MissKitty83
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Sounds like fun! it'll be good for me to get into recording my practices so I can see what I need to work on. I'm a total noob, so it'll be fun to see how much I can accomplish in 30 days!!
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The best thing is to LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTOR AND DO WHAT S/HE TELLS YOU. I work in an OR – and I know it's HARD not to push yourself, to keep away from your activities as long as s/he tells you to, but trust me, it will be worth it in the end. You don't want to end up re-injuring it or putting so much stress on your 'good' knee that you end up hurting it! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif
Your body needs time to heal, and even though it's hard to be patient, it's ESPECIALLY important with knee surgeries. Trust me, you will end up better off and more stable LATER (and not have to have additional surgeries in later years) if you take it easy NOW. Promise. Take care, and I hope everything goes well!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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MY POLE CAME IN TODAY!!!
Just wanted to let you know. It is a shining golden beauty, and stands proudly in my living room/entry way. I did a few tricks right after erecting it, and tried spinny mode for the first time ever just to see what it's like. (it was FUN and made me SO dizzy… I was giggling madly the whole time. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)) OMFG, I love, Love LOVE my pole!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
6 weeks on backorder felt like forever, but I want to let everyone know that Sissy with House of Pole is a glorious woman with customer service skills that are beyond description. She even sent me her cell phone number after emailing me about the backorder so I could talk with her directly instead of sending emails back and forth.
https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gifTHANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING, SISSY! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
I'm sooooo happy. I love my pole. I think it's going to need a name. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I had to do what I call the Nail Test – I found a small nail (about 3cm long) and tapped it into the ceiling where I thought there was a beam about 2 cm. If after 2 cm the nail slid freely all the way into the hole, there was no beam behind it. I moved over about an inch (2.5cm) and tried again until I found a beam. YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU FIND THE BEAM. I was able to hammer the nail in about 2cm before hitting something VERY solid that my little taps with the hammer on the nail would not penetrate.
From there you can either leave the nail in to mark the stud, or pull it out and use a permanent marker to make a dot or X or whatever so you know where your studs are.
To fill the myriad little holes you've made, squeeze a small amount of WHITE toothpaste onto your finger and smear it over and into the holes. It will dry to match the white ceiling, and no one will be the wiser. If it doesn't you can always dab a little paint over it – but at least the holes will be filled! Hope this helps! ^_^
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1983 – I've got BILLIE JEAN!!!!!
And Africa by Toto, Beat it by Michael Jackson again, Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics, Every Breath You Take by the Police, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler, and All Night Long by Lionel Richie! So many good songs, how will I choose?? I think Billie Jean's the winner by a long shot for me, though…
Now I just have to get my pole in… Should only be one more week!!
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I've considered working at a club for a while now. I played with the idea a couple of times years ago, but dismissed it almost as soon as it came up. The last few months I've been considering it seriously. I've been reading 'Diary of an Angry Stripper' and doing research on 'How to' and what it's really like in the club. What is stopping me is that I don't know if I would ever really be able to take my clothes of in front of strangers. Also, the clubs that I've been to in my area are kinda seedy, and not places I would really be comfortable working. I have plans to go to some others and talk to the girls there to see how they like it, but the main thing is I don't know if I would be able to do it. I might have to find a bikini bar first, just to get my feet wet.
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Always, always warm up!! And like Veena and Runemist and Gingercake say, it's so easy! Hot showers, jumping rope, I do 50 jumping jacks (cause that's what they make us do to warm up at my studio)
I've also had a lot of success with Dashama's leg stretches on YouTube – they're yoga stretches, and they're incredible:
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadovvfaerie#grid/user/17C37043DE4AE8C9I play them and strech in the order they're set up because that seems to work best for me. I have to play video #4 twice, because in the video she only stretches one side. try it!
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Karol Helms and Jenyne Butterfly.
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I am a rank novice. I cannot invert (nor would I dare try yet!!) and don't even know what a CKR is. My tricks are limited to a Dip & Spin, pirouettes, Floor work, Switch-foot, Russian Kick, Anastasia kick, Liberty Kick, Pole sit, pole climb, Lunge spin, Hook -and-Arch, Hip spin, Cupid hold, a newly-aquired Elbow Stand against the pole, and probably a couple other basic things I've left out. I almost always have one foot on the floor.
There's a sister studio to the one I attend that has a 45 (which they refer to as a Pixie pole). I'm going to call them and see if I can go play on it for a few minutes between classes one day this coming week.
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Thanks to everyone for your responses.
@PoleKitten – I don't have any problems with the 50s at GDS. Before I ordered my xpole I asked Ashley about the difference. She says my hands are normal size. The're 6 1/2 inches from the base of the palm to the tip of my longest finger, and I too have long fingers (gloves don't ever fit right). I've heard there's a Pixie pole (45mm) at GDS in Mt P, I'm thinking about calling them to see if I can play on it for a little bit.
@FuzzyNavel – I'm planning on still taking lessons at the studio in addition to my home practice, so I will still have access to the 50mm poles once a week. Is that enough? I've been told it's harder to transition up in size and easier to transition down (excepting the leg holds).
Thanks again for the feedback.
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Really? I like Midnight Mavista…. But that's just me. 🙂
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If we go strictly pet/street mine would be Black Kings. But I prefer to use the middle name/street, which would be Elizabeth Kings, and I like that much better. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Thank you Veena for expressing what I could not. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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If you're especially looking for CHEAP lashes, check out RED CHERRY LASHES. They're made of human hair, and I know some girls that swear by them. And you can't beat the price – $2 to $3 a set.
http://www.madamemadeline.com/online_shoppe/categories.asp?cat=Red+Cherry+Lashes
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I agree with Veena and Runemist.
An olympic style Pole Sport would be just that – another sterile, gymnastic sport with incredible displays of strength, control and flexibility. There would be no art to it, no dance, no sensuality, no feeling. It would be cold and sterile, like any other gymnastics routine we watch. And that's fine for the Olympics. There is no place for the passionate, artistic, Sexy and sensual kind of pole dancing that most of us do at home in the Olympics.
If you want to make it an Olympic sport, fine. Clean it up, make it gymnastic and sterile and boring. It will simply be Vertical Pole Gymnastics.
I'll keep my booty popping and artistic, sexy yet still athletic pole dancing, thanks.
