The SWEET new yo-yo!!

So this entire summer, I have totally been interested in the art and skill of yo-yoing, in which a small, round, pair of connected disks spin on a string, and the wielder uses this to mutate the string to form shapes and designs. I took up this unusual hobby right before Interlochen began, with a small, black "High Performance"(yeah right) yo-yo that cost me 10.95 at the local toy store(the purchase was a total TRAP! That yo-yo was horrible) Thinking nothing of it, and knowing only the easiest of tricks(the Sleeper only), I brought it with me to Interlochen, in the hopes of figuring out maybe one other trick.

About a week in, I pull out the yo-yo during free time in my cabin. I begin making the yoyo sleep, and just messing around. Low and behold, one of my cabin

mates walks in, and instantly notices that I am yoyoing. He begins to ask about it, and thinking I will be ridiculed, I laugh it off and hastily stow the yo-yo back in its place, out of sight. That night, that same cabin mate tells everyone in the cabin about it(at that moment, I was kissing my social life at Interlochen good-bye) Interestingly enough, one of the cabin mates(his name was Jeremy, and later on, he started being a real stupid head to everybody) started talking about how he used to have an obsession with yo-yos as well, and asked to see the one I had brought. I brought it out, and although it was a bad yo-yo, he started doing things with it. As the weeks went by, Harrison, another person in the cabin, randomly got a yo-yo in the mail as well, and slowly, the number of yoyo's in the cabin grew, till by the end, I had three yoyo's, thanks to Mommy, and Harrison had 3. By the end of camp, I had advanced slightly, and certainly improved immensely on the basic mounts needed for more difficult tricks.

When I returned home, yo-yos became an obsession. I wouldn't go anywhere without my yo-yo, since it was interesting and fun to do when there was nothing else to do. After a while, I bought a slightly better yo-yo, along with new strings, which is a huge problem with yo-yo's because the string breaks all the time. But my hunger for the better yo-yo raged within, for the ultimate tool with which I could improve my skills, and with which I could truly become a yo-yo master. The particular yo-yo I hungered for was the one shown above, the Dark Magic. It was the most approved yo-yo on the yo-yo shop website, and was built for long and stable spins, which is needed for any of the more advanced string tricks. By the way, the factors affecting a spin, are the weight and its distribution, size of the string gap(space between the individual disks) and the bearing(what connects the disks) After a while, and after the mastery of nearly every mount needed for more difficult

string tricks, I decided to buy the Dark Magic, due to the lack of the needed spin time for more difficult tricks with my other yo-yo's. Patiently, I waited for the two days during which the yo-yo was being shipped for the yo-yo to arrive, and for the real learning of tricks to begin. Finally, after missing the postman and having to wait over Sunday for it to come, I was finally able to retrieve it from the post office. However, the problems did not end there. Once I got it, my mother said I had to finish my jobs before I was even able to touch the box that contained the precious yo-yo. I dutifully cleaned my room, and restored it to it's proper setup from the pig-sty(that ones for you Daddy(:(:) that it was before. Finally, my mother gave me permission. With anxious hands, I ripped open the packaging to find exactly what I had expected: a red yo-yo, a strong string and all with my name on it(not literally(:) I began testing it, and come to find out, the one thing I didnt learn, binding, is required to make it come back to you. However, this only provides me with a greater challenge, and I am already starting to figure it out! Its awesome!