Ivan I's Footblog
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Awesome! I laughed my ass off at Khoa. "Don't forget to bring your cat!" So funny, great job everyone.
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Obligatory nature shot taken last summer. Great Blue Heron in a pond:
So since I am walking now, I decided to make it out to a session. Glad I did - I made three 14 panel footbags, talked stitching and colors with April, and got to watch people kick.
I hit my first clipper!
It was on strong side since I can't crank my left foot, but hey, it's something, right?
*everybody reading this answers: "why yes Ivan, yes it is" *
Good. I'm glad we agree.
Physical therapy is tough, but a nice challenge. I am just doing stretches at this point and strengthening muscle in my upper leg and hip. With some of the exercises it is tempting to cheat just to get them done and over with without doing them properly, but the thought of getting back to normal is a great motivator. The phrase "you're only cheating yourself" comes to mind, and this is true with a lot of things in life. Don't half ass it.
Since I still don't have much to post about in my footblog but I still want to keep it going, I think I might do a post about stuff I have made. Similar style to the post about summer memories with pictures and captions. Building stuff is a huge part of who I am and I suppose everyone else seems to think these things are pretty cool. For now, here is a photo of a town that did some things to on the layout at the model railroad club at PSU:
The next post will be cooler. Unless you all hate pictures of the stuff I made. Then the next post will suck.
So since I am walking now, I decided to make it out to a session. Glad I did - I made three 14 panel footbags, talked stitching and colors with April, and got to watch people kick.
I hit my first clipper!It was on strong side since I can't crank my left foot, but hey, it's something, right?
*everybody reading this answers: "why yes Ivan, yes it is" *
Good. I'm glad we agree.
Physical therapy is tough, but a nice challenge. I am just doing stretches at this point and strengthening muscle in my upper leg and hip. With some of the exercises it is tempting to cheat just to get them done and over with without doing them properly, but the thought of getting back to normal is a great motivator. The phrase "you're only cheating yourself" comes to mind, and this is true with a lot of things in life. Don't half ass it.
Since I still don't have much to post about in my footblog but I still want to keep it going, I think I might do a post about stuff I have made. Similar style to the post about summer memories with pictures and captions. Building stuff is a huge part of who I am and I suppose everyone else seems to think these things are pretty cool. For now, here is a photo of a town that did some things to on the layout at the model railroad club at PSU:
The next post will be cooler. Unless you all hate pictures of the stuff I made. Then the next post will suck.
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I was kidding, I think I will just show you two pictures of my stitching desk and its inhabitants. Don't worry, I wash every bag before I ship it. They like to steal bags/panels and hide them in their cage. No, the teeth don't leave holes.isirc10 wrote: The next post will be cooler. Unless you all hate pictures of the stuff I made. Then the next post will suck.
Next post might be the cool one?
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glad pt is going well and yes, congrats on your first clipper! pt sucks... i did it for 6 months. my only saving grace was my physical trainer was hot as shit!!!
the rats are sooo cute!
the rats are sooo cute!
Aaron Price
No reason why extreme cardio should be boring. -Salem Straub
No reason why extreme cardio should be boring. -Salem Straub
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I thought that post was pretty cool...
Grats on the Clipper though, first day back to footbag and you're already doing more than I can! Haha.
Nice bird.
Grats on the Clipper though, first day back to footbag and you're already doing more than I can! Haha.
Nice bird.
-Daniel C. NY, USA. "Sacrifice a goat to our Lord and Savior Evan Gatesman".
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Aaron, so far PT has actually been enjoyable. It's way more satisfying to know that everything I do now will make it easier for me to get back to normal functioning.
Today I upped reps from 20 to 30 per exercise that I do, and doubled the weight (1 to 2 lbs). Things felt good. They also gave me a new exercise where I have to scrunch a towel with my toes for a certain amount of time. Nothing spectacular or even worth posting about if we are talking about my right foot doing it. However, with my left foot... Never have I tried so hard to do so little, and achieved nothing. Well, that's not true, I was able to scrunch the towel once after 4 minutes of willing my toes to curl down so that was a minor victory. Still, I imagined that I looked rather silly sitting there looking intently at my struggling twitching toes - next time I'm gonna do better. All of the other stretches and rotations of the ankle actually felt really nice today.
Now, I suppose I will post some stuff I have built in the past. It all started with duplo blocks, which were quickly upgraded to legos and kinex once my parents were sure I wasn't going to eat all of them. This transition occurred around the time I turned 4 years old. I remember (well, my parents tell me that I did this) always making the models following the instructions to make sure all of the pieces were there, then tearing them apart and building whatever was in my imagination. At the same time, I learned about the magic combination of cardboard, hot glue, and box cutters. Wood followed soon after. By the time I was 6, I had a few grand aspirations.
These were first realized in the shape of a really shitty airboat, powered by a motor and batteries I had taken out of a toy RC car (I had a few broken ones I had cannibalized for electronics and screws). The boat was exciting for about 30 seconds before the motor vibrated loose from its mount and fell into the bathtub, shorting out my only pair of rechargeable batteries. Lesson learned.
At around that time, I read a book about a boy finding a miniature castle in his grandfather's attic. It was beautifully detailed and had cast figurines and stuff. The castle turned out to be magic and the boy ended up shrinking down to miniature and joining the knights in the castle in adventures in a faraway land, becoming a jester, fighting rats, and even getting the admiration of a fair maiden (which at that time I thought was kinda gross). Regardless, I NEEDED a miniature castle. I told my parents I needed one for my birthday. I got something stupid instead. After moping around for a day or two, as I was a real bitch at that age, I told my dad I was going to build a castle. He told me to draw a plan for it, so I did. I scaled it so my lego figures could fit in it and I could have small sieges with war machines and all of that fun stuff. It took me about a year to make one tower and a section of wall (using a hand saw). Then my dad taught me how to use the drill press, table saw, scroll saw and belt sander and I knocked out the rest of the design in the same amount of time. The castle measures 5 x 3 feet. I was 8 when I finished it. I never brought it out when my friends came over because I was afraid they would destroy it, and none of them would believe that I made it myself.
Let's skip ahead a few years. I'm 13 now. At this point I have a few bags worth of "junk" electronics containing everything from RC car parts to the spindle motor from a record player someone in our neighborhood threw away. I have also learned that aluminum is my friend and that if I want to take something apart after building it, nuts and bolts are much better than glue. Still hadn't learned how to weld, but ya gotta take baby steps first. What's the coolest thing a 13 year old boy can have? A full auto BB gun in the shape of an Uzi. Yeah, my balls might have dropped when my mom bought that for me at the local hobby store. It was $40 - that amounted to cutting my neighbor's acre lawn with a push mower for 4 weeks, but it was so worth it for the five days during which the gun actually worked. Then the motor burned out. I took it apart, installed a motor from an old cordless drill and powered it with a 12v battery. Needless to say, I was breaking BBs inside the barrel every now and then. Then it hit me - I needed to put the thing on an RC car and drive it around. The platform was a simple 4x4 skid steer without any suspension, but it worked and was surprisingly robust. The turret housed the gun, a servo that fired it, and a laser pointer to help with aim (which was god awful). At that point my parents began worrying that I was going to work as a weapons developer for the military.
At 14 years of age, I decided that boats were way cooler than cars and pooled my meager resources to make something fast. I made the hull out of thin plywood sheet, and then skinned it with carbon fiber. Yes, CARBON FIBER. Apparently I was so insecure of myself at that age that I needed CF to prove to myself that I was a badass. It worked. I learned how to lay CF and fiberglass in a few weeks. Looking back, I find it amusing that that was my reaction to feeling inadequate, and yet I told nobody about it. I guess it was enough to keep me confident in myself. Man, I almost miss those years. The boat had three separate power systems in it, each of them getting more expensive and powerful. The last one cost $350 and allowed me to hit a GPS confirmed 67mph pass at a local RC boat meet. Later that summer I was trying out a new propeller that I had spent 4 hours sharpening and balancing and the water got hit by a random bit of chop. The boat was going around 50mph at that point and flipped, cartwheeled a few times and then disintegrated into a few million pieces. Oops. I lost about $450 dollars in under a second. Lesson - water acts like a solid when hit at high speeds.
...To be continued, if you guys want... I know it's a bit off topic.
Today I upped reps from 20 to 30 per exercise that I do, and doubled the weight (1 to 2 lbs). Things felt good. They also gave me a new exercise where I have to scrunch a towel with my toes for a certain amount of time. Nothing spectacular or even worth posting about if we are talking about my right foot doing it. However, with my left foot... Never have I tried so hard to do so little, and achieved nothing. Well, that's not true, I was able to scrunch the towel once after 4 minutes of willing my toes to curl down so that was a minor victory. Still, I imagined that I looked rather silly sitting there looking intently at my struggling twitching toes - next time I'm gonna do better. All of the other stretches and rotations of the ankle actually felt really nice today.
Now, I suppose I will post some stuff I have built in the past. It all started with duplo blocks, which were quickly upgraded to legos and kinex once my parents were sure I wasn't going to eat all of them. This transition occurred around the time I turned 4 years old. I remember (well, my parents tell me that I did this) always making the models following the instructions to make sure all of the pieces were there, then tearing them apart and building whatever was in my imagination. At the same time, I learned about the magic combination of cardboard, hot glue, and box cutters. Wood followed soon after. By the time I was 6, I had a few grand aspirations.
These were first realized in the shape of a really shitty airboat, powered by a motor and batteries I had taken out of a toy RC car (I had a few broken ones I had cannibalized for electronics and screws). The boat was exciting for about 30 seconds before the motor vibrated loose from its mount and fell into the bathtub, shorting out my only pair of rechargeable batteries. Lesson learned.
At around that time, I read a book about a boy finding a miniature castle in his grandfather's attic. It was beautifully detailed and had cast figurines and stuff. The castle turned out to be magic and the boy ended up shrinking down to miniature and joining the knights in the castle in adventures in a faraway land, becoming a jester, fighting rats, and even getting the admiration of a fair maiden (which at that time I thought was kinda gross). Regardless, I NEEDED a miniature castle. I told my parents I needed one for my birthday. I got something stupid instead. After moping around for a day or two, as I was a real bitch at that age, I told my dad I was going to build a castle. He told me to draw a plan for it, so I did. I scaled it so my lego figures could fit in it and I could have small sieges with war machines and all of that fun stuff. It took me about a year to make one tower and a section of wall (using a hand saw). Then my dad taught me how to use the drill press, table saw, scroll saw and belt sander and I knocked out the rest of the design in the same amount of time. The castle measures 5 x 3 feet. I was 8 when I finished it. I never brought it out when my friends came over because I was afraid they would destroy it, and none of them would believe that I made it myself.
Let's skip ahead a few years. I'm 13 now. At this point I have a few bags worth of "junk" electronics containing everything from RC car parts to the spindle motor from a record player someone in our neighborhood threw away. I have also learned that aluminum is my friend and that if I want to take something apart after building it, nuts and bolts are much better than glue. Still hadn't learned how to weld, but ya gotta take baby steps first. What's the coolest thing a 13 year old boy can have? A full auto BB gun in the shape of an Uzi. Yeah, my balls might have dropped when my mom bought that for me at the local hobby store. It was $40 - that amounted to cutting my neighbor's acre lawn with a push mower for 4 weeks, but it was so worth it for the five days during which the gun actually worked. Then the motor burned out. I took it apart, installed a motor from an old cordless drill and powered it with a 12v battery. Needless to say, I was breaking BBs inside the barrel every now and then. Then it hit me - I needed to put the thing on an RC car and drive it around. The platform was a simple 4x4 skid steer without any suspension, but it worked and was surprisingly robust. The turret housed the gun, a servo that fired it, and a laser pointer to help with aim (which was god awful). At that point my parents began worrying that I was going to work as a weapons developer for the military.
At 14 years of age, I decided that boats were way cooler than cars and pooled my meager resources to make something fast. I made the hull out of thin plywood sheet, and then skinned it with carbon fiber. Yes, CARBON FIBER. Apparently I was so insecure of myself at that age that I needed CF to prove to myself that I was a badass. It worked. I learned how to lay CF and fiberglass in a few weeks. Looking back, I find it amusing that that was my reaction to feeling inadequate, and yet I told nobody about it. I guess it was enough to keep me confident in myself. Man, I almost miss those years. The boat had three separate power systems in it, each of them getting more expensive and powerful. The last one cost $350 and allowed me to hit a GPS confirmed 67mph pass at a local RC boat meet. Later that summer I was trying out a new propeller that I had spent 4 hours sharpening and balancing and the water got hit by a random bit of chop. The boat was going around 50mph at that point and flipped, cartwheeled a few times and then disintegrated into a few million pieces. Oops. I lost about $450 dollars in under a second. Lesson - water acts like a solid when hit at high speeds.
...To be continued, if you guys want... I know it's a bit off topic.
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Some awesome stuff in here, a really enjoyable read. I wish I could build my own castle...
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More, please.
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As requested...
So I really enjoyed making boats. There were a few reasons for this. The first is that they we had a boat and went fishing a lot. Additionally, they were less complex than cars - no steering/suspension geometries to worry about, no complex gearboxes for power transfer.
Having built the "red lobster" from the post above, I wanted something different for my next project. I spent a few days modelling a hull in google sketchup, printed out templates, and built a frame out of balsa. I sheeted it with 1/32 inch thick birch plywood, which was super expensive, and then covered it with a layer of fiberglass to toughen it up. I was super proud of the paintjob, which I did with spray cans and some masking tape. The boat, being slightly over 3 feet long needed some serious power. It took some time to save up the money, but eventually I had a motor/prop combo that generated 7 pounds of thrust. This meant that I could stand the boat on its rear end, hit the throttle, and it would accelerate vertically. That was terrifying to test:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPK_KyzkeS0[/youtube]
I only really start to open up on the throttle near the end of the video, and even then I was limiting myself to 50% because I didn't want to go swimming for my expensive new toy. I was 14 when I finished that project. I still play with this boat every now and then running it in ponds, rivers, grassy areas and snow with impunity.
What could be more exciting than an airboat? A hovercraft. Duh! This project had no plans, just an image I had in my head with the final product. I had two motors, one powering a lift fan and the other powering the main one for forward propulsion. Since the thing rain on an air cushion, I added a gyro from an RC helicopter to help keep it going straight. The construction of this model was very low tech - plywood hull, skirt made out of sweatpants, and insulation foam for flotation. I added a few scale details like a Barbie Doll Ken figure, whose feet I had to cut off to save weight.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvK4sn3EGsU[/youtube]
As you can see, this thing was a blast to run, however it ate through batteries as the lift fan wasn't very effective. It has since been relegated to being a static display in my basement workshop.
I was 15 years old and had built a boat that cracked 60 mph, an airboat that could fly, and a hovercraft. The only logical project left was a jet boat. Or a submarine. In the end, the jet boat won out because it was a cheaper option. I had a summer job at a boat mechanic place, where I serviced full sized race boats and people's recreational craft. Using the 5 axis CNC mill we had in the shop, I milled a full jet unit, impeller, stator, pump housing and all, out of aluminum and brass. The hull was another one of my custom designs, loosely based on the design of Jet Sprint boats found in New Zealand and Australia. The hull was laid up in carbon fiber and had a hefty stainless steel skidplate running along the bottom that allowed me to bounce around the rocks without giving a damn.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XRxAIavQhs[/youtube]
This ended up being the last boat I have built and also one of the most fun to play with. It is built very tough and has survived going down a few rapids and waterfalls that I wouldn't even think about navigating myself.
At this point in my life I got into high school and things got serious. I couldn't devote as much time to my hobbies anymore - until I realized that I could convince teachers to let me do the same sort of stuff as class projects. I also learned that flying wasn't as hard as I thought - but I'll save those creations for my next post
So I really enjoyed making boats. There were a few reasons for this. The first is that they we had a boat and went fishing a lot. Additionally, they were less complex than cars - no steering/suspension geometries to worry about, no complex gearboxes for power transfer.
Having built the "red lobster" from the post above, I wanted something different for my next project. I spent a few days modelling a hull in google sketchup, printed out templates, and built a frame out of balsa. I sheeted it with 1/32 inch thick birch plywood, which was super expensive, and then covered it with a layer of fiberglass to toughen it up. I was super proud of the paintjob, which I did with spray cans and some masking tape. The boat, being slightly over 3 feet long needed some serious power. It took some time to save up the money, but eventually I had a motor/prop combo that generated 7 pounds of thrust. This meant that I could stand the boat on its rear end, hit the throttle, and it would accelerate vertically. That was terrifying to test:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPK_KyzkeS0[/youtube]
I only really start to open up on the throttle near the end of the video, and even then I was limiting myself to 50% because I didn't want to go swimming for my expensive new toy. I was 14 when I finished that project. I still play with this boat every now and then running it in ponds, rivers, grassy areas and snow with impunity.
What could be more exciting than an airboat? A hovercraft. Duh! This project had no plans, just an image I had in my head with the final product. I had two motors, one powering a lift fan and the other powering the main one for forward propulsion. Since the thing rain on an air cushion, I added a gyro from an RC helicopter to help keep it going straight. The construction of this model was very low tech - plywood hull, skirt made out of sweatpants, and insulation foam for flotation. I added a few scale details like a Barbie Doll Ken figure, whose feet I had to cut off to save weight.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvK4sn3EGsU[/youtube]
As you can see, this thing was a blast to run, however it ate through batteries as the lift fan wasn't very effective. It has since been relegated to being a static display in my basement workshop.
I was 15 years old and had built a boat that cracked 60 mph, an airboat that could fly, and a hovercraft. The only logical project left was a jet boat. Or a submarine. In the end, the jet boat won out because it was a cheaper option. I had a summer job at a boat mechanic place, where I serviced full sized race boats and people's recreational craft. Using the 5 axis CNC mill we had in the shop, I milled a full jet unit, impeller, stator, pump housing and all, out of aluminum and brass. The hull was another one of my custom designs, loosely based on the design of Jet Sprint boats found in New Zealand and Australia. The hull was laid up in carbon fiber and had a hefty stainless steel skidplate running along the bottom that allowed me to bounce around the rocks without giving a damn.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XRxAIavQhs[/youtube]
This ended up being the last boat I have built and also one of the most fun to play with. It is built very tough and has survived going down a few rapids and waterfalls that I wouldn't even think about navigating myself.
At this point in my life I got into high school and things got serious. I couldn't devote as much time to my hobbies anymore - until I realized that I could convince teachers to let me do the same sort of stuff as class projects. I also learned that flying wasn't as hard as I thought - but I'll save those creations for my next post
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This is so unbelievably amazing, holy fuck Ivan. Really cool stuff.
-Daniel C. NY, USA. "Sacrifice a goat to our Lord and Savior Evan Gatesman".
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Really, really cool stuff. I especially like the boats. I had a little RC hovercraft when I was small....I did not build it myself, but I also recall that it chewed through batteries like crazy. Somewhat unrelated, but these posts made me think of this song.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1OR1aa2cM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1OR1aa2cM[/youtube]
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Wow. I lived with you for a year.. How did I miss all those?!?! Al I remember was the quadcopter, batter-powered mouton board, and some other techy stuff that you said would blow up if I touched it. I also just had a flashback to when you put a bunch of random wires around a gatorade bottle, wrote "Do not touch: Explosive" on the outside of it and left it in the middle of the kitchen for me to come home to at 4 am after my shift at Pita Pit. That honestly freaked me out way more than I led you to believe hahaha Great prank though.
I liked the hovercraft the best. The Ken doll was a great extra touch. The jet boat was sick though, too. well done, as always.
One last thing… someone has been flying a drone over my house every few nights and it reminds me of you… I just hope it's not the CIA or something
Oh one more random thought… your pt.. I thought it might be a cool idea for you to do some strength training by trying to hold a bag on your clipper? Maybe run this by your pt trainer? I think it would be great as an extra exercise and it would also get your healing leg in shape for footbag again. Still can't wait til you're back in the circles. At least you're walking and it sounds like pt is going well, so far! Props on the Clipper! All steps in the right direction!
Looking forward to seeing you and hanging out at ECFC!
I liked the hovercraft the best. The Ken doll was a great extra touch. The jet boat was sick though, too. well done, as always.
One last thing… someone has been flying a drone over my house every few nights and it reminds me of you… I just hope it's not the CIA or something
Oh one more random thought… your pt.. I thought it might be a cool idea for you to do some strength training by trying to hold a bag on your clipper? Maybe run this by your pt trainer? I think it would be great as an extra exercise and it would also get your healing leg in shape for footbag again. Still can't wait til you're back in the circles. At least you're walking and it sounds like pt is going well, so far! Props on the Clipper! All steps in the right direction!
Looking forward to seeing you and hanging out at ECFC!
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All these projects are very impressive, Ivan!
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Glad you enjoy these off topic posts.
Nick, these are all projects that I worked on during middle/high school so I didn't bother bringing them up. I prefer not to have my past achievements influence people's perception of me until I get to know them better. That way they get to form an opinion of me that is closer to who I am at that moment, and not who I was or what I did in the past. It's also weird talking about it in person because I feel like I am bragging. I guess it's different when it's on a forum.
About the drone: both commercial and military grade UAVs are vulnerable to jamming - be it radio or gps spoofing. If you want to take it down, that is just a matter of getting an antenna, transmitter, and some software. It's also probably illegal and frowned upon by the feds. Source: I've done research on a lot of the commonly used guidance systems at PSU.
Before I continue, I suppose an update on foot related things is in order.
I hit fairy ss muted pickup
Finally got on a stationary bike. I forgot how much I miss biking. I get 5 minutes on the thing every time, on a pretty low setting. Today I smoked 2 miles on it, which makes me believe the distance measurement is wrong. Oh well, it impressed the the PT assistant and it felt nice to get my feet on some pedals.
Here is a completely unrelated, but absolutely necessary picture of me and Roo. Next post will have more cool stuff.
Nick, these are all projects that I worked on during middle/high school so I didn't bother bringing them up. I prefer not to have my past achievements influence people's perception of me until I get to know them better. That way they get to form an opinion of me that is closer to who I am at that moment, and not who I was or what I did in the past. It's also weird talking about it in person because I feel like I am bragging. I guess it's different when it's on a forum.
About the drone: both commercial and military grade UAVs are vulnerable to jamming - be it radio or gps spoofing. If you want to take it down, that is just a matter of getting an antenna, transmitter, and some software. It's also probably illegal and frowned upon by the feds. Source: I've done research on a lot of the commonly used guidance systems at PSU.
Before I continue, I suppose an update on foot related things is in order.
I hit fairy ss muted pickupFinally got on a stationary bike. I forgot how much I miss biking. I get 5 minutes on the thing every time, on a pretty low setting. Today I smoked 2 miles on it, which makes me believe the distance measurement is wrong. Oh well, it impressed the the PT assistant and it felt nice to get my feet on some pedals.
Here is a completely unrelated, but absolutely necessary picture of me and Roo. Next post will have more cool stuff.
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You've always done things above and beyond. Sick that you blew your pt assistant's mind on that. She/he obviously didn't know you well lol that's great you're biking dude. That will build some serious leg strength back. Oh and props on Nallegam! (Magellan spelled backwards.. Always liked that trick name)
Stoked to see you at ecfc (maybe before that too). Keep strengthening that leg! Can't wait to shred with you again
Stoked to see you at ecfc (maybe before that too). Keep strengthening that leg! Can't wait to shred with you again
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Roo looks adorable! Thanks again for taking care of them this summer!
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Went to the doctor today - good news and bad news.
Good news is that I'm no-longer in the boot, just have a small ankle stabilizing brace now. Walking sucks again, as I don't nearly have the range of motion in my ankle yet but that should get better soon. Rode a real bike as well - that was a struggle, but it was so sweet to be back on 2 wheels again. I love my bike more than my car.
The doctor said that everything was healing up really well - at the time of the operation, there was a number of strands that were frayed and couldn't be reattached due to the localized swelling so they were just left alone in the hopes that they would fuse with the repaired fibers. Thankfully they did just that and I should be able to make a full recovery - before today, the possibility of not being able to footbag/horseback ride/trail run ever again was quite real and terrifying. Sometimes things work out I guess...
The bad news (if it could be called that) is that I'm not allowed to pursue any strenuous activities for the next 3 months. That means no footbag or horseback riding or trail running for the rest of the year. Balls. Grundlebunnies. Other words of disappointment. That news was a bit deflating, but I guess it could have been worse. I'm still going to ECFC, I still get to film and stitch, and I get to start biking and hiking a bit now.
Good night for now modified, looks like I won't be having footbag-related highlights for a bit longer now.
Good news is that I'm no-longer in the boot, just have a small ankle stabilizing brace now. Walking sucks again, as I don't nearly have the range of motion in my ankle yet but that should get better soon. Rode a real bike as well - that was a struggle, but it was so sweet to be back on 2 wheels again. I love my bike more than my car.
The doctor said that everything was healing up really well - at the time of the operation, there was a number of strands that were frayed and couldn't be reattached due to the localized swelling so they were just left alone in the hopes that they would fuse with the repaired fibers. Thankfully they did just that and I should be able to make a full recovery - before today, the possibility of not being able to footbag/horseback ride/trail run ever again was quite real and terrifying. Sometimes things work out I guess...
The bad news (if it could be called that) is that I'm not allowed to pursue any strenuous activities for the next 3 months. That means no footbag or horseback riding or trail running for the rest of the year. Balls. Grundlebunnies. Other words of disappointment. That news was a bit deflating, but I guess it could have been worse. I'm still going to ECFC, I still get to film and stitch, and I get to start biking and hiking a bit now.
Good night for now modified, looks like I won't be having footbag-related highlights for a bit longer now.
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F[uns]tylin' Eclectic
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Re: Ivan I's Footblog (PSU)
Damn man, that's a little disappointing. But the "full recovery" news is certainly a great thing. I'm still rooting for you. Also, stoked to see you at ECFC. Take care, man.
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krustykrakk
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Re: Ivan I's Footblog (PSU)
Full recovery > Immediate return, I guess. The three months news stinks but hey, you will be my birthday footbag surprise!
Footbag!
Footbag!