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in history class, we are "learning" about the the taft and wilson administrations. yes, there is a little more than a month left in the school year, and we are still about 100 years in the past. if the subject was taught well, this would be a problem, but considering how it is taught, it's probably better that they don't learn about the recent past. wilson is portrayed as a progressive. what's progressive about him? getting us into world war one? blowing up latin america? segregating all government offices and praising "birth of a nation?" opposing women's suffrage? fuck wilson! he had no will, son.

yeah man, creed is a bitch. "alot of those jazz cats were blind" cats!! and there was no hint that was coming. i love that about the show. stuff just kind of gets thrown at you. good shit.

how could lebron go 2 for 18? come on, beat the c's god damn it!!

i constantly feel that i am in between. i don't want to work but i feel funny not working. i don't like money but i am afraid to live without it. i believe school to be meaningless and yet fought hard to get a's when i was a student. i am a radical who lives a conservative life. i am two. i am the man in the mirror. i am the man in the looking glass.

how could james brown move his feet and legs so quickly?

i am tired of hearing how rappers david "sample" from other songs. from where i come from, that is known as copying. and when did it become all about the producer? "produced by diddy." who gives a shit? does anyone remember that voyle gilmore produced sinatra's albums? do i own "boss tenor" because esmond edwards produced it? when i hear dolphy solo on round midnight, do i think to myself "orrin keepnews produced this?" yes, producers help, but it is the people making the music that count. but of course, we live in an overproduced era, an era of formulaic and generic sounds. people are looking to hear a certain sound, not the mastery of an individual performer. they don't even know what mastery is. produced by...please.

and i'm tired of people blaming the sound system. "yo, we are gonna get started as soon as this sound system starts working." shut up and sing!

the teacher next store gives progress reports where the student is getting 80's on all their work, but is averaging in the 70's for the semester. am i missing something here?

the gay kid i teach is now saying that he is "bisexual." is this something that he is floating by us to see how it goes? no one has the guts to be true to who they really are. and i'm not just talking about sexuality. i don't tell anyone that i think america is a neo-fascist country that needs to be radically changed. i keep my thoughts to myself, join in in stupid conversations, play the everyman to keep from sticking out. i'm just as guilty as all the rest.

at least roger clemens has a good sex life. you've got to give him that.

i miss tom jones already. i especially love it when it looks like his head is about to fall off and his arms are flying all over the place. pinko, for a good laugh check out his 3 and a half minute version of delilah (the two minute version doesn't include the operatic finish) on youtube. the power, the cheese, the laugh. "this is tom jones." i mean, that was actually the name of the show..."this is tom jones." well, who else would it be? it's his show!

the difference? the bad performers of yesterday are often good for a laugh. celine dion has yet to make me smile.

nothing against stevie wonder, but the man really helped to destroy r and b. the over singing, the high pitch, the lack of taste, terrible diction, poor breath control. other than that, the guy was a heck of a singer.

so long friends.