by B.J. on 2/23/2003 12:27:00 AM 0 comments Print this post

SCruz Profs Have No Confidence ?

It's like PRISON. Busting through that STEEL-double-push door, and then walking to a warehouse-like atmosphere with a little coffee stand and chairs in the middle. It's like. . .GRRRREAAT. . .Cum-PYU-turrrs ! :Fake stiff-armed high-five with drums (roommate) !:

Lecture Hall B206. As bland as the CHEERLEADER, abercrobmbie-CONDESCENDING atmosphere here at Cowell.









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Portrayal of ongoings at Cowell.


Anyway, class was fairly EMPTY with about 15% of 270 showing up to listen to the almighty Guy Cakes spout.

(Names have been changed to protect the innocent, but I'll tell you that its a funny name that probably packs on more misery for him)

The tone was set when he told us with a CUDDLY smile that GOING TO CLASS WOULD BE EXTRA CREDIT. This SELF-EFFACING teacher once told that masochistic, DROWSY 15% of 270 how proud he was that on average we outscored last semester's class by .3 or some other insignificant percentage, only to immediately tell us with a sheepish, that is little girl giggle, smile and a little rush in his voice, "I don't think it had anything to do with me." The sheepish smile joined up with a quick little bow and Geico-frog tone when he furthered, "CauseI'mkindaboring. . .heheh. . .heheh. . .heh, " looking to his KNOCKED OUT class for approval.

Don't do that to yourself, Guy.

I always want to cry for this guy. To soothe my empathy for Guy, Otie tells me that he probably has some other classes he enjoys, and that this HELL HOLE of a class is just go get by. I'm pretty sure he has other computer friends who listen to him. Maybe ? :smile: ? ? ?

Man, Guy should be doing better stuff cause he does have a LAW DEGREE too.

Guy, Guy, Guy. . .what the hell happened to you ?

And Guy DESTRUCTED himself like my ETOX PROF, named Russay.

And LAW PROF Soopy..

All are middle-aged, white-haired ACCOMPLISHED people. I don't get why they have to cut themselves down. Is it because they know they're boring ? Does people leaving their monstruous classes bother them more than it is supposed to ? Do they just trap themselves in the fact that they're teaching GE classes so it doesn't matter ? Either way they seem to be APOLOGIZING for not being able to give out all the information they would like too. For not making it as EASY for us as they would like too. They all seemed to rush through their lesson plans. None of them stressed the IMPORTANT CONCEPTS because they figured that the details would supplement what the students would do as homework. And guess what, students here do more dope than homework.

Seems like they get affected by college kids' apathy, because THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED in HIGH SCHOOL, where they basically STRAP you to your desk for 55 minutes, 5 times a day (at least at "Camp EL-OH-WHY-OH-EL" as a great teacher once proclaimed) and classes (technically) are about 6x smaller. ALL of these COLLEGE profs seem surprised and excited when a question pops up like a baby from Ellen DeGeneres.

Same thing is happening to my Oceans teacher.

He's balding, and seems to be going the route of the aforementioned Holy Triumvirate.

I cringed his first lecture because he was writing things on the board, that were common sense. Crap like "The sun radiates, but its very hot."

That could easily be me one day.

But this man is a ROBOT. He couldn't meet world (at least in the classroom) if. . .I don't know. . .he was living it in it. Nothing useful is ever written on the board, except his short, chopped phrases that make 0 SENSE when I'm putting them together trying to study for a midterm. When he tries to involve the class by asking questions and the class actually goes SILENT for about a split-MINUTE, he says in a I-take-it-back manner, "Yeah. . .right, so then. . ." Further complicating things is the fact that he goes too QUICKLY, as if he's being meticulously graded on his teaching by Kama Sutra Uber Professor Snodgrass. He gets CAUGHT UP in DETAIL and TRANSITION, which aren't too hot either, and NEGATES the IMPORTANT CONCEPTS.

I've noticed that he always RUBS HIS HANDS like he's just disposed of something after showing some UNLABELED graphic that no one can comprehend. When he actually points towards that unlabeled graphic, he's also almost always scratching his head like he's confused. . .stressed. . .or what. And when he's not rubbing his hands like he's washed his hands Children's Hospital style, he's got a PSUEDO-MAJESTIC armfold as if he's proven something, when in reality he's provoked more sleeping around than a Hollywood and Vine "business woman."

He knows the subject he's talking about, but he does NOTHING to make it easy for the students. And making things easy is the backbone of learning something. MAKE AND TAKE THINGS EASY by blocking out the bull and shooting straight. Please ?

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by B.J. on 2/22/2003 09:43:00 AM 0 comments Print this post

There are NO good popular movies. . .

(I give Daredevil a 'C')

So. . .

See the Pianist at your local small theatre near you.

It brings the plight of Jews in Poland prior and during World War II to life.

It's historical undertones brought me in right away, but if you're just looking for a movie it's sort of like Castaway, except you feel more fear and sadness for the main character because of the random, MERCILESS, KILLINGS, BRANDINGS the Nazis laid on the Jews.

I also got into it because I was waiting for the defining moments when he'd play piano to save his life or something. . .boy was I pleasantly sur-frise.

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by B.J. on 2/20/2003 12:59:00 PM 0 comments Print this post

This goes out to SUE DA POOH

So the trade deadline has passed and the Bulls didn't trade. . .



Cool. Because I think that dude has the potential to do such things as. . .cross up the Lakers. . .

Hopefully they can wait for the DRAFT (when they select players) and trade. . .

the OVERHYPED DUKIE (yuppie rich Southern school) Jay Williams, the good-but-not-good-enough Jalen Rose, and the good-but-not-good-enough-second banana-Donyell Marshall, and their 1st round draft pick

for. . .



and salary cap filler.

Then the lineup for 2003/2004 would be. . .

C - #2 Eddy Curry, the closest thing to Shaq at 6'11, 290 lbs with Shaq-like strength and mobility. He can already score points, but he just can't REBOUND (what Dennis Rodman did in the NBA besides kick cameramen in the nuts and dress up as a bride) or DEFEND the basket.

PF - #3 Tyson Chandler, a combination of the KAMA SUTRA athletic GARNETT who won the 2003 all-star MVP over MJ, TIM "Boring" DUNCAN, and hothead RASHEED WALLACE. Right now, he's having a monster 5 games, averaging about 17 POINTS, 12 REBOUNDS, and 4 blocks PER GAME. If you don't know basketball, think of a HUMMER racing at the speed of a VIPER. . .that's sort of what he's like.

SF - #32 Eddie Robinson, a superathlete handiman.

SG - #1 Tracy McGrady, the closest thing to MJ (Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls guard from 1984-93, 1995-98). 'Nuff said.

PG - #? Jamal Crawford, the supertight point guard with the cool headband who resembles PENNY HARDAWAY before he got injured. PENNY HARDAWAY was the dude in ORLANDO whom SHAQ played with. This guy can do some cool stuff with the ball, but he hasn't had the chance to show it because Jay takes up all his time.

6th - #21 Marcus Fizer, a 6'9, 262-lb TANK, who can bully all the small guys like crazy. He RUINED MJ's last game at the Bulls home stadium by scoring 18 points in the fourth quarter (18 points is something not easily done in the NBA) and leading the new BULLS to victory.

The problems with this scenario are that: 1) it hasn't happened yet; the salaries need to work out and all that ECONOMIC mumbo jumbo 2) we'd have a hard time figuring out who'd get the #1. . .TRACY MCGRADY or JAMAL CRAWFORD ? 3) Orlando has to agree

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by B.J. on 2/13/2003 09:29:00 PM 0 comments Print this post

Prisons, Santa Cruz, and Poor People

For the last month on Thursdays, I've been hearing people talk about controversy. And the spur to the controversies always has something to do with people's APATHY and/or lack of knowledge, GREED, and FEAR.

This Thursday was no different, and it was about how prisons AREN'T the answer. Angela Davis, former member of the Black Panther party told us that there are 2 million institutionalized people in the state of California. Two million people who aren't earning money, but a whole lot of money spent on it. . .33 prisons to about 20 government universities. And you wonder why there is all this talk about the economy sputtering out of control with all those people out of commission in prison. And when the economy gets out of control, that sparkly new Nike shoe made by some slave children becomes UNAFFORDABLE. And when that sparkly new Nike shoe becomes unaffordable PEOPLE LOSE JOBS. And when PEOPLE LOSE JOBS there's even LESS people buying sparkly Nike shoes.

Prisons suck. But their intention is to rehabilitate. NONE of that is going on, because PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY OFF PRISONS. The same PEOPLE that make CRAP for the military to kill more innocent, FACELESS people from distant lands. PEOPLE MAKE MONEY OFF THE DESTRUCTION OF OTHER PEOPLE. In the end, PEOPLE are just PEOPLE, eating, sleeping, crapping. But just because people are born into a third-world like neighborhood ala COMPTON, they are AUTOMATICALLY at a disadvantage because they will more than likely not get a chance to go to a little safe Catholic School or drive a Celica handed to them by their parents or even have the MONEY just to buy those sparkly Nike shoes. And when these DISADVANTAGED kids grow up without middle-class welfare to fall back on making barely enough money to buy a 5 cent pencil, you wonder why they resort to such things as drugs, robbery, etc. . .THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY. And when you don't make money, you become the "DRUB of SOCIETY."

When people lose, we all lose. By isolating people as the "DRUB of Society" we lose the innocence and freedom we could gain as a society. Shoot, I'd love to be able to walk in the LA Greyhound station without worrying about some fool jacking my stuff.

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by B.J. on 2/11/2003 10:06:00 PM 0 comments Print this post

Man In The Mirror
Michael Jackson
Written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard.

I'm gonna make a change,
for once im my life
It's gonna feel real good,
gonna make a diference
Gonna make it right...

As I, turn up the collar on
my favorite winter coat
This wind is blowing my mind
I see the kids in the streets,
with not enought to eat
Who am I to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs

A summer disregard,a broken bottle top
And a one man soul
They follow each other on the wind ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
(Take a look at yourself, and then make a change)
(Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah)

I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?

A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart
And a washed-out dream
(Washed-out dream)
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me
(Starting with me!)

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
(Take a look at yourself, and then make a change)

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Change his ways - ooh!)
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that..
(Take a look at yourself and then make that..)
CHANGE!

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror - Oh yeah!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message could have been any clearer
(If you wanna make the world a better place)

(Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, while you got the time)
('Cause when you close your heart)
You can't close your... your mind!
(Then you close your... mind!)
That man, that man, that man, that man
With the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man,
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
You know... that man
No message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and then make the change
(Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah
(Ooooh...)
Oh no, no no...

I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Come on!
(Change...)
Just lift yourself
You know
You've got to stop it,
Yourself!
(Yeah! - Make that change!)
I've got to make that change, today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
You got to
You got to not let yourself...
brother
Hoo!
(Yeah! - Make that change!)
You know - I've got to get
that man, that man...
(Man in the mirror)
You've got to
You've got to move! Come on!
Come on!
You got to...
Stand up! Stand up! Stand up!
(Yeah! - Make that change)
Stand up and lift yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah! - Make that change!)
Gonna make that change...
come on!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it...
(Change...)
Make that change.

I wasn't that impressed with this song when I last heard and saw it on music video as a 3rd grader. Well, I'm not a third grader anymore, and I think this song is great. Too bad the singer has spent more money on his nose than the poorest 55% of the world COMBINED.

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by B.J. on 2/07/2003 10:16:00 PM 0 comments Print this post

I wonder if I'd be talking about this stuff if I wasn't tremendously happy. . .

. . .well I did it in 11th grade. . .

 

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by B.J. on 2/06/2003 11:31:00 PM 0 comments Print this post

Poverty Rant #667



The richest 15% of the world consume about 70% of the world's resources.

America consumes about 25% of the world's electricity.

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by B.J. on 2/03/2003 09:05:00 PM 0 comments Print this post

Gaza Strip by James Longley

Basically, the Gaza Strip is a 48 mile stretch where Palestinians live and Israeli soldiers have invaded trying to kick off them "evil" terrorist Muslim Palestinians off "their" land.

All I really know is that I am sofa king LUCKY to be where I am.

If I was born to my friends and family getting shot up, my house getting torn down, blood getting shed left and right with no light at the end of the tunnel, I don't know what the fuck I'd do.




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