Pony Up......

Although this post may seem a little basis, I am curious about your opinions on the subject. As you all know homecoming was just last weekend and the boulevard was crazy. But crazy for what? A football team that was already determined to lose? Personally, I didn’t even go the game because I knew we were going to lose. Our football team is 116 out of 119 Division one teams in the nation. Close to last but not quite. Not having any good sports teams (except soccer which we are 3 in the nation but no one really goes to the games Why? Probably because football and backetball are the most stressed college sports in the sense of particapation or spectators) in my opinion takes away from the school spirit. I don’t know about anyone else but I feel like I have no school spirit because there is nothing to cheer for when your school has the worst sports teams in the nation. In fact, I feel like I’m still in high school and not at college because of this. I cross my fingers for the basketball team to win because apparently in two years we will be March Madness worthy. My buddy that goes to TCU said, "Hey pony boy were going to beat you this weekend." I replied, "I know." To me this seems a little sad to know the outcome for your sports teams before they happen. The real question to ask is are our sports teams always going to be horrible? What incentives would an athlete have for coming here over another school that most likely is a higher ranking team? I don’t know if that sounds like a rant or like I’m whining, but I was wondering how everyone else felt on the subject? Furthermore, are sports the only contributing factor towards are school spirit? Another question that could be raised is how can we improve our situation with our sports teams?

A New Setting

Although it has been brought up in a blog in the past, I wanted to bring up the subject again because I thought it was one that is relevant. Reading the article, The Sounds of Silence, it states how in different parts of the United States people react differently to eye contact situations in the street or public. “….There is mutual avoidance of eye contact—unless they want a something specific…In the West and in small towns generally, however, people are much more likely to look and greet on another, even if they are strangers” (102).

Coming to Texas from Chicago, I have found this statement to be very true. My whole life whenever I’m in public there are only two reasons for eye contact. Either you’re checking someone out (if they are good looking) or to start a fight. If you would make eye contact with someone for more than a second they would think this and then awkward glances would continue before something would happen. Coming to Texas, the whole situation has changed. Fellow students or a person on the street, who I have never met, say hello and full eye contact is made. The change is so noticeable that sometimes I have missed saying hello to some of my friends because I am so used to not making eye contact with others (plus sometimes I have my headphones in). Personally, I believe people from the north seem to be in a rush or busy with accomplishing their tasks. However, in the south they take their time with the small things in life and they seem to value relationships a lot more. Although this is just a theory what do you think? Furthermore, I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this trend with maybe someone from the north or you are from the north?

When I Grow Up

When I grow up I want to be an astronaut. Well, when I grow up I want to be a sports agent. This is a very easy choice for a ten year old to make; deciding what they want to do with the rest of their lives. I thought I want to be a professional hockey player or in the CIA. However, now I have no idea when forced upon making this decision in college. Entering college, my personal diagnostic tests showed that I am a problem solver and might want to pursue an engineer track in college. I thought to myself I could be an engineer, I like to put things or parts together. Although, once I started my engineer courses I started to question my course of action. Most of my friends are happy with their choices of major and are really enjoying their classes. How does someone all of a sudden say they want to major in journalism or business? Do they get hit on the head or they knew as soon as they were born? I was just wondering for those who found out what they wanted to major in, where your inspiration or motivation came from? And if I could have some?

My home is on the Moon.

Stepping onto to the pavement outside the Chicago Midway airport, I felt like I was stepping on the moon. I was somewhere different. Somewhere I have never been before, but in fact I had lived there my entire life. Although I might sound a little melodramatic, this was the exact feeling I experienced this weekend visiting home for the first time. It was like I did not belong there anymore or that I was on some vacation in my own home. Seeing my friends wasn’t bad it was like we picked off right after where we left off. However, I found that when I referred to college I referred to it as home. When I first heard this coming out of my mouth for the first time, I was stunned. I pretty much announced to myself that I had a new place to live. I didn’t like it. I longed for some kind of connection but everything seemed different. My house went under reconstruction and same with my school. Neighbors moved out and my two year old sister was chatting away non-stop. It was like I had been away for years opposed to a few months. It was crazy and I felt like my existence was just a breeze in the wind. Just there for a short while, acknowledged, and then let go. I was wondering if I was the only who felt this way going home? Or I’m just crazy?

Where's My Entourage?

About ten minutes ago I was watching entourage, and I started to think to myself why we do have these obsessions with theses shows? When I say “these shows” I mean shows about living a glamorous life. Shows that are close to reality shows but a little fabricated (I consider Real World one of these shows because despite what some may believe a lot of it is scripted). Personally, I would want my life to be like Vincent Chases’ life in the show called Entourage. Entourage is a show loosely based off of Mark Walberg’s life and how he came to be the star he is today. In this show Vincent Chase (Playing as Mark Walberg) goes everywhere with his two best friends and his older brother. And when I mean everywhere I mean everywhere (Dates, red carpet, interviews, they live together, parties). As I am quickly changing to the next episode, I think to myself how sweet would be if my friends and I had the same lifestyle? I mean is it safe to say that we enjoy these types of shows because we are envious of what they have? Shows that are so close to reality, that we want to just reach out and claim it for our own life. But then again it raises another question. Would this want to be the life one would want to live? Paris Hilton or OJ or any other celebrity, there life is constantly under a microscope under review and that is something most people would not enjoy. The main question I want to ask, although you can response to any question raised above: ), is this some life you would want to live? Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Rock.....What happened?

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, AC/DC, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Rage Against the Machine, and Boston are just a few bands I can list of the top of my head. These bands defined and set the bar for what rock n’ roll is meant to sound like. Although, a few of these bands and bits and pieces of others play now, they have not created any new songs since their reign of time. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd in the 60’s and 70’s, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana in the 80’s and then came the 90’s….What happened? Unless I’m deaf, the rock genre died completely. Alternative, emo, and indy was born out of the corpse of rock. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to bash any other type of music. I listen to Incubus (Light Grenades is a very good album by the way) and other alternative bands, but what happened to the greats? The unreal guitar solos like free bird (Lynard Skynard), Sweet Child of Mine (Slash for Guns n Roses), or Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix) not the three cord solos by Green Day. Has musical talent gone down the drain? Voices are synthesized, solos kept to a minimum, and instrument talent withered (Compare Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Paige or Eric Clapton to Dave Matthews or any other guitarist today then come talk to me). What happen to the music world we know today?