the time I shit-talked Nicki Minaj

I'll warn you now, this post is pretty intense. it deals with skin color, so if you don't want to read it leave now, and have a great day.

otherwise...

American Idol started back up again last week. I used to watch the show but the last few seasons I just wasn't interested mostly because the judges sucked. they had Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, and Randy Jackson left.

as most people know, I can't stand Nicki Minaj. during the premiere I tweeted "I think I might watch American Idol again now that they have normal judges and not crack head Nicki Minaj" and someone wrote back "crack head? you racist hoe" now, normally I could care less about what people think of me. if ya don't like me, ya don't like me. I don't care. but this person called me 'racist'. I'd like to also point out that she was african american.

I am not a fucking racist. and I cannot stand when someone refers to a white person as a racist just because they're white. like this person was doing to me. cannot fucking stand it. so I told her, "you realize calling me a racist because I'm white actually makes you racist, right?"

she just assumed that because I'm white I'm a racist, like all whites are racists. which, in turn, makes her a racist. I mean, I didn't care for Mariah Carey as a judge either. but did she care to wonder what I felt about fellow whites before she called me a racist? no. there's plenty of white people that I think are crack heads too. like Lindsay Lohan, and Miley Cyrus. and Nicki isn't even technically african american, she's some kind of mix that includes Indian.

so to the girl who called me a racist, go to hell. and learn your Nicki M facts.
and to everyone else, have a pleasant day.

rant over.

the time I coached an undefeated team

I love volleyball. my love for the sport began in 3rd grade when I attended my towns volleyball summer camp, coached by the high schoolers. we learned the basics, improved our skills, ran some drills, etc. I loved it. I tried out and played for the middle school teams and then continued on at the high school playing a year on the freshman team, a year for JV, and two years on varsity. I loved it.

I then was given the opportunity to coach the 8th grade team for the middle school I once attended and played volleyball at. of course I took it, how could I pass that up? 'my girls,' as I often referred to them as, were amazing athletes. I could tell the first day of practice that we were going to be a solid team. definitely a team with a winning record.

game after game we came out with W's. practice after practice I pushed my girls hard, and I'll be the first to admit that I was tough on them. I knew their potential and made sure they always gave 100%. it certainly didn't come easily for them, they worked hard every day. and if they decided they didn't want to work hard, I made them work even harder.

we had fun too, don't worry. Fridays were known as our fun days. if the girls worked hard throughout the week, I let them slack on Fridays. playing various games, letting them choose the drills, and not being so tough with their consequences.

when the season was coming to an end and we were still going strong with an undefeated record, that's when I knew we could go all the way. the last few teams we had left on our schedule we had already beaten. and then we did it all again. finishing with a perfect 13-0. after the regular season we had a three game championship tournament. which we won, another 3-0 series, making us 16-0 and tournament champs. I couldn't have been more proud of my girls and all their hard work. it was a fantastic ending, the perfect ending, to one hell of a season. and certainly one hell of a time as a first year coach.

for going undefeated we were also inducted into the Captain's Wall of Champions. it's a local minor league baseball team and we're now hanging on their wall of champions.

 
it was amazing. more than I could ask for. more than I expected. and will forever be one of my most prized accomplishments.

what's something you've accomplished?