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Joao Grand! That's awesome. ASCAB's lists him in their introductory capoeira history link. Very cool indeed. I'm still learning the chorus of song--not able to sing lead for anything yet. Ha, still trying to work out the whole singing vs playing coordination thing too. I'm almost there with the padeira, but not consistantly. Still having got the hang of the atabaque either. They say my hands are too stiff. Since my group for the most part had to teach themselves to sing. They draw a lot from this online capoeira lyric books and Metres CDs. I'm currently working on: Luanda e meu boi (that's my favorite, we've got a girl that rocks it) but am somewhat familiar with: Chue, Chue, Chue, Chua (this one's fun too.) A Hora E Essa Gunga e meu Oi Sim, Sim, Sim Jogo de Dentro Jogo De Fora Sai Sai Catarina Parana e ---- Oh we've got a group that plays an something like Contemporania one town over. Sometimes we hold Rodas together. They're style is much different than ours. Everyone tells our far-away mestre that his capoeira is "old." I'm not sure if that's a complement, an insult, or both. I've never played anyone that does regional. I've watched it on youtube though. We had a another visiting mestre try to teach us senzala once. Funky style, didn't mix well with our energy. We've just reorganized as: Força Unificada We used to be loosely affiliated with Grupo Arte e Movimento in North Carolina, but broke with them recently. Oh, send me any links you want. I need all the help I can get. Good luck on finding a permanent mestre. rev...

Oh cool, what style did you practice ( a potentially complicated question I know, see below)? We come from the Angola side of the house (well sort of). Anyway, I'm only a novice (about 5 months), but I absolutely love it. My class is doesn't have a permanent mestre (last one went to Hawaii well over a year ago). When that mestre left no one in the group had over 3 years of experience, so the core group of about 7 kept it together by sheer force of will: taught themselves to play instruments, sing in portugese, merged divergent styles of several members from checkered experiences elsewhere. Eventually, the group got taken under the wing of Mestre Doutor of ASCAB Capoeira out of Philadelphia. His group flies down every 6 weeks to make sure we're not killing each other. So our style is steadying morphing from a really mixed-bag into older version of Angola. I love the first rule of capoeira: Don't die! I'm still trying to get the hang of the Pandeira, got the rhythm down, just not how to hit it. rev...

Capoeira: "Saving the World one Roda at a time." pronounced: "Hulda" or "haw-da"

Too true. Writing is great escape, but only in the short run. Here's a few suggestions. Think you're close to something here. rev... Time was (colloquialism, haven't heard that one in a while--cool) words were my escape pouring frustration onto the page like liquid couched in florid lines of expression-- woven fantasies (sp) around my misery. Forever looking forward my dreams would lead me on images (consider subing: journies, travels, escapes, retreats etc) of the purest clarity resounding / resonate across my battered mind in peals, which (for a time) brought me peace, but now I am tired I stare at page after blank page scribbled with meaningless words and feel --empty-- too drained of I know not of what to weave my castled fortressed flights of fantasy I am numb from the beating--drumming endlessness of it my hands fatigued, shake across the page as I write in spider crawling handwriting scrawl (or in spider scrawled/ing handwriting) my view of the world tipped at a (describitive word here) angles too exhausted to even lift my head my pen drops the (possible describitive word here like: bitter) ink blot spreads erasing blotting out the scratchwork -- or : Words are not enough.

quoting: http://www.capoeirabrasileira.com/load.php...page=beneficios http://www.capoeiranj.com/capoeira.htm **** Below are the qualities that the practice of capoeira develops and improves. # Flexibility: large movements dominate capoeira. # Power # Endurance: to provide the maximum energy during the entire period of play. # Development of another language # Gain a singing voice # Cardio-vascular fitness # Spatial awareness # Provides a personal creative outlet # Gain self-confidence # Foster cultural identity # Agility: the movements change direction at any time. # Speed: in order to trick your adversary. # Balance: to master the body’s control during complex movements. # Mobility/Coordination: to be able to respond to attacks with arms, the trunk of the body and legs, all at once. # Rhythm: the game is led by music and singing and the pace of the movements must match the music’s rhythm. Capoeira works with one’s emotions, helping to liberate aggressivity, although the sport does not encourage any form of violence. Capoiera develops the mastery of one’s body and mind, as well as one’s creativity. By practicing capoeira you improve: ~Your concentration: The attention paid to your adversaries movements must be constant. ~Your perseverance: Perfect mastery of one’s body comes only after diligent practice. ~Your daringness: Little by little one’s fear of performing certain acrobatic movements is overcome. ~Your cunning: In order to fool your adversary with unexpected sequences of movements. A few facts: ~One hour of capoeira burns about 500 calories. ~Stretching and weight training are complementary to capoeira as they improve flexibility. ~Everyone can practice capoeira according to his/her natural abilities. Only those with spinal cord problems must receive authorization and be followed by a doctor in order to practice. AND!!!! http://bristol.beribazu.co.uk/ The benefits of studying capoeira are too numerous to mention. Besides getting you extremely fit, improving your balance, agility, speed and coordination, you will find it a great social atmosphere and an excellent way to meet people. It has been proven that 8/10 capoeiristas go on to great fame and riches, and 6 out of those 8 become powerful world leaders. More importantly, capoeira makes you extremely attractive to the opposite sex. You do not have to be fit, strong and flexible to start studying capoeira (that will come after about 1 year) but a basic level of mobility is handy and may make it more enjoyable. Beginners classes are geared to all comers, and everyone is encouraged to give it a try. **** Hmm, that last source is a bit 'iffy, I think. But their hearts are in the right place. Okay I'm sold, now how do we bring it to the mass? Peace, Love, and Capoeira. rev...

Feel free to list your Bachelor, university survival plan, financial aid/time saving meals here: I'll start: Lazy man's chicken and dumplings: Ingredients: 1 - can of chicken noddle soup (or some other variation high to low end) 1 - chicken flavored hot-pocket, chicken-bake, or something similar 1/4 cup - milk/soy-milk/rice milk/ etc handful - crackers few dashes - spices (whatever you happen to have lying around) Left over pepper packets from carry-out/take-away places work great Equipment needed: Microwave (toaster over and regular over also work but take way longer) stove top/range pot knife good sized bowl. can opener Preparation: 1. open can of chicken type soup with can opener and dump contents into pot. Add spices. Follow cooking directions on can. 2. place pot on stove top and bring to a roaring boiling for 2 to 5 minutes 3. While soup is warming (who are we kidding, we're not cooking here) place hot pocket in microwave and heat according to directions 4. While hot pocket is being nuked add in 1/4 of milk or substitute to contents of the pot along with a hand full of your favorite crackers 5. Once hot pocket is fully cooked use knife to cut it into good sized pieces, then dump the remains into the pot still boiling on the range 6. Stir all content together for a good minute or two, then pour contents into a good sized bowl and enjoy. Might not be too healthy, but it's quick and hearty.

OED is king of dictionaries!!! RAwr

Okay had to break out the Oxford English dicitionary for this one: anthropomorphological rare. Using anthropomorphic language. 1863 W. JAMES Let. 13 Sept. (1920) I. 51, I send a photograph of Gen. Sickles... It is a part of a great anthropomorphological collection which I am going to make.

Not sure, if I ever posted these, but here goes: The Proposition A western Australian Style. Bang, bang shoot 'em up stuff like that with a reluctant hero and everything. Not a bad film. Basically about 3 brothers that were in a gang. youngest is a simpleton, oldest is eloquent with a flair for the dramatic but is also evil incarnate, and middle brother is the reluctant hero that turned away from dark side. So general plot is this: The police capture the middle and younger brother. The police captain offers the middle brother a deal: kill your evil older brother or the law will hang your youngest brother. Neat movie. Great twist on the western theme.

congrats. I admire your innovation. too cool. rev..

Katz: Come again? Scroll up, that was Appy's post, not mine. rev...

Wyv, The premise behind "Animal House," is that all the creators got together and decided to make a movie that would detail the most outragerous college myths they could find. As another example of truth being stranger than fiction, the scene where the two young white couples walk into a predominately african-american bar/club where two of regulars ask the white guys, "Do you mind if we dance with your dates?" actually happened to one of the writers. it's a classic.

Borat Insane predominately unscripted satire of well a lot things. Not for the faint of heart. Insanely funny, but with a lot and I mean a lot of cringe worthy moments. Not exactly sure what the message he was trying to get across was though. Okay, sure, i get the whole lampooning of America thing, which he did supremely, but why so vicious against Kazakhstan. I think I heard something online like it was revenge for them persecuting jewish ppl at some point their history, since the guy playing borat is actually an othordox jew...(didn't the Soviet Union do that to all religions?) but don't know how much truth there is to that, and why single them out...lots of nations did similar and worse. Must be a personal connection somewhere. oh well. Who Killed the Electric Car Documentary about the rise and fall of the electric battery powered car the EV1 circa 1995ish. GM literally crushed the last few remaining EV1's out of existence in 2004. (as other car maker did likewise.) A couple still exist as museum pieces, yet they were functionally disabled. Sad Sad Sad movie as in it's a crying shame. Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, Green, apathitic, whatever it will tick you off. Customer demand completely ignored. Innovation buried. !@#$!# Though, I'm not surprised. My prius set me back ALOT, but i'm sooo glad i bought when I had the chance/means. @!#$#!$ detriot. Japan is not exactly innocence either, but at least they kept the technology alive. grumble, grumble... *** Four Rooms finally got around to seeing this one. Great flick. Adding it to my all time favorite list. Check it out. 4 four directors for four semi-intertwined stories including Quentin Tarentino. Lot's of stars in it too. Great acting. Awesome.

a local hispanic restarant talks about celebration for mole sauce in their menu... maybe I'll swing by and see what the date of the festival was... rev...

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mole sauce is an acquired taste. I've yet to acquired it.

If buying organic almond butter straight from the processor, it's better to set the control on "smooth" rather than "crunchy." If you do accidently set the control on "crunchy," then you can soften it by microwaving it a bit at home.

1. didn't really like the town where I grew up. 2. Experiment. It lessens the shock of it in university, so you don't end up killin yourself the first weekend. 3. Honestly, I can't remember. Mostly, I was dealing with having girlfriend that was five years older than me, so high school concerns kind of took a back seat to that kind of drama. 4. Hmm, back in late nineties ppl liked going to concerts, going to waffle house in an inebriated state, hanging out on the lake(s). 5. Hmm, do my two years in the army then get the heck out and go to college. (didn't exactly happened the way I planned it). 6. A platinum mine 7. go back in time and set a few things right 8. a zero footprint generator that runs off sound: humanity 9. did it. participated as a dancer in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

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I like Christmas or as I've celebrated in the last few years: Chrismanukkah. Heh, my religion totes both holidays say I often end up in a celebration that honors both, but even before that I found myself often celebrating with friends that had already combined the two. Just a sucker for the music really. rev...

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good material. look forward to the rewrite. you should do one, it's worth polishing... ya know tighten up some of the punctuation and grammer across the stanza beaks, strenghten a few verbs here and there, maybe nail down a few of the looser images, that sort thing. rev...

This doesn't really fit anywhere, but I didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. While taking my Imitation Poetry class, I've had to read a handful of poets very intently. And after doing so, I've come to the conclusion that reading poetry is an acquired taste. Oh, sure, this statement seems obvious enough, but it's one thing to declare something off-hand (or condemn it) and quite another to experience it. Pretty much, I've never really enjoyed reading a book of poems by any poet--well, except for maybe Max Ehrmann after my brother died--he cheered me up. Which is just a little strange for someone that spends a vast amount of his time trying to write poetry. Oh, I could enjoy a poem on it's own, but never a whole book. If assigned to read these tomes in the past, I would skim a poem or two, here and there or whatever was required for a class, and at some point I did try to read more of Frost and Poe or whoever else people told me were great, but I never really got it. And I'm not exactly sure I could describe what 'it' is. I can talk around it though. You know how you can just read a story for the sake of the story--reading for pleasure. Well because of the time I have put in my Imitation class, I can now do that with a book of poetry. Which makes sense I guess, since once I couldn't even do that with fiction. Back in my early teens, I loathed reading. Most likely because my reading ability sucked, and I never really gave it a chance to grow on me. Still by sheer force of will combined with a dogged persistence in reading 'til my eyes bled, my appreciation for fiction grew (long, but standard angst-ridden story of escapist youth; trying to keep yourself sane, that sort of thing). So, to a much lesser extent my appreciation for published works of poetry has grown. Neat huh? It's kind of like when you hear that annoying pop song on the radio, that you vow to hate immediately, but the more you hear it, the more you like it, then one day you start humming along, and you keep humming and humming and humming, until one day you discover that you've become somewhat of spectacle as you belt out those stupid Maroon 5 lyrics while people gawk and stare, and if you're really into it you don't even give damn if the light ever changes. Reading poetry is like that, only it takes a lot longer (well for me at least). rev...