Trapeze in Minnesota

I was honored to be the guest of Embrace Adrenaline Trapeze Club in Scandia, MN.  While there, I got to try out my new wearable GoPro camera.  Various people wore the head-band-cam and we came up with some great shots.  In the two shots captured in the video below, I learned a lot about head placement because, while flying with two experienced and graceful flyers frrom Embrace Adrenaline, the head-band-cam was first worn by the flyer on my left and then by me.  That explains the two views but I have a theory that explains it.  WAtch this video and read on for my take on what you saw...

OK.  So the tall and graceful Katrina wore the camera for the first swing and, as you can see, she got a pretty good shot of our legs and feet.  Swinging with another flyer is a good way to learn more about timing and placement by matching the swing.  Usually people come away from this exercise with a better understanding of where to put their hips, legs and feet, and when to do it.  Katrina certainly did!
Poor Sherri Mann was the second flyer and, while I can attest to her skill and strength, you never get to see her legs and feet.  The reason?  First let's look at the similarities:
Both swings were double swings with me on the right and and experienced flyer on the left (Katrina on the first one and Sherri on the second).  The other fact is that Katrina wore the camera on the first swing and I wore it on the second.
The reason you can't see Sherri's feet on the second swing has nothing to do with where she put them but, rather, where I put my head (and the camera attached to it) durring the swing.  By looking up while bringing my legs forward, I was able to bring my hips up higher and achieve a better force out.  You just can't see it from that angle because my head is leading my hips, legs and feet.
So, a bad video exercise but a great way to understand how head placement determines where our feet end up in a swing...

Left off the ballot

So I got the ballot for the Village Woods Owner's Association board elections and guess whose name was curiously left off?  That's right, Kevin Six. This after I personally e-mailed my candidate statement to the Association Manager, Jim Fraker (oh, how I would like to misspell his name!).

Another person I know was surprised to learn that his name was on the ballot.  I thought it was because a formal request to be considered for the board was sent and ignored by me.  But!  This other person who is on the ballot did not fill out the form either; he just sent in his candidate statement via e-mail, like I did, to Jim Fucker.

So. This either means that Fraker is a faker (or a fucker) or he is honestly just an idiot.

Which it is, Jim (the fucker) Fraker?  Did you not really not get my e-mail; the one I printed and copied and did all sorts of legal stuff to?  Really?  Or did you, at the insistence of the board, decline my candidacy?

Either way, there will be trouble.  Trouble, I tell you
That starts with T and rhymes with P that stands for Pool!

Yes.  I am going to have a pool party.

See if you can stop me!

The Horror of Homeowners’ Associations

Homeowners' associations were supposedly created by Real Estate God to fundraise for and oversee neighborhood maintenance, and to help developers to efficiently manage and market their properties. But it often seems that their true purpose in life is to drive homeowners insane.

Read more here.

I agree with this guy...

The Information Is Not Forthcoming

I have asked the Village Woods Owner's Association, in writing, for the addresses of owners who do not live in the complex. This was two months ago. The information is not forthcoming.

The reason I need these addresses is to run for the Owner's Association Board. The reason the information is not forthcoming is...

Kevin Six wins Second place for blogging

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Other People's Children

By Kevin Six | Posted April 3, 2011, 12:59 p.m.

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OK people, say what you want about other people's children. Sometimes they're noisy, often they're misbehaved and sometimes it's even the parent's fault. But, unless the child is being abused, you have no right to speak harshly to them or their parents.
This happened to me on Friday. Twice. One was an adult who yelled at children in Borders and another was a woman yelling at a mother at Stu Segal's Studio Diner. Both adults were in the wrong, one of them got a serious dressing-down by me and the other deserved one but my girlfriend sat nearly on me in the restaurant to keep me in my seat.
First the a-hole in Borders:

More: 

Attn: Village Woods Board and Management

It is seriously going to suck when I come to to the board.  Even though you're holding out on information that is legally mine, I will win and you will be made to follow rules that actually make sense, keep people happy and do away with conflicts of interest.

Get ready to have your minds blown!