Current mood:	tired
Current music:	Stay Home - Self

Hi, Kjesta speaking!

Well, I have a new obsession:_hooping. As in, hula hooping. Just Saturday, I’ve become a total addict. I randomly bought a cheap Wave Hoop and started hooping on the terrace. Wondering if there was anything more interesting to do with the hoop, I googled a bit – and found the most beautiful things. Have a look at <url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=oiev55-mopc>”one of my favourite vids”</url> featuring Spiral, one of my greatest female role models in hooping. Isn’t she just gorgeous? And she makes is all look so easy.

By the end of Saturday, I managed to keep the hoop up for almost a whole minute. Yay.
Over the curse of Sunday, I managed to turn around myself (slowly) while hooping, and I could hoop in both directions, though counter-clockwise is still weaker with me. Then I hoped some more in the cellar and went to bed. And then I climbed out of bed again at 00:30am and went in the cellar again to hoop for another two or three hours. I just spun around myself, clockwise, counter-clockwise, turning with the hoop, against it, and at some point I was just moving across the (very very limited) room in circles and spirals. I had some music on, (mostly “Beep” by the Pussycat Dolls and “Stay Home” by Self) and just – well, kinda dance. I can’t dance, not really. But just whirling about with the sparkly pink hoop around my waist was such a divine feeling it’s beyond words. Seems freaky? Probably is, yeah. But it’s also some kind of meditative thing for me, so I don’t care.

In that night, I had only three hours of sleep and the next day was a long one because of many hours at school and such, but I was hyper and happy all day and couldn’t stop spazzing around because I couldn’t wait to get home and hoop again. Back home, I grabbed the hoop and did it for another few hours. I could move around quite okay now (only in spinning motions, mind you – walking straight with a hoop on your hip is difficult!) and just had fun with music.
The next day, my whole muscles in legs and abdomen were sore like hell, but it was worth it.

Unfortunately, we had to run 2 kilometres at school and I failed – I did the 2 kilometres and went straight through the first 1500 metres, but after that I stopped and walked normally three times. Which means an F to my teachers. But the heck did I care! After I could breathe somewhat again, I snatched a hoop (a flimsy edgy one – way too small and light!), took my music and spun about – I think I covered more ground than I had running before. To the left, to the right, a little jump… Ah, bliss. Suddenly, my sore muscles weren’t there anymore.

But the most amazing thing is that I got compliments for my hooping. WTF! Compliments for my freaky little obsession? I, who isn’t good at anything sportive? I, who’s much too chubby? I was very happy about it. It made me feel great and for once I feel like I have the support of my classmates. (They like my pictures for examples, but then again can’t understand how I spent hours drawing. Hm.) Not that I wouldn’t have continued without it, but it’s nice for a change. Pauline’s comment touched me a lot: “You looked like you were in your own little world. Like in trance or something.” And I think she expressed the closest what I felt while hooping.

After school, I hooped 15 minutes on the terrace and then went outside to a playground to continue with more space – a bunch of kids (maybe 3 to 6) turned up and were all over me. “Look here!” “Look, I can climb up here!” “Look, I can swing!” “Look again!” From four kids at the same time. Woah. I mean, they were cute, but watching them run from here to there 23 times in a row isn’t all that great when you’d much rather hoop. But I just can’t say no to nice kids. Damn!

Anyway, it started to rain soon and I went home again and did some hooping in the cellar. I could hoop with the neck now and from there transfer it up to above my head and from there down to my waist again. Now I just have to figure out how to get it from my waist to the neck XD Skipping is also in it now and when my hoop slides down do my hips, I can shimmy it up again 90% of the time. Haha – Pauline also said I had a hip action/gyration like hell. It’s not that, it’s just that I have to push the hoop up with my hip half of the time XD

Today, I had to do the paper round, but hoped a little in the (very wet) backyard. Now I can do the neck -> above head -> waist transition quite okay clockwise and counter-clockwise alike. The basic pop up, too.

I have a hard time getting a decent hoop, though. I’d make one myself if I had no problems getting the tubing for it in less than a 50m roll for about 40€. That sucks! A lot. I’d order one from the US if it wasn’t so expensive! I mean, shipping it to Europe would cost a fortune that I don’t have. This makes me sad. There are so many things that I can’t do with a hoop that’s so small it doesn’t even reach my crotch instead of coming up to my waistline/boobies.
Having started out with a too small and too light hoop (i.e. my Wave Hoop) will make things easier when I have an adult-sized hoop because it’s much easier to handle than kids’ ones, but this really drags me down. I want to do shoulder hooping and cool tricks and just have fun! Now it’s still very limited, although it’s fun nonetheless. If anyone from Germany reads this and would take a hoop from me for some money, I’d buy the huge roll of tubing and sell what I don’t need. Man.

Okay, have to go to bed. Love y’all!

~*Kjesta*~