I keep giving people chances to prove me wrong. To show me that they value the time and attention that others give to them. To demonstrate gratitude instead of just self-interest.

I should really stop doing that.

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I'm really glad capoeira has given me a lot of confidence and resolve over the past year and I'm especially thankful that I didn't have to prove it tonight.

I got smacked in the face with a pandeiro.

While I was playing it. The cut from the jangle is probably going to leave a scar.

How was your day?

I'm back from the Boston area. A little bit of an adventure, but still with the awkward cake. When will I become not socially stunted? Never? Oh thanks.

I miss Muxtape so damn much. Right now I am just listening to "Suffragette City" seventeen times in a row.

In Boston now. The trains are cute. I think we're going to Cambridge later today (for the International stuff, I guess?) before the workshop and maybe the Museum of Fine Arts tomorrow.

I need coffee and sugar.

I am thinking of going to a Batizado November 13-15 in Boston. Only the evenings are taken so far, with workshops and the actual Batizado on Saturday ( Read more... )

Here's a little video I made of last week's capoeira festivities. I made it with a Flip Video Mino and iMovie '08. I kind of like how it turned out. Please watch, as it features some of my professors and giant bird half-naked samba ladies!

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Capoeira Sul Da Bahia DC Batizado from Joan Stewart on VimeoDo note that the lady near the beginning of ( Read more... )

This is what I've been working towards since February. If you are in the area on Saturday, you are more than welcome to come.