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Ok, haven't played in a few days but felt like making a blog post anyway :P .

It's funny. Something that really annoys me is when people tell me something I already know as if I didn't know it. I'm not sure why it annoys me - it's not like it's a particularly bad thing or anything. I got an email like that today and I was in the middle of writing a reply back basically saying "yeah thanks I know all that already" when I realised what a silly thing that would be. There is so much beaucracy in footbag. I don't think you realise :P. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe not. I guess there are advantages and disadvantages.

Anyway my crusade to see the freestyle rules updated is getting close to completion. Or at least the end is in sight. Drafts have been written for all the major events and we may be posting them publically (at footbag.org) in the near future :) I'm expecting a bit of controversy even though we stuck to what rules are actually used (rather than making our own) but luckily we can ignore everybody who isn't an IFPA member since these rules are the IFPA rules. :D

Oh I got an email from a friend who is probably leaving for good. That really sucks, I really hope he doesn't. I guess the problem comes from having too high expectations of the world, rather than accepting it for how it is. Anyway I respect his decision and I'll have to make sure to send him regular emails. It's sad anyway.

I have found a new kebab shop that is very nearby and actually sells good kebabs (slovakis!!). Previously in my area there was a pizza place (ok) and a greek place that had lots of crappy deep fried food, horrible slovakis and not much else (actually it has a good selection of drinks :P). But a new Turkish (I think) take away place has just opened directly between those two shops - about 10 minutes walk from home - which is very friendly and makes good slovakis :) I'm pretty stoked on that.

When I was in melbourne I lived 2 minutes walk from the best and cheepest kebab place I've known with really friendly owners, so it's nice to have something similar here (although no where near the standard or price :P)

Might play today - we'll see what happens. It's alread 4:20 but I'd like to play anyway :P. I wrote out two shred 30s and some sick 3 combos that I'd like to try. The first shred 30 was ridiculously hard - so something to work on for worlds 2009 or something :P but I think I can definitly hit the other without too much trouble. Also the sick 3 combos I could definitly hit but getting them to be first attempt is the challenge. I want to hit my sick 3 combos like Vasek - ie. not hit combos that I might drop.
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jer...emy wrote:Oh I got an email from a friend who is probably leaving for good. That really sucks, I really hope he doesn't. I guess the problem comes from having too high expectations of the world, rather than accepting it for how it is. Anyway I respect his decision and I'll have to make sure to send him regular emails. It's sad anyway.
yeah...the world does suck...i dont want to accept it either, i would much rather make a point to try to make my own way through it while scoffing those who wallow in it. dunno why im posting this...especially in your blog, but im in a pissy mood and what you said reminded me of some reasons why.
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That's cool, I welcome most comments to my blog.

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I REALLY hate when people tell me something that I know like I don't know it, too. I understand what you mean.
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yeah totally. It's such a stupid thing to get annoyed about too - and that annoys me even more. It's a viscious cycle of annoyment :P

The part that annoyed me the most was the bit that mentioned something somebody was doing and that I should get in contact with them - while in reality I'm the person that organised what they're doing and invited them to help out.

Anyway I feel I should stay vague about these things for the moment so that story is probably a waste of time :P At least for now.

I'm so impatient these days. I have all this energy to get things rolling with footbag - but I do all this work, and then it takes 5 days for people to reply. Sometimes I feel I should not ask peoples opinions at all, since they take so long to give them but that seems counter productive. I dunno, if we lived in an ideal world than things would be better ;)
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So I had a great kick today. I love Saturdays :). Everything about them is great. I played pretty hard at times. I think I came pretty close to beating my guiltless record although I wasn't counting. It got to the point where I think wow this is a long run - and then went at least twice as long so I'm guessing over 60 contacts minimum. Not any really hard moves in it though and lots of bops but I was still stoked.

Also came fucking close to an amazingly heinious combo - like fuck! If I hit this I would have to get it on video rather than just posting it. Only 2 moves :P

Also I hit whirlygig>whirlygig>ducking symposium outside kick (last move not sealed) - which is also pretty sweet! (beast here I come - even if it's a ridiculously cheap beast :P)

I played with Alex (the kid), Glenn, Jorden and James. James hit pixie for the first time and was also busting clippers and some other cool stuff. Jorden hit mirage for the first time, so it was a productive session. Glenn ballanced a club on the side of another club for the first time and also broke his record for 6 ball juggling - so he was doing good too.

I also did some routine stuff which worked well :)

Well I'm offski to a party soon. All the drama on modified is getting a little boring and hopefully will die down or something eventually :P
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I had a nice kick today.

Drilled swirl for an hour and then janiwalker for an hour. Made some significat progress with swirl, not so sure about janiwalker. Will endevour to play again tomorrow.

Also I have 7 bags to make this week - well 6 now. I was supposed to send some bags out today but I've been too busy and I'm broke. They'll definitly be sent out soon though!
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Had another kick today.

There were builders fixing the house so I couldn't play inside so luckily Glenn called me at 8 am and asked if I wanted to kick down at the Police Community Youth Centre - which I did.

I just sk00led stuff. Swirls and osis mainly. Also worked on my shred 30 - which needs work but I can hit the first 18 moves pretty much every time, I think it's just a stamina problem that's holding me back from there - my legs were pretty sore today and I think that made a considerable difference. Since I'm on a crusade to play lots and lots everyday I think the soreness will go away soon and be replaced with amazing strength. Then I can see myself hitting at least 29 of the 31 moves for my shred 20.

Glenn and I also played "the game that Glenn invented" - which is like a weird hybrid of net footbag but generally cooler ;)

We also had a battle - I was doing consecutive legovers and he was juggling 5 clubs - I won convincingly - which was no surprise (I don't think Glenn realised how easy legovers are for me). Then he juggled 4 clubs and I did butterflies and he won but I still got an ok amount - we went for over a minute I think anyway. Finally I juggled 3 balls and he did 4 club tricks - I won on that but when we evened it up and made it 3 balls for me - 3 clubs for Glenn he totally destroyed me :(.

Glenn also did some cool new juggling stuff. He did a full spin after throwing up 3 clubs and kept juggling them. He couldn't do it with 5 though (as in juggle 5 - throw up 3 and spin holding two - keep juggling 5). He also was doing 3 club behind the bag passes with every club (both sides) perfectly - which is a trick he's been sk00ling for a long time now.

After that i bought some thread and came home and have been working on footbags, checking the forum or sleeping since. Oh I had some tuna and avocado sandwhiches for lunch too. Avocado's rock!

Oh yeah - on Sunday we played flying disc. Not any frolf but maybe next week. I thought we could so I could do a Lon blog report but nobody else was keen.
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I'm loving the complete lack of emoticons ;)

Good to see you're taking it back to basics every now and again, Jeremy.
It doesn't make me feel so bad when I have to.
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Kiser_Tobias wrote:I'm loving the complete lack of emoticons ;)
What are you talking about? I use emoticons all the time. 8O ;)

Good to see you're taking it back to basics every now and again, Jeremy.
It doesn't make me feel so bad when I have to.
Yeah for sure - I think all players should sk00l their basics lots. But I guess also I'm not happy with a move unless I can hit it 99% of the time. Actually %100 of the time - every time I drop a move it makes the think I need to work on it more - even stuff like smear or dimwalk which are probably my most solid moves still need work. I'd like to get the easy things to close to the level I want (actually getting to the goal I want would be better but not as much of a priority) before moving up to trying harder stuff too much.

That said: swirl and osis are pretty hard for me. I can hit whirlygig more frequently than swirl on either side :P
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Swirl and Oasis? pfft, thats nothing... ok so yeah this is my first post! :P I've been playing a while but not really getting anywhere, i did'nt think to look on the net for more info and did'nt realise how big it was. so cool! yeah and now i'm right into it, I usually get down to Salamanca every Sat and get into it. I'v hit a couple of tricks, just trying to get ust to both sides. Hit a pixie the other day and now am working on perfecting clipper stalls. Around the world, can hit but not into a stall as yet.

so yeah, thats it!
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Jeremy, you can't just change your title to "Hobart Footbag Club" right away. It's been your blog for eons! Start a new one for the club. I like reading your random crap.
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Firstly James - welcome to the forum! James is very talented and very keen :) So soon he will be better then me :)

David - don't worry, I'll still post random crap in my blog. Only now I'm sharing it so more people can post random crap :)! I think that will be more interesting.

I've nearly finished making 3 bags today!! I'll post up some photos in a few hours!
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Wheel Bags! Email me to order one now :)

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Sandwhich:

Wholegrain organic bread
Olive oil based margerine
Basil Dip (basil, cashews, parmasan cheese)
lettuce
tomato
ham
bbq sauce
chedder cheese

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Finished another bag today. Also two people actually paid me for bags which is awesome - props to them - I like people who pay at the same time as they order (rather than waiting a few days/weeks whatever)

Footbag day tomorrow :)
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jeremy wrote:Finished another bag today. Also two people actually paid me for bags which is awesome - props to them - I like people who pay at the same time as they order (rather than waiting a few days/weeks whatever)
yeah well, im sure the people buying bags like it when the bag is shipped the same day they pay...not aimed at anyone, just a general statement :)
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lol, that's true too - but I'm not in their position - I'm in my position and was commenting on what I like. There are lots of things other people like that I could comment on but that would be a bit silly in my opinion.
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:lol: hee hee hee
and it would take awhile too. actually im buying less and stitching more for myself, so im in a position to make myself the happiest. though im usually too lazy, but that makes me happy too, so its ok.
i really dont know what it is about your blog, jer...it always brings the most random shit outa me. :P
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