A Summary of This Blog

It occurred to me that people actually read this. Sincerely, thank you. I don't expect people to read anything I write, nor do I think I'm entertaining as a writer, but I guess since I have readers, that may not be the case.

What's funny is, Blogger allows you to get a glace at who reads your stuff. I get how many people have "read it", which in actuality is just clicked on this link, either by accident or for unexplained reasons, on purpose. I get to see what operating system and browser you are running, your country, and where the traffic is coming from. I thought this was super interesting! So here's what I've noticed (it's a slow day at work, so bare with me):

Countries:

Since this blog started I've picked up readers in:

US
Russia (I have never been nor have friends in Russia, and it comes in second!)
UK
Germany
South Africa
Singapore (Don't know anyone there!)
France
Australia
Brazil (go figure)
Spain

I have people in every country I've been in reading this stuff... and some that I have no idea how they got a hold of this. I think that's super cool....

Browsers:




Chrome wins! And good for everyone out there running Chrome...the benevolent gods of Google approve!

Firebox and IE come in second and third, respectively, which isn't a surprise. But what's funny is there's 2 people... yes 2 whole people, that are still running Netscape. They might be the last two people in the world doing so... what is this 1999??? If you are reading this on Netscape, can you please identify yourselves, just for my entertainment purposes, please??? There's also 1 person running something called "Konqueror", that sounds not the LEAST bit ominous.

Operating Systems:


Obviously, most people run Windows, and the second is Macs. What surprised me is.. more people are reading this with Linux than with the iPhone+iPad??? Linux?? Do I have that may hipster and/or tech geek friends that run Linux??? Should I stock up on PBR and/or Mountain Dew in my fridge for you guys? Also, who the hell  runs i686 Linux and who the hell was dumb enough to buy a hp-tablet?...oh wait nevermind... i remember

I currently have 1,154 pageviews currently... THAT'S FRIGGIN AMAZING! Thank you all for indulging me with my antics and giving me a soap box to talk about capoeira, food, and whatever the hell is on my mind. Keep reading, let me know if I can make improvements or if you'd like to see something. And if your the people running Netscape...or i686 Linux, or your browser name is the "Konqueror", let me know, I wish to make fun of you just a little bit.

The last couple of weeks

I've been fairly busy with life that I completely forgot about this thing. I have a couple of minutes of down time before more LSAT studying so I might as well jot some stuff down.

Surprisingly, the last couple of weeks in capoeira have been phenomenal. I was in St Louis last week, training with Tebogo and Livre Como Vento and had a roda with my CECA folks. It was a great roda, first time in a long time with a full bateria. I'm a huge fan of this "angola contemporanea"/"movimento novo" deal, and the Tebogo's group kind of personifies that. Also, kind of personal sad new, Prof. Jesse stop teaching in St Louis and quit capoeira in general. Good guy, wish him well and hopefully one day comes back to capoeira.

St Louis also keeps surprisingly me with food too, this time in the Cherokee district. Tongue tacos...something everyone should try.

This past weekend was Mestre Doutor's workshop at ASCAB NC. Sadly, Estagaria Maravilha was hurt, but still played like a boss for her birthday roda. It was a great time to hang out with a great group of people. North Carolina is not a bad place either... kinda fun, with the right people. For the record, Mestre Doutor, fucking hilarious.... If anyone is in Philly, I'm sorry, but go to Mestre Doutor's class. It is well worth it!

Nothing else has been that new... up to 5 miles on the marathon training and the vibram pains are fading. LSATs are still going, finally broke the 160 plane today, and if that holds up, I should still be on schedule for June LSATs.

I do want to note the passing of some great capoieistas:

Mestre Decanio de Mestre Bimba
Mestre Biriba do Grupo Uniao Capoeira
Instrutor Morcego do Mandinguieros dos Palmares

Saudades...descanse em paz

It's kind of sad... the first generation of great capoeira has passed away: Mestre Bimba, Pastinha, Waldemar, etc. and now the second generation is aging. But so goes life eh? Hopefully, we can write down all the history they have to pass on and start something like an anthology of capoeira.