I really didn't get much of a chance to play with you, though I really wanted to, hopefully at Montreal we will shred in a two-man.
You've got a LOT of potential and your game is already tight (and you're so young!). Keep it up and you will be a top player for sure.
And for the record, your bags are in the top 3 in my opinion. That was just from feeling one.
Nathan
thanks for the comments guys.
here are my ideas for the footbag stitcher shirt.
front:
or
back:
pretty simple. answer me honestly if you would like to buy one for $10-15, or what i could do to make you want to buy one. Different color t-shirts and ink are avaiable to me. I'm taking a silkscreen class right now.
here are my ideas for the footbag stitcher shirt.
front:
or
back:
pretty simple. answer me honestly if you would like to buy one for $10-15, or what i could do to make you want to buy one. Different color t-shirts and ink are avaiable to me. I'm taking a silkscreen class right now.
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PegLegHolly
- Swashbuckler
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well not much has been happening. i play alot, and i hit symp dlo, which was cool because i thought it was impossible.
i got a holly bag in a trade. i hope she will like the bag i gave her. the one i got is pretty neat. i think its really similar to an abshire, but before jumping down my throat for insulting her bags let me explain.
its heavily gathered, requires break in ( oh my! ) and basically kind of looks like an abshire. i think it will end up being superior to an abshire though because its softer, has a better fill and is more evenly stitched. Holly seems to have created a bag in between the new and old styles in that it needs to be broken in, but has the current fill and weight that is popular. it should turn out nice.
i've been getting a lot of bags recently, and they are all facile. I can't help but think that all these bags would be better made of amaretta. I expected it, but I am ambivalent about my decision to tell everyone about amaretta. before anyone else started using it, i really do think i had the best playing bags out there. now both aidan's and dave's surpass mine i think. still, i don't stitch much so having other people use amaretta is good.
wow @ the above ramble.
anyway, i just unfilled some of my newly purchased footbags and i found a new filler i want in two of them. its tiny, clear plastic pellets about 1/2 a mm in diameter. can anyone help me out in finding them?
nathan
i got a holly bag in a trade. i hope she will like the bag i gave her. the one i got is pretty neat. i think its really similar to an abshire, but before jumping down my throat for insulting her bags let me explain.
its heavily gathered, requires break in ( oh my! ) and basically kind of looks like an abshire. i think it will end up being superior to an abshire though because its softer, has a better fill and is more evenly stitched. Holly seems to have created a bag in between the new and old styles in that it needs to be broken in, but has the current fill and weight that is popular. it should turn out nice.
i've been getting a lot of bags recently, and they are all facile. I can't help but think that all these bags would be better made of amaretta. I expected it, but I am ambivalent about my decision to tell everyone about amaretta. before anyone else started using it, i really do think i had the best playing bags out there. now both aidan's and dave's surpass mine i think. still, i don't stitch much so having other people use amaretta is good.
wow @ the above ramble.
anyway, i just unfilled some of my newly purchased footbags and i found a new filler i want in two of them. its tiny, clear plastic pellets about 1/2 a mm in diameter. can anyone help me out in finding them?
nathan
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mosher
- brutal footbag cronie
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Hey Nathan,
I can help you find tiny (under and over 1mm) glass balls that are not sharp and make an excellent filler with some heavy metal. They are for crafting (what else, eh?).
Also, I only stitch with amaretta now.. I just love how they feel.
The only thing I don't love is the blandness of the colours, it's somewhat uninspiring.
Maybe I should write this all in a PM.. I have more to say anyways.
I can help you find tiny (under and over 1mm) glass balls that are not sharp and make an excellent filler with some heavy metal. They are for crafting (what else, eh?).
Also, I only stitch with amaretta now.. I just love how they feel.
The only thing I don't love is the blandness of the colours, it's somewhat uninspiring.
Maybe I should write this all in a PM.. I have more to say anyways.
Tom Mosher
hate is a waste of passion!
hate is a waste of passion!
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King Monkey
- Post Master General
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- Location: Sydney, Australia
Can you elaborate on your comment about being glad the footbag scene is different to the juggling scene?
I thought also that you had stopped stitching, or were making only very limited numbers...
Where do you order Amaretta from? Is it still only possible to get it in huge amounts at high cost?
Props on your likwit style too!
I thought also that you had stopped stitching, or were making only very limited numbers...
Where do you order Amaretta from? Is it still only possible to get it in huge amounts at high cost?
Props on your likwit style too!
Ian Pritchard - http://www.ausfootbag.org
'People, just play Footbag and stop being dickheads!' - Michał Biarda
'People, just play Footbag and stop being dickheads!' - Michał Biarda
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PegLegHolly
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havent gotten your bag yet nathan but thats for saying that about mine!
EDIT: it's now monday and i got your bag in the mail. i didnt want to make a new post cause i dont want to clog your blog. anyway, it was pancaked from the journey to tennessee... but its the shit. i like everything about it... the size, weight, colors, feel. absolutely perfect!!! thanks for the trade... its like a birthday gift but a few weeks early! thanks again, nathan!
EDIT: it's now monday and i got your bag in the mail. i didnt want to make a new post cause i dont want to clog your blog. anyway, it was pancaked from the journey to tennessee... but its the shit. i like everything about it... the size, weight, colors, feel. absolutely perfect!!! thanks for the trade... its like a birthday gift but a few weeks early! thanks again, nathan!
Holly Mathews
peglegholly.com
peglegholly.com
great holly!
Here's a short thingy I did on "cell phones in school" for Writing on Demand during English class.
Cell phone use is one of the most controversial topics here at State College Area High School. I think so too. I think that students should be allowed to use cell phones during the school day. I have three great reasons why and let me tell you all about them. cell phones are really good at doing three things: telling time, receiving txt msg death threats and playing heavy metal riffs (newer models only).
First of all: time telling in school. Cell phones are invaluable for this reason. Sure, we have strategically placed ANALOG clocks hanging from the school walls, but who knows how to read one of those? i can't and neither can anyone else. for example, one time I was running late to class and I didn't know it. Had i dared to sneak my cellular out of my pocket for a split second, i could have read the time and thought, "CRAP 2 FIDDY GOTTA GO." Plus, I don't want a watch so don't even say something like that.
Another reason to support cell phones during the school day is that cell phones can transmit txt msgs.. ALL DAY LONG. These msgs include, and are not limited to, relationship breakdowns, pet deaths, and requests for food. If Bobby Sunshine here gets a txt reading, "CRAP MOM DEAD" I think that is more important than the info tech class he is ignoring anyway.
Lastly, cell phones sometimes can play really cool music. This, of course, can help students with their scores on tests and written exams. If I want to listen to Dragonforce's new album throughout my entire Advanced World History Essay Test, my teacher should be glad I am taking an active role in my own education.
Please allow cell phones in school. We all need them.
Here's a short thingy I did on "cell phones in school" for Writing on Demand during English class.
Cell phone use is one of the most controversial topics here at State College Area High School. I think so too. I think that students should be allowed to use cell phones during the school day. I have three great reasons why and let me tell you all about them. cell phones are really good at doing three things: telling time, receiving txt msg death threats and playing heavy metal riffs (newer models only).
First of all: time telling in school. Cell phones are invaluable for this reason. Sure, we have strategically placed ANALOG clocks hanging from the school walls, but who knows how to read one of those? i can't and neither can anyone else. for example, one time I was running late to class and I didn't know it. Had i dared to sneak my cellular out of my pocket for a split second, i could have read the time and thought, "CRAP 2 FIDDY GOTTA GO." Plus, I don't want a watch so don't even say something like that.
Another reason to support cell phones during the school day is that cell phones can transmit txt msgs.. ALL DAY LONG. These msgs include, and are not limited to, relationship breakdowns, pet deaths, and requests for food. If Bobby Sunshine here gets a txt reading, "CRAP MOM DEAD" I think that is more important than the info tech class he is ignoring anyway.
Lastly, cell phones sometimes can play really cool music. This, of course, can help students with their scores on tests and written exams. If I want to listen to Dragonforce's new album throughout my entire Advanced World History Essay Test, my teacher should be glad I am taking an active role in my own education.
Please allow cell phones in school. We all need them.
ian, I forget exactly what my point about footbag being different from juggling was. looking back at the tournament now, the jugglers seemed really cool.
I think the idea I had in mind was that juggling is based too much on showmanship. I think footbag is like the happy medium between the two competition formats in juggling. I like doing showy tricks and whatever else, but I never want to do a show that starts with the lights dimmed and my back turned to the audience.
I don't like that people don't expect me to sweat when I play footbag, because I think its a sport. I can sympathsize with jugglers who feel the same way.
In many was I think that the footbag community has more in common with yoyoers than jugglers. Everyone knows that jugglers can do tricks, and juggle more balls. Fewer people realize the potential of footbag and yoyo. Also, every trick that a yoyoer does, he will do because it takes skill and will impress other yoyoers. Unlike some jugglers who like to juggle chainsaws or do dance moves during a routine, a yoyo routine is purely technical, even though some of the technical stuff is very showy.
I know some of the things I said contradict each other, but i had a really hard time saying what I wanted to.
I think the idea I had in mind was that juggling is based too much on showmanship. I think footbag is like the happy medium between the two competition formats in juggling. I like doing showy tricks and whatever else, but I never want to do a show that starts with the lights dimmed and my back turned to the audience.
I don't like that people don't expect me to sweat when I play footbag, because I think its a sport. I can sympathsize with jugglers who feel the same way.
In many was I think that the footbag community has more in common with yoyoers than jugglers. Everyone knows that jugglers can do tricks, and juggle more balls. Fewer people realize the potential of footbag and yoyo. Also, every trick that a yoyoer does, he will do because it takes skill and will impress other yoyoers. Unlike some jugglers who like to juggle chainsaws or do dance moves during a routine, a yoyo routine is purely technical, even though some of the technical stuff is very showy.
I know some of the things I said contradict each other, but i had a really hard time saying what I wanted to.
shirts are being made this week. i think they look okay. i'll prolly make 5 at first, and if they sell, rush back to school to make more.
so i figured out today that i have biked over 120 miles this spring so far. I haven't ridden in a car in a week, and a longer than that before that one ride. The only transportation other than my bike is the bus to school.
so with that in mind I want to get a new bike. the one I have is really ineffiecient. its a mountain bike with big, fat tires and it doesn't shift very well anymore and the back tire is eternally going flat even though I just switched the innertube. i want a new 3 speed bike with skinnier tires and maybe a structure that forces me to lean back to help out with my back (and i'm only 15..) maybe not though because I like to go fast too.
i think one of the hybrid racing/off road bikes would be cool too. I saw one today that looked really fun, but i can't remember exactly what it was..
one thing that i am definately going to look into is transforming it into a fixed gear bike! tom mosher is very stoked about his (isn't he excited about everything!) and he's piqued my interest. bikes are great!
which also reminds me that i need a new helmet. i like to ride without one but i am stupid and fall over and things. I want one that is really light that the wind can whip through.
also worlds!!!!
nathan
so i figured out today that i have biked over 120 miles this spring so far. I haven't ridden in a car in a week, and a longer than that before that one ride. The only transportation other than my bike is the bus to school.
so with that in mind I want to get a new bike. the one I have is really ineffiecient. its a mountain bike with big, fat tires and it doesn't shift very well anymore and the back tire is eternally going flat even though I just switched the innertube. i want a new 3 speed bike with skinnier tires and maybe a structure that forces me to lean back to help out with my back (and i'm only 15..) maybe not though because I like to go fast too.
i think one of the hybrid racing/off road bikes would be cool too. I saw one today that looked really fun, but i can't remember exactly what it was..
one thing that i am definately going to look into is transforming it into a fixed gear bike! tom mosher is very stoked about his (isn't he excited about everything!) and he's piqued my interest. bikes are great!
which also reminds me that i need a new helmet. i like to ride without one but i am stupid and fall over and things. I want one that is really light that the wind can whip through.
also worlds!!!!
nathan
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Outsider
- Ayatollah of Rock n' Rollah
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Yeah, get a good new bike. I bought a nice cyclo-cross bike some years back, and its, like, the last bike I'll ever need. The tires are just a little bit thicker than a road-bike, the frame just a little bit sturdier - perfect for jumping a curb and cutting across a lawn as a short-cut, not really adequate for riding trails, but who cares since I prefer riding on the road, and I like the bike as a mode of transportation, not as a wilderness exploration thing.Nathan wrote:the one I have is really ineffiecient. its a mountain bike with big, fat tires and it doesn't shift very well anymore and the back tire is eternally going flat even though I just switched the innertube. i want a new 3 speed bike with skinnier tires and maybe a structure that forces me to lean back to help out with my back (and i'm only 15..) maybe not though because I like to go fast too.
i think one of the hybrid racing/off road bikes would be cool too
That being said, before you go out and buy a new bike, you CAN put skinnier tires on your mountainbike, and pump the air-pressure up a little higher than the recommended amount. As far as your rear tire going flat alot - forget the inner-tube, you probably have a little thorn or tiny piece of glass or something IN THE TIRE, so every new tube you put in there will become punctured by the junk in the tire soon. You've got to take the tire off and feel around the inside of it really thoroughly. You just run your fingers all around the inside alot and eventually you'll feel some little sharp thing jabbing or scrapping them and you've found the real problem. You might need some small pliers to remove whatever it is.
As for shifters that don't work, yeah, its really nice to have good equipment that works well - not being able to shift gears when you want to sucks, but shifters are relatively simple devices who's function depends largely on the tension of the cable running from the shifter on your handlebars to the deraileur that pushes the bike-chain up and down the chainring on your back tire. Cables stretch out over time, so the shifting gets funny. You probably just need to tighten up your cable. Try the barrel adjusters. Your limits might be a little off too - try bringing your bike in to the shop and ask somebody to SHOW you how to use the barrel adjusters. Knowing how to make little adjustments to your bike yourself helps to keep it in tune alot. Brakes and deraileurs function so simply that its a beautiful thing to understand them and keep them in tune yourself. It only takes a little bit of instruction.
Last word on bike efficiency - the two biggest and most common problems keeping a bike from rolling and pedaling efficiently are usually your tire pressure and your chain -- keep those tires well inflated and your chain well lubed and any other problems are usually minor.
Oh, yeah, gloves are at least as important as a helmet for safety and comfort - I've fallen many times, but I've never hit my head, and even if I did, the skull is pretty hard - nature has designed it to resist some punishment. Hands, though, you often land on your hands when you fall, and that skin rips up real easily, plus, nature has designed them to be very sensitive to touch, so scrapping them up badly hurts like hell. Also, having both your hands wrapped up in bandages for a week or two is very inconvenient. Wear bike gloves. Your head may be more important over-all, but you're more likely to hurt your hands in any given fall.
"The time has come to convert the unbelievers..."
Jonathan Schneider --- sometimes showers with his Lavers on (to clean them)
The Ministry of Silly Walks
NYFA
BAP
Jonathan Schneider --- sometimes showers with his Lavers on (to clean them)
The Ministry of Silly Walks
NYFA
BAP
copycat post:
the room and other shit:
starting off with the sewing desk. also has random other stuff like the "big ol' calvin" design that I made into a stencil. piles of amaretta are visible.
a very comfortable chair.
book shelf. bottom two rows are books, out of the frame.upper shelves store a lot of crap, but namely footbags. also bucket of change.
yoyos. notably an mkII, bigyo 2 and hitman. the mkII would rock if i had the patience to make it so. this picture also features string.
lavers. scott's old ones.
this picture is sideways. it kind of looks like the bag is squished together at the topof the closet, but its sideways. its a bag of stuffed animals.
some star wars character from the first episode turned into a koosh ball. also poker set.
gives you the gist of things. please note the Mummy poster. yes.
clothes. dirty
some mutilated duncan yoyo bits I found.
deshi skates with usd soul plates and not featured are able frames. no longer fit, size 10.
bulletin board with everything i care about on it. various awards from 6th grade (current events champ), watercolor by my grandma, newspaper clipping of flash gordon scott bevier circa 2005.
my dog. she is a puppy and an australian cattle dog mix. she bites people, dogs, and if she could find some, cows in the legs to herd them.
my new old bike! its a 1980 Peugeot and I like it! it was my dads. Here are my plans for it.
-new handle bar grips
-new pedals with nice clips
-new back brake
-flip-flop free/fixed back hub. 16/48 gearing is my plan so far.
-i want to get the flip flop hub as part of a new wheelset. if i can find some yellow or white rims i would be ecstatic. then I would get white/yellow grips and have a matching bike.
-paint job down the road.
my last post about bikes wasn't too long ago but i already dig this bike and feel sure in my plans for it. i've put about thirty miles on it, and its holding up well with original brakes, tires, and wheels (which are quite bent).
the room and other shit:
starting off with the sewing desk. also has random other stuff like the "big ol' calvin" design that I made into a stencil. piles of amaretta are visible.
a very comfortable chair.
book shelf. bottom two rows are books, out of the frame.upper shelves store a lot of crap, but namely footbags. also bucket of change.
yoyos. notably an mkII, bigyo 2 and hitman. the mkII would rock if i had the patience to make it so. this picture also features string.
lavers. scott's old ones.
this picture is sideways. it kind of looks like the bag is squished together at the topof the closet, but its sideways. its a bag of stuffed animals.
some star wars character from the first episode turned into a koosh ball. also poker set.
gives you the gist of things. please note the Mummy poster. yes.
clothes. dirty
some mutilated duncan yoyo bits I found.
deshi skates with usd soul plates and not featured are able frames. no longer fit, size 10.
bulletin board with everything i care about on it. various awards from 6th grade (current events champ), watercolor by my grandma, newspaper clipping of flash gordon scott bevier circa 2005.
my dog. she is a puppy and an australian cattle dog mix. she bites people, dogs, and if she could find some, cows in the legs to herd them.
my new old bike! its a 1980 Peugeot and I like it! it was my dads. Here are my plans for it.
-new handle bar grips
-new pedals with nice clips
-new back brake
-flip-flop free/fixed back hub. 16/48 gearing is my plan so far.
-i want to get the flip flop hub as part of a new wheelset. if i can find some yellow or white rims i would be ecstatic. then I would get white/yellow grips and have a matching bike.
-paint job down the road.
my last post about bikes wasn't too long ago but i already dig this bike and feel sure in my plans for it. i've put about thirty miles on it, and its holding up well with original brakes, tires, and wheels (which are quite bent).
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