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09/10/2007 15:10 #41034

Multicultural Markers?!
So my classroom at school is kind of like the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series. Mostly it's my music room, but it is also used throughout the day as social studies, math and art on my off periods. So I thought I would use this to my advantage and use the art supplies with my 6th grade music class tomorrow so they can make nametags. Well I was digging through the art supplies cabinets and this is what I found:


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Does this seem strange/amusing to anyone else? Woohoo, we put some brown and peach and tan markers in a box and labelled it "Multicultural"!
leetee - 09/11/07 09:54
ha ha ha... (e:zobar), you crack me up.

My parents were always saying things like "it doesn't matter what colour someone's skin is; if they are purple with pink dots, we are all equal." Which is totally a great thing to tell a kid. But then i would colour people in that way at school and get in trouble. Green and pink were my fav combination...
zobar - 09/11/07 09:44
I remember when Crayola discontinued Flesh because they said it didn't look like everybody's skin. I thought it was a joke because I didn't think it looked like anybody's skin, and anyway it was only ever available in the 48-pack. I always colored everybody Orange instead.

- Z
libertad - 09/11/07 09:19
if you look closely one of those markers is the exact shade of your skin.
mike - 09/10/07 22:14
that is hilarious! I love it! I want it! give me more!
james - 09/10/07 20:24
That is hilariously ridiculous.

I can't wait for multicultural tomato sauce. Now in African black, Yellow Chinese, and brown everyone else who isn't white!
metalpeter - 09/10/07 19:14
Here is my theory. They have allways from when I can remember used the rainbow on there box. Well I bet someone said that the rainbow is also used for gay pride. Well you put that on a box and you will kill sales big time. So as a way to distance them selves and to make it look like they are into multiculturism they add that. Again it is just a theory so.... oh yeah from a conspircy thoerhist.
drew - 09/10/07 16:36
Do they have white with pink for people with albanism?

How about jaundice green, gangrene, or seasick?

Do they have red for people with fair skin that live in warm climates?
mrmike - 09/10/07 16:02
If one of the colors is mulatto, I'm writing a letter

08/31/2007 16:35 #40863

a poem for Mr. Birthday Man
Category: mike
There is lad, his name is Mike
He has a green and black helmet to wear while riding a bike
Today he is twenty-four
Maybe he will eat some Or(eos)
Tonight we will go to Frizzy's
And we will definitely get very dizzy
Turning twenty-four is a big step
When I turned 24 Mike tied a balloon to my doorstep
Mike hates me for that last rhyme
And he will tell me to go die for the millionth time
That's just how our friendship goes
Mike Ja Rule and a buncha hoes
I should have written this in his card
I could write another one but it might be too hard
So now I will go wrap his gift
In order to make letters capital you have to press shift
Happy birthday Mike you silly swine
Tonight we will party like it's 1999





HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


mike - 08/31/07 16:51
aww that is a masterpiece. Almost as good as Books. So tonight, me ja rule and a bunch of hos aka you will all be at Frizzy's! Thanks for the poem beyotch! And I totally did say go die after that one line. And i hate freakin American Pie for rhyming step and step. Wait is American Pie the name of that song? be ready to party like its 1999!

08/29/2007 15:34 #40807

internet on the road
i'm picking up internet sitting in my car. i don't think this has ever happened before, woo hoo! this is the first time i've ever seen only one bar on the internet connection thingie too, but hey, apparently one works!

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that's all i have to say about that.




tinypliny - 08/29/07 21:29
The real question is: where is this parking lot??
mk - 08/29/07 17:00
let me clarify that i was sitting in a parking lot waiting to go in somewhere, haha.
mrmike - 08/29/07 16:40
Troopers will pull you over for stuff like that

08/24/2007 01:22 #40702

sorry, i love these things
END OF THE SUMMER SURVEY!
Random Questions About Your Summer:

1. How did your summer start off?
great

2. How many times have you gone to the beach?
like every day, sheesh mike, we're ridiculous

3. Did you go to camp?
no :(

4. Did something or someone make you cry?
nope, well HP book 7

5. Was there any drama of any sort?
just in my head, i'm silly

7. Did you lose people that meant a lot to you?
no

8. Did you drink?
yes

9. Did you do something you weren't supposed to do?
nope

10. Was this summer better than last summer?
yes

Now We're Getting To The Juicy Stuff:

1. How many people have you kissed?
1

2. Did you hook up with someone and never talked to them again?
no

3. Did you make drunk phone calls?
just texts

4. Did you ever sneak out to see a someone?
no

5. Did you kiss someone of the same sex?
no

6. Did you do anything with someone that had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
no

7. Did you have to get over someone?
nope

8. Did you believe something someone told you even though you knew it couldn't be true?
um no

9. Did you have sex?
maybe

10. Did you meet someone that put you in amazement?
sure

Final Questions:
1. Do you wish the summer didn't end?
yes, haha, i love summer so much

2. Did anything memorable happen? If so, what?
yes i went to freakin milan and madrid AHHH they were so great, and i got my first apartment well non college apartment, and we got a kitty, and i started dating hike man, and i read the last harry potter book and i joined a new singing group, whew what a summer

3. What was the worst point of the summer?
um there really was not bad stuff at all. i guess it was pretty annoying when my car wouldn't start. and when we were sitting by a crazy man in the airport in madrid. other than that everything has been pretty okay.

4. Did you go out a lot?
hmm, not a ton.

5. Are there some things you wish you could take back?
nah

6. What's the saddest thing that has happened this summer?
uhhhh i don't know

7. If you didn't fall in love with someone, do you wish you did?
no i'm okay with where i am right now

8. Who during the summer made you appreciate life?
madrid

9. Were you one of those people that told people you should hang out this summer but never did?
hmmm i don't think so

10. Summarize the summer in one word:
great


gryta - 08/30/07 00:53
Lady, mmmmmhm.

Well- quite the random thing to stumble upon, haha.

And yes, I did join so I can comment on future posts cause I am nerdy like that.
joshua - 08/24/07 14:25
You are being coy! That is good though - that means you are a lady. =)

08/18/2007 00:20 #40604

c'est la vie
it is midnight on a frrrrriday night and here i am in full fredonia gear, pj pants and hoodie, getting ready for bed. yeah that's right. my lip gloss is poppin. i don't even know what that is from but it seemed like the time to get it in this entry.

i saw othello tonight. it was an entertaining show but quite long. my favorite part was my dad doing the intermission give-us-your-money speech, especially when he was just rambling because he figured no one was listening, but i was! sometimes i think my dad is the funniest person in the world. i was seriously laughing hysterically at some things he was saying while most other people were shivering to death or avoiding the actors with the collection baggies.

summer is a-slippin by. i've really enjoyed my summer. new apartment, new kitty, new person whom i like a lot, going to the beach every day of course, and did i mention the new kitty. if you haven't seen him already, go over to (e:anne) 's journal for a peek (or continue reading). i seriously love this cat and i am NOT a cat person. but i am in love with him. I LOVE YOU OSCAR PRESTON!!!!!

living on richmond is soooo loud. i realize it even more because i tend to spend a couple nights a week in amherst in a residential, quiet neighborhood. then i come home and i hear at least 3 fire engines and/or amublances an hour, car alarms, construction workers, random crazies outside, and of course the traffic. i'm not really complaining but i had no idea how loud it was! but i still love where we live and i'm super pumped we got our pad.

by the way i love DVR. i have DVR-ed saved by the bell on TBS for about two weeks now and it is heaven. what better way to wake up than to zack, slater, screech, kelly, jessie, lisa and mr. belding? (we won't mention the other one...) ps it's funny how many celebrities were on saved by the bell before they made it, well at least some b-list...scott wolf, christine taylor, bridget sampras or whatever her name is, ok she's really probably e-list...but of course there's also tori spelling as violet. oh and leah remini as stacey in the malibu sands episodes. there were probably others that i can't remember offhand. man saved by the bell is so fantastic. the caffeine pill episode was on a couple weeks ago. such emotion, such drama, such power. let's not even talk about the zack and kelly breakup episode.

well have i rambled enough for you? what else can i talk about?

i love la nova pizza

i love grape bubble gum

i hiked in zoar valley the other day and it was super great

i am so excited to see (e:mike) in his new glasses and new wheels.

i hate rite aid and will forever deny its existence in the eckerd on elmwood.

hiking man and i spend a great deal of time together and i like him a lot and i think he likes me a lot and that's cool.

i'm singing in the bernstein mass in the fall and that piece is f-ed up but that's the best kind of music.

i love facebook.

i love saved by the bell.

I LOVE THE KITTYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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fellyconnelly - 08/18/07 10:49
nice collar for your kitty! we can't have collars on our cats because they like to play 'lets choke eachother!' using the collars. jerks.
mike - 08/18/07 10:48
But what do you lovee more SBTB or Oscar Preston!?!? You have to choose! or else!
tinypliny - 08/18/07 07:48
Hmmmm... I *have* to check out this La Nova place.
jason - 08/18/07 03:26
Oh yeah, I love Bernstein's Mass! We here at 750 know it very well.
carolinian - 08/18/07 02:08
I live on Richmond as well. After a while, you kinda tune out all the noise.

The one exception for me is the crazies. Sometimes the crazies walking by are doing something destructive or causing trouble. When you hear crazy people outside or crashing kinds of noises (esp. at 4AM), it's usually a good idea to peek out the window and check on things.