Not much of a blog topic, but please change the TLPD Savior Picture, its been bothering me for awhile. It makes him look like a child molester. The old one looked so much more badass. Thx.
Right now I'm thinking about going for the full ride University of Oklahoma Scholarship for National Merit Scholars; However, I also believe I have a good chance for getting into Yale. For you college veterans out there, which school should I go to (I also plan on attending graduate school, maybe not specifically at that university)? Also, what does it mean to have extended basic cable (I'm big when it comes to watching sports, so I want all the different types of ESPNS)?
Edit: OK, more specifics. I was wondering whether the reputation of Yale would give me a significant increase in either starting job position or ability to get into a good graduate school. I like the U of Oklahoma deal because I am a big football fan and don't want to spend tons of my parents money or owe $34573057345 in loans. However, my parents keep telling me its worth it to go to Yale University because of the "big name" status. I want to know how much of this "reputation" stuff is true and how much is crap. Thank You.
For those of you who have read my breakdancing blog, I am slowly getting somewhere. Right now I can do a front hand spring and can do some of the basic C-walk moves. What I really want to learn, though, is the cheat 720 twist (cause it looks sooo kickass. But that's a story for another day, and another blog post. O yeah, here are the guys who really inspired me to start b-boying:
Do I have any hope of someday becoming as good as they are? Hopefully you don't have to start when your 5 months old to be that good.
However, I have also wanted to rap for quite awhile to add to my gangsta image (which admittedly, isn't very gangsta. Imagine a little asian kid (although I am growing bigger through intense workouts) wearing prep clothes). For the past month or so, I have been writing out verses, and trained my voice to be more rythmic, as well as training my flow. On the other hand, my freestyle rap still blows. My mind doesn't go that fast, and I can't think of good, rhyming new verses off the top of my head instantaneously. If there are any freestylers here, could you tell me if freestyling skill is more based on natural talent or practice? Either way, every day since about a week ago I come home and engage in a fierce freestyle battle against a printed out image of a celebrity. Yesterday it was Rosie O'Donnell (I hate that fat bitch), and today it was Kim Jong Il. Yes, sad, but someday you'll be amazed when I completely skool the best freestylers in the world.
And yeah, heres my fellow chink Jin completely owning a stammering black dude at a freestyle battle:
Right now, I'm in a very "debative" mood, and am looking for anyone who wants to take me on. I imagine most of the members who frequent TL are mostly on the left (as are most high frequency internet users), me being one of the few exceptions. As someone who is very conservative on most issues, I want to see other peoples' point of view and evaluate them for myself. I also don't want to spread any flaming into other threads, so I'll just keep it here =).
So bring on all queries, questions, challenges, debates. Flaming is encouraged, and unless you say something utterly retarded you need not fear being banned from this blog.
Don't try to convert me to liberalism however; I'll tell you right now, you'll just be wasting your time.
Over the past few months, I have slowly lifted myself from my computer and sofa to exercise. Although at the beginning it was only to get myself slightly healthier so that I could stay up later without getting tired (and to impress the ladies =P), the more I exercised, the more I realize how much I enjoy it. It gives me almost a high kind of feeling, and just seeing the results in weights, in mile times, and in the mirror is more than enough motivation. Although I still don't consider myself very fit (I can't run more than 5 miles, and I can only bench 160 =/), I am slowly working on it and getting better by the day.
Recently, I have rewatched some of the breakdancing videos that I had enjoyed for many hours some time ago, and suddenly I came to the realization that I could do that with some training. It didn't seem so impossible, or that they were so great anymore. So over the past week, I've been doing handstand pushups, and worked on my freezes. Although my arms are still quite shaky when trying to hold my entire bodyweight, I can do 10 handstand pushups at a time, and can hold a 1 handed handstand with the balance of a wall (only for balance though, not for support at all). I am also working on my freezes. You can be sure that I'll post a youtube video to show off when I'm good =).
The only annoying thing about this website is that he says some of the difficult moves are easy. WTF, a tornado kick, 540 kicks, and an aerial ARE NOT easy. He also doesn't tell you physical requirements, how to get in shape for it, etc.
If there are any B-Boys (or B-girls, never heard of one though) here who could help me out, please do so. I have a few questions:
1. What kind of diet, if any, should I eat? 2. How much aerobic exercise is needed? How much weightlifting? 3. Should I have a spotter at all times to make sure I dont kill myself? 4. Overall, what kind of workouts should I do to make my body better suited to breaking? 5. Is clothing an issue?
Thanks for any help that you guys can give me.
Edit: I've worked hard to gain weight up to 130 (you need a certain amount of muscle mass, along as you don't get huge), and am 5 foot 8, a nice small height (I imagine its much harder for tall people to trick/breakdance).
