So I proceeded to put the cd's into my computer to upload them to my ipod. The first cd was a guy named D'Banj. After listening to a few tracks, it was just kind of, "Blah." I must say that the US Recording industry knows what they're doing when it comes to mixing and mastering tracks. The second CD was actually a CD single by a guy named P-Square. The first Nigerian song that caught my attention over here was a song called Bizzy Body - So I downloaded it and learned the chorus. It goes something like, "Witchyo Bizzy Bodyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...Witchyo Bizzy Body yay yay yaaaay." So naturally, my job is to teach and at times, irritate 7th graders, so I sang some of it in class. The kids were laaaaughin...I didn't think it was all that funny until I found out what Bizzy Body means here.
The CD Single was just a bunch of different versions of Bizzy Body. The final CD I put in was by far my favorite. It's by a guy named Tu-face (or Tuface, or 2Face) Idibia. The CD is titled "Grass to Grace". It's great. His style is kind of a cross between Bob Marley and Wyclef. He raps/sings in Broken/pidgin English, so I'm using this cd to perfect my broken english skills. One of his songs is called "No Shakin", hence the title of this blog. Kara and I have been listening to that cd pretty much non-stop and will have it available for iPods when we get back home this summer so get your ipods ready.
Like I stated earlier, I see my job as two-fold. I must teach Jr. High Students Social Studies...that's a given and I do that with success. I must also, along with Mr. Rainbolt, figure out ways to irritate them and I'd say we do that with success as well. Case in point: Phishing.
If you've read The Rainbolt's blog recently, Mr. Rainbolt briefly mentioned one of our new Expat Enrichment Activities, or EEA's as we call them. Phishing is simply our way of turning sometimes boring expat activities, into fun, enriching experiences. The goal: get into as many pictures as possible, without both those in the picture and those taking the picture knowing about it. If you pull it off with success...you simply count the number of people that were posing for the picture and that is the "weight of the phish" you caught. Example: If there are 16 people posing for the picture, you just caught a 16 pound fish. The record so far is 18 pounds, just caught on Friday by both myself and Mr. Rainbolt. (On a side note, the most fun part of this activity is when the kids get their pictures back from the photographer and realize that their super cool picture with the straight faces and gangster look was ruined by two bald white guys in the background with the goofiest faces they could muster.)
We don't do this often, just whenever there are camera's around. Nobody's picture is safe. If we are lurking, look out (why am I visualizing both our
wives heads shaking right now Rainbolt?); which brings me full circle - Irritating Jr. High Kids and Phishing go together like Toast and Butter. FLASHBACK - Friday, February 16th, 2007 - The Jr. High Valentine's Day Dance. Prime Phishing opportunity. Cameras abound. We mastered the modified art of "Staged Phishing", which is similar to going to a fish farm. Our webmaster was there with his camera, and he went around asking people to pose for pictures, and Rainbolt and I would hop in the background and do some crazy pose. The dance still felt like a typical dance, but Phishing definitely made the evening a lot more fun. Ironically, as the dance progressed, students began phishing. Apparently, this is because Mr. Rainbolt and I are THAT cool and obviously major trend-setters. Here is a link to the website where pictures from the dance are posted. You'll find me in most of the pics, and Rainbolt is in his fair share as well. You will also see some students phishing in each other's photos. Sometimes you have to look very closely and you'll see either Rainbolt or I in the distant background. Anyway, just another EEA.Alright, thanks for reading! Quick news, I've posted a link to Eric and Boo Bakke's blog about their two new daughters they adopted from Ethiopia. I STRONGLY suggest reading it, the story is amazing. It's in our Links column to the right. We hope everybody is well!
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