Blue Balls

Wow it’s been a while since I have even gone to the blog page, sorry for giving my "fans" blue balls. On my way to Psychology (not to the Special Ed class Courtney) I was determined to make another one, collect my thoughts throughout the past couple weeks. It's easy for me to sit here and write what's on my mind because that is what I will do with any way of communication. I'm very outgoing and I like to talk which is why some people have fallen off the blog band wagon, or never officially got on (by the way there is a blog meeting every Monday morning before school in the library right after the pigeon toed meeting me and Kelsey hold). If this was any other sight I would say it’s not worth the twenty minutes I take and put down, advice, and publish (publishing is always a bitch to press the button, it’s at least five minutes). I could be using this time to do my math, science, or mythology homework, but the motivation just isn't really there anymore. Don't get me wrong I’ll get it done but I defiantly am not one of those people who will do it right after school when I have time. Instead I'm writing my first blog in two weeks waiting for the new Casey Veggies mix tape to come out. This school year academically I consider a waste of time. All my main classes I am taking I could be taking in college and the others consist of gyms. The only thing that this year has shown is my increasing interest in the field of broadcasting and journalism. I could spend all day in the studio working on the basketball highlight tape or going out and getting a story for the class, and with every week that passes I get more experience that will put me ahead of many of my colleagues at which ever college I go to. I've talked to allot of my Senior friends (not the ones at the retirement home, that’s another day) and Junior friends about graduating and what they think they will be getting there degree in, most shake their heads as their eyes move left to right trying to think of an answer, but most can't think of anything. This last year of high school with all of the electives we are able to take give you the opportunity to embrace any topic or field you want to for free to expand your experiences and maybe come across a class you have a passion for. Mine is broadcast journalism and it helps that I have motivation to do the work and make myself better. I see allot of adults who hate the career they went into and that makes no sense to get into something that you aren't sure about. I understand there are some people who start loving a job but grow old of it, but there has to be some way of predicting that so you can avoid it. With broadcast journalism I can highlight my personality, and I’m aware that I’m not the best and some things I do aren’t the best but I do feel like I get better with practice and I don’t feel an absent of interest coming anytime.
Side note for the next snow storm that is not during a school day, don’t complain cause everyone is feeling the exact same way you are so don’t broadcast the fact you are bitter just to start a conversation. Be a little more creative than that.
My next post will probably be something about Bravo so stay tuned for anyone who cares.

Mix tape that I recommend is,
Sleeping in Class- Casey Veggies

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a thinker

The other day I sat down in class and the person next to me exclaimed "I've never sat by a "popular" (i will be putting popular in quotations for the whole post) person before" and he was dead serious. And I didn't know what to say back. I know that I have a lot of friends and I'm not an outcast but I was for some reason a little offended by the remark. I have the clique meaning of "popular" that I am stuck up, rich, and get what ever girl I want. I wouldn't consider any of those things true, so I started thinking about if i was indeed a part of the "in crowd". Am I "popular" because of the people I hang out with? Or is it for the way I look? Is it because I make friends easy so not shy? Or because I'm involved in many different activities and branch outside my comfort zone? Or is it because I am on the Flash and people are accustom to my face? The thing about Eastview, especially seniors, is that we are so cliqy that there is definite groups of kids and they kind of have a certain tag of there reputation labeled on them that they have accumulated over the four years. And when you are seen with a certain group of people you are put into that group and it determines first impressions and how they view you without getting to know you. The whole system i think is messed up. It is frustrating when I have the opportunity to meet new people and they base there first opinion of me by what they have seen of me, who I'm with, and what they have heard from other people. I always try and learn how people are and become friends with them before I judge them. So when people say there is no good people in Bravo (i have muttered those words before) it shows ignorance because I have made a lot of friends that I probably never would have had the privilege to talk to.

Which brings me to another question, how would you go about redefining yourself as "popular"? With the status quo mainstream media advertises, in order to obtain "popularity" you have to attend the parties, get the hottest chicks, and be a main part in an activity whether its a sport or something else. Like lets say I just moved to Eastview and would want to hang out with a lot of people? Would I have to have multiple personalities in order to fit in with the large amount if cliq's? I just think it would be the worst feeling if if came into Eastview as a senior and I didn't smoke because that is the norm to do.



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Thanksgiving hangover (I started writing this on monday)

It was evident all around school today that other students bodies were teased by the thanksgiving break and almost everyone was suffering from the monday blues. Unlike all of those people, I have actually enjoyed school and life for the past couple months. This is supposed to be the time when people start to get dragged into depression, but life is just to good. I have a solid group of friends and setting myself up well for the college search that makes me not conform to the stressed mood that I have often felt at this time of year.

One of the reasons I've been feeling good is because of Bravo. I didnt think i would say it and even typing the words made me feel like when you see a person in the hall way and don't really know whether you should talk to them or just smile, but end up doing an inbetween smirk and a wave that makes you shake your head. Than you have to redeem your own pride so the next person you see you proudly acknowledge there existance with authority. Off the tangent and back on Bravo... I wouldn't say that Bravo singing and being serious would be the reason, even though i do show 100% effort. It gives me a chance to talk to different people and meet new people I wouldn't be able to meet otherwise. All of the people have different personalities than the people i usually surround myself with and I enjoy goofing off in a different way. Even though it is time consuming and for the most part a drag when I'm forced to sing in tune, I love all the friendships i create while going through the rehersals.

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Sunday Blog Sermon

Probably one of the funnest weekends I've had in a while, not because it was eventful, but because I was just overall entertained by the people or the situations that surrounded me. It is like homework trying to write another blog post because I know I’m going to write a long one as always, but once a get started it's like I'm at my vinegar strokes and I have to finish (if you watch The League you will get that reference). Shout out to my boy Sam Ross who was my traveling party over the weekend whose oddly funny comments and his short fuse of tolerance made my Friday and Saturday nights. He in himself was a cheers moment.

Definition of Cheers moment- When an event happens that makes two or more bro's turn to each other in approval of zed event. Ex. seeing how many pretty girls are roaming around the mall on a daily basis (does not have to be a literal clinging of two glasses, just recognition of the event by the party of bros).

Also shout out to all the pretty girls in Minnesota, the pretty girl: hot guy ratio is about 2:1 so it gives all the tools hope that the girls will loser there standards for them. So most guys at Eastview should be thankful every holiday season that there tooliness doesn't mean that there isn't a hot girl waiting to lower her expectations.

I enjoy my time when I blog. I've gotten allot of compliments for what I write on here and I admire and really appreciate the comments such as "it's so cute you think people actually read that" and "I laughed at what you wrote for probably twenty minutes at the stupidity of your posts". Luckily I haven't in reality received any of those comments, but if I did it wouldn't tear my ACL (metaphorically) and end my career. I use blogging as a tool for taking all my random minuscule thoughts and compile them into a nicely written out manor. When I first wanted to blog I thought about keeping it to myself, like a homo diary, but it is an easy way to let yourself, or anyone who reads it, know exactly how you’re feeling. Sure you can do it in person but this way it's like you have the floor and no one can shut you up in disagreeal (I made that word up I think) over what you are saying. You have endless amount of space over what, how, or when you say something. I'd consider blogging as the season’s new black. Sure the story goes once you go black you never go back (like how I switched from clothing to relationships?), but blogging has just entered the room with no strings attached and qualities that might break the physics of that status quo. I'm comparing "black" to the likes of facebook and twitter, which sure you can say what you want, but how many characters until your stopped short of what you want to say? Blogging is like a girl who doesn't have to comment on every little thing and say "my turn to talk" which is the vibe I get from the character limits. Coinciding, you do have to have a lot to say if you’re going to make a blog, it really isn't for everyone. You have to have something to say and some people just aren't that way. Also it has to be positive and not emo. If you start one to poor out how lonely you are, you’re not using this right, that is what facebook statuses are for so you can get your little pity responses so you don't feel like you’re the only one who makes a larger deal out of something minisqul. Basically it has to be intelligent, so I don't really foresee underclassmen to get into this fad because I can see it being filled with gossip and feebleminded half-witted talk.

Now off to Bravo where I can express my inner self through interpretive dance.

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thanksgiving and such

Here is the story of my Thanksgiving this year...
I woke up at 6 o'clock, no not because of the smell of turkey infesting the air or because I'm one of those idiots who can't fully wake up in the morning on the weekends so they go through their school preparation ritual to only be disappointed they woke up at 6. I woke up because i had to work. Not saying i wasn't content with working, I took one of my employee's shifts in order to work longer to get the most out of the 2x pay (It was actually 1.5x the pay which frustrated me). Right when i get there it was like the invasion of the Somalis. The prophesy in the CVS hand book for told this day, but we never the less were ill prepared. They were ready before the doors were open, they pushed to get into the store before 7 (our opening time) but they were too big in number to hold back. They swarmed in and breathed the fiery scent of just enough English to not make me call the language hot line, the bitter scent of what ever they ate from the night before, and coupons that they piled on the counter with the expectation of me to fall under the pressure. Bradley Beckman you would be proud of your son, as he held his own in the biggest ambush of sale items and low prices (and quality service with a smile) since the near collapse of CVS on a brisk Christmas Eve afternoon in 1997. I was fortunate enough not to have to witness the insanity and brutality of that day, but of the ones who did fight on that day says it is similar of this Thanksgiving. When the battle was over, the scanner was hot from the absurd amount of purchases, shelves were empty, and all the milk was gone (why is it always milk?). Now it was time for my Thanksgiving meal. It consisted of a four cheese lean cuisine (did not go over well with Mr. Tummy), chef boyardee meaty ravioli minute ready meal WITH EXTRA MEAT, and finished it off with a tall cool Budweiser, I wish, instead i drank a monster. I thought mid fight Jack Yakowiz would be coming to the rescue seeing he entered the store. But my hope soon was crushed as I saw he was ill and was shopping for either a bathtub set for a ninety year old lady, or cough medicine, I didn't get a good enough look to make an accurate guess. The thing that kept me going throughout the day was playing pranks on my boss. here is a sample of what i do in my free time at work. I learned that my boss hates "jingle bell rock" because it reminds her of the part in "Mean Girls" that the girls are prancing around in there underwear. So being the considerate employer, I decided to put that song on the loud speakers, on repeat, for 4 hours. Being at work really made me miss my family that was at my grandma's-who is 99- for the whole day. Microwaved turkey and gravy just wasn't the same. Overall i was happy i made a lot of money but nothing can take the place of mice quality time with your family.

 On another note, I listened to the radio for the first time in about two months thanks to my sister, and it was everything but a pleasure. Dance song after dance song i started thinking i was in a Rage Cage looking for a sweaty horny girl to grind on. I listened to what they put on the radio now a days and i couldn't believe the lack of intelligence it takes to make it on the air. I wave my hair back and forth? I also heard a new Kesha song that said dance like we are stupid. Kesha your lyrics make you sound like you are stupid. Mainstream music is filled with auto-tune, and beats that make it appealing to ignorant listeners who only wanna try to impress there friends with there dancing and there interpretation of the duggie. It makes me respect even more the likes of Blu, Jay Electronica, J. Cole, and other artists who attract there listeners by what they say. The audiences of the radio are HEARING the music but aren't LISTENING, that is the reason they aren't on the radio even though they are way more qualified than Flo Rida and Jay Sean but that's not the current fade to indulge yourself into knowledgeable thought out lyrics.

Also shout out the the Gophers who beat South Dakota State handsomely, unfortunately i was having movie night with Galloway and Gabbi so i couldn't break down what went down.

Next blog- why I made a blog and why its the seasons new "Black"

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Collective thoughts from a tuesday

Ahhhhh.... Another day another blog session. With the absence of annoying meaningless conversations that i have to accidental ease drop in at school, I can finally collect my thoughts of the day. I'm going to start with my Ipod aka my sanity. Without my Ipod at school my mind would be filled with pointless gossip, random small talk, and being able to miss Ben Hacker come down the hall way wanting to chofer me to class. I get to instead set my own rhythm to a day that I am in no control over. Now with Bravo, it's hard for a guy to sit down and just relax, and the five minute periods (roughly one song so i have to chose it wisely) for passing times isn't substancially bringing my mood back from chaos, but at least it gives me time to block out some white noise that, even with my best efforts, creeps through my ear canal and into my temprial lobes (thank you Mrs. Leiffort for my understanding of ear). As a senior, you think that you would have time to relax and be able to have some fun. But fun seems like a luxury only given to the dumb and lazy at this point. With THREE AP classes the first three period I don't really have a choice but to slap myself, or "show myself some love" before school in order to have enough alertness to collect all the information and process it. I am very fortunate to have a great group of friends and family to get me through this year of torture and insanity. With college approaching, I will cherish every moment I have to spend with them and not take it for granted. Especially with school and the "season of suicide and sadness" i appreciate my bro time and when I am fortunate enough to have a special girl on my side to keep my spirits off the ground.

That's the post for today...
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Can I say I called it?

One day into writing on this thing and I have already have one prediction! Brad Childress is gone, and with it the confusing offensive calls and thick lip hair. Now the Vikings are back on track for the long run. And I would like to be one of the first to welcome Leslie Frasier to the Head Coach position. Lets hope he can bring this team back to its potential... next year. I'm not saying we should dog every game left, just that it would be beneficial if we did. We need a higher draft pick(s) in order to start to make this team younger, faster, stronger. During the next cold Mondays i want to see what we have going forward on this team. I would consider this a free tryout for anyone willing to step up and take and seal a spot on this team for next year by what they do in the final weeks. In my opinion if we wait till training camp/ pre-season we will be vulnerable to the "Cook Mirage" where once the season comes the work load is to hefty for a rookie to step in and fill a major void.

It is official, Minnesota does have a team that you can watch until the end and not be disappointed. It's like a movie where you know there is going to be a final battle scene and the good guy dies because it's "historically accurate" I'm a sucker for the happy endings. Twins, Vikings, Gopher football all came in with high hopes of going further than the year before, none came out successful. With our 15 or 17 ranked team (depending on the poll) we have a squad who might actually be on a screen that uses a remote and not a mouse. I really don't have anything negative to say about the Gophers: smart, athletic, big, mature, exciting, and most of all, good. I'm jaw dropping to the floor in awe of the talent that Minnesota and Tubby have accumulated over the past four years. My next notion to the world as an amature blogger is to promote Tubby to the head of football recruiting for the football team, yes i do believe he can do better than anyone Maturi can hire to come to Minne-snow-ta. Once we get Devoe Joseph back from where ever he is (I'm guessing he was too busy helping charities and helping with his church) I will know, along with everyone else what this team has got for this and next year.

With having this site to put my thoughts into words, I can't help but talk about the holidays and everything that is positive with the up coming events. The holidays really helps me focus on life, family, and friends. My favorite nights last year was going out to movies or playing games with the family, getting close to my friends literally (suck in cars with no place to crash) and figuratively. You can't be in a bad mood with a warm house, a waft of Cinnamon and an automatic fire place illuminate the whole house, and Christmas music delicately humming in the background. The only thing that would make this Christmas any better is world piece, Santa must have other little boys and girls to give it too.

That's all today,
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Minnesota gets a championship?/ small vikes talk...

With losing becoming a tradition in Minnesota sports, i could have swore i was in a dream when the final score came up and the bottom line said, "Minnesota, Puerto Rico Invitational Champions." It wasn't pretty, my hands were sweating after Trevor Mbakwe's yelp and collapse, it was boring with the refs getting a little boner from every time they blew there whistles, but the kids got it done in the end. From the tip you could tell that it was going to be physical, and some West Virgina player, Casey Mitchell made Blake Hoffarber look silly on defense. Now i really wanted to write something mean about Colten Iverson because he has not been my favorite player, but he was the catalyst to this victory over the Fussineer's. I got more and more enjoyment throughout the game as Iverson and Mbakwe hammered there way inside to cause a foul and hearing the avid West Virginia fans complain and tantrum. Now he did has his moments where Iverson bounced the ball off his body out of bounce, or where he rips one down and passes the ball, unaware that Gold is not the same as white. I give him credit for stepping up in the place of Ralph Sampson who was out most of the game in foul trouble. And if Iverson and Mbakwe wasn't enough to win it, Al Nolen's great senior leadership (thank you Mr. Sharp for the expression) showed he could end up playing at the next level. He started the game driving and making the defenders look like Supe during Inception. Than later in the game, the Mountaineers tried to collapse, which gave Nolen the open lane to dish it out to Hoffarber who found his stroke later in the game. Once Mitchell pissed me off enough to leave the room after his 5-5 start from the field, it looked as if Tubby had it as well, when he switched Nolen to guard the him. After that, Mitchell was shut down besides some ugly missed rebounds that he daintfully laid back up for an easy basket. Rodney Williams, for the first time this year, showed that he still has some maturing to do as a player. It just seemed like the whole game he couldn't get into a rhythm and was actually out "athletisized" by his opposing player. After collecting my thoughts about this game, i realized how lucky we are to live in Minnesota at sporting events. We don't have to put up with drunk 40-60 "super fans" and a coach who jumps up and down throwing his fist in a rage every call that doesn't go his way. Instead we have a coach with a glare, that says just as much as any word you can pick out of Websters Dictionary, fans who actually know enough knowledge to make a reasonable educational input about the game, and a basketball team who is very fun to watch. I saw wearing the opposing team's jersey, Kevin Noreen who instantly became an announcers favorite. One time he tripped to the floor as a ball rolled out of bounce and it was like love at first stumble. The whole time he was in for the rest of the game they praised the gift to West Virginia basketball as he sliced through our defense with unseen quickness, double double performance to ignite his team to victory... That is what the announcers were acting like the whole 5 minutes the kid got into the game... And that is my rant. It's nice to see that with the cold winter coming up, that people can watch a successful hometown sport again while procrastinating there school work.


I'm going to make this portion of this post short and brief. I should have had someone quote me when i said that the Vikings season was over, and just like Anthony Hererra, the season came tumbling down in the dome. Here are the things i would do by the end of the year if i had a say in the Vikings decisions.
1. Bench Brett Farve. Well not at the start, i mean we do want the princess to keep his record of games started in a row going... I mean that is the reason we brought our version of the "big three" to get him and the reason he came back right? You take him out so you can put in Travaris Jackson and Joe Webb so you can start stage one of life without Farve. With McNabb's extention in Washington, we don't have a veteran to count on to save the team, even though we can look right in our own organization to fill the void. Jackson has not been given the fair chance and Childress's "project" has to show it wasn't a waste of five years.
2. Start looking for a new coach. Now I don't think Childress deserves or does not deserve to be fired, but Tony Met's future telling cards (99% reliable) are showing he wont make it past the Super Bowl. When you lose your locker room has rapidly and to such an extent as Childress, you should probably just cash in the millions we will owe you after we dump you. Look at Leslie Frasier first off, He is a guy who has led this defense since Mike Tomlins departure and look what happened to him? Frasier looks like a guy who can control the personalities of this team, because with Farve gone, all the personalities will be on defense. And if for some reason he isn't worthy of the opportunity, go find someone who has fire and the passion that can show the players he knows what he is doing. Childress just kept putting himself in a bad situation. He came here with a bad team and started the "Jackson Joint" out for a while, then went with the boring plays for a few years that had fans falling asleep, and than brought in Farve than Randy Moss, whose personalities overwhelmed the quiet, soft spoken Childress. We need to search for someone who can control a locker room and push this team to its potential.
3. Do better draft scouting. I know its only half way through the season and you can't really judge a rookie class for a couple years, but right know 2010 Vikings draftees are duds. We traded out first round pick so we could pass on the explosive Jahvid Best to draft a physical, raw corner, Chris Cook. Who was made a fool by Aarron Rodgers picking on him the entire first half till his benching. Toby Gerhart had yet another fumble early in the game today as the player who was known for his ball carrying abilities at Stanford, racks up his total for the season. Nate Triplett didn't make the team and other rookies haven't seen significant playing time as of yet. After literally giving away our 3rd round for Moss and getting nothing in return, the Vikings need to know that if they have another unsuccessful draft, the team could start to crumble in the coming years. Needs the Vikings have to look for is Center, Guard, Tackle to replenish this broken down line that was supposed to be one of the better ones in football. Without them, our new Quarterback (assuming we don't send the Fierce Four down to Mississippi next year for another pep talk) will not be protected on his blind side and Adrian Peterson wont get the cut back lane he likes so much.


I still don't know what the purpose of me writing this blog is. I'm just happy the Gophers won and it gives me another procrastination strategy.

first post...

First post on here... I really don't care if people read this or not, I know I'm bad haters just don't read it. This is primarily going to be about sports and right now, mainly about the gopher basketball team. I feel like this could be the sport Minnesota has been waiting for that will play up to the hype. There was one team with high expectations with high egos (Vikings) that imploded with a mixture of media and locker room drama. Another team who looked to be that team to rise to the occasion (Twins), but then got concussed, John McDonald kneed the MVP out while the Yankee's kneed the rest of the team. And another team who basically is saying, don't expect anything (Wolves)... BUT STILL PLEASE BUY OUR TICKETS! All of those teams do show promise in the upcoming years, but Besides Gopher hockey, our fine state's sports teams has been as frozen as the roads outside my house. Gophers through three games have not been pretty, having seeing two on t.v. and one in person, I'm not quite ready to say that we are a great 8 (elite 8 is retarded) talent, but there is potential. Seeing the improvement Rodney Williams has made over the summer is very promising knowing him with Trevor Mbakwe actually grab everything that is lower than 20 feet off the ground. Ralph Sampson has started to show glimpses of "what has daddy gave him" which is sound defense and a level low post game. It is evident though that we are limping on the offensive end without Devoe Joesph. Because of undisclosed team related violations, he has been sidelined which gives us a lack of a go-to-guy. The Freshman have been excelling with great poise that begins with Austin Hollins. The son of Memphis Grizzlies head coach, Hollins adds more athleticism to team who seems to be recruiting for athleticism, and that strategy is starting to pay off. Tubby's starting to show why we should start naming the basketballs they play with "Tubby Balls" and give him the dean's office as his lounge at the U. My one question is why we aren't doing anything possible to renew a contract with a man who brought this sport back to prominence for the first time since the 1990's? Roughly thirty games are left to play so there is no reason why they HAVE to humiliate West Virginia today, but Minnesota sports fans would enjoy being on the other side of the beat down for once.