summery of the year

this year was definitely exciting and challenging. At the beginning of the year i wasn't sure if i made the right decision by choosing Texas state university but now i cant imagine myself attending any other school. I knew three people at Texas state before the year started but it was really easy to make friends. first semester flew by and it was not easy but i manged to get on the deans list. i think it was a really good way to start my college life.

since i thought last semester was so easy, i tried to challenge myself by taking 2 more classes. i am not sure if that was a good idea because i didn't learn as much as i thought i should have in biology but i'm still expecting to make the deans list. Bio 1430 was definitely my hardest subject but i tried my best so its all good. another thing that made this year a bit more difficult is having a girlfriend at home. we have been good throughout the year but it feels like things are getting hard the last couple of weeks. maybe its because of finals but it would suck to make it through the whole year and then break up the last week. but i have really loved this year and i wouldn't change it

Rec Junky

In butler we have a program known as the butler Grammies at the end of the year. it is pretty much one big popularity contest. I was nominated for a lot of random little things. The whole point of the butler Grammies was to get people who usually hide in their room a chance to socialize but its hard to vote for someone that you have no idea who they are.

at the beginning of the school year, i was one of those people who stayed went to school and straight to the room. i quickly realized that college really sucks a lot when the only person you know is your roommate. my roommate is a really cool guy but after the first week i forced myself to go out and make friends and that turned out to be a really good idea.

Basketball at the rec

Today i decided to go the rec center and play basketball. I love basketball but i know its not my sport. i dont suck but i would much rather be playing football. in football it is easier to maintain your composure because it is very violent, so if you get upset all you have to do is hit someone really hard and you will most likely feel better. basketball on the other hand is not suppose to be that physical.

the team we played was at least a foot taller than everyone on our team but we almost won. we also had a girl on our team. everyone underestimated her, including myself but she turned out to be very good. and we almost won. we ended up losing by one point.

NBA playoffs

I love watching basketball. i love watching people compete because it reveals so much about humans. today i watched the houston rockets play the lakers and the rockets lost. im from houston so the rockets have to be the team i cheer for (even though the lakers have been one of my favorite teams). even though i cheer for the rockets i have never thought they were that good. this year they seem to almost have their act together.

in the game today, Ron Artest was ejected from the game because he was hit by kobe but the refs called it on Artest. Artest made it clear that he would not stand for a person to hit him in the face. he was ejected from the game because it appeared that he tried to start a fight. as i watched artest talk to kobe i tried to read his lips and lets just say, parents are glad the players arent miked up

1st all nighter

so i pulled my first and hopefully my last all nighter ever! i actually didnt plan on staying up but as i was doing my work it just felt like i was going nowhere fast. i had a scientific paper to write, my six week project for weight lifting, and i had about two other essays to write. i got it done but it literally took the whole night.

I remember looking up at the window. first time i have actually watched the sun rise. im sure it would have been more special if i didnt feel like i was half dead. in the morning my roommate gave me really strong coffee and that made me feel cracked out. i ended up staying up from then til 3 am the next morning. not fun at all!

Plans for summer

This summer is going to be very exciting. maybe not exciting but very relaxing. I feel like i have worked so hard this school year and i deserve the break. Its not going to be that much of a break though because i plan on working and taking summer school. I hate history and i hate reading about history so i am probably going to take my history classes at Houston Community College. i also plan on taking another class but i am not sure which class to take.

I plan on working a lot but i don't think it should be considered work because life guarding is probably one of the best decisions i have made. i have been life guarding for the past 5 summers and it has paid off. it is very laid back job and i am not looking forward to getting a real job.

BIO 1430

I have a group presentation that's due in three days and my group hasn't been able to meet up since the project was assigned. I have a feeling that i am going to have to do most of the work and i am definitely not looking forward to it because i don't completely understand exactly what i am suppose to be doing in the first place.

Biology is a very demanding class but the lab sucks just as bad. i think it might be a little harder than the class. i don't know who decided to have students in a class for about 3 hours and they expect us to be engaged with the work the whole time. the only reason i am able to pay attention is because my lab instructor tries to make it interesting. but no matter how interesting it is, it is still very confusing.

i hate communication!

I am currently taking comm 1310 and i have never been so annoyed with a class. the fact that i have to give a presentation in front of the class doesn't bother me at all (partially because it is a residential college class and more than half of the people are in my dorm), i hate feeling like i am wasting my time and i realised i was wasting my time when i was studying i ran across another definition for facial expressions. why would someone need to come up with a more complex definition for a word that does not need one?

I actually started disliking the class the first day when the professor tried to scare us into buying our own books. she made it seem almost impossible to pass her class without the books and said she was strongly against using an old book. I understand there are worksheets we need to turn in from the book but its extremely easy to make copies with my scanner. The fact that she tried to make us spend money unnecessarily shows how little she cares about her students.

Almost time for finals

Its almost time for finals. where did this semester go? this semester was very difficult but i can honestly say i had a lot of fun. I decided to take too many classes and i definitely paid for it with sleep but other than that it has been a really good semester. I met a lot of people this semester. it almost feels like i met someone new everyday, but I'm horrible with names so i just remember their faces.

this week coming up is going to be a bit of a challenge. i have two papers due, a political science test, a biology test, a test in weight lifting (pretty easy but i still have to study), my communication presentation, a group presentation in my biology lab and we just so happen to be the reject group, and last but not least, i have a test in aquatic therapy

Spring Break Day 11-- Back in San Marcos

I love Texas State but leaving Houston is never easy. On Sunday i woke up at ten. I planned on leaving at twelve but i never leave when i plan. it took me a while to pack and get all my things ready, then i had to shower, and eat. It is hard to say good bye to my friends, especially my friends that are girls because they get all emotional and what not. I'm happy they miss me that much but leaving is hard enough, that just makes it harder.

I left at about two o'clock and i was pumped on coffee and monster so i wide awake the whole way. It was a smooth ride but traffic sucked. i probably should have left earlier but i still made it in about two and a half hours. when i got back i had to start unpacking because if i didn't then, i probably wouldn't have done it for a couple weeks.

Spring Break Day 10-- Dinner and a movie

Saturday was simple but fun. It was the last day i had to spend with my girlfriend so i had to make it count. we started off by going to a tapioca place called Kim's Tea House. Tapioca is like the best thing ever!!! I think there should be a national tapioca day where everyone has to drink tapioca. After tapioca we went to watch I Love You Man. it wasn't as funny as i thought but it was an okay movie. i guess i thought i was going to laugh more.

After the movie, she took me to a Mexican restaurant. i love all kinds of foods so i didn't mind at all. she wanted me to try papusas (i think that's how it's spelled). it was pretty good. I'm still not sure whats in them of what it is made out of but it was good. After we left the restaurant we went to the park and chilled for a while. then i took her home. The End!

Spring Break Day 9-- Paintball!!!

Friday started off a little sad because i found out that two of my good friends Sergio and Gino, were going to the army. They made the decisions on their own so i had no option but to accept it. Sergio wanted us to do something eventful before i went back to school so we decided to go paintballing. we had a coupon for ten people so i invited a couple of other friends and Sergio invited a couple of his friends from school.

It was a lot of fun and i would definitely do it again. Next time i go i know i am actually going to do much better than i did. because it was my first time ever going paintballing i got killed by some kids who looked like they go every day. its a really fun but expensive hobby.

Spring Break Day 8-- Beach!!!

since Wednesday absolutely sucked, i was hoping that Thursday would be better. i planned on going to the beach with my girlfriend, my friends, her friends, and her friends friends (get it?). I was in charge of making sure everyone was on the same page and that was extremely exhausting. I got a little frustrated trying to get about twenty people to meet up at a place at the same time. we eventually made it happen. we were about thirty minutes late but it was a fun ride. the whole way to the beach i had my music on full blast and i made sure we had fun in my car.

when we finally got to the beach it was a little awkward. i tried to introduce all my friends to all her friends. that was the easy part. when i tried introducing my friends to my girlfriends friends it was way harder. they were a group of white kids who were obviously intimidated by my diverse group of friends. we tried to talk to them but they made no attempts to interact with us. aside from that, it was a very good day.

Spring Break Day 7-- bye destiny :-(

i woke up to my father asking my why the trunk to my car was open. It was like seven in the morning so i went back to sleep. I eventually woke up about four hours later and i planned on lifting weights with my cousins. when i got into my car i noticed all my change was dumped out of my car and random things were laying around.

i noticed some other things were put in random spots. then i instantly checked for Destiny (my GPS) and she was gone. its a little weird that i named my GPS system but she talks to me, i think she at least deserves a name. i wanted to call the cops but i don't think they would have been able to do much. it was definitely the worst day of my break. the people who broke into my car also took pictures of me and my girlfriend which kinda weirded me out a little.

Spring Break Day 6-- Rodeo

on Tuesday i had a lot of fun until i rolled my ankle. the day started off with a call from one of my closest friends Brian. we played football together and he wanted to work out together. when i got to his house he decided he didn't want to lift weights anymore so we called a group of friends to play basketball at a church. my friends called people and those people called other people and before i knew it the court was packed. we played a like four games in the hot sun. the last game i ended up rolling my ankle.

After the game i rushed home and got ready to go to the rodeo. that was pretty cool. we went on a lot of rides and i saw this country singer named Keith Urban. i think that's how you spell his name. I'm not much of a fan of country music but i acted like i was having fun because i got the tickets for free and i didn't want to be rude.

Spring Break Day 5--laser tag

Monday was pretty cool. it was the first time i ever worked out with my sister. i have always promised to work out with her but I've never had the time to. About twenty five minutes into the workout she quit and started watching TV.

i went to play basketball with a group of my high school friends. I realized i was extremely out of shape but i was still in better shape than most of my high school friends. After that we went to play some laser tag. it was fun but i got sick of all the little kids faster than i thought. i formed an alliance with this one kid but he was so stupid. every time he'd run off to shoot someone I'd shoot him in the back.

Spring Break Day 4-- near death experience

By Sunday was very crazy because i had to think of an excuse to tell my parents why i wasn't home last night. i made up a huge lie, which I'm not proud of but i had to. my mom believed me but my dad always tries to poke holes in my stories. well i got out of that one and then went to church.

After that i went shopping with my girlfriend at First Colony mall in Houston. Shopping with girls is never a good idea and i was extremely tired so it sucked. i only got about thirty minutes of sleep the night before so i looked half dead the whole day.

After i dropped my girlfriend off at home. i had a hard time staying awake while i was driving. the longer i drove, the harder it was to stay awake. i shut my eyes for half a second and the next thing i know i was off the road looking at cars coming directly at me. one of the scariest moments ever but i learned my lesson.

Spring Break Day 3-- Fun Night

My second day of spring break was not too eventful, but that night was really fun. during the day i hung out with some of my old friends. i went University of Houston to meet up with a group of friends to watch some frat thing but when we got there we got lazy and decided to skip it.

Later on that night my girlfriend invited me to a Hispanic club named Mango. when i got there i felt a little out of place but i ended up having a really good time. after that we went to another club named Rich's. at that point i was way partied out but i didn't wanna look like like i couldn't handle it so i kept going. then we went to Houston Baptist University where i spent the night.

Spring Break Day 2-- day at HBU

On Friday i woke up in my queen sized bed and for the first time in a while i was able to receive 8 hours of sleep. right after i woke up i had to go get a hair cut because its almost impossible to find someone in San Marcos to properly cut my hair. i don't need like a specialist to cut my hair, i just need someone with experience on how to cut African American hair.

After that i got my allergy shots then went to visit my girlfriend at her school. she goes to Houston Baptist University. I have a lot of friends that go there so i spent the rest of the day at HBU. Their school is pretty new and i really liked their dorms but it is way too expensive.

Spring Break Day 1-- Drive back to Houston

The days leading up to spring was hell! i only received about 3 to 5 hours of sleep and it showed. i didn't even feel like myself. Thanks to Professor Kelly, i had the option to leave on Thursday. I originally planned on leaving on Friday morning but i couldn't wait to start my break.

The drive to Houston was pretty smooth considering the fact that i only had about 3 hours sleep and it was at night. i had plans to meet up with some friends later on that night but right when i got home the first thing i did was laundry then slept like a baby.

2 weeks before spring break 09

Last semester was fairly easy. i had fourteen hours and i was able to handle it pretty well. i made a 3.77 GPA and missed having a 4.0 by one point (really pissed me off but I'll save that for another blog). well last semester was not too challenging so i decided to take 3 more classes.

That wasn't a very good idea. it feels like all i do now is read and do work. Not fun at all! this is the last time i will ever take over 14 hours. i am already sure that i will take summer school every summer until i graduate so that should help some with the work load.

Hamlet!

This is my first time reading Hamlet. I can tell it is a really interesting story but i cant seem to get passed the language. It sounds like it is a completely different language. i read pages over and over again and i still couldn't seem to understand it. i cant imagine using that kind of language but I'm sure hundreds of years from now people will say the same about us right now.

Watching the movie is completely different from the reading it. when i read it i believe Hamlet was as crazy as they made him out to be but after watching the movie i feel that he really is messed up. maybe its because he has a lot of monologues and talking to oneself isn't really that popular.

Blogs Blogs Blogs!!!

Blogs are pretty cool. it seems like a really good idea until you forget to do them for some time and next thing you know you have to do like a million blogs to catch up. At the beging of the semester i thought this was going to be an easy grade but now it actually feels like it might be hard work.

Speaking of hard work, i think our next essay might be very challenging. our last three essays weren't that bad because they were about personal experiences but now we have to write about hamlet.

Weight Lifting

At this point beginners weight lifting is my favorite class. We don't really do much but it feels like i already know about everything the instructor is talking about. I am not an expert weight lifter but i have been around enough smart weight lifters to know the do's and donts of weight training. It feels somewhat elementary to me but I'm glad i have a little bit of an upper hand.

We had to give a presentation in front of the class and we were suppose to demonstrate the correct ways of doing workouts. This might be the first presentation i have ever given that i am completely sure that i did very well. its very easy to be confident when you know what you are talking about.

Mike wants to go shooting

A good friend of mine wants to take me skeet shooting and at first i was all over that idea until he told me that a lot of country, racist, red neck people are going to be there. Mike can be a very trust worthy guy but I'm not down with getting shot at. The fact that racist people are going to be there doesn't scare me but i know "accidents" happen.

To try to make myself blend in or seem less black he said he was going to let me borrow his cowboy boots and his belt buckle. At this point i am not completely sure it is worth it. If i did get shot "accidentally" it would be extremely hard to explain it to my mom who hates guns.

The Rodeo

My girlfriend asked me to go to the rodeo and her friends want me to see Keith Urvan. I am not quit sure who that is but because i don't know him i am pretty sure i am not a fan. I just recently found out that she wants to see Taylor Swift. I am not a fan of her either but i heard her new song love story like a million times on the radio and its pretty good.

I would much rather see chamillionare at the rodeo but i am almost sure that's not gonna happen because he is a "Houston" rapper and he is not as popular as other hip hop artists such as "lil Wayne" or 50 cents. i am not saying i don't like country music but it is very hard for me to relate to a lot of the music.

Not a fan of Blogging

I wish i loved writing so this can come easy to me but for some reason blogging is such a pain. I hope it gets easier or i get better at it because right now its not looking too good. Most of the time i cant think of a topic to write about and if i can think of a topic i get bored half way through.

I almost wish they were due at the end of each week so i can actually have motivation to do them. Instead we have freedom to do them whenever. All that matters is that we have them complete by the end of the semester. I love the freedom but it gets hard to keep up with it.

I miss football

Today i played flag football and i realized how much i miss football. Every time i play a game that isn't suppose to be competitive i always end up getting too into it. i wish i could play for the school but i know my knees cant take it. I have a history of knee problems and i know its not getting any better. i have torn my MCL, my meniscus, and tendinitis in both knees. at this point I'm not even sure which knee is worst because they both take turns disappointing me.



Football brought out the best and the worst in me, but it taught me a lot about myself. as cheesy as it might sound, I'm not afraid to say that football shaped who i am today. i don't really have a favorite team, i just watch games to be entertained by two teams competing. i always wanted to play football but i know things happen for a reason.

Birthday Weekend

Just got back from Houston and I'm proud to say my weekend was AWESOME!!!!! I had a lot of fun catching up with old friends. when i go home, i usually face the dilemma of finding the perfect time to fit friends in.Everyone wants to hang out and everyone wants to go eat lunch. My solution to that is to have a big get-together.

I'm not the type of person to have a party simply because i hate cleaning up after people so what i decided to do was to get as many of friends as possible together. we went out to eat and just hung out, then we went club hopping. it was a very eventful weekend. I just wish i didn't have a Friday class

Birthday!!!!

My birthday started in a very unique and different way. I was in the shower and i had a group of friends come into the shower and sing happy birthday to me. it was probably the most awkward moment i have had in a while but it was nice.

My birthday was on February third and because it was on a freaking Tuesday i really couldn't do much. My birthday was a regular day, didn't really do anything special. I went to class as usual. Got annoyed by biology as usual, and to finish it up i went to the rec.

My Schedule

I start my week off in English 1320. it is a 10am class so that requires me to wake up earlier than I'm use to. the class seems pretty cool so far. Then i have biology at supple. Then I'm a little nervous about this up coming semester. I don't think I'll do bad but i would rather be sure that i wont do bad. I haven't heard anyone say anything nice about my biology professor. I'm not sure if she is a bad professor of those individuals are just bad students. i really wish supple wasn't so far. My next class on Monday is weight lifting in Jowers.

This is officially the dumbest thing i have done so far. when i was picking classes i just choose classes that fit. i didn't stop to look at the buildings. My biology class is in supple and then i have to make it to my weight lifting class in jowers. the walk isn't really a problem, the problem is that i have to make it there in ten minutes. that's not even possible.

Dorthy is a jerk

Dorthy is a jerk! upon a time Dorthy and i were once friends but after i found out she's a jerk it has been somewhat hard to continue our friendship. I had my suspicions about her when we first met because she made some insulting jokes about me. I don't believe one makes friends that way but for some reason Dorthy seems to keep making friends. well that's until they find out that she's a jerk and then no one wants to be her friend.

Dorthy really isn't that bad. Sometimes she can actually be a good friend. This is my first blog and i was not really sure what to write so i wrote the last thing that happened this morning. This morning she called me a jerk and then said her dad is bigger than my dad. i don't know why she would say such a thing but she just random stuff like that all the time.