as some of you may know, I am throwing my stock Metal Drifter by Duncan and my Yomega raider of r 2A for the rest of the year in celebration of Edcember.
day 1: great, no problemo.
Day 2: awesome. Still going strong from this rush of heroism.
Day 3: friction stickers wearing down. no one in the entire state of rhode island sells stinking friction stickers. none in stock at YYE, and i donāt want to order them online anyway, because I have to go through the inventory while constantly hearing āhey, Pajama man, why donāt you buy me?ā in my head. all the while my Supernova is sitting on my desk, chilling like āhey, are the pads in your drifter going out? well, I have some fresh silicone in me, and Iām really awesomeā¦ā
Day 4: friction pads completely done. soo glad iām getting some from modman. (thanks modman) tried some double dice 5A, then proceeded to epically fail at double dice 5A. all in all, a good day.
Day 5: didnāt throw at all today. feel no pain. I guess that means I CAN quit at any time. I had a pretty good day. my bass teacher gave me a concerto to learn ;D ;D ;D, so i know what ill be doing when Iām not yo-yoing.
Day 6: day 6 sucked. I was so darn tired after school, but then i had to play basketball and go to choir practice right after. I had no energy at all, and iām still trying to recover. BLAH!
Day 7: a lazy day overall. I am still kinda wiped from yesterday, but i threw a couple loops with my raider, and iām getting pretty consistent with one inside loop. so i guess thatās the first week. Alright! only three more.
I find that I am not throwing as often either. My Edcember throws are an Ann WHiP with a fixed axle sleeve, a pair of Loop 808ās (currently only using one to learn on), and an Aquarius. With the fixed axle sleeve, the WHiP is very responsive and sleeps for about 20 seconds at most. I suck at looping, so thereās not much to say there. The Aquarius is the silver sparkle 2007 Worlds edition. I got it brand new from a certain online yoyo store, and it came with a locked, over-lubed, somewhat rusty bearing. I guess thatās to be expected from a 5-year-old yoyo though.
Day 8: a great way to start week two of Edcember is to get new friction stickers in the mail! (thanks modman!) They are still pretty grippy, and i hit myself in the face a couple of times. (ouch). but i think iāve gotten them broken in enough to notā¦ you now, hurt myself :P. Iām still working on those inside loops, and i can do two consecutive ones maybe two or three times out of ten.
I wonder what my Supernova plays likeā¦ I forgotā¦
Day 10: Iāve grown to hate the metal drifter. Itās a nice enough yoyo, but after youāve played with it exclusively for 10 days in a row, you grow to despise that hunk of metal. I practiced a bunch of loops, and hurt my hands and face multiple times. sigh only 21 more daysā¦
Day 11: Iām kind of getting settled into a routine. Finally. the metal drifterās pads have almost gotten into an unresponsive state, so I havenāt gotten hurt as much as in the past couple of days.
day 12: nothing to report really, unless you count that i want a new yoyo so bad! or at least to be able to throw one of my favorites again. also the pads in my yoyo have gone kinda weird on me, so thatās still up in the air. Iāll be glad when this month is over.
I had a pretty good day. my bass teacher gave me a concerto to learn ;D ;D ;D, so i know what ill be doing when Iām not yo-yoing.