Saphyre
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I guess I didn't really answer the question! All the creative people I know (myself included) have some sort of "emotional" issue and it ranges from sobbing easily to outright weirdness. On the other hand, I know plenty of non-creative, stoic, 'see the world in black and white' people that I think are messed up in other ways. It's just in how we view the world around us. C'est le vie!
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Wow, Charley! There are so many thoughts flying through my head at this moment on this subject. My mother-in-law is clinically pyschotic, yet she is sharp as a tack. After several years of hospitals and different doctors and caretakers and medications, it truly amazes me how little is really known about personality disorders and the like.
The brain is so complex, and there are so many social, physical, biological, and emotional triggers for just about everything. It comes out in a plethora of forms for every person. Addiction, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, pyschosis' of every sort, or even just plain meaness.
At the same time, I TOTALLY agree with Chemmie in that "types" or "categories" of personalities are specifically wired . It makes us an "A" type or type "B" personality or a introvert vs extrovert. It makes us creative, nerdy, dumb or smart (or a combo). Ever notice how people who do the same job have some similar personality traits? My husband is an Air Traffic Control Specialist at Chicago Center. All ATCS's are cocky and have similarly strange senses of humor. A couple of weeks after I started to pole, we found that more than half our class were or had been hairstylists or makeup artists. I also think the way we are wired can be the determining factor on how we each deal with ourselves and our "issues". Similar to Nightfall's mention of dandelions vs orchids! (Love that!)
I could really go on for hours over this subject, but I'll stop now…well
By the way.. I also have social anxiety and from a prior Veener thread, it seems a common theme among us! I believe that the poling community is also of a like mind. We are all creative and emotional in many, many different ways. We see this community as a safe place to be social even if some struggle to be social in person. We all strive to better ourselves, physically in some way or another. We may fall into separate categories socially, mentally, ethnically, racially, etc but we have one thing in common..WE ALL ROCK!!
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Hey! Good to hear from you and I'm so glad that things are still going well!! xoxo
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Fabulous! Congratulations to the well deserved winners! Thanks again to KiKi and Studio Veena for sponsoring such a wonderful scholarship!
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Great minds, Veena….https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Oh, thanks Teapartie! I have been thinking about her and keep forgetting to ask where she is. At least someone has heard from her!!
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I would say that if they fit your foot well and stay up, you're good to go. Some of us just have proportionately smaller ankles and calves. My ankle boots do the same thing at the top of my foot where the smallest part of the ankle is, but they are good at the top. When I'm inverted and use them to hang on, I appreciate that they are a little loose. Also, the more you work, the hotter you get, and the tighter they will be. If your feet are sliding around too much, like they are too big, then I would get a smaller size. Safety is everything!
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I forget the "y" in thelink. Here it is again:
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Hi Carissa. Like Veena said, gloves are a great thing to have to practice moves. I have a pair and I love them I have sweaty hands as well. I've used Dry Hands and some other grip aids, but I recently purchased Dirty Girl Poletice and it has been a Godsend. Not only does it work great, but you rinse it off before using the pole so there is zero residue on the pole. You can find it on DIRTGIRLPOLETICE.com. The ris a video that shows you how to use it.
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I agree with Katana. Circumstances can have a huge effect on a person's state of mind. I suspect that once he starts missing the things you did for him and his family, he will start to cozy up to you again. You are making the right decision. Like WL said you are not responsible (for 3 grown ass men, haha!) , but it says a lot about you that you care so much. Hang in there…
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That was beautiful! Congtratulations!
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There are a few threads here that you can look up. Search under "Combos". In the meantime, here are a few suggestions…not sure where you are with tricks…
Spin Combos:
Fan Kick to Back Hook (to make more challenging invert from here into Gemini)
Carousel (Peter Pan) to Front Hook
Carousel to Reverse Grab to Reverse Attitude (Challenging)
Front Chair to Reverse Chair
A new one I learned is called the Irish Swirl. You start out like you are going to do a Chopper Invert, but then you drop down, right into a reverse attitude. Very impressive looking.
Trick Combos: (not sure if you can do these?)
Gemini to Pike Hip Hold then back to Gemini then to Scorpio….
Gemini to Star to Butterfly to Gemini…
Gemini to Butterfly to Flatline Scorpio to Scorpio….
Climb to Figurehead to Aerial Invert…..(if you can't do an aerial invert, you can just slide down in a sexy angel drop)
Climb to Figurehead to Teddy
Climb to Advanced Plank to Cross Ankle Release
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Ditto to JeHanne and the others. You absolutley need to let the studio owners know about this. The studio I go to is rather small and it is not very well know yet that there are pole classes there. However, there are some people that know about it. The studio owner now has a direct line to the local authorities to report loiterers. She has even noticed cars/vans that keep driving by very slowly. She makes a call and the police come by. Good bye weirdos. I also agree with the buddy system. Even if you went there yourself and really don;t know anyone, I'm sure there will be another person there that will gladly walk you out.
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Aaahhh! Just realized that I typed in 350 degrees on step number 1. The oven temperature should be 300 degrees as listed in step #6. Sorry!
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Here goes….
Beef Daube Provencal
2 teaspooons Olive Oil
12 Garlic Cloves, crushed
1 (2-pound) Boneless Chuck Roast, trimmed and cut into 2-inch cubes
1 1/2 teaspoons of Salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper, divided
1 cup Red Wine (Syrah is best)
2 cups of chopped Carrot
1 1/2 cups chopped Onion
1/2 cup less-sodium Beef Broth
1 Tablespoon Tomato Paste
1 teaspoon chopped, fresh Rosemary
1 teasppon chopped, fresh Thyme
1 (14.5 oounce) can Diced Tomatoes, undrained (I use Fire Roasted)
1 Bay Leaf
3 Cups hot, cooked Medium Egg Noodles
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2) Heat Olive Oil in small Dutch oven over low heat. Add Garlic to pan; cook for 5 minutes, or until garlic is fragrant, stirring occasionally. Remove garlic with a slotted spoon; set aside.
3) Increase heat to medium-high. Add Beef to pan. Sprinkle beef with 1/2 teaspoon of Salt and 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper. Cook 5 minutes, browning on all sides. Remove beef from pan.
4) Add wine to pan, and bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
5) Add garlic, beef, reamaining 1 teaspoon of salt, remaining 1/4 teasppon of pepper, Carrot, and next 8 ingredients (through Bay Leaf) to pan; bring to a boil.
6) Cover dutch oven and bake in oven at 300 degrees for 2 /12 hours or until beef is tender.
7) Discard Bay Leaf and serve over cooked Noodles
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1/4 cup stew and 1/2 cup noodles)
Notes: I buy the chuck roast whole, freeze for about 45 minutes and then trim and cut into cubes. I found that the serving size is not very accurate for most appetites. I would say it is closer to 4 servings.
If you would like to use a slow cooker, then follow steps 1-5, place in slow cooker and cook on high for about 5 hours.
Nutrition info per serving: CALORIES 367 (31% from fat); FAT 12.8 (sat 4.3g, mono 5.8g, poly 0.9g); PROTEIN 29.1g; CARB 33.4g; FIBER 3.9g; CHOL 105mg; IRON 4.3mg; SODIUM 776mg; CALCIUM 76mg
