Swine Flu?

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I've herd that swine flu has already reached Ball state. I did some minor research on it, and basically its just like a flu, maybe a little worse. However, it is a lot more contagious. I think that its one of those things most everyone is going to get. Viruses get around no matter what, so basically were just going to have to bite the bullet on this case. I know that I've been cleaning my room more frequently and disinfecting stuff to help lessen my chance. Good Luck, and stay healthy...

Busy?

Hello everyone, I have recently been extremely busy with m college life. I recently joined a frat, Theta Chi. I am apart of the Executive Board on Hall Council. These two things alone, along with school and homework, has made my life extremely busy. I'm the type of person who does their best when they have a lot on their plate, so I'm not complaining. However, I just have noticed that I am really in the swing of college life. How has your year been thus far? Have you joined any clubs or organizations that has really takin up a lot of time?

College So Far...

One thing I remember from high school was a piece of advice my econ teacher told me, he said, "Drew, you think your senior year of high school went by fast? Every year that follows goes faster and faster from here on out". Now that I'm already in my fifth week of college, Ive realized he is right. It has gone by so fast. I feel like I haven't even fully moved in yet. Everything is going very well, academically, socially, and all other aspects of the college world. I have met so many new people. If anyone happens to come across this post, I would love to read how your experience has gone thus far.

My Music

As most people say, "I like all types of music". I think i definitely fall under this group of people. I grew up listening to backstreet boys and 98degrees, probaby because my two older sisters always listened to them, and I didn't really know what else was "in". Now that I sit back and think about it, I definitely like more up beat songs. I'm not a big fan of slow songs in general. I listen to music to make me feel good or get me motivated. Rap is definitly not one of my favorite genres, however, when the occasion calls I can enjoy it. My favorite genre is most likely Rock or Classic Rock. Contradicting myself, I really like Eminem, I think he is really good with his rhymes. Overall, an upbeat song is my jam.

The miracle fruit...

My wrestling coach just called me about three weeks ago, suggesting me to try this new fruit extract they discovered in Japan. You take it twice a day, and it literally helps everything. Its called Vemma. I started taking it about 2 weeks ago, and already see so much improvement. I sleep significantly better, my aches and pains from wrestling are gone, and I have sooooo much more energy throughout the day. I cannot get over how amazing this is. Not only this, but you can make money off of it. If you get other people to sign up, and put them under your name, you get money for it! This stuff is amazing, and I hope other people learn of its amazingness. The downfall is its price, $60 a month. Ive got some people already puchasing it, and I'm soon going to be getting this stuff for free, with my money return! If anyone has problems sleeping, body aches and pains, or just feels plain tired all the time, just let me know and I'll try and give you some more details. I swear by this stuff, and it could be a potential money maker in college. (I really suggest it for athletes)

Beah Beah...

As most everyone else has expressed, I to concur that he is a phenomenal speaker. He makes you really grasp the Sierre Leon conflict. Most people seemed shocked at the convocation, because of his tremendous speaking skills. I was too, however I did expect just about what presented. I remembered how he went to America to talk about the conflicts in his country to the UN. Specifically, the person who took him under his wing, and eventually moved in with her, was a professional story teller. Therefore Ishmael must have learned a lot of the techniques, in order to be a better story teller. Overall I was very very impressed. Very eye opening.

UFC...

I am not too sure if anyone watches UFC or the tv show The Ultimate Fighter, but I decided to put a post up about it. The new Ultimate Fighter show is hyping up its first heavy weight season. I think it will be very exciting. I am glad they are trying to get more competition in this weight class. Right now there are not too many good fighters. Brock Lesner is dominating the weight class, and he needs someone to step up to the challenge. Kimbo Slice is in this years season, which everyone thinks is the best fighter. Personally I think he is a joke. He is a street fighter, with no diversity. He has a good stand up boxing game, but if you get any MMA fighter who knows how to take him down, they can work him til he has no oxygen left. We'll see what happens, maybe the coach he is picked to will teach him more, and he will eventually be a good contender. Time can only tell.

Reporter POW freed

Today, September 9, 2009, A New York Times reporter was freed from Afghan militants. Gunmen seized them this Saturday, while they were doing a report on a NATO air strike in Afghanistan. Seeing this report was very shocking to me. I think I am still a little clueless of the severity of the Middle East. I know most people disagree with me, but hearing stuff like this makes me think we should keep troops there and keep doing what were doing (stopping terrorist activities). If we don't stop them completely and help them get through this why wouldn't they come back to the US and have another Terrorist attack. I think it is very hard to please everyone, but sometimes you have to do what is best for the safety of America.

Whats up with this new craze?

The past few months I have wondered about one specific craze millions of people are partaking in. This craze is a website full of status updates, not really anything else but these posts where people tell their online friends what exactly they are doing. Obviously most of you know what I am talking about, Twitter.
I first noticed this new so called "online sensation" on ESPN. I don't really watch to much TV, but I thought it was so odd when ESPN broadcasters had a whole conversation about a certain football players tweets he had posted. They went on talking about it, they told the viewers to 'tweet' back to ESPN explaining there views on the football players tweets.
I do not have a twitter account, nor do i plan on one for awhile. My only real concern or question is this: Will this world eventually become so technologically dependent, that we will never really get out and converse with people face to face. I'm not bashing on any of this stuff, I just don't like how people skills are slowly losing value, while internet chat is taking over.

My Most Exciting Experience This Summer...

The past four years of high school, I always took the least dangerous road. I never did anything to dangerous that would get me in serious trouble. On the second to last day of summer this year, 6 of my friends and I decided to do our senior prank. The high school students started class the next day, so we decided to hang posters on the outside of the school. Now these posters were not just and 2'x3' poster, one of my friends went to his house and got two very large canvas sheets that were about 10 feet wide, and 5 feet long. We took an excessive amount of time, on what exactly we would right on them. We finally decided: "Sucks to be you, Class of '09" and "Wasted all the time, Class of 09". It was perfect, we went to my room and put on as much dark clothing as possible, we even went as far as putting my mom's black make up on our faces. It felt as though I was preparing for an assassination at a high security facility.
When we arrived at the school, we split into two groups. My group was to go up to the highest point, the auditorium. It was about 9 stories high. Once we got up there, it felt as though we were the kings of Zionsville. We could see as far as Indianapolis. The cool air blew in our faces. It was so hard to hear anything besides our breath, we were all so quite, we embraced the pure silence.
Right before we rolled the sign down, the other group called and told us there was a cop in the back parking lot. We decided to wait until he was gone. Little did we know this was our biggest mistake.
After laying down on the roof for about ten minutes, I received another call from the group. We all expected them to say the cop was gone. It was the complete opposite, the other group had left the high school, and there were now 5 cops shinning spotlights on the roof. Our stomachs dropped. The adrenaline started to go through my body. I remember distinctly how everyone reacted. Weston began to panic. Jeff said, "Who cares man, those lazy cops wont come up here." I was more quite, just assessing the situation.
Finally we decided to leave with the up most caution. Once the cops drove around the corner, we would go down another flight of ladders. We couldn't get down to the ground the same way we got up, there were two cops there. We went around to the lowest point we could. It was about 14 feet high.
When we all got on the edge of the building, we stopped. Fear struck through us. We knew this was going to be potentially dangerous. Finally I said, "Guys its pain, or a permanent record of trespassing." I jumped, I landed with most of my weight on my right leg. It felt as though my shin had broken. I looked up at Jeff and Weston and said, "Guys just do it, it's not bad." Although it was excruciating, I had to ensure it was okay. They jumped. We ran across the street into Jeff's neighborhood. We were home free.
We were all on cloud nine, I felt like I had just escaped from Alcatraz. Our driver of the whole operation told us later that he saw 2 cops walking on the roof right where we had hung the sign.
Although at the moment, it felt like it was the worst idea. Now that I look back on this experience, I wouldn't change it one bit. This whole dilemma even made the police report section in the newspaper. We all agreed that it was something that I can tell people forever. It made my summer, and made me realize a little risk is worth the adventure.