So, I have been apart of capoeira for just over 5 years now. It's pretty crazy. I feel like it has been such a big part of my life and I am so glad I ran into my friend Cenoura, went to a party, and fell in love with the art. I couldn't even imagine the type of person today I would be with out it in my life.
With all that being said, I can't say for the past 2 years or so, I have been the most active person in capo. I didn't always want to train or even have the time. There were a lot of things that were keeping me from going, but then when I did go there were a lot of things that wanted to stay away. Regardless, I feel, that even though I was not always physically active, I was always still there when I could be for support. I still helped with other administrative things as I could.
Capoeira hasn't been my number one priority like it used to be, but it doesn't mean I don't still consider it a huge part of my life. Recently Furao and I made a decision to leave the Mandinga group. We were just tired of the high administrative stuff and just felt like it was our time to pass those things on. So we quit the group. That being said, we do still make it to GVSU classes when we can. Actually since we have quit Mandinga, I think we have gone to more. There is just something so refreshing about not being apart of group that I'm even sure what it is, because obviously we are still training with most of the same people. So I guess here is my point to all of this, I really would like to love capoeira again. I still find some enjoyment in it, but I don't have a passion for it anymore. I'm not saying I want to put all my energy into like I used to, but Id like to make it more important again. One thing I have such a hard time with is people giving me shit about not training. They just straight up think Furao and I don't train. Which isn't true. Furao has been making it almost one day every week since the semester started. Maybe missing a few weeks. I on the other hand make it when I can due to work. And it just irritates me and makes me upset when people just assume that I don't train. I know it just seems like a petty thing to be upset about, but it really just gets to me. It definitely doesn't make it easy to way to train when people think of you in that way. Instead I wish people would be more supportive. Like saying things like I'm glad you were able to make it today. (but in a not sassy/douchy tone). or I don't know, staying interested in what i do outside capo. Ask about my crappy retail job, or my fitness job, or my personal training studies. All I'm saying is I'm sick of people always thinking so negatively of me. :(
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Blogging
Well, as you all know I'm not the best at blogging on a regular basis. But I think I'd like to get better at it! I never super exciting things to blog about, but to me I guess they are important enough or bothersome enough that I just want to write them down. I had this list of topics that I started way back in march of things I wanted to blog about. A lot of them were just complaining about things at that time. But there were a few that I thought I would still blog about.
So the first one I'm going to mention is the last job I had. I worked at GVSU facility services for about 3.5 years. I sort of landed the job unexpected when my friend Grace quit to work at Jimmy Johns. It wasn't the most exciting job ever. In fact I barely made any money. But a job is a job none the less, and gave me experience in some sort of way. Not to mention I was still able to say I worked while I was a full time student. Not as impressive as those who worked full time, and went to school full time and families..etc, etc... kudos to those people because that sounds mighty hard to me. Any who, at my job I almost hardly spoke with my boss about things other than work. Occasionally he would ask me about school, or something random, never on a daily or weekly basis. Well, since I was graduating and I had worked for him so long he wanted to take me out to lunch. So I agreed but had no idea what to expect. We ended up going Uccellos. That was only the second time I had been there. But this time we got the lunch buffet. I have to say it wasn't to shabby. We mostly just ate and talked about random stuff like what my plans were and he talked about what he used to do before GVSU. Funny enough he actually knew my high school principle. They both worked at another school a long time ago. Sadly that principle has been replaces with some crazy young person that doesn't know how to run a school....(maybe I'll get into that later). He also told me he was always impressed with my work and that I was the best and most consistent sign maker he has had! I know its not a huge compliment but it still definitely meant something. I mean hearing a compliment is always nice. And it's always nice to hear one about how you're doing a great job. All in all, it was a nice lunch experience with my boss.
So the first one I'm going to mention is the last job I had. I worked at GVSU facility services for about 3.5 years. I sort of landed the job unexpected when my friend Grace quit to work at Jimmy Johns. It wasn't the most exciting job ever. In fact I barely made any money. But a job is a job none the less, and gave me experience in some sort of way. Not to mention I was still able to say I worked while I was a full time student. Not as impressive as those who worked full time, and went to school full time and families..etc, etc... kudos to those people because that sounds mighty hard to me. Any who, at my job I almost hardly spoke with my boss about things other than work. Occasionally he would ask me about school, or something random, never on a daily or weekly basis. Well, since I was graduating and I had worked for him so long he wanted to take me out to lunch. So I agreed but had no idea what to expect. We ended up going Uccellos. That was only the second time I had been there. But this time we got the lunch buffet. I have to say it wasn't to shabby. We mostly just ate and talked about random stuff like what my plans were and he talked about what he used to do before GVSU. Funny enough he actually knew my high school principle. They both worked at another school a long time ago. Sadly that principle has been replaces with some crazy young person that doesn't know how to run a school....(maybe I'll get into that later). He also told me he was always impressed with my work and that I was the best and most consistent sign maker he has had! I know its not a huge compliment but it still definitely meant something. I mean hearing a compliment is always nice. And it's always nice to hear one about how you're doing a great job. All in all, it was a nice lunch experience with my boss.
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