Shred: June 1, 2007:
Andrew and I both had a terrible session today. I couldn't hit ANTHING...not even bail runs. It was kinda frustrating, though not as much as I thought it would be...I wasn't as super-negative and grumpy as I usually am at bad sessions. Anyway, our new recruit came out for the second time (that I've met him, anyway) -- the first was my first Hackrifice session back. His name is Manna? I'm not sure. He has improved a LOT since the last time I saw him. He was completely one-sided and was diong some neat things for a beginner, like, osis, butterfly, mirage, ducking clipper...but kinda just one or two moves between toe stalls. TODAY he was doing, like, 20+ contact runs (mostly toe stalls and kicks) with BOTHSIDED clippers and butterflies and legovers... it was cool. He is going to be good. He's got this weird habit of doing an inside stall on one side instead of a toe stall and we are trying to ween him off of that. Otherwise, he's, like, 15...so there is a lot of potential!
I had a handful of highlights, but that was like ALL that happened:
-spinning ducking clipper > vortex > spinning rev whirl
-spinning rev whirl X 2 [both sides]
-stepping rev whirl X 8 (
almost two on my flip
...lame)
and I had a run with both vortexes, a spinning rev whirl...and I think a gyro DLO, but maybe dropped on that. Meh. Andrew and Derek are playing tomorrow. I may or may not play...I kind of said that I probably won't, but immediately after I really felt like it... I guess we'll see what the weekend holds. I've been waiting all week (first week of work) to relax. And I've been playing phone tag with a friend that I want to get together with. Social activities are a pretty huge deal for me. I don't really have friends. Most of the time I don't mind, because I really like to be alone and just draw and do stuff by myself, but sometimes it's pretty lonely. Before the session today I was all excited about playing in public, but even thinking about it gave me palpitations...like incredible social anxiety just from thinking about going out... (That's also a reason why I'm not very good at talking/don't talk much for those who know me in person. I also don't have much confidence...)
Well, that's my story.
I was pretty excited at discovering how much I actually make at my job when I got my first pay cheque today. I thought I made $12, and I make $15, plus vacation and accumulative paid sick and all that. I make, like, twice what I made at any of my last jobs (well, except working here last year...but then it was mostly $12 (sometimes $14 for teacher's assistant instead of clerk...or the other way around)). So I'm going to have, like, $5000 from just over two months of casual work... So I'm definitely going to get a new video camera... maybe something awesome? Oh, Peng gave me some info on finding cheap things... maybe I will utilize that information to research.
I really like seeing everyone else's rooms. I like that I started that
EDIT: Well... I just ordered 2 pairs of Climacools on a whim. They better be good :p Although I will have money to burn... I can't believe I ordered two pairs. I got one of the black and one of the blue -- the blue look like they may match my shorts, which would be neat. I need a new pair of shorts for Worlds (I don't know how I'm going to deal with soaking wet knee braces at Worlds...) so maybe I will get either black to match my other Climas, or red to match my red Lavers. Man I've spent a lot of money on footbag lately!!! I like organizing and listing stuff, so I'm going to:
-Foam mats ($50)
-Dave Clavens footbag ($30 USA/$35 CAN)
-Brinard footbag ($30 USA/$35 CAN?)
-PegLeg footbag ($30 USA/$35 CAN?)
-Blue Climacools (~$90 USA/$110 CAN?)
-Black Climacools (~$90 USA/$110 CAN?)
-Ibuprofen ($10)
-Those other knee thingies ($25)
-Worlds (~$850)
__________
$1260
And then if you add the potential video camera at the end of the summer... ~$2500-ish?? I feel so committed!
Oh...I had rev whirlygig > rev maelstrom super close 2 out of 2 tries. I may have hit rev blurry whirl > rev maelstrom, but forget.
Anyway, enjoy. 
So, you'll be coming to Worlds for sure?? We'll definitely have to shred to some Nightwish and Kamelot. By the way, any news on the new release from Nightwish yet?
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