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I had an operation to remove a growth from my chest yesterday, and that all seems to have gone fine, unfortunately I find myself a little bit immobilised, which is a pain. I shall have to get better at visualising my juggling! I'll be watching a lot of videos for inspiration while I recuperate so expect to see some comments from me sometime soon!

The whip-cracking is going great, I've learnt a lot quite quickly, and now feel much more in control of it. I've gotten used to the length of it very quickly, which pleases me. Unfortunately, serious over-practicing of the 'overhead crack' (it's so joyfully loud) has left my right shoulder in quite a state, with a really painful, inflamed knot on my collar-bone.

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Today my bullwhip arrived, it's lovely. It's an 8ft nylon job from firetoys and it looks and feels really well-made. I might have been kinder to myself ordering the shorter 6ft version, but I may as well throw myself in at the deep end :P It's big and loud and scary, and has already bitten me a couple of times. I'm enjoying the progression though, having found some very useful videos on youtube (search for Adam Winrich if you're interested).

Anybody else do any whipcracking?

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I just broke my sock poi. I am quite tangibly saddened.