shaka

Im done filling out my application for the CBS reality show Big Brother 5. Next week Ill get my fifth graders to film my 2 minute video application and Ill let them edit it, look at that shit. . . Im teaching media literacy, production skills and video editing. Thats fuckin technology integration in the classroom. . . Im an innovator! Ive been hooked on this show since the get go. We watched every episode, subscribed to the live video stream and I even called the winner halfway through the show for the first three seasons. . . Last year was a fuckin anomaly. . . Alison and Jun? How embarrassing would it be to loose to a sorority girl and a girl with the mind, body and personality of a microwave warped Tupperware lid? That game was supposed to be Jees.
One of the questions they ask is why would you want to be on Big Brother. Ill be the first to admit, I love it when people are watching me. . . This sounds contradictory to my social anxiety disorder but you see thats really only a problem when there are big crowds around, not when youre in a house with 11 other people and cameras dont bother me at all. Anybody whos ever met me, knows, Im all about the entertainment. In a room full of artists, lawyers, professors, steelworkers, hair dressers or nine year old kids. . . I can capture attention. . . keep it for hours. . . and have them come back tomorrow begging for more. Got that gift from my mom. Im not slapstick funny but Ill admit I come across a little off kilter because it SEEMS like I never take anything seriously.
I know theres a slim to no chance of getting chosen but I could at least say I tried. They start filming the series two months after my daughter is supposed to be born. I dont know if Id be able to take off on my wife and our daughter but I guess well deal with that if I get chosen.

BABY NEWS: I think we settled on first name. . . Lucia. Its a good, old Italian name. (Were not Italian but our last name sounds like it is so were just going to milk it.)