Foxy_Rei
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I wish I could twirl on street signs! Here where I live, the posts are made differently, so it’s not a smooth, round pole. *pout*
For me it’s more terminology and forgetting that everyone doesn’t know what I’m talking about. I was talking with a friend on IM last night and he asked me what was new, and I started to say that my wrist was bothering me from practicing my half-handspring mount to butterfly the night before and that my skin’s grip has been shot the past few days so I couldn’t practice my superman and etc. etc. I stopped myself because I realized he would have no idea what I was talking about… lol.
But other than that, whenever I see something even remotely resembling a pole I wonder how big around it must be (50mm? 45 maybe??) and what it’s made out of, and what the grip is like.
Oh, and I’m one of those people who gets obsessed with the same song for like a week and just listen to it over and over and over and over again… well, when I’m at work mulling the song of the week over in my head, I think up what I would do on the pole and find myself starting to move more dance-y like. Picture this: wearing scrubs, a white apron, a hairnet, and yellow dish washing gloves; standing at a stainless steel counter next to a dishwasher and a hose washing dishes. When I sidestep to the dishwasher, I’m pointing my toes and picking my leg up gracefully instead of sliding it along the floor, etc. etc. I haven’t done any twirls or anything yet, but I’m waiting for someone to give me the crooked eyebrow one of these days! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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I’m sensitive to spider bites, too, but never had a reaction that bad. I’m glad she’s doing better, RaRa!
Just as a precaution, I’m sensitive to spider bites because I’m allergic to bee stings… dunno if your daughter has been stung by a bee recently or anything, but it should be something to look out for. She may not be allergic per-say, but may be more sensitive to it or to certain kinds of bees. I’m personally ok with bumble bee stings (they have no poison, just a stinger) and I don’t get a really bad reaction from wasps (a lot of swelling and itching, and of course pain). It’s the hornets and Yellow Jackets that get me – I get hives covering every inch of my body and I get dizzy and black out ("anaphylactic shock" is what that’s called). So just be cautious if she gets stung… :-/
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Poledancefan, Joel, is a male poler who built his own poles – had a smaller diameter one then changed to a 50mm one. He has some videos on YouTube of him doing it and even going to the store to buy the parts. He just went to Home Depot and loaded up the cart. If you search YouTube for his user name (Poledancefan) and find his channel you’ll find a wealth of information. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif He’s on this site, too, if you want to look him up and send him a message to get some advice.
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Still hate to be the bad guy here, but animals are animals… If you live alone then I can understand the attachment to pets because there is no other companionship, but when you have a partner or family or whatever and they are inconvenienced by the pets, then the humans come first. But at the same time, those family members should have a certain amount of respect for the pets, too. I mean if you have a partner that gets mad because the dog hogs the bed, then ok, the dog sleeps on the floor. However, if that partner also just seems to hate the dog for no reason and/or abuses the animal or whatever, then the partner is in the wrong.
Couples and families must be on the same page where the pets stand. If the whole family worships the dog, then so be it! At least they’re in agreement. It’s the situations like in the show where one person excuses an animals unacceptable behavior and the rest of the family is suffering. That’s basically all I was saying.
I love animals and have had pets all my life, until I moved out of my parents’ and got married, anyway. I personally can’t wait to have a dog again – I’ve always wanted a Shetland Sheepdog… But you’ll never catch me yelling at my husband for yelling at the dog for peeing on the floor or something, and dogs sleep on the floor, not in bed. That’s how I feel. I mean, my mom used to work at the Cornell Vet College and saw a woman in the waiting room for the clinic french kissing her dog… that’s just sick… You gotta draw the line somewhere.
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https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif LOL Webmaster! my husband is sitting next to me laughing hysterically! And so am I! You’re right, Vista is a virus… I’m still using XP myself but my mother and sister both have Vista and I hate it.
And thanks for the input, Beccagirl, but I already do shut off stuff running in the background with XP as much as possible. But there’s still a lot of programs taking up space on the hard drive that are just sitting there, and I don’t know what they do so I don’t want to delete them just in case. I’d say I have above-average computer knowledge, but not nearly enough to know what every single stupid program that comes with Windows does. But thank you anyway! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
So I’ll probably install Ubuntu, but partition the hard drive and keep XP on there for now. I have several programs that I use regularly that I want to make sure that I can find a Linux equivalent to before I delete everything. I have an iPod so I’ll need to find something like iTunes, something for my digital camera (well, since my camera is broken I could go without that for now…), Adobe Photoshop (probably GIMP???), and some random games like Step Mania (same as Dance Dance revolution, but for a computer). I have Limewire too, but my husband says Linux runs off of torrents, so Limewire won’t work. He hasn’t figured out the torrents yet, so we’ll have fun with that lol. When I get it all straightened out I’ll probably get rid of Windows entirely.
Wish me luck on the transition! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif
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Oh wow a response from the Webmaster himself! Who better to get an opinion from??? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Yes I’ve heard of people running their servers for years without having to reboot on Linux, which is mind-blowing.
I’ll have to think about the Dell thing. I can’t even afford that right now, but it’s something to keep in mind, definitely. Thank you!
So which version of Linux do you recommend?? (Like I said, my husband got Ubuntu)
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Nothing I tried really did much of a difference, and I don’t use moisturizers. I work in a kitchen, gets too hot and sweaty to bother using many products like that…
It’s also been a very long time since I was actually given anything extreme to use – like junior high. I’ve been thinking about seeing a dermatologist just to see what they have for me.
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I used to have horrible acne, and for my age, I still do… it’s gotten better since high school, but it’s still really bad. It’s all stuff under the skin. My husband picks on me sometimes, says some of the pimples need their own area code. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif I refuse to wear make-up because of it.
Almost everything I’ve tried has dried my face out really badly, like the dry skin peeling off my face is just as unsightly as the acne itself (hence the reason why I stopped using anything). So does this stuff do that, too??? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif
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Dude… he sucked.
At least the girls on the poles knew what they were doing! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
I wanna know what kind of gloves they were wearing! Where do I get some of those?
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Oh I used to watch that show every now and then… it’s amazing how attached to their pets people can get that they are able to put up with some of the behavior that their dogs (or cats, etc.) exhibit. One woman on there had a dog that would attack their daughter whenever she tried to play with her toys on the floor (to the poor kid couldn’t play on the floor at all), would go through the kitchen and pull out the drawers to make stairs up to the counter and eat everything, then proceed to pee on the cabinets, and even found out how to open the oven and refrigerator and eat all that, too. And on top of this, the dog also wouldn’t let the husband sleep in the bed with the wife – the dog and the woman got the bed every night.
The husband is the one who obviously called in the dog trainer. But to think, the wife was basically choosing the dog over the rest of the family! Any dog that did that, in any part or portion, would be out the door. I can’t believe how easily people forget that their pets are ANIMALS and not another human!
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Jungle – you’re still the best. For as out-of-it you claim to be relationship-wise you speak very wisely. Very blunt, but very wise. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif Thank you!
Gsylass – It sounds like you have a good arrangement worked out with your husband. I post videos for the feedback and such, too, and I think since starting this post my husband has come to realize that as well. So hopefully we’ve begun the process of smoothing this out… Thanks!
untamedshrew – I’m glad you’ve started to work things out with your husband! That’s great! I can’t wait to see some vids!
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Oh good! Congrats to your hubby! Yes definitely go for the X-Pole – you’ll save your money in the long run. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Oooo that link works now??? It didn’t used to do anything for a while… Cool, thanks! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Ditto to the above! Thank you soldiers past, present, and future https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_salut.gif
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Ditto to what Sascha said, that’s been rather irritating for me as well… Whenever I want to drool I have to find it in the forums.
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No, changing the file name extension won’t do anything, it just makes the file unusable. I’ve tried https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif
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You’re getting a lot of good advice from the other girls, but I got so upset in reading this I had to add my 2 cents.
This is exactly how relationships with other people start, and I know first hand – and not from the good side. I’ve had serious relationships with the few guys I’ve been with but I ended up finding a good friend in another guy and fell for them. Almost exactly the same picture your b/f is painting with this woman.
And even if it’s not going quite that far in that direction, no matter how you cut it this relationship is inappropriate like the other girls are saying. If the woman can’t pay for the work in cash, then she shouldn’t be trying to make up for it by being all buddy-buddy with him. Casual friends may be acceptable, but that still doesn’t include text messages at all hours of the night and early morning.
But this needs to be resolved, now. Harboring these feelings only builds resentment whether you realize it or not. And if in the event he is having doubts, if you keep these feelings to yourself it will come out negatively towards him and it may drive him further away.
And on that note, be careful how you handle this situation when you confront him about it. In the relationships I had that ended because of this scenario, my now exes confronted me about it and they acted like such jerks about it that I didn’t like that side of them; and it put a rather stressful, fight-filled end to the relationship. That was because the guys got really defensive of me like I was personal property and weren’t sensitive to the fact that there was something missing from the relationship; and instead of trying to fix it so I didn’t have to go somewhere else to get it, they just got angry and resentful. I’m not saying I was in the right, either, but the harsh words could have been avoided a lot easier.
So yes, definitely address this, promptly, and as calmly as possible. Talk it over and try not to let voices be raised, even if it doesn’t turn out like you had hoped. Keep us posted and we’re all here for you! *hugs*
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Sounds normal to me. What you just described doing with your guy is the same thing as what we were saying to do to release the tubes, just with 2 people instead. But maybe next time you won’t want to tighten it as much, but maybe by like an eighth of a turn, lol. If you couldn’t get it at all is when I’d start to worry about changing methods. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Way to be optimistic! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_thumright.gif
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I have the same problem: I’m 5’4" and ceilings are 7′ even. I had to buy an extension to use as the bottom piece, so the actual piece of the regular pole is sitting unused in the case… I also have several inches of the adjuster screw showing so that makes it hard, too. I wish the adjuster cover felt more secure to hold onto, I use that extra 3-4 inches! I just left the adjuster cover off because it overlaps the real pole and I don’t like holding onto it…
I’m not advanced enough yet to do the combos you want to do, but it’s annoying for regular stuff for me, too! I kick the ceiling if I’m not careful when I invert. I want to try the body wave but I can’t get a grip high enough on the pole to lift my feet off the floor. I also can’t even do a double climb, my head hits the ceiling. I can barely get high enough off the floor to do a cross ankle release. You see me struggling to climb up that last few inches in all my videos with it in there! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
So I don’t have any tips, but I can relate. Good luck and I’ll be checking this thread for advice, myself! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_thumright.gif
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I had the exact same problem when I got to this point… here’s a link to the thread if you wanted to check out the answers:
http://www.studioveena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=303
Fleur said it’s imperative to get a strong crucifix, which it sounds like the point where you are at, too. Work on getting the hang of hanging upside down (no pun intended) and such and you’ll be on your way!
You could always go to WikiPole to look up the moves and see what they’re supposed to look like. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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I was wondering where you went off to! I hope things are going well and we’ll be anxiously waiting for you to come back! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Jungle you’re still sweet for doing it. Sometimes the point of view from another beginner is a lot of help, too. Some experts out there forget what it’s like when you’re first learning a move and can’t explain it worth crap. Veena isn’t one of them, though!!! But you know what I mean https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif
*semi-random side note: I’ve decided that the https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif emoticon is my favorite ever.
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https://www.studioveena.com/video/gallery/May-Challenge-In-the-Air-Tonight
Finally… nothing went right in the process of trying to do this video. Oi.
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I already gave my 2 cents but I wanted to put in a big ol’ AMEN! and DITTO! to what Veena said – all of it.
