2 Scoops International: Joao Pessoa, Brazil

I’m going to get straight to the point, I’m in Brazil and everything is gorgeous. First of all the ladies here must eat something or maybe it’s in the oxygen because the people down here are too fine. Secondly, the food is pretty tasty. They got something called empanadas, they’re like these muffins that are stuffed with a bunch of stuff. 

The ones I ate had bacon bits (even though the menu said sausage) and cheese and these other ones had this weird meat paste (even though the menu said some type of beef) and cheese. The bacon stuffed one was straight fire but I’m not a fan of my muffins being injected with meat paste. Yo, there also this acai ice cream type stuff, it is the best thing I've had in my whole life. I can't be more serious with y'all. 

I guess acai is some kind of berry and then they put all kinds of stuff in it like nuts, bananas, condensed milk and honey. To top it all off they just give you a bunch of frozen acai to cover all your ice cream needs. 

Let me talk about the people down here for a second. Brazilians either look Hispanic or black, I don’t think there’s a certain Brazilian look. I probably couldn’t distinguish a Brazilian guy from a Puerto Rican in a crowd or a black guy depending on his complexion. But the women on the other hand... 

I just wish I knew Portuguese before coming down here. It’s like I said before, it’s got to be something they eat. Other than looks, the people down here are really nice. I’ve gotten lucky a few times where the person in front of me in line knew English so they were able translate my order for me when I’m trying to get some food. I have been mistaken for being Brazilian of few times maybe that made a difference of how nice these strangers were.

Let’s talk about the place I’m in for a second, Joao Pessoa. The city has around 700,000 people so it’s not too big and it’s not as developed as Milwaukee is. But, like Milwaukee, Joao Pessoa is on the coast except down here it’s right on the Atlantic Ocean and the water is the perfect temperature. There are a lot of slums like in the movies that are based in Brazil and a lot a palm trees. It’s currently winter down and it’s been in the 70s all week...

If the winters in Milwaukee were in the high 70s I’d actually make an effort to go to class everyday. (Low key I still go to class with snow on the ground but the struggle is real)

That’s all I’m going to say right now, I think I’m going to try to make videos about the trip so I can go more into detail with all the interesting things that happened while down here. Plus, this is about all I feel like writing to be real.

Special s/o to Parisa she came up with the name of this whole thing, 2 Scoops International, it has a nice ring to it.

The Wrap Up

What's good y'all, it's yourboy_john (follow on twitter if you like) aka 2 Scoops. Now I'd like to start doing a little something called The Wrap Up where I sort of go through some stuff that happened this past week. These will be a little longer than usual but it'll also give you something to look forward to on Mondays.

Germany won the World Cup!!!

It's about time the World Cup ended if you ask me. It's not that I don't care, I just low key lost interest when America got beat by Belgium awhile ago and because I don't really care. I'll still take anyone on in a game of FIFA though, I'm unstoppable with AC Milan. And Mario Gotze is super clutch for that game winning goal. But I sort of forgot about the World Cup this week because of that whole Lebron going back to Cleveland thing, much more important.

Cleveland has got to be the luckiest and unluckiest franchise at the same time in all of sports. 1) They get every first draft pick whenever they want and 2) They get to have Lebron whenever they want. The only unlucky part is that they still suck and will probably always suck. 

There's also word on the street that Drake is looking at houses in Cleveland. This is almost to good to be true. I'm all about Drake but he's an avid nut hugger of Lebron, so is ESPN. But that's none of my business either.

Another really important thing that happened this week is that I started playing Roller Coaster Tycoon again. That was best thing that could've ever happened to me last week. That game is such a great game, I had to tweet about it. 

John's Fun Place is a good name for a theme park right? Yes, yes it is.
— 2 Scoops (@yourboy_John) July 10, 2014

Your six flags doesn't have a tiger show, don't worry, John's Fun Place does
— 2 Scoops (@yourboy_John) July 10, 2014

Ever since opening John's Fun Place to the public, I've been able to live again. Such a great feeling. When I was little my theme parks were lame because I didn't know then what I know now. But now as grown man my brain is full of things that should be put into a theme park. Hence the giant system of swimming pools carving through the park like it's the Mississippi River and all the tigers and camels walking around. John's Fun Place is so fun you'll never want anything else in your life, facts only.


Here's some tunes I ran into since my last post, it's been awhile. Happy Monday.

Buy The World - Mike Will Made It feat. Future, Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar


Old English feat. Young Thug, Freddie Gibbs and A$AP Ferg 


Seen It All - Jeezy Feat. Jay Z

USA vs Belgium preview and prediction

America wins 2-1, so simple it hurts. There's no reason why you would even think about the result. What's the first thing you think of when you hear Belgium........waffles. Let's see what the authority over American breakfast has to say about that.

We don't believe in Belgium waffles
— Waffle House (@WaffleHouse) June 30, 2014 

There you have it, if the Waffle House doesn't believe in Belgium waffles neither do I. Anyways that was the prediction part, now for the preview.

AMERICA

Team USA is so good at soccer. We basically gave the Germans first place in the Group of Death. We didn't need to win that game to advance anyway. So I'm not worried, you saw my prediction, everything will be good.

BELGIUM

I like this team. Hazard is the man to watch on the pitch, his name his cool and he's solid player. They're pretty fun to play as in FIFA too. A special s/o goes to Fellaini aka Afro Thunder. I'm mad he's the only one the team with a fro.

UPDATE: Fellaini isn't the only one on the team with an afro

@yourboy_John your post is inaccurate. Axel Witsel also has an afro
— Good Guy Gee (@DarienGee30) July 1, 2014

S/O to Good Guy Gee #GetGeeTo1k

Side Note: Top 5 places to eat before you die:
Chick Fil A
Waffle House
In n Out Burger
Gates BBQ
Culvers

These places are regional, especially Gates BBQ (there's only like two in Kansas City) so you have to be in the right place at the right time you want to eat at these places.

USA and Portugal Tie 2-2

Ok, so lets start out with the positives, our president is black and America is the best country in the world.

Now with the negatives, we didn't win because this happened......

Varela's equalizer at the last minute of stoppage time! https://t.co/04l4hmaSiK
— 2014 World Cup (@TheWorIdCup) June 22, 2014

There was like 10 secs left in the whole game. I was 10 secs away from crip walking all the way to Brazil. I was 10 secs away from being happy for the rest of my life.

After considering all the pros and cons Team USA has something that Portugal doesn't, a rapper. American hero Clint Dempsey, I mean, Deuce (his rapper name) can spit mad bars.



Is that the guy whose scored 4 goals in 8 World Cup games? Yes, yes it is. I like our chances, all we need is a tie or we can advance with the tiebreaker. Please bring Germany on a sliver platter, thank you.

P.S. This may be the most American tweet ever.

The tiebreaker should be number of moon landings 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— UGA Spike Squad (@UGASPIKESQUAD) June 22, 2014

USA defeats Ghana 2-1

Am I surprised? No. Am I excited? Yes. Dempsey scored in the first 30 secs and Brooks made the game winner in the final 5 mins, that's so America.

Bring on Portugal, please and thank you.

Jungle Remix - X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons feat. Jay Z

This song is so World Cup, it screams drop everything and watch soccer. Jay spits mad fire and the beat pumps you up to the highest level. After listening to this, I'm ready to take on the world by myself or something.

USA USA USA

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. This is how the end of my World Cup bracket looks like so naturally, this is how to World Cup is going to end this year in real life. It'll be a tough game for the boys in red, white and blue but not tough enough. This is what sports is all about, your home country beating probably the best soccer country in the history of soccer. I just went with my gut on this whole bracket and I think it'll pay off.

Side Note: How likely is it that Team USA will beat Russia, Argentina, Spain, then Brazil (in that order) to win the World Cup? Because that's how I have them getting through this tournament. Oh yea, go make your own bracket on ESPN.com

Daniel Alves combats racism

So FIFA as been battling racism in the league for a long time now. There have been numerous times where the spectators have chanted racist remarks at players or done things like throw bananas at players on the field. Today Barcelona defender, Daniel Alves, responds to the racist crowd by eating the bananas that they threw at him. What better way to fight racism than to eat it and carry on with life. What a bro move, I got to give him props for that. Bravo.

Winner Stays

Talk about a stacked commercial, Nike pulled out their whole contact folder to make this ad happen. I mean you have all the current greats in soccer right now, like Ronaldo, Neymar, American legend Tim Howard, just to name a few. The Hulk even makes a cameo, that's a win for Nike. This is also based on the classic playground rules of winner stays and losers bounce. If that's not how you played on the streets then you weren't doing it right.

Is it just me or do black british people throw you off guard too, because they get me every time. Everything is business as usual and then you hear that accent. That's always the last thing I expect when I see a black guy, just being real.

Atlanta to get their own MLS team

A soccer team in Atlanta, that's the best news I've heard all week. Remember when the Atlanta Thrashers were a thing? That was cool or whatever. Whose idea was it to have a hockey team in Georgia anyway, I thought everyone knew that hockey and black people don't really go together. I've been to one game and I would've enjoyed it if people told me it would be 100 degrees cooler than it was outside beforehand. Anyways, hopefully this new soccer team can bring home a championship somehow, that'd be even more amazing. Falcons owner, Arthur Blank, is going to own the team, which is more good news for me.

I found some concept jersey designs

I like the idea of having the Varsity and Coke as sponsers for the team, marketing greatness. Here's my list of potential team names: 1. Outkasts. That's all I have and it's all I need. Arthur Blank better take this and run with it. The name is perfect on so many levels, the Atlanta Outkasts = championships. I also have the teams theme song, cue music.

P.S. The Atlanta Outkasts are going to be so hood

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