Muffinman

[Muffinman]

Crap session tonight. My legs were in pain to start with, and it was, like, 45 celcius with humidex, AND I forgot my water... And I waited, sitting the heat, for 30 minutes before anyone showed up. I think I will just start showing up at 6:30. Nobody is ever there. I brought a book... So I was kinda grumpy. Though, I think that was mostly the heat. I get really grumpy in hot weather. Marita can attest to that.

Anyway.
If you guys can somehow figure out how I would get the things I would need besides bubbles and flavour syrup and tea bags, then I will bring bubble tea stuff. I would need:
-3 pots (or 2 pots and a kettle) -- large sized pots if I'm making for more than, like, 3-4 people.
-2-3 ice cube trays
-Like maybe 10-ish cups of white sugar (taking into account multiple brewing sessions)
-1-2 cups of brown sugar
-a shaker (maybe I could bring my own since it is better than a martini shaker and can shake two drinks at once (if of the same flavour)
-a strainer
-wooden spoon/ (or...non... wooden spoon)
-tablespoon
-1-cup measuring cup (and a 2-cup wet measuring cup would be nice, but if necessary dry 1-cup could be reused)
-glasses/cups (approximately 1.5-1.75 cups in volume)

I think that's it. And I'd have to remember to bring straws too.
Let me know

Oh, I was really close to rev maelstrom > rev montage last night... and flip rev montage off my foot every single try. I also finished bag #008 a couple of days ago, and it's nice (just too light is all, 'cause I need proper filler) -- gotta remember to post pictures of the last three bags. Wanna do more too, but I'm behind on drawing and sleep. #008 is the perfect size for me (a bit bigger than a Clavens), hex-to-hex with absolutely no bleeding whatsoever, and triple-knotted and melted with absolutely no popping... and I've given it quite a work out. It's VERY playable, just far too light (roughly 25-30 grams? >_____<) -- still heavier than my old Carol though, which is far bigger.

[Wasabi]

I'd like some bubble tea toooooo.

I get really grumpy in cold weather, but that's probably because NYC suffers a ton of cold and sporadic weather 70% of the time all year round.

Worlds worlds worlds WORLDS!

[brinard]

remind me when you see me erik, and we'll go to the store for that shit. and other shit.

and hopefully there will be some sort of pot to cook in, so we dont have to just leave it when we fly back.

sorry for the short post, but i gotta get to work!

cya soon!

brian

[Muffinman]

Yeah I guess we can easily buy most of that stuff, but 3 pretty big pots? I dunno. I'm not going to buy pots; even that other stuff I'd rather not pay money for, since the stuff I'd have to bring is pretty costly as it is. I guess that's the main kink in "Terra Verde bubble tea by Erik Chan", at the moment... (Mostly the pots)

Anyone know if there will be pots in the houses?

[hacksterbator]

said the houses came equipped with cooking utensils. however, if that means pots, i really don't know.

[Wasabi]

I think it's safe to say that if people can lend their pots to you from the other houses, temporarily, it might just all work out.

[Maraxus]

I found this above the urinal in one of the bars at Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. IT HAS TO BE YOU!!!

(Look to the lower left)

[Muffinman]

>______<


Here, I have some pictures!

#006


#007


#008
I love! So perfect, just not heavy enough.
Plus my stitching is kinda inconsistent still, and especially the last panel where I badly estimated the gather... it annoys me a lot. It would be so rad if it was a good weight though. This is how I want my bags to be when I'm better -- instantly playable. Break-in time is silly.


Three newest bags.


Abshire I just got in the mail today.
I've never had one before. It seems really light and like it will take forever to work in.




My popo.
No pencil. I like the black marker one


A guy jumping up a fire escape, running from a guy with a gun! Oh no!


Another where I liked it while drawing, but not really after. It's Lyrisius sitting on a rock in the desert.


Lyrisius again. I used a ref, that's why it looks kind of more real than everything else. Well his package kind of stands out more than I meant for it. I've always made a conscious effort to not draw flat crotches to try to make some kind of statement about superhero comics where women have huge breasts and men have got nothing there. I don't know, I felt like explaining that.


Just something.


I like these poses. one sittinf from below a bit, and one diving backwards.




A really cute girl.


I like the arm and hand in the one on the left. And the head from below from my head. The bottom one was supposed to be Batman drinking bubble tea, but it was really bad :p


Guys fighting a monster from a top view.


Some girls. I really hate the middle one's face. Just because I drew it badly, I mean. Blech, blech. And I like the guy from behind. I drew that one at work.




Eh. I liked this more when I drew it. I don't like how her leg looks really bad, like it's not connecting.


I liked this, 'cause I'm bad at faces, and at an angle is even way harder. I guess her forehead looks too big and stuff.




A test I did when I tried to figure out watercolours. My bobo again. I never actually call her that. Like, I don't think I have ever.


I drew this while we were on the phone once. Something is messed up with my face. Ha. Like I guess that eye us just way out there.


I drew my girlfriend while she slept a bunch, like, a long time ago.


Here's another.




I started #009 a bit on my lunchbreak today. I might do a bit tonight and probably finish at work tomorrow since I won't have anything to do. I'm excited, since I know what I'm doing now!! It's the light pink and the off-white that I have. I want to get new colours, but will wait until I'm better, or get even more sick of what I have now than I am now.

[Muffinman]

I finished #009 at work today.
I got some leads on filler when I got home, and almost scored some 7.5 lead shot, but no luck. I have a backup that I am supposed to call and maybe there will be more leads from there, but who knows. It seems that lead is much easier to find in that smaller size? I wonder if I can get something else that will work...

Anyway, so this one is just useless again, and it doesn't look as nice because I filled it too much. It is too round. HOWEVER... I got this brilliant idea at work, inspired by Holly's anchor series. I have a chop of my name -- it's an ivory stamp of my Chinese name like you see in Chinese paintings, you know in the red ink. I got really excited and was, like, "I wonder if that is the right size! What a rad logo for a bag that would be -- so personalized!" So I got home and it is sooo totally perfect. I somehow managed to stamp it really crappily, though, and so it is REALLY off centre. My biggest worry was that the ink wouldn't ever dry, because this red Chinese ink... really doesn't ever seem to. So, to make sure that it wouldn't smear all over the place I cut a small piece of tape to cover it up while finishing up the last stitches. I worked it in for a few minutes and then tried to peel the tape off. It kind of took a lot of the ink with it...buuuut in a really good way, because it left enough ink for the image to show, but took enough that it doesn't get all over everything! Great! So we'll see how this goes. Maybe I will try my chop in black ink for further bags that are less accommodating colours.

Anyway, here are a couple more pictures:
(I definitely have to figure out how to get it perfectly centred for next time. I was so excited when I figured out that this would work ) It doesn't look as good in the pictures as my excitement makes it out to be... I guess I am over-hyping it. I think it's a rad concept anyway, though.




And some more drawings. These are from a bunch of years ago when I played Raganrok Online with Chris Pinkus and some of those Tennessee guys, actually (the ones who posted in my "any players in Tennessee" thread from a while back). We had a footbag clan (or whatever you call it) called "Ripped Warriors", and these were logo ideas for our clan. The most common enemy in the game is a Poring -- like a cute jelly monster, and this is basically a Poring but in footbag form



I like the first one a bunch, but not the second -- but it is a better comparison to the original Poring so you know what I'm talking about.

[mosher]

It's so cool how you've taken to stitching so well!

It seems like you've got a good head for it.

Won't it be fun to get all girly and talk about our cute crafts at World's??

[Langstaff]

You're popping those bags out like a hen pops breakfast!

Then again I have no idea how long it takes to stitch a 32... Hell, I don't even know how long it takes a chicken to develop an egg. But it must be quite the effort to stitch, especially when starting out. I like that stamp, it'd be nice to see it in a different ink, like the black you suggested. Kudos on the pretty bags my friend, I hope to be shredding a bag stitched by you in the future, hopefully with the stitcher in attendance!

[mosher]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention but I also think that your stamp is an amazing idea.

Get some real good permanent ink (experiment perhaps) that will last and you're set.

I want a... hey, what are you calling your bags?? I want to have one some day.

[PegLegHolly]

wow, i inspired you!?!

you just made my eggggggo +70 points


i use speedball screen printing ink, but i havent experimented. let me know if you find a really perminant black.



SEE YOU SOON!

[Muffinman]

Shred: July 28, 2007
I couldn't play today, but I filmed a solo session earlier on. Not very good runs overall, 'cause I guess I don't do longer runs when I solo. I had some highlights though. I'll see if I can make a video later:
-flip rev montage (finally), a couple times
-ducking clipper > rev maelstrom [repeat] > ducking clipper > spinning rev whirl..
-rev montage BSOS rolled off a bunch
-pixie rev whirl > stepping rev whirl > blur [repeat] (maybe something else in that run)

I don't remember much else. I remember hitting flip rev maelstrom > gyro DLO. I think I was trying BSOS, but then forgot to even try goodside at all? I hit nuclear same rev whirl both sides bunch. I wanted some combos with it, but to no avail -- goodside nuclear wasn't really working. I did hit one of them to blurry rev whirl. Meh (done that before).
There was only about one decent-length run with some bigger moves. It may have been with a vortex > stepping rev whirl or something. There was a mobius in that run... a spinning rev whirl.. I dunno.

Sibling LAN
I'm going to go LAN with my brothers now. We came over for a "The Office" marathon, since we have one episode on a computer at our house. I watched it about 5 or 6 times, and I love it, so we started from season one, here at my brother's house. In that one episode they play Call of Duty 2 at the office that Jim was transferred to. So that's what we're going to play. We're having technical difficulties currently. I had a really good night last night too. I hung out with a friend I hadn't seen in a year and it was just really nice.

K. Go time!
Call of Duty! \m/ \m/



EDIT: It's 6:30 AM. Here are a couple of short videos I just slapped together in Windows Movie Maker:
Today's session
http://www.hackrifice.com/shred/temp/070728-chan.wmv
40 megs, 2 minutes
Jorden Moir @ Weed March (just two short clips...)
http://www.hackrifice.com/shred/temp/07 ... nimoir.wmv
9 megs, and a handful of seconds


EDIT 2: I didn't think anyone would be awake. Umm, I posted before it was done uploading, so it should be dooonee....... now!

[janis]

Great video
you have fantastic rev whirls, probably the best rev whirls I've ever seen.
oh and rev montage is rediculous

props for pushing the limits with rev whirls!


Also, where was the Jorden footage taken? looks like quite a few people in the crowd.

[Muffinman]

I am DYING to play hacky sack, but my body is gimped to hell. People keep saying that I should change my title thingy (particularly because it refers to that disturbing character from Pulp Fiction), but I don't think they realize how trashed I am. It kind of just looks like I play twice a week like regular people and I can play pretty good. But really, almost my entire body is in CONSTANT pain and discomfort.

My knees feel weak and raw 24/7. I pop ibuprofen multiple times daily, and eat glucosamine and chondrotine three times a day. Every couple of days (and then some) I will eat a handful of back relaxant. Half the time, my shins prevent me from playing almost altogether. My hip is always tight and kind of fucks with every day living.

2 times a week isn't enough. It's torturous to have to wait until Hackrifice nights to play because I know that if I play on my own my body will be so wrecked that I will have to take a handful of days just to recuperate from what is a regular session for most people. I should really be thankful that I can play at all (which I am). But it is infinitely frustrating that I also can't really push my game because I am physically unable to. I have the energy and the drive and the ability, but, in all honesty, I feel completely like a gimp.

[david]

a month ago i would've not been able to relate to you at all, but now i feel like i really can. before i stopped i was in pain after every trick. now i can't play at all. but i know how you feel and im sorry you and i have to go through it. i cant even imagine how long you've had to deal with all this.

i was wondering how that glucosamine has worked for you. let me know, i might want to take it.

dc

[ObArA'BaRs]

This is the shit I take. I dont know if I can tell the difference yet from taking it for a couple of weeks but I know it must be doin something good for my joints.

[Muffinman]

Yeah, that's what I take, since Andrew Grant and Pengpeng Du told me to try it. I told Dave that Andrew told me that it might take up to a year to notice any affect... but I figure the same thing as you, Chris (I've been taking it thrice-daily for a couple of months and haven't really noticed anything.)

[CautionFragile]

If the problem is joint, muscle, or tendon related, I have this great stuff I got from my Sifu called "Dit Da Jow".
It's supposed to help with all kinds of different symptoms related to arthritis and tendonitis as well as bruising and all kinds of other sharz.
This stuff is made to be a great training tool for hardcore martial artists who like to train every day without destroying their body .
Go Traditional Chinese Medicine!
So if we ever get a chance to meet, I'll hook you up for sure. A whole bottle of the stuff is $10 and it lasts a long time, so I can just give you mine and buy another
Unless T.C.M. weirds you out, then nerrrrrrermind