I know you see the SKILLS!

In an attempt to combat BOREDOM, I picked up a book (Reading is so very Fundamental yall) and decided to learn how to knit. YES, you read that correctly. I got one of those KNITTING FOR DUMMIES books, and got it poppin. I got some funky colored yarn, needles, and got to work. It was actually easier than I thought it would be, and after a few tries, I started knitting the scarf you see to your right. YES, this piece of work right here was done by yours truly. Its about half done now, but I had to cease working on it cuz I ran out of yarn. I went to the place where I bought the yarn from originally and Low and Behold, they ran out of it (I swear the Foolishness is just everywhere). The lady tried to sell me some other yarn that looked nothin like the one above, and had I bought it, I would have fucked that whole damn scarf up. Needless to say, its just sitting on my couch, chillin! But I thought of a nifty idea (I thought of it, someone suggested it to me, SAME damn thing!): Im gonna get a nice brown to go with the scarf, finish it off with that, then put a button on it so that when I put it on my neck, the multi colored part will lay on top of the brown part, and I can simply "button it" so to speak to keep it in place. Ok so you may not be able to picture it, but I assure you, if anyone can pull this off, its the fashionista herself!

Stay tuned.......

Ha, NOT gonna happen kiddo!

So my students have been in an uproar about my fam comin to visit. My bio mom is comin with my lil sis supposedly in april during Munchie's (my lil sis) spring break. When she has spring break tho, Ill be just gettin back from mine. So I decided that they can come meet my students.

Today one of my students (the really rambunctious one who spits rap lyrics like no other....damnit ill just use his name from now on: Valentino) asked is my lil sis was comin to visit. Now I talk about Munchie all the time. Now only are they in the same grade, but she is just a good example for some of the things that we talk about. The last chapter in our book, we read a story about a spoiled, overprotected boy. And this is Munchie to a T. She is so sheltered when it comes to certain things, and I swear that girl gets whatever she wants (Coach rainboots, mom just bought her a new Coach bag, and a $400 coat).

So I told him there was a possiblity that she was gonna roll thru with my mom, and that when she comes I dont want her consortin with the likes of his crazy ass (jokes of course). So then we HAD to have a convo about when my sister came what we were gonna do, and how he wanted to meet and hang out with her. I told him my sis was a good girl, she doesnt hang with boys, and she will be mostly talkin to the girls in the class. So I had to tell him that he wasnt takin my sister out to any clubs, bars or restaurants cuz she dont get down like that, nor does she drink. One kid standin next to him was like "you should let them go out. They will just drink juice." Of course Valentino hit me with the "yeah, we'll drink GIN and JUICE" I must admit, that was kinda funny, BUT NOT FUNNY!

So then he goes on and on about how he cant wait to meet her, and how he gonna be her boyfriend! EXCUSE me. I mentioned that fact that they live in 2 different places, and he said so what, there is always Skype. If this damn boy aint precocious, and too smart for his own good I dont know who is.......

Oh yeah, sometime last week Valentino asked when I was gonna go to the bar with him and some other students. I kindly told him that I dont drink with kids!

I guess he tryna keep it in the family.....LMAO!

Welcome, Welcome

So if you HAVENT noticed, Im gainin momentum with this blog thing. I love it so much. Im always thinkin of things to blog about, and funny ways to present it. Please believe, it only gets better from here on out.

Ive officially gone from having 4 followers to 6, and I know other people read my blog even of they arent a follower. This really means a lot to me guys, and I really appreciate you takin the time out of your busy schedules to read my stuff. I have a whole bunch of extra time over here, which is why I like to blog so much. But also cuz I love writing and enjoy making you laugh!

So here is a warm welcome to my 2 newest Blog readers, Erica and Gladys. Welcome folks and enjoy the show!

Check it out

Im loving this new video bar feature on my blog. I wanted to keep Kings of Leon up there jsut a bit longer, but decided it was time to give them a rest. My newest featured artist to the left is Jazmine Sullivan. She has an amazing voice. She got a lil buzz recently with her first single "I need you bad" feat. Missy. But I was up on her for a while now and I just love her song "Im in love with another man" She just came out with a video for that single, so ill post that in a sec.

To the left are her songs "Lions, Tigers and Bears" and "Im in love with another man" (the bottom 2). The top 2 vids are of her singing some other stuff, DISREGARD those....hahahahaha

Top o the mornin to ya! (in my best Irish accent)

Oh no Bitches!

*THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK. i JUST FORGOT TO POST IT*

Ok, so this is a more serious post. I couldnt write it at the time cuz my laptop was actin up, and honestly Im glad I didnt write it when it happened, cuz yall wouldve read some pretty nasty things about these damn kids I see everyday. But now that the anger has gone away, I can be less critical and harsh with my words!



So I had the 10g class last week Thursday. Now I have written about these angels plenty of times before. I love my 10g class, and its the 9g who I cant stand usually. This half of the 10g class is the same half that didnt do their homework that time that I wrote about, so needless to say, they been actin up.



So this thrusday, I roll up in class ready to end the chapter we were workin on. There were a few good activities in their textbook that I wanted to do before we began the next chapter. So I give them the exercise to do and give them time to do it. We start to go over their work and its like pullin teeth. No one wants to answer the questions and I was startin to doubt if they even did the work cuz they kept talking. Now usually my kids know not to get out of pocket. I step to they asses and let them know its gonna be hell to pay if any of them act up in my class. So I rarely have behavoral problems that I cant deal with. But that day.....



So it got to a point where the entire class was talkin and Im sittin at my desk askin for participation, fallin on deaf ears. And thats when I lost it. I jumped up from the desk and said they had a text. Of course the whole class starts moaning and groanin and I got even more mad. I started screamin at them ferociously. Tellin them how lazy they were, and how just yesterday they were complainin that they didnt want to do any of the exercises. Everyone was talkin and I felt disrespected cuz their behavor was slippin out of control. When I got up I saw one boy relaxing, layin in some girls lap like he was home chillin. They hadnt done their homework a few nights ago and I was tired of hearing them complain about doin classwork. ESPECIALLY since we just had a break that Mon and Tues of last week, so we ONLY had class together wed and thurs (im on on fri). Everyone looked bewildered.

But one boy (yeah you guessed it Valentino) just couldnt let it go. I announced that since no one was paying attention, the whole class had a test. This elicited even more huffs and puffs. I went to write on the board when the test was, and Valention blurts out that he was gonna be absent that day. My damn head spun around so quick, as I screamed fine, then Ill fail you! I dont care if you dont come or not, and that goes for the whole class. If you dont come then you will fail, and Ill be damned if I waste time after school giving a re-test cuz you were purposely absent the first time. Check the convo:

V:Well why are you gonna fail the whole class if Im the only one the is absent?
Me: Im giving an example Valentino. If you dont come, than that means you fail. (I sit down)
V: Well I dont understand why you are screamin and upset.
Me: Cuz you all's behavior has been very bad lately and I feel disrepected
V: Well I dont know why. We like you. I like you a lot. No one is disrespecting you
Me: Yes you are. When you come to class not prepared. When you talk during my class when you should be doing work. When you are playing with your cell phones under the desk when you know you shouldnt be. When you chew gum in my class EVERYDAY, knowing that you shouldnt be. That is why I feel disrespected. I didnt come all the way here for this. Not to stand in front of you and try my hardest to teach you english while you think its a game or a joke. And further more, the fact that you are talkin back to me is even more disrespect. When I was in school I didnt talk back to my teacher. She something and I left it at that.
V: Im sure when you were in school you acted the same way! and this is good practice for me. And anyway my grades are good. You come here and think we are all stupid and all you have to do is look in the book and see my grades.....
Me: (interupting him) Did I say that? Did I say you were stupid, or gave you any indication that made you believe that I even thought that. I talk very highly of this class. And further more I could care less what your grades are. I know what they are and dont have to look in the book cuz I gave them to you. You are smart, but my problem is with your behavior. And most of the other teachers have all said that your behavior in particular is atrocious. You talk in all your classes, make jokes and rarely do work.
V: Well thats cuz if I didnt I think the class would be very boring.

The "debate" carried on for a bit while longer til I just got fed up with arguin with a snot-nosed over zealous 10grader. I reiterated the fact they still had a test, and that I was not happy with their behavior. The bell rang and I bounced. The steam was just liftin off my face. I got back home and proceeded to scream my brains out to Jojo but my laptop cut off. Then I had to get ready for the banquet. I calmed down once I go tot the banquet and had a vodka.........

Yeah, I see you....

So last week in class class, this one kid showed up after not attending in about a week. I believe he was sick, and thats why he missed so many classes. So I tell the students what page and what work to do, and he doesnt have a book. I gave my book to someone who didnt have it, and everyone was already sharing with someone else, so he couldnt even a share book with anyone else (my students think they so slick by not brining their textbooks to school). So he decided that he was gonna play on his phone. Now, one of the girls in the class left her book in another room so she went to go get it, and her partner was the girl I gave my book to, so I took mine back. Now instead of askin if he could use my book (which come on, I knew wasnt gonna happen) he just continued to sit there.

So I wanted to see what he was gonna do for the entire class, so I didnt even offer my book. So most of the students are doing the work (I got some pretenders in the mix), while Im writing something down. I look up, and homeboy has headphones in his ear, and playin on his phone. I decided to say nothing. I look up again, and this MOFO puts up his arm, looks at it, and start to make his muscles jump. Ah, the future of this country......

Running Dictation

One of the activities usually done to teach english as a foreign language is a dictation. The teacher gets a short story or something like that, and dictates it to the class while the students write what they here. I suppose it helps the students with word order, and proper sentence structure. Here, they do dictations and grade the students on them. The teacher looks for common mistakes and goes over them with the class. This shit is so WACK! I did several dictations with my students and its boring as hell. I tried ways to jazz it up tho.

One dictation I did was about a true story of a women who left millions of dollars to her DOG when she died. She had a son and grandchildren, but still left her fortune to her dog. The son sued her estate for the money and I am not sure of the outcome but I used that to my advantage. After the dictation, I told the students we would have a mock court case. The son would take his mother to court (she didnt die yet, but he found out about her plan to give the money to the dog) and a jury had to decide who would win the money. I was the judge (to keep order in the room) and there were 2 lawyers, jurors, the defendant, plantiff, and so on. It was really interesting and the kids and I enjoyed the activity. But not all the dictations could be like this one.

So one of the other teachers told me about something called "Running Dictation" A story is cut into strips and taped to the wall or board. The students work in pairs. One student runs to the wall, reads the strip, runs to the partner and dictates what was on the strip. Memory is of the upmost importance. After all the strips are dictated, they must work as a team to put the story in the correct order. This was a really good activity and the students seemed to like it.

Ive done it twice now, and I think ill stop doing it! lol. While running, the students push and hit eachother. If the story is too long they cant figure out the order in the 40 minutes alotted for class. If its too short they get it quickly, figure out the order then want to play around cuz they get distracted easily. If its too hard they dont understand. Some of them after they have got all the sentences are disinterested in putting them in the correct order and just start walkin around class, playing around, or start talkin.

It was fun while it lasted.....and interesting.

Really???

Ok, so yall know I know ABSOLUTELY nothin about cricket (that game stupid). But I was watchin CNN and saw that some cricket team was attacked my masked gunmen in Pakistan. What the hell is that about?!?!

Its bad enough that wars are goin on for no damn reason, and people are dying everyday. But SPORTS PLAYERS gotta fear for their lives now? You cant be serious.

The players were travellin by bus when they were shot at. And I aint talkin bout no lil 45 or 32 calibur. The Sri Lankan players were shot at with big guns, grenades and ROCKETS (wtf). Apparently it was a terrorist attack. Several of the team members were injured, and about 5 police officers tryin to protect the team were KILLED.

SMDH. This is ridiculous........

You know Me

So anyone who knows me MUST know how much I love to shop. I also love to be different from all the other little chickadees. So Ive decided to turn my FROWN upside down

Since I am in another country, it is very hard for me to shop. Not only are clothes really expensive here, but the PC doesnt pay me shit (actually just crumbs). BUT Ive decided to make a promise to myself to buy AT LEAST one dress per month. When I leave here next June, I would have collected at least 27 beautiful sexy dresses, and all very unique in the fact that NO ONE ELSE IN NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES for that matter will have the same dress as me!

Seriously, I think people should aspire to be like me. I believe that with all my heart!

Rihanna, here is some advice.....

Please Get your FUCKIN life together! So I will hereafter offer my 2 cents (cuz I know yall ALL want to hear it) on Rihanna and Chris Breezy since everyone is doin it!

So I keep up with whats goin on through this awesome website called THEYBF.COM (the young black and fabulous) and through other media outlets such as Larry King Live. You can imagine my surprise when I turned to CNN and saw that on his show he had lawyers, judges and esteemed professors of law debating this damn issue. Much to my chagrin, these 2 *LOVEBIRDS* are reportedly back together. Ill update you real quick (just in case you've been living under a rock) then get on to my thoughts....

*UPDATE*: While driving in Breezy's Lamborghini, Rihanna went through his phone and peeped a text from another chick. They started arguing and Breezy beat the shit out of her. There you have it, the unabridged version.......

Pics of the battered and bruised Rihanna hit the net and folks went into a frenzy cuz of how horrible she looked. Breezy just had a day in court in which he was granted a continuance and didnt plead anything. Rihanna REQUESTED a 'no-contact' order NOT be made, which usually is the case to protect the victim. Why you ask, cuz her and Breezy if YOU DID NOT KNOW are BACK TOGETHER. Yes folks, the foolishness ensues.

Now my take on the whole thing: This here, is Foolishness at its best! Now granted I was NO WHERE NEAR these MOFO when this went down (not even in the same country), so there is no possible way I could ever know what happened. But the AFFIDAVIT of Rihanna's story has hit the net and while I do not have Breezy's version, I have already formulated my opinion (and the correct one). And Ima break it down for you like so:

Lets take it from the top........These 2 have been dating for a year and a half. Photoed everywhere all hugged up and lovey dovey. So I can understand how someone might get angry after seeing a text mess from another chick when they have put in that much time and energy into someone. But honestly who the hell is Rihanna to be pickin up this grown mans phone and lookin at his text mess is my first question. I done got to the point where I was in folks email mess, so I can understand her curiosity cuz thats her man and he supposed to be faithful. But again, lets keep it real, she really had no right to be all in his phone.

So naturally they start arguing, and he puts his hands on her. Well actually as I said earlier he beat the shit out of her (which he is quoted as sayin in her affidavit). Now we can approach this 2 ways. He either just started hittin homegirl, or she got all in his face/hit him and he retaliated. BUT the fact of the matter is, NO MAN SHOULD EVER PUT THEIR HANDS ON A FEMALE. Men are by nature stronger than women (except those nasty lookin female body builders!) and I am a firm believer that they should not exploit this. Now some may argue that women do things to provoke men and put their hands on men first sometimes. But again, there is a way you can handle a female without physically harming her.

It is reported that this is not the first time that Breezy hit Rihanna, and it is also reported that Rihanna as hit Chris on other occasions. Whatever the case may be, he sure did a bang up job (yes, that pun was INTENDED) on homegirl. And the funny thing is, THEY ARE BACK TOGETHER! This MOFO was pictured riding jet skies and having a grand ole time up in Diddy's mansion in Miami with "Rihanna's FRIENDS" Then they were photoed traveling together.

RIHANNA girl stop.....

After this Im not gonna waste my breathe on either of these 2 for the simple fact that something MUST be good enough to make homegirl go back (statistics show most women usually go back). She got money. She can get bodyguards to protect her. Shit they dont even live in the same damn place (I dont think) so there really is NO REASON for her to be scared. PERIOD.

Ive seen my mom abused by many of her boyfriends. That shit is crazy for real. My sister and I have had to jump in several situations to stop some dude from puttin his hands on my mom. My sister (she is a thug) has come to blows with dudes who have hit my mother and pulled a knife on one guy to protect my mother. And to make it even worse I was with a guy who slapped me, IN FRONT of my lil sister. That shit is not cool, its not fun, and its not OK. Truth be told, when dude slapped me I was SCARED to death. He was huge and had big muscled and he could have easily REALLY HURT me. After that I knew it was a wrap, and we broke up. But domestic violence is some real shit, and all I can say is I hope Rihanna dont think this is the last time. Obviously the fact that she done sold millions of records and gots millions of dollars dont mean shit. Cuz at the end of the day, the paparazzi aint with her 24/7. There is nothin stoppin Breezy from hittin her again. And the fact that he bruised her up that bad this time means he just dont give a fuck.

But you know what I say, is [she] like it, I love it. More power to yall......

Oh wait, my question still remains, Rihanna aint got nobody in her camp to take a swing at Breezy. ESPECIALLY after the net done posted pics of her lookin THAT bad and embarrassed her like that. I want some muh fuckin revenge exacted on homeboy and I dont care who it is a cousin, brother, pops, Jigga Man, an assistant, hired help. Ima need someone to HOLLA at Breezy any damn day now!

Ok, Im done

Oh wait, I forgot. Wasnt that YOU Chris Brown all up and down the Tyra Banks show and on MTV talkin bout how you watched your mom being abused? And how you always told yourself you would treat your girl different? Wasnt that you? (youtube it if you dont believe me) and to think, you done beat up this girl just like someone beat up your mama. the irony of it all!

And while we are talkin bout mamas, where is yours? Aint you just a RIPE 19 years old. I wonder what your mom, who has by your account been beat up by a guy thinks about this foolishness....

Oh so my advice for Rihanna, Get your fuckin life together! I think you should leave homeboy alone, but since you already back with him, Be careful. Make sure you got a guard around at ALL TIMES just in case Breezy tries to pull a SMACKAROO....hahahahaha

Ok, Im really done this time.....