Netflix

                My family just got Netflix and I will be the first to say it is the greatest thing ever. It is allowing me to watch shows that aren’t on anymore, either cancelled or in between seasons. I have already re watched the first season of Workaholics which is one of my favorite series and I am now watching one of best series on MTV that got cancelled called Skins.

                Skins is about a rowdy bunch of high school juniors that tend to do some rather ridiculous things for anyone led alone juniors in high school. I think that’s what appealed me to the series. It shows how messed up kids nowadays are even though it is exaggerated. The head of the group is Tony, the good looking popular kid that takes everything he has for granted. Tony’s best friend is Stanley, the lazy stoner bum at the school that rarely goes to class. Then you have Chris, my personal favorite because he is nuts. He pops whatever pills he gets a hold of. That’s the plot to the series, a group of kids with drug problems and then the usual high school drama.

                I plan on re-watching The Walking Dead since it is the best show ever made. But I also plan on watching some of the other main series that my friends have seen.

Chiefs...

                It is the 15^th week in NFL and more importantly the Kansas City Chiefs. They are playing the Oakland Raiders and have to impress their fans. Personally I am a huge Chief fan and I didn’t become a Chief fan on accident. Growing up I was surrounded by Chief things because my dad is a huge Chief fan and brainwashed me into being one. It is something that really helps me and my dad bond. Watching the game every Sunday or sometimes even going to the games down in Kansas City.
                Being a Chiefs fan isn’t as easy as being a Packer fan either. Chiefs fan don’t get to witness their team in the playoffs every year like some of the other teams but even so Chief fans don’t care and still cheer for them no matter what the score is. Each year hoping for a better team and I honestly can say this year the Chiefs are looking pretty good and won’t be surprised if they end up winning what now became one of the hardest conferences in the NFL , the AFC West. Watching the games on T.V. is fun and a nice way of bonding but nothing beats going to the games.

We used to have season tickets and would go to as many of the games as we could. Driving four hours there and then fours back isn’t what I would call exciting even though the game was usually exciting. Going to a NFL is one of the best experiences I have ever had. Getting to watch the best athletes in America on a field a few hundred feet away from you is amazing. But we stopped getting season tickets because they were getting pretty bad and the ticket prices skyrocketed as they were try to renovate the stadium.

One of the best games I ever went to was the 2004 AFC Wildcard game between the Chiefs and the Colts, who at this time were being led by one of the best quarterbacks to every play the game, Peyton Manning. It was a very close game but the Chiefs ended up losing. But nothing compares to the game I witness last year. Days leading up to the game I would tell my friends at school I was going to the game and they would laugh because they believed just like I did that the Chiefs would get destroyed because they were playing the undefeated Green Bay Packers. It was one of the few games that my sisters actually went to with us. It was the most fun I ever had at a game because I arrived expecting to get beat but ended up beating them and it was the only time they were beat in the regular season.

After Life Thoughts

                I recently have been thinking a lot about after life. I don’t really know why but it interests me because I know I will never know until it happens. You hear about all sorts of things from Heaven to Hell. But maybe there isn’t either maybe you just “wake up” and you are in a new place and you just don’t have any memory of what happened in the past. No matter what happens I think that it is something good as long as you earned it.

                I have recently been introduced to lucid dreaming, knowing you are in a dream and actually controlling it. This really caught my attention, since this is what my favorite movie Inception was based on. There are tutorials on the internet on how to do it but they all require time and diaries and things of that nature. I do wish I could do it because I would be in control of everything. It would be a nice escape from reality where you really have little to no control of anything except yourself.

                Lucid dreaming may be the reason for my afterlife thoughts but what if your whole life is just a dream and when you die you wake up and the cycle keeps repeating. I know these thoughts are strange but how can you be certain what happens, you can’t. I know that some religions have their own beliefs in what happens after death, but I rather think of it my own way, than be forced to think someone else’s beliefs.

                Even though it is and always be unknown I like to think that whatever happens you will go to a place better than this messed up place that we live at now. But that is just me; think of it however you want.

You Don't Know Bo

            After the Heisman presentation there was a new 30 for 30 on ESPN about Bo Jackson. Being born in 1994, I never got to watch Bo Jackson, only highlights but the stories I have heard of him intrigued me so I watched it. It was one of the most interesting stories I have seen of an athlete. He was a freak; he was probably the only person that will ever be even considered to be a hall of famer in 2 sports. Not only is he a great athlete he was a great role model. I don’t understand how someone that good could be that humble. I also found out a lot more about him then I knew.

            Like why he played baseball, when he was a senior at Auburn he went and visited the Buccaneers and was told that the NCAA approved of it but it turned out he violated code and was forced to sit out the rest of his senior year of baseball. This made Jackson hate the Buccaneers and when they drafted Jackson he said no and went to play baseball. Which confused a lot of people until he got to the MLB and showed people what he was able to do. Then the famous Al Davis, owner of the L.A. Raiders, asked Jackson if he still wanted to play football and was drafted in the 7^th round and played football as a hobby after the baseball season.

            Jackson was the best athlete we have seen and he did something that isn’t really acceptable nowadays. Even in high school kids were told if you want to be good you need to choose one sport and work at it. But Jackson didn’t he played baseball and football and excelled in both. Another weird thing about Jackson was all his talent was God given and he hated practice. Which today would not be allowed because if an athlete like Jackson they would be accused of doping. Luckily Jackson came before the steroid phase. Bo Jackson was the best athlete to ever play sports.

Since Sophomore Year

On the first day of school every kid in the school can reach in their bags and pull out a new pencil but the next week they are using a pencil that they found under their desk in science. To most students a pencil is a pencil and as long as it writes its fine. I have a little higher standard when it comes to my writing utensils. I have been using the same pencil since the beginning of my sophomore year.

There wasn’t anything special about the pencil it was just the first one I pulled out of my bag on the first day. It has had some work done to it because pencils are not made to last 3 years of constant use. At first glance it confuses most, which usually results in a double take with the question “What is that?”  That usually receives “My pencil.” as my answer. This then leads to a lot of questions, so if you every want a conversation starter just carry around a huge duct taped pencil around and I promise you will get a few conversations out of it. People have trouble believing that someone can keep track of a pencil for that long but it really isn’t that hard. Do you find it hard to keep track of your cell phone? So why is it hard to keep track of something that is needed in almost every class?

I would call my pencil a lot of things and pretty is not one of them. Wrapped in what I’m guessing to be about 15 layers of duct tape at its thickest point. The duct tape thing started after a few days of using my pencil at school it started to crack. I figured I might as well try to fix it, and I put one piece around it to just keep it together. Then I put a little more on the bottom of the pencil where my hand goes and I thought “wow this is a lot more comfortable” so I just keep adding pieces until I was impressed with the grip. The clip that is usually useless anyway is bent perpendicular to the pencil for optimized biting on it. I have a terrible habit of chewy on things and I figure it is probably better to be chewy on my pencil than anything else. And as you probably expect erasers do not last 3 years so I have a special eraser too.

A pink pearl that I found in a drawer at my house last year right before school started is what I still use to this day. Just like a pencil you are going to need something to erase the mistakes you made with your pencil so it isn’t hard to keep track of either.

I tend on using the pencil for as long as I need a pencil. As well as the eraser, but if something happens to either (which I really hope doesn’t happen) I will simply find a replacement and go on with life.  

Johnny Football

            Last night the winner of the 2012 Heisman Trophy was announced and the guy I wanted to win did. Johnny Manziel made history last night by being the first freshman to ever win the most prestigious award in college football. With Manziel winning it put it into perspective, he just turned 20 on Thursday and he was named the best player in college football. In reality he is only 2 years older than me, which is hard to grab a hold of. Since I watch him every Saturday and he only is 2 years older than me.

            I wanted Manziel to win but I wouldn’t have cared if Collin Klein would’ve won. Klein was very fun to watch because he was a change up from most quarterbacks. When he ran he wasn’t afraid of getting hit, in fact he initiated most of the hits. But I would’ve been upset if Manti Teo would have won because I just don’t think he was the best player. I don’t want to take away anything from him, he is defiantly the best defensive player in the game but I don’t think he even compares to Manziel.

            Also Teo goes to Notre Dame, which that itself takes away my vote. I don’t have anything against the Golden Domers other than their fans. They are almost worst than the common Iowa fan. They think that they are always the best and if they lose its never their fault and that they somehow got screwed over. I hope that Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide absolutely destroy Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship game.

POP

                            Place it in the microwave press two buttons and wait 3 minutes and you will have my favorite food. Every since elementary school popcorn has been my go to snack, having a bag right when a get home from school every day.
                That routine lasted all the way through middle school but it had to end once I began high school due to football practice right after school. I could eat popcorn for every meal on every day. I don’t think there is anything than a nice hot bag of popcorn with some peanut m&ms in it. Even though most consider popcorn a healthy snack I wouldn’t put mine in the category. After I put a ton of salt and butter on I, it kind of loses its nutritional value.
                Even now when I get hungry I usually just put a bag of popcorn in and eat that. I think that a bag of popcorn is perfect too because it fills me up but it isn’t a struggle to try and finish it. In fact in middle school I would have a bag before every football practice and it never caused any problems. I will eat any type of popcorn but my usually is Orville Redenbacher Movie theater butter. But my favorite kind of popcorn is Carmel corn.
            My favorite part about popcorn is the un-popped kernels at the bottom of the bowl. I don’t remember when or why I started but I love to eat the kernels. Even though it upsets my parents because they claim I will crack a tooth. I don’t know what it is about them but they are so awesome to chew on. They have a different taste then the popcorn, obviously they are still buttery but they don’t taste like popcorn.
                That’s another cool part about popcorn; there are so many different types of popcorn you can’t get tired of it. You can have cheesy popcorn to kettle corn and it will be delicious. I will continue to eat popcorn until I can’t eat anymore.

                 

KC Tragedy

                The day after a starting linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs commits suicide in front of the coach at the team facility, they get their second win. I do think that the tragedy did have something to do with this win but not as much as the solid quarterback play by Brady Quinn, who got the start after Matt Cassel performed poorly in previous weeks. Quinn threw for over 200 yards and only had 4 incompletions. Once again though the Chiefs relied on their stud tailback, Jamaal Charles, who had another 100+ game. The Chiefs are out of the playoff hunt and now are just playing for pride and the draft, where I hope they will pick a quarterback even though Quinn has been playing decent.

                Now onto the story that put the Chiefs in the headlines, Jovan Belcher, a starting linebacker committed suicide after murdering his girlfriend. I feel bad for everyone affected by this but it’s hard for me to feel bad for Belcher himself. He was living a dream that many people wish they were living. He made a good amount of money by playing football. So even though this is a tragic story it is hard to feel sorry for a man that gave up on a life that many wish they had. Plus he had a 3 month old baby that is now an orphan do to his actions.

                Anyway the Chiefs will hopefully keep progressing and get their stuff together so they can advance far next year. They will have a solid running back and hopefully their stud receivers, Bowe and Baldwin, stay for another year because if they get a solid quarterback and maybe a few defensive playmakers this team would be 1000x better than they are now. But for now I will be cheering for the Colts. Not because I like them but I am a huge Andrew Luck fan. Personally, I think Luck will be the best quarterback to ever play and I hope that he can show the haters how good he is. Today he led the Colts on an amazing comeback against the Lions.

                Even though my team is playing bad I still have to cherish this because before I know football will be over and all there will be on is basketball, which to me is stupid until the playoffs so I don’t watch it. Then before you know it baseball is back and I can’t stand baseball.