I get bored having to proofread my posts everyday so I can only imagine the pain that you, the readers, have to endure reading this shit.  To break up the monotony, I’m going to open the site up to the readers whenever there is a critical mass of worthwhile shit in the inbox.  Feel free to send us anything: rants, pictures of your Monday bender, and, preferably, unreleased outtakes from a Big Tymers music video shoot. holler@uptownalmanac.com

My mother is a 6th grade teacher, so I used to see some of the craziest prepubescent noise on tests you could ever imagine.  The best one I can remember was a picture of a lion “mounting” a monkey (I think I even have a scan of that somewhere).  Anyways, this was sent our way from a high school math teacher:

From: Erin

Subject: Grading made fun!!

also note, 60 was the correct answer. and that is a level 5 SAT question.

In case you were wondering what my childhood was like:

From: Mom

Subject: oh, xmas tree, oh, xmas tree…

Tonight I mention to dad that I will be unable to get the xmas tree down this week but assure him that I will do so as soon as possible. “Oh,” he says, “no need. I want to keep it up until spring.” (incredulous look from me) “Really? Whatever for?” “I think it’s GROWING,” he happily replies. (nother incredulous look from me) “GROWING???” “Yes,” he explains, “I’ve read that sometimes a tree will start growing. It’s rare but possible. It develops roots, and you can plant it in the spring. I want to put this tree out in the yard in the spring. I’ve been watering it every day, and it’s still taking in water.” (more incredulous looks from me) “Fine,” I say, “feel free to keep the xmas tree up as long as you want.”

Guess the pressure is off to get the tree down

Anyways, a little sparse this time around, but I’ll chalk that up to this blog having only existed for 5 days.  To make up for it, here’s a couple pics I took last night at Pop’s (also, I’m definitely feeling the quality with the “flash” on the Camera Plus iPhone app)