Cashmanimal

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  1. I just wrote a 10+ page paper about psychological well-weing and extreme sports and physical activity. It's total crap, I just wanted to get it done and out of the way (for a GE psych class, obviously not your caliber) but if you want it, a few of my opinions are in it. PM me if ya want.... I don't mind letting this gem go for a good cause. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  2. No, they sound pretty proficient. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  3. I really enjoyed it. I didn't know the back-story, I didn't think it was going to have a real intense plot. The shadow-seekers were a bit, meh, to me. But other than that, I really enjoyed the flick. The golf balls on the back of the Blackbird was hilarious. And the bacon. That is all I'll say. -shrug- Not mad I payed for it, but probably won't buy it when it comes out. I might though. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  4. This is the exact reason why I have dual pillows. Nobody ever plans on it, but it can, has, and will continue to happen. Regardless of experience level, there are situations where people rush themselves. Rushing can easily lead to missing a grip on a jumpsuit, arm, or hand, whatever, and all it takes is one missed grab for them to accidentally find that reserve D-ring. Obviously this level and sense of panic will (theoretically) decrease with the number of a jumps a person has, but shit happens. Jeff Gordon is just as prone to getting t-boned by someone running a red light as anybody else, assuming he drives his own car in public. (Best example I can come up with right now). I simply feel safer with them. I have been in a few speed-star competitions where the teams are handicapped and 'leveled' by keeping the jump numbers fair (if a team gets someone with 2500 jumps, they will also get someone with 50 jumps, etc). There have been many instances where a collision or missed grip put someone fumbling around my handles. I'm not saying they would have deployed it with a d-ring, but I am saying the probability is a lot higher. With experience comes control, and with control comes the safer situations. In this situation, there is nothing I can do if I am holding my slot in the 5-way and the 6th man out decides he better just bomb in there to try and complete it in time. All that being said, I think there is something to be said for the "feel" of the pillow. I started using dual pillows around jump 95, and wish I hadn't. The first weekend out with the rig I had terrible line-twists, and for the split second I thought I was going to have to chop it I clearly remember questioning the feel in my left hand (the canopy stopped spinning and leveled out about that time). I think that while it is not a MAJOR factor, it is a factor that should be considered. In conclusion: I personally feel safer with dual pillows. When I jump borrowed rigs I feel a bit uneasy with the d-ring. Personal preference. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  5. GOing to see it in a couple hours, I'll let you all know my professional opinion. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  6. might be something on your lens.... but it looks to me like you still have hair, too? I think you got ripped off. Good luck! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  7. Went to the show last night. Not the first time I've seen 'em. But definitely my favorite. They once again catered to the crowd like no other band I have seen. If you have been or are a serious Tool fan, you know what I mean. Drove back home last night after the concert.... made getting up this morning for my final exam very difficult. Also, the fact that I cared more about the concert than the exam made the test itself that much more difficult. I probably could have picked a book up this weekend and studied, but... I had a concert to prepare myself for! Anybody else go? Seen them on this tour? Going to see them? It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  8. fantastic movie I enjoyed it. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  9. I would beg to differ in that from my research, the primary reason Marijuana is illegal is because the government could not monitor and tax it. A cigarette smoker can't support their own habit in a tobacco field, and if they could, they probably wouldn't. Alchoholics can't/won't brew the amount of beer/wine/whatever they want. Not to same some couldn't grow tobacco/brew alcohol.... but as a majority. A weed smoker can spend a few weeks growing a plant and support themselves until the next plant is ready to be pruned. This is why a lot of decriminalization has been going on. In Santa Cruz, California they defined it by saying if you were jay-walking while smoking a joint, the jay-walking is a higher offense. Just move to NorCal. Get your cannabis club card. Then you can buy and posses it legally. It's a piece of cake. Hard openings=bad back, bad back=doctor recommendation. $150 and now you can do as you please. That is what my sociology teacher told me at least. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  10. About 2 hours. Traffic was bad on the way home It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  11. Warned? Looks like I've been taught.... 9 beers is the magic number!! Now that the obligatory male-oriented joke is out of the way.... ew. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  12. haha! nice! Um, dude? I think you've had enough.... ... ... ... NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  13. (I hope this hasn't been posted before, but you know how it is when you search "beer" in the forums....) http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=2222264 Listen to "BEER!" Then download it. then put your CD players, MP3 players etc. on repeat. I have high hopes that this will become the new theme song of every DZ around the world. I never though I would hear a death metal/comedy band. And it works. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  14. Dude... super shitty! I bought one of those reflective license plate cover thingy's. I would suggest it, it doesn't look like all the other ones I have seen. From the back you can read the plate perfectly, but from either side (where the cameras are) you can only read half of the plate. Half of the plate, means they can't find you (theoretically). I took my camera out with hte flash and it works great.... I always see people checking it out in parking lots. I am not sure how legal it is out here in california, but I still have NM plates so I figure I will use that as an excuse if I get bothered about it. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  15. senuti is a delicious program. Comes in reeeal handy on a college campus where they are cracking down on downloading music. Just grab somebody's ipod, plug it in, and it will copy every song you don't already have to your computer. Or just the ones you want.... i love it either way. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  16. this is all fantastic input! Remember, it doesn't have to be true... only BARELY believable.... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  17. So I have a week to assemble a website, and I have chosen the subject of fan obsession. I was thinking about anime websites and how little I care about them and how some people govern their lives through anime, so the idea arose to build a website obsessed over something nobody cares about. So I have chosen staplers. Something that is probably sitting on almost everybody's desk who reads this, but nobody cares about. One section of the website is going to be fan art... art people send in about staplers. Another part is tips/tricks... you know, tips to lube up the spring for cleaner stapling action? Maybe a secret for stapling large stacks of paper? Stupid crap like that. Then give me some testimonials... write a short story about the time you needed a fix so you stole a box of staples from the supply cabinet at your work. ONe time you ripped your pants so you stapled them together in school/work. A night when your stapler failed you and you were forced to turn in your final paper with the corner folded over.... And lastly, a dedication section. Write about your favorite stapler that you lost, or was burned in a house fire, or was stolen by the filthy pirate bastard 2 cubicles away. "What ever happened to ___ type of staplers? They were far superior to the staplers they make today...." You get the idea.... I have already included plenty of info regarding Milton from office space, believe me. So my challenge unto you all is if you are bored, drunk, etc., create one or more of these pieces! Draw a funny picture of you stapling your best friend to the wall. Anything and everything will be appreciated. Stories don't have to (but can be!) long. I have a week to make it look like an online community that has been established for a long time! Please PM me any stories you come up with, or if you have a picture PM me and I will tell you my email address). Thanks to everybody in advance! (now open microsoft paint and draw something while you're at work and doing things you hate anyway!) It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  18. if you are looking to save money, don't upgrade the RAM through Apple. Buy the laptop and get the ram form somewhere else, but get good ram. THeir memory is great and all, but ridiculously priced compared to what you can find other places. I bought my Powermac G5 with 2 gigs of ram and have since added 6 gigs for what it would cost to have them install 2 with it when I bought it. Easy to install... one screw, pop it in, tah-dah! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  19. Cashmanimal

    Zoodive?

    Zoodive (zew-die-ve) Noun A skydive carried out with no preexisting formations, body positions, freefall speeds, base or even purpose. Rarely accomplishing anything more than having fun. If there is video on the jump, it is rarely good for footage of more than two people, regardless of whether it was a 182 load of a full Otter. See also: Cluster fuck, shit-storm, full-contact RW/VRW These are just my experiences though. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  20. Every morning I wake up to my room being about 150 degrees because my roommates love the heater when they go to bed but don't consider the repercussions of leaving it on all night. There are worse things, like your situation. But waking up every day an hour before I have to because I am in a filthy sweat is irritating the third or fourth day you do it. I am on week 3 now. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  21. I have not PLF'd in a long time, and I credit that to 1) I (tend to) land very conservatively due to camera equipment and 2)I have only jumped this canopy for the last 200 jumps and know it very well. The last time I went for a roll was coming in for a beautiful landing smack-dab on the center of the target, and I saw that there were some people out of the hangar taking pictures of me landing. I decided to make it look pretty, and after the first stage of my flare, dropped a toggle. Yup, I hooked it in from about 3 feet off the ground. I have not only never felt like a such a public dumbass, but have since made sure I have more than two or three fingers in my toggle with a good grip. I would sure hate to have that happen 10-200 feet off the ground As some have stated before, doing a PLF doesn't mean you've screwed anything up. I see more situations of people NOT PLF'ing when they very much should have than the other way around. Worst-case scenario, you have to do laundry. And since you are using student gear/jumpsuits, worst case scenario is somebody ELSE has to do laundry (which they won't). It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  22. Don't eat. Drink lots of water. Take vitamin C. Eat a few pieces of fruit a day. I did it for 5 straight days. Not for the same reasons, but it is possible. For a few days afterwards, you will eat less and in turn save yourself even more $$. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  23. (juggling dice) Let's party! Yeah! Come on, let's party! Wooo!............. FUCK! It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  24. I don't really care, fake or real. As far as I can recall I was never told it was all real, and I never assumed it was because of the camera crew with him as ossposed to survivor man who has to carry allthe camera shit with him. I guess the bottom line to Bear Grylls for me is that staged or not, he does some pretty crazy shit. I mean, c'mon... the guy caught a fish and then just reached down and took a bite out of it. All the other stuff doesn't really bother me. Anything else I have to say would place this thread better somewhere else... As far as the skydiving portion of it goes, I always thought it was a fun twist. I like how he reminds us every time before he jumps that he broke his back. I get the point by now... It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye
  25. If you leave something until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do. It's all fun and until someone loses an eye... then it's just a game to find the eye