I started playing with my mind in the right state, but my body wasn't following. I kept messing up simple sht. So I decided to just drill some inifinities. That got me pretty warm.
Drilled 40 flip whirls. I hit 4 in a row! They felt good and styley.
Then I did some gyro mirages. After a few BS, I tried a Vortex and hit it after 2 tries. Then the rest of the session was trying the other side. I hit it...finally.
During practice I learned: set close to the body and not too high and turn fast. I'm still not sure if my drifter leg should be in the air coming out of the spin or fast right after completing the spin.
I randomly tried the other Vortex again after I hit it BS, and I hit it again!! It kinda sucked cuz that meant I had to hit it on the other side again...but I did. So: 2x Vortex BS!
31OCT2005
I only schooled 40 flip whirls. I wasn't in footbag mood again - physically. Last night I was. I was feeling it. Outside of the movie theater in the parking lot, with pants on, but oh well. I really need to get hyped again. Music? Kicking with others? kamil? tim? Didn't do shit for Halloween. Watched a scary movie by myself.
01NOV2005
I called the special events office and asked about footbag being in the festival just to make sure that things are going well. She confirmed that footbag is happening. I haven't talked directly to Scott about it, since we leave that to Zeke. And I just wanted to talk directly to the source because, in addition to other reasons, we want to take a more active role in running the event.
I didn't realize that I was talking to such a direct and involved person, and happened to mention that we would like to take a more active role in running it (I might have used the word "supplant"), to which she replied, "Does Scott know?" Apparently she was already aquainted with Scott and the event.
I asked what is necesary to be involved, and she said you just submit a proposal and they evaluate it. I don't know how Scott's hookup was involved then. They said they evaluate based on how much interactivity you can offer to people coming by. That's a new goal to have since the woman felt it was lacking somewhat and we were segregating ourseleves.
hours later played footbag, and many more hours later am adding...
Beforehand: 4x[20 pushups>stretch>20 reverse pushups>stretch], walked the dogs, then watched some James footage.
Then started off with
20 swirls BS (40) (been a while)
40 flip whirls
then tried to string a while, and was sucking ass. I was setting my stepping set into my leg. I tried to do a 2 move combo of 2 moves I can do pretty well. I couldn't do shit. I was so pissed. For a while now I feel like I'm not playing well. I got this feeling that I should quit: I don't have enough talent, etc. etc. I tried to make myself believe that if I tried hard enough that I could overcome it. I wasn't necessarily buying it or at least maybe not wanting to. I started thinking though, that maybe why I was missing so many of my old good moves was because I've been drilling so long that my strings suck ass now. Sometimes I tell myself that I should never practice stepping moves because i got them dialed and don't have to. However, I decided to school 2 move combos including fundamental moves:
10 ripwalk>drifter BS (20)
10 blur>paradon BS (20)
10 smear>eggbeater BS (20)
This was just what i needed. I focused and made that stepping set good again. The first combo was pretty easy. The second - I was dying sometimes. I learned though that I just needed to do my double downs faster and that was the ticket. The last combo was a killer as well - flipside that is. I kept wacking the flip eggbeater with my leg.
My problem is that I keep trying after I'm hella winded. I could simply wait, catch my breath, and prolly hit it. Instead, I keep trying till I'm thrusting all my energy into every try and breathing really really hard. I hope that it'll pay off (stamina maybe? or more?). That's not why I do it; I just want to keep trying and hit it! I sat down a while, then did the obligatory
10 flip pdx whirls
I was gonna do torques, but they are very energy needing.
I ended up very pleased, and optimistic about better future strings with this kind of training.
02NOV2005
Erik Chan day
Reile, Zeke, Josh, Nathan and I came out to meet Erik. I played horrendously. Couldn't hit nothing to save my life, and I kept trying and trying. Erik seemed cool. he spins and ducks alot; I like it. I always wanna play well when out of towners come, and I never can. At least the spot was pretty snazzy, though, we almost had to kill a nigga and throw him in the river cause he wanted to debate semantics and get up in our face.
03NOV2005
Erik Chan Day 2
Met Josh and Jake @ Millenium Park @ 3pm. This photographer intern for the Red Eye Newspaper asked if she could take some pics of us. Even if she wasn't sweet and hot I would've said yes. She was laying on the ground and taking pictures
, using light devices and stuff...I was getting ready to be directed. I hope she got some good shots; alot of footbag shots can come out messed up. I will scan the newspaper if I find it. edit: I didn't do thisLater Zeke, Kamil, Erik, Nathan and Jon came. Tim came later later - but at least came.
I played alot better today, but still not great. It was really fun though. I hope Erik had a good time. Lots of people took pics or video of us (since Millenium park is such a tourist spot).
Afterwards we went to Potbellies and ate some delicous toasted sandwiches in the outside tables with plants surrounding us. We talked to Emily on the phone. I hadn't heard her real voice in a while. I was afraid of the awkwardness that sometimes comes when you haven't talked to a friend in a while and there's nothing common to talk about, but it was the total opposite - smooth and fulfilling.
~~~Non footbag~~~
After jam, came home, took shower, hooked up with tommy and went to karls to play poker.
Started off shitty with some jackasses on either side of me commenting on every hand like they were on ESPN...like they were fuckin poker savants...it made me sick. Using all the lingo, calculating all the odds, acting like they were cool. I'm used to a friendly game on thursdays. But these new guys sucked! And I'm so glad they lost!!
Later another game started with the OG's. I played after hating the first game i wasn't gonna but it was all the friendlies. It was really fun. I won! First time winning. I was lucky...I must've had like 5 full houses.
Later, for celebration, Tommy and I wnt to TBK and got super Nachos and 711 and got Iced tea...then went to his house (which I haven't done in over a month) and watched Naruto - finally. We have been wanting to have the mutual time and opportunity to star watching again. Episode 90 - finallly back on track.
A very very full and fun day.
04NOV2005
No footbag today. Went up to lane to play but noone was there, so drove to Zeke's house. We talked about NYJ among other things. Some things we talked about was entrance fees and shirt designs and sponsorship.
05NOV2005
Nada
Review
Sunday: pretty good for learning Vortex
Monday: Crap but Halloween, thought I was gonna do something fun
Tuesday: Great day, turnaroung in feelings. AND talked to HYJ coordinators
Wednesday: played bad. met erik chan
Thursday: fun day. saw lots of peeps (including tim). Then even funner later
Friday: suck
Saturday: suck
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