Isn't Machida fighting this month? Wanna go somewhere and see the PPV?

I was going to invite you to that -- I'm sure there'll be a group, so I'll be in touch when I know.

UGH. Hello insomnia!

I can't sleep and my brain is racing. I was told at 3:30 PM yesterday that they are combining my 20 kid AP class 1st period with someone else's 37 kid honors class and I have to start teaching it today.

This is because we lost two teachers on norm day (which was yesterday). I'm so pissed and so angry and so devastated because on of the teachers was very excellent.

So everything I have and all we have done so far for AP doesn't apply ... totally different curriculum -- in fact Honors is supposed to expository composition so it's a totally different shtick. In fact, the ONLY book I have access to that is appropriate for the curriculum is Into the Wild, which is not really a grabber for my inner city kids. Thank god I have a donors choose proposal for In Cold Blood but sadly I don't have the books and won't have them for a while.

I'm just stressed at the thought of all this and can't sleep.

I knew the Baron Cohen stuff with the exception of the breakdancing, but like others, it doesn't surprise me. And that's without ever having watched anything of his with any kind of regularity, although I will agree that I was a) pleasantly surprised by Talladega Nights and b) he was about the best thing in it, along with Gary Cole.

I will just point out that the question was about what facts are surprising. I didn't necessarily know them, but my impression of SBC is a tall, good-looking, smart guy about my age. Therefore, none of the facts were especially surprising.

I also seem to recall reading an interview with him where the reporter observed that SBC's laptop screensaver was a picture of his grandmother, which I thought was utterly sweet.

Oh geez, Kat, that sucks in so many different ways. Not to mention, if I was a parent of one of those AP or Honors students I'd be capital-F Furious.

The SBC schticks I've run across haven't given me any reason to seek more out -- but I can see the dude is actually intelligent and talented, so I'm not altogether surprised at the further revelations here.

Kat, 57 kids?? WTF? Are you going to have to keep that many or are they going to change your classes *again*?

Since I'm still avoiding work this morning, I have to share this Go Fug Yourself post, mostly because it calls out one of my favorite Cosby Show episodes: [link] (Other favorites include the one where they sing "Night & Day" and the one where Danny Kaye is the dentist.)

Huh. Not an SBC fan, and I didn't find him particularly funny in Talledega Nights. My favorite bits tend more towards Jane Lynch and the obnoxious kids.

I can't take SBC for more than a few minutes at a time, so I haven't seen any of his solo stuff. I love his cameos in other people's movies, though. I kind of wish he'd use his obvious talent towards less annoying characters.