PoleSkivvies
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@StellarMotion – Thanks for the story – that will remind me to keep rehearsing on the stainless steel, just so I don’t forget how. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Lord, makes me wish I’d bought a powder-coated LM when I started. Instead, I got one of their stainless models, which is a pain in the ass. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif However, I will say that it has never budged at all and, once in a blue moon, when I do take it down, it comes off and goes up quickly.
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I swear, everyone I talk to has a different idea of which is slicker – chrome or TG, although everyone seems to agree that SS is the worst and brass is the grippiest. I just ordered a PS brass, multi-piece (the new Extreme pole) and they have been very helpful, although it’s been a bit delayed. I asked them about the ill-fitting pieces that people had been mentioning and they said that was a bad batch from some machining problems that are now resolved. (Hope that’s the case!)
It’s weird, though, for every bad PS story I hear, I also hear one about X-Pole, although I get the impression that lovers of X-Pole are more devoted customers than those of any other brand.
Currently, I have a Lil Mynx stainless, which, second to a street covered in glare ice, is the slipperiest thing in the universe. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif The bottom of those poles is also really awful – a guaranteed way to break your toes.
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I started to pole just a couple months shy of my 40th birthday – now I’m about to turn 42! And about to get my second pole!
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Maybe you just need a backup poling area in the house for winter?
Hope you get back on the pole soon!
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I tried a Carmen Electra pole – once. It came down mid-spin. Nothing fancy, either, just a regular Fireman. Be careful – the one I was on was bolted into the floor, but bowed horribly in the middle and then toppled over.
As for the slipperiness. You need really warm hands. Also, I find that if I spray some rubbing alcohol on my hands, it gets tackier on the pole. That’s what helps me with my stainless Lil Mynx, at least.
Good luck!
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And, Bellz, good on you for keeping dancing. Everybody deals with stage fright, and we learn from it each time – glad you didn’t hide yourself away and deny the world the pleasure of watching you dance! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Okay, shameless plug here, but I actually wrote a workbook on dealing with stage fright for pole dancers – you can find it here: http://poleskivvies.com/so-long-stage-fright/
It goes into how to figure out what the underlying fear is and how to address it, plus how to get used to different sized groups, and a lot more. There’s also a (free) article on my site on dealing with audiences, which can be a big component of stage fright: http://poleskivvies.com/2009/11/the-role-of-the-audience/
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I just got my boyfriend, who works the night shift, the Sadelite desk lamp from here: http://www.northernlighttechnologies.com/splash.php
He’s still getting used to it, but it seems to be having a good effect. I’m not terribly affected by the darkness, myself, but I do like looking at it. I’m from Minnesota originally, but now live in Vermont, where it’s a lot more gray in the winter, which can get real tiresome.
For me, though, mainly it’s the cold. I get so cold in the winter I just want to hibernate and I have to force myself to still walk the dog (although some days, obviously, we have to take a pass on that) and to pole. My trick is to bundle up – yoga pants, long-sleeved shirt, socks, robe (honest to god – SOOO not sexy!) – and then strip down to shorts and a top as I warm up. Which sometimes never happens – I swear there are months when breaking a sweat is impossible – I’m just glad to be warm head to toe.
God, I miss living in the south – the humidity was so nice for dancing and stretching. Although the sweat would have been a bitch had I been poling then. Sigh.
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I always have to run to the bathroom before performing – usually several times! Then, once on stage, I’m fine.
My only qualm about learning to dance despite distractions in the room is that a good dancer needs to dance to the audience. If you get too in your head, you can’t connect in the same way. Of course, if you’re in a room where you can’t see the audience for the lighting, you have to project it all from within, anyway.
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Wa-hoo!! You did it!!
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OMG, Charley, what an awful crowd! It just goes to show you how important the audience is – you were absolutely on your game, and they just couldn’t be there with you. Grr.
And it’s not an age thing – I’m 42, for god’s sake. They just weren’t able to deal with sexuality. But not to clap is just appalling. And to sit there judging you when they were just insecure and jealous is pathetic.
Hope the next time goes better!
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Well done! You just hadn’t found your niche before.
I was similar – a spaz at anything athletic, and then one day in gym class in high school, they had us make up aerobic dance choreographies. And the teacher looked at me and said, "I think you found your sport."
So, girl, you found your sport!
And what’s all this non-sexy guff? Of course, you’re sexy – you’re just unique, not cut out of a mold. Which, if you pause to think about it, is actually VERY sexy.
Jennifer
P.S. Charlie’s right – that teacher was out of line.
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Hmm. I was Kiki Spears.
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This just made me smile – it’s exactly how I react if I get worried about my pole. I’m on the forum in an instant begging for help!
Glad it worked out so smoothly for you!
Jennifer
