last week

This semester wasn't that hard for me. The only thing that through me off was how fast the teachers were teaching a subject. After awhile I got use to how my teachers were. I liked all my teachers this semester, none of them were difficult. The class I had the most trouble with was my english class. The reason why I think I was having trouble with this course was because I was rushing through my papers. Instead of taking my time on them and prefecting my papers I rushed throught them. Other then that my other course are going well. I'm looking forward to next semseter.

finals week

This week is final week. I only Have three finals which isnt bad. unforunatly im unable to ealry this week because my finals start at the end of the week for me so i have to stay at westfield till i finish all my exams.

BACK TO SCHOOL

being back at school is kind of miserable but i'll adept to again. since im at school im far awy from my family. Im not able to just go home when ever I want. Living two hours away is difficult for me because i dont have a ride to go home. Theres only two more weeks left of the semester which is good for me because i need a break from school and homework.

thanksgiving

For the week of thanksgiving, I went home to be with family and friends. It was the first time i went home since the beinning of the school year. My mother made most of the food this hoilday which was great. My mother is a good cook who likes to cook. being home was someone what sa because i havent been away from my parents for that long. when it was time to go I was a little upset but I knew my parents were going to find without.

After tomorrow I get to go home for Christmas break and I am extremely excited. I’m hoping to get my job back that I had all last year during high school and over the summer, so I can make some money. Also I can’t wait to go home so I can play on my older brother hockey team for a few weeks. I’m very excited to see all my friends during the long break and hopefully do some fun stuff. Also its going to be Christmas so I’m going to be able to see all of my family as well.

Over the weekend I took my mother to go get a Christmas tree. I called up one of my buddies that I know to see if he was working the tree stand, and could hook me up with a nice tree. Once we got there I couldn’t find any place to park, so I had to stuff my truck between two cars facing a river. My mom and I went over and picked out a tree and paid for it and everything. Then I went back to my truck to go and put the tree in the truck but my truck wouldn’t start. Now I’m very angered because there is no reason for my battery to be junk but it is so I called up my dad to come help me get the truck out of the spot and to jump start it. I was going to wait until the following weekend to take my truck off the road but there is no point in waiting since my battery is junk. So now my truck sits sadly in my back yard waiting for spring.

This past Saturday was my nephews fifteenth birthday. My mom, dad, girlfriend and I went up to his house for a little party. When we got there my nephew was no were to be found, until his brother showed me where he was. I gave him his card talked to him for a while then went back down stairs. My other nephew, his little brother, followed me down and brought me out side in the freezing cold to show me the new go-cart that they got. It was so cold out that the go-cart didn’t want to start but once we got it going we had some fun. My nephew brought me around to show me how he drove and I was very impressed, he drove very good.

Christmas Break

I'm excited for Christmas break. I haven't thought to much about it because I still have a lot to get done before break comes but its going to be fun. I'm going to go back home to Oklahoma and see my family again. The weather looks like its going to be pretty nice. My sister is praying for it to snow but I'm thinking the exact opposite. I get plenty of cold weather up here so when I go home I want it to be nice. I'm not sure what I'm going to get my family for christmas. I think I might just take the easy route and run through the bookstore and set them all up with WSC stuff. Whatever I get and however the weather is its going to be a good time and a nice break from everything. 

Date Auction

At the beginning of the year one of my friends from the junior class asked if my friend Dave and I if we would participate in this years date auction. Dave and I agreed to do it not really knowing what it was. It ended up being a fun event. Dave and I were going to be auctioned off together as a pair and we had to decide on a "theme" for the auction. With me being from Oklahoma and Dave being from Texas it seemed fitting that we went as cowboys. Before the auction started we didn't really have any expectations for how much people would bid on us. We told the girl that asked us to do it that we were going to get more than she got though. When she went for $200 we thought we had no chance especially since we were one of the last groups to go. When we went up on stage things went much better than we thought they would. We ended up getting sold for $315 and beating the girl that asked us to do it.

Finals

This is my first time to have to go through college finals. I haven't taken a single test yet and its already very difficult. I only have 3 exams for finals but I have 3 essays I have to do as well. What makes it hard is my schedule isn't helping me at all. I was on the road last night for a hockey game and I'm on the road again tonight for hockey so I have to find sometime to study for all of this stuff. Another thing that makes it hard is that its not over once I take the test. Once the test are over I still have to do those essays. Its going to be tough but I'm looking forward to getting through it and moving onto Christmas break.

About a month ago I was home for the weekend, and I went over my buddy’s house for a little bit. Well around 2:30 in the morning we looked at each other, sitting on two 4-wheelers, and decided to go for a spin around the neighborhood. The road that he lives on is the most heavily traveled road for cops at night. To add to everything it was also raining outside so it made for a little more fun when you can slide around every corner. As you can see this was not one of the smartest things that I have ever done but at the same time it was extremely fun

For the first time in my life I didn’t stay at my house for thanksgiving dinner. This year I went to my girlfriends Aunt’s house with the rest of her family was there. I know her family likes me and everything but still I was nervous to go there. One of the reasons I was nervous is I didn’t think that I would like the way they cooked the food. Also I wanted to impress them and I was a little nervous about that. Once I got there her grandfather and I started to talk about my truck again and then her uncle joined in and we had a nice conversation for a little while and that made it a little more comfortable for me. Right before dinner my girlfriends little cousins ask me and her brothers to go play some floor hockey so it took me away from the awkward conversations. After we played we ate and to my surprise it was delicious. After dinner we took off and went back to my house for some dessert.

During the first month of school I went home and went 4-wheeling with my friends. Before I went I had to fix a few things on my 4-wheeler. I tightened the chain put air in the tires and just a few regular maintenance things. When I was done I figured I would take a quick ride up the road and come back. As I was going up the road, I past two streets that were about 50 yards apart. When I past the third street I looked over my shoulder and saw a cop coming down the road. Once he saw me he flashed his blues and pulled me over. He told me that I shouldn’t be doing what I was and I told him I know, so he took my information and let me go. I’m one of the only kids who can say that they got pulled over on a residential road.

It is now officially high school hockey season and I’m not playing for the first time since 8th grade. I miss it so bad wish I was out on that ice with all the boys just messing around having fun. Most of all I miss the relationship with my teammates and coaches during the practices. The six in the morning practices when you can’t breathe in deep because it’s so cold. It’s so cold that all the class is all fogged up, those are the best. This coming weekend is the jamboree and as last year’s caption I got to go check out what they got going on this year. If you didn’t notice I miss the game so much.

This weekend was a hard weekend for me. I had to make the decision on when I wanted to take my truck off of the road. The reason that I had to take it off the road is because we rebuilt it from the ground up, so we didn’t want it to see any salt. I know that it sounds weird to be taking a truck off the road in the winter time but it’s my baby, and I don’t want it to start to rust already since I had to wait 4 years to finish it. There are still a few things that we have to do to it so while it is sitting I hope to finish it.

This past weekend I went home for a few days. One of the main reasons that I went home was to help my brother and his friend build an outdoor hockey rink at my house, which is 40 by 60 feet long. The reason that the rink is able to big is that we have an extra driveway in-between my house and my neighbors. It took us about six hours to build the rink which is quicker than normal. If we didn’t have to build it on something that was once going to be a street, and built it on flat grass it would be a lot easier to do. The reasons that I would be easier are that we wouldn’t have to deal with the crown in the road and the little downhill slope it’s got going on. Now its is just a waiting game till we can put the water in there and it will freeze enough to skate on.

The last week of school is here for the semester and there is not much going on except for the english essay which wont be to bad. I did go to an AA meeting to observe for my essay and that was very informative. I did not only find what I needed for the essay but I got an insight to life and that other people are dealing with things that are much worse than just dealing with the stress of school. these people really showed me that ther is more to life than money and things. The only things that they wanted to do was spend time with their families. they were not able to because they hurt their families when they were alcoholics.

Blog 14

December 7th was my 19th birthday. My girlfriend and roommate took a bus trip up to New York City into Times Square. The place is absolutely amazing. The sites are great. Food is just outstanding. Its the people that make the place a dangerous city. They don;t have care for anyone but themselves. "Excuse me" is just not in their vocabulary. And when you put them behind the wheel its even more dangerous. The Taxi's do 70 MPH normally and the pedestrians just walk out in front of them. Surprisingly, I saw know accidents and was pretty disappointed. The city was awesome though.

Blog 13

De La Hoya vs Paquino, this was a great fight that was dominated by Paq. Hoya didn't win a single round and was eventually TKO'd in the 9th round. Paquino won every round with his thunderes punches and lightning fast speed. Regardless of his arm reach and height advantage, Hoya was absolutely dominated. He didn't have a chance from the beginning and now he must pass his torch onto the next great, Paquino.

Blog 12

Fantasy sports are sometimes used to describe sports nerds. But it takes way more than just knowing sports and players. You must know how to manipulate your team to the best of its abilities. To find the young, upcoming players that no one really knows about, or as I call them hidden secrets. And its juts a fun game to play in your free time.

Blog 11

Beans have to be one of the most god-awful foods ever. All beans that is. Green, baked, black, white, red, any color they come in. Everyone knows of the food as "the musical fruit". This pretains to farting as you know. But the farting is not just my reason, the taste is alo. It is just plain disgusting. The soggy taste is just too unbearing for me to ever eat it again.

Blog 10

Snow! One of God's worst creations. The cold, bitter feeling it brings is just horrible. Shorts are one of my favorite types of clothing to wear, but when it snows, pants are in order. The cold is just awful. I cannot wait until I get out of New England and away from snow forever.

Blog 9

The Christmas Story. One of the best Christmas movies ever made. It tells a story of an 8 year old boy named Ralphie and his Christmas tales. The tales are some what unorthodox but very ficticious. With its comedic humor and witty 1950's sense of story, the plot makes for a great family movie. I recommend it to anyone looking for a new holiday tradition.

Blog 8

Keeping up with these blogs is very hard considering how easy it is. They are very easy to forget especially when there is an exam in, say, your Math class the next morning. I know that I am not the only person that hasnt kept up with these but oh well, gotta do what you gotta do!

Blog 7

Thanksgiving was great! Turkey, mash potatoes, turnip, stuffing, pie, egg nog, oh my god, its all so good. Besides Christmas its one of my favorite meals. Then after we ate we watched football but it wasn't very exciting. The Titans destroyed the Lions by almost 50 pts and Donovan McNabb was playing, so you knew it would be awful (as it was). After the terrible football games, we played pool. Im the worst out of the guys, but when your the only young person among old folk that have been playing pool sinc ethey were tikes, I wasnt too worried about it. A very fun end to a very fun day.

Blog 6

I know this happened over the summer but I would like to take the oppurtunity to blog about it. Goodbye Manny Ramirez!! I don't care about anyones opinion on this issue but my own. He needed to be gone. The man was refusing to play by faking injuries, or just simply not trying hard. Jogging to 1st base, lazily running for a pop up or even just half swinging on a ball that he should have smoked, the guy is a frickin' drama queen. Good ridience!

Blog 5

The Pats are just a disgrace this year so are my other team the Chargers. Both teams are not doing horrible but definintely not at full potential. The Jets are looking good though. I think them and the Giants will be in the Super Bowl. If so I think it will be one of the most boring games to ever be called a championship game.

Blog 13

Winter break is almost here and I cannot wait to be done with classes and exams. I'm excited for Christmas and for spending time with my family, friends, and boyfriend. I miss having my own room and being able to have even just ten minutes of alone time, without a roommate always being there. I also miss my bed, other than that I do not mind it here. I'm having fun and I have met a lot of people here.
Christmas Eve is at my house this year because my aunt and uncle who usually have it are in Florida. I hope it snows at least a little on Christmas and Christmas Eve. Snow seems to brighten up winter and make it better, as long as its not a huge storm.

Blog 12

The essay we are working on this week is about subcultures. I was thinking about how many there are in the world and many we observe on a day to day basis whether we know it or not. Almost everyone we know or meet belongs to some sort of subculture. Some people identify with the subculture they belong to and make it what they are all about and who they are. Others just belong to it for fun and enjoy it as an activity outside of their day to day life. I believe subcultures are a big part of what make people up. It does not have to completely define them but it does impact them and their lives.

Blog 11

I am not looking forward to this upcoming week. I have three papers due and a test and I am getting stressed. After this week we have finals so I will probably still be stressed then. I think I am doing well in my classes so far so I just need to make it through these last two weeks and then the semester will be over. My classes seem like they will be easier next semester and plus I do not have any 8:15 classes. It will be nice not getting up so early and will make it a little easier to go to class. This semester went by quickly and I think the second one will too. We have a bunch of long weekends and spring break. I like being away at school but it is always nice to come home to your own house, family and friends.

Boston Sports

Boston sports have been really exiting the past few weeks. Especially the winter season teams like the Bruins and the Celtics. The Patriots are also playing with a new enthusiasm with Matt Cassell at Quarterback. However, Im mainly exited about the Bruins and the Celtics. They are doing so well and are both at the tops of their divisions. They give me something to watch on TV these days too and I can communicate and watch the games with my friends. I love sports as it is, and now that the teams from my city are doing well it makes it much more entertaining.

Winter Break

Christmas break is coming in two weeks and I am really excited. I can not wait to see my family and my friends and to be with them over the holidays. It will be very relaxing considering I have been working really hard during this first semester. Now I will be able to relax for more than a month and catch up on some much needed sleep. However, although im looking forward to break, im going to miss my friends at school and I will be anxious to get back

There is less then one week left in school and then we are out for about a month. This is great except for the fact that I am just relizing I could have worked harder in all of my classes and it might be to late to really bring the grades up. Even though I know that I am not failing I still wish I could have all of my grades up to at least B's just cause that would look nice. having about a month off will be nice so that i can get a few full weeks of work in so that I can save money for a new truck hopefully by the end of the second semester.

Winter

Were in December now and its starting to get pretty chilly. I'm not a big fan of cold weather. I'm from Oklahoma where typically it won't ever go much lower than 20 degrees unless we have a terrible winter. I mean I have lived in cold places before. I've lived in Ohio, Montana, and I lived in Canada. But I never had to deal with it like here. When I lived in Canada I would  just walk to the car and into a place. I didn't have to walk to and from classes. I really never walked anywhere in the winter in those places where as here I'm walking everywhere. The worst part is its not even close to being as cold as it will get. So I'm going to have to adjust to this weather quick.

2 more weeks

The end of the semester is very close. We only have two weeks left. So far things haven't been to bad in this first semester of college. I don't exactly know what my grades are but I don't think they are too bad. Obviously I would like them to be a little better but there not to bad. Now I just have to really focus these last two weeks to finish strong. Its crunch time and I have a lot of exams and big assignments due these last two weeks and if I get through all of it alright then this should end up being a pretty good semester. 

Thanksgiving break

Thanksgiving was a good time. I got to go home for the first time since I came up to Westfield. Because I have been moving all over the place for hockey this was the first time in 6 years that I was at home for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun because I got to see all of my family. I also got to enjoy much nicer weather down in Oklahoma. It was nice enough that my brother, dad, and I got to golf twice while I was down there. Thanksgiving day was great. I got to eat tons of great food and watch the Cowboys lay a beating on the Seahawks. I really enjoyed the quick little break away from everything but I'm excited to be back at Westfield now.