Thursday, June 25, 2009

MJ dies

Just saw on yahoo that Micheal Jackson died yesterday (thur). What a tragedy.....

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

WOW

What a day....actually quite good if I do say so myself. I had class 4th period, which meant I got to sleep a lil bit later than usual. I didnt really prepare anything to do with my students. There are still some slackers who havent taken the test. So while I had class, they would have to take it which meant I had to watch them like a hawk to make sure they didnt cheat, which means there was free time for the other students.

The 2 students who took the make up were done fairly quickly. I honestly was kinda happy. I had prepared some stuff to do with the students the other day, but was reluctant to actually do it cuz I know a lot of them just wanted to relax. In the 9th class they just wanna play cards and talk all day, so I assumed thats what the 10g wanted to do as well. But it never hurts to have some stuff to do on standby.....

Which is awesome. When the students finished early, I could sense that the 10g wanted to do something. They all looked so bored and pitiful. So I asked if they wanted to continue doin nothin, or if they wanted to do this activity I thought of the other day. Mind you, I literally can pluck something out the air and make it an activity. They were up for it, so we began.....

I decided to focus on speaking, and games for these last few days of class. I came up with a topic, in this case communication, and centered different activities and discussion questions around that. So today we talked about different ways people communicate (via phone, internet, letters, sign language). Then I asked what is necessary for communicating with a person. We played the telephone game, where you whisper something to someone and it trickles down a line of people and the last person has to say what they hear. It was quite fun and that helped them understand the question (you have to speak the same language, speak clearly, be able to understand the person etc) Then we talked about people who cant speak at all, and how they communicate. That lead into a miming game I thought of. Boys vs. Girls vs Me. I had a list and told them to think of words that could be mimed. The other two teams would watch someone mime a word from their list and if someone from the other teams could guess the word, they get a point, if not, the mimer keeps the point. It turned out better than I thought. The boys won, by a very wide margin (I had 1 damn point), but it was very fun.......

The next class was excited about the game and they did well also. My last class was the 9g and they seemed so bubbly today. I walked in and they just knew I would give them free time. Some of them were huddled around a table and began to scream for me to come over and show them how to shuffle cards. I demonstrated my superb shuffling skills, and showboated for a while, before I broke out the UNO cards and they began to get a game going. They seemed to really have fun, and even tho I just watched, I couldnt help but join in the fun by laughing at mistakes and comments people made. Then one of the girls showed me some magic tricks that were actually pretty good.

A teacher invited me to cafe and altho I had my reservations, she is really nice so I decided to go. Butterflies were clearly flyin from my wallet, but I figured if I got a coffee, I should be ok cuz I eventually found 57 stotinki strategically hiding in my bag. I dont even drink coffee....SAD, I know....

I talked with about 3 of the teachers and altho I didnt understand EVERYTHING, I must admit I held my own. WE talked about piracy, illegal downloads, the lady who has to pay millions cuz she got busted and some other stuff *pats self on the back*

It was rainin bout time we were ready to leave. I felt a bit stupid cuz the one damn day I choose to wear open toe sandals, it rains!!! What an idiot.....But the rain felt good on my humongous toes....lol

Im sittin here now waiting for the rain to subside so I can go to the supermarket and buy food. Ive been tellin people all day how I have just ketchup, jelly and ice in my fridge. I figure I should do something bout that, and of course, THANK the LORD the supermarket takes credit cards, cuz i am bummin it something serious these days. I was thinkin I should go now tho. Its just a light drizzle out and Im sure not many people will be at the market, which means I dont have to worry about being a walkin freak show for these people. I get to tense and uncomfy when I feel people staring at me......

Overall, a surprisingly pleasant day! and it gets better, im on the second shift tomorrow (class begins at 1). Why this is happening in the middle of the week and the end of the damn month, I dont know and dare not ask any questions. But the 10g also told me that they are goin on an excursion fri and wont be in school mon and tues (the last few days of work) and if the 9g decided not to come (god willing) then that means tomorrow is my UNofficial last day, since I dont work fri. I suppose Ill have to check in mon and tues. but im gonna shoot the gun and say my last day is tom......

alright folks, its that time again. Im gonna go pretend I have a life, altho we all know ill be layin in bed watchin tv/runnin to the comp to check my email like every 3.2 seconds. Good day all....

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

My Old School Homey


And just cuz I know I been sleepin on my girl Qi, gotta send some shout outs her way too. We been down for a lil min now. She always had my back at the WU. People most certainly take different paths, but real friends never let you down. Just a lil something for my homey to say I havent forgotten you, and you are much appreciated. And speakin of, since I posted a blog about friends in general and when the relationship goes south (what does it all mean?!?!), I suppose I should be thankful for the friends who are still down with me and who I still fuck with. You know who you are....my dean, my ace, my biggy bear, deli, merry berry (mere, thats ur new alias), jojo, ez, and some others. I cant list everyone, but then again who else is important....hahahaha

and of course poppa, who is a different kind of friend, but a dear one nonetheless....muah

Gotta give it up....

It has come to my attention, that all this time since ive been writing my blogs, I havent given credit where credit is due. And so im gonna honor a few "unsung heroes" if you will....

Mere:



What can I say about this heifer. She's smart, down to earth, cool as hell, and mad funny! Killer body, plays soccer, and from that second pic, knows how to rock some killer shoes! Just wanted to SHOUT OUT my peeps fro real. She been readin my blog from jump, and this post is LONG overdue. When I get back to the NY we gon party like its 1999...uummm somebody need to remix/update that song....anyway Just wanted to rectify the situation, and put yall on OFIICIAL notice, Mere is in the f*ckin building!!!!

Get used to this face. Im sure you will be seein a lot more pics of her, deli and I, the new musketeers crew. I already predict we gon be caught up in some shit....

Video Fab

So I do have to give the BG props, or maybe I should say the Europeans in general. There music sounds is truly like no other, and they are so eclectic. Now usually there are specific shows that cater to a specific styleof music. And while you may have shows like the former Total Request Live (MTV) those shows tend to really only cover pop music. Songs that are on the billboard charts.

While I must admit, at times it seems like the redundancy of Ciara's Love, Sex and Magic, or T.I.'s Dead and Gone is gonna make me slit a wrist, the music channels do play a wide variety of music styles.

For example, I came across this lil gem, Agnes. This song is fire (hey Alex). I got put on to some rock jams too (uumm Kings of Leon). There is also another spanish song, tu cafe. Thats a banga...

The other groups, on the scene right now are good ones too. N-Dubz, Tinchy Strider. They all use kinda techno beats but the lyrics are cool and the sound is something you can move to. My new joint is "Too Many Men" this song is hilarious.....

I know im missin a lot of music in the states. The Dream is everywhere, Fabolous seems to be back on the scene and a couple of new faces on the come up, Drake.

But for now, Europe's eclectic music tastes trumps what they got goin on in the states....

Photoshoot

Decided to take some flicks:






Im tellin yall, my teeth are white as hell....

Stalker Status

Uumm this is just a general thought/question....when does one become a stalker? When does one consider someone to be stalking them? Are there degrees of stalkin?

Im just curious cuz I often feel like im a border line stalker sometimes with my actions. I call Poppa sometimes and he doesnt pick up. So then I call right back (in case it was a mistake or he didnt reach the phone in time). No answer. But then this kinda makes me mad. I wait for a few minutes then call back. No answer. Wait. Call back. And before I know it, Ive called homeboy about 10 times in the span of a ahlf hour. And Im gonna call him back later to see why the hell he didnt pick up the phone earlier.

I feel like a stalker at this point.

Uuhhh, yeah.....pick up the damn phone bitch!

Beauty Shop cont...

So I went to holla at my peeps at the beauty shop today. I was expecting to practice hair braiding. I was explaining to her the other day how we weave hair and such and such. So she asked if I could show her...on my own head. She had some extensions and I agreed to show her how to sow the hair in. I put a few braids in my own hair (which was fairly easy) and showed her how to sow the tracks in.

The style came out ok, but nothin I would really rock in the streets. I left it in for a while then took that shit out when I got home.

I also was tellin her about relaxers. Us black folks (and others i suppose) use relaxers to straighten our hair. I was tryna explain to her that my hair is extremely thick and unruly, and that without a relaxer id look like an animal. I told her that you put something like a chemical mask on your hair, let is sit for a while, then rinse it out. This allows my hair to stay straight for about 3-4 months, depending on how often I go to the salon and take care of my hair. She was so intrigued. I decided to bring her the box I have at home, just to show her what it looked like. Well when I go to the shop, she wanted me to put the relaxer in her hair!

I was inda skeptical cuz #1 her hair was fairly straight from her roots. The hair only curled at the tips, which she didnt like. #2 the relaxer I had was extra strength, which by the name indicates it is really strong. I wasnt sure how her hair would manage under the chemicals #3 her hair has already been colored treated (chemically). Now that is not a problem cuz plenty of people relax their hair even tho they have had their hair dyed. But again, I wasnt sure how her hair would manage under the extra strength chemicals.

Wouldnt you know her hair looked damn good. It was pin straight and she looked like a model or movie star. It looked like it was profressionally done, and honestly, she looked a bit younger in the face. I will say this tho: A LOT of her hair came out. I dont know if she was thinning, shedding or what. But a lot of hair came out when I was washing her hair and I almost thought she was balding or the relaxer was making her hair fall out. I was kinda scared......

But it all worked out and she was happy. She originally wanted to test it out first, to consider if it would be something she was interested in using on her BG customers in the future. She talked about possibly findin a connect to ship a few boxes to her. Im happy. She seems so open to new ideas and the ways in which amer (or me) do hair and how that differs from how BG do hair.

And she is gettin better with braiding and im quite please with my lil grasshopper!

Good day all....

Terrible....Tuesdays

Well not really so terrible. I just like the way that sounded.....lol

So nothin much new goin on. Ive officially sank to an all new low. I managed to be on the comp for several hours yesterday, bouncing back and forth between youtube/ybf.com/facebook/and gmail. Im such a loser.....

Class....uuhhh yest and today went by pretty smoothly. I looked at my calender and damn near had a heart attack thinkin that we had another full week of work after this one. But then I wised up and realized work is officially over next tuesday. Ive been thinkin lately how much it must suck for the other teachers. The younger kids (I believe up to 7g) got out of school June 15th. They for some retarded reason got out before the older kids, while the rest of us are all doomed til the 30th. But here is the kicker: those teachers still have to come to work from 9-2. And all they do is check in, sit around for a bit, then holla at the cafe. That sucks ass......

Most days Im done pretty early. And after work is over, im ghost. I no longer wish to sit and chit chat with folks that #1 I cant understand half the time and #2 who barely even talk to me. I usually kinda awkardly sit at the table and drink my juice extra quick, for lack of anything else to do. The occassional head nod, or da here and there is obligatory. But im over it. Aint no point in fakin the funk.....

So Im home now. Just finished takin a nap. Nothin on TV, and my headphones were makin my ears ache so I just took a nap.

Oh, so I have like no food in my fridge...AGAIN. Ive been living on raamen noodles, eggs and waffles. So lets talk about how two weeks into JUNE, my monthly allowance was completey DEPLETED. I had to pay for my trip to Greece, but since I squandered May's monthly allowance, I had to take that money out of June's money. Then I had to pretend to be a volunteer who cared, and did a sessionon diversity for the new volunteers which set me back a whole bunch of money. Taxi fares, travel expenses. At that point, around like June 9th, I had like 120 leva in my account. Lol....Where did THAT money go....uuhhh thats all kinda fuzzy at this point......

Dippin into my amer bank account is nothin new to me. I usually only do it to buy clothes tho. But I need to do it this time to eat! Oh my frivolous nature will be the death of me im sure.....

On another note, what the hell is up with the weather? It rained yesterday, and it was so cold this mornin on my way to work. Its supposed to be chilly for the rest of the week. I remember it being extremely hot this time last year. But then again maybe global warming (or colding I should say) is catchin up to us....

oh and randomly, when I went to work earlier, there was a sign that said something about if you love yourself, forget the narcotics....I found it extremely random since there are like 3 classes left in the school cuz its the end of the year. And also, is this some new campaign to combat drug use, or was it just one of those general 'dont use drugs" kinda things....ill never fully understand this place....

Sunday, June 21, 2009

what does it all mean???

In my morose and lonesome state of being, ive been pondering the meanin of life. I know, that sounds so...deep and heavy. But its the truth folks. Ive always envied those people who seem to know what they want to do with their lives, and actually have some type of direction they are headed in, or a path to follow. Me, uumm I cant even think past a 2-week time span if that. I think its kinda cool to be free as a bird......

These are just random thoughts, but just follow me for a sec.....so I saw this pic of this girl I used to be real cool with. And I mean we were real cool back in the day. I thought she was big shit poppin at one point. But now, uumm thats a negativo!!! In the pic, homegirl was lookin mighty jacked up. Hair all fucked up, lookin like she had one too many Burger King double whoppers with bacon.... Now why she was walkin on the damn planet let alone around NYC like that is beyond me, but anyway.....Seein her like that honestly made me feel good. At my age, doin what I do, I look damn good. The friendship didnt end THAT bad, it kinda just dissipated. But she DID look horrible.....

Which brings me to my next point. I am a firm believer in "out of sight, out of mind" People you call friends who, unless they see you, could give too shits about you. And im talkin bout real friens. People you were with all the time on a regular basis. But I suppose things cant always be the same, and when things change, feelings and actions change.

I also think that people are in your life for seasons. They touch you, teach you a few things, and make you realize what they are supposed to. They play a role and then POOF, they are gone. The experience might be good and it might be bad, but you learn something from every experience, every exchange.

I guess I just feel so out the loop. I used to be really cool with a lot of people, but when i travel, its like those relationships are lost. When I was in japan, it was so difficult to stay friends with a lot of people.

Oh, ok so another random thought....grad school. Been checkin out a few things in my spare time and found this really good program Im interested in. I supose being proactive and having a plan doesnt help one bit. The program was really good, and its at a great school in NY.

Oh so to connect this whole blog and so that its not just extra random, my point was why have friends when you can just be a loner???? hahahahaha

LEarn to depend on yourself and if people are in your corner then they should be there regardless the situation or the distance. LEarn to depend on yourself.......AND finally, you can always take comfort in the fact that when things dont go your way, and you are in a rough spot, you can alway look at others and how bad they are doing to cheer yourself up. That sounded so bad, but those who know me know damn well I meant it, and that Im such a....yeah you were thinkin it, a bitch! hahahahaha

At least I know that, and Im cool with it....Lookin forward to an easy work week.

ciao kiddies