Avatar the Last Airbender Live Action Update

So, my friend just sent me a picture of the kid that is to be Aang in the M. Night Shyamalan production of Avatar: the Last Airbender. I knew the kid was not Asian, but this is not what I expected either.

WHAT IS WITH THE TATOO?! WHERE IS IT? -
looks like it will emit a weak glow

Okay, I do not doubt that this kid knows his martial arts and I am sure he is awesome, but I have a hard time taking in the fact that he is NOT ASIAN! Yeah you know everyone in Avatar was some kind of Asian looking people. As my friend observed:

Air nomads - Tibetan Monks

Earth Nation- Mongols

Water tribe - Inuits

Fire Nation - Chinese

How is Caucasian part of it?! Just because Asian is in CaucASIAN does that mean it is the same. Shall we compare this to Dragonball?!

Just because Goku is blonde when he Super Saiyan's doesn't mean he is not Asian. There are plenty of blonde Asians out there and I have seen them.

At least the fire nation....is part of...Asia. Because India is there and Dev Patel is...an Indian Zuko.

Feel the flames guys. He is doing it for the HONOR!

And here are the people he leads...is that ANOTHER Caucasian guy is see there to the right?! What IS this!? And where is your scar Zuko?! And how about the season 1 hair or the top knot?! you jumped into season 3 hair right there?!

Overall, I have lowered expectations for this movie. I mean...it HAS to be better than Dragonball, Street Fighter, and Mortal Kombat...RIGHT?!

Flight of the Conchords Concert

Okay, so my foot is hurting a lot right now because of a stupid rock.  "A ROCK?!" you say?  Yes you heard me.  A freaking rock.  And how, by chance did that happen?

Sunday night, Flight of the Conchords at the Greek Theatre (Pantheon of the Gods) and the show was pretty awesome XD  The jokes were great, the set was pretty awesome, and their flubs were even better XD  Eugene Merman and Arj Barker opened and they were pretty funny.  Cannot wait for Arj Barker's  Comedy Central hour long stand up in January.  When Flight of the Conchords came out I swear all these people started lighting up their marijuana and it was EVERYWHERE.  So gross.  And the people behind my friend were totally lighting up and puffing away - the jerks.  But  I thought it was funny because when I smelled it I would try to fan it away, I started fanning it toward him XD HAHA I guess that makes me  a jerk too.  OOPS  I love how Bret and Jemaine can talk and it is still funny and CUTE!  But overall, it was a good show though I wish it was longer and  that they sang more of their old stuff. 

Though in hindsight,  I think it was best that they ended about 11ish since  I was freezing my tail off.  Teeth chattering, singing, and laughing.  That was kinda funny.  Stupid shorts...stupid flip flops...stupid memory forgetting my jacket.  That was just really sad ToT

But to get to the point, after the concert, we were walking back to the car (the CAH) and as I was walking down the darkened dirt path, and POW.  I stepped and tripped on a stupid rock and I am sure it hurt a lot more because  I was wearing flip flops, but holy cow.  And I figured it would go away, but the next morning it was like... owwww and then this morning was even more like OWWWW and now  I am limping and hobbling everywhere.  MAJOR FAIL.  I will see if it will feel better after this week XD  If not...so sad

In Search of...

2 Motorola Radius CP100 VHF 2-way radios.  Why?  Because someone at this school decided to take them.  Thanks you thieving jerks!  You know these things are discontinued AND cost a bundle!  I should have locked them up, but who knew that someone wanted old beat up radios!?  I sure as hell did not.

I just need 2...just the radios *cries*

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Oh! it is May 5th already. I don't usually celebrate this wonderful occasion, but since I work at a school, I kind of have to. So, today I have plans to talk about Cinco de Mayo and some sort of arts or crafts activity and then having my older kids make quesadillas. We are not using the store bought tortillas. OH NO! I had to decide to make it difficult on myself and make them from scratch. 72 tortillas...not all the same size or shape mind you, but I got it done in about 2.5 hours. I really wish I had a tortilla press at this time...using a rolling pin was just too darned slow.

2 bags of fresh tortillas...not enough for everyone in the program, but it is OKAY! I will just have the older kids make some more XD

Poor Dolphin

So I was flipping through my old photos again and I ran into this one, which I took in Richmond, Canada back in 2005:

DON'T DRINK IT, DOLPHIN!

I found this water fountain very amusing XD they look so happy too XD

Asian Playmobils

I love Playmobils...especially the ethnic ones XD This time, I found:

Better watch out. My people are making it to the shelves of TARGET! Look at their slanty eyes and the Asian clothes.

The one to the left has a "braid" and the one to the right looks like some evil Mongol ninja.

Okay, so this might sound stupid, but I cannot tell what country these guys are supposed to be from. The "braid" and the mustache look Chinese, but that black clothed one looks like a ninja and the background looks like something out of a Japanese temple (i.e. Asagiri no Miko). Are they just Asian or was there a specific theme like "Pirates" or "Gladiators" or something of that sort? What era is this O_o

Earthquake Nursery Rhyme

An earthquake I doth felt
At 11 past 6 today.
Twas in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

I will watch the spike,
Pondering when another might strike
And scare the crap out of me.

TADA! To continue celebrating Mother Goose Day, I wrote this...I am no poet as you can plainly see, but that was kind of fun and funny XD Sadly, not as great as this Jack in the Box commercial.

Happy Mother Goose Day!

So, I was looking for activities to do at work today and low and behold, I find out that it is Mother Goose Day. I didn't even know there was a day to celebrate nursery rhymes, but there is...May 1st. Mark it on your calendars kiddies, because this will be the day you will get to hear them.

Well, I have to say, I don't actually KNOW a lot of nursery rhymes, but I have heard a few, so just in case my little Asian students were not familiar with them, I was looking up poems for the program leaders to recite to them and then they would be creating their own. Then, I happen to come upon this site with a bunch of poems and stories, some of which I didn't know Mother Goose wrote.

Then I see Jack and Jill. Well, we all know this one, but all I could do was laugh because the first thing I thought about was Ricky Gervais. Watch the video and you will understand why I found it funny. Anyway, as I continued searching, I found coloring pages for the rhymes and these were the ones i found most amusing:

Jack: ARGH!
Jill: Goodbye Jack! See you in the Hospital
Why she didn't help him, I am not sure. She just stood there, watched, and waved.

Okay, so Mary's school is Mary Had a Little Lamb Elementary and WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?! That is no lamb...

Jack: FOREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Silly boy, should have stuck with golf and not running off to some hill getting water will Jill. It is a tad bit safer.

You can view more of these pages here. And then there is this sad poem with an even sadder picture from this site I was browsing:

Ladybug! Ladybug!
Fly away home.
Your house is on fire.
And your children all gone.

All except one,
And that's little Ann,
For she crept under
The frying pan.

OMG! They were too late! MAN...er I mean LADYBIRD DOWN!!

Yeah, needless to say, after seeing all of this and analyzing all of these poems, I am worried about the messages sent. I know that children don't start understanding most of these concepts until later and all they care about are the rhymes, but I still find these "nursery rhymes" to be a little twisted in a way, but that is completely my own opinion. Any thoughts?