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7 posts
Location: 35.913N by 79.056W
7 posts
Location: 35.913N by 79.056W
Posted:
Hi,
So, I moved to Chapel Hill almost a year ago. Before that, I lived in Houston, where many really spiffy people spin fire. I spun practice poi, and admired the fire people for their daring. (Admiring them for their skill goes almost without saying, though it deserves to be said.)
When I got here, I worked a whole lot. And eventually, I started taking yoga. When I saw the rooms the classes were in, with their big high ceilings, I just knew that they would make great rooms to spin in. I asked the people about maybe using their rooms, and what I wanted to do... they asked if I could maybe teach poi there.
Just as soon as I get good, I'll think about it.
That being said, I need to start practicing again, so I can get good. I'm hoping that there are people here in the Raleigh - Durham area with whom I can practice.
Hi,
So, I moved to Chapel Hill almost a year ago. Before that, I lived in Houston, where many really spiffy people spin fire. I spun practice poi, and admired the fire people for their daring. (Admiring them for their skill goes almost without saying, though it deserves to be said.)
When I got here, I worked a whole lot. And eventually, I started taking yoga. When I saw the rooms the classes were in, with their big high ceilings, I just knew that they would make great rooms to spin in. I asked the people about maybe using their rooms, and what I wanted to do... they asked if I could maybe teach poi there.
Just as soon as I get good, I'll think about it.
That being said, I need to start practicing again, so I can get good. I'm hoping that there are people here in the Raleigh - Durham area with whom I can practice.
Here is the place,
Now is the time;
Let's invent the kiss.
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick ... boing ... boing ... boing ...
Welcome to HoP Numen! Never been to the Carolina's before but I understand that the country is beautiful.
Gidg bounces in on her pogo stick ... boing ... boing ... boing ...
Welcome to HoP Numen! Never been to the Carolina's before but I understand that the country is beautiful.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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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!!
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."
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Christian Death Metal Anyone?
313 posts
Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Christian Death Metal Anyone?
313 posts
Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Posted:
HI, Welcome.
HI, Welcome.
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If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?
-- Steven Wright
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The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
Posted:
Hello and welcome, sorry cant help with your practise problem. Maybe if you search the meet others thing you can find someone. its in the community drop down bar.
Hello and welcome, sorry cant help with your practise problem. Maybe if you search the meet others thing you can find someone. its in the community drop down bar.
fire leads to creation
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member
117 posts
Location: Blackpool, England
member
117 posts
Location: Blackpool, England
Posted:
hey and
to HoP
from one newbie to another
hey and
to HoPfrom one newbie to another
it's a mad world...and i love it!!!
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
It's tough with all these same place names....do you mean houston/durham/chapel hill in the UK or the US? If it's UK then I know a guy called Bez on HoP (and spherculism) who lives in Durham. He's a really nice chap and his girlf is lovely too so you could meet up with them
It's tough with all these same place names....do you mean houston/durham/chapel hill in the UK or the US? If it's UK then I know a guy called Bez on HoP (and spherculism) who lives in Durham. He's a really nice chap and his girlf is lovely too so you could meet up with them
Let's relight this forum 
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
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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Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
1,584 posts
Location: Angels Landing, USA
Basu gasu bakuhatsu - because sometimes buses explode
1,584 posts
Location: Angels Landing, USA
Posted:
More American people! Welcome!
I'm still looking into getting myself deported.
More American people!
Welcome!I'm still looking into getting myself deported.
To do: More Firedrums 08 video?
Wildfire/US East coast fire footage
LA/EDC glow/fire footage
Fresno fire
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
Hi!!
If you're from Houston, that means I've probably met you. Thanks for the kind words about the peeps around here. They are an amazing bunch in so many ways.
Just keep up the practicing, and I'm sure one day soon you will indeed be able to teach those classes...It's what your teacher down here did.
Hi!!
If you're from Houston, that means I've probably met you. Thanks for the kind words about the peeps around here. They are an amazing bunch in so many ways.
Just keep up the practicing, and I'm sure one day soon you will indeed be able to teach those classes...It's what your teacher down here did.
newbie
7 posts
Location: 35.913N by 79.056W
7 posts
Location: 35.913N by 79.056W
Posted:
Yes, we've met. I was just starting to get comfortable with all the new (wonderful) people I met at Flipside and AA, and Laura's classes. And then I left Houston.
It's not that I grew up sheltered, exactly. I just didn't get out much, until much later in life.
So, AFTER I wrote my intro post, I started scanning through everyone else's posts... and realized that I'd been very cagey in what I said about myself. So... let me give the verbose description, instead.
My name is Aaryn. I'm 30 years old. I was raised in the Air Force, so I can't really claim to have grown up anywhere. If any place, Houston would be it, and I didn't get there until college. Unlike most military brats, I got to live in wonderful and exotic places, like Kansas, rural Massachusettes, and Lompoc California. All of my friends spent time in Germany and Japan. But, I'm the only kid on my block to have kicked a nuke, so I guess it all balances out.
The unpleasant side effect of moving around is that every couple of years, I would lose all my friends, and have to make new ones. By the time I started elementary school, I kind of gave up trying. I'm a voracious reader, though.
When I got to college, I met a group of people with just as little social skillz as me, and we all bonded quite well. But, we also used each other to learn to be around people, and I like to think that I'm no longer that guy who pushes everyone else away in his flailing attempts to get to know people.
Eventually, a friend of a friend of my then fiancée (now wife) told us about Flipside, and how great it was. We went (don't ask how we managed to get tickets, but we did), and had a great time. While there, I saw fire spinning for the first time. Eventually, I discovered that Laura was giving lessons in town, and I signed up. From that class, I heard about other gatherings in town, and started showing up when I could. (I'm not sure how much info is too much to give about other people in Houston, so I'll stop here.)
So, my wife was accepted to the University of North Carolina, here in Chapel Hill, so I moved out and got a job. And a REALLY crappy apartment, that I found on the Internet. We're supposedly buying a house, but they're taking far too long to finish it. So mostly I work, and wait for my stuff to get out of storage. I miss my stuff. All the art is packed away. Almost all the furniture, as well. All the books... oh the poor books. I need my books... it's been almost a year since I had my books.
So anyway, I'd like to do something other than work, and start meeting new people again. I'm out of practice.
Yes, we've met. I was just starting to get comfortable with all the new (wonderful) people I met at Flipside and AA, and Laura's classes. And then I left Houston.
It's not that I grew up sheltered, exactly. I just didn't get out much, until much later in life.
So, AFTER I wrote my intro post, I started scanning through everyone else's posts... and realized that I'd been very cagey in what I said about myself. So... let me give the verbose description, instead.
My name is Aaryn. I'm 30 years old. I was raised in the Air Force, so I can't really claim to have grown up anywhere. If any place, Houston would be it, and I didn't get there until college. Unlike most military brats, I got to live in wonderful and exotic places, like Kansas, rural Massachusettes, and Lompoc California. All of my friends spent time in Germany and Japan. But, I'm the only kid on my block to have kicked a nuke, so I guess it all balances out.
The unpleasant side effect of moving around is that every couple of years, I would lose all my friends, and have to make new ones. By the time I started elementary school, I kind of gave up trying. I'm a voracious reader, though.
When I got to college, I met a group of people with just as little social skillz as me, and we all bonded quite well. But, we also used each other to learn to be around people, and I like to think that I'm no longer that guy who pushes everyone else away in his flailing attempts to get to know people.
Eventually, a friend of a friend of my then fiancée (now wife) told us about Flipside, and how great it was. We went (don't ask how we managed to get tickets, but we did), and had a great time. While there, I saw fire spinning for the first time. Eventually, I discovered that Laura was giving lessons in town, and I signed up. From that class, I heard about other gatherings in town, and started showing up when I could. (I'm not sure how much info is too much to give about other people in Houston, so I'll stop here.)
So, my wife was accepted to the University of North Carolina, here in Chapel Hill, so I moved out and got a job. And a REALLY crappy apartment, that I found on the Internet. We're supposedly buying a house, but they're taking far too long to finish it. So mostly I work, and wait for my stuff to get out of storage. I miss my stuff. All the art is packed away. Almost all the furniture, as well. All the books... oh the poor books. I need my books... it's been almost a year since I had my books.
So anyway, I'd like to do something other than work, and start meeting new people again. I'm out of practice.
Here is the place,
Now is the time;
Let's invent the kiss.
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