Happy New Year! Good luck with all that “eating right” stuff. Sucker.
I, for one, have vowed to become an acrobat. With rhythm. And a side of self defense.
Enter, Au Capoeira. A combination of music, dance, self-defense, ritual, and way of life. Otherwise known as Peep My Strong Arms and Tiny Waist As I Make It Look Really Easy To Spin On My Head And Do Flips And Stuff. Health!
I’ll be honest. My body is starting to resemble a softened version of the block of cheese I eat every couple of days. My attitude, as salty as the bag of chips I inhaled at 3am. But I won’t diet. And I won’t join a gym. Because I love food and hate gasping for air after 3 minutes on treadmill next to a bunch of dudes who give a shit.
My idea of a workout…is going to Bob Bar and dancing to the the greatest hip-hop and r&b from the ’90’s for five hours, so re-introducing dance classes to my life is a 2010 priority fo’ sho’. Otherwise, I’ll finally die, fat and alone…and be found three weeks later, half-eaten by wild dogs.
So there’s this community space in Jersey City that I always walk by and I finally sat down to research the joint a little and voila! Dance classes for dayz! Hands down I’ll participate in some “Gurlesque” cause, come on, do you know me? And of course Bgirl lessons, cause deep down I’ve always wanted to participate in a dance-off in some parking lot somewhere in the rain, but Au Capoeira really caught my attention as something I’d really love to, like, master. I’d fucking love to be able to move my body with such ease and strength and control show that shit off! I’m so impressed by it. It’s beautiful and powerful and strong and everything I want to be this year. (shut up)
So, friends, I vow to do this thing. And to keep you updated on my progress.
Fuck.
Just give me a couple days though, cause I was so excited after researching this and watching videos and setting this goal for myself that I did a headstand in my living room to see if I still could, and well, I could, but I hurt something in my upper back area and can’t really turn my head to the sides right now. No joke.
It was a fucking great headstand, though.
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