[Neke]

I’d like to second that – you guys are all awesome!

[Neke]

This is a great idea! Without a pole in my hands, I’m the clumsiest thing you’ll ever meet, and even with a pole any gracefulness is very fake and very practiced. I haven’t been to any kind of dance classes since I was about 5… and my ballet classes consisted of ‘good toes, bad toes!’ (At least I know how to point my toes). So I’d love to soak up as much information as you’re willing to share.

I’ve recently decided that gymnastics are really cool after all the talk on aerial cartwheels a while ago… If anybody else wants to jump in with basic gymnastic tutorials that you could incorporate into pole dance, that would be awesome as well! (I really really love how Suzie Q walks on her hands to swap from one pole to another – she does it here at 5:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoEVI4K1774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) Actually, it would be fun to incorporate any kind of dance into pole work – I’d love to see if anybody else could contribute as well!

[Neke]

Hey Jungle,
I just made it through about half of the over 200 comments people have left, and I can see how easy it would be to get really upset by people’s reactions. But in all honesty, I’m pretty surprised with how open minded a lot of people are – out of the 100 responses I’ve read, there have been the same few people saying the same bad things and a countless number of random strangers supporting you, saying that there’s nothing wrong with you or your dancing. It would be so easy to get all wrapped up in the negativity, but think how many people have taken time out of their lives to say ‘so what’ in response to this guys outrage at you pole dancing to praise music. Out of all the responses, the majority of people by far have acknowledged your skill and agreed that pole dancing can be an outlet for praise dancing if done in the right context. I’m glad the numbers have swayed that way… a few years ago EVERYBODY in the general public would hear ‘pole’ and think ‘dirty stripper’ instead of being so open to the idea of it being a means of fitness and artistic dance.

[Neke]

Yay Trena! I’m so glad you had a wonderful time, I hope it was a night you’ll remember forever! Best wishes for the wedding, I’m crossing my fingers that everything goes perfectly. I also hope you keep working the pole on your honeymoon! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
(I’m terrible!… cue Sasha for a comment slightly less subtle, lol)

[Neke]

I have yet to figure that out… I started off by just jumping off, which isn’t sexy. You can try getting the hang of the dove/figurehead, but I find it hard to reach back and get into that without wriggling my legs around as I’m trying to grab the pole – that also looks ridiculous. You just drop your legs down a bit and grab behind you… My pole is also short, so if i get into a figurehead my feet are pretty much touching the ground – I’m not sure if you’d have the same problem. If you’re high enough on the pole you can try the superman fall which I’m sure is easier than it looks – I’m always too low for that too. If you do it slowly you’ll see it’s not scary. Or you could reach down and try getting into a side v – that’s all I’ve been able to come up with so far!

[Neke]

Would it be possible to just add another (optional) section in your location details for the state that you live in, as well as the country?

You can already search for members by country and there is already a section to list your town, you just can’t search for it. I’ve tried entering city names in the keyword search that I know people have listed as their city, but it doesn’t return any results.

I assume it’s a lot easier to set up a search function if it’s searching within a certain section… so if you had a state category in everybody’s profile you could set up a search function to search within that category without too much trouble (I think) because the code is already all there to search through countries – you could just replicate it and change it slightly. It would be really cool if you could search through cities too, although I appreciate what a massive entity this site is and what a headache it would be trying to dig through all that coding in order to do anything at all.

[Neke]

Haha!I don’t like windows movie maker either – I tried using it on my desktop pc instead and it just annoyed me. I like the way video edit magic works better, its really easy to work out.

I’ve got 2 weeks left of uni… I’m trying not to think about it! And no way on earth would I do an undercover story on showgirls, lol. I’ve been there 4 years – they’re really wonderful to me, it’s a great club. The manager is the sweetest girl and she works so hard to keep everything running smoothly – I’ve worked in other clubs and the owners and managers just treat their girls like shit, but the general staff at showies are the sweetest people you’ll ever meet https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

[Neke]

I’m not one of those people who learns things super fast, but sometimes I do go to try a new move and I get it right away, and I’m like wtf? However, other moves take me forever. It took me a few weeks of doing the superman from the ground once a day and then another week of doing it in the air once a day before I could hold it without it hurting. So over a month for just one silly move, practicing it every day. The same went for other moves that hurt my skin like hell, like the teddy – I had to do it a lot before it stopped hurting. I don’t go nuts on one move … when there’s something I’ve almost got, I just do it once or twice a day after work and it slowly gets better and better – when I can do it confidently but not neatly, I’ll incorporate it into my stage show on a quiet night. Slowly it gets better…

With the shoulder mount, I tried it twice months ago, got nowhere near it, and just forgot about it for a few months – I put it in my list of moves that are impossible. Then when i tried it again ages later, I got it almost on the first go. Sometimes it really helps to not only shelve something, but to totally forget about it – don’t even stress yourself by thinking about it.

After saying all that, I still can’t do the stupid butterfly. I want to kill the butterfly. I haven’t tried it again for a while and I’m not going to for a while yet, because I know I can’t do it and it’s just going to piss me off. One day I’ll be able to do it though… and I’m not worrying about it until then https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Just remember, different things are harder or easier for different people – You can do a lot of stuff that other people can’t, just don’t stress about it. Pole dancing is supposed to be fun https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif Just do what you can do and occasionally try learning something else – you put yourself under too much pressure. I swear I’ll come over there and kick you, we’ve been over this https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_tongue.gif

[Neke]

I use video edit magic 4.4, which works quite well – I downloaded a cracked version from a torrent site. The windows movie maker won’t work on my laptop for some reason, it just crashes – I’m guessing that’s what most people use seeing as it comes with windows.

Good luck https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif

[Neke]

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[Neke]

I feel like I should admit I was trying to do aerial cartwheels at work last night. How the hell is that physically possible!!? Lol I figured out how to do cartwheels 1 handed, and then I was too scared to try it without the hands. You are insane Lola, I quit! Also, my arms are killing me. Not sure if that’s from handstands or cartwheels or pole, but I’m going to blame you – it’s not the same muscles that are usually sore.

[Neke]

Hey,
I’ve bought shoes and costumes from http://howcool.com/catalog before – even with the insane shipping prices to Australia, they are still cheaper than anywhere else I’ve found that delivers here and they have everything. I used to find what I wanted on the Pleaser website and then order it from howcool. They would usually arrive in about a week, but they were coming a very long way – I think they send them out as soon as you place the order.
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[Neke]

Guys, I just wanted to say that even though some of you might not think you look sexy, you’re probably wrong. Show those terrible videos of you rolling awkwardly around on the floor to a guy and he will nearly die – you never think you look as good as you actually do! I’ve seen a lot of girls start out, and they never ever think they look good, but they’re almost always wrong. The only time they actually do look terrible is when their toes aren’t pointed. Sexy moves like leg spreads look really trashy and horrible if your toes aren’t pointed.

So it really doesn’t matter what you do, you will still look sexy. It comes naturally https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif Flop around like a beached whale on the floor if you want… so long as you’re pointing your toes I guarantee it will look hot. I’m sure I can rustle up some videos of me sprawled all over the ground after falling off the pole if nobody believes me – still massively sexy https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

[Neke]

That is amazing, congratulations! I’m sure you will be wonderful https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
Don’t worry about what people might be thinking – everybody goes through tough times and they will be able to see that you’ve come out the other side as a strong and beautiful women – Your scars will probably make your students admire you even more. If they do notice, I’m sure they will think more of you for it, as you’ve obviously turned into a wonderful, successful person despite the troubles you’ve had in the past. Not many people end up doing what they really want to do, so I’m so happy you are getting closer to your dream!

[Neke]

Oh yay, you live in Brisbane! I’m at the sunshine coast uni – long story, but basically the journalism course there is a billion times better than the ones in brisbane. You’re pretty much guaranteed a job when you finish, and you get to do a lot of hands on work with local papers, which you can’t really do in brisbane.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY btw, even though I’m an hour late https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif I hope you had a good one, free of stress.

If you’ve been into showies then I’m sure you would have seen me – i’ve practically lived there for the past 4 years. I would say come in and say hi, but I just saw your video and I’m afraid you’ll show me up! And as for the construction, I live on the northside right in between where the airport link and the northern busway are going – 24/7 they are either drilling, demolishing or clanging things about outside my door. Not cool – I feel your pain!