Jeremy Mirken's Footbag Blog

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 04 Mar 2006 02:45

I appreciate the comment

Another LOOOOOOng session tonight with the core SC Crew produced the following results:

jani>blurry torque (2x!! in total)
fury>fusion (a bit the)
several runs with 5 unique 5s
Two runs with 6 unique 5s
1 run with 7 unique 5s
flip jani alot, starting to skool it now that my knee is better
mullet bs about 5-10 times each
Atomic ducking whirl
EDIT: ducking legover x 6, ducking legover x7 with one sketchy duck in there

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 04 Mar 2006 09:50

BS Whirl > PS Eggbeater: AWESOME LINK!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 11 Mar 2006 20:15

Well, I had a good session with FunkLovesFootbag today . . . lasted about 4 hours or so. I hit blurry whirl>symp whirl bs, but thats nothing special. I was esp. proud of hitting 227 guiltless contacts over 10 consecutive runs. I had 2 runs of 40+ contacts and 2 runs in the mid-high 30s. I skooled flip toe blender, flip whirling swirl, and i hit 9 consec strong swirls. I hit whirling swirl bsos 5 times in this session, which was one of my challenges, which felt nice. Ive been working on that one (albeit not very hard) for about a year now.

Unfortunately, my personal life is not going as well as footbag lately. Ive been pretty unhappy. Just so you dont get all worried about me, I might be away from modified for a while. I think Ill have to buy a computer before I start posting again regularly. You'l hear from me again soon hopefully. Oh, I forgot, I will be able to check modified when Im at work

, so I guess you can disregard my last statements. But, I'll add that I wont be on AIM, because I dont have AIM at work.

Sometimes life can really suck. I have no real friends near me besides Dat, Emily, and Fletcher. They're really my "footbag friends-" I don't know if there is a difference between the two. I guess I would be screwed if it weren't for footbag, because then I'd have practically nobody to turn to. I guess I should really just be sending this heavy stuff to myself through a PM, because personal bullshit isn't supposed to clog Modified or my blog. I guess I just want the satisfaction of knowing that some other people will finally know just a portion of how Im feeling and what Ive been going through lately, because I haven't really felt able to tell anyone in 3 months or so. Well, I feel miserable.

EDIT: Since the last time I wrote, a few things have been decided. Amelia and I are no longer together as a couple. She moved out three days ago. She stopped loving me. As you can imagine, Im basically utterly devastated, as I had little to no idea that her feelings about me were changing the way they were. I guess it started right after Chicago. So, now Im really lonely and Im not ready to be alone after almost 4 years. I basically went from happily coupled for 3.5 years, to mostly-happily coupled for 3 additional months, to alone in 3 days. I guess I'll be hanging out with the SCSC (shred coalition) a bit more in the coming weeks and months .

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 11 Mar 2006 21:34

Jeremy,
I hope all goes well. Things will turn up eventually; they always do. You're such a cool, funny and smart fellow. You are loved the world over!

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 12 Mar 2006 02:58

Hey,
it's always good to write your feelings, and it's even better if you do it in a public place. It always makes you feel better, so do it everytime you can.

BTW... When travelling with a train I met... A guy who looks exactly like you

The same hairs, the same facial hairs, the same glasses, the same height, and body time... When he came in to mine compartment, the first thought I had was "Jeremy Mirken!"...

Hehe... Maybe everyone has his own look-alike somewhere on the world?

Keep shredin'
Pawel

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 12 Mar 2006 05:31

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 18 Mar 2006 12:13

I'm sorry I didn't notice this earlier.. since I shredded with you the last few sessions I wasn't reading this. Though I've never been in a serious relationship with somebody for that long, I'm no stranger to heartbreak. I'm getting choked up just writing this actually. One thing I want to say about that though, is that it never helps when someone tells you it will get better. But it will. It never goes away completely but it sucks less and less.

I have no real friends near me besides Dat, Emily, and Fletcher. They're really my "footbag friends-" I don't know if there is a difference between the two.

I don't think there is a difference. I'd still hang out with you if we weren't footbaggers. In fact, I think of you and Emily more as family. You two are pretty much the only reason I like this town.

I guess I'll be hanging out with the SCSC (shred coalition) a bit more in the coming weeks and months .

That's fine by me homie. I'm here for ya.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 18 Mar 2006 12:23

Thats very to hear Fletcher "Way with Words" Funk. I'll take that to heart. Since you brought my blog to the top, I might as well post the highlights of yesterday's marathon session with Fletch and Emily.

I skooled tomahawk for a short while cause I suck at that move. After yesterday's skooling, I still suck. but I did manage to hit it both sides many times.

Tomahawk>tomahawk> run with ps to ps and a bl wh
Blurry drifter>tombstone (2 times!)
Pdx whirling swirl>rev up

Janiwalker>pdx whirling swirl > run with ps>ps and a blurry whirl, drop on blurriest

gdawg8_0 · Post by **gdawg8_0** » 18 Mar 2006 13:07

whoa...wait a minute, i met a guy at CSS7 who was a speech language pathologist......was that you? if, not then small world! (sorry for goin off topic)

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 18 Mar 2006 13:52

Senor Grommet wrote: Pdx whirling swirl>rev up

Awesome... Very, very very cool.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 18 Mar 2006 17:47

gdawg8_0 wrote:whoa...wait a minute, i met a guy at CSS7 who was a speech language pathologist......was that you? if, not then small world! (sorry for goin off topic)

Jeremy might not be online this weekend, so I'll answer that Jeremy was at CSS7 so he's probably the person you met.

Jeremy,

Senor Grommet wrote:I guess I would be screwed if it weren't for footbag, because then I'd have practically nobody to turn to.

There's no need to beat yourself up for something that's not the case. You do have footbag, and you do have people who care about you. And if you didn't have footbag, you wouldn't be sitting at home with no friends. You're a social person who is easy to like, you won't ever be completely alone if you don't want to be.

Senor Grommet wrote:I have no real friends near me besides Dat, Emily, and Fletcher. They're really my "footbag friends-" I don't know if there is a difference between the two.

There is a difference in my opinon. But in our case, if asked to describle what you are I'd say a "close friend" before I'd say "shred buddy." If I stopped playing footbag, we would definitely still be friends, hang out, and have good conversations. We'd just have to find new things to do while hanging out.

(Bowling? We could join a league!) I'm glad you, Fletch and I have an excuse to hang out more outside of footbag.

Love,
Your friend Emily

gdawg8_0 · Post by **gdawg8_0** » 18 Mar 2006 19:48

NOOOOO! AWW! (insert obscene swear words) i coulda ordered a mirken bag.... his look awesome.....

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 21 Mar 2006 12:04

sup mirk-man!

think you can do this?
drifter>pdx drifter>blurry drifter>rpt?

i wouldnt be suprised if you had already...but yeah, that would be pretty mind-blowing.

peace'm out!

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 21 Mar 2006 15:44

Whoa! thats a cool combo that Ive never even thought of trying. It'll be pretty hard but I think I can hit it within a few sessions.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 27 Mar 2006 06:47

fury>flip atomic drifter>run
food processor> ripwalk
1 long run
recently attempting stepping from p. wh. sw.
p wh sw>rev up
jani>p wh sw
tomahawk bsos

max · Post by **max** » 27 Mar 2006 07:16

p wh sw>rev up

props! that's a very cool, styley and unique link

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 28 Mar 2006 20:25

Darn short session (good short tho) with Emily K. and Nate Linscott produced some cool results for all three of us. Ill just post what i can remember:

Emily:
-mid 30s clip>op clip (drifter style)
-mid 20s clip>op clip (infinity style)
-dyno bsos
-dyno>ss butterfly (nice!)
-drifter>drifter

Nate:
-spins and ducks on command as always
-shuffling links in the high teens
-whirling swirl bsos easily
-gyro blender (1st time! so easy)
-inspin osis bsos I believe

Jeremy:
-torque>ingyro clipper
-blurry guay>far symple swirl
-blurry drifter>gravedigger!
-gyro blender (on foot but didnt release it well)
-basic drifter stuff
-whirling swirl bsos (caught on heels unintentionally)

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 28 Mar 2006 23:21

-blurry drifter>gravedigger!

sick! makes me un-homesick.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 29 Mar 2006 19:35

Another mini session, this time solo, yeilded the following awesome stuff:

- toe blender flip
- toe blender bsos
- pdx blender flip about 10 times
- pdx blender bsos!!!!
- pdx torque>ripwalk (bs, flip took like 70 tries)!!!
-mobius>ripwalk (

nate)
-pdx torque>blur (one side only)

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 29 Mar 2006 20:26

To: Jeremy Mirken
From: The Jeremy Mirken Fan Club (MT chapter)

edit: this picture is most definitely not from nate linscott's blog