Stuff n Junk w/ Crowley

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Man, I'm sorry I got to catch you while you were in town Kevin! I blame that cursed Sam Colclough fellow...

I remember when you guys came to Seattle for the 4th of July two years ago and we all talked with Ben about his going off and joining the Peace Corps. I've done a good amount of this kind of volunteer work myself, and agree completely with the general perspective of his train of thought. It's a very complicated situation with definite exceptions, unfortunately. Having spent a month in Ghana, I can say that the attitude is very much the same, and that's in West Africa -- Ghana is allegedly the model for developing Africa.

Regarding the mentioned administrator-type who proved equally disappointing: I've experienced this as well.

I have a friend who has done work in India teaching kids in open-air schools, and he's told me that he's encouraged a lot of the kids to take school seriously.

Sorry, not really in the frame of mind for a long and drawn out post, but you should tell Ben that I hope I get a chance to talk about this sort of thing with him before too long! Well, hopefully I'll get a chance to see -all- of you guys before too long. :P
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Yo Sam! I'll hook you and Ben Little up for a little one-on-one.

played for a half hour today. Couldn't string anything together worth my life but could suddenly hit flip pdx blender and duck drifters. Tried atomic muted swirl a bunch but got nowhere close

hilights:
-spinning whirlx3 bs
-vertigo>string (first drifter trick of session)
-spinning vertigo>string (second drifter trick of session, brand new trick too :D )
-flip food
-flip flurry (don't know if it was clean though, tried it a million times each side, hit it once)
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I'm uploading a new song to the they die fighting space, although it's not finished. It's that dnb/glitch song I showed you a long time ago. I worked a couple more hours on it since, but didn't save and lost all motivation so I'm just uploading it.
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Word, I've been trying to mess with that song but nothing I add sounds right. I'll give you a jingle

I've been putting on the lbs lately, and it's making footbag more difficult. After watching videos from last summer, I realize that I was much better at footbag then. Tricks that I had dialed then I struggle with now. Tried playing a bit today

hilights:
-bsos smoke (I've always had a hard time with this trick)
-flip sunilwalker (new trick)
-bsos ss symple swirl and bsos far symple swirl in the same run
-gyro symple swirl bs first try
-flip symp dlo barefoot (new trick)
-footed rubberman with ss butter swirl instead of legbeater

still can't hit regular clipper ss swirl
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What's your trick for gyro symple swirl? I hit it the other day but can't figure out what I did right.

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Isilwar wrote:What's your trick for gyro symple swirl? I hit it the other day but can't figure out what I did right.
What I try to do is keep my knees really close together throughout the entire trick, and set the bag pretty far behind me to maximize the swirling window...when set behind you, you'll only have to do a small gyro

set it waist high and stay on the balls of your feet.
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HOLY CRAP!!!!!


WHAT THE FUCK DUDE?!?!?!


Is that your toe? If so, what happened Kev?
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dammmmmmmmn i thought i messed my toe up.

how did you do that?
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ow!
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looks like you didn't stand clear of the blades
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Lol! I was hoping that if I didn't write anything and just posted that picture, that a rumor would start that I messed my toe up real bad :P

I've been pushing flipside over the last year and so haven't progressed much because of it. but had a great session today. spent the majority of shred on flip blender

hilights:
-pdx blender>gyro clip>rpt>blender>spinning clip>rpt
-food processor bsos
-flip pixie opp blender *new trick*
-flip pdx blender>pdx torque
-toe torque>gyro mirage>rpt
-gyro diving mirage bsos
-rubberman
-blubberman :D
-sunilwalker>near switchover>string
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Post by slapdash21 »

dude i heard an uncomfirmed rumor you got your toe caught in a lawn mower!

and that on account of the newfound lightness of your foot you were able to hit QATW!

props dude :P


that other shit is pretty good too, by the way.
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I was eating pretzels when I saw that picture.

Damn you, Kevin!!
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Isilwar wrote:I was eating pretzels when I saw that picture.

Damn you, Kevin!!
:P

I'm really into this song called 'mehr als alles andere'

sick drums kick in at 2:38

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Dude, I called you back and you didn't pick up. Fag.
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everytime i see that picture i think of the time my hot pocket exploded in the microwave, havent had a hot pocket since...
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mtoolan wrote:everytime i see that picture i think of the time my hot pocket exploded in the microwave, havent had a hot pocket since...

How right you are.
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Just had a 2 hour session. Played well and had fun.

First trick of the day was Frenzy :o I've only hit that trick one other time, and this was the first time in shoes :D

hilights:
-frenzy
-blubberman
-rubberman
-blender>spin whirl>rpt>string
-whirling swirl bsos sealed with spinning swirl>spinning under-the-chin catch :lol:
-janiwalker>food>string
-frenzy with illusion instead of mirage barefoot...should be called frizzy lol
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