gene: thank you for your kind words; they most certainly motivational (esp for someone who has been training on his own for close to 10 years). i most certainly agree with you about checking sources. for any routine that i'm attempting to learn on my own, i always try to check myself compared to other performers and whatever books/videos i can find available. thank you, again.

syn: it's a fairly common beginner-to-midlevel routine. i've seen it done in a number of varities.