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Maybe you're not using enough sudafed! (Says the pseudoephedrine addict.) Also make sure you're getting the good stuff you have to sign in blood for (pseudoephedrine) not that crap that you don't (phenylephedrine.) The latter has basically been shown to be ineffective at nonprescrption dosages. Or any dosages, really. Wander on back to the pharmacist and ask for a box of Primatene tablets. Ignore the warnings on the box. IGNORE THEM! Ooh yeah, here's some choice medical advice right here! All you're getting right there is pseudoephedrine... mmm.. and maybe a little extra... stuff... IGNORE THEM! I'm not a doctor, I just use the stuff pretty regularly... because I enjoy being able to breathe, and apparently got fucked on that front in the genetic lottery. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I'd suggest a canopy course sooner rather than later. You'll learn stuff you'll use on every jump after you take it. If you have someone at your home DZ who offers coaching for tracking, I'd take some time to get comfortable with that, too. I feel like tracking gets glossed over a lot in training for as important as it is. Of course, I think the same thing about spotting after all that tracking. Tracking forces you to figure out where you want to end up, rather than taking the pilot's word for it. I've taken a lot of people to the tunnel and they start relaxing and and looking like they know what they're doing in about 20 minutes of tunnel time. They start to look pretty proficient somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour. Then they get rushed into freeflying and never spend any more time on their belly. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I reckon I'll give that a try first and if it doesn't, I'll try a commercial anti-fog solution. Ultimate worst case scenario is whatever I pick delaminates the visor and I have to buy a new one, but I'm reasonably sure that won't happen. Maybe the mouth thingy will do the trick. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

It's getting colder and the past 3-4 jumps, my Cookie G3 visor has been fogging up. Is there a particularly effective cure for that? If it's doing this at the end of October, I hate to think what it's going to be like in the winter months. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Has he bought a TV with your credit card yet? I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

https://goo.gl/maps/LK2bVpXMUyH2 You might need to zoom it in (Apparently Penisland is tiny.) I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, I think 182s are pretty popular starter planes for dropzones. Mile Hi 1 is a 206b -- you need the turbine at these higher altitudes, and it can still only go to 9 grand AGL. It fits 6 uncomfortably with all the seats except the pilot's removed. Winter gets pretty depressing in Colorado, too, although we had enough 70 degree days during it that I was able to do a high pull in December. It was only a technical high pull though -- celing was about 8 grand. I'm plotting to visit Eloy this winter too, either around Christmas or early February. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Ooh. You should pop over to the Bonfire and give Promise5 a holler. Skydive Arizona in Eloy is pretty nice to visit in the winter. You pretty much have an excuse to go running around the world jumping out of planes now. Doesn't pretty much everyone fly up there? Maybe you could talk a private pilot into letting you jump out of his plane. Your spotting skills will get a crazy workout doing that, but it could be fun. They just need to file a NOTAM with the FAA and find a suitable landing area for you. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

The South Park Montage song? (Was also in Team America World Police IIRC.) I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

It's because of the Internet. There are pictures of vaginas pretty much everywhere you go nowadays. Back when Playboy started out, that was the only place to get them. I'm pretty sure that's progress. Or something. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Ugh yeah. My dropzone is a freaking latex minefield. Rubber bands and bungees everywhere, with occasional rubber band wars breaking out during wind holds. Walking to the trailer on both my jumps today, I had my bag in my hand and the smell of the rubber bands was very noticeable. I'd swear I saw a fully-stowless bag a while back, that used magnets or tuck tabs or something to close. Sadly, I don't recall the details at all. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I'd categorize MOST of what Zappa did as jazz. But that's OK, it's not the kind of jazz that is like having someone shit in your ear. It's easy to lose sight of the fact that all this was going on during the birth of rock and roll. Zappa was very much experimenting with blues and jazz and keeping the bits that sounded good to him. His experimental albums are more underground. But when he put the gym sock over here, they were more commercial. No matter what they did, though, their band was always incredibly tight. Take Nine Types of Industrial Pollution, for example. Instrumental, odd background, awesome damn guitar work. He also experimented with The Tango, and even did a cover of Stairway to Heaven and Bolero. On the blue side, he did a cover of Steal Away. That's some really nice guitar right there. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Tracking dives don't hurt, but they don't help that much either. The body position for flying a wingsuit is different. They do help with your horizontal spotting, though. Just be aware that it's easy to put yourself in a position where you're going to land out on a tracking jump, so discuss the safety aspects of doing that with the more experienced guys at your dropzone. Also be aware of your position in the jump run so you don't fly into other groups. If there's a tracking coach where you jump, take advantage of that -- it's much easier than figuring it all out on your own. Definitely do a canopy course early on. You're going to need one for your B license anyway, and you'll use the stuff you learn on every jump thereafter. You really don't want to rush into flying a wingsuit. Review Team Fly Like Brick Recovery Techniques. Not fun positions to find yourself in. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

If I want to watch a movie, I usually do it in the privacy of my own home, where I don't have to deal with jackasses on cell phones, don't have to take out a second mortgage for $.25 worth of popcorn, can have an adult beverage with the show if I want it, and don't have to worry about getting shot in the back of the head because some disgruntled twatwaffle had an argument with his girlfriend. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

No kidding. The strippers would love it. It would give their kids a place to play while mommy (and occasionally daddy) are working. *Edit* Wow... that got dark... I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, skydiving has taught me to spot my excuses and call myself on them. At the same time, you do have to listen to your instincts. If they're telling you there's something wrong with the jump -- wind's too unpredictable, you're too tired, you don't feel well, whatever, then don't do the jump. It's a fine line between not wanting to jump and making excuses and actually not being in good shape for a jump and making excuses that you SHOULD do the jump. It's much better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than vice versa. I did a jump a couple months ago, on the 15 minute call I thought, "God, I'm really tired. I should just take myself off this load and go home!" But I made an excuse to go do the jump and now I have a nice scar on my right arm from where I PLFed into a rock to remind me that the excuses knife cuts both ways. Fortunately for me it was a fairly inexpensive lesson. You'll find you'll be able to tell the difference, if you think about it. Also, if all the experienced jumpers are giving the next load a miss, those instincts should start telling you something, too! At least enough to ask one of those guys why they're not going up. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I think Lynch's masterpiece is "Mulholland Drive"(2001). I watched it 3 times in a week, and still not satisfied that I understood it, went searching and found an essay by a grad student, that put the pieces together. For those who have yet to watch it, a clue: There is a sharp transition point in the film. Everything before that is different from everything after. I've watched that movie several times. I could watch it a couple of times a week for the rest of my life and probably still not get everything there is to know about it. Just a little taste I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yep, all that sounds pretty normal. I take a fair number of whuffos down to the tunnel and they all go in convinced that they're going to immediately be awesome at it. Most of them start to look like they might know what they're doing at about the half-hour mark. Your flips don't have to look good. They make you do them so they can see you can get stable after losing your body position. All that does improve with practice, but I think most skydivers (myself included) never get to the point where they'd be confident doing them in a wind tunnel where there's a glass wall to smack your face into 5 feet away. There's a ton of cool stuff you can learn in this sport. As long as you're having fun, just keep learning! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I've never had any trouble breathing in the air or in the sky. I jumped an open face helmet from July 2012 up to a couple months ago and really like the wind in my face. I've heard the tandem instructors tell students that if they're having trouble breathing, they're looking down and should look out to the horizon. I noticed myself and a fair number of other people get so excited early on that they do tend to forget to breathe. I still have to remind myself to continue to breathe normally sometimes, particularly at 18,000 feet. Breathing is rather underrated, especially since we kind of need to keep doing it to go on living. Most people never pay any attention to it at all. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Easily the Rocky Horror Picture Show, which I've seen probably over 100 times. Fun people hang out at those. I did it all through college. I didn't think Cool World had cult status. It was really just trying too hard to make something happen, but nothing ever did. Pink Floyd the Wall, now there was a cult movie. Couldn't sit through it last time I tried to watch it. Too teenage-angsty. I've seen Heavy Metal and Wizards, too. Heavy Metal isn't amazingly awesome, but it reminds me a lot of the magazine, which I remember fondly. Wizards is way too 70's. You can hear the pot in the main voice actor's voice. They also kind of bludgeon you with awkward symbolism and pointless psychedelic imagery. But at least I can still sit through that one. I also liked Donnie Darko. I've been told I should check out Eraserhead, but so far haven't. Pretty much anything by David Lynch is going to be pretty odd. I still think his version of Dune is the best. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Oh yeah, that's one of the outdoor models. It doesn't really look like they're geared toward freefall training. It might be worth keeping in mind if you're having a really hard time with stability, but I wouldn't get my hopes up over it. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Sure. Skydiving is great incentive to get in shape. I lost about 30 pounds after I started. Also started exercising more regularly. A couple of weeks of however many push-ups you can do in the morning should help with the upper arm strength. I also got one of those power ball gyroscopic grip exercisers. Those things do wonders for your grip and forearms. Nice side effect of that is if you get some jackass who likes to play handshake games, you can crush their bones. If you have a wind tunnel anywhere around you, those also make a good training tool. Obviously you can't learn to fly a canopy in there, but you can make a lot of progress with your stability in the air. Because of the confined space, you're forced to fly a lot more precisely and you have a lot more clues in the environment to see that you are. Most people I've taken really start to look like they know what they're doing on their belly after 20-30 minutes. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

That's how I always wanted to die! This also seems appropriate. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Until you hit your mid-40's, it's pretty much free. I'd have paid to keep it down in High School. Goddamn thing would pop up at just about anything. Pretty girl. Ugly girl. Car. Bird. Hills. It's a wonder I could focus on anything until I hit 30. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?