SkydiveNFlorida

yes, that's true. At least I can go jump this weekend. I need to look at the bright side of things. :) Angela.

Gliders are awesome! Hope you have a good vet and have done your research. It is so fun feeding them fruit, and holding them close to you. So soft:) Congrads! Angela.

Oh, gosh! I feel like such an ass for not being in the spirit. Nothing this terrible is going on around me, thank goodness. I am so sorry for your grandparents, Dove. I hope she is ok, or at least that she passes without pain. I am sorry for your grandpa:( I know what you mean. My boyfriend is going away for the holiday. So, while i'm not single, I will be lonely:( I hope you get rid of the flu, sweety! That is terrible. Seems like everyone around me has been sick. I am lucky so far, but I am pretty scared, man. Oh, honey, happy holidays to YOU. Keep your head up, ok! You girls are so strong, hang in there. xoxo. Angela.

Wow, Laurie, I am so sorry to hear that about your friend and your aunt:( Yeah, you hang in there, too, girl! I am sending some good vibes your way, k?! (((vibes))) Angela.

I'm gonna drive out to the mall tomorrow if I get up early enough. Yeah, that's what i'll do. Too bad I don't have a scanner or i'd scan it in and post it:) I need a digicam! ooh, I could hop o'er to e-bay:) Angela.

Oh, Joy! I just found a candy cane hanging at someones desk (he's a friend, there were plenty). :D Angela

You guys are great! I get to watch the kids in the family open presents on x-mas eve, i'm sure that will be fun. Maybe it is the xmas blues, I am just feeling like christmas is coming and going too quickly, I only heard holiday music at Outback Steakhouse, I don't hear it anywhere else. And, there just aren't lights. I don't see them anywhere. Maybe it is my lack of commute that keeps me from seeing the lights, I guess my route to work/home is just an unscenic one with no neighborhoods. Maybe I should go to the mall and get a picture with Santa:) Angela.

4:20 is "time to smoke ganja". (I don't smoke, but I have before) Angela.

I always look forward to this holiday. Decorations, shopping, togetherness. But, this year it just doesn't feel like Christmas:( There isn't as much holiday decor everywhere as I remember there to be in previous years. Maybe since my family and I decided only to get a couple gifts for the kids, and not to exchange amongst ourselves, the lack of shopping is what makes me feel this way. maybe it is the 12 hr days i'm working. Maybe I miss my dogs that I gave up this year. Whatever it is, it just isn't xmas this year:( Angela

Huh? what happened to her? Yeah, I do notice a lot of posts from Lany & Roy on here, maybe I just know that they are juicy posts so I notice them more than other pw posts. Angela.

Keep practicing, you'll get it:) Are you jumping with a more experienced flyer? It really helps a lot! You can see what they are doing, and they can tell you later what you're doing. Just make sure if you fly with someone else that you get into a ball if you're gonna cork until you can gain stability again. And, until you can stay in a sit the whole time, you probably want to just jump with one other person who can maneuver themselves well and get out of your way if need be. I am sure you'll get lots of help from experienced people. I am still trying to stop orbiting and tweek things here n there. I have seen some awesome flyers, and I think it'd take me another 200 jumps just sitting to get as good as i'd like to be. .. maybe more. Angela

It's good you didn't get hurt or kill anyone. You could be dead or in prison right now. You admitted wrong doing, now just follow through and don't drive when you've drank so much that you can't even figure out where you live! lol! I can't bitch too much, i've been there, man. Angela

Why not? I risk this one knowing I only have one life. So, if I were on my last of two lives, I doubt i'd decide to lock myself in a hole and live it until I die of old age. Angela.

I've never heard of "see's", but Godiva is the BOMB! :D Angela.

We appreciate that! Angela.

Awesome pix!! Thanks for sharing

There seem to be quite a few "pros" who don't wear cypres'. I am by no means saying that you shouldn't wear a cypres. But, it is a personal decision. People should be aware of the risks of not having a cypres and be able to make their own decision. I don't have one, but if I had one, i'd use it. I should be able to afford one sometime next year. Even if it is used. I wish everyone could have one, but they are not cheap. Angela.

That's some funny shit! lol!! Angela.

I'm sorry I didn't get to jump with you, either, Chrissy:( I ended up working on Saturday, and you left early (well, ok, not early, but early for me) on Sunday. It was nice meeting you, though. Hope you'll come join us on a warmer weekend and get to stay a bit longer !:) Have a great holiday!! Angela.

Is it true you lied at ZHills about what canopy you were jumping? **Maybe it is true. What is it that you would do with that information, Ron? Maybe you were not the best person to give advice in this matter? ** Perhaps. But maybe you should not give advice given your history... **And, yet. I have every right to post a reply. If people don't know how to make up their own minds about something, then maybe they shouldn't be in the sport. Or, watching tv, or on the internet for that matter. And maybe you should not argue with folks that have more experience than you? **Maybe, in your opinion, I should not. I gave my opinion, and, in the end, the person I was discussing this with ended up making some good points and I recognized that. If I hadn't argued, I wouldn't have learned much. If the DZ thought it was bad enough to call other DZ's to warn them... Then I would think it was bad enough...Actually The event does not seem to be the problem. It might be how you reacted to it. I have never seen a DZ kick someone off for making a mistake, unless they had an attitude when they were talked to about it. ** Well, what you "think" and what actually IS are two different things. I KNOW that I didn't do anything that extremely wrong, and recognized that I was too close and when approached afterward I said it before they did. I got too far downwind. I didn't realize how little/no penetration I was going to get. This comes with experience, like many things as you know. I think it was more politics than anything else. YOU have no idea because YOU were not there. Your ASSumptions are just that. From 900 feet I can land in just about any direction I want. How were you not able to enter a normal pattern from 900 feet? **Maybe I was just too freaked out because I almost killed myself on my 30th jump. I actually flew a pattern, just the wrong one, and ended up crosswind and crabbed onto the runway. I do not have 3000 jumps like you Ron. At the time, I only had 30 jumps. At least I didn't freak out and hook myself in trying to land on the grass because I was going to land on the runway. . . lets look at the bright side. Honestly I don't know...But again if a DZ kicks you off, then feels like they should warn others....And I really want to know if you lied at Zhills about your canopy. So it seems clear that some think you are in danger. **That's right, you don't know. At least we have that straight now. It is not a personal post about you. **Boy, am I an idiot. I could've sworn this was personal shit about me. Glad we've cleared that up. Again feel free to PM or post here to clear this up... **wtf would I bother to do that. It is quite obvious that it'd be the same as posting it on here. I thought they were "private" messages. Whatever. I'm done with this shit. See ya. Angela.

Cool pix! That looks like so much fun!! :D Angela.

LOL!! My thoughts exactly! Angela.

I thing you're referring to the post about flying in brakes, right? I don't think that I was giving any harmful advice. I was just writing how I judged things. If people don't share what they learn than how will anyone learn anything? Just because I don't have 1000 jumps doesn't mean that I don't know shit. Obviously, there is a lot for me to learn, but it doesn't mean I can't share information the same as everyone else on this site does. It isn't like I go around recommending people buy napkin canopies or do hook turns off of student status. Well, it was one dz who called a bunch of dzs. I don't want to argue about what was said that I did wrong or whatever. I didn't do anything dangerous at the dz. I was told that I landed too close to the plane. The winds were too high and I probably shouldn't have jumped in them, but I handled it fine and landed without incident. The other dz I had a landing issue at was at 30 jumps after a canopy class. I made a jump in the morning that freaked me out (see incidents search for a post by me) and I didn't get out of line twists until 900 feet and ended up crosswind on final and landed on the runway. This was obviously not an everyday event and could've been prevented if i'd not screwed up so many things in the air (should've pulled higher, should've cut away... etc). Everyone has bad days... luckily, again, I landed without incident. I thought your profile said 2000 jumps when I posted that, i'm not taking 1000 jumps from ya Well, my canopy flight is fine, I don't need a .75w/l. Maybe you think I do, and it is fine with me if that is what you think. Anyhow, if you want to keep this going, we can do so via pm as to not make this a personal post about me. Thanks. Angela.

Dude, that's some funny shit!! Oh, at least now I know where I lie on in the phases... I am entering Stage 4, and still have some stage 3/stage 1 regression tendancies. These pass quickly! Angela.

I don't think i'd give it all up and become a skydive instructor for a living. Not that I have a whole lot that i'd be giving up or anything... but, I think i'm going to keep my job in IT until I transfer to a university and dig myself into unpayable student debt for 4 years. Amen! It is always good to read things like you've written. Makes me realize that i'm making the right decision about going for a real major rather than a slack major. I don't even know if I want to be an engineer... but, hey, it is interesting, and mentally challenging. Why limit myself?!