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#72
Today we salute you stressed out college student during exam week. As you sit in your lonely cubical in the library doped up on starbucks & aderol you think to yourself 'am I ever going to need to know this stuff in life?' The distractions are tempting and you have suddenly diagnosed yourself with ADD along with advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage. I'm sure by now you know exactly what everyone is doing because you have checked your buddy list 800 times. Christmas break is just days away and your prozac prescription will be in tomorrow. So crack open an ice cold bud light after that last exam because for most of us break will be spent in rehab.
#71
Snow football is a great way to get every participant significantly injured in some way. Today, eight kids from my high school along with myself played four on four tackle football with one ultimate quarterback. After about two plays we realized how hard it really was to try and run around in over a foot of unpacked snow. We had to take a Gatorade break after about fifteen minutes because we are all ridiculously out of shape. One kid ended up going to the emergency room because of his eye, and the other eight people got about five different injuries each. As we came close to finishing the game, three out of the four people didn’t even move as they all watched one receiver go out for a pass. The frostbitten hands and 30 pound wet jeans made it all the more interesting.
#70
The entire process for giving out Orange Bowl tickets to students seemed extremely unfair. First off, the BCS should have made a lot more tickets available to actual students instead of only giving out 2,000. The BCS is all about making money, so that is why they didn’t want to sell a lot of discount tickets to students because they were actually losing money. I was on the white loop Thursday night and heard a girl in the Blue Band talking about how she got to go for free and didn’t even want to go. Even she felt bad for the 2,700 people who really wanted to go and just got unlucky with the number on their wrist band. I just think that it is pretty sad that the BCS is based solely on money. For this reason, they do not want to create a legitimate playoff system and actually allow the true football fans into the stadium.
#69
This Thursday might have been one of the best nights yet here at Penn State. We got about eight inches of snow. I guess snow means that everyone in East Halls clears out of their dorms to go into the quad. There were hundreds of people there wrestling, tackling each other, and having snowball fights. I can pretty much guarantee that over half of the kids there were drunk because everyone got excited about classes being done and they found it necessary to celebrate. The friendly snowball fights suddenly began to turn into what looked like fight club. Two kids would call each other out and start wrestling in the middle of hundreds of onlookers. It was really fun until the cops came and ruined all the fun. They told everyone to go back to their dorms. I’m not quite sure what the point in that was considering no one was doing anything bad in the first place.
#68
I’m debating whether or not I want to let tour guides use my room to show groups of prospective high school students. They say that you get at least 100 bucks plus more money depending on how many times you have people in your room. It’s only once a week and the kids and parents ask you questions for about five minutes. I’m not sure if I want to do it though because I have to stay in my room for three hours, not knowing when a new group will suddenly show up. Who knows, maybe it would be worth it in the end.
#67
Well, I’m in the middle of writing about ten blogs today and it has snowed about three inches in a half hour. That’s what I like to see. Some kids on my floor tried to see how cold they could make their room by opening their windows and turning on all the fans. If they would have done it a little longer, I’m pretty sure that the water in their cups would have frozen over in no time. Whose down for another massive drunken snowball fight tomorrow?
#66
My last week of classes has actually been pretty fun. On Wednesday, my business seminar teacher bought the entire class Papa Johns and pop. And yes, I said pop, not soda. I won a nice Penn State flash drive because I didn’t miss one class and I got the most “points” throughout the semester. We got points for winning various group projects and I guess I got lucky because I was always in the winning group. I sold it to my friend for forty bucks because I already have one and there is no point in keeping it. My last econ class was funny because Dirk Mateer had a review for the test. He put multiple choice questions on the Powerpoint. He told us to clap if we thought the answer was A, bark if we thought it was B, cough if we thought it was C, and whistle if we thought it was D. All I have to say is that Dirk is the man because he actually makes class fun to go to.
#65
Today my two friends and I went to Beaver Terrace to look at our apartment for next year and sign the lease. The tour guide was a complete moron and had no idea what she was talking about when she was showing us the rooms. The apartment looked pretty nice but the living room was a little smaller than we expected. It should be sweet though because my friend is on a full scholarship and he is going to bring a six-speaker surround sound system and maybe a big screen television if he makes enough money this summer. He has nothing better to spend his money on, which is perfectly fine with me. Plus a couple of my other high school friends are exactly above us next year. This means that we are most likely going to get beer and garbage dumped on our balcony every day of the year. Oh well, it should be a good time.
#64
The Christmas dinner last night made it almost impossible to find a seat in the entire cafeteria. As soon as a group of people got up when they were done, 20 people rushed toward the table to try and grab a seat. I saw some people sitting against walls and on the floor. I have never seen more people in the Commons at one time and doubt I will ever see that many ever again. I have to admit, it was a good dinner because I got to eat some strawberries for the first time in a long time. However, I found it kind of awkward that the menu said “real mashed potatoes.” If these were real mashed potatoes then I’m not too sure I want to know what is in “fake mashed potatoes.”
#63
Yahoo pool has been reintroduced into my life. I used to play that game when I was in about eighth grade. Now I end up playing it every single night until 3am. It’s actually really fun because I always meet up with a bunch of my friends in one room, so it ends up being one big chat room with two of the people playing pool. Of course, since I am pretty much the man at everything, I always end up the winner.
#62
I have no motivation whatsoever to write this final paper. It’s hard to write ten pages on something that I have no interest in myself. I know that it was stupid to pick a topic that I really don’t care about, but I couldn’t think of anything better. Now I wish that I could write about how the BCS should be changed. I would actually have some fun writing about this and it would turn out to be a much better paper. I have a lot of ideas on this subject that actually make sense and someone might actually want to read about it. It’s too late to change my topic now though, which is really unfortunate. I got so bored writing my rough draft Thursday night that I stopped in the middle of a word and took a two hour nap. If that’s not ADD then I want to know what is.
#61
Oh how I missed my snow. It’s good to finally see a decent snowfall around here. I was out Saturday night at some apartment and when I came out I was welcomed by a blizzard and a couple inches of snow. When I got off the bus to get back to my dorm, the quad was filled with tons of drunken freshmen playing volleyball and making snow/ice balls. A couple kids on my floor came back that night all bloody, muddy, and beat up. I woke up to a blood-stained white board on my door the morning after because everyone on my floor feels it necessary to wipe their blood on it and label their marking. I just make sure I don’t clean it up with any open wounds on my hands. I’m not quite ready to get AIDs yet.
#60
I don’t know if many people have ever heard of IP Relay but it’s a good way to waste time and to have a good laugh. It’s a website designed for mute people who are unable to make phone calls. All the mute person has to do is log onto the website, type in the number they want to call, and type whatever they want to say to the other person. An operator says everything and anything that you type despite how vulgar or obscene it is. I know it’s bad but a couple of my friends discovered it not too long ago and they have been prank calling people ever since. So next time that you are bored, I highly recommend that you log onto the website and go to town on a good friend.
#59
It’s official, off to the orange bowl it is. I’m not to happy that Virginia Tech lost though because now we have to play Florida State and it’s not going to be a good game at all. At least we can be sure that Paterno will come within a game closer to Bowden in career wins. The Texas vs. USC game will be really good and interesting to see how good they each play versus a good team for once. I think Reggie Bush locked up the Heisman because Vince Young didn’t play well at all versus Texas A&M. I think it will be neat to see Robinson at least get invited to the Heisman ceremony because he definitely deserves it.
#58
So I left home at about three on Sunday and was planning on making it back down here to Penn State at around five. I guess I didn’t factor in the two hours that it took us to travel fifteen miles on I-80. We got stopped twice in a row while coming home. The first time seemed to have no real reason for the stoppage of traffic at all. We moved five miles in a half hour and started going 75 again out of nowhere. We traveled about twenty more miles in fifteen minutes before we stopped again because of one lane traffic. It was nice that my friend’s dad who drove us was a pretty cool guy and had something to say about all of our conversations about college. It was good to get back, despite noticing that someone had been in my room over the vacation. I left my window open and my next door neighbor left his light on just to really see if anyone came in over break. We came back to a closed window and no lights. I guess they just have people in to check the rooms for fire safety and maybe an alcohol check. I don’t agree with it at all but I guess they do have a right to do it because it’s their property.
#57
Saturday night? You guessed it, yet another basement party at yet another friend’s house. My friend was going about 60 on a 35 and came within 15 feet of slamming into a deer running across the road. Needless to say, I was the passenger and was not too thrilled with my near death experience. My friend had a sweet beer pong table that gave me some good ideas as to one I want to build for next year in my apartment. After the party I stupidly ordered a Greek burger instead of the traditional breakfast food that Panos is known for. I did this because I’m a cheap guy and it was the cheapest item on the menu. I definitely regretted this decision as I tried to sleep that night. I would like to conclude this blog by stating that the Greek burger is a drunk mans worst enemy.
#56
My Friday lunch plans with some other friends didn’t quite work out after someone called me at 8am, causing my phone to vibrate off the table and shut off, then causing me to wake up at about 2 once again. I wasn’t too happy about the Texas win. We have gotten too close to making it to this Rose bowl. Hopefully UCLA will pull off a win versus USC next week or Texas somehow finds a way to lose. I can’t even describe how happy I will feel if this happens to occur next weekend. Friday night brought along yet another basement party with multiple trips to Mcdonalds and Taco Bell. This really reminded how much I really do miss that Mcchicken. This nigh was fun despite the fact that my beer pong partner made only one shot in two games while I made the other eleven. We still went 2-0 so I guess it wasn’t a total loss. I would also like to conclude this blog by stating how beastly I am at flip cup. Thank You.
#55
Thanksgiving was a much needed relaxing day. I woke up at about two and watched football until about six when we started to eat. Dinner was amazing and I definitely helped reach my goal of that freshman 15. After dinner, my entire family went over to my aunt and uncles house. This consisted of nothing but me embarrassing everyone in ping pong and everyone embarrassing me in pool, along with watching Pitt get obliterated once again. There were about 7 pies on the kitchen counter and by the time everyone left I think there were six because no one had room to eat any of it. I’m going to conclude this blog by restating how beastly I am at ping pong. Thank you.
#54
Wednesday night was the night where I saw pretty much all of my good friends. It was our second night out and our second basement of the week. I saw a lot of my good female friends, a bunch of good friends from high school, along with some of the kids I see every day down here at Penn State. We played a 20 person game of Kings, which didn’t last too long because the girls get distracted and leave every two minutes, or they just pretend to know how to play the game when in reality they have no clue what they are doing. This night also came with all the old drama while I sat back with my bag of pretzels and enjoyed the show. To top it off, someone puked on my shoe.
#53
Going back home on Tuesday was really weird. Just driving through the city and recognizing all the new stores, houses, etc. felt pretty awkward. Once I got home I thought it was pretty neat how didn’t have to swipe my card just to grab some food out of the cupboard or the fridge. My 300 pound cat seemed to recognize me because she followed me around the entire day, following about three feet behind at all times. Tuesday night I went to my friend’s house with about 6 of my other best friends. They decided that they wanted to play poker just for old time’s sake. They play all the time in college and I haven’t played in about three months, so I was out in about five minutes. It was funny listening to everyone’s crazy stories about their college life so far. The Brew City made it a lot more fun too. For about the price of a movie, the price for a case of this can please a couple people for far more than two hours.
#52
My paper is done, my bags are packed, and my vacation has officially started. I’m going to definitely skip my 9am math class tomorrow considering about 3 kids out of the 300 will actually show up. So tomorrow I have nothing to do except turn in these apartment applications, take a nap, eat, take the three hour journey home, and then celebrate. Such a wonderful feeling it is, let me tell you. I've done enough writing for the day. Peace out bloggers.
#51
Has anyone else noticed how bad the ESPN 2 announcer is for the college football games? My friends and I realized how dumb this guy is while listening to him during the Illinois game earlier this season. Listening to his ridiculous comments about irrelevant subjects made watching the Michigan State game this weekend a lot more fun. If you don’t know what I am talking about, here is a comment that he made near the end of the game. “Robinson has thrown 7 TD passes this year for 17 touchdown receptions.” I think this one quote proves my point. After he said it my friends and I just looked at each other wondering if what we thought we heard was really said. It took us about 10 or 15 minutes until we finally realized he probably meant that Michael threw 17 TD receptions and 7 of them have been to Butler. I’m not sure if this is true or not but it’s the most we could make out of this ridiculous comment. It seems like he struggles to put the simplest sentences together because it’s obvious that he has no idea what he is talking about. I’m not sure if he is on some sort of drugs or ESPN just keeps him on the air to make watching their games a little more entertaining.
#50
This weekend was the first in a long time that a friend from back home hasn’t come down to PSU to visit. It was kind of a lame weekend because a lot of people already left Friday to go back home. I don’t blame them considering I don’t think going to class Monday and Tuesday this week is going to accomplish anything at all. It was still a good weekend though. Penn State won and Texas lost, which is good. However, USC barely beat Fresno State, which I wasn’t too happy about, and the Steelers suffered an embarrassing loss to the Ravens because Tommy might just be the worst football player in NFL history. It was still good to see the Eagles lose, which made the Steelers loss a little less painful. I’m going to check out another apartment tomorrow, so hopefully that works out well. It’s Beaver Terrace and it looks decent online, plus its pretty cheap and really close to campus. Hopefully it’s not so late that we can’t get one, but I don’t want to think about that. Blogging is sweet.
#49
My boy Ed Hinkel from Iowa scored a beastly four touchdowns this Saturday. He is from my high school and I ran track with him when I was just a freshman. On the other side of Iowa’s football team was Javon Johnson from Erie who had an interception and quite a few tackles. It’s too bad for Hinkel that he broke his arm at the beginning of this season because he is the best receiver on the team and probably would have had a good chance of being drafted next year. For the Penn State woman’s basketball team, freshman Mashea Williams of Erie did a pretty good job against Duke, even though they got killed. I think in four years she has a good chance in being one of the elite players in college basketball. I can also brag that she has partied at my house before. Charles Rush, also from my high school, did a good job on the offensive line for Penn State in our victory over Michigan State. Finally, Bob Sanders who is also from my high school and safety for the Indianapolis Colts held his own by contributing to their win this week against the Bengals with ten tackles. So overall I would have to call this a good week for Prep grads and other Erie athletes in college and pro sports.
#48
I found this pretty funny that even little kids know how bad the Philadelphia Eagles are.
A seven year old boy was at the center of a Philadelphia, PA courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy had a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.
The boy surprised the court by proclaiming that his aunt beat him more than his parents did and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge suggested that he live with the grandparents, the boy cried out that they beat him also. After considering the remainder of the family and learning that domestic abuse was a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him. The judge granted temporary custody to the Philadelphia Eagles, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.
Go Steelers
#47
So I went apartment searching today and I really liked the one that we looked at today. We looked at Lenwood which is about five blocks away from campus, so it wasn’t too fun walking there in the 10 degree weather. It’s about 1200 dollars per month for four people and it has all utilities, even the internet, included. So the price isn’t bad at all but it is a 12 month lease so we are going to have to factor in how much we are paying for the three months in the summer that we aren’t even there. At least I know I will always have a place to party if I’m really bored at home. I can always drive down here and bring a ton of people to party for a weekend if there is nothing better to do at home. It would be amazing if we could find some people who are taking summer sessions and want to rent it out for the summer but I doubt that will happen considering that it’s kind of far off campus. So if anyone you know is planning on taking summer sessions for the summer of 2007, hook a brother up.
#46
Five days until I get to eat some real food. Five days until I get to sleep in a real bed. Five days until I get to piss off my 25 pound cat. Five days until I probably get in a car accident because I haven’t even been in a car for three months. Five days until I get to party, old school style, with the friends I haven’t seen in what seems like ages. Five days until I can actually go barefoot in the shower. Five days until I make my mom do all my laundry for free. Five days until I walk into work and get paid for sitting in the break room for seven hours, because I’m just that sweet. Ten days until I can’t wait to leave home and come back here.
#45
I would like to begin this blog entry by stating how much I hate math. Calculus has no relevance whatsoever as to the major I am going to pursue. The only thing calculus does is keep me off the deans list and piss me off. I’m not even smart so my goal is to be the dumbest kid on campus that made the deans list. I would also like to state that I think it is pretty sweet how they load up our dinners with laxatives. Has anyone else noticed that? I find it pretty pathetic that the food they serve is so unhealthy that they want to get it out of our systems as fast as possible after we consume it. I really don’t care though, I stopped caring about my health the first day I stepped foot on Penn State’s campus. I am now going to go eat some extremely healthy Ramen noodles, and maybe some Oreos….and a can of Crisco.
#44
Yesterday I saw Yamato play in the Eisenhower auditorium and I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, they were very talented and entertaining but I was expecting more. I guess that I am just used to drum shows like that because my high school won nationals in drum line and came in third place for percussion ensemble when I was a junior. It was pretty neat how they had a drum that was about 6 feet tall and shook the entire place every time they hit it. They factored some humor into the performance and got the audience involved a lot too. Overall I liked it but I don’t think it was worth the 13 bucks I paid to see them.
#43
1. Scheduling is a bitch.
2. E-Lion tends not to work when thousands of people try to activate it at the same second.
3. Don’t schedule a class you know your going to drop right before the next semester with the sole purpose to piss people off.
4. Don’t hold classes for friends, unless it’s for me, or you’re benefiting in some extraordinary way by hooking them up.
5. It would be sort of nice if the administration created as many classes as demanded by the students. Spanish 3 was filled before half the freshman scheduled.
6. I hate any class that is 5 days a week (computer science).
7. 8am’s are sweet.
8. Four classes from 8am to 12 then another at 2:30 will be really fun next semester.
9. Ratemyprofessor.com works wonders when scheduling.
10. I was kidding about #8 and #9.
#42
I would have been really pissed if Kem didn’t take attendance today in class. It’s a good thing he did. English was my only class today and it sucked knowing I had to wake up and take the 20 minute walk to the complete opposite side of campus only to read proposals that I could have done in my dorm. We better get a big portion of our grade based on showing up for class because I don’t think I have missed that class at all yet. Also, I don’t even know if we are still supposed to be writing these blogs because it seems like no one else is. If you figure that we have been in school for about 10 weeks now, then that is about 50 blog entries that we are suppose to have. Some people seem like they barely have 25. Oh well, I’m not messing around with something this easy that accounts for 20 percent of my grade.
#41
I just realized how close to the end of the semester we actually are. All of my projects and tests are right in this upcoming week before we leave for Thanksgiving. After that, we all pretty much just waste time until finals week. This next week will be a little tough, but it’s pretty much over after this. I really need to crack down on math for the next month. I’m heading for a low B or a high C, and this will most likely keep me off of the Dean’s List. Three of my other classes are really easy and I’m pretty sure I’ll get an A in those. However, I have no idea what I am going to get in this English class, which everyone just gets B’s on their papers no matter what. I just want to make the Dean's List so I can laugh in everyone's face that tried extremely hard and didn't make it, or for those who just thought that I was a retard.
#40
It turns out that I just got an email from one of my supervisors from my job back at home. He is a sophomore at Penn State Behrend in Erie and told me that he is transferring here next year and wants to get an apartment. Hearing this made my day because he is the man, plus he knows how to have a good time. Truthfully, the most exciting part about sharing an apartment with him is that he turns 21 this next summer. Ohhhh the possibilities. I asked another friend from back home if he wanted to get it with us and he wants to. So now I’m just asking a bunch of other friends to see who else is interested. I don’t even care who the fourth person even is because next year will be absolutely insane just with the two people I’m already rooming with.
#39
I read and responded to the LaceProposalDraft and YellowProposal.
#38
Completely eliminating violent media from society is not the way to correct the problem. Research has been done to show the relationship between media violence and the way in which a person reacts to this and applies it to real life situations. So why does this matter? It matters because this could be degrading society in a small way. However, do they degrade to the extent at which they are advertised? I don’t believe so, and I think that the whole situation is blown out of proportion. This argument can affect anyone who is exposed to violent media. I will evaluate both sides of the argument and give counter-arguments to each while trying to propose a solution that satisfies both parties.
#37
Proposal Idea
Along with mostly everyone else, I had a hard time trying to think of an idea on what to write ten pages on. I thought about it and decided to write about the effects of violence in the media. However, I do find it interesting that people claim that the violence in video games, televison, movies, etc. can shape an individual’s personality for the rest of their lives. Despite all the arguments and facts on the effects of the violence, I am going to write about the counterarguments to the expert’s claims. Also, I will talk about how the problem can be solved so that violence in the media can be acceptable without damaging society.
#36
Some good costumes I have seen this weekend include, but are not limited to the following. The extremely unoriginal covering of oneself in multiple natty light cases, complete with a homemade hat. Others were rather disturbing and these included dirty tampons, penises, vaginas, and even a huge set of tits. I saw lot of Mario and Luigi’s, lots of ninja turtles, and millions of fairies. One guy even whipped out the old power ranger costume. One of my favorites was a line of about five kids all wearing a different Tetris shapes. I saw a few good Ron Burgundy’s and a fair share of revealing hookers. Sometimes it was hard to tell if the cops I saw were real of kids in costumes….sometimes it wasn’t. I saw a kid who bough a huge poster board, cut a hole in the top right corner, wrote down some personal information, and called himself a facebook page. One of my favorite was about 10 kids dressed as babies, all connected by a rope, and one Michael Jackson leading them all. I also saw a couple beer pong tables, a Captain Morgan, Duff Man, oh and did I say fairies? There are a lot more but I’m going to stop regarding the fact that I am sick of writing.
#35
This weekend seemed to be my high schools five month reunion. It seemed like everyone from my graduating class was here this weekend. Friday night started off with the classic tearing off of the closet door and making it a beer pong table in my buddy’s room. It was a good time but I have no idea how we didn’t get caught considering there were about 30 different people in and out of there throughout the night. We framed our receipt of 9 cases of Natty that we paid exactly 100 dollars for. I can’t really write about anything for all of Saturday because I don’t remember any of it. I need to whip up a costume real soon in order to go to this Halloween party tomorrow night. Suggestions are appreciated. My goal is to keep it under 5 bucks.
#34
So I was in the middle of watching a little bit of Saving Private Ryan for my review and I thought I heard a strange noise. I was wearing my headphones and I could tell it sounded like a siren, so I figured it was part of the movie. I took my headphones off to make sure and all of a sudden the fire alarm (which is right outside of my door) went off and scared the living hell out of me. It turns out the first alarm I heard was the hall right next to mine. Anyways, I wasn’t too happy about this considering the fact that I was in the zone and I felt like I could have written a book. Waiting outside and eating dinner definitely killed that zone, so it took me another hour to get back in writing mode. I think I did a pretty good job on my review. I think I might actually get above a B on this paper. I’m not expecting it though because there is always something wrong and always something to complain about. Plus I am extremely bad with grammar.
#33
It seems like I haven’t blogged in years. Every night I tell myself that I am going to write one but I end up forgetting about it, falling asleep, or going out. All I know is that this weekend is going to absolutely ridiculous with homecoming, the Purdue game, and Halloween. Plus there’s a few of my good friends coming in this weekend. I’m going to prove to them that Pitt is pretty much inferior to Penn State. I have no idea what I’m going to write this review on by Friday. I guess ill be forced to write it all tomorrow night. I live by procrastination. I do have to admit, I don’t feel worthless when I finish all my homework a few days early. Too bad that never happens.
#32
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is taking others work and using it as your own without giving the proper credit to the real author. According to this article on plagiarism, there are many ways in which one can plagiarize. Information that must be given credit for include another ideas, opinions or theories, any facts, graphs, stats, or drawings that are not common knowledge, quotations of another’s spoken words, and paraphrase of another’s spoken or written words. Common knowledge is defined as any piece of information that can be found in many sources and is likely to be known by many people. Common knowledge does not have to be cited, but uncommon knowledge and ideas that interpret facts do need to be cited.
#31
Evaluative Argument
A drug that targets only diseased cells has proved astonishingly effective against an aggressive form of early breast cancer. This is the claim that the article makes regarding breast cancer. The reason given includes that it cuts the chance of breast cancer relapse in half. There are, however, a few counterarguments to this claim regarding the drug Herceptin. One is that it is only effective in about 20% of breast cancer cases in which the tumors produce too much HER2. This article also claims that a very small number of women suffer from heart failure when taking the drug. Another counter-argument is that it is very costly. It will cost one woman about 48,000 dollars to afford a years worth of this drug. It is also uncertain if it reacts with other drugs that deal with chemotherapy.
#30
Evaluative Argument
Gatorade is good for the body during physical activity. This is the claim that the article makes about this popular sports drink. The reasons given to support it are that it assures rapid fluid absorption into the body, it reassures rapid rehydration because of the unique ingredients, it provides carbohydrates to working muscles, and the good taste encourages a person to drink more which also lessens the chance of dehydration. Some counterarguments included state that Gatorade is only effective for long endurance activities. It has been clinically proven to perform better than water in physical activity, but the difference is so minimal that it may not be worth spending the extra money. It is hard to initiate any other counterarguments because it has been scientifically proven to perform as advertised.
#29
Stigmergy Remix
To help describe the constant reconstruction of termite nests, Pierre-Paul Gasse introduced the term stigmergy. This term describes the building process of a termite nest by the termite colony. Presently researchers use the term for all insects. The insects cannot plan in building the best nest, think about how they want to go about building it, or distinguish one insect to lead all the others. The nest alone is solely responsible for how it develops and changes over time. The environment provides certain resources and opportunities that unconsciously persuade one termite to change the nest in some way. The rest of the termites pick up on this and begin to work on the new nest until the environment stimulates yet another termite to change it again. This is an ongoing process, with constant responses of a termite worker. This theory has been overlooked, however, because it is still uncertain on how one stimulus can attract the attention of the whole group of termite workers.
#28
I honestly don’t understand what the big deal about this fall break is. Why did everyone go home for a three day weekend? It’s only three days, which shouldn’t even be considered a fall break. I think there were about 7 guys, including myself, on my floor that actually stayed here. That Penn State game pissed me off because the refs screwed us over and D-Will is officially out for the rest of the season. Also, Tommy Maddux proved to be the worst quarterback of all time in the game vs. the Jaguars. I was embarrassed to call myself a Steelers fan today.
#27
Causal Argument Analysis
Taken from TheRoxySpot - For my second casusal argument I found an article about children and day care. It says that child care impacts kids' achievement. More specifically it says that children who go to informal child care do not reach their full academic potential. According to the article, children who go to informal child care scored 3.5% lower on achievement tests. The article says that this is because workers at child care centers may be better trained than relatives or other informal child care providers. Also, formal child care environments may provide more organization and discipline, more educational activity and more stimulation for the kids as they interact with other kids. Some counter arguments for this claim could be that it's a coincidence the children in informal child care do not do as well as those in formal child care. Also, it's an assumption that informal child care is less organized, stimulating, and does not have trained care providers like formal child. The type of home the children live in, their household income, and other outside factors could also lead to lower test scores.
Claim – Children who go to informal child care score an average 3.5% lower on achievement tests.
Reasons – Child care workers are better trained than the child’s own family or an informal child care. They do not provide as much discipline and organization as they should.
Counter-arguments – Formal and informal child care is not clearly defined. Economic status of a family could reflect the type of child care they put their kids into. The more money a family makes, the better school they will enroll their children.
#26
Causal Argument Analysis
Taken from TheRedHotSpot - For my causal argument i chose one that describes the tendency that children might develop to be prejudice toward the type of people who have hurt our country in recent attacks. It is stating that the hurt caused by these attacks leads to hate. It is saying that some of the causes for this relationship are: parents aren't helping their children channel their feelings into positive actions; parents aren't setting good examples; parents aren't correcting their children for making insensitive remarks.
Claim - children feel anger and hatred towards perpetrators of attacks on our country and those responsible for them.
Reasons - Parents struggle to help children cope with their feelings, parents set bad examples, struggle to answer their questions, teach tolerance, and respect diversity.
Counter-arguments - Many other factors can contribute to how a child feels towards a perpertrator of an attack. The child may be associated with many other people other than their parents that help influence their feelings. The news also may have a dramatic impact on how they feel about a particular situation.
#25
Causal Argument
This article about stress explains some of the causes of stress. It also explains two cause and effect relationships. One is the causes of stress and another is what the stress causes. Examples that cause stress include the state of the world, the country, or any community to which you belong, environment, work, family, poor health, perfectionism, unrealistic goals, negative attitudes, and irresponsible behavior. Some effects of stress include obesity, heart disease, cancer, anorexia, OCD, substance abuse, ulcers, diabetes, sexual abuse, hyperthyroidism, hair loss, and tooth and gum disease. Unmentioned causes of stress include lack of time, school, depression, etc.
#24
Causal Argument
In the article What causes obesity? many factors are brought for that are believed and proven to cause obesity. Some causes mentioned include genes, fatty foods, bad lifestyle, metabolic rate and psychology. They have touched on many factors but I believe that they have left one out. I think they left out the impact of the environment in which they live. If their surroundings send them the signal that being fat is okay, then they will not try as hard to correct their problem. However, someone in a society where being obese is frowned upon will try much harder to obtain a healthy weight.
#23
This past weekend might have been the best two consecutive days of my life. It started with the O.A.R. concert on Friday. This was actually the first real concert that I have been to and I thought it was definitely worth the ten bucks. After the concert me and my friends went to an apartment party, which was a good time. It was also funny to see all the drunken kids trying to walk back home at 2am in the pouring rain. Everyone was completely soaked but nobody seemed to care at all. It’s kind of depressing to see all the good weather slowly leaving us. Cold weather results in girls no longer wearing skirts, which sucks. What do I have to say about Saturday. Saturday was absolutely insane. I laughed at all the kids who camped out for 4 days and got row 5, when I waited in line before the game for 5 minutes and got row 20. Are 15 rows really worth camping out in the freezing rain for 3 nights? After the game I was watching all the students rushing the field. I saw a cop just obliterate some kid and tackle him to the ground. I laughed and started to make fun of the kid because he just got completely embarrassed. When the kid got up, I realized that it was actually one of my good friends from high school. I have never laughed harder in my life. This kid is so innocent and dorky, which made the situation much funnier. How about all those cops and troopers after the game downtown? I have never seen so many cops in one place. I saw a few kids get jacked up and arrested, which was also a good laugh. These millions of cops, however, didn’t prevent 90 percent of the PSU students from getting absolutely tanked to celebrate our amazing win.
#22
So today I picked up that Free Magazine in the hub today. There's some pretty funny and interesting stuff in there. I especially like the section that talks about how many calories certain alcoholic drinks contain. For instance, a 30 pack of beer contains 4,050 calories. This is equivalent to 88.8 Mcdonalds Chicken Mcnuggets. If you drink a 12 pack of beer, which is equivalent to 6 Butterfingers, then you can burn off the 1600 calories by watching TV for about 20 hours. How about the good ol' Colt 45 which is 588 calories. The magazine suggests that you burn this off by walking briskly from Thomas building to Pattee, to the Forum, to Findlay Commons, to the BJC, to the outdoor Natatorium, back to Thomas (TWICE.) Turn the page and you'll find a good selection of short stories about students and the crazy things they do when smashed. My favorite one is about someone who partied so hard on his birthday that he passed out and somehow woke up in an old lady's house in Greenville, PA, which is 3 hours away. Moral of the story is that too much beer makes you fat, but don't let this stop you from partying like a true PSU student.
#21
Analogy
We should not blame the media for deteriorating moral standards. Newspapers and TV are like weather reporters who report the facts. We do not blame weather reports for telling us that the weather is bad.
This analogy is trying to say that the media is just like weather reporters because they only talk about what is, ant they do not have any influence on the outside world. This analogy does make a good point, but there are still counter arguments against it. If the audience is someone who believes that the media has an effect on moral standards, then this analogy is not very convincing because it is comparing humans, who can be easily influenced, to the weather, which cannot be influenced. Weather reports can’t have any effect on the weather. Contrary to this, news reports can indirectly affect the way people act and perceive the world. This analogy may be successful if directed to an audience who is not aware of the facts on the effect of media. Otherwise, this statement is weak and does not convince the intended audience to feel any differently.
Enthymeme: Because Pat goes to Penn State, he will get a good job after graduation.
Pat goes to Penn State.
Penn State graduates receive good jobs.
Pat will get a good job.
#20
Its official…I have the worst knees in the entire history of all mankind. It all started about a year ago when one morning I woke up with my right knee in extreme pain. I couldn’t bend it at all and it hurt to even try to walk. I told my mom to get me the phone so I could call off work that morning, because life guarding without being able to walk is probably a bad idea. My only guess as to what happened was that I somehow messed it up the night before at basketball practice and it didn’t get bad until the morning after. I was really pissed considering the fact that track season started in about 3 weeks. I soon found out that if I stretched me knee real slowly and gradually that I could manage walking on it. This worked for about 15 minutes at a time, so I was always stretching it before I had to move it. I refused to go to the doctor because I didn’t want to throw my entire senior track season down the drain. After the rest of the basketball season and managing to even place at districts for track, my left knee was even beginning to hurt because I was putting all the pressure on that. After track, I finally went to the doctor to get an MRI. Both knees were equally bad, so I just decided to get the MRI on my right knee. It turns out that I had a torn meniscus (which never heals) and a sprained ACL. I turned down surgery because I didn’t want to spend the first month of college on crutches. Today I’m regretting playing football last night because both of my knees are in extreme pain again. They are fine if I’m not running around on them and doing much physical activity, but once I do, I definitely pay for it.
#19
I’m glad that I don’t have to drive at all this winter because it’s not very enjoyable. However, it is fun if you find a big open parking lot and start doing 720’s on the ice. I tend not to slow down very much, if at all, when there’s nothing but ice on the ground. This probably isn’t a good idea considering my car is a 1993 Cavalier and it pretty much sucks on ice. I paid for my lack of safety one day last winter when I was on my way home from basketball. I was going about 30mph on a 25mph road. I suddenly hit an ice patch and I started drifting into the opposite lane. If you know anything about sliding you know that your suppose to turn the wheel towards the direction your sliding. Well I panicked and tried to get on my own side of the lane. I did a 540, ended up in my own lane, but facing the completely wrong way. When I was sliding I saw that I was approaching a telephone pole and I realized I was definitely going to slam into it. I took my hands off the wheel, ducked, and covered my head before my car slammed into something. I opened my eyes and looked out of my driver seat window. There was the telephone pole only 2 inches from my window. I realized that I had slammed into a 4 foot snow bank on the side of the road. That snow bank was the only thing that had stopped me from pretty much killing myself. I tried to get my car out of the snow bank, while trying to avoid that telephone pole. I tried everything for about 10 minutes until some kids stopped and finally helped me. They were the kind of kids who go around town when bored and help everyone that is stuck. I’ve done that before too and it’s actually pretty fun. I got out of the snow bank and drove 30mph the rest of the way home. What’s funny is that saw the imprint of my car in the snow bank for about a month after the incident.
#18
HOW TO…make ramen noodles.
1. Take pre-bought package of noodles.
2. Punch the bag uncontrollably until all clumps of noodles are separated. (don't accidentally pop open the bag)
3. Pour contents of bag into soup bowl.
4. Take flavor package out of soup bowl.
5. Add two cups of water to noodles.
6. Place bowl into microwave.
7. Set microwave to 2 minutes and start.
8. When finished, remove the soup and let it cool for a couple minutes.
9. Open flavor package.
10. Pour contents of flavor package into soup and mix.
11. Eat soup with spoon and enjoy.
#17
52 EXTRA SECONDS?!!?...are you serious? That’s how much extra time the New England Patriots got in the fourth quarter because the refs accidentally reset the game clock. The refs didn’t catch it, and neither did anyone else. These 52 seconds could have completely changed the outcome of the game considering that the Patriots drove down the field with two minutes left and kicked a field goal, leaving only one second on the clock. This should never happen, especially in such a big game with two of the best teams in the league. This loss could haunt the Steelers later on if they are tied for first with the Patriots at the end of the regular season. The Patriots will get the tie-breaker just because they “beat” the Steelers this past Sunday. I’m too pissed off to write anymore.
#16
What’s this with the fire alarms today? I mean seriously, we are all college students and have been doing fire drills since Kindergarten. I’m pretty sure we know how to walk down stairs and go outside when the alarm goes off. There is no need to practice it. I have to admit, it was kind of funny to see all the people in the shower have to run outside in nothing but a towel. Plus, they could have done all the buildings at the same time. This way we wouldn’t have a constant buzzing of alarms going off around East for 45 minutes. Next time it would also be greatly appreciated to have one at a better time; not when 90 percent of the dorm is probably doing homework. Those are my thoughts on fire drills…I hate them.
#15
This past weekend back home was amazing. I saw about 75 percent of all the kids in my graduating class because we all went home for the football game. Penn State didn’t deserve to win against Northwestern but we got lucky and came out with the win. Robinson needs to learn how to hold onto the football and stop throwing so many interceptions. After I watched the game, I went to a party with every single one of my best friends. Everyone came down for the weekend and it was nice to see everyone again and share our very interesting stories about college. We didn’t even act like we haven’t seen each other in a month. We acted like nothing had changed and we saw each other just the day before. I was pretty disappointed to see the Steelers lose to the Patriots. They could have won the game but they played terrible. Also, what the hell was Randle El thinking when he tried to pitch the ball back to Hines Ward at the five yard line? I’m not too worried about it because we will get them when it really counts (probably in the AFC championship again.)
#14
I can’t wait until I get home this weekend. Every single one of my good friends plus just about every other single kid that I graduated with is going back home. This is largely in part to the notorious Prep vs. Mcdowell football rivalry. My entire graduating class decided that we are kicking out all the seniors from the cheering section and stealing their spots. They suck at cheering anyways. It’s going to be really nice seeing all my friends again for the first time in a month. Also, it will be nice to save some meal points down here at PSU and enjoy a few home cooked meals. Plus I get to watch the PSU game on TV this time, instead of sweating my ass of and losing my voice before the game even starts. My last thoughts for the day are that the Steelers are going to get some revenge on the Patriots. I’m calling the score now…Pit 24 – NE 13
#13
Well, it’s Wednesday morning and I am officially skipping my first class at Penn State. It feels sort of good too. I woke up and decided that I didn’t want to walk 25 minutes to my math class. Plus, my teacher is an idiot and it’s boring as hell. The stuff that I am suppose to be learning is extremely easy and I learned it a long time ago back in high school. Anyways, we’re doing the same exact thing Friday. All of these circumstances added together calls for a perfect day to skip a math class. I hate math and I thank God that this is the last math class that I will EVER have to take in my life. Well its time for my seminar. It wouldn’t be smart to skip that considering class attendance is about 30 percent of the grade.…Good day my friends
#12
I figure this upcoming weekend is a perfect weekend to go back home with all of my friends. First off, it’s parent’s weekend. Second off, there is no PSU home game. Third off, there’s about 20 of my friends from PSU all going back home with me to see our high school kick our rivals ass in football. You may be saying, “Wow, what an idiot. Why would anyone leave Penn State to go back home for the weekend?” Yeah, I know it may seem stupid, but don’t worry, I’m not missing out on any partying. Plus, pretty much every kid from my high school within four hours of Erie is going back home, so it will be nice to see all of them again. I’m not telling anyone in my family. That way I think it will be kind of funny to just walk in my house, not say hi to anyone, plop myself on the couch, and watch TV. I’ll see how long it takes someone to realize I’m home.
#11
How sweet is this?…My friend C.J. that I have gone to school with for the past 13 years opened for 6 of Dave Chappelle’s shows this weekend. C.J. went to my grade school and my high school and was always known as the class clown. He only started doing stand up comedy about six months ago. This is a huge deal; you can’t do much better than working with Dave Chappelle. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote an article on C.J. It’s just funny to have one of your friends work with someone so big, just after he graduates out of high school. This is also a pictureof comedian Doug Saulnier, C.J. and Dave (in that order). Here is what C.J. said about the whole ordeal in one of his online blogs…Okay, if you some of you might not have heard...tonight, was the best night ever in my life. EVER. So as you know I got tickets to see Dave Chappelle for tonight. So I go early and I sit in the front seat, like I could've literally tripped Dave Chappelle as he gets on stage. So he's doing his show and everything...and it's fucking hilarious. In the middle of the show, some people ask for his autograph and they give it to him and everything. He's a real cool guy about that kind of stuff. So then, I pull out his DVD, "For What It's Worth," and ask him to sign it and he's "Oh yeah, yeah..." and then I say, "I like your stand-up better than your show, I just wanted to let you know that." and he's like, "Oh for real? Thank you. Thank you. blah blah" and then I asked him if he'd sign my joke notebook (the thing I put all my stand up jokes in) and hes like, "You do stand up? For how long?!" and I told him six months and so he pulls my notebook up on stage and everyone's laughing screaming, "READ IT!" and he says something that is so true to what I've been through but he says, "No way. I remember when I was younger someone stole my jokebook and read it on the bus and embarrassed the fuck out of me, So I'm not going to read it, man...BUT WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS... you're going to open for me for the rest of the weekend...and I'm going to pay you $50 a show." So I'm sitting here like, "FUCK! Are you serious? Oh man, that is the craziest thing ever! He was dead serious, man. So I was shocked for the rest of his set and he brings me up at the end of his show and he says, "Man, this for you...it means never quit." and he gave me his Chappelle Show hoodie. Unbelievable shit. I can't keep my fucking composure. This is Dave Chappelle, ladies and gentlemen. So he said I was going to open for him next show. So I'm outside talking to my parents and shit just going crazy. Dave comes out of the ice cream store and is like, "You ready?" and I'm like, "Yeah, I'll be down tomorrow night ready." and he's like, "No, man do it tonight too." So I'm all shocked again, more nervous than ever. So I go inside and go hang out in the green room with Dave Chappelle. For about an hour we're talking back and forth about stand-up, movies, school, and other shit. It was amazing. He's such a nice guy. He was giving me so many pointers, and telling me not to be nervous and I'd be good. It was simply awesome. We talked about me being Filipino, because his wife is and he said he loved the food so my mom is making some tomorrow and he said he wants it. So it's like shit, he's such a normal guy and he's giving me such a chance. So I go on do a good 5 minutes. I couldn't ask for more. Amazing, and I'll be doing this all weekend. I don't dream about shit this good. I couldn't ask for more. It's funny too because the Steelers are going to be in the club tomorrow night to watch. So I get to meet all of them, even though I'm not a fan but damn. I don't know, guys. I have to get some rest because I'm still in shock.
#10
I think that this weekend was pretty fun, despite the fact that it was dry week. To sum it up, I’m pretty much the man at pong. If you don’t believe me then you can ask TheWarmth because he witnessed my incredible performance. One thing I find kind of strange about Penn State is the fact that cops will bombard Canyon pizza and frat row, knowing that 95 percent of the kids there are drunk, and do nothing about it unless someone makes an idiot out of themselves. It seems that every other car on Beaver avenue on Friday and Saturday night is a cop or undercover cop. I also think I counted 12 cops within a one block radius around Canyon pizza on Saturday night. That is my thoughts about that, and moving on to football; I am in glad to see that PSU and the Steelers both came off with solid wins. Congratulations to PITT who, once again, came off with a solid loss. Now about this dialogue assignment, I hate it. It doesn’t look like I’m going to start it tonight, so chances are that I will be working until 11:59 tomorrow night. After 18 years of procrastination, you think one would learn that it only screws you over. I don’t even have the slightest clue on what to write about. I hate it when someone tells me to write four pages on ANYTHING. I need someone to tell me what to write about, how long it should be, exactly how to do it. Bottom line is that I’m not creative at all.
#9
Well, this is only my ninth blog and I already can’t think of anything to write about. As a result of my lack in an ability to write at this current moment, I am going to write about my good friends’ band. Four guys from my high school, including one of my best friends, Hans, got together and formed a band within the last year. They decided to get together just for the sole purpose of playing in a “battle of the bands.” After they got first place in the show, they kept playing together and realized that they had some potential. Hans began writing his own songs and after a while they began to create music to go along with it. By the end of the school year they paid to have three of their songs recorded. The recording studio they went to was the same one that Pat Monahan from Train recorded at. They recorded their songs and began to give away hundreds of demo disks. In about a week, they were already scheduled to play all around the city. By the end of the summer, they had recorded three more original songs. Three of the four members in the band go to Pitt now, so they can stick together and still play. They do need a good drummer though because the one they had went to Washington DC for school. Everyone who has heard them play really thinks they have a future. That would be pretty sweet, and hopefully Hans will throw me a few bones for driving his ass around for two years.
#8
How about today everyone on my 3rd floor was supposed to make the journey up to 4th floor (the ladies floor) for some free cookies and milk. Kind of corny, I know, but hey I’m in college and I’m going to take advantage of any free food that comes my way. Once about 20 of us guys reached our destination, we were greeted to no cookies, no milk, and even more depressingly….no girls. We began screaming obscene chants asking where our little snack was. The only girls that responded were a few girls from one of the rooms telling us to quiet down because they were watching “Gilmore Girls.” Wow, sorry girls. Finally, the RA came out and informed us that it was not until tomorrow that we would be given the food. As a result, we were forced to take a bag of Oreos and a lot of candy bars that we scrounged up from random girl’s dorms. Bottom line is that we got screwed over and you can never trust a girl to get anything done.
#7
Do debate and dialogue differ? I think I’m going to have to answer this with a yes. However, they are they are both arguments in which two people or two groups of people try to argue their side to a topic or opinions. In dialogue, the two opposing sides must be open to what the opposition has to say. They have to be willing to accept that the other might be correct. Debate is different because you are arguing for a point in order to win. You cannot agree with the other or make some sort of mutual compromise, or else you lose. You hold tight onto your opinion, believing it is absolutely right. In dialogue you are trying to learn, as opposed to trying to win in a debate. I always debate and never include myself in dialogue because I know I’m always right. The end.
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#6
I guess I could rate this a very successful weekend. Three of my best friends came to PSU Saturday and Sunday and I pretty much made them regret going to the colleges they do. I spend the weekend doing what I have been doing every weekend down here. Frats, pong, canyon, and lots of Gatorade were all parts of my weekend. This was also a great weekend for football. Bottom line is, Penn State improved to 2-0, and well Pitt is now 0-2. Also, the Steelers just manhandled the Titans while the Browns got manhandled. The only thing to top off this weekend would have the Eagles just get obliterated tomorrow night. I’m not going to lie, Willie Parker is the man and it looks like Bettis and Staley just lost a lot of playing time.
#5
This blog entry is dedicated to our good friend, the WHITE LOOP. Is there anyone who does NOT love the White Loop? Everyone has their own unique experiences on this bus. This method of transportation is a lifesaver when it comes to getting back to East Halls on a Friday or Saturday night (or any other night) when you’re all the way downtown. Chances are that if you get on the bus at 2am, you have probably already been to at least three frats and visited Canyon pizza. Don’t even get me started on how good Canyon pizza is after a few of your preferred beverages. Once you get on the bus you are greeted by about 50 other drunken kids, trying to find their way home. It’s almost guaranteed that a STEELERS or E-A-G-L-E-S chant will start up, with the two opposing fans ready to fight anyone who rips on Big Ben or T.O. You know the White Loop is pretty sweet when one of the few things you remember the next morning is the bus ride. Also, if you’re a Blue Loop fan then you don’t know what you’re missing out on and I highly suggest you cross over to the good side.
#4
Today as I was walking back to my dorm after a long day of classes, I decided to take advantage of one of the free USA Today newspapers on the first floor. I actually read through a good portion of it. It actually might be the first time I read more than the sports section of a paper. The entire paper is focused on hurricane Katrina and the terrible aftermath. I never realized how bad the entire thing was until I read through some of the articles in this paper. Some experts claim that over 10,000 people may be left dead by the end of it all. New Orleans will never be the same and it may take over ten years for everything to get back to normal. It’s good to see that all fifty states are trying to help out and going as far as offering their own homes to those who lost theirs. One story tells of a man who chartered a private jet for 250,000 dollars to travel down there, pick up refugees and take them back to California, and then go back again for another group. There is also a picture in the paper which shows the “missing names wall” at the Superdome that is flooded with hundreds of people’s names. I spent a lot of my Tuesday night watching the news to help me better understand the magnitude of this disaster. Only time can tell how many people have died and it will be a long time before New Orleans will ever be the way it was.
#3
I haven’t been on a scale in the past week but I’m sure to have gained at least five pounds since I have been down here at PSU. If I am in the presence of an all you can eat meal, then I’m the guy to make sure I get every penny’s worth of food. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are like three Thanksgiving dinners all in one day. Also, factor in the fact that I have participated in no physical activity whatsoever, besides walking 30 minutes to each class. Also, we are talking about college here. I have tacked on a few extra pounds of liquid beverages during the late night hours. I think I will definitely have to get a membership to the gym soon or else I’m going to far surpass that “freshmen 15.” I guess it’s a good thing that we have to walk so far in between classes because that burns a few extra calories than normal. Maybe a little later on I might start caring. We’ll see.
#2
Well I just had my first D1 college football experience. I have never been to a football game other than high school or a smaller college so this first Penn State game was quite an experience. When I first walked into that stadium I got chills because of the outrageous amount of people. Somehow me and a few of my friends got put into the senior section right on the 30 yard line so we had good seats as opposed to most of the other freshmen behind the end zone. The tailgating party was insane because I think I saw more natty light cans on the ground than blades of grass. I do have one regret about the game. I wish I would have remembered to put some suntan lotion on before I went. I definitely regretted it later that night. I’m not sure how PSU is going to match up with some of the better schools on our schedule. I think Robinson needs to throw the ball a little more because he’s not going to be able to run against the better schools the way he did vs. USF. But I can’t complain because we came away with the big W. If we’re winning games then it doesn’t matter how. I’m just glad Pitt lost…I mean manhandled… so I can make fun of all my friends who go there.
#1
Hello there fellow Penn Staters. My name is Andy and I'm from Erie PA, aka "The center of the universe." For those who are wondering about the blog name, heres the deal. Primetime Cline, Sunshine Cline, Onlinetime Cline, Dinnertime Cline...these are just a few of the many many nicknames that I hold. Primetime, being the most common, was created by a group of friends from back home because of all of my late night festivities that I participated in. I chose to name this blog after my nickname because it is the one word that will describe me best. Switching gears a little, so far I love Penn State. I like my classes, I like the food, oh and I guess the frat parties are okay too. I think I'm going to find it hard to stay on track and get those good grades, but we'll see what happens. I know a lot of kids from my high school down here so its not a huge culture shock like it is with a lot of other people. I think this whole blog idea is pretty interesting. I know it's going to be hard to think of 75 different topics to write about but I think I'll survive. Anyways, it's an easy 20 percent on my final grade so I'm not too worried about it. One thing I'm really looking forward too is the first football game. One word will describe saturday...Insanity. Well, I think that I've written enough for this blog. Peace.....Blogtime Cline
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