Damn. It's been like a week since I posted. It's also been like a week since I played, so that checks out.
I went to PSU, as promised on Saturday. But first.. Nadiah and I went to the Pixies on Friday. Nothing short of incredible. And on top of an amazing show, I caught Paz's (new bass player.. also, original bass player from A Perfect Circle) bass pick at the end of the show.
So that was an amazing trophy. Funny story about how I got it though… So at the end of the show, this kinda pudgy, stocky kid with short stubby arms budged past me and a lost knocked me off my feet. He was trying to get to the front barrier to catch band stuff. I got right next to him in the front row. The stagehand went to throw a pick and it was coming right toward my hand, but I fucking missed it because I can't catch with my hands
So, it felt like it went in slow motion, dropping on the step on the opposite side of the barrier. Slow mo fall.. slow mo bounce… and another slow mo bounce… then silence. A few people, including myself, started to reach for it but it was too far down. My hand was sort of close to it, but my arms weren't long enough. The stubby arm kid who budged into me was nowhere near it but it was funny to watch him try to reach. Then the stagehand came over to the pick and picked it up, ready to give it to someone.. As soon as he stood up from getting the pick, I loudly and quickly blurted out the only thing I could think to say at that moment… "THATWILLMAKEMYDREAMSCOMETRUE!" Pretty much all in one single word. The guy looks at me, smiles, and places it in my hand. I clenched it so tightly for about 3 minutes after I received it. It felt like I had just caught an extremely rare insect and I was in disbelief and I didn't want to lose it or anyone else to see it. I squeezed so tightly that I almost cut my hand open on it. When I finally opened my hand to show Nadiah, there was just short of a small gash on my palm
Anyway, so that was great. Then PSU the next morning. Even though it was a small jam, it was one of the most fun jams I've ever been to. We created a new drinking game, called SQIRT (Squeeze Quickly Into Round Tunnel). It was an absolute scream. We laughed almost non-stop that whole night. There are a bunch of pics on the Penn State Footbag Facebook.. Everyone just straight up had a blast. We will be sure to bring SQIRT to future jams. Ivan is engraving the rules into a plaque, so we have them forever. You'll see it eventually, I'm sure
I didn't shred amazingly, but I had a lot of fun. The squash court floors were so slippery for me. I had no traction. Everyone else seemed to be fine. I guess I just suck or something. Whatever.
Highlights from the weekend:
Strongside Symposium Blink (new)
Airing Toe (new)
Nate taught me his trick for Drifters and Pdx Drifters, now they're so much easier for me..
Gold badge in Spinning: 15 Uniques (video below)
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Just an amazing weekend. I love the PSU Crew. They're all improving like crazy.
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Today, I had a session with Corey Gerges. I got him to push his game a bit. His highlight that was my favorite was PLO> Pixie Clipper. He also hit Flux and Quantum Osis. We mainly drilled.
Highlights:
Alpine Magellan bs (new on both)
Alpine PLO bs (new on both)
flipside Symposium Blink (new) got a few on strongside too. Timing is weird for these.
Super controlled Swivel on strongside, flipside Swivels are getting easier to hit though. I hit about 3.
Practiced Pdx Whirl> Stepping Mirage bs a handful of times
Fear x6 bs (did some other Fairy work too)
Fairy far Reverse Swirl (new) only strongside
Pdx DLOs and Pdx Drifters were getting easier today.
Getting a drug test for my new job tomorrow. That's all for now.
I'm really stoked on my game recently. Feels great be hitting stuff I always wanted to hit!
Either way, awesome trick. 
