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The family and I attended Butchie's funeral this morning. It was really hard to say goodbye to someone so young with so much heart. It was even harder seeing all the hurt from losing him. It is always hard losing someone but the way that it happened I think makes it a thousand times harder because you never want to think of someone you love going through something like that. The service was beautiful but I will be happy not attending another one any time soon. R.I.P. Butchie, you were loved so much and will be deeply missed...... After the funeral I came home and worked for a bit. We planned to go to the reception but Johnnie and I were both drained from work, school and just the overall sadness of the morning so we opted to stay home. I took a much needed nap and have been relaxing. I've been trying to motivate myself to clean our room but I obviously must like living in my own filth because I've been trying to motivate myself for thelast 4 hours and end up doing other things. The birthday is next week and the itenerary for the week is as planned Saturday - Much needed hang out time with Dan and Kelly if all goes well. We are going to have a slumber party and are also hitting up the club. I can't wait! I miss you guys=) Sunday - Going to Sea World with Johnnie, Clint, Jess and the babies Tuesday - Going out to dinner with my friends Marco and Aprille from my CCS class and celebrating our birthdays (her's is on the 11th and mine is on the 12th) over dinner with her family. Wednesday - My actual birthday and I think Im going to hit up the new 80's club at the beauty bar...who's coming?!!! Thursday night we are leaving up to Oregon to visit Kelly and will be gone til Monday. I'm looking forward to the week. I wasn't going to do anything for my birthday but I've been really wanting to spend time with my friends and family, especially after today. On an unrelated note......my Chicano Arts teacher should throw in the towel as far as teaching goes. I have always felt the class is a waste of time but I need it so I've stuck with it. Currently I have an A and I could keep that grade by only attending class once a month. It isn't because I'm so great in school (well I am but this isnt why this time;p) it's because we dont do shit. He goes on tangents spewing his own warped beliefs, we have activities due and things are in mayhem because he doesn't step up to the plate and manage his class (he blames it on us), he'll bitch at us for not speaking up in class and when we do he cuts us off or gives in to a fit of ADD and wonders off in the middle of the comment. Did I mention he says predjudice shit all day as well. Two nuggets of knowledge he has imparted on us over the last two weeks were 1) he compared a militray benefit situation that was brought up with( and I quote) " Its kind of like how Black people on welfare get more money when the father isn't around" WTF?!?!!! The majority of people on welfare are not black contrary to popular belief. Second comment was "Hey man your Middle Eastern right? you know how to put women in thier place". Joking or not, you dont say that in a classroom envoirment to a student. He is an embarrisment to the Mexican ethnicity and should not be in the position of representing "Chicano's". My friend in class (who is Mexican himself) has never taken a CCS class and after this, will never again. My friend is getting such a negative look into "Chicano-ism" that it has turned him off completely to anything in the "Chicano" culture because of how ignorant our teacher is and my friend is Mexican! It is a shame and I cant even begin to imagine what people outside our ethnicity think based off of this guys shit. To someone who knows nothing about this culture, it doesnt look good coming from him.