In Hmong tradition, there's this (what I find weird) custom where if a boy and a girl are "caught" together (sexual or non-sexual), they are pretty much forced to get married ( Read more... )

I have these 4 Hmong boys (1st-2nd) in my reading club that I just find so hilarious and fun-loving. They cannot speak English very well so when they do I find it absolutely adorable. One day they were all lined up getting ready to be dismissed from clubs and all four of them were in the front. Granted, I do have a belly, but I was standing in a ( Read more... )

After clubs one of the student’s dad’s car was driving down the exit of the parking lot when the car died. It wouldn’t start up again and there was a whole line of cars waiting behind it. So I decided to help and push the car into the street and off to the side to get out of everyone else’s way. All the kids waiting to get on the bus watched me do ( Read more... )

It is Sunday. I was doing my daily read of "Post Secret" and had typed in its web address just as my 8 year old nephew walked in asking me to help him unbutton his pants. So I turn to help him and he reads what's on my screen (the 1st postcard posted today): "I've never seen a penis in real life." Only he reads it as "peh-nis" [that rhymes with ( Read more... )

So today is February 14th. Meaning? That it's February 14th ( Read more... )

This was an article a friend posted regarding the homophobia that continues to exist in the hip-hop world. It's very long but well worth reading. It shows a little more insight into not only the hip-hop world but the rest of society as well in terms of how homophobia is defined and manifested and how little we realize it affects the way we think ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was drinking tea at Fair Trade when I overheard 2 guys deliberating across the room over Battlestar Galactica. After a while it went something like this:

Geek #1: "It is the MOST realistic science fiction show on TV. It's a BRILLIANT show ( Read more... )

We just had a school Spelling Bee. It was intense. The remaining 2 battled it out for the championship about 25 rounds! The kids in the audience were freaking out and when it was all over (thanks to "tenement") kids screamed and ran up to give hugs. Pretty wicked.

Who says "wicked" anymore?

best life analogy ever:

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/008706.html

A bunch of my dad's cousins from Michigan came down this weekend for a funeral...and WOW CAN THOSE OG's DRINK!!! They bought about $500 worth of Corona's at the bar/club. They're all my parents' age and they were making my sister, sister-in-law, and I chug like crazy...and even I couldn't keep up. They are representing my future right there...I can ( Read more... )