Pause

My students come up with the darnest things! Slang flows freely in my classroom, and I of course am privy to the latest of jargonic trends.

So the newest thing is to say "pause" after anything uttered that may be deemed by any one listener as un-heterosexual. As in, "Damn Mr. Terekhov, this is haaard!! Pause." Or, "Mr. Terekhov, Antonio keeps poking me with his pencil!! Pause."

You can consider this to be the equivalent to the Caucasion's use of "That's what she said," or the bastard child of the ever popular "No homo." Nevertheless, it does provide me with a lot of mental laughter.

Laughter that is deep in nature and extended in length. Pause.

I Can Taste It

I am having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I've done pretty much everything - partied, slept, relaxed, movied, bbq'ed, and it's not even over yet. The only problem is, I have to go back to work on Tuesday.

Memorial Day Weekend provides you with a taste of that summer that is so close, and yet, so far. As I am sure my educator friends can attest, summer break is a long time coming if you are in that field. A LONG time coming. But, if it is anything like this weekend, then I am definitely looking forward to it.

Jury Duty

As I write I am sitting in the jury assembly room in the Bronx county hall of justice. Yes, that's right, jury duty! Many people fear getting called for jury duty due to its burdening qualities. Not I! This gives me an official day off from my annoying middle schoolers with the potential for more to come. Plus, I've always thought of serving on a jury to be kind of a cool and interesting thing to do. I got called two times before, last June and then December but had to postpone both times, first for my lateness and then bc of school. So today has been a long time coming. Let's hope its worth the wait!

UPDATE (8:53am): The sign, actually all four of them, clearly say "cell phone usage is not permitted in this room." And yet, who do I hear loudly jabbering away but a f--king Russian!! This is always what happens. They have no regard for rules and regulations. Same thing happens when a plane lands and the fasten seatbelt light is still on. Who gets up before it goes off?? You guessed it, some Russian asshole. God theyre disgusting.

UPDATE (11:49am): Haven't been called yet, been sitting around dozing/reading online articles/listening to music. I admit it is kind of boring BUT MUCH better than being at work. Much. Better. The clerk calls peoples names every 20 minutes or so. Its like a draft or a lottery or getting chosen for a team. Either way you feel kind of sad if you're not called :( So far though in the last name competition its "Vargas" and "Rodriguez" ahead a combined 58 to 0 over "Terekhov."

UPDATE (3:56pm): So got out of the Duty at half-past three. Did not get called AT ALL. It's kind if disappointing. But... I get to try again tomorrow :)

Chris Rock on Hillary Clinton

Took this straight from missinfo.tv. Blog plagiarism. Its too good not to take though.

Fire Hydrants

Let's get something straight here: fire hydrants are completely outdated. I mean, how long have we had them for? Wikipedia says since the late 1800s. Here's my issue: I hate the rules regarding hydrants, and, specifically, the fact that you can't park in front of them. The complete worse is when you've been looking for a parking spot for like 25 minutes and repeatedly keep getting your hopes up by seeing these vast open spaces only to realize in a few seconds that it's a hydrant. I mean, our telephone/cellphone technology has skyrocketed even in the past 10 years, and yet fire hydrants have remained the same for 100 years.
Can't we get them somehow underground, or away from the curb, like maybe out in the middle of the road but flat like a sewer? Why do sooooo many parking spots need to be taken up by this thing. I have an area near my place where two hydrants are separated by about 200 feet. Is that really needed??

Sorry, Couldn't Resist!

Paint That Shit Gold

Awesome site I came across, gives you the opportunity to tag up other sites.

Here's a little example:




Also a great soundtrack to whatever site you're messing with.

Give it a try: paintthatshitgold.com

Barack

So... good night for Barack, huh? I'm happy that he finally came through with what looks like the deciding victory. I loved his speech versus hers last night. He seemed more general-election focused while she seemed conciliatory.

Here is something I want and have been wanting to mention though. I am SO tired of Hillary supporters and many political pundits arguing that she is a better pick because she has won the "battleground states" such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and "Florida." Florida (and Michigan) aside because that argument is pointless... I don't understand how we can equate Hillary winning those states against a Democratic candidate with her winning them versus a Republican one in November. Am I alone here??? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! These primaries she has won have been ALL with DEMOCRATIC voters!!! What battleground are we talking about?? If a Democratic voter is truly such then why wouldn't they vote for a Democratic candidate in November, no matter what?

Help me out here if I am way off!

Awesome Stewie Quote

Stewie: Hey Dylan? Hey, come on in here for a sec.

Dylan: Stewie, why are you nude?

Stewie: Oh just a little something I do once a week around here called a "naked tea party." Got my teacup here, now all I need is a tea bag. That something that interests you my friend?

Dylan: You're weird.

Stewie: Yeah, and you're attractive. Now take your f***ing pants off!

Dylan: I'm outta here.

Stewie: Huh, did you see that Rupert? "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Seconds" starring Stewie Griffin huh? Gee whiz.

Over Under

Let's just get something straight right here, right now: installing toilet paper so that it rolls over the top is the RIGHT way to do it and installing it so that it rolls under is the WRONG way to do it. Period. End of story. I HATE going to the bathroom, one of my last places of refuge left and then realizing that some dolt (not mentioning any names like that of the person I share a living space with, rhyming with matalie) left me something that looks like the picture on the right. I mean, why does this happen? Can anyone explain it to me? Reaching underneath the roll is uncomfortable and just unnatural. It's inhumane. It's savage. And yet, I see it done time and time again.

I'm sure I'll have some Repundercan readers out there. I, however, am proud to be a Demovercrat.

Lost

OK, so I am officially obsessed with Lost. Well, "officially" beginning sometime in the past month. I got into it after starting to watch Season 4 this year. Then, after the show took a break for a couple of weeks, I decided to get the other seasons and catch up. I bought Season 1 on April 8th. Today I am on Season 3, episode 5. That means I have watched 53 episodes in 27 days - an average of just about two episodes a day. That's 2226 minutes, about 37 hours.

Obsessed? Hell yes. Anybody else?

Untoons

Some guy on the net uses Photoshop to create "human" versions of beloved cartoon characters. It's pretty cool. Here's what he's done so far:

Mario______________ Homer________ Jessica Rabbit













Conclusions?: Mario looks like a pederast, Homer is the realest looking based on skin texture, and I would definitely still fuck Jessica Rabbit.

Impulse Buyer

I am prone to "impulse purchases," you know, those things you buy during the last 5 minutes you're in the store, just because you have the urge to do it and without any rational thought. I've bought David Blaine's autobiography "Fearless," a Busta Rhymes greatest hits album, to name a few, as well as countless food items that end up in the garbage.

Now I have a potential impulse purchase I think I may want to make. I guess it will not be impulsive, but the irrationality behind it makes it so.

I think I want GTA IV. (That's Grand Theft Auto Four to put it in layman's terms).

Here's the thing though... it is not available for Nintendo Wii, the only system I have. That means that in order to get GTAIV, I would have to buy either an XBox 360 or a Playstation 3.

Damn.

Buying a whole new system just for one game seems and is very stupid. I guess I need to leave the decision to my impulses.

Are You Happy Victoria?

So I just posted three blogs in a row. And honestly, it was due to a comment a friend of mine on the blog post before these.

I, as well as my fellow bloggers linked to the left, take some time off from blogging. We're all busy, but I think for me, I just fall into a habit of un-creativity. And truthfully, I don't like that. My job can be very mindless sometimes because the stress of it makes me very tired and unwilling to create very creative lesson plans and such.

I remember in high school and college, I would mess around with music and video editing that produced things like this and that. Now though, I don't have time to do that. So this is my creative outlet, and not my preferred one, although still very good.

I don't talk much about myself or my personal life on this site because I prefer opinions and commentary over biography, and plus because there is way more creativity possible in the former. I just need to make sure I am consistently creating. And that's were my blogger readers come in ... ;)

I Want to McLovin This Club

Heard about the Make Love In This Club/Polow The Don/Garageband controversy? No? Well here's an update:




Excuse the drawn out BS of the video. That kid is retarded. Or "Ed" as my kids would say. As in "Special" not "Mr." Anyway, unless those sound effects were planted, its safe to say that Polow jacked some stuff. Honestly, it brings down my appreciation of the song just a tad. And I think it is a great and catchy song. But Garageband? C'mon! It just makes me want Garageband. And I don't like Macs. I hate on Macs. Why? Here's one reason.

But in reality, it was just a good idea by Polow. Like all good ideas, it was simple. I can't hate on that.

Trailer Tuesdays III

I am very excited for the following movie. Mainly because it is based on the last book I read. And whenever I read I book, I feel very accomplished.

"Blindess"




As stated before, this movie is based on the novel by Jose Saramago. If you haven't read it, I suggest you do. It's very good. This movie is also directed by the same guy who directed "City of God." Double bonus.

So Seeing It.

Back Finally

Time Warner finally came and my net is back up. It makes me realize though that I waste so much time just browsing the web. Aimlessly sometimes. Just to procrastinate work. Here's my lineup.

1. gmail.com
2. cnn.com
3. espn.com
4. mtv.com/news
5. missinfo.tv
6. concrastination.blogspot.com
7. chrismizell.blogspot.com
8. iwatchstuff.com
9. geekologie.com


What's yours?

Internyet

Sometimes I hate the internet. Mainly because I have become so dependent on it. Since last Wednesday, my Time Warner Road Runner cable modem has been down. Beep-beep. On top of that, the internet has also been down at my school. Doe!

With that said, I am now posting from my Dale dell (my Riverdell). I have had many brainstorm ideas for blogs with no place to vent. I shall let it all out now.

1. Uphill vs. Downhill

This has been bothering me recently. What is the difference between things "going all downhill from here" and then things "going all uphill from here." Aren't they both negative?

2. Miley Cyrus is Hannah Montana???

Honestly, up until about three days ago, I thought Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana were two different people. Like I thought Hannah Montana put Miley Cyrus up and now Miley was getting all the hoop-la. No joke. And the tour does say "Best of Both Worlds." I guess that's bullshit.

3. Self-Talkers

I really do not enjoy people doing personal things in public spaces and using it as a forum to narrate their actions. I was passing by a semi-bum female the other week who was obviously upset about a CD she misplaced in her bum cart. How did I know she was upset about that? Well, because she was loudly letting anybody and everybody within a 10 foot radius know about it. The worst was when she would pause for passer by's for the hope of them offering some sort of recognition and empathy for her dumb ass problem. But no, no one did... because no one gave a shit! Except for me. Enough to write this mini-blog.

Trailer Tuesdays II

Ha! Didn't think I'd get it in this week, huh? On deck is a crazy-ass looking film that teaches you 2 different meanings of... get this... the SAME WORD! English is weird, isn't it? Watch on...






Whew, I need a breath. The mixture of porn and killing is always A+ in my book. This movie looks OK.

I guess I'll see it

Gangsters

Went to Costco today. Had to get some necessary things and did not want to be led astray by the wide selection present. Also went hungry, which is the worst because you want to buy anything.
Anyway, I stopped in the DVD section just to see if there were any Lost dvds because I need to catch up to this new amazing season.

Something caught my eye.

Gangsters: The Ultimate Film Collection

American Gangster
Scarface
Casino
Carlito's Way

A good ole DVD package. But that wasn't the anomaly. This was:

$39.99 !!

Isn't that awesome? Isn't that a steal?? I basically bought the package because of the price - mind you I have never seen Carlito's Way, or Casino, or Scarface fully.

I guess now, I will!