Hood's House

bob · Post by **bob** » 23 Nov 2005 21:23

in recent news i had a solo session for the first time in a long time......it was terrible.

happy thanksgiving

bob

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 24 Nov 2005 14:33

HooD wrote:Went to Marietta...instead of sandals and long pants...

Sandals in November? Hardcore.

bob · Post by **bob** » 25 Nov 2005 08:56

normally i would agree, but this weather was beautiful out. thats why we were so pumped to play. absolutely perfect footbag weather.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 25 Nov 2005 14:43

Hope everyone had a swell Thanksgiving. I'm at Charlotte , NC right now and it was pretty good. I'm here with my little niece Sophia who I adore, 2 golden retrievers who like to roll on me while I'm sleeping, and the family.

Today was the big shopping day where the top craziest women shoppers in the US wake up extremely early to get the best deals and shake those items in the losers faces. I woke up around 9 or so and went out with my sisters... it was somewhat a mistake to go out. I did score some sweet Adidas shorts for 12 bucks at Dicks Sporting Goods store. Everything else that was there was really expensive, like $30 - 50 shorts or shirts. Yes they were all nice and breathable, but F that, too much for shorts. I also bought some sweet Under Armor socks. My reasoning for those purchases was New Years Jam, gotta have some good stuff to kick in over at Chicago !

I also shred today in my sisters backyard, there is a small concrete spot that is pretty prime for kicking. Not a whole lot to mention other than my knee isn't giving me any problems. Shin splints are to a minimum. BUT of course there has to be something not right with me since I'm growing older. My hip adductor has recently felt a bit weak like a had a minor pull to it. So I've decided to do some more stretching since I've been slacking on that and some easy isometric strengthening for my hip.

1 month till X-Mas
1 month and 3 days till the Chitown Jam, AWwwwww YIEaaah !

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 26 Nov 2005 05:10

It's a good morning, dogs were sleepin a bit too close. Funny thing was one of them woke me up cause she was kicking me. I looked over and she was twitching and kicking. She must have been having one of those crazy good dog dreams.

I then proceeded the usual morning routine and as they were eating, I was stretching out and watching some 'Natural Born Kickers'. Sophia loves this stuff, she's like 8 months old, but finds it interesting. UNTIL ! Honza Weber came on the screen, she started pouting and doin her lil pouty scream. I laughed and thought that was momentus enough to post about.

Other than that, my hip is feeling a bit better, I'm going to stretch. Walk the dogs, and then practice my handstands for Chicago

. And if I'm still in a productive mood, I'll work on graphics some to the amped up website.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 27 Nov 2005 19:15

I got home from my big trip to NC, and I come home to my computer being dead. It won't start, itwon't sync with my monitor, not good. Soo...I have to figure what it is, and I'm pretty sure it'sthe mobo unfortunately. Argh...so mad...so sad...oh well. More time for other things though, even though I had a lot of things I needed to work on... I was just making good progress wth the new website, also need to make an edit for the X-mas modified thing. I'll fix it here soon though , when i get some dolla bills.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 02 Dec 2005 15:49

Yieah !!! After a couple hundred bucks and a couple hours of work on the comp. It's back up and in full effect !!

No footbag news thus far other than I still haven't gotten back my timeoff from where I work. They better work this out so I can go to Chicago, I'm not just going to flow with this if they say I can't get it off. My agreement was to work out in Barlow as long as I could get the end of Dec. off... It'll be my birthday, and I'll cry if I want Damn IT !

- I've lost everything on my computer, everything.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 02 Dec 2005 15:57

at least you've got this:

http://www.mwhansen.org/footbag/Blog%20Preview.mp4

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 02 Dec 2005 16:10

Jared and another friend of mine both got dead motherboards recently. I can feel your pain. I had to help restore one of those computers back to health.

Losing everything sucks. It's why I bought a removable hard drive. I have hoodshouse on my compy still and the stuff has been backed up. I've put a little time into the formatting lately, I'll email it to you soon.

I hope to still go to Chicago! I'm sure work will give you the time off to go. Think positive, things will work out.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 02 Dec 2005 16:49

Thanks Jeremy, you are my first and thus far only video of any sort on my computer...and it was amazing !!!

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 03 Dec 2005 17:11

Played right after work. Good session for recovering from a hang over. Brad came over to play, thanks to him I had a footbag. I brought all my shred gear...except for the footbag part. I woke up late and was drunken confused. So just ran around the house and left. Hit double over down swirl both sides, yay, and ... spinning rake, those would be the highlights.

Still haven't heard from work yet... Other than that, my computer is workin great. Replaced my 512mb ram ddr 333 with 1 gig of ddr 400. I've got another stupid ass broken mobo to hang on the wall... Right now I'm re D/L'ing All the half life stuff, and I may start playing Ragnarok again.

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 04 Dec 2005 14:33

I've got a ski mask and crowbar to help any employers make the right choice.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 04 Dec 2005 15:04

I gots cho back nukkah

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 08 Dec 2005 18:20

So the recent good news is, my time off is comfirmed. That means all the WV Crew will be making a lil drive to Chitown baby !

Today I shred with Brad after work, and I'm poooooped ! I shred pretty long and hard cause I can feel it in my left leg. Some slight soreness in the left medial portion of the shin, where I always get shin splints. My left knee also feels somewhat swollen all around the joint. BUT, on a more + note. I hit barfly > barfly. I also hit flip blurriest on my first try ! I'm thinkin there was something else...but maybe I'm wrong. I was finishing the session dead tired trying pdx drifter > pdx torque rpt. I hit them both sides pretty easily but couldn't link'em.

I still hate nuclear sets, go to hell Johnny Suderman. We'll just end this post on that note.

full nelson · Post by **full nelson** » 16 Dec 2005 14:56

Hmm, footbag...well, can't say it's been my main focus lately. I played about a week ago. I remember it was fun, but I don't think there were any breakthroughs. I"ll practice a lot next week so I can atleast play average for New Years Jam. Which leads me to to the fact that we're going to CHICAGO IN 12 DAYS! I'm expecting a good time. Excellent way to start off 2006.

I've been mostly working, playing guitar or just hanging out. My last day at work is next Friday so I'll be down for some shred.

Later

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 16 Dec 2005 15:48

I can't wait to hang out with you guys again.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 17 Dec 2005 07:17

Lez see here...I played Thursday and well, it wasn't too good ! I've noticed I'm starting to demand more from my game, which can lead to frustration. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing yet. Yes, pushing footbag harder makes it more challenging, and I love a good challenge. I just don't like that feeling of frustration, and thurs. night I was quite frustrated. Maybe it was just an off night with footbag and my whole well being. I just hope next session will be a bit more fun, I think I just need someone to skool with *cough* (brad / bob) *tonight* .

I specifically remember trying to hit 'blur' bsos, nothing special, not backside or frontside, just blur, and it took all my energy to hit it. Below is gonna be a list for myself to look at and analyze so I can hopefully pick at myself.
- Strong Pixie sets seem to be getting a bit sloppy.
- Flip pixies still go to the left a bit, but I need a nice consistant height and center set.
- Strong atomic is doin fine, until I'm fatigued.
- Flip atomic has come a long way, I just need to build consistancy, which I believe is do to my flip toe sets not being constant where it goes.
- Strong fairy is now pretty consistant, but can come off sloppy.
- Flip fairy isn't consistant. Again, the toe set isn't accurate so when dex'ing, my leg has to adjust to my junk toe sets.
- Quantums in general are there, just not utilized. Difficult to get hip high or higher sets.
- Strong stepping has built strength and consistancy. Height seems to be getting better, I just need to be more energy efficient with it.
- Flip stepping is getting better, but just like all my flip sets, I have a hard time getting a good center with it and tend to set it to my left side. Stepping height is pretty poor too.
- Nuclears are there on both sides. I don't quite grasp the technique to use to make it look and feel easy. I understand what i need to do i believe, I just haven't really felt myself do it yet. stupid johnny suderman -__-

So that goes for all my basic sets I guess. Basic analysis = skool flipside. Problem = flipside lacks strength to push it hard every session. Answer = Work technique more, analyze why I drop. There are plenty of players out there who can bust some hard shit without really muscular figure. Oh, and work basic left toe moves more since those sets don't feel 'natural'.

Edit :: 11 Days till Chitown baby !!!

full nelson · Post by **full nelson** » 19 Dec 2005 01:12

The crew played last night if only for a short time whole. It was fun. I'm going to try and hold myself back from stressful tricks or combos. I want to be able to walk when I'm old.

Just flowing with easier tricks is fun too and still leaves room for lots of creativity.

I doubt I'll play tonight as planned. I have to start getting ready for work in a few hours and I'm still awake so I'll probably pass out the minute I'm home afterwards.

shreddaily · Post by **shreddaily** » 19 Dec 2005 01:18

full nelson wrote: Just flowing with easier tricks is fun too and still leaves room for lots of creativity.

Amen brother.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 20 Dec 2005 09:42

That was a fun session for the most part. Too bad that Bob was feeling dizzy when he'd move his head. For those who don't know, which is everyone, Bob has some sort of ear infection. He did have some pretty bad vertigo, and no, he wasn't busting sloppy ducking pdx drifters. The first couple days he said he couldn't even walk. When we sessioned at the clinic, he was pretty dizzy with any head movements. Hopefully by Chitown (8 days), he'll feel a bit better.

Tonight I should be playin and i'll update if anything eventful happens. I'm really hoping I'll nail superfly tonight. Last session I 'felt' it. So I know I can hit it, and when I do, it's not going to be a fluke. Flip ps whirl is still really difficult. I'm havin a hard time getting the strength for that symp. move, but I've hit it once, I can do it again. I also hit uhm, diving symp whirl first try and ducking dlo first try, pretty cool stuff. "Hey bob, check this out." Bam - ducking dlo, last time i was hitting it, he missed it both times. I was telling brad, once I hit flip superfly, I know my game has really taken off and my leg is strong enough to hold it's on against my right leg. As of now it's having a hard time with most everything. But, it is progressing

ALSO - i just ordered 'Art of the Game' and a switch shirt. Merry X-mas to myself.

*random thought* Since i'm pretty well athiest, i was thinkin about switching to celebrating New Years more since the rest of the world can enjoy it so much. As of now , in our house, Christmas is pretty much a joke to have a huge party. With that said, I'm ready to celebrate the New Year in Chicago with some good friends