Jeremy Mirken's Footbag Blog

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 09 Jun 2005 22:14

Props on that record man! That was a very long and intimate sounding moment where the camera was caught between what seemed to be you and whoever was fliming's groins

Now that is a scream that could make a wolverine purr!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 13 Jun 2005 10:15

flipside atomic torque

uptime dolomite

whirring swirl, again (took 14 tries or so)

janiwalker>janiwalker again (many tries)

furious pickup (flip, never hit strong)

during a fun session w/ Bryan, Sam, and Anne.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 18 Jun 2005 16:49

paradon>barrage>double switch>repeat (1st time)
flip flurry (oh so hard!)

so as not to bring my blog to the top of the list, I just thought I'd drop an edit:
(day after the above:)

paradon>barrage>double switch>repeat (on several occasions)
dod>barrage>repeat (way harder for me)
symp. tapping symple blender (new 6)
other stuff i can't remember . . . short session tho.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 20 Jun 2005 15:18

A recent trick I hit:

http://www.mwhansen.org/footbag/Whip%20It.mp4

(if you laugh, my vid was a success . . . let me know)

also, recent sessions have brought me success. I sealed my first barroque today, and even though it was hot as HELL outside today, I managed to hit a cool 3 move combo: atomic swirl>torque>dyno. I was trying to hit that to a 4th move, but was off balance on 3 different occasions and bailed to avoid major faceplant.

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 20 Jun 2005 15:31

Haha, awesome video!

Jackbag · Post by **Jackbag** » 21 Jun 2005 08:09

You would think that footbag leads to injuries with knees, hips, and occasionally other lower extremities. However, Jeremy is not so lucky. Yesterday, after a session of hitting something impressive I'm sure, he turned into a 70 year old man. This uncommon state was due to a neck injury, prohibiting him from moving his right arm, smiling, or swallowing. He groaned and grunted like a stroke patient trying to communicate how intense the pain was. At first he refuse to remain immobile, this only caused him more agony to the point of yelling like a little girl. I finally convinced him to lie still in bed. He was such a good patient that I fashioned a neck brace out of one of my winter scarves. Jeremy looks good in pastels.

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » 21 Jun 2005 21:15

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 22 Jun 2005 20:21

Thanks for the support, BJ.
My neck felt much better today than yesterday, so i decided to have a short shred. Mostly just skooling stepping clipper variations. It was dark, the surface was not flat, so that didnt last long. Then I decided to break the symp reverse whirl record. It is now 5 (was 3)

. Im prepared to set it higher if needs be.

Tomorrow, I plan on waking up early and having an early session, and then a later evening session. I will try to break the tapping illusion record of 2, which shouldnt be too hard, and then the spinning outside stall record, which is 4.

EDIT:
Rather than bringing this blog to the top again, where it belongs

, I though i'd just note that I broke 1 world record this morning, spinning outside stalls. I hit 5 in a row, the old record was only 4. It was actually a pretty tough record to break, although Im sure that there are certain people on this forum with the ability to crush my measley 5.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 24 Jun 2005 23:12

Quick run-down:

105 degree weather= indoor shred until late afternoon.

Tried to film stuff, too much hassle, hit nothing great. Couldnt get past janiwalker> blurry whirl> blurry whirl. Next time maybe. Hit a flip flurry, my 4th ever, which was nice. Soon that move will be mine.

20 min later, outside session as it began to cool to 95 or so. Hit some cool stuff, not Dave Clavens cool, but cool nonetheless. Hit pdx torque bsos, but they were fairly ugly-really gotta clean that move up now that I can hit it.
Hit a Sick 3 for the online competition, 2 different ones actually, but ill use the better of the two in the comp.

Skooled blurrier a lot today, skooled matador on one side and ripped up the calf of my support leg. I almost managed to hit matador>janiwalker, so it was worth it. Also close to torque>janiwalker- I can hit it, just didnt give it enuf attempts.

All in all, 3.75 hrs of footbag, neck=fine, with no ibuprofen!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 26 Jun 2005 11:40

Saturday= leisurely day w/o shred. Morning b-ball with peeps from my dept. at the U of A. Filmed a little around the ole apt. complex and captured a couple of good wildlife pics.

Sunday= leisurely day of GOLF!!!!!!! Oh man, was it fun, well when i wasnt hacking out of the shrubbery 30 yeards off the fairways. I played a pitch and putt par 3 golf course, all 18 holes tho! I recorded only 3 pars

, all on the back 9, and one birdie

, also on the back 9. I shot a 33 on the back 9 and par was 27-not too shabby. Dont ask about the front 9 tho

I think im going to post a few pics up in dis biayatch, just to please my loyal readers:

me after a good move

View outside my window when its windy

A gecko enters my domain

Gecko close up

Tucson beauty- Prickly Pear Cactus

I yearn for Chicago

Ive never seen such a cute . . .

A local Tucsonan

Hope you enjoyed these pics

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 26 Jun 2005 12:04

Nice pictures. The day I post pictures in my blog you do the same thing in your blog? Do you always have to compete with me?
______________
Emily Kulczyk

"In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes."

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 26 Jun 2005 21:49

Have you ever heard the commercial for BIMBO bread? It's so cute....There's a jingle at the end with a cute voice saying, "BEEM-BO."

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 28 Jun 2005 13:50

EDIT: this is the latest bag I'm working on. its the first time Im using this partic. panel pattern and I like it.

In related news, I found some of my stitching materials, after having thought they were lost for nearly 2 months! Turns out, they were buried in the trunk of my car. Unfortunately tho, I still only have 4 colors, so i must use them wisely! I think i'll start to take up stiching again, but only as a hobby. We'll see how this one turns out . . .

Oh yeah, and I'm skooling stepping from osis-like moves as well as most of the 5 add moves that i suck at. The list goes on and on . . . . . . . . . .

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 29 Jun 2005 06:31

hey Mirk, i guess i was mad at you a month or 2 ago and I wrote this battle rap - im totally fine , but its funny so i wanted to post it: no hard feelings

Dear Jeremy Mirken, M.S.,
And a fair hello
to Ms. Jeremy Mirken soon to be Mrs.
A: hey mind your own business!
S: Oh, thats not permitted!

I didn't mean to blow up yo I just don't give a fuck, I'm trying to sort through my own muck, its almost too much, but I wont give up, trust me, I know, It'll be rough though, fo sho rain wont pour no mo.

I'm sorry, I never kissed you, and feed you my tears. My one and only. Oh wait I'm not that lonely OHHH foo you fooled got so phoney
ponies - yo that means you're gay
I got one more verse and it's gonna say:

I am the pimp that bestowed
Your act of pimp to even have CLOTHES!
I'm the eye that saw you at all...
Without my camera punk,
your junk aint no BALLS!

But that's getting off the wall,
and we wouldn't want to fall
so I can be the man who
will drop the ball

and call - myself a lesser man
for upping it a notch
i just wanted to see
wha wha what cha got

I have, I have not,
my own phillosophy
is not yet caught
but Ive got
a vague sillohuette
however you spell it
or smell it
taste touch feel
my sensory inputs
approximate what is real
it's what I feel...
when I touch fellows minds
the time has come for me to spit rhymes

to run -
chimes clung
man has himself hung
from a noose
just to let loose
one stick
before he gets sick
spitten rhymes so ill
the meanings' lost quick
a soft brick - hit you in the head
remind the man that he is not DEAD!
please fo-cus, on-what-I-have-said
the message is embed
the message is .........dead

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 29 Jun 2005 13:53

I just finished a bag, so I'm going to post some beautiful pictures of it for your viewing pleasure.

breathtaking pics:

Stupendous, my favorite pic:

Here is my bag shot in an angelic light:

I am really satisfied with the way that this bag turned out!

Jeremy

Oh yeah, I am going to have a whirl session today, practicing spinning whirl, atomic whirl, and tomahawk. I hope to all of them on both sides, but we'll see . . .

1337 · Post by **1337** » 29 Jun 2005 14:39

hows it goin mirk? I hear u used to kik in SB (from jackbag your wife). wehn do you think you'll come out again? i usually hack at CC..

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 29 Jun 2005 18:52

record=straight: I have no wife.

combo of the day: legbeater> pdx whirl>blur> rpt
a few spinning whirls=1 side only
a few tomahawks=1 side only
a few atomic whirl, =1 side only

knees hurt prematurely so stopped attempting the above moves

did practice pdx whirls instead tho.

really close to spinning whirl>torque>blur! i want to hit that very badly!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 04 Jul 2005 17:22

July 4th,

Im not doing anything special today other than hanging out with Amelia, but i did have a very special shred session. I didnt hit too many amazing things, but i did hit a couple of things that I was very proud of, and missed something else, that I was equally proud of. It was great because I tried combo X, which I'd never thought of trying before, and I got close my first try! Then, although it took me about 40 tries to hit it, i knew i could, so i just gave myself enough chances until I hit it. It felt great, and I sealed it with a small run. After that, I hit a veeeeery clean furious (pdx) illusion first try.

Earlier in my session, I hit spinning osis>blurry whirl, dyno>blurry whirl, and osis>blur, all with the stepping from my flip osis- well, I dont really have a flip osis, but it is waaay harder for me to step from one osis than the other. I was happy with that! Also, I drilled matador and i hit between 4-8 on both sides- my strong side is coming along nicely. Also, I hit a flip "hurl," or nuclear ss whirl, although I think I deleted it from my camera to make room for double symp whirr attempts, which I never hit.

All in all, I pushed myself very hard and had a great time

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 05 Jul 2005 22:21

July 5-

Short session, 40 min or so.
Some good torque runs, including gravedigger a couple of times, and my first pixie ss torque, midrun! I didnt even think about it-just threw it in there, totally unplanned. Sweet. Lets see, didnt hit too much. Ive been schooling some of the harder tricks from my strong steppng set, blurry drifter, bedwetter, and fog. I hit a couple of fogs and a bedwetter after only a few tries during my runs, which was nice. Got suuuuuper close to gravedigger> whirling swirl! I'll hit that in my next session for sure. das it.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 11 Jul 2005 16:04

Ive been in Santa CRuz for the last 4 days or so, looking for a new living accomodation. Luckily, Moxie has allowed me tocrash at her ans her sister's pad which was super kind and cool of her. We have had a few kicks, a few laughs, and some good eats. Today, I decided to get a townhome (rent) in a small community up HWY 1 called Aptos. It is about 12 miles below Santa Cruz, nestled beside the ocean. Awesome! So, that means that Ill be spending the next year of my life in California, which I am very excited about. Also cool is that the townhome is very spacious, with 2BR and 2BA, and a panoramic ocean view from both the livingroom and master bedroom windows!

Ill post a pic of the view up in this blog sometime soon.

Yesterday Moxie, Dr. Ridiculous, Farzan, and I had a sweet freestyle session, the highlights of which are posted in Moxie's blog, so I wont list them here. Needless to say, iut was my first real Santa Cruz footbag session, and I am very excited about the prospect of footbag exploding in Santa Cruz. I was really impressed with Farzan, who is a born-again newbie, but who had great control of his stalls and whom, I believe, will take to freestyle like a penguin to water. He is also a very nice guy with a good head on his shoulders, which helps. All in all, I had a great time at that session, 210 minutes worth of fun.

Today, Moxie and I had an abbreviated session. We didnt play very hard, just had fun and practiced some tricks, runs, and combos. I hit 18 drifrers today, close to my record, and I think I only tried about 5 times in total.

You'll come to Santa Cruz for the sessions, but you'll stay for the canned ham giveaway . . .