The Boneyard - Wow, 2:00 a.m. and no one is online, what's up with that? Man I was hoping for Jo, but oh well. Last night I had dinner with the Moys' man I wish the time I spend with them could of lasted a lil longer this time. And yes, as I said to Jo, Evanescene is a Christian band although I wish I could find like Amy Lee's testimony or something. Man, I still remember the day I bought their cd when they first came out which was like about 2K2 at the Family Christian Bookstore. Amazing only a couple of years later now they become famous for the songs on that cd.

So today, I started my first day of student teaching at Magahay Elementary School. A couple of things that were really cool is the fact that it only takes me a lil less than 15 minutes to get into work! I also added up the miles and from my house to Magahay, it is only 9 miles. I thought today would be an easy day since it is my first day, and Carl told me that I should observe everything. However, it was the opposite I pretty much ran the classroom as my teacher kept leaving the building. It felt so good to pretty much run the class and talk the way I wanna talk to them. None of that conservative garbage Sherrill teaches us at OU. The kids already came up to talk to me already, and said that I am the coolest teacher already in the building. They keep calling me, Neo from The Matrix because I came in decked in black with my shades on. Everyone thinks it's funny well except for Gjon when as the kids would say "dis" him because he think's he's so hard. Gotta keep reminding me that he lives in the Heights, and the class knows my philosophy on that too when I said it to him, punk may be able to dish it, but he can't take it. But it's all good, Marlee told me he got much love for me and I've already grown attached to some of them already.

Marlee, she is so short and cute plus she is very helpful so I can trust her.
Megan, she's a brain and she won in the Spelling Bee contest today. She is a lil snobby with her smarts and I tried to humble her in a 1 on 1 Spelling Bee contest, since I am a past champ. Man, I suck, I couldn't beat her.
Gjon, Mr. Attention we got the sports thing connecting for us.
Christina, she's got such a cool Albanian accent and she said she's the teacher's pet, but she is also good help.
Jackie, well she wore an ICP sweatshirt today, so we talked about their music.
However, I was kind of sad because physically some of them looked so much like my kids from Edmonson. However, these kids made me feel like I was back there because of the chants of my name. Carl, said I need to cut down on my slang, hmm gotta catch myself more on that. I also met Danielle's teacher since we're student teaching together. We had a good convo, because I believe she is Christian and we talked about our churches.

My teacher, well everyone likes how I teach so far. It does frustrate me, because my teacher takes on so much and the kids see it because of his lack of organization skills. So the kids really miss out on getting the most in terms of learning. I believe they can learn more if he put more effort in his lesson plans. Maybe that is why God put me in here? So I will be here for a whole year, my thought throughout the day: I wonder what it would of been like if I was placed at Harrison, or Dunkel for a year with my CBC peeps?

Oh yeah, OU kept calling me today as well, because they want to hire me for this semester to help out with IM sports. They were thankful for the voluntary services I put in last semester so now I get to help train others on the IM staff. Man forget classes, I can balance all these jobs now?

Once Again

Olga's Kitchen - So this morning, I wake up hoping for some monster snow blizzard. Yet again, there was nothing, I hate it when things get hyped up and they don't live up to it. On the other hand, it was fun talking to those enjoying the snow day B-12, Electra, Chinchie, and Gracie.

So now my Winter break is officially over and what did I have to look back upon? At first, it sucked being sick and injured but in the end it actually worked out. Being in bed those days, and forcing myself to take it easy, I feel well rested and most of my bumps and bruises have healed. Except that chipped bone in my ankle, grrr when will that heal? I'm glad I was able to hang out with Linz too and got a chance to play with Noah. I'm so happy for BooBoo as she is the Superstar of the week at her school, gosh I just love her so much there is like nothing she cannot do. Today was probably one of the last times I'll get to hang out with Linz as the big day keeps getting closer. I'm so happy for her and thankful for the wonderful blessing of our tight friendship. I still think it would be so cool if in a couple of years we do end up teaching in the same school. I promised her that I would send my kids over to beat up her kids, mwhahahaha.

Finally, I went to OU today, yeah I seem like a loser going to school when there is none. I ran into Katie, and what a bummer none of my books will be bought back. Today was the first time, I accessed my OU account to see my grades from last semester. I was scared to look at them because I was worried Pip would screw me over because of my faith in class. However, since I miss letter grades, I'll use that instead this time I got 4 A's and 1 B, and peeps were worried about my 17 credit schedule. Psh, I got this on lockdown and I love a good challenge. So what's on tap for this semester? Well, I read and update ratemyprof.com and I heard my peep's reviews on my prof's for this semester. Everyone's worried about me taking Hruska as it seems she is the one to avoid. Well, Monica signed me up for that class so I look forward to this challenge. Peeps are also worried about me being in Baron's class for the Spring, because as Carl calls it "his shit list". So some think I am already on it due to my rep in the Ed program, but we'll see, I ain't scared. I miss walking around campus.

Random thought, I'm gonna go to bed before 3 a.m. tonight is the goal! Hmm after I finish this can of Coke :)

Find Another Way

Storm Front - So sad to wake up today and realize that Jo has finally departed and left for China. Chinchie and I had a moment together by combining our Jo bracelets and letting the spirit punkiness live. It seemed as if I was counting the days down til Jo left and now I can only countdown the days til she comes back.

I went to CBC tonight and to my excitement, I saw a parking lot full of clean, untouched snow! So, I started do doughtnuts like crazy in my car, hahaah it was so much fun. Then I was worried, what if Brother B saw this crazy car at CBC and could of called the cops. So I finally realized that I should go in and do my duty before I get in trouble.

Speaking of snow, I am very disappointed with the hype of this supposed Winter Storm 2. Mac county, I guess they were saying were the lucky ones for missing it. So I had to drive to the other hit counties to get some action. Still this storm was pretty weak, yet it still brought out the stupids in terms of drivers.

I mean let's think, lots of snow on the ground, ok let's drive faster? Why do so many people have that mindset? Tonight as I was heading to Carl's place on 696, I was going at a steady speed of 45 mph. The right lane next to me, there was this Grand Am Gt speeding up like crazy because there was a car in front of him, so he wanted to speed past me and cut into my lane. So I timed it just perfect, and as soon as he was next to me, I sped up to block his course. He braked hard, and started to skid.....as that was happening, I waved bye bye to him.........and then he did a 180 into the shoulder facing the opposite direction of traffic. When will people learn how to drive safely? At least that punk gets another chance to learn from it, because not many do. Hmm driving, mess with the best, die with the rest. Slick roadways or not, I will continue to defend those from dumby drivers.

Ah Ah Ah

Let it Snow! - So much wierdness today at the Pho place in the M-Heights. I'm chilling and waiting for my beef, then someone walks in. It was Stacey, one of my Special Ed students from Iroquois Middle School. Wow they don't start school till Wednesday, which is pretty sweet. It was wierd though, because it is the first time that I run into one of my students in a public place. I was talking to her Aunt, who is a lil older than me. Man such wierdness because now one of my students call me by my first name, not that I care anyways. Her Aunt, started talking Hmong to me because she thought I was too. Man, first time I've ever been mistaken for Hmong, so now that includes on my list as Korean, and Phillipino.

Tonight was also the first time I played v-ball without an ankle brace. I've come to the conclusion that I may have a small fracture in there and that's why it hasn't healed yet. Oh well, my pick-up team rocked as we played 4 hours of v-ball going undefeated for the night. Man 9 teams tonight waiting for 3 courts, and the competition just rocks. Although, I am starting to develop a bad taste for certain people. I just don't like how they treat some of the people there, who are pretty good but don't rank on the elite level. I mean some of them would walk off the court during the game if you shank a pass. Am I in need of an attitude check when I show a lil swagger to those who put others down?

I kept reflecting as well, just all those countless Tuesday nights @ CBC I spent with Howard and Peter. Howard, would keep drilling me once everyone had left while Peter would be the ballboy for me. It all started from that point on then others came in my way to teach me more about this game of v-ball. Just thankful for this chance and now I just want to help defend those who get picked on for no reason on the court.

Wow it's after 3 a.m. now so what am I doing? Chatting with Alisha, till we both fall asleep on our keyboards.

Song of Love

Fast & Furious - What a way to kickoff 2K5 ya know? Well I'm thankful that I still have a week before school starts so I'm trying to get any last chance to be a vegetable at this point. This morning, I wanted to take my car to get the usual routine oil change and systems check. I chilled in the waiting room, and there was this old dude, Jack. We had a nice convo about street racing and how each of our car runs. Looks can be decieving ya know, I mean this guy had to be like 60 with a cane in hand, but some strange reason he kept selling me the idea that he is good in his Sunfire. He said it's a '94 Sunfire and I'm left scratching my head because did these things ever run that fast?

Anyways, Jack challenged me to go to the Lapeer Speedway with him one of these days to do a lil racing. So I'm kind of excited for that, whether it's on the track or on I-69 up there, it will be fun. However, that's when I learned from my car guys that my SuperCharger Belt snapped completely off my engine! I've noticed lately that my car hasn't been feeling right lately. But I thought it was because of my cheapness and filling up with unleaded. Ahhhh so that is $200 down the drain to fix it, just so I can get my max horsepower back.

On the flipside, my parents bought my sister a new car today. It is this gas guzzler, an Envoy XUV
What more can I say, actually it looks really cool with the black color and tinted windows. Anyhoot, I hate trucks and I just want to drive this thing once so I can test drive the heck out of it. So now that she has this car, I am back to owning 2 cars once again. I'll have the luxury of flipping back and forth from my car, and now my '99 Durango. Yes, I hate trucks but this will help me balance out the mileage. Last week I checked, and my '04 Grand Prix GTP is close to passing the '99 Durango in terms of mileage. Gosh I hate roll-over vehicles but as long as it gets me to A to B I shall not complain anymore.

Man, Jo is leaving in another 7 hours :( Chinchie is dead too :( Man such sadness :(

Faith Can Move Mountains