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I was taping with my camera, but it was on Dat's tape. All the foot you saw either myself or Dat taping was actually Dat's footage and he is the one making a vid out it, which was probably smart seeing as people have to clog up my blog to try and get me to do something with footage that's 3 and 4 years old 
. I'll try to get on it and get some of that old stuff out there, at least punchingzzz.
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Time for the yearly blog update.
Not too much new to report regarding freestyle. I hit Wet Dream last Sunday for the first time and was planning on posting about completing my goal to hit 100 unique triple dex tricks, but as it turns out I miscounted and it was only my 99th. I was planning on post the list of all 100 once I finished, but now it seems kind of lame to me. I don't know, maybe I still will. Anyway, when I hit wet dream I was in a circle with Tom, Nathan, and Josh and after I hit it I said, "All right, that's it, one hundred, I can finally quit freestyle now." Tom, not satisfied with that, said that if he could hit Wet Dream first try than I couldn't quit. The bag came around to him, and BOOGE, first* try! It was very impressive, I've only seen him hit that once before, possibly even never. So that made me happy, I didn't really want to quit. I've been getting a lot better at Merlins lately too. During a super humid session I hit it back to back for the first time as well as Pixie same/op Merlin bs and Fairy same/op Merlin bs for the first time. Oh, and Blurry Merlin a couple times. Some other newish tricks: Vertigo, Spanish Fly, Pdx Ducking Dlo, Gyro Torquescrew (unsealed), Atomic Torque, and Pixie same Egg. Some new strings:
PSYCH! I don't do that shit
.
Also, I've started getting into net lately. I can be SO fun. It can also be SOOO frustrating. The first day I tried it was by far the best. We played a bunch of games and I felt like I was doing really well for my first day. Every time I've played since then (4 times I think) I've gotten successively worse
. I still have some fun with it, but the frustration is slowly overtaking it. I just bought a new pair of shoes for it though and I'm hoping that will help out some. Here's a pic of my new Air Max 90s:
I hated the way they looked at first, but they're starting to grow on me. They have great flat outsides, and nice tread on the bottom for traction on grass. It should be a huge upgrade from the modded Lavers I was playing in before.
On the non-footbag tip I've gotten into something new that's pretty cool, and back into something that is all the way at the other ass-end of the spectrum from cool. The cool thing is windsurfing. I didn't even know it was something that people did on Lake Michigan. My dad heard about a class at Northeastern U where you can take a couple lessons and then use their facilities, boards and sails for a month so I signed up with him. Like net, it can be SO fun and SOOO frustrating, but I'm definitely hooked. I'm going to sign up for a season membership (may-oct) next year fo sho. Based on that and what I learned about surfing from the turtles, I know that if I lived somewhere on the ocean with real waves I would be a surfer. Cowabunga!
The other thing that's been taking up way too much of my time and consciousness is - hold on as I push my imaginary glasses further up my nose - Magic the Gathering. I used to play a lot back in high school but stopped right around graduation, so I had a lot of catching up to do to pick up the last 7 years I missed. I bought 7 booster boxes and started running some mini drafts with my fellow nerds, it's been great. I forgot what an addictive and fun game it is. Anyway, here's a quick synopsis of my last month and a half:
A month and a half ago:
OH SNAP! Look at this str8 up T-H-U-G, just call me Jeremy Mirken!
Here's me now:
NEEEEEEEERRRRD! What a dork, a true Jeremy Mirken.
Actually both of those pics are of me circa 2002
Moving on.... I've mentioned this in a couple other threads without going into much detail, but the good news is I've been off the hard drugs (H and Cr) for a little over a year and a half now. I've actually unintentionally been almost entirely drug free (minus a couple trips). A lot of you who knew me personally at the time when I was using (a period of a little over 3 years) probably didn't even know. Maybe you did, I don't actually know how obvious it was. Anyway, nearing the end it was getting really unhealthy, expensive well beyond my means, and just not cohesive with an adult life with responsibilities, so I stopped. It's a little bittersweet because it feels like the death of youth, at least of my reckless uninhibited youth, but that's ok, I'm really starting to enjoy being an adult. Thanks to all those who stuck with me as a friend
Ok, enough typey, let's look at some pics:
Here's a weird-ass cactus I rescued from my mother's new house. It smells kind of like armpit BO.
This one's for Nathan, but I gotta tell you guys, this is pretty great.
I picked these up a couple weeks ago from a customer. He said he had some headphones that he wanted them refoamed. He was old so I was expecting something big and silly looking but nothing like this fighter pilot helmet he lugged out.
Here's the side view
A pretty sunset over the graveyard behind my deck.
There's my buddy Greg relaxing in a position only he could relax in.
After Cinco de mustache, I had to take the opportunity the mustache lent me to capture my true potential for sleaziness. I think I did pretty well, and the wood paneling background accentuates the sordid feel.
Before I finished the job, I had to do my tribute to the late great G.G. Allin. After I took the pic I cut myself until I bled profusely, took a shit on stage, and proceeded to roll around in the results.
A tall glass of refreshing chunks. Mmm, chunks.
This is from about 4 years ago. I ended up behind this van and was fortunate enough to have my camera with me. Where was I driving to when I saw this? Why, I was on my way to the ghetto in search of dope of course. It was definitely a funny find at the time. Turns out that it is a joke when it comes to dope sometimes
Here's some delicious sushi I made with my pops a couple years ago. Mmm mm.
A pic of my girlfriend Marianne from about a year ago. We've been together for almost 3 years now. I can't believe it's been that long, makes me go
For her birthday last month I took her to Arun's. Arun is regarded as one of the, if not the, best thai chefs in America. The restaurant has no menu and charges a flat fee for dinner which consists of many courses of the chefs choice. Our dinner had 6 appetizers courses, 4 main courses, and 2 desert courses. Each plate was a work of art and we couldn't bear to eat some of the decorative edible pieces like this radish flower and carrot butterfly.
This fish was my favorite
That's the most beard I've ever grown, a two weeks grow I think. P-r-e-t-t-y pathetic
My right ear with earlobe #3. I'm going in a month from yesterday to get it cut off. I've grown a little attached to it though, I'll miss you bubble
There's a bad picture of me with my little sis Florence. At least it's a kind of bad pic of both of us
. It was taken at my stepbrother's wedding last year.
And here we are maybe 4 years before that looking real tough. Nothing says "Don't fuck with me" like an Oasis t-shirt and rainbow hair
.
My niece Jade. She's an absolute cutie.
This is me this morning staring down my Talk like a Pirate day breakfast. Yarr, it be like lookin in a mirror!
Not too much new to report regarding freestyle. I hit Wet Dream last Sunday for the first time and was planning on posting about completing my goal to hit 100 unique triple dex tricks, but as it turns out I miscounted and it was only my 99th. I was planning on post the list of all 100 once I finished, but now it seems kind of lame to me. I don't know, maybe I still will. Anyway, when I hit wet dream I was in a circle with Tom, Nathan, and Josh and after I hit it I said, "All right, that's it, one hundred, I can finally quit freestyle now." Tom, not satisfied with that, said that if he could hit Wet Dream first try than I couldn't quit. The bag came around to him, and BOOGE, first* try! It was very impressive, I've only seen him hit that once before, possibly even never. So that made me happy, I didn't really want to quit. I've been getting a lot better at Merlins lately too. During a super humid session I hit it back to back for the first time as well as Pixie same/op Merlin bs and Fairy same/op Merlin bs for the first time. Oh, and Blurry Merlin a couple times. Some other newish tricks: Vertigo, Spanish Fly, Pdx Ducking Dlo, Gyro Torquescrew (unsealed), Atomic Torque, and Pixie same Egg. Some new strings:
PSYCH! I don't do that shit
.Also, I've started getting into net lately. I can be SO fun. It can also be SOOO frustrating. The first day I tried it was by far the best. We played a bunch of games and I felt like I was doing really well for my first day. Every time I've played since then (4 times I think) I've gotten successively worse
. I still have some fun with it, but the frustration is slowly overtaking it. I just bought a new pair of shoes for it though and I'm hoping that will help out some. Here's a pic of my new Air Max 90s:I hated the way they looked at first, but they're starting to grow on me. They have great flat outsides, and nice tread on the bottom for traction on grass. It should be a huge upgrade from the modded Lavers I was playing in before.
On the non-footbag tip I've gotten into something new that's pretty cool, and back into something that is all the way at the other ass-end of the spectrum from cool. The cool thing is windsurfing. I didn't even know it was something that people did on Lake Michigan. My dad heard about a class at Northeastern U where you can take a couple lessons and then use their facilities, boards and sails for a month so I signed up with him. Like net, it can be SO fun and SOOO frustrating, but I'm definitely hooked. I'm going to sign up for a season membership (may-oct) next year fo sho. Based on that and what I learned about surfing from the turtles, I know that if I lived somewhere on the ocean with real waves I would be a surfer. Cowabunga!
The other thing that's been taking up way too much of my time and consciousness is - hold on as I push my imaginary glasses further up my nose - Magic the Gathering. I used to play a lot back in high school but stopped right around graduation, so I had a lot of catching up to do to pick up the last 7 years I missed. I bought 7 booster boxes and started running some mini drafts with my fellow nerds, it's been great. I forgot what an addictive and fun game it is. Anyway, here's a quick synopsis of my last month and a half:
A month and a half ago:
OH SNAP! Look at this str8 up T-H-U-G, just call me Jeremy Mirken!
Here's me now:
NEEEEEEEERRRRD! What a dork, a true Jeremy Mirken.
Actually both of those pics are of me circa 2002
Moving on.... I've mentioned this in a couple other threads without going into much detail, but the good news is I've been off the hard drugs (H and Cr) for a little over a year and a half now. I've actually unintentionally been almost entirely drug free (minus a couple trips). A lot of you who knew me personally at the time when I was using (a period of a little over 3 years) probably didn't even know. Maybe you did, I don't actually know how obvious it was. Anyway, nearing the end it was getting really unhealthy, expensive well beyond my means, and just not cohesive with an adult life with responsibilities, so I stopped. It's a little bittersweet because it feels like the death of youth, at least of my reckless uninhibited youth, but that's ok, I'm really starting to enjoy being an adult. Thanks to all those who stuck with me as a friend
Ok, enough typey, let's look at some pics:
Here's a weird-ass cactus I rescued from my mother's new house. It smells kind of like armpit BO.
This one's for Nathan, but I gotta tell you guys, this is pretty great.
I picked these up a couple weeks ago from a customer. He said he had some headphones that he wanted them refoamed. He was old so I was expecting something big and silly looking but nothing like this fighter pilot helmet he lugged out.
Here's the side view
A pretty sunset over the graveyard behind my deck.
There's my buddy Greg relaxing in a position only he could relax in.
After Cinco de mustache, I had to take the opportunity the mustache lent me to capture my true potential for sleaziness. I think I did pretty well, and the wood paneling background accentuates the sordid feel.
Before I finished the job, I had to do my tribute to the late great G.G. Allin. After I took the pic I cut myself until I bled profusely, took a shit on stage, and proceeded to roll around in the results.
A tall glass of refreshing chunks. Mmm, chunks.
This is from about 4 years ago. I ended up behind this van and was fortunate enough to have my camera with me. Where was I driving to when I saw this? Why, I was on my way to the ghetto in search of dope of course. It was definitely a funny find at the time. Turns out that it is a joke when it comes to dope sometimes
Here's some delicious sushi I made with my pops a couple years ago. Mmm mm.
A pic of my girlfriend Marianne from about a year ago. We've been together for almost 3 years now. I can't believe it's been that long, makes me go
For her birthday last month I took her to Arun's. Arun is regarded as one of the, if not the, best thai chefs in America. The restaurant has no menu and charges a flat fee for dinner which consists of many courses of the chefs choice. Our dinner had 6 appetizers courses, 4 main courses, and 2 desert courses. Each plate was a work of art and we couldn't bear to eat some of the decorative edible pieces like this radish flower and carrot butterfly.
This fish was my favorite
That's the most beard I've ever grown, a two weeks grow I think. P-r-e-t-t-y pathetic
My right ear with earlobe #3. I'm going in a month from yesterday to get it cut off. I've grown a little attached to it though, I'll miss you bubble
There's a bad picture of me with my little sis Florence. At least it's a kind of bad pic of both of us
. It was taken at my stepbrother's wedding last year.And here we are maybe 4 years before that looking real tough. Nothing says "Don't fuck with me" like an Oasis t-shirt and rainbow hair
.My niece Jade. She's an absolute cutie.
This is me this morning staring down my Talk like a Pirate day breakfast. Yarr, it be like lookin in a mirror!