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[froggy_dear]

So apparently Charter is going to upgrade our internet service (which sucks great big donkey hotays) and give us free basic cable for a year! This is exciting. Especially because I really really really wanted tv (we currently have no reception) for both the debates and because I love to veg in front of the tv and knit, which is more difficult when one is balancing a laptop on one's lap (I watch tv on the internet now). Plus I can get my PBS fix. I know, I know, I am lame and very American, but that is how it is.

Very little progress on the hula hooping front. Funny how I don't recall having any trouble with it when I was little.

My mouth guard is probably doing wonderful things for my teeth, but it keeps getting incorporated into my dreams. For example, I was dreaming that I couldn't chew something. After a while my mind butted into the dream to remind it of the mouth guard and tell it to knock it off with the chewing.

I made this guy. That is his scarf still in progress next to him.

Comments

[dabblersupreme.livejournal.com]

did you get an adult sized hula hoop? that makes a big difference, because if the circumference is too small or the hoop weight is too light, it will make it waaaaay more difficult than it needs to be.

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I don't know! Probably not, since I think there were wider diameter hoops available.

[dabblersupreme.livejournal.com]

hrmmmmmm. where'd you get the hoop? or, better yet, whereabouts does it reach (bellybutton, chest?) when you stand one end on the ground?

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

It came from Target. And it reaches about to the waist, I would guess.

Hula hoops seem to be difficult to find - there's a shiny kind (with bright pseudo-holographic colors) and a kind that lights up in stores that I've seen.

[dabblersupreme.livejournal.com]

ah, yes, then a lightweight kid one. i;m actually surprised it reaches as high as your waist! but the adult-sized ones that i make reach chest height or taller sometimes, and the added circumferenece & heft make it far easier to use them, actually.

if you wish to make your own, it's not hard & pretty fun (instructions here: http://www.jasonunbound.com/hoops.html), or you can sometimes find them at hippie-type music festivals or some such.

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

I had no idea! Thank you for the information. Because I do think hooping could be fun, but right now it just falls down in loops. :P

[dabblersupreme.livejournal.com]

if i were closer, i would happily give you some tips in person, but to be honest the size/weight of the hoop (child vs. adult) makes a big difference. it's a lot of fun and good exercise (unless you perfect the lazy hooping trick of drinking beer while hula hooping).

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

I doubt I'll make one myself, but I may keep my eyes peeled at stores with exercise equipment and stay away from the toy aisle ones.

Just trying with the toy one is a lot of fun, so if I could actually get it going, I bet I would enjoy it more.

[ana4277.livejournal.com]

PBS is NOT lame! ;)

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

I was unclear; my love of television is lame and American (I will watch just about any reality show). PBS, of course, rocks the nation's socks.

[ana4277.livejournal.com]

ok, good. i just invited you to join the PBS ravelry group for emphasis.