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January 12, 2004

Don't ya hate it when things you love get trendy?
Posted by Jess in Day to Day

I just discovered this article on MSNBC today:
Martial Arts Meets Dance in Health Clubs, with a subheading of "Brazilian exercise popping up in trendy gyms". They are talking about Capoeira, Brazilian martial arts.

I think it's wonderful that the art is spreading, as no one had ever heard of it when I started taking it. I say that, but at the same time, that's exactly what's bothering me about it.

Call it fun, call it aerobic, call it rich with history, but please don't call it trendy. That implies that it's a superficial fad that no one's ever heard of before, and that it will soon disappear and probably become laughable later. I can't stand the thought of a group of people remeniscing ten years down the road over coffee one day talking about my dear Capoeira, saying, "what WERE we thinking?"

I become selfish at moments like this, selfish at things and hobbies that I hold near and dear. Maybe I hold them too near?

Some people could say the same about blogging. I'm certainly not one of the first people to ever blog, and I probably helped make someone else sick of the subject. But you'll never hear me cheapen it by labeling it a trend. Writing is special to me too, and I'll never cheapen someone else's blog by thinking that what they write about is unimportant. It's important to them.

I always root for the underdog. Ask me who my favorite team is, the answer will always be the same - the one that's currently in last place. The one no one's ever heard of before.

Maybe that's why things like this bother me so much.

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