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Thursday, December 4, 2014

2:15 AM

WHAT'S THIS!? I'm posting..AGAINNNN. lol
I guess I've just had a lot to vent that didn't feel appropriate dumping on friends haha.
This post however is allll about me patting myself on the back =P Except, tbh my shoulders hurt from all the poi-ing.

I'm so HAPPY XD

I guess my poitastic journey technically began at the start of 2013. On the 16th of January to be exact. Around that time Tim (my x and at that point fuck buddy) had taken up fire staffing and had asked me to come along to CircSoc at UNSW with him and Jamie. I think I only ever attended one real lesson and played around with it a bit when Tim bought his. I wasn't very good and I wasn't particularly drawn to it. One arvo while we were hanging at Jamie's place he took out the rest of his circus-ey gear and that was the first time I picked up a pair of poi. Also the day I got to see my x face plant it pretttty hard after attempting pogo-stilts (Warning: not for the faint of heart). lol. I still have the video of me trying to do 3 beat that day. I'm so glad that video exists because ONE day, i'll be good enough to look back at that and feel even prouder of how far I've come. I wasn't great at that either and I was even less interested in it that staffing.

Screen caps: the face says it all.

Fast forward to this year in August when I attended my first doof. I was blown away by the amount of beautiful patterns that people could make and how freely some people were able to express themselves to styles of music that were just too fast to dance to properly. It seemed like the perfect solution to my conundrum: how the fuck do I dance to this? I get antsy when I hear music that I'm really digging and I can't move my body to the beat. That's why I think I would really enjoy playing the drums/percussion since my physical movements would be creating the sounds. I thought about getting a pair but it was a fleeting thought. The next doof I went to I felt that even more strongly. I spent a good 8 hours dancing with a giant scarf overnight to all this downtempo/chill beats and I saw a girl moving her body in the most amazing ways with her poi moving around her gracefully. Blew my mind. I wanted to try really badly. Luckily Marco is impulsive as fuck and bought a pair and asked if I wanted a set so I figured if he was going to buy some silly toy I wouldn't feel as guilty having a set. I didn't even touch them while we were there because I didn't want to be a dork and fail as hard as I had before. When I got home I started looking up tutorials on youtube and learning slowly. The love for it didn't really hit me until we went to Jervis Bay with the boys and I spent literally 3 hours just going at it. For the first time I just let myself move without following a tutorial. It was magicalll.

I've been practicing regularly ever since, pretty much ever day. Because I WANT TO. Mind blown. I've never wanted to keep practicing something haha Not like this, where I accidentally lose 2 hours and I don't even notice. I've even gone to two lessons so far. Really helpful. I've also found that just talking to other people who are spinning has instantly taught me something new, it's such a great feeling. Each new move feels like a victory and it doesn't feel like it's taking thatttt much effort to pick stuff up. I love it XD Each small win makes me want to keep going.

I felt soooo amazing the other day. I went to this really mad gig at the Jenolan Caves with a bunch of people I had never met (that's a whole different happy story xD) and when we were hanging out after the gig I took my poi out. I brought them with me in the hopes that someone more experienced than me would be around so I could learn something new. I was the only one of our crew who knew how to poi =( So after asking they were like, noooooo show us. So I did. They were the first group of people I didn't know who have just sat there and watched me and asked me to perform. I warned them I had only been spinning for like a month and they were SO supportive. Their encouragement felt sooooooooo good. It gave me the confidence boost I needed and now I don't care who sees me =D Hearing them 'ohhhhh' and 'ahhhh' was ridiculously satisfying. Validation from strangers, the BEST kind! lol

I'm just so excited to keep going and get better. I've had a couple moments where I've listened to an awesome song and started flowing and MAN does it feel good. I have this stupid smile on my face the entire time. Plus I'm just so proud of myself. I've always been so fucking unco and this makes me feel like I'm finally able to do something practical/physical. Also, it feels so awesome seeing my skills develop and how building up muscle memory actually works. This week I realised that I could now magically do one of the moves I hadn't been able to get at the start and I guess it must be from having gained more dexterity from other moves. SO pumped.

Weeeeeee. I've got class tomorrow night. I have so many questions!
xD

Also: sorry. haha i know I sound real gloaty but yeah. Just so happy I found something I love doing and actually want to spend my spare time doing.

wewt
x

& Kitty goes MeOw.

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Español.

So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language. Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so. Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]

Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease

Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'

Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.

Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.

Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.

Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.

*To be continued