August 2011
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@stephintolife
stephintolife replied to your video: Oh yeah..and me playing for my cord! Only slightly…
we all start somewhere, right? I used to feel the same way when I was ballroom dancing, but then I kept at it and soon was telling people that with time it gets better! I would probably get kicked in the head if I did this….
I’ve been kicked in the head so many times..it sucks, but usually...
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I've found the underlying link to all my awesome...
Well, put it together, but it’s no surprise. Capoeira. My top 3 weekends this year have all involved capoeira. Both batizado weekends, and a couple of weeks ago for the roda in Boulder.
All my good friends do capoeira. It’s just so easy to be friends with people who all have the same passion for something. All the people visiting from out of town this weekend have insisted on my...
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@anestivega, mariatatuada
anestivega replied to your video: Oh yeah..and me playing for my cord! Only slightly…
Congrats girl! Which cord is this for? 2nd? 3rd?
It’s my third! As of this month I’ll have been doing capoeira for a year and 10 months!
mariatatuada replied to your video: Oh yeah..and me playing for my cord! Only slightly…
I love how you always wear your pigtails in these videos....
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July 2011
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Oh, just one little thing.
Was talking to one of my capoeira friends named Rex, he’s a personal trainer, he’s ginormous in height and muscle, out of curiosity I asked him how much he could leg press. My jaw dropped a little, it was difficult for my head to wrap around, on a REGULAR basis, not max (he usually does it in ten reps), he leg presses TWELVE HUNDRED POUNDS. He says it takes longer to set up than...
Such an amazing week.
Details will be provided at a later time when I’m not exhausted. Waking up before dawn to go do the incline with a bunch of capoeira people. THEY NEVER STOP. Good night all. Hope to catch up about your weekends eventually. If anything significant happened let me know!
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True Life: I'm a drama queen.
So about 5 minutes after my whiny post about capoeira crush, we go back up to the roof where he was on the off chance that he wasn’t really into the girl he was dancing with. And it was true :) He and I got to talking, he bought me a drink, and apparently he really loved to dance. Which is funny because I love to dance but not normally in front of people if not under the influence of...
Something I never considered
That capoeira crush could have a girlfriend. Ran into him downtown and decided we’d meet up after I got food with the capoeira people, and I get to the place and he’s dancing with some girl. Sure doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but I’m still like meh about it. I’m just super put down, I walked away because I didn’t want to watch. I might still go back up but...
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Go big or go home, I guess..
So last night after capoeira one of my friends from Boulder came down because she’s staying with me for the batizado. She likes going out a lot so we went out with my friend Lauren and went over to that guy I slept with last time I hung out with her (this was the guy who left me to get into bed with her). I figured he at least would have good alcohol (I know, so classy).
So we get there,...
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10 and a half hours down...
Capoeira was awesome, as per usual. More testing than playing went on today, but it was cool because we got to see the cool things the advanced people could do.
And with capoeira crush, it was awesome :) I helped him match movements with their names, because he knew how to do them but not what they were called. They called him up to test first, so it was good that I helped him, he thanked me...
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2 things.
One good, one bad.
The bad: My sister SUCKS. I know I complain about her a lot, but she’s just awful. I just overheard her complaining to my mom about how my soymilk costs more than a regular milk. WELL SORRY I’M LACTOSE INTOLERANT. Ugh. Seriously? She buys shit ALL the time, wastes money on pizza and cookies and chips and a thing of soymilk that’s like 2.75 (and I think...
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And another win:
Capoeira crush texted me this morning to make sure I was coming to class tonight [insert girlish squeal here]! It was totally out of the blue, but I’m sure it’s cause he’s nervous because he’s supposed to have his cord test tonight. Still. Eeeee!!!
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Weigh In..Thursday?
Didn’t weigh myself yesterday, sad day. Not really. Here we go:
Week #40
SW: 168 lbs
Last weigh in: 145.6 lbs
CW: 145.6 lbs
- 0 lbs
Total Weight lost: 22.4 lbs
I’m fine with that. I ate a lot of crap yesterday. I’m actually pretty happy because I haven’t been able to run or get to the gym and I still weigh this. Of course, a million hours of capoeira will do...
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Oh yeah. Great conversation starter.
Call the person you’re trying to talk to crazy. That’ll get ALL the girls.
Hey, how are you doing. Just read your profile and even though you are a crazy harry potter fan *scared* I figured i would message you and see if you want to talk some more. :-p
Especially when it comes to Harry Potter. VETO.
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Who just passed her cord test?
THIS GIRL! It was brutal. I get ridiculous performance anxiety having to play with everyone’s eyes on me with no music. I kept forgetting what side I was supposed to kick, and it was just so embarrassing. But I did it! I even had to sing and play instruments at the same time, that actually went well.
So..yeah. I made it. Now to just get my ass kicked on Saturday.
7.5 hours of capoeira...
Heading to round 2 of capoeira today!
So excited! Possibly doing my cord test! I have a feeling my ass is going to get kicked :)
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Almost put my toast in the blender.
THAT tired.
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I am way too addicted to my phone.
I am having a borderline panic attack right now because I can’t find it. I’ve checked EVERYWHERE. I’ve called it, but it’s on silent so that’s almost useless. I’ve searched my purse like 20 times, though it’s like a pouch so unless Mary Poppins or Hermione Granger messed with it it’s not there. I’m thinking maybe I left it at capoeira, I hope...
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What I'd (Rather) Do In My Bed Than Have Sex
thefrenemy:
not have to worry about if there is hair on the back of my knees
think about having sex with an attractive celebrity
wear this oversized t-shirt and not have to take it off. If you’re interested I have this collection of large t-shirts and they all make me look equally ‘sexy’
decide to tweeze my eyebrows in bed and accidentally tweeze one of them too high so I always look like a...
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I'm so grosssss
I mean.. hot. I’m just really fucking sweaty. 2 and a half hours of capoeira, it’s Tuesday which is usually the fullest class day, and since it’s batizado week EVERYONE comes to get ready for it. Plus people are already coming from out of town. 4 San Antonio people so far.
The class was so ridiculously huge today. It must’ve been at least 50 people in that room (which is...
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I've been so good when it comes to food.
I’ve managed to stick to mostly “whole” foods, and that makes me happy.
My exceptions on this are my soymilk,cereal, protein powder, the margarine and ketchup I occasionally use, and that’s about it.
Just wanted to put that out there. I just had a granola bar because we’re out of fruit in my house, and it just tasted weird to me. I like real food. I really really...
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I really want to do the 5k with my running club...
But responsible Becky needs to stay at home and work on the shit ton of homework she has due tomorrow. My english class finishes next wednesday and I have to have a minimum 7 page paper written by then. Not bad.
Due tomorrow, however, is:
A minimum one and a half page paper analyzing a specific theme from the book we “read”, it’s called “Alone Together” by Sherry...
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Apparently, my capoeira group has full intention...
Excited.
This is just my capoeira/batizado schedule for the week:
Yesterday: Beginner capoeira class (1 hour)
Today: Beginner+Intermediate capoeira classes (2.5 hours)
Wednesday: Capoeira training at noon (~1.5 hours)
Combined beginner + advanced class at night (2.5 hours)
Thursday: Brazilian jiu jitsu at noon (1.5 hours)
Combined beginner+intermediate class at night+ cord test (2.5 hours)
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So I made it through the wreck known as my room.
I’ve consolidated a LOT of crap. Like, I have at least 15 boxes that I emptied out in the garage.
I cut down on the notebooks, I threw out anything that wasn’t english from high school, and kept my chemistry and calculus stuff from my college classes.
Luckily, my family had some of those ginormous industrial trash bags that are used at like, high schools and stuff, and i only had...
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I have trouble throwing out notebooks.
Particularly, old school notebooks. Because I’m always like, “What if I need them for a class later on?” And like, throwing away years worth of schoolwork hurts. Especially if it was a class I really tried at. Am I the only one who feels this way? Probably. I’m crazy. I’m watching “Hoarders” to make myself feel better about all my crap.
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How is it..
that I am 21 years old and have more linens and towels and such than an entire household? And I’ve never even had a place of my own!
Apparently, I’m a packrat.
I wish I had someone to tell me to throw things away because I’ve only filled two trashbags and created a mountain of clothes to sell/give away.
And I have a gazillion school books.
I want so bad to be...
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Boo the ugly green monster rears its head.
How come my little 19 year old sister has had more boyfriends than I have? No fair.
Her boyfriend is adorable. And they do so much fun stuff! Miamians have so much fun stuff they can do..
Maybe it’s just me and Colorado boys. We’re not very fond of each other. The guys here think they’re hot stuff because they’re all cyclists, runners, soccer players and gamer nerds....
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Real question.
So I was at capoeira, talking to this new kid, who happened to know my name when I had no clue what his was. Have I met him before? Don’t think so, maybe I helped him in class 2 weeks ago but not sure. So we start talking after class, and he starts asking me stuff about my time in capoeira, then says “you don’t remember me do you?” apparently I’m the one who referred...
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Going through ALL my boxes that I've had in the...
AND garage.
Holy fucking shit I own a lot of crap.
The books:
Only a fraction of the things that I’ve been going through and thrown out:
I think I’m in over my head.
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“Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are...”
– Anneli Rufus (via ohbabyitsnatalie)
This could not describe me better.
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Hm. This is unfamiliar to me.
Just found out this guy I semi-dated died in motorcycle accident. He and I weren’t on good terms for a long time, but we had finally decided to be grown ups and be not friends, but be okay with each other.
I’m actually really sad about this. I know Jason loved his motorcycle, but never would I have imagined him die because of it. Its a difficult thing to process. He just graduated with a degree...
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Well, since I didn't run 12 miles this morning..
I got to the trail in front of school at like 6:30, so to give myself ample time to get ready before class, decided to just run two miles. I still want to run 12 miles total today. The awesome thing about my run? I decided if I was only gonna do two miles, that I should at least pr, so I did! I did 2.1 miles in 20:58! Which means.. I did both miles in under 10 minutes! The .1ish at the beginning...
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Fail whale.
Apparently I do not get up at 4 in the morning after 4 hours of sleep.
Good to know. It is now 5:35 and I still haven’t left. Crap. I’ll be lucky to get 6 miles in.
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Ugh.
Just set my alarm for almost earlier than my marathon.
Since I missed skipped my long run today I’m doing it tomorrow morning. I have an 8 am class and 12 miles to run. So for me that’s like 2 and a half hours-ish. I’m gonna die, but the nap I take after class will be beautiful.
Good night all. Wish me luck.
P.S. MOXY answer meeeee (as in my message, duh)!
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Since there's no Ironman around here...
and I’m in no physical or monetary state to race in a triathlon…
I just signed up to volunteer at the Boulder 70.3 in two weeks!! I hope to race in it next year :)
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Watching Ironman Lake Placid.
They’re at the 16 hour mark.
Seeing these people cross the finish line and their reactions once they cross it, it makes ME want to cry! The mental and physical exhaustion. I can’t even imagine. But if it’s anything like what I felt at the end of my marathon… makes me want to bawl my eyes out. I can’t even describe what I felt. Some kind of exhausted euphoria.
One...
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The less I have to do, the less I do.
Like, I get so lazy with things. If I only have one thing to do during the day, I put it off until the last second or end up not doing it at all.
Yet the days where I have tons to do, I’m super awesome and productive. You’d think when I’d have less to do I’d get more done..
Ugh, I need to start planning my days better.
