I Think I Got It Now...

Right, new boyfriend in Oakland. I think I got it now. ... Awkward...

Quick Question...

Why do women on dating sites insist on putting up pictures of themselves holding babies? I'm just throwing this out there, but I think you're average guy is going to think less of "Awww, she has a sweet sensetive, caring side," and more of "Oh shit, she has a kid!" Just throwing that out there just in case, you know, you wanted to post a couple pics on your profile. Here if you're ever unsure of what kind of picture to put up on your dating profile, here's a little advice: woman w/ baby = little bit scarey, woman w/ mortorcycle = hotness. Just look at your pic and ask yourself, is this a baby or a motorcycle. I think the best course of action will make itself apparent.

Get it Through Your Head...

She doesn't care about you like that. Why is it that we don't want what we can have and want what what we can't? Meh, at least I aim high.

Ridin Dirty...

Well, maybe not dirty, but ridin' hopefully.

So this weekend was interesting in that I did a couple of things to commit myself to choices that I've made. Decision making is a process sometimes, and just because you say you want to do something doesn't mean you'll actually do it. As you may have guessed, on of these decisions was to finally learn to ride a motorcycle. I signed up for MSF classes, which are hella' backed up, so I have to wait till Sept. to attend, but I spose I'll deal. A friend of mine seems to be mentoring me through the process and has suggested that I start with a Ninja 250. Not as sexy as my gixer, but I have a strict no dying policy. Ah, soooo pretty GSX-R600. You'll be mine one day. We'll see how quick I out grow the ninja.

A Thousand Words...

I finally got the capoeira pictures up. Some were from our last day training in the academy, some were from the last roda, and some were from a roda we had in San Jose. All good stuff. The last roda was very cool because everyone came out. It makes it feel like a family reunion. Looking over the pictures, however, it's becoming more obvious to me that I need a new camera. These were taken with my point and shoot, pocket camera, which is fine for most stuff, but can't do fast action in low light. That said, fast action in low light isn't a good shooting condition for any camera, but I'm sure I can find better. I'll have to do some research in the coming months and see what I want. Really, I wanted to avoid having to carry a big bulky camera around places, but I guess in some instances I'll just have to deal.


As an aside, we did a workshop with Silencio of Capoeira Mandinga on Saturday. It was freaking crazy. There was a good sized class for it, and he had us all pretty much feeling like total capoeira noobs. Mandinga has a different style from us, and Silencio in particular uses a ton of bridges and back bends. Every time he started a sequence and I'm thinking "hey, I can do that," he would throw a bridge in just for fun. Soooo.... hard.... but in a good way. Check out a video of the capoeira mandinga guys having a roda. Silencio is the short dark haired guy. Pretty bad ass, no?

Oh, bonus! I learned how to drive stick this weekend. I was helping a friend put a new intake into his speed3. Afterwards I asked him to show me how to drize stick. So, honestly, I stalled the car a few time, mainly when I was on an incline rolling back, but overall, I got the hang of it. *sigh* I want a manual car to drive. Maybe I'll just have to settle for buying a gixer. We'll see how that goes, ne?

Do you see a lion waiting at the bottom of a water-park slide?

Do not use the slide. Advice to live by, literally.

So, two things:

1. Drunk people suck! Seriously. I hang out with a lot of people that drink. Lots. Never have I hung out with the belligerently drunk until this 4th of July. Not my thing really. I don't have "baby sitter for drunk people" on my resume, and I'm not really planning to put it there. I find it weird, the culture surrounding it, where everybody else around acts like there's totally nothing wrong with it. He's drunk, that's just how it is. I don't drink. I don't plan on ever drinking. Now, I can totally understand my dedication to this decision.



2. I've been got. Caifornia has finally converted me. I went out and bought a pair of flip flops. I don't know that I wanted to, but I was tired of looking like an out-of-towner. Hippies in Santa Cruz kept trying to steal my wallet and what not, it was not cool. Now that I have them, I believe that I'm obligated to wear them well into november at anything short of a formal dinner, a first date, or religious event (and honestly the first date rule is probably optional). So, so far I've taken up yoga, tried to be vegetarian (that didn't really go far), and bought flip flops. Quick, someon stop me before I try to climb a rock.