Racial Conflict

One thing that has being bothering me a lot is the fact that Chad Ocho Cinco always gets fined for joking. It's ridiculous. I mean, for just acting like he was bribing the ref with a dollar, he got fine twenty thousand dollars. That's not all. In a game, he put on a mexican hat and a poncho after scoring a touchdown. For that, he got fined three thousand dollars. I think the NFL is racist. They always fine the black fooball player, Ocho Cinco, Randy Moss, Roger-Cromartie and Shawn Merriman. I think it is because black players are more exciting and make the most money. If you look at the most prolific players of all time, Dieon Sanders, Michael Irvin, Lawrence Taylor and Michael Vick. They are all black, black players make noise. Watch the Eagles celebrate after a touch down dance, they go crazy. They jerk, break dance and even trash talk to the fans. Look at the Colts after a touch down. Simple, toss the ball to the referee and they just tell the coaching staff how great Peyton Manning is. It's boring. No wonder that the Eagles are the most fast paced team. I think that the rules were made for "white people". They should change the TD Celebration rules, it's ricudilous.

Tiger Woods

I know that you probably have heard all the scandal about Tiger Woods. The affair, the accident and all the drama. Everyone is calling him names, sponsors are leaving him. He even decided to take a indefinite break from golf.

First of all, Tiger should have never done it. It's really bad and it's also bad example for people look up to him. He broke a racial barrier when he joined the PGA. A lot of African-American golfers praise him. However, I also think that people should give his family some privacy. I am sure if you go to ESPN, you will see Tiger Woods somewhere in the front row.

I don't like golfing. I don't like the idea of golfing. I don't think it is sport. However, Tiger Woods is a perfect example that when you become famous, nothing is personal. I'm pretty sure a lot of people have cheated on their wife. The difference is that they are not famous, and Tiger is. The same example with Sarah Palin's daughter. A bunch of teen girls get pregnant, but she was the daughter of a VP candidate. This made me realize that being famous has some disadvantage.

Math Exam

     Today, I took my math exam. I'm pretty sure I failed. I didn't understand a word. I have been getting bad grades in math lately, and I'm pretty sure it's because the class is harder. At the beginning of the year, I had nineties. I made it to honor roll, but lately, the best grade I got was a seventy five.

            My last three quiz score were forty seven, fifty seven and seventy five. Pretty bad grades, huh? The weirdest part if that I am passing. I have a seventy nine average! I mean, how could it be? To be honest, I don't want to know. I prefer just sticking with my grade and hope to do well on the exam tomorrow.

             I am pretty sure that my grade is up because of my home work.  I never missed one homework. I don’t talk that much, I can't. All the kids are Spanish speaking.  I don't mind not talking to them. It helps me concentrate. I do sometime fall asleep. I am right under the A.C, and I am in the corner of the classroom. It is easy to fall asleep which is probably why my grades are poor. 

             I almost fail the test before even trying. I didn't have a pencil and she said if I didn't found one inside the class room I couldn't take the test. Jose borrow  me a pencil. That took ten minutes, I spent the next five minutes looking at the test. I did three questions before the bell rang. So, that was my slice of life Thursday.

Mothers Day

 To be honest with you, I didn't do anything. I don't think I even told her Happy Mother's day. It is because I celebrate it on the American mother's day. All I did was just play video-games, watch NFL network, and watch my mom and sister make brownies. If you really want to know what I did, here it is. I slept at four o'clock a.m, the previous night. I woke up at about twelve o'clock. Took a shower, ate, and played video-games. I spent about an hour creating my player in madden 10. I decided to put dreads on my player, and then took it off. I changed positions about a hundred time. I redid the draft fifty times so I could be on my favorite team. By the time I was done, it was six o'clock. I just played; watch T.V for the rest of the day. So, my day was pretty boring. The only productive I did was win the Super Bowl (in Madden 10).

Fumbles

I consider myself pretty good in football, and so does my peers. I can run, throw, catch and tackle. I am like Jim Thorpe. I also am full of ego. I never back down from a challenge. I also trash talk, a lot. I think I trash talk because I want to win the mental battle. I do have on fear. I hope you never tell any defender what I am about to say. Every time the ball is in my hand, I fumble it. I do a pretty good job of acting like I didn't. A fumble is when a player let goes of the ball before he touches the ground. The other team usually gets the ball. I fumble a lot, but I do cover it up. My friend taught me the trick. As soon as you fumble the ball, act like it is still in your hand. This only works if you are surrounded by players. The referee can't see the fumble. The biggest mistake you can make is trying to pick the ball up right away. The referee will realize that you are looking for the ball. Drop on the ground immediately. Then, stop acting. The referee will think that you were down before it came out. And then, have as much eye contact as possible. Trying to avoid eye contact, will raise suspicion. Of course the best way to solve this is to not fumble. This is my confession, I do sometime cheat in football, who doesn't?

Growing Pains

   It was an early dismissal and I was coming from school. I was taking the bus so I got home pretty early. I was walking towards our apartment building when I realize my aunt's car wasn't here. I started to wonder whether  I had told them if it was an early dismissal. I taught that maybe my grandma was here. I went to knock on the door. No one answered. I went to look through the windows. All I saw was our dull furniture and the TV. I went back to the parking lot and looked around. I had once begged to be given the key to the house. It was my fault, but I tried to blame them for it.

            I found my friend and asked him if I could stayed there for a while. I stayed for about ten minutes before my aunt came. She was holding Path-Mark bags. She leaves me and goes shopping, I taught to myself. I acted like I was all relaxed, but I was pretty scared. I had always taught I was grown. I had even told them to not come pick me up anymore.  I didn't want them to wait for me at the bus stop either. I felt all grown and acted like I could take care of myself. I realized that  I was only eight and still believed in cooties.

Spring Valley

When you think of New York
You think of the big city
The city that never sleeps
Where I'm from
Is the city that always sleeps
Just few miles away, lies Spring Valley
From the kosher shops
To the Finkelstein Library
Nothing special in Spring Valley
From the colors of the Jewish coats
To the dull walls of school
Nothing stands out in Spring Valley
From the wanna-be gangsters kids
To the so call "Eminems"
No one is different in Spring Valley
From the sound of the Newark Train
To the siren of the police
I'm from Spring Valley

What Keeps Me Writing

I don't like writing, with all the grammars and spellings. I think it takes too long. I think writing is boring. The only reason I write is because there is a little chance that my writing might be good. It’s just one of these things that I just can't explain. It’s like football. You work really hard. You practice, run laps, do sprints, it’s really exhausting. But, when you score that touchdown and win the game, it makes all the hard work worth it. That is also the bad part. If you work so hard and you're writing sucks, it kills you. That is the main reason I don't like writing. There is a big chance that you writing stink. Although I don't care about writing, I don't want it to stink. When I was a kid, I use to write books. Not real books, like books about my future. That's why I write. It took me a whole year to finish it but when it was done, I felt proud about myself.


I don't like to write about myself. My life is not that interesting. I don’t have that much to write about on Memoir Monday and Confession Tuesday. I guess I can't start writing until someone tells me what to write about. I'm not that creative. Most of my stories come from movies. Like the last 6 Words Wednesday came from the movie. I guess if I was more creative, I will like writing.

Hurst Hike Pack

Dear Mr. Hurst


I am sorry to bother you, but I fell that it is imperative that you know about this. I am an avid hiker and I recently hiked through the Amazon River. I wanted to purchase your product “Hurst Hike Pack” for my trip. I went to your shop and your employee mistreated me. With brusqueness, she ignored my inquiry. When she did answer me, she was very concise. I found this act very despicable. This evoked me to leave your shop.

However, I realize that I really need your product so two days later, I went back to get it. When I ask the cashier where to find the Hurst Hike Pack, she rebuffed me and told me to wait. I later realize that she was eating. The odor of her meal pervaded throughout the room. Other customer could corroborate my statement. When someone finally came to help me, she promised to endeavor to find the product. Instead, she just went back to the storage and came out one minute later saying she didn’t find it. To make matter’s worse; she made a grimace when I say I wanted to talk to the manager.

She also said some gruesome words that I do not dare to repeat.All I ask for is that you give me your products for free for one full year or I will take legal actions. Thank you


Sincerely Yours,
Emmit Irvin

Loyalist Pains

They gave a big upset lost against the Giants in the Super Bowl. Missed the playoffs the next year. And this year, they lost a game they should have easily won. Then come the Colts and Saints game. They lost them both. I am big Patriot fan, I was rooting with them when they went 16-0. The relationship between the Patriots and I is like a marriage, during the good and the bad. I know I'm from New York and is suppose to despises Boston, but I really like the Pats, what's there not too like. Wes Welker, Randy Moss, Bill Belichick and of course, Tom Terrific. Tom Brady is my model. I mean he was drafted in the sixth round; most players retire after five years when they are drafted in the sixth round. Scouts said he was too skinny, too weak, too narrow and had a weak arm. He has won MVP.


They recently loss the biggest game of the season when they lost 38-17 to the Saints. I understand that the Patriots prime years are over for now. But believe it or not, the Patriots are a dynasty. Recently, I have been thinking about divorcing the Patriots. They were unfaithful when they trade Mike Vrable. I like the Vikings, but every time I think about that 16-0 season, i keep rooting for them. Say what you want, to who you want, but don't deny that the Pats are the greatest football franchise of all-time.