Social

Facebook is a website that has had millions of people buzzing for the past few years. While I got burned out on Facebook rather quickly others still continue to log in daily and use this social networking site regularly. Now the main reason I stopped using Facebook is because it became such a nuisance, getting notifications all the time from people about games such as Farmville. This was so annoying that it caused me to stop using the site all together. Apparently Facebook was soon to be considered the "next big thing" in gaming but recently there's been buzz going around that this trend is dying off slowly. Maybe this will draw me back in to using this site again.

Too little too late

Just a couple days ago the Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball team won the NCAA Men's National Championship and their Women's Basketball team was in the NCAA Women's National Championship game. So for support the Men's team wanted to make the trip from Atlanta, where the Men's National Championship, was held to New Orleans, where the Women's was held. But they were originally denied the waiver to travel there by the NCAA because it would be considered an "improper benefit". Not too long after the NCAA changed their mind and agreed that they would allow the Men's team to make the trip. But they made this decision the day of the Women's game so it was too late because the team had already made the trip back to Kentucky.

Looking back

Growing up there was a few movies that I really enjoyed which are Space Jam and The Sandlot. And The Sandlot which many people know is a movie about baseball, recently celebrated it's 20 year anniversary. It's a really great story of a kid moving to a new town and being able to make some new friends. I'm sure we've all heard in our lifetime the famous quote "You're killin' me, Smalls!". But nonetheless, this movie turning 20 sort of makes me feel like I'm getting old as crazy as it is to say. This film came out in 1993, only one year before I was born. Growing up stinks and I don't like it.

Ready for summer

So far my Freshman year at Richard Bland hasn't been too bad. But that's not to say that I'm not excited for summer break because I really am. Looking forward to not having to worry about my studies or going to class. It's really going to free up a good bit of time for me to do what I want. I'm ready to go to the beach and have a good time instead sitting in a lame classroom. Hopefully I'm able to finish out this semester fairly successfully so I don't have to worry over summer break. Summer break come to me now.

Time well spent

I didn't really know what was going to come of this weekend. Mostly because coming into this weekend I had no plans which isn't usually the case. Starting Friday after I got off work my friend and I shot basketball for about an hour just to pass some time. Afterwards we went back to his house to kick it and then I went home to sleep. Waking up it was now Saturday morning and I got a call to do some yard work for someone to make a little bit of money, an offer I couldn't refuse. After I was done working my dad and I went to shoot guns with a few people which was a good time. I grabbed some Mexican food that night and then went to bed. Next day my friend and I went to a Richmond Flying Squirrels game where they won in extra innings 3-2. The game was exciting and we ate at Buz & Ned's BBQ afterwards, some of the best barbecue around. All in all, my what seemed to be uneventful weekend turned out much more eventful then I planned. It was a great time and ended up being time well spent.

Tough love

In the news recently there's been quite a bit of discussion on Rutgers Men's Basketball and their coach, Mike Rice. All because there has been videos that have surfaced of this coach pushing, hitting, kicking, throwing basketballs, and shouting gay slurs at his players. Now a lot of people are in uproar and for good reason since this is uncalled for and distasteful. The school's athletic director saw this video back in November, as a result the coach was suspended three games and fined $50,000 in December. Which blew my mind because I figured he would have been fired and suffered a tougher punishment. A few days ago ESPN aired these videos and now this situation is getting the publicity it needs. Now I'm anxious to see the outcome of this entire situation. Especially since there's people like NBA star LeBron James tweeting about what he would do if his son was put in these circumstances.

No direction

It seems like everyday someone asks me "So what's your major?" or "What do you want to do when you're older?". Every time I'm incapable to give them an answer because I'm undecided on my major and have no clue what I want to do when I "grow up". Most people tell me that I'm fine and I have time to decide but as I look at my peers most of them know exactly what they want to do. And everyone recommends a certain field or major I could consider, yet I still come up empty handed. The struggle, it's real.