Saturday, September 1, 2007

actions without a cause is the only true freedom

good and bad. write or wrong? i'd rather right. thank you. nevermind. um... lot's of strange behaviour has been going on. i've been spending my saturdays at Prospect Park. heard a feint sound today while walking: it was a man sitting by himself playing a congo drum. seemed so free. i went up to him and asked him what kind of drum it was and how long he was playing. he said 10 years. i gave a look of admiration. told him i was interested in playing. he said every sunday like 3-5pm there are drum sessions on Ocean ave. wow. i left that man to his instrument and walked away some more... walked through some more bushes only to see a man in his blanket making weird gyrating motions. i thought only in new york (brooklyn), and just kept it moving. i walked through this path with tree cover, reminded me of some hikes i've been on (i really love this park). came across some kids skipping rocks by the lake. 1 or 2 times was the most they could do. some father figure pops out and shows em how it's done. he said you gotta do it sideways + you need a good rock. he flung one - and it skipped...1,2, 3, 4,5,6 infinity. i thought to myself wow. if only they made jobs for rock-skippers. this guy has a real talent.... afterwards, was looking for a quiet spot to practice my floreiros. couldn't find one. so i settled for a little grove of land where another father figure was teaching a boy soccer. i practiced the S-dobrado and the macaco. pretty soon, i see the father figure and the mother figure (she came later) on their heads, practicing headstands. little did they know, i was not doing yoga. hehe. i ran away, so as to look artsy... and went home finally. that day i had only ran 3.4 miles (earlier). but last week i must've ran like 5.5, feeling like a failure, cause i didn't see the finishing landmark i set, and ended up starting another lap (wondering why the places looked the same - i just thought the park was made of deja vu)... but i didn't finish that lap.

now i feel pretty good about the whole thing.

4 comments:

MrEspy said...
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MrEspy said...

what exactly are floreios?

Carvao said...

floreiros, sorry. it's capoeira acrobatics

Twinkylicious said...

how come this big brother knows my name?