mid-july needs to hurry up, please.

ahhhhhhh!!!! ;D
jus' sayin ;)

Tribute to MJ

"Better on the other side, tribute to MJ" by the game, usher, boys 2 men, and chris brown ir my new NEW fav song now...youtube it. <3
*kel*

i was talking with the man in the mirror...

Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson is like my favorite song right now :)

anyways, between the hilarious comments from lucian on myspace & the interesting texts from mariah...i think i'm ready for the night's slumber. i gotta get decent sleep before my dr appt in the morning that i am dreading. =(

gnite all :)

i'm ready for monday.

We all know those cute little computer symbols called 'emoticons,' where:

:) means a smile and

:( is a frown.

Sometimes these are represented by

:-)

:-(

Well, how about some 'ASSICONS?'
Here goes:


(_!_) a regular ass


(__!__) a fat ass


(!) a tight ass


(_*_) an ass hole


{_!_} a swishy ass


(_o_) an ass that's been around


(_x_) kiss my ass


(_X_) leave my ass alone


(_zzz_) a tired ass


(_E=mc2_) a smart ass


(_$_) Money coming out of his ass


(_?_) Dumb Ass

@ work

Sigh...funeral went well i guess....oh & Eric Brooks apparently had a lot written in Suffolk's paper on how he left a legacy. :( too many deaths lately; it's disheartening...And Michael Jackson too! :( i've been blasting the thriller 25 anniversary edition for the past 2 days. <3 it's all we've been playing @ work too. lol. *sigh*

i'm spending my evening catching up on reading.

off on sunday :D and off on monday. so i'm going to karate. :) wednesday is back to office training tho. :)

ps: my knee is still KILLING me. :( i've got a bruise the size of my phone on the side of my knee, and i walk with a slight limp. not fun. =/ ah well. not as bad as it could be.

had a long day.

might not be at karate tomorrow night.
viewing to attend. :(

dee left for the air force academy, so a bunch of us were at the airport at 7 this morning to see her off...all in tears.
then got a call from aunt nancy saying Smitty passed away yesterday. =( he was like my grandpa kinda...always so nice to me when i'd attend the lions club meetings. uuugh. he was such a nice guy.
update on molly - she's slowly digressing. they're attempting to get everything out of her old house and sell it. tanya may have to move to accomodate her mother's necessities, and idk how she's doing it all with two kids as well. she's a powerhouse.
update on dustan - he got back from charlottesville on monday & his first true session of chemotherapy was successful, but he's still very tired. it's a shame...only 27. :(

*sigh...* last couple of days have been pretty rough.

Ugghhh...its like 2:15 and i cant sleep. Thinking too much. Priorities, future prospects, things steven & tyree said tonight...hopefully 2moro will b btr.
*kel*

i love this...

2 random facts...

1) it's also very amazing how one's hair can ONLY look a certain way once she's JUST gotten out of the hair salon. lol.
2) it's also amazing how fast i can go back to sleep once texts have ended lol.

i've gotta work 2-11pm today...and i think i can afford a few more hours sleep if nothing interesting is going on in the world. right? right.

though, by going back to bed...i'm wasting prime opportunity to run, read, prepare myself for tomorrow's vetures...etc. gahhhddd...now i'ma probably stay awake due to the guilt...thanks conscience. >_<

Beware the pitfalls of private education

[copied straight from her facebook. an amazing article.]

by Lisa Suhay

THIS YEAR I learned about private education from the perspective of an unlicensed teacher in a private school that is unaccredited. While teaching turned out to be the most fulfilling experience of my life, I am giving it up because I can’t, in good conscience, be part of a system that is unregulated to the point where it can seriously damage students, families and our city.

I now know that parents who pay for a learning environment run the risk of running out of cash for tuition and then finding their child can’t return to public school at the proper grade level if the private school did not follow state curriculum standards. Some unaccredited private schools here, according to the Richmond-based Virginia Council for Private Education, are capable of graduating seniors with less than a 6th grade reading level, unable to scrape the bare minimum on SOL, PSAT, SAT or ACT tests.

“Unless they teach the violent overthrow of the government,” Council President George McVey told me, “there’s really not much they can do wrong that would get them shut down here.”

Our city and state have no control over unaccredited private schools. They are businesses, and there is no governing educational body minding these stores. It’s time for the city of Norfolk to take an interest in one of the most important factors buyers consider when looking for a new home: the quality of education. We need to set standards and time limits on how long, after opening its doors, a school is allowed to operate without accreditation.

Not everyone sending a child to private school is wealthy. Sometimes a private school is a last resort for students who fled public school violence or failed in public schools and vouchers were not provided for an alternative. Blue-collar families often have little choice but to buy the most “affordable” private education available. Let the buyer beware; get curriculum standards and accreditation status in writing.

Also, know what can happen if you run out of money. Your child pays with his/her dignity and self-esteem, used as leverage to get parents to pay their debts to the school. That happens in accredited private schools, too.

At the high school where I taught this year, administrators decided the most effective way to squeeze unpaid tuition from parents of graduating seniors was to withhold their report cards, diplomas, participation in graduation, and transcripts necessary for acceptance to college. Four boys, including two who lost their mother to breast cancer Jan. 5, sat in the back of the auditorium, names stricken from the graduation program when their parents failed to meet the payment deadline. That was the last week of May, and every day these four, their parents, grandparents, caregivers and I talk or email, trying to salvage their spirits and futures. Thanks to programs like Opportunity Inc. and Career Start, we are making progress. But it is a long distance out of the way to come back a short distance correctly.

Nobody can blame private schools for wanting payment. Making payroll isn’t easy, but making terrible errors in judgment that create long-term educational and social scars in students is a snap.

In September I was hired to teach in this private high school, never having taught before, and with no teaching degree. I was greeted by a majority of seniors who had given up on themselves and chosen to marinate in bitterness, anger and rebellion largely because of the school’s practices. Yet the students are blamed and called “unmotivated” or “losers.”

Keeping a report card from a student is a thoroughly damaging educational practice. The result is students who learn not to care about grades because caring is too painful and embarrassing. While their classmates bond over successes and failures, children of debtors shield themselves from humiliation and pain by learning not to care.

Someday, when they and their parents pay in full, each of my four students will get an envelope in the mail with a diploma. The moment that was taken will not come again. Colleges will not take them. Even the military rejected one boy for lack of a diploma in hand. Today these four, whose parents paid and paid for years, who dreamed of being a radiologist, a photographer, a businessman and a professional coach, are washing dishes, taking out trash in restaurants, or are unemployed.

While I encourage responsibility for our own financial circumstances, taking a pound of flesh from somebody’s child this way makes our city pay for years in social services, counseling, police and assistance money. Time to count the cost of unregulated private education.

Guest columnist Lisa Suhay is a children’s book author and the mother of four boys. Write to her at lsuhays2@cox.net

Its amazing how FAST i wake up wen sum1 important texts me. :)
*kel*

Pitfalls in Private Schooling [by Lisa Suhay]

an absolute must read in today's paper. the hampton road section of the va pilot. even if you dont get the paper, still try and obtain a copy of this editorial. it is the absolute complete truth about ryan academy. this poorly structured, unaccredited school needs a lot of work before i'll EVER support anything about it.

mrs. suhay, i agree with you 110%.
she posts most of her articles on her blogspot, hopefully this one will be up soon.


anyways, for now - i must slumber. long day ahead of me tomorrow...I START OFFICE TRAINING!! :D

So...im still worried about michelle, upset about uncle eric passing away, and i cant sleep. :( so ive resorted to posting here from my phone...uggghhh..*kel*

i cant sleep.

=(

but i'm proud to announce i've moved up to office work. :D lol

i spent my evening attempting two new pain killers, and unfortunately i still feel like i'm going to kiel over. *sigh* i hate it. :( oh well. but despite the fact i KNOW i'm going to feel bad tomorrow, i'll still be at karate since i didnt make it tonight. and yes, i could've made it on time had my idiotic fear of the interstate not kicked in at last minute. :( i hate that i get cold feet everytime i hear someone mention the thought of me driving long distances on the interstate. it's not the car, it's the fact that i hate merging and am one of the paranoid drivers who will tap their brakes every five minutes & keeps thinking i'll wreck. :( i just need to get over my fear before i venture out...alas, the only way to get over the fear is to face it continuously. and since i've gotten my work schedule to cooperate, since i have power over there now, i will hopefully conquer that fear in the near future and thusly set my priorities straight. if i want that blackbelt, i need to buckle down. i need a LOT of practice, and i cant do most of it on my own. one-steps, three-steps, etc...endurance still has a way to go as well. uuugh. ive got a LOT of work to do this summer.

and now that i've successfully made my headache worse, i'm going to attempt [once again] to fall asleep. highly doubtful that i will...but i can at least stop staring at a computer screen. i just hope no one is mad at me for not attendning training tonight. i'll get over my fear of the interstate. i promise i will...and i'll prove it.

*sigh...* damn headache...amongst other things.
gnite world.
*kel*

today :)

alas, Sabato isnt finished yet due to the ridiculously slow computers in 7a/b & 8a. however 8b is done and bagged. [still think the signs "do not unbag me" would've been well worth making lol.] =P but all & all, was still a fun day @ pius. [per usual.] :)

then of course it was off to Angel's graduation at the ted. also lots of fun. :) she looked so happy! =D gorgeous dress too!! we all went to golden corral and back to their house afterward. it was a really fun night indeed. :)

okay, ive gotta get some sleep now. it's somewhat early for me, but i'm extremely tired. =O *yawn* gnite all. :)

8B is done! :D
*kel*

=) UP!

1) so all & all, today was awesome. & i'm definitely ready for tomorrow.
early morning jog was definitely worth it...despite the fact i died after the first mile. *sigh* but was definitely fun :)
2) pius - fixing/updating computers and what not was - SQUIRREL! - soooo worth it as well =P we watched Up inbetween checking comps for updates and fixing the internet on them and such. :)
3) work tonight however...was a FAIL beyond a FAIL!! lol
me: *after just returning from break* uhm...steven check ur phone. i need to talk to youuuu...
him: uh..kay...wait...does it have anything to do with what i just caught sight of in the breakroom??
me: yeahhhhh....
him: was reggie right?
me: indeed. i just got asked to a wedding........
*him & i burst out laughing! =P*
and i told elizabeth and she's like NOOOOOOOOOO!! lol
but yet...i still dunno what to do about it. i mean, i dont want to disappoint the guy, howeverrrr...i'm [surprisingly] content with where i am in my life right now. *sigh* ah well. -_- i'll see what reggie has to say about it. he'll just be weak as hell first off. XD 'cuz i was XD

gnite all. :)

hmmm

it's been a few days...guess i could update this thing again :)

uhm...well, i got promoted tonight at karate :D yay! and yes, karate was fun - per usual. i soooo stole a new work out for thursday's class. a good % of the instructors wont be there thursday, so that's prime opportunity for me to try something new while warming up the class. [and i think i might add some stuff from the P90X dvd my sister got me...lol, should be interesting.] lauren's graduation was last night. mucho fun. stayed at her house til like midnight watching Sister Act and then had to call it a night...of course, we went shopping today with gaby, so it all balanced out. :) uhm...also yesterday, i met a really nice woman in helen's neighborhood...shiela. she's got a wonderful personality...two great kids...and such a positive outlook on life. she also has MS. she lives normally, just with the help of nursing aids @ her home...has a motorized wheelchair, like my mom used to have - the EXACT same one, which i found a little strange...a sign perhaps? lol - but my mom got hers taken away...she ran over too many people's toes. ;) lol...just like mommie...XD ha...but shiela's so nice...another person who i admire for not letting it take over their life. each and every 1 of you have a place in my heart...that i'll constantly look up to as i progress thru college towards MS research. but anyways, her daughter and i both love tinkerbell. lol XD she told me a lot of stuff about MS that i didnt know. little factoids and what not that she's experienced or the doctors have told her thru her trials & tribulations with MS. unfortunately, she was also diagnosed with cancer...so not all of the facts may relate strictly to MS, but still worth keeping in mind. oh! and mom called yesterday. :) it was one of her good days, and the nurses talked to nancy & grady saying she's been doing real well this past week...as opposed to a few weeks ago when she seemed to digress. but all good days are welcomed now. hopefully they'll be occurring more frequently..??

okay, enough with that. for now, i must retire...gotta be up early for a 6:30am jog with sum1...where we're going for this run, i havent a clue. but it should be fun. it's in preparation for the CHKD 8k race on saturday, which i have a feeling i am sooo not prepared for. =/ but i'll make it thru. :D

gnite ppl. :)
[same blog on tumblr account. lol] :)

talking to jayyyyy lol

1) i walked away with two 1st place trophies from tournament today. lol
2) i'm soooo ready for tomorrow. :) [and the rest of the week.] :D

sooooo...

my work schedule is being quite lovely this coming week. i swapped a few days with some ppl, and talked to diana, and here's what all is going on next week:

- lauren's house on sunday. COOKOUTTTT!!!! [then work in the evening 4-10.]
- devyn's surprise party on monday morning/afternoon.
- lauren & katie's grad on monday evening.
- karate tuesday.
- work part of wednesday. [2:30-9
- karate thursday.
- work friday...for like a gazillion hours. [1:30-10]
- CHKD 8k saturday in the morning with crystal and then work. [1;30-8:45]

worked out pretty nicely :)

and i talked to diana, and she said i can be part of the monday wendesday morning crew no problem over the summer, so most likely i'll be back to the chesapeake studio within the next couple of weeks.

ahh...life is good. :)

oops, forgot today's quote.

"distance makes the heart grow fonder."

indeed it does.

thunderrrrr =D

i'm going to bed. my internet clearly hates facebook chat; and it's beginning to thunderstorm...ah, my favorite. :) im going to go listen to the pitter-patter of the raindrops on my window awning and fall asleep to the crackle of thunder. :)

i just hope it stops by tomorrow morning. >.< lol which it wont, b/c it's supposed to rain thru friday night. =(

lol

today was awesome.

from start to finish. :)

i'm still all smiles. lol =P

granted, waking up to be at pius this morning was the EARLIEST i'd been up all "summer"...it was well worth it. :) today was great.

quote of the day is from miss o's cousin..? [i think it's her cousin. lol]
"stay outta trouble!"
"me?!"
"yeah"

lol...weak! =P

haha...and the blackbelt training 2nite. XD ahaha...i hate being ticklish. XD
of course...leave it to mr. larry to let every1 know that. lol...=P

okay, i'm going to try to get some sleep.
gnite all. :)

Rubics Cube Fun...amazing. :)

so true