Moxie

Just call me hagesy · Post by **Just call me hagesy** » 10 Dec 2005 15:15

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Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 18 Dec 2005 23:30

I played footbag today.

I haven't been able to really play since my foot started to hurt. Yesterday I woke up and it felt pretty much better for no apparent reason. Jeremy and Amelia picked me up, we picked Dat up, then we ate some Pho and had bubble tea. Yum. Then we picked Nate up and went to a rec center with racket ball courts. Super sluth Nate found out that the first visit is free, which was great because it has been really rainy here over the last few days. Amelia and I warmed up in our two person circle, which is always fun. I played better than I was expecting, but still not 100% which is just fine. I worked on a new trick/combo which I haven't perfected yet. Dat wasn't able to play the whole time, but it was fun to watch while it lasted. Amelia hit clipper set ss mirage bsos and legover>mirage>legover>mirage, right? Or was it pickups... sorry, I can't remember. After the session ended, we went to Nate's for a home cooked meal, then we went bowling. I was so disappointed in my game but it was a fun time. We picked up ice cream on the way home. Yum, again. Dat taught Amelia a new meaning to the phrase "There's an adventure in every day," and I learned how many man hours go into a painting.

I was happy that I could play again. I was really scared that I wouldn't be able to play at New Year's Jam in Chicago for a 2nd year in a row. I was also happy that all over I felt good. I played for a long time and didn't hurt. No back pain, no leg pain, nothing.

pips · Post by **pips** » 19 Dec 2005 01:08

Bowling is always fun no matter how well you play!

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 22 Dec 2005 12:28

You are right, my dear.

Tuesday: Jeremy, Nate, and I went to Stanford and kicked with that crew for a while. I don't think I hit anything, but I did play for a while so I was happy. I played some 2-square too. Then went to dinner at The Olive Garden with Steve.

Wednesday: Mr. Aaron Orton came to Santa Cruz on the way back up to Oregon. So he, Nate, Jeremy and I had a session before dinner in Jeremy's garage, then Amelia joined us all for some fine Mexican food, then the four of us had another session. After we left Jeremy's, Nate, Aaron and I watched some videos on Aaron's computer. 3 Vasek videos playing at the same time and you can see everything at once... hyeah.

When everyone was already warm in the first session on Wed. and I joined in. I was so glad to know these kickers as people or else I would have been really intimidated. Dang. The level of shred was great to see in person. I had seen Aaron play in person a bunch before, so I hadn't realized that we never actually kicked in the same circle at the same time, which is what he told me. So now we have.

I practiced drifters, stepping, and worked on torques a little bit; but mostly I did 2's and some 3's.

Aaron did not get inducted into the Mowser club.

Tomorrow morning I'll be on the plane for Illinois. Christmas, then NYJ. YES.

Hi Mike Hansen.

EDIT: Oh my gosh. I can't believe I forgot to include this little story:

Nate and Jeremy were at my house talking with Jennie and Jason in the living room. I deCided to throw a load of laundry in the wasHer because I didn't want to have a pIle of laundry behind my door with company over. I grabbed Clothes and since the load wouldn't have been full yet, I grabbed the sheets and pillow cAses that were on my bed. When the stuff was in the dryer Jennie and I both noticed that it sounded like there was a tennis ball in there or something. When I went out to Get the dried laundry, I noticed that it smelled good out there. Then I Opened the dryer door and it smelled stronger. I guess (I know) at the foot of the bed there was a jar of Icy Hot® that had gotten tangled in the sheet while I was removing it. I found the jar in the dryer and it was half empty (when it had been completely full before) and it was liquid. The good news is that once it solidified some, it was still warm so it felt nice on my leg. The other good news is that I like the smell of it (it smells like Wint-o-green Lifesavers to me), which I'm thankful for since everything I own smells like it now.

hackeysnacker · Post by **hackeysnacker** » 22 Dec 2005 13:27

chicago!

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 22 Dec 2005 16:34

Looking forward to seeing you in a couple days, have a safe trip. And about that whole poisoning thing, no, I was just giving you background to the mistletoe, I don't plan on killing you at chitown

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 23 Dec 2005 20:55

I actually laughed out loud when I read the Icy Hot part.

mmmm olive garden....mmm hanging out with emily.mmmmmm....wait yuck *jealousy* that you kick outside at universities and stuff.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 23 Dec 2005 21:41

John, my threat is still in place.

Tom, I got off the plane today and it was 45 degrees outside, you wuss. I could play outside in this condition.

In other news, good things are in motion.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 24 Dec 2005 03:11

Moxie wrote: When playing in a group, I usually take 8 to 3 minutes to warm up, then I have an okay 10-15 min burst of good energy/ability, and then it slowly degrades for the rest of the session. I'm not sure what to do about it and I don't like that. Not being sore or burned out, but just like it's over no matter what you want to do.

It's all in your mind. what I do is think to myself that I just started, and then sometimes my body will follow........sometimes

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 24 Dec 2005 22:32

yes! haven't read your blog in a while; so glad you're feeling better! merry christmas and happy new year etc., have fun at new years jam. can't wait to kick with you again!!

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 02 Jan 2006 21:38

[soft nudge with elbow]

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 02 Jan 2006 22:10

Moxie wrote:Tom, I got off the plane today and it was 45 degrees outside, you wuss. I could play outside in this condition.

You must've brought that Cali weather with you cuz there was snow on the ground 10 minutes b4 you landed.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 02 Jan 2006 22:53

Yeah well, I was just taking the word of my trusty pilot. I only saw snow falling once this whole trip, the rest of the time it was rain.

Big ups to David Clavens!

Okay, I'll tell you why. One day while Jeremy M. and Nate L. were over, David called to tell me some good news. Keep reading and you'll see it at the end.

NEW YEAR'S JAM - CHICAGO 2005!!!!!
In no real order:

-Rode up in style: with FTB
-Fun 4-square, Zeke is my favorite to watch. Followed by Kolo and Jorden, but only together.
-I saw Jorden hit his first knee skull smasher (nice wording, Mathieu)
-Met Johnny S. for the first time, seeing him play in persona was amazing. Especially with Jorden. There were some phat ass circles at that event. Damn.
-Bought a Kolo Shirt
-Bought an event shirt, nice job Zeke
-Amelia and I got free shirts and hacks from Val and Scott for being nice
-CROTCH FIRE!!! (Version 2) Big ups to the founding fathers of that game. May it live on at every footbag event.
-Got to see James... for a bit.
-New Years Eve - very fun
-My level of play was frustrating. A week before the event I was glad that I was able to play footbag at all, so it was the greatest feeling. But at the event I was just frustrated because I couldn't link or hit anything that I was proud of. I feel pretty selfish for only thinking about myself when I was so frustrated. But I was still very glad that I got to be in circles with such great players/people, and I am glad I kicked even if I was unhappy with it. Thanks to people for still kicking with me.
-John spilling a drink on himself while making fun of Bob.

HenryG wrote:Crotchfire
YOU'LL GET CAUGHT IN THE HEAT!
CROTCHFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to Bob Glasser for the HARDCORE singing

Jorden, Johnny, and Mirken playing footbag with Dat then Mike's cell. The rest of us tried but Jorden and Mirken kept going; it was amazing and scary (for the phone's health) at the same time.
Boiling blood on NY's Eve, so funny and yet very sad.
Rock climbing with Johnny and John. Brad watched me climb.
So many clubs: Art Institute, Polar Bear, Crotch Fire, Teriaki Beef...
Bowling- I got a very good score for me, but Mike and I still couldn't beat WV. Good job John and Brad.
Watching Brad, John, and Mike H. play DDR
Vegan French Toast at the Pick Me Up Cafe

This is my favorite year of this event, and this year was my favorite footbag event (you can't include worlds in that b/c it was a week long vs. three days at NYJ).

Side note:
When Lisa (AWESOME person who I would want to be good friends with if we lived in the same city), Brad, Mike, Bob and I went to the Art Institute my leg started hurting (because of my back problem). I can play footbag, go running, work out (no heavy lifting), do whatever I want to, but if I walk around a mall or a museum (both are slow walking) or try to stretch, it hurts. I had to sit down for a lot of the time there. Peter says that acupuncture might help my back problems so I'm going to try it as soon as I can find someone good when I get home. I've already had my 3rd epidural so I have to do something for the next 9 month so I'm not in pain. I won't (don't want to) have back surgery like my Dr. says is the next step...

Items Lost:
Black (with silver) homemade scarf
Dark Grey floppy, almost empty, kind of crappy 12 panel footbag.

This is such a short and lacking entry for such an amazing event. I can't tell you how fun it was to see everyone play and to then be able to get to know almost everyone and hang out with them so closely. I felt like I really hung out with Zeke, Tom, Kamil, Mike, Johnny, Brad, Jorden, Bob, John, Kolo, Mathieu, Henry, Eric, Will, Reid, Shawn, Kaushik, Jeremy, Amelia, Dat, and GF a fair amount (I hope I didn't forget anyone I was chummy with). Plus there were tons of other people around the whole time. This event was amazing. I loved the venue, loved how it was run, loved the out of town people, loved the locals, LOVED the food, the weather was nice, the after parties were great, the games were great, the homeless person trying to sell papers in the lobby was great... I will be there next year.

I've been so sleep deprived this trip. I'm going to sleep as much as I can tomorrow on the plane and during the day because I want to look and feel okay for the 4th and 5th. Duncan (David started a thread about it on Modified) is flying me to LA, paying for all of my food and accommodations and is paying me $200 for each of the two days, then flying me to San Jose. David C. told the contact there about me and Ashley because the guy wanted to have a girl or two in the promotional video/commercial. So I was all booked and then he asked if there were any players in LA. I got him in contact with Chris Pinkus. Then he got in touch with Ashley because he felt like having another girl would be nice. Sam is going with her so I'll get to see Ashley (who I've never met before), and Chris and Sam again. They want simple stuff like mirages and atw's. I can do that.

It's 12:45am, I still have to shower, and I'll be up at 5:15am to go to the airport for LA. SO TIRED.

But this whole trip was SO worth it.

P.S. I got to know Johnny pretty well and he's a great guy. I love watching him shred. Bob G. is one of the nicest people I have ever met. So funny, nice, compassionate, laid back. It was fun getting to know him especially since I know his home boys already. The WV crew is right up there with Chicago in my eyes.

Someone needs to start things in motion to get a LOT of us decide to move to a shred mecca. I would do it. Seriously. I mean it.

EDIT: I AM ASLEEP, KAMIL!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: I miss you, Kamil.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 02 Jan 2006 23:09

I forgot this. Good bye Illinois.

acxel22 · Post by **acxel22** » 02 Jan 2006 23:15

I must agree that Zeke is so fun to watch in four square, really intense!
Especially now that he has some montreal style in his soul

was nice to meet you and kick with you in chicago,
if you dont go to worlds, perhaps we will meet again at the next NYJ!

Don't forget to say hi to Fletcher for me!

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 02 Jan 2006 23:22

Moxie wrote:I forgot this. Good bye Illinois.

bahahahahaa

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 02 Jan 2006 23:34

I know, Kamil. I really should have been in show business earlier.

I hope to kick with you again before NYJ 06, Mathieu. But we'll see each other then for sure.

I am going to make a million add-on posts to the NYJ one. The "this" post was the 1st, this is the 2nd one.

I totally forgot to talk about the Polar Bear Dive yesterday. Every Jan 1st, a ton of people get themselves out of bed, sober or not, and jump into icy Lake Michigan. Bob noticed that there was ice in the sand, and that if the sand was that cold, the water must be, well, worse. There was ice on the water. Suddenly, there was Emily, Lisa, Brad, John, Bob, Shawn (Lisa's friend) an estimated 100 other people in the water. We had to run out until it was deep enough to go all the way under, because that's the point of it. Running out was okay because of the running start on land. But once you see people turning back before going under, you get slowed down. People running both ways, your feel are almost numb but not quite- so you can still feel the pain, you throw yourself into the water and come up. And you can't breathe. I tried to run back, and for a little bit it worked, but I couldn't get air to go into or out of my lungs, so after a minute I stopped running and walked the rest of the way in. WOOOHOOOO. I felt great. I'll probably do it again next year.

pips · Post by **pips** » 02 Jan 2006 23:54

They have a polar bear club in Pittsburgh too. I always wanted to join it.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 03 Jan 2006 08:48

Hahahaha nice video. Glad you had fun at the NYJ. I should've gone; damnit. Would've been great to meet you and a lot of the people you mentioned. By the way, that is SO cool that you're going to LA to film, Sam was telling me about it. That should be super cool! Let us know how it went. Have a good time.

bob · Post by **bob** » 03 Jan 2006 12:56

WV loves Emily.

This was my favorite event ever. bar none.

it will hold a special place in my heart *wipe away tear*

bob