haha hoagey spread, i'm canning it now ladies.
i keep on trying to do a bullet style post of the past few months but i think i’m just forcing it as i it never comes out right. lots of l-i-v-i-n’, l-o-v-i-n and a little bit of k-i-c-k-i-n’. probably won't be an interesting post to read but writing is fun sometimes. also landed my first shoulderstands and headstands with my yoga teacher the other day, coming for you nick landes
have you ever experienced the conscious moment where everything feels like it’s fallen into place and you’re actually moving forward doing what you should be? i’m sure i’ll get hit by a bus tomorrow but i think i might be there.
mentally, i have not been sharp, top knotch hoag since like February and after tatcunt and i split my mental state was certainly further offset. My healing process for that situation wasn’t exactly kid tested and mother approved but i needed to wild n out a little more then usual to go back to basics. I really haven’t felt like myself since then but with my job having a financially historic spring/summer, my freelance schedule gaining ever growing momentum and the high level of clientele who expect the best from me rising, i had to elevate despite feeling like i didn’t have insides until july.
and elevate we have. from april-now i could probably fit a small portfolio with the work i’ve output.i’m pretty fuckin’ stoked to use my powers for good and give back to the community. been getting mentored from this older web designer dude as well so it feels pretty humbling that professionals in my industry see enough promise to invest time in me. Going to be going back to school in the fall as well to slowly start picking away at my 4 year degree, most likely in marketing or business. That combined with my current degree and experience should hopefully make me a fucking beast on resume paper by the time i’m 30. the time is now my friends. push like you’re giving birth indeed, gatesman.
alan (of NYFA fame-one of my best friends) and i sat down about a month ago and went over all the logistics of what we would need to get an apartment together, as far as financial goals go and overall expectations. we realized it wouldn’t be as nearly as a daunting voyage as originally thought and all we needed was a little time to get that yaper up* which should be relatively easy….
then the week of worlds, on a lovely gray sunday morning, some dickbag blew a red light as i was putting threw an intersection and smashed into the drivers side of my former pontiac,assumable offsetting all of the plans we had just finally concocted, totally fucked up my freelance schedule (including some footbag projects) pushing me further away from my goals, throwing the next few week’s client meetings and networking groups into disarray and pretty much intensifying the big ugly ball of negative energy i’ve had in me since march. certainly not the worst problem but the timing felt really shitty (other then the nice ford fusion matt kemmer “left” me while he was in copen hagen, thanks matt <3) more stoked i wasn't hurt then the car being destroyed but da
but ultimately the universe provides. i think that accident was not only the apex of all of my negative feelings but really, the jumpstart to push me from stoney hoagey beatz to more in line with the person i actual see myself as. stuff has gotten infinitely better since then and i can only thank my family, the homies, especially the guy in the b-fitted above who pushed my no seat belt wearing ass to the right when that car hit me & the close friends i’ve made in this community. it’s certainly taking alot of blood, sweat,footbag filler and sticky greens to almost be here, but 2016 will the year. i can fucking feel it.
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so footbag is a thing. its been a little inconsistent because work has been so busy and i had a good 3 weeks where my shin flared so was at a 2 sesh a week maximum at best for a little bit. i played last sunday with Matt K. & yesterday in salem with Mathieu G. Matt K. & I are all business and bromance and the Mat G. sesh was pretty killer. we’re at a pretty similar level and do alot of the same tricks so it was fun pushing shuffle and quantum sets with him. I saw fairy op dso for the first time which is a great trick,. i remember being too intimidated by Mat to shred with him at my first jam so its a nice, full circle kinda feeling that he would take the time to meet me 10 minutes away from my house to tear it up.
bobby g. left mass for cali the weekend of NYFA jam. I really miss hanging out with him and his family already. Between getting us to numerous tournaments safely, being a consistent shred partner and of course his crown jewel, the masterful organization of the 2014 shoetown throwdown, bob’s run here in boston has been nothing short of historic. However, as much as I love the third dex of torch R rack, sometimes the true beauty of this sport lies within the unique relationships you walk away with.
on top of shredding with me as much as possible, bob was definitely at the core of most of the positive experiences and good memories i have of the past year and a half between showing me lots of awesome music, going to shows & of course beer, downing burritos and just general BSC reppin’. He’s been a great professional resource to bounce ideas off of & as bad as it sucks to lose him to the west coast, he put up with a pretty inspiring amount of life bullshit to make that move true so i’m happy he was able to complete his goals all things considered, da skull behind the smiley face. keep it real on the left coast, bobby g.
also guylights.
random stuff i can remember:
-gyro dlo>pixie whirl rpt to one of the densest runs i’ve ever
-infinity swirl>pdx dlo/pdx egg bs. always liked these combos, very somolinos but i never had the clipper control for them until now.
-fairy ss egg beater>ducking symp whirl
-dropped the last smoke on bubbabeater>smoke rpt>dlo>smoke rpt
-gyro non symp rev swirl bs, most likely new (with matt k, who hit it from stepping whirl bs)
-whirlygig bsos. new sadly but super fun.
also my fist true spender from a few weeks ago. i wanted to shred the seal hard but i got too euphoric and excited
taking it all in and staying grateful for everything. it’s been way to long since i’ve been in crush mode, really looking forward to the next few months in which i probably will forget i have a footblog. don’t stop pushing kids, fuck what your mom said.
"the second you can look into the sky and see your own reflection, you know you're headed in the right direction"
*yaper. it's your boy creation as a goat. hadn't watched this in years and still think das racist is funny as shit.
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