HyperHorsegirl
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My X-Pole, ordered through this site, came straight from X-Pole in California. I did have a problem with one piece of mine (a sharp edge on one piece) and I emailed X-Pole and the representative was nice and sent a replacement for that one piece very quickly.
X-Pole is a good company that stands by their product and they want their customers to be happy. If you have any problems with your X-Pole, let them know and they'd likely bend over backwards trying to help you. Call them if you need anything, even if it is just explaining how to tighten it properly. I wouldn't worry about X-Pole not treating you right.
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My first pole is a 45 mm TG X-Pert X-Pole. It will probably be the only pole I ever have, but that's okay because I love it.
I thought about purchasing a cheap pole (i.e. Peek-a-boo/Carmen Electra/ anything that comes from a novelty store) to tide me over while I saved, but after reading about just how bad and dangerous they are on here, I decided to save that money too and keep it for my pole. A good one. A safe one. I just had to wait a little longer, but it was totally worth it.
Upgrading to a safe pole is overrated. Start out with a safe one, with static and spinning, and you'll be able to keep it and use it for years without hitting the limit of its potential. Plus, you spend less money in the long run.
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Anything is better than nothing, even if it's as short as 30 minutes. If that's all you have to spare, GO FOR IT!!! Don't give up on it and write it off as "useless". You might get more benefit to more time, but if you spend none at all, you won't gain anything. Make no apologies. Do it anyway. Push yourself. You'll get more from 30 minutes over time than you ever could skipping it altogether.
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I'm doing the Insanity workout program right now. It's a 63 day high-intensity cardio interval workout plan. It's six days a week, one of which might be a "recovery" day with deep stretching instead of cardio. Tomorrow will be Day 40 for me. I've only missed one day (I started the workout and realized I was WAY slacking/hurting, so much so that I wasn't getting any benefit, so I stopped and skipped that day.)
Apart from that, I am at my studio 3 days a week taking various drop in classes. None of them are structured towards learning anything new. I just go for the time with the other ladies and having fun. I take PoleFit and Hottie Body, which are pole strengthening workouts, not dance classes. I also take several pole classes that teach mini routines with basic spins, transitions, etc. Sometimes I'll take a freestyle class or a floor/chair class. It varies. But I'm always there at least 3 times a week. It's just not to work on skills.
I've been neglecting my pole at home. Work has been crazy and mostly I'm just tired from Insanity and classes. My days out of class, I just want to be lazy. Still, sometimes I'll do a little dance or something. I hope that once this 3 days a week of classes slows down (it's part of a studio challenge) I'll be more willing to play on it. I'm being stagnant right now and not working on anything.
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http://www.facebook.com/LorelaiJane There. That works better.
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Mine (and it's not terribly active or interesting, so don't get your hopes up) is http://www.facebook.com/LorelaiJane
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I thought 28-30 days was the maximum "safe" juicing length. Two weeks seems drastic enough. I have a friend that is juicing and she did a lot of research and decided not to go further than two weeks. She's also going to slowly add back some solid foods (like a single piece of fruit) after the first week or so. I don't think 60 days is safe or healthy. Also, what you eat doesn't make you fit. If he wants to get in shape, he needs to work for it, not rely on some extreme diet change that won't change anything long-term.
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EXCUSE ME?!? Are you a member of the same community I am here on SV? Because people on SV seem to "get it" and you clearly don't.
I don't perform for any audience besides my classmates and occasionally friends who want to see what I've learned. There is nothing wrong with embracing your sexuality or pleasing your partner with a sexy dance (hence lapdance). Some on here do this professionally. Many don't. I have NEVER taken off my clothes while dancing, so by definition, I could not possibly be a stripper.
I don't dance with heels because of weak ankles, but I would love to because I think they're pretty. Heels make your legs look so long and this is the one time that you can wear ridiculously high heels and not feel silly at some point. It's like a girl's guilty pleasure for some.
Also, the limited clothing is for grip purposes. If skin wasn't showing to contact the pole, we'd slide off. You can't exactly learn some of these tricks in sweat pants and a t-shirt. Running shorts and a sports bra suffice for many, not teeny "outfits", although they are also a guilty pleasure for some.
Many of us do this in our homes only, making clubs unnecessary for us to do something that we love. I don't think any of us would deny that clubs are a very important portion of the roots of this sport/hobby, but that doesn't mean we need to be treated like scum because of it. Calling us no different than strippers is to be narrowminded.
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What's the difference? Answer: The audience.
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By the way, I totally respect the girls on here that do work in clubs and other places. It's hard work and I don't envy you. I don't think I could ever muster up that kind of confidence, have those kinds of people skills, or not let the negative get to me. You girls are truly amazing!
My point is, that the two don't have to be related. And just because we pick out stage names doesn't mean we're contradicting ourselves.
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This topic is about stage names. Many people use stage names and alternate titles for themselves. Writers sometimes use different names to write under. Dancers, magicians, musicians, poets, and performers of all sorts perform under different names than their own. Yes, that includes strippers and pole dancers.
It is one thing to want to reduce the stigma of pole dancing by trying to educate misinformed people who want to lump us all into one big group of "strippers", regardless of what we actually do, even if it is, in fact, stripping. I do not think it is a bad thing to refuse to be compared to strippers. It helps get pole dancing out there and more mainstream and not something that takes place in seedy clubs (or even nice clubs). Doing tricks and learning to pole dance well is an entirely different skill than those used in clubs, as I've learned from reading discussions on SV from the girls here who do work in that profession. No one wants to be called something they're not, or grouped into a stereotype just because that's all someone knows.
So what if we want to create an alternate persona to use while we dance? So what if we want a little anonymity, an alter-ego, or whatever? I do not see how wanting a good name to perform under has anything to do with being a "stripper" vs. a pole dancer.
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Pegasus is right. During a workshop with Cleo "the Hurricane", Miss Pole Dance Australia 2012, she said that there are some things she just can't do and will never be able to do because of the way she's built. Knowing that even someone like her has limitations makes me feel a little bit better about my own, even though I'll never stop trying to improve on the things I can.
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The first pet/street naming thing totally does not work for me. When I was 3 or 4, I got a red-ear slider turtle for Christmas, my first pet. I was young and I named her Dumpy. I lived on Angelina Circle at the time, and while Angelina is pretty, nothing can survive with Dumpy as the first name.
I recently came up with a stage name for my new youtube account, to keep pole things separated from my personal videos. I came up with Lorelai Jane and I love it. It's similar enough to my real name to sound familiar, but still different enough to be, well, different. I'm kind of a plain Jane kind of girl, so that's where the Jane came from. And, although I love Gilmore Girls, the name Lorelai is actually from a couple of rock songs by Styx and by Scorpions, but spelled different.
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I'm sure LA County does see a lot of animals, but I know the Houston area does too. It is possible for these areas to go no-kill, but it takes the support from the politicians and the public. Houston's city leadership is too worried about money to take the steps they've already been recommended to make by a no-kill expert. In fact, BARC is funded under the Health budget, which is also responsible for human healthcare. Guess what gets most of the funds? Of course, the human healthcare, and rightfully so. But there's no separate entity that budgets for animal control and those that run it are more interested in other things. There are FIVE, yes, FIVE, kill shelters in Houston alone, not to mention the shelters of nearby independent cities. BARC is just one of them. In 2011, BARC alone killed over 13,000 animals. Imagine what the total would be including the other five. Imagine what the total would be including Harris County's other numerous city shelters. Our Humane Society is a kill shelter, not a no-kill rescue. That's another thing that many people don't realize. Just because it says Humane Society or SPCA, doesn't mean that it's no-kill. Rescue groups here are overrun and there are so many strays, it's ridiculous. In the bad areas of Houston, packs of dogs roam the streets.
One of my boyfriend's friends said he was going to breed his dog, which he (disappointingly) got from a breeder. I think I have convinced him not to, but she still isn't spayed. Last week when we went to the dog park, there was a whole family of Australian Shepherds there that were clearly poorly bred. They were trying to sell the 7 week old pups at the dog park, where young puppies without resistance to many diseases can get seriously ill and die. Their front legs were noticably shorter than the back ones, making them look like they were always walking downhill and the dad had such a bad leg, he almost drowned multiple times trying to retrieve a frisbee from the pond. I don't understand why people do this.
As you can tell, I'm very passionate about this subject. I've been to many shelters over the years, as I volunteer with a rescue group evaluating dogs also. I did sign the petition. I wish that shelters had the funding and support needed to save more animals, but sadly, it's just not a priority to those making the budgets and laws.
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I am a huge animal advocate and have volunteered at shelters for over almost five years. This is not an uncommon law. In Texas, it is mandatory for all public animal shelters to hold strays (not surrendered animals) for 72 hours. Many, of course, are held much longer than this. at the cost of the organization running it. A dog I adopted from the City of Houston's municipal shelter was there for almost 60 days even with this law in effect. Just because they CAN euthanize after 72 hour hold doesn't mean they WILL, at least, not for all animals. The sick, mangey, behaviorally challenged, or hard to place animals would probably be the ones to go at the end of the 72 hour hold. The others would likely be held as long as room could be made for them and they remained healthy. After all, it's not like people who work in shelters want to euthanize animals needlessly.
Houston's BARC is probably the worst shelter I've ever seen (well, maybe except the Harris County shelter) and they still have dogs that stay there 30 or even 45+ days. They see on average over 130 animals in intake EVERY DAY and euthanize almost 1,200 animals a month. About 55% of animals never make it out. That's staggering. BARC even goes beyond the 72 hour minimum and holds most strays for 5 days. There is a big controversy right now at BARC because they put an animal down within one day and people came back for it after raising the money to treat him at a vet. They claim "veteranary discretion" in their decision, and the whole thing was documented in a video (http://www.examiner.com/article/apathy-while-killing). Now, THAT is sickening.
I'm not saying that it isn't a good thing to fight this. Animals do need every opportunity they can get. Still, this practice is not uncommon and it does not condemn every animal to die after 72 hours. So, don't feel SOOOO sad. It's still sad, but it could be worse. My other adopted dog (from another Houston shelter) was there for over a year, from April 2009 to June 2010, and had been returned three times before I became his fourth and final adopter. He is my heart dog. I understand that some animals need much longer than three days to find a home. I think the most important thing regarding animal shelters that do euthanize is education. Educate the public of the laws and let them know that it is UNLIKELY for any animal surrendered to a kill shelter to make it out alive. You'd be surprised how many people really think that their animal will find a good home by leaving them there. Education about the truth of shelters, education about how to care for animals, and education about sterilizing animals is so important in trying to make a difference at in any city or state.