Days 2, 3 and 4
Day 02 - Your first love
I can't really remember my first love as a person, but I know that the first activity I knew was made for me was playing dress up. I was always the kid who would dump out the entire dressup box ready to discover treasures at the bottom. I stomped around in my mother's high heels or dad's boots. I would put skirts on my head and tutus on my arms and pretend to be a fairy princess. My birthday parties were all costume parties, which weren't all that successful as my birthday is in April, and I always had a lot of Bunnies show up. in hmiddle school and highschool I did alot of musical theater but the best part was always dressing up.. Even now, Halloween is more about planning costumes than actually partying. Lame, I know, but dressing up was my first love.
Day 03 - Your parents
MY Mom's name is Leila, and my dad's name is Rui. I think my parents did a pretty good job with my sister and I. No one is in Jail, or on drugs or pregnant at 13. We both finished college and are both in stable relationships. I think the one thing my parents did really well was the divorce. It was a crappy time for everybody, and nither took advantage of our emotions or used us as go betweens. there were a few hiccups but in retrospect, there was minimal emotional scarring. They both are still friends to this day and I have a good realtionship with both.
Day 04 - Your music
I was never a music snob. In fact, music is not as important to me as it is to some people. I don't really care what goes into my ear hole as long as it isn't jarring. This caused a lot of static with my friends, who were people who not only knew the artist of the song we were listening to, but the label they were on when they recorded it and why they left said label, blah blah blah. Not my world.
These days, I listen to some medieval babes, a little 80's pop and A LOT of capoeira music. I think Capoeira music has become my main focus, not because I train so much, but because the lyrics are very powerful. They have to do with the slavery and suffering that the capoeristas were going through. One of my favorites talks about the tide and how it leads back to Africa and heaven. There is a lot of beach imagery in the songs and it is really peaceful and hopeful. take a listen if you have time. I've added lyrics and translation.
Click to viewA mare ,a mare, me leva a o ceu A mare ,a mare, me leva a o ceu
The Tide, the tide, takes me to heaven The Tide, the tide, takes me to heaven.
A jangada me leva
The boat takes me
pra outro lugar
to another place
eu nao sei onde eu vou
I dont know where I'm going
nas ondas do mar
on the waves of the sea
REFRAO
O chicote me corta
The whip cuts me
me faz chorar
It makes me cry
eu nao quero mais isso
I don't want this anymore
vou la pro mar
I'm going back to the Sea
REFRAO
Vou me embora da terra
I'm gonna leave the land
eu vou pro mar
I'm going to the Sea
o navio negrero
on the slave ship
rezo a Yemanja
I pray to Yemanja (the Orisha Godess of the sea)
REFRAO
Eu perdi a razao
I lost the reason
de meu sofrimento
of my suffering
por que a escravidao
because slavery
nao tem fundamento
has no foundation