13th Mar 2005


Welcome to poi. How long have you been surfing for? I bought myself a 9 ft longboard 2 months ago and it's so hard!
I know that when I was learing the corkscrew (not that long ago) I felt like a

Never hold your farts in! They travel up your spine, go into your brain and that's where shitty idea's come from.

Posted: 13th Mar 2005
to HoP !!

Hij die zijn kind benzine voert moet niet roken als het boert.

Love you MyIng

Posted: 14th Mar 2005
I think feeling a bit like a monkey is usual around here,...there is a whole monkey treehouse thread even,,

Welcome!!

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

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Posted: 14th Mar 2005


let us know how your first burn went?!!!
just make sure you don't do to many moves the first time: just do the forwards swing and crossing for a while first and then maybe add a weave. the best thing about your first burn is the sensation of the fire: the glow, the noise, so do it somewhere with not to much background noise. harder moves will distract you of the magic of the first burn, try those the second time, 5 minutes later!!!!
(my personal favourite move is the Alternate Butterfly Combination, although I always forget to do it when i light up).

eRic.

I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me, Superman!

Posted: 14th Mar 2005
Welcome!

I second FRD on the hobbies. Though I've been trying to get rid of procrastination for years!

hope the burn went well

Posted: 14th Mar 2005
*Grins* I absolutely couldn't wait until tonight to burn them so I did it last night. It was fabulous, invigorating, exciting, amazing.. what else do I say?! I'm hooked!

I'm in a University residence so three people soon turned into a crowd of about 15 with another 25 or so watching out their windows. Eek.
My transitioning sucks, but that'll come.
I started with easy stuff (ie: forward swings, reverse, butterfly) but within a minute couldn't hold out and had to try some of the cooler stuff. In the adrenaline rush I managed a bunch of overhead butterflys, weave, corkscrew, chasing the sun, mexican swing, the needle one... and.... I forget. The rush is insane and I realise now I probably shouldn't have tried half of them!

And Dog? Where are the crazy people?

Pink.. my experiences so far with sailing have been limited to a 40 ft catamaran and some smaller racing boats. Not much market for sailing around the great lakes (Canada). Whenever I can get back to an Ocean it'll definately be on my list of priorities. Along with spinning on a beach.

Laya, I've been surfing for about 2 years on and off. Vacation surfing usually has to do it for me since once again.. there's not a great market for surfing in inland Canada. Gah. I see you're from Aus. If you ever get around Perth, try Margaret River (Sp?) It was amazing and HUGE!

A monkey treehouse thread?!!! *L* I must search for that. That's EXACTLY how it feels! :P

Another search I'm about to try is to find out how OTHER people's first burns went. And if I can't find them... you shall all be forced to tell me how yours went.

Peace,
Krysten

Posted: 14th Mar 2005
Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Hell, yea! Congrats! The first burn is always the most memorable. I remember mine well, although I was so drunk I don't remember anything else about that night. (Drinking + firepoi = bad idea. Drinking + firepoi + me = lucky SOB. No accidents!) I had been spinning flags for over a year at that point. We were hanging out at my friend's house, when he busted out the firepoi. It wasn't long before his driveway turned into a BYOB block party. Apparently everyone in his neighborhood were moths in a former life.



My girl was freaking out on me and begging me not to spin, but another six-pack eventually shut her down. She was toasted, and watched me spin through half of the fuel before she realized it was me.



Ironically, this is the same girl that had her first burn this weekend. I'm so proud.



OH WAIT!!! This isn't the "first burn" thread?



Sorry I got carried away. You're first burn got me all nostalgic. HAPPY SPINNING!!!!

We create a new world order, one of beauty and grace, color and sound. There is nothing more vibrant or full of life than the roar of fire tying knots of light around your body.

Posted: 14th Mar 2005
Hello and welcome to HoP!!!!

My state of mind is not yours to define!

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."