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TonySteinbach
Oct 24, 2011, 3:55:31 PM10/24/11
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High:
-WUSTL has a beautiful campus that was definitely a great setting for a
festival.
-I learned so many new techniques, I'm afraid I might forget half of them.
-I won a copy of the 'Juggling Virtuosos' book from the raffle.
-Experimented with a cool three person shoulder roll passing pattern with
Nathan and Michael Karas.
-Someone told me that they learned how to juggle from my 3b cascade
tutorial! It was cool to see that they had become interested enough to
travel to a festival.
-Joli and I learned a bunch of new partner stuff thanks to the partner
juggling gurus that are the Jeremys.
-The showcase was great, specifically Curt and Patrik both were very
enjoyable to watch in different ways.
-Flashed 5 ring with a hula hoop balance for the second and third time.
-(Kind of) learned 5 club splits.
Low:
Missing the renegade show because our 9 hour drive there was unavoidably
turned into a 11 hour drive there.
Goal:
-Personally, it was to come back with plenty of new stuff to work on and
be inspired to improve my solo show. Both of those definitely happened.
-The documentary crew which traveled I there with and my goal was to help
find and film some amazing and interesting things that would help give
people a greater understanding of this wonderful community we have. We
were lucky enough to catch a couple of Doug and Peter's (many) ball
passing world records on video as well as plenty of interviews and gym
shots. That goal was definitely met.
Crush:
Patrik Elmnert. His routine at the show case was one of the most beautiful
juggling pieces I have ever seen. It received a well-deserved standing
ovation.
Bane:
The 9 hour drive home felt horrifyingly long; by the end it was physically
painful just to stay awake.
Surprise:
The gang and I ended up going on a Scooby Doo-esque search for the after
party on Saturday, complete with clues, red herrings, police and finally,
success.
Thank you so much to everyone who made the festival possible! It was great
and I can't wait to see you guys around. I've probably forgotten some
things, but I'll tack them on as a reply later.
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-WUSTL has a beautiful campus that was definitely a great setting for a
festival.
-I learned so many new techniques, I'm afraid I might forget half of them.
-I won a copy of the 'Juggling Virtuosos' book from the raffle.
-Experimented with a cool three person shoulder roll passing pattern with
Nathan and Michael Karas.
-Someone told me that they learned how to juggle from my 3b cascade
tutorial! It was cool to see that they had become interested enough to
travel to a festival.
-Joli and I learned a bunch of new partner stuff thanks to the partner
juggling gurus that are the Jeremys.
-The showcase was great, specifically Curt and Patrik both were very
enjoyable to watch in different ways.
-Flashed 5 ring with a hula hoop balance for the second and third time.
-(Kind of) learned 5 club splits.
Low:
Missing the renegade show because our 9 hour drive there was unavoidably
turned into a 11 hour drive there.
Goal:
-Personally, it was to come back with plenty of new stuff to work on and
be inspired to improve my solo show. Both of those definitely happened.
-The documentary crew which traveled I there with and my goal was to help
find and film some amazing and interesting things that would help give
people a greater understanding of this wonderful community we have. We
were lucky enough to catch a couple of Doug and Peter's (many) ball
passing world records on video as well as plenty of interviews and gym
shots. That goal was definitely met.
Crush:
Patrik Elmnert. His routine at the show case was one of the most beautiful
juggling pieces I have ever seen. It received a well-deserved standing
ovation.
Bane:
The 9 hour drive home felt horrifyingly long; by the end it was physically
painful just to stay awake.
Surprise:
The gang and I ended up going on a Scooby Doo-esque search for the after
party on Saturday, complete with clues, red herrings, police and finally,
success.
Thank you so much to everyone who made the festival possible! It was great
and I can't wait to see you guys around. I've probably forgotten some
things, but I'll tack them on as a reply later.
--
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Jesse
Oct 25, 2011, 2:36:41 AM10/25/11
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High:
- Ran 5-man shamrock for several seconds
- Michael Karas juggling shiny pipes
- Had never had a cafe au lait before. A++++ WOULD DRINK AGAIN
Low:
- Left brush & blow dryer at home. Wet, tangled hair gave me fits all
night Friday.
- Realizing my pass accuracy is dropping from lack of practice.
- Completely failed at Whynot feed, couldn't form it off the top of my
head.
Goal:
- Pass with new people. Check
- Learn some new passing patterns: Double check: 4 and 5 leaf clover
or whatever they're called.
- Troll Michael all weekend: Triple check.
Crush:
- Peter Kaseman for fixing our terrible dropback line
- Chris LaReau - Shoulder throws in 8 singles
Bane:
- Either passing patterns have too many names, or I know the wrong
ones (PPS Feed, urban terror, mild madness, etc.), because no one knew
what the devil I was talking about.
- Ran 5-man shamrock for several seconds
- Michael Karas juggling shiny pipes
- Had never had a cafe au lait before. A++++ WOULD DRINK AGAIN
Low:
- Left brush & blow dryer at home. Wet, tangled hair gave me fits all
night Friday.
- Realizing my pass accuracy is dropping from lack of practice.
- Completely failed at Whynot feed, couldn't form it off the top of my
head.
Goal:
- Pass with new people. Check
- Learn some new passing patterns: Double check: 4 and 5 leaf clover
or whatever they're called.
- Troll Michael all weekend: Triple check.
Crush:
- Peter Kaseman for fixing our terrible dropback line
- Chris LaReau - Shoulder throws in 8 singles
Bane:
- Either passing patterns have too many names, or I know the wrong
ones (PPS Feed, urban terror, mild madness, etc.), because no one knew
what the devil I was talking about.
David Pham
Oct 25, 2011, 3:00:38 AM10/25/11
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- My first Midwest Juggling Festival.
- Learning cool 1 club body rolls during Patrik Elmnert's workshop.
- Getting to see and chat with friends I haven't seen in a while.
- Doing well in a bunch of games like simon says, 5 ball endurance and 3
ball blind.
- Passing clubs with Michael Karas Friday evening.
- People telling me they enjoyed my Cigar Box act from the Renegade show,
even though I didn't.
- After party on Saturday.
Low:
- Not having a variety of peanut butter and jam's, even though I was
informed there would be.
- No open juggling after the Renegade Show on Friday.
Goal:
- Develop a cool cigar box act in the future.
- Improve my toss juggling.
- Do more cigar boxes.
Crush:
- Patrik Elmnert. I saw parts of his routine at the EJC during the last
Open Stage, but his act for the Showcase was out of this world.
Bane:
- Having to do cigar boxes with no shoes on because that was one of the
rules for the gym.
- Simon says went on way too long.
- Very few workshops
Surprise:
- Doing well during games.
- Not getting hurt.
- Juggling more than I usually do at festivals.
microminimalist
Oct 25, 2011, 10:45:02 AM10/25/11
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Hey! Tony! That was me who gave you props for the 3b tutorial! Yay!
---
Highs:
* Huge success with a number of unexpected things: headstands, the
beginning fundamentals of club passing, full-on ball passing (5b, 6b, 7b
Ultimates – WHAT!?), a fairly solid 3b cascade, stealing, and about 20
catches of a not-horrifying-looking 3 club run.
* Brittany Walsh’s handbalancing workshop. I was way out of my league with
this one, but learned so much about movement and body awareness from
Brittany. In addition to the awesome workshop, she spent a significant
chunk of time with me and Erik Tye answering questions and doing some
coaching. An overwhelmingly positive experience for me, and I feel
optimistic that some of my goals in this area are, potentially, attainable.
* Club passing with Ryan Bradburn, who must have the patience of Job. We
laughed our faces off.
* Watching 5 jugglers work on the Shamrock pattern. In my tiny family
room. After drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Variation Sham-5 gets
particular props. I’m eagerly anticipating variation Sham-WOW! Also, it’s
impressive how far my ceiling fan can send an airborne club upon collision.
* Greg Owsley honing in on my anxiety pitfalls and challenging me by, in a
matter of seconds, putting juggling bags in my hands, quickly telling me
when and where to throw them, and diving in without giving me time to
think. No one has ever pushed me so hard in such a subtle and effective
manner before – and in the most positive, unanticipated way possible. Free
your mind and the rest will follow, yes?
* Club work with Galen & Ella/The Institute of Jugglology. Rock ‘n’ Roll
Zen masters, mentors, thinkers, doers, teachers. Thank you infinitely for
such long discussions about meditative principles of juggling, practice
and performance method, collaborative work and learning theory.
* Having a house full of jugglers for the weekend. I’m not sure you could
convince me at this time that there is anything better.
* The completely perfect weather. Mad props, Weather.
Lows:
* The STL Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon made driving in South City on Sunday
morning an abject disaster. I rerouted our caravan through downtown and
back onto westbound 40, but seriously. WTF, St. Louis. Some signage or
other information about this COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE EVENT might have been,
you know, helpful.
* My incredibly crappy accordion playing on the Renegade. WTF. So
aggravating when I have such dramatically off nights.
* Not getting to pass or really work on my juggling in any significant way
with Thom. After the summer, I was eager to share what I have learned and
get feedback. Alas, it was not to be this time. Thom, cut off your hair so
you’ll stop being so damn popular.
* The dry, cracking skin on my right thumb ended up cut in four places
from crappy club collections. Ouch.
* Driving the Land Yacht, although I am grateful for the lend and ability
to tote an entire car full of jugglers and props around with ease.
* Coming back home to an empty house.
Goals:
* Keep all my teeth. This was the big one. I did take one significant club
hit to my right front tooth (mouth open, too!), but nothing seems to be
amiss. CHECK.
* Pass clubs. A ludicrous goal after owning clubs for less than a month
and being a marginal 3b juggler, I admit. But, Ryan and I worked up to and
passed 4 clubs! Next fest: the full on real deal. I’m confident this will
happen. CHECK.
* Ask as many jugglers as possible about how they started juggling. The
stories were inspiring. CHECK.
* Learn, learn, learn, learn from as many people as were willing to teach
me. CHECK!
* Be a solid crash space host. Everyone seemed to have a good time, so I’m
going with CHECK.
* Get more sleep than I did in KC. Considering I was coming into this fest
on 5 hours of sleep in two days (Wed/Thurs), I started this goal off on
the wrong foot from the get-go. EPIC FAIL. Still, totally worth it. I
didn’t want to miss anything, even at 5 a.m.
Crushes:
* Crashers Jade, Erik, Ryan, D. Wang, Jared, Galen, Ella, Greg and
visitors Just & Kayla. Couldn’t have had a better group if we tried.
* The Hopeless Throwmantics. BROMANCE OF THE CENTURY.
* Greg and his sixth sense about how to upend my blind dedication to
precision and comprehension. Mind: Blown. [A huge breakthrough!]
* My super swell bandmate and evil twin, Joe Rohlman. You are, and always
will be, Spot On.
* Thom, for giving me this greatest of gifts. And other miscellany.
Banes:
* So. Tired.
* My less-than-stellar upper body and core strength. Come on, body!
Handstands will be awesome once we step it up in the workout department, I
just know it.
* Driving the Land Yacht.
* Lousy accordion playing, marginal singing on Renegade. See “Lows.”
Surprises:
* Being able to walk into Home Depot at 4 p.m. on Friday and buy 1”
irrigation tubing for $.23/ft without any difficulty. I had been
forewarned that irrigation tubing would be difficult to find and would
cost me about $50/100 ft roll. Jade made me two beautiful, gigantic hoops
for a grand total of, like, $10/hoop.
* How not sore I was on Sunday, relative to the absolutely ridiculous
things I did with my body on Saturday. Cool!
* Feeling the flow of partner ball juggling for the first time and getting
goosebumps.
* Just giving me a set of five Soviets at the end of the fest. W00t!
* Jared unloading my dishwasher!
* The unbelievable number of unexplainable bruises covering my body.
* Nadine spending almost the entire weekend with a camera mounted to a
bike helmet on her head. I hope the time lapse is totally worth it!
* So many strangers knowing who I was…!?
* Randomly ending up in a conversation about Fourier transforms and the
potential for building a juggling pattern using the spectral analysis of a
set of Russians with Dan Barron and D. Wang. WHAT.
* Dinner with D. Wang and Michael Karas! Neat!
* Post-fest, slow dancing and singing the chorus to "Candle In The Wind"
with some random dude who appeared tableside by Brittany, Curt and Thom
while I was in the restroom. It's still terribly unclear what was going
on, there. But, you know, what the hell.
* Feeling like I have, maybe, earned the right to call myself a juggler.
---
Highs:
* Huge success with a number of unexpected things: headstands, the
beginning fundamentals of club passing, full-on ball passing (5b, 6b, 7b
Ultimates – WHAT!?), a fairly solid 3b cascade, stealing, and about 20
catches of a not-horrifying-looking 3 club run.
* Brittany Walsh’s handbalancing workshop. I was way out of my league with
this one, but learned so much about movement and body awareness from
Brittany. In addition to the awesome workshop, she spent a significant
chunk of time with me and Erik Tye answering questions and doing some
coaching. An overwhelmingly positive experience for me, and I feel
optimistic that some of my goals in this area are, potentially, attainable.
* Club passing with Ryan Bradburn, who must have the patience of Job. We
laughed our faces off.
* Watching 5 jugglers work on the Shamrock pattern. In my tiny family
room. After drinking copious amounts of alcohol. Variation Sham-5 gets
particular props. I’m eagerly anticipating variation Sham-WOW! Also, it’s
impressive how far my ceiling fan can send an airborne club upon collision.
* Greg Owsley honing in on my anxiety pitfalls and challenging me by, in a
matter of seconds, putting juggling bags in my hands, quickly telling me
when and where to throw them, and diving in without giving me time to
think. No one has ever pushed me so hard in such a subtle and effective
manner before – and in the most positive, unanticipated way possible. Free
your mind and the rest will follow, yes?
* Club work with Galen & Ella/The Institute of Jugglology. Rock ‘n’ Roll
Zen masters, mentors, thinkers, doers, teachers. Thank you infinitely for
such long discussions about meditative principles of juggling, practice
and performance method, collaborative work and learning theory.
* Having a house full of jugglers for the weekend. I’m not sure you could
convince me at this time that there is anything better.
* The completely perfect weather. Mad props, Weather.
Lows:
* The STL Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon made driving in South City on Sunday
morning an abject disaster. I rerouted our caravan through downtown and
back onto westbound 40, but seriously. WTF, St. Louis. Some signage or
other information about this COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE EVENT might have been,
you know, helpful.
* My incredibly crappy accordion playing on the Renegade. WTF. So
aggravating when I have such dramatically off nights.
* Not getting to pass or really work on my juggling in any significant way
with Thom. After the summer, I was eager to share what I have learned and
get feedback. Alas, it was not to be this time. Thom, cut off your hair so
you’ll stop being so damn popular.
* The dry, cracking skin on my right thumb ended up cut in four places
from crappy club collections. Ouch.
* Driving the Land Yacht, although I am grateful for the lend and ability
to tote an entire car full of jugglers and props around with ease.
* Coming back home to an empty house.
Goals:
* Keep all my teeth. This was the big one. I did take one significant club
hit to my right front tooth (mouth open, too!), but nothing seems to be
amiss. CHECK.
* Pass clubs. A ludicrous goal after owning clubs for less than a month
and being a marginal 3b juggler, I admit. But, Ryan and I worked up to and
passed 4 clubs! Next fest: the full on real deal. I’m confident this will
happen. CHECK.
* Ask as many jugglers as possible about how they started juggling. The
stories were inspiring. CHECK.
* Learn, learn, learn, learn from as many people as were willing to teach
me. CHECK!
* Be a solid crash space host. Everyone seemed to have a good time, so I’m
going with CHECK.
* Get more sleep than I did in KC. Considering I was coming into this fest
on 5 hours of sleep in two days (Wed/Thurs), I started this goal off on
the wrong foot from the get-go. EPIC FAIL. Still, totally worth it. I
didn’t want to miss anything, even at 5 a.m.
Crushes:
* Crashers Jade, Erik, Ryan, D. Wang, Jared, Galen, Ella, Greg and
visitors Just & Kayla. Couldn’t have had a better group if we tried.
* The Hopeless Throwmantics. BROMANCE OF THE CENTURY.
* Greg and his sixth sense about how to upend my blind dedication to
precision and comprehension. Mind: Blown. [A huge breakthrough!]
* My super swell bandmate and evil twin, Joe Rohlman. You are, and always
will be, Spot On.
* Thom, for giving me this greatest of gifts. And other miscellany.
Banes:
* So. Tired.
* My less-than-stellar upper body and core strength. Come on, body!
Handstands will be awesome once we step it up in the workout department, I
just know it.
* Driving the Land Yacht.
* Lousy accordion playing, marginal singing on Renegade. See “Lows.”
Surprises:
* Being able to walk into Home Depot at 4 p.m. on Friday and buy 1”
irrigation tubing for $.23/ft without any difficulty. I had been
forewarned that irrigation tubing would be difficult to find and would
cost me about $50/100 ft roll. Jade made me two beautiful, gigantic hoops
for a grand total of, like, $10/hoop.
* How not sore I was on Sunday, relative to the absolutely ridiculous
things I did with my body on Saturday. Cool!
* Feeling the flow of partner ball juggling for the first time and getting
goosebumps.
* Just giving me a set of five Soviets at the end of the fest. W00t!
* Jared unloading my dishwasher!
* The unbelievable number of unexplainable bruises covering my body.
* Nadine spending almost the entire weekend with a camera mounted to a
bike helmet on her head. I hope the time lapse is totally worth it!
* So many strangers knowing who I was…!?
* Randomly ending up in a conversation about Fourier transforms and the
potential for building a juggling pattern using the spectral analysis of a
set of Russians with Dan Barron and D. Wang. WHAT.
* Dinner with D. Wang and Michael Karas! Neat!
* Post-fest, slow dancing and singing the chorus to "Candle In The Wind"
with some random dude who appeared tableside by Brittany, Curt and Thom
while I was in the restroom. It's still terribly unclear what was going
on, there. But, you know, what the hell.
* Feeling like I have, maybe, earned the right to call myself a juggler.
Galen Harp
Oct 25, 2011, 12:27:13 PM10/25/11
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St. Louis HLGCBS
High
Patrik Elmnert's performance was amazing. so many awesome concepts in
this piece: juggling chorus, juggling coda, showing a trick progress as
tune from a music box progresses, I could go on and on. I loved the
mechanical zips as you collected. In fact I loved everything, except for
some reason at the end I wanted you to crawl under the straps that had
held the props down, but that's just me selfishly wanting. The work was
well thought out and beautiful.
Thom Wall your versatility is amazing, and I know you have at least three
other pieces that you didn't show this weekend that are amazing and
different from the others.
Just Colcord-- The more I talk to you and see the products of your efforts
the more I fall in love with your concept of what juggling is.
St. Louis architecture. Always a highlight. And this year it inspired me
to have a good idea for a juggling video. I focus on live performance
and do not really like 90% of juggling videos, so this was something new
for me. Now does anyone know of a ten story building with dihedral
corners, that I could have access to all the windows that are near that
corner.
Passing with Greg Owlsey always a pleasure. I remember the first time we
passed, it was also in St. Louis, you told me almost every pattern we did
was a first, now every time we pass your teaching me something as well.
Incredibly awesome!
Conversations with Stephen Birmingham about all kinds of things relating
to juggling.
Meeting new people that are inspired by juggling as a performance medium.
Seeing Ella
Low
No Justin Sheldon
Marathon traffic
Driving in St. Louis
Not passing with Brain Dailey
Not going to the city museum. (we usually go every year)
Not having enough time to hang out with everyone.
Being to tired to put the energy into my performance in the renegade show
that I really feel that piece needs! I has happy with it though
considering I had literally just jumped out of the car and did it without
warming up at all, well unless you consider slamming a beer to be warming
up.
Goal
Refill motivation. check
Get a few more people to join in on our essay project. Check
Talk with Patrik about the future of Juggling performances and modern
juggling composition. Fail.
discuss juggling performance theory with as many Jugglers as I can to see
what works and what doesn't for a cross section of the juggling community.
Crush
Thom Wall. You are one impressive human Mr. Wall. Stay the course.
Wash U club. I think everyone should have this crush... you guys rock.
Kate peterson. for everything, a place to stay, good conversation, new
ideas, free beer, one for the road, and most of all your new found love of
juggling(I will haunt you if it goes away)
Bane:
No signage to direct you around the marathon. Huge fail city of St. Louis
No food or drink in the gym(I do totally understand)
Being tired and unable to operate at normal levels.
Surly ticket takers.
Surprise:
Student sculptures in the Quad area in front of the gym.
Greg showing up on Sat.
Patricks performance. I knew I would enjoy it, but wow!!!!
Thom. Holy wow! You basically anchored the whole show. A flashy poppy
intro with the wash U club, a very fresh performance as a juggling
virtuoso(this was my take on it anyway) and hilarious comedy juggling duo
piece. All in the same show and all done in a style that is definitively
Thom. Bravo!!!!
High
Patrik Elmnert's performance was amazing. so many awesome concepts in
this piece: juggling chorus, juggling coda, showing a trick progress as
tune from a music box progresses, I could go on and on. I loved the
mechanical zips as you collected. In fact I loved everything, except for
some reason at the end I wanted you to crawl under the straps that had
held the props down, but that's just me selfishly wanting. The work was
well thought out and beautiful.
Thom Wall your versatility is amazing, and I know you have at least three
other pieces that you didn't show this weekend that are amazing and
different from the others.
Just Colcord-- The more I talk to you and see the products of your efforts
the more I fall in love with your concept of what juggling is.
St. Louis architecture. Always a highlight. And this year it inspired me
to have a good idea for a juggling video. I focus on live performance
and do not really like 90% of juggling videos, so this was something new
for me. Now does anyone know of a ten story building with dihedral
corners, that I could have access to all the windows that are near that
corner.
Passing with Greg Owlsey always a pleasure. I remember the first time we
passed, it was also in St. Louis, you told me almost every pattern we did
was a first, now every time we pass your teaching me something as well.
Incredibly awesome!
Conversations with Stephen Birmingham about all kinds of things relating
to juggling.
Meeting new people that are inspired by juggling as a performance medium.
Seeing Ella
Low
No Justin Sheldon
Marathon traffic
Driving in St. Louis
Not passing with Brain Dailey
Not going to the city museum. (we usually go every year)
Not having enough time to hang out with everyone.
Being to tired to put the energy into my performance in the renegade show
that I really feel that piece needs! I has happy with it though
considering I had literally just jumped out of the car and did it without
warming up at all, well unless you consider slamming a beer to be warming
up.
Goal
Refill motivation. check
Get a few more people to join in on our essay project. Check
Talk with Patrik about the future of Juggling performances and modern
juggling composition. Fail.
discuss juggling performance theory with as many Jugglers as I can to see
what works and what doesn't for a cross section of the juggling community.
Crush
Thom Wall. You are one impressive human Mr. Wall. Stay the course.
Wash U club. I think everyone should have this crush... you guys rock.
Kate peterson. for everything, a place to stay, good conversation, new
ideas, free beer, one for the road, and most of all your new found love of
juggling(I will haunt you if it goes away)
Bane:
No signage to direct you around the marathon. Huge fail city of St. Louis
No food or drink in the gym(I do totally understand)
Being tired and unable to operate at normal levels.
Surly ticket takers.
Surprise:
Student sculptures in the Quad area in front of the gym.
Greg showing up on Sat.
Patricks performance. I knew I would enjoy it, but wow!!!!
Thom. Holy wow! You basically anchored the whole show. A flashy poppy
intro with the wash U club, a very fresh performance as a juggling
virtuoso(this was my take on it anyway) and hilarious comedy juggling duo
piece. All in the same show and all done in a style that is definitively
Thom. Bravo!!!!
Galen Harp
Oct 25, 2011, 12:36:22 PM10/25/11
to
Oops my last high was suppose to be Seeing Ella work on some her more
difficult tricks around other Jugglers. That was really nice to see.
lutkus
Oct 25, 2011, 2:18:29 PM10/25/11
to
The more reviews I read, the more disappointed I am for not making it...
Low:
Having to cancel my plans to attend, after having already bought a plane
ticket
Missing out on all the awesome people
Not getting to visit the city museum
Bane:
Various personal, academic, and work-related tasks that kept me from
attending
A torn ligament that prevents me from juggling. (It's been repaired...
but still healing. The risk of doing something stupid at a juggling
convention to re-injure it would have been too high)
Surprise:
There was also a marathon that weekend? Running a marathon and attending
a juggling convention in the same weekend would be totally awesome.
Goal:
Attend next year's convention
High:
For a (relatively) small fee, I can change my plane ticket to get me to
Mondo, so at least I'll be juggling (and hopefully fully healed by then)
Low:
Having to cancel my plans to attend, after having already bought a plane
ticket
Missing out on all the awesome people
Not getting to visit the city museum
Bane:
Various personal, academic, and work-related tasks that kept me from
attending
A torn ligament that prevents me from juggling. (It's been repaired...
but still healing. The risk of doing something stupid at a juggling
convention to re-injure it would have been too high)
Surprise:
There was also a marathon that weekend? Running a marathon and attending
a juggling convention in the same weekend would be totally awesome.
Goal:
Attend next year's convention
High:
For a (relatively) small fee, I can change my plane ticket to get me to
Mondo, so at least I'll be juggling (and hopefully fully healed by then)
Jay Linn
Oct 25, 2011, 3:34:46 PM10/25/11
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:45:02 +0100, microminimalist
<Kate.Pete...@gmail.com.nospam.com> wrote:
> Hey! Tony! That was me who gave you props for the 3b tutorial! Yay!
>
> ---
>
> Highs:
>
> * Huge success with a number of unexpected things: headstands, the
> beginning fundamentals of club passing, full-on ball passing (5b, 6b, 7b
> Ultimates – WHAT!?), a fairly solid 3b cascade, stealing, and about 20
> catches of a not-horrifying-looking 3 club run.
> * Brittany Walsh’s ...
<Kate.Pete...@gmail.com.nospam.com> wrote:
> Hey! Tony! That was me who gave you props for the 3b tutorial! Yay!
>
> ---
>
> Highs:
>
> * Huge success with a number of unexpected things: headstands, the
> beginning fundamentals of club passing, full-on ball passing (5b, 6b, 7b
> Ultimates – WHAT!?), a fairly solid 3b cascade, stealing, and about 20
> catches of a not-horrifying-looking 3 club run.
<snipped nine bazillion more paragraphs of densely packed HLGCBSPMTOBEPCP
details>
And the award for least appropriate username goes to ... microminimalist!
--
Jay Linn
Prefers reviews short and conventions long.
Michael Karas
Oct 25, 2011, 4:24:20 PM10/25/11
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High:
My brand new 3b and 3club routines going so smoothly.
Patrik's 1 ring somersault
Interviewing with UpDownGo
Passing with Will Oltman
Hearing the audience respond to my fireworks clubs
Low:
Large chin pimple lol
sneezing a lot on Sunday
not getting my 5 ring ear switch
Goal:
Hang out with Patrik - check
Pass with lots of people - check
talk with lots of people - check
put on a good show - check
Crush:
Guy - Patrik from Sweden - the juggling of the future today!
Girl - Maria from Chicago - keep up the great work!
Bane:
Pizza is WAY cooler than PB&J. Also, I actually like juggling in shoes as
opposed to socks re: venue.
Hope to come back next year!
~Michael
My brand new 3b and 3club routines going so smoothly.
Patrik's 1 ring somersault
Interviewing with UpDownGo
Passing with Will Oltman
Hearing the audience respond to my fireworks clubs
Low:
Large chin pimple lol
sneezing a lot on Sunday
not getting my 5 ring ear switch
Goal:
Hang out with Patrik - check
Pass with lots of people - check
talk with lots of people - check
put on a good show - check
Crush:
Guy - Patrik from Sweden - the juggling of the future today!
Girl - Maria from Chicago - keep up the great work!
Bane:
Pizza is WAY cooler than PB&J. Also, I actually like juggling in shoes as
opposed to socks re: venue.
Hope to come back next year!
~Michael
Bob Neuman
Oct 25, 2011, 6:39:15 PM10/25/11
to
High:
- Juggling outside Sat. on the quad
- Seeing so many friends
- Missing all of the Sunday marathon traffic (dumb luck)
- David Pham's excellent cigar box workshop (and he had plenty of boxes)!
- Root beer at Fritz's
- The unicycle/stool/pvc pipe Renegade act (sorry - never got a name) but
great
- Thom Wall's versatility - great comedy routine
- A variety of food within walking distance
Lows:
- Starting off tired from the 10 hr. drive...
- Only bringing clothes for cooler weather
Goals:
- Get a start on learning cigar boxes - check
- Pass clubs - check (and I wasn't as rusty as I thought I'd be)
- Enjoy Sunday and just drive part of the way home - check
Crush:
- The Wash U. jugglers!
Bane:
- Yeah, that whole no shoes thing is kind of ridiculous - that floor is
hardly in pristine condition (think of your high school gym) and modern
athletic shoes do not scrape or leave black marks...but its a small
complaint
Surprises:
- Two great shows - Renegade and the Showcase
- That my feet were not that sore after 2 & 1/2 days w/o shoes on hardwood
- That so many jugglers attended the IJA info session conducted by Thom &
Dave
- Just's Sunday scupltures of his Russin balls on that high bar in the
room - nice
Bob Neuman
- Juggling outside Sat. on the quad
- Seeing so many friends
- Missing all of the Sunday marathon traffic (dumb luck)
- David Pham's excellent cigar box workshop (and he had plenty of boxes)!
- Root beer at Fritz's
- The unicycle/stool/pvc pipe Renegade act (sorry - never got a name) but
great
- Thom Wall's versatility - great comedy routine
- A variety of food within walking distance
Lows:
- Starting off tired from the 10 hr. drive...
- Only bringing clothes for cooler weather
Goals:
- Get a start on learning cigar boxes - check
- Pass clubs - check (and I wasn't as rusty as I thought I'd be)
- Enjoy Sunday and just drive part of the way home - check
Crush:
- The Wash U. jugglers!
Bane:
- Yeah, that whole no shoes thing is kind of ridiculous - that floor is
hardly in pristine condition (think of your high school gym) and modern
athletic shoes do not scrape or leave black marks...but its a small
complaint
Surprises:
- Two great shows - Renegade and the Showcase
- That my feet were not that sore after 2 & 1/2 days w/o shoes on hardwood
- That so many jugglers attended the IJA info session conducted by Thom &
Dave
- Just's Sunday scupltures of his Russin balls on that high bar in the
room - nice
Bob Neuman
microminimalist
Oct 25, 2011, 8:22:46 PM10/25/11
to
>
> And the award for least appropriate username goes to ... microminimalist!
>
I hope my enthusiasm offsets my verbosity!
k8
Troy McKeown
Oct 26, 2011, 3:48:54 PM10/26/11
to
High:
Attending my first juggling convention.
Meeting lots of great jugglers through my connection with Tony Gonzalez.
Club body roll direction-reversal workshop with Patrik Elmnert.
The 'highest' I literally got was in climbing the tree to rescue someone's pink sil-x ball.
Hanging out with Tony, Will and Will's wife.(Will+Tony=Entropy)
Lows:
Bruising my arms during Patrik's workshop.
Bruising my middle finger on my clubs.
Bruising the top of my left foot with my club (I like wearing shoes while juggling.)
Goals:
Juggle lots - check!
Meet some people - check!
Road trip with Tony G - check!
Visit my brother - check!
3 club flats - partial check!
Crushes:
Maria
Patrik
Fitz (don't know the character personally, but that won't stop me)
Bane:
Bruises
The drive home.
Surprises:
Actually having a solid 6 club 4-count fast start pattern going with Maria (shoutout to Nathan for letting us hijack his px3s while he juggled with Will and Tony.)
Winning a set of Higgins Brothers diamond-plate decorated clubs.
Attending my first juggling convention.
Meeting lots of great jugglers through my connection with Tony Gonzalez.
Club body roll direction-reversal workshop with Patrik Elmnert.
The 'highest' I literally got was in climbing the tree to rescue someone's pink sil-x ball.
Hanging out with Tony, Will and Will's wife.(Will+Tony=Entropy)
Lows:
Bruising my arms during Patrik's workshop.
Bruising my middle finger on my clubs.
Bruising the top of my left foot with my club (I like wearing shoes while juggling.)
Goals:
Juggle lots - check!
Meet some people - check!
Road trip with Tony G - check!
Visit my brother - check!
3 club flats - partial check!
Crushes:
Maria
Patrik
Fitz (don't know the character personally, but that won't stop me)
Bane:
Bruises
The drive home.
Surprises:
Actually having a solid 6 club 4-count fast start pattern going with Maria (shoutout to Nathan for letting us hijack his px3s while he juggled with Will and Tony.)
Winning a set of Higgins Brothers diamond-plate decorated clubs.
dpawson
Oct 26, 2011, 4:59:53 PM10/26/11
to
Highs:
Patrik's performance in the public show. I was really enjoying it, and
thinking he was great. Then he got into his 3 clubs, and my brain broke.
Bravo.
The IJA Q&A I did with Thom Wall. Really appreciated the interest and
passion from those who attended. Hope they found it as useful as I did.
Chatting about the Jugheads with Sofia and friends. It was great to learn
more - thanks for the insight into such an inspiring program.
The Hopeless Throwmantics. I think I've even seen that exact act before,
and it still kept me laughing the whole time.
Lows:
My juggling. I must have left what limited skill I had at home, because
good grief I couldn't juggle worth a damn the whole weekend.
Changing hours. I was trying to coordinate my comings and goings with the
friend I was staying with, and felt like the gym hours kept changing from
what had been announced. Made it tough to plan.
Unpredictable attendance. There were plenty of times I'd be in the gym at
a seemingly normal time, look around, and realize there was pretty much
nobody in the gym. On a few of those occasions, I think it turned out
people had migrated outside. I just missed the memo.
Goals:
Put in a respectable showing at 5 ball endurance and club balancing. Fail.
Missed both events due to the IJA Q&A and/or eating lunch.
Pass clubs with Thom at least briefly. Fail. I didn't even get as far as
telling him it was a goal.
Break my 6 ball personal best. Fail. I've been stuck on 29 catches for a
while now. I probably did 25-32 throws like 10-20 times, but never managed
to get more than 29 catches.
Get to Ted Drewe's for frozen custard. Oh hell yes. Mission accomplished.
Crushes:
Ted Drewe's. I hadn't been there in nearly 20 years, but it was every bit
as good as I remembered. I could live off that stuff until the point all
my arteries seized up and killed me. Might even be worth it.
Doug Sayers. I've seen Doug at a bunch of festivals in the past year, and
I'm always amazed at how he maintains such a high level of performance
with such a seemingly casual, fun attitude. Very admirable.
Banes:
No shoes in the gym. A few hours without shoes on a hard floor and my feet
are very unhappy.
Not getting to the City Museum. I heard so many good things, and just
didn't have the time.
Surprises:
Jeremy Johnson's Renegade act. He did a similar act in Rochester, and it
was downright terrifying. Lots of dangerous balancing tricks that ended up
with big falls, crashes, etc. This time he stuck just about every trick,
and it was way, way cool. Nice work.
Tony's clear russian balls. Good stuff. They were a bit too heavy for my
liking or I probably would have snatched up a set myself.
Winning a Kendama in the raffle. I doubt I ever would have bought one, but
now that I won one it will be interesting to dabble and see if it catches
my interest.
5 ring endurance with the fans on high. That was pretty amusing to watch.
---
Thanks to Max, Danny, and anyone I didn't meet who put in the work to make
the fest happen. Hope you found some time to enjoy the weekend yourself.
Patrik's performance in the public show. I was really enjoying it, and
thinking he was great. Then he got into his 3 clubs, and my brain broke.
Bravo.
The IJA Q&A I did with Thom Wall. Really appreciated the interest and
passion from those who attended. Hope they found it as useful as I did.
Chatting about the Jugheads with Sofia and friends. It was great to learn
more - thanks for the insight into such an inspiring program.
The Hopeless Throwmantics. I think I've even seen that exact act before,
and it still kept me laughing the whole time.
Lows:
My juggling. I must have left what limited skill I had at home, because
good grief I couldn't juggle worth a damn the whole weekend.
Changing hours. I was trying to coordinate my comings and goings with the
friend I was staying with, and felt like the gym hours kept changing from
what had been announced. Made it tough to plan.
Unpredictable attendance. There were plenty of times I'd be in the gym at
a seemingly normal time, look around, and realize there was pretty much
nobody in the gym. On a few of those occasions, I think it turned out
people had migrated outside. I just missed the memo.
Goals:
Put in a respectable showing at 5 ball endurance and club balancing. Fail.
Missed both events due to the IJA Q&A and/or eating lunch.
Pass clubs with Thom at least briefly. Fail. I didn't even get as far as
telling him it was a goal.
Break my 6 ball personal best. Fail. I've been stuck on 29 catches for a
while now. I probably did 25-32 throws like 10-20 times, but never managed
to get more than 29 catches.
Get to Ted Drewe's for frozen custard. Oh hell yes. Mission accomplished.
Crushes:
Ted Drewe's. I hadn't been there in nearly 20 years, but it was every bit
as good as I remembered. I could live off that stuff until the point all
my arteries seized up and killed me. Might even be worth it.
Doug Sayers. I've seen Doug at a bunch of festivals in the past year, and
I'm always amazed at how he maintains such a high level of performance
with such a seemingly casual, fun attitude. Very admirable.
Banes:
No shoes in the gym. A few hours without shoes on a hard floor and my feet
are very unhappy.
Not getting to the City Museum. I heard so many good things, and just
didn't have the time.
Surprises:
Jeremy Johnson's Renegade act. He did a similar act in Rochester, and it
was downright terrifying. Lots of dangerous balancing tricks that ended up
with big falls, crashes, etc. This time he stuck just about every trick,
and it was way, way cool. Nice work.
Tony's clear russian balls. Good stuff. They were a bit too heavy for my
liking or I probably would have snatched up a set myself.
Winning a Kendama in the raffle. I doubt I ever would have bought one, but
now that I won one it will be interesting to dabble and see if it catches
my interest.
5 ring endurance with the fans on high. That was pretty amusing to watch.
---
Thanks to Max, Danny, and anyone I didn't meet who put in the work to make
the fest happen. Hope you found some time to enjoy the weekend yourself.
lutkus
Oct 26, 2011, 5:12:54 PM10/26/11
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dpawson wrote:
> Goals:
surgery. (For some reason, I only have 3 balls at work, otherwise I'd
have attempted a 6 ball fountain.)
Game on!
> Goals:
> Break my 6 ball personal best. Fail. I've been stuck on 29 catches for a
> while now. I probably did 25-32 throws like 10-20 times, but never managed
> to get more than 29 catches.
FYI, I just flashed 3 balls in my left hand for the first time since
> while now. I probably did 25-32 throws like 10-20 times, but never managed
> to get more than 29 catches.
surgery. (For some reason, I only have 3 balls at work, otherwise I'd
have attempted a 6 ball fountain.)
Game on!
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