Friday, February 23rd, 2007
I Met a Yo-yo World Record Holder Today
This afternoon I had a really fun gig in downtown Indianapolis. It was for a party at RATIO Architects. Every month they have their 4th Friday at 4 Party, where at four o’clock snacks and drinks appear, and for the first time they decided to hire professional entertainment… that’d be me. Being [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Mark Hayward Custom Freehand Zero Sidecaps
I spent some time this week painting the custom Freehand Zero yo-yo sidecaps that I ordered from Duncan. I got 150 pairs, and they are clear plastic so I can paint the inside of them however I want. This is the second batch.
At the moment the yo-yos and caps are only available through [...]
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
Wisconsin State Yo-yo Contest and MadFest
Tomorrow I leave for Madison WI to start the ramp-up to the MadFest Juggling Festival. I have to go earlier this year than usual because I will be doing a radio interview on Tuesday morning (at 6:30 am… ug) on Z104. As usual I’m really looking forward to the fest, and a bunch of my [...]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Good Times at the Indiana State Yo-yo Contest
Yo-yo contests are awesome. First of all, I get to hang out with a bunch of yo-yo folks (mostly dudes, but hopefully that will change), and second I get to see TONS of awesome yo-yo tricks.
Indiana States was really fun this last Saturday. Much to my surprise a lot of the WAY out [...]
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Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Indiana State Yo-yo Contest 2006
It seems that no matter where I move I end up getting involved in organizing something that is juggling or yo-yo related. I’m not complaining, it’s just what happens. At the moment I’m helping my buddy Takeshi organize the Indiana State Yo-yo Contest. I’m really looking forward to it, it should be [...]
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Good Times in Phoenix
Last weekend I had a great gig with the Smithsonian Institution that took us to Phoenix Arizona. In their ongoing effort to bring the Smithsonain to the people (instead of the people always having to go to Washington DC) they put on a huge event called Culture Fest, in Phoenix and the surrounding area, [...]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Wikipedia is Fun
I just did some editing on the yo-yo page in the wikipedia. I’m not sure if I should be proud or ashamed.
Who am I kidding? I’m totally proud! Wikipedia is AWESOME!
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Mid East Regional Yo-yo Contest (MER)
Yo-yos are awesome. I’m hanging out in Cleveland Heights Ohio after finishing the yo-yo contest today. It was fun. I helped judge the Sport Ladder portion of the contest and ran the music for all the freestyle competitors. This is the contest run by Steve Brown, National Yo-yo Master. The big plans for tonight are [...]
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Fun at the Wisconsin State Fair
For the first time in my life I am actually enjoying being in a parade. Every day at 3:00 there is a parade at the WI State Fair, and they like for all of us entertainers to be a part of it. I don’t really have a good parade act. Basically I [...]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
7/26/2006
Ate breakfast (Apple Jacks cereal… I’m not proud). Went to dog park. Took dog home, went to get oil changed and steering column recall done on Prius. Brought Taco Bell to Lenore at work. Forgot guacamole. Went to Takeshi’s house. Talked about his yo-yo DVD project. Painted some [...]
