Justin is Hilarious!

you guys want to see something very boy band-ish harking the late 80's, and most of the 90's....and incredibly funny? check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4yq9PHf_xE

Saddam Hussein Has Been Executed!??!??

okay saddam is executed....first, he was supported and implanted to supremacy by the United States government. he attacked iran and incited an arab on arab war in the middle east. I'm sure the united states didn't mind it. then, he invaded kuwait and fought against, not only united states, but a huge international coalition. and lastly, the united states decided to take him out because we wrongly blamed him of supporting terrorism, and on the aegis of democracy. finally, he is executed by the new iraqi government supported by the united states.

say whatever you want to say about this guy: he admired stalin. he killed thousands of his own people....and even his family. he fought three wars that decimated the iraqi people and resources. but it all sounds like he was no more than a puppet for the us government.

Correction: my wife just told me that iranians are not arabs! sorry...its when he invaded he kuwait that arabs fought against arabs......

GIAAAANNNNTTTSSS!

yeah booooy! we just got the man.....we got the right barry this time around! hell...it damn near cost us the whole team but we got'em. now prepare to pay a crap load to watch the giants win! well....at least when zito is pitching. anyways, its the right fit for zito. that fool hangs out in the marina serving beers in one of the bars every time he gets a chance. do you think the a's still got our number?!?!?!

My Freaking Wife Is Crazy!

what the hell did she take?!?!?!?! i spent the whole afternooon playing basketball. i went home tired....and soar. i just wanted to rest and hopefully recover for the basketball games tonight. to my surprise, leyla is still at home cleaning up! it has been taking her several hours to clean up her clothes off the floor. she wants to donate a ton of her clothes and she has been screaming all morning complaining why she has so much stuff!

i told her perhaps..."you should stop buying things from ross. just because you see something nice, doesn't mean its the end of the world you don't buy it." she felt sullied by that remark and continued to take out all the coins from her old bags that she is going to donate. at this point, she has a pile of clothes, old bags, shoes, and whatever in the middle of the living room.

i leave knowing that when i get back, all of this crap would have been cleared and donated. to my surprise, its still there!

so i come in, and she says to me magnaminously, "but...but ...but...don't you see how much i have done so far?!?!?!!?!?"

so i go back in the living room and cooked the both of us eggs. why? because she wanted eggs before she goes off to donate all her crap. i made the eggs as fast as i can. i really wanted her to clean the mess. we ate while we watched "casino". and we ate.

all of the sudden, she roused up enough energy to annoy the hell out of me. she knew that she was annoying me. she was home all alone all afternoon and she feels like she has the right to sing "baby got back" in front of me. contorting her body and limbs to irritate my senses. i think she was dancing but it was crunk!

of course, she is reading this entry as i am writing it. now she is angry! she has closed the door to the other room and she has not left. the crap is still in a pile in the middle of the living room!

The Good Sheppard is a Little Boring!

oh boy....three hours! warning to you all....not a date movie and angie jolie is horrible in the film. there was this one scene where she was given pictues of her husband cheating. she stormed in to a party and confronts him. i think she was supposed to be angry and distraught at the same time, instead she looked pathetic and disingenious. and what the hell is pesci doing in this film....window dressing?!?!?!!?

it was a long drawn story about the CIA and why we are still paying thirty bucks for a cuban cigar, and why elian had to return to cuba, and why americans have to put up paying ten times the amount for a quality nose job instead of traveling to cuba, soak up some sun, embibe in a few mojitos, while they surgically enhance a part of your body for cheap!

Why does anyone bring kids to a 49ers game?

as i come of age, i begin to realize how incredible my parents are in raising me. i have always made my dad feel guilty for not taking me to a 49ers game. he would say, "you don't really want to...and shut your mouth." okay!

well today was my first time ever going to candlestick park for a football. i have been there for giants game. i have seen a college football game as well. but i have never been to a NFL game. now i know why my dad didn't bother to take us to a game. it sucks. its just a bunch of low class people amassing to become proud of their low class status. f-bombs are thrown freely amongst the crowd. yes, its fun that we got to tailgate but its clearly not for kids. i've been in a raiders parking lot before and i thought this barbaric behavior was only an oakland raider thing....but unfortunately, it was present in the 49er parking lot as well. my friends say it is exponentially worse in a raiders game, and i guess i'll never go there with kids.

yes, leave your kids home to watch it on television. besides, i always like watching football on television anyways. there are highlights, quality analysis, and food for cheap! i spent a whole quarter either lined up to take a pist or lined up to get another beer. its pathetic!

clearly, a good college football game is more wholesome, and much cheaper. of course, 9ers lost. how many times is seattle going to give them a chance to compete and how many times is the 9ers going to cower and fall to the wayside. its so frustrating!

WHOA! Rocky Whatever # is Good!

i couldn't believe it! i actually liked the movie...and i hope to goodness this is the last rocky movie. after the fourth movie, i promised myself i wouldn't watch another rocky movie for the rest of my life. or if i had to watch it, i better be hog tied. its one of those sticking points that i have been holding up for along time. i mean if i was still single, and i was on a date with an intelligent woman that is equally hot, and she said she wants to watch rocky five.....as painful as it would be for me to do, i would reverse the love machine and spray the repellent...because that's how stupid those sequals were. of course, not so convincingly where i wouldn't be able to hang out with her that night......ahem!

anyways, the first rocky was great. just like the first rambo (first blood) was great. well....at least for a growing eight year old. i don't mind watching those films when there is absolutely nothing in television because they were good. what do i mean by good? well, i can still relate to them. sylvester stallone has an incredble way of becoming this individual who is down and out and would never give up. all the odds are against him, and he fights, like the ultimate underdog, and wins in the end. add a few poignant moments and you got an elixir for a good movie.

well, that has always been why stallone is good with a few of his films. believe you me, only a few of his films. victory, rocky I, II, IV, first blood, and even copland. all his other films are pretty much what's keeping him from the respect he deserves as a human being.

anyways, rocky (whatever), i want to say "six"...is really good. this time it wasn't so much about the fight, but about rocky and his life. just like the first one, it was about the poignant and genuine moments with the people he loves that made it interesting. the man is still the ultimate underdog, but this was much more realistic. i applaud the man for keeping it more genuine and humble and kept his pride in his pocket. i can see how this movie could have been so bad, but instead i am willing to recommend it...........on netflix. not in the movies, unless someone is taking you out to the theaters and you're not paying.....heheheheheheehhe

Movies I've Watched THis Winter Break

Happiness: not so happy...more like sinister and heinous. but i actually liked it because in some way it was disturbingly funny. imagine american beauty without the cinematography but with a lot more domestic problems.

Babel: great desert scenes and brad pitt wasn't too bad either. a little confusing but all you need ot understand is that everything revolved around a stupid rifle. the contrast between city life in japan, a wedding in mexico, and desert life in morocco made it palpable but the tentative connection made it less worthwhile. it wouldn't be a good movie in bed, but sure was neat in the theaters....that is if you can shelve nine bucks for some great scenery.

Children in Paradise: i stumble onto this movie in the independent film channel. it is a persian movie and the story revolved around kids. for some reason, persian films hae become increasingly more interesting now than before. oh yeah...i'm married ot a persian.....maybe that has something to do with it. but its a cute film because it revolves around two kids that are great. funny thing about persian endings: they never take you for the whole ride. movies always end leaving you hanging. but i like it because it forces the viewers to guess what they think happened. its a great conversation starter.

Kingdom of Heaven: i don't know why i sat through this again. i figure i might like it the next time. nope! it was pretty much braveheart but in the middle east. no mel but there was an orlando....didn't help. the fight scene was unepic like and the only thing interesting was "ice." i'll let you figure that out on your own.

The Wire: again, i stumbled onto this one as well. it isn't a movie but a HBO series. great stories about life in the baltimore city.....hood! i think i was a watching a marathon of the fourth year and it concentrated on the school system. interesting but i don't think i'd want to teach in that hood!

It's Coooooooooold!

oh my goodness....these past couple of nights have been unbearably cold in the bay area. okay....some of you from the east coast or the midwest are probably blowing me off. i mean we don't have snow storms or the like in this area and believe me....we like it just the way it is. however, these past couple of days, a cold front from alaska decided to move along the west coast and sit here until we freeze our asses off!

i know it isn't like other parts of the world, where i had to bundle up with a scarf, a hat, a heavy jacket, and boots. and i know it doesn't remotely resemble what the people in the midwest have to do to brave during the winter....but its sitting in the 20's these past couple of nights......and i don't like it! its so uncalifornia.....!

i rarely ever break out the heavy jacket and the scarf until mid january. hell...some people still have shorts on while they are outside. cali is a little different and i hope this doesn't last long.

Nike is a Monster!

oh my goodness...i heard this story in espn! so this lady sprinter, who happens to be muslim, is tearing up the competition in the asian games. the first two days, she wore a regular simple hijab. some of you are probably thinking, what the heck is a hijab. its this head garb that muslim women wear to signify modest living. in some countries, its pretty simple, it covers the head. in some extreme cases, women cover their whole body! to each their own.....or more like to each there's a man telling them what to wear.

anyways, this sprinter wore a hijab with a big fat nike symbol on it. so much for modesty...they can be consumers too. phil knight is going to the bank with this one. i thought at first, it was pretty low for nike to make a "nike hijab" but it was actually the woman that embroidered it herself. she felt that woman, sports, competition, and islam can become a reality. not a bad idea!!!

i can just see amish hats with nike symbols, the jewish yarmulka with a fat nike symbol on top, what's next?

again, i will ask you.....do we really want globalization? doesn't it seem like everyone looks like everyone else?

The Flinstones Creator is Dead!

i actually thought he was dead a long time ago.... just as i thought my childhood was dead a long time ago. i get that feeling during christmas every time i go home and stay with my parents.

when i am home, i get to see old friends. i get to see my old coach still coaching and some of our old players coming back to see him still coach. they would ask me what i do, or they would ask me why i am still here. some think i am still in spain. was i there that long?

anyways, all i hear are my friends having kids of their own, and my former players being married and have their own kids! gosh....that really makes me feel old. i even hear my formers having incredible jobs. i'd like to think that i was a part in shaping their character, intelligence, capabilities, and integrity.

anyways, i kind of feel joe barbera was like that for me! just think all those lessons i got from watching the flinstones everyday while sucking my thumb. in some ways, i learned that not everyone is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, and life is all about twenty minutes of fred flinstone trying to fix those mistakes before wilma finds out.

i also learned not to put my foot in my mouth. basically, i learned not to be like fred and my life is better for it. when it came down to it, i some how realized that humility is just one of those things people should have.

when we have kids, are there going to be cartoons that have the same moral values and integrity you learn from the flinstones, scooby-doo, yogi?!?!!? oh my god, i'm going to have to teach them myself.

and you know what else i like about that cartoon, bam bam! now that's a freak if i ever saw one. but if you're going to have a freak, it might as well be superman, or the one that can beat the living daylights out of everyone. but everyone thinks he is as normal as corn and apple pie. ain't that just the coolest thing?!?!?!?!

People Just Can't Stand This

i haven't been going to 24 hours fitness these past two weeks. i think that is one reason why i have been irritable toward my kids. actually, my kids have shut down and are ready to go on a vacation a couple of weeks early. my 8th graders have been the most annoying bunch of incorrigibles and they revel in it. i want to have a white elephant gift giving game but i am too annoyed to have any fun with them. i think i will have to reach in the depth of my kindness, which is shoved in the deepest part of my heart at the moment.

although i am royaly irritated with them, i have to stick to one of my golden rule, that is to always leave with the kids in a positive light. no matter how bad they are, you have to find a way to keep it positive in the end. this is especially important for me because i can be vindictive at times.

anyways, sorry to get off on a tangent. the real point to this blog entry is that i haven't been exercising for the past two weeks. i haven't even played basketball! i can't stand it because there is no way i can relieve my stress. hopefully, during this vacation i can go back to my old high school team and play with. honestly, i haven't competed with anyone. i need to take someone to school or be taken to school.
wifey thinks its not such a bad idea to live a life without competition. i think she is crazy!

but what really annoys my wife is that i haven't gained weight! not working out isn't so bad after all....i mean i'm losing weight! i know i am not really competing with my wife, but she hates the fact that i am losing weight and when she infrequently goes, she barely keeps the weight off. in some weigh, she is competing with me and i like the fact that i don't have to do anything....eheheheheheh

I Gave Up.....

today was especially special day. my 8th graders did not want to learn anything at all, or maybe i was too tired to care. i couldn't figure it out today! i had no idea why my kids were so distant. they did't care about anything i had to say. some even decided to walk around and talk to their friends instead of passing notes. they were callous to any consequences and i really didn't care.

i can't believe my favorite activity and their favorite activity, vocabulary bingo, was kicked to the side like day old garbage. whatever man....i'm tired and i felt like quitting. i felt like walking out. i wasn't even angry at the ones that misbehave and don't care about school. i figured they get this way once a year.

so i just sat there for about ten minutes while they were yapping along until they figured out that mr. algones isn't doing anything. i told them i don't care what happens at all today because you don't care. so i told them to do anything they want, and guess what they did?!?!?!? nothing.....so for thirty minutes, we learned and did nothing! i should have wrote that down as an objective: students will not learn anything today!

by the way, this is only 2nd and 3rd period. i'm going to eat a vat of snickers and hopefully, i can get myself going in the afternoon because this sucks.

I Have a Student That Smells Awful

what am i going to do? first of all, we have had three sst's on this student. he rarely ever comes to class, and every time he comes to class he finds a way to ruin it. he has skillfully intimidated and taunt students, ruin lessons, and made students hate him. anyways, the counseling office has already addressed this issue with his mother, but he has yet to remedy this incredibly awful smell.

but everyone knows he smells! he smells like feces. he has made students get headaches because he reeks so badly. today was no different. he arrived late to class and fortunately, there was a table open just for him. most of my students are pretty understanding. they know not to make fun of anyone that smells because they know that at one time, they have smelled before and they wouldn't want to be on his shoes ever. it was like they don't want to confront him because they don't want to ever acquire the "smelly karma."

but this student makes that even more difficult. his stench is so overwhelming that students lose their sense of empathy. so they say the most truthful comments and i have to try keep a straight face. and what is even more worse is that he taunts some of the students in class.

student #1: "holy crap, that hurts my nose!"
students in his group giggles. i tell him to be "more understanding," used the Noah Salzman hand gesture, and "stop it." of course, my stomach is about to burst trying to hold myself from laughing.

student #2: "why are the windows closed?"
more giggling, i felt like he knows everyone is talking about him and he is feeling insecure.

student #3: "i've never cut class before...but" (this student was one of my perfect little darlings)
at this point, i was ready to burst lauging but it was completely tempered knowing that he knew everyone was talking about him. i felt sorry for him and i beamed my eyes at those that were still giggling.

student #4: "Mr. Algoneeeeeees....." -i ignored her. i knew what she wanted. she wanted me to soak him with a vat of febreeze. i felt bad for her. her table was next to his and i wanted her to know that it wouldn't matter where she could move. the smell was overwhelming.

by the way, i was amazed how much my students were on task! so get this, his friend comes in to tell me that he was sent by a counselor and that they wanted to see the student. i know that no counselor has ever done this, but i took his word for it to save the other students. if he had tried to work, or maybe just not taunt anyone, i would have called the counseling office. i think my students were so glad i didn't pursue it.

MTV is the BOMB!

most people that read my blog probably have no idea what the acc, the sec, the big 10, the big 12, the pac 10, all the mid-majors are. to me they are tons of competitive college basketball games this coming year. i can't wait for an exciting year, and i can't wait for NBA action as well! but before i set my watch and my schedule, i have to think about sharing my time with my baby. but a close second right now is MTV's beauty and the geek!!!! (everyone knows this acronym) only mtv can get away with this. they essentially bought socially maladjusted people and partnered them up with good looking chics. what's the catch? they learn about each other and partners compete with each other. the winner ends up with 250,000 mulas.

i think its one of the more genuine shows around. everyone of them some how learns some degree of humility and the idea of stepping out of their comfort level is possible...wow...i think that's neat...okay....i also think its freaking funny! where do they find these ditses? one time, a woman said, "I am an idiot!" no one really disagreed nor empathized with her....heheheh

things like "fractions get me all the time" or "i am not academically uninclined...or whatever that means!" lots and lots of funny things you catch these "beauties" say. my pookie calls the "sweet idiots."

and what's really neat is they use pet shop boy's "you got the brains, i got the brauns, let's make lots of money"