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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:23:24 GMT

it's been almost a month.

i'm in serious need of some new study habits. i keep telling myself that each week is going to be different. but it never is. it might even be worse from week to week. and that i'm going to use the weekend to catch up, but i never do. i'll get it done though. i just wanna do good. and my study habits arent condusive for that. and my eating habits probably arent condusive for me making the olympic team either. i just got done eating a whole lot of pizza. but hey, you need alot of calories to excercise alot, so... maybe. i just hope i dont fall asleep in my night class after eating all that. i'm not a fan of night classes, it's just the only time this one was offered. but, it's not that bad really. it's kinda like a summer school class.

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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:55:09 GMT

it's been a while since i've written on here. i just got back from a 3 day hiking adventure. i'll write about that later. but i got to hitch hike for the first time. i'll write about that too.

i'll also write my goals for the semester/year like i did last year. i like doing that.

school starts tomorrow. eh. i dont know how i feel. should be good though.

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Friday, November 30, 2007

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:48:00 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43IcZNuXQ4g
(i could probably find a better one, but this one is funny and good)

I've always enjoyed inspirational things, and then again, who doesnt. sometimes when i wonder why i row, i go and watch the video of the mens team that won the olympics for the first time in like 40 years. here's a link to that video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcthtn3BBN0&feature=related
(it looks easier than it is)

people admire the underdog, and why is that. because that is what america was built on, people starting with nothing and finishing ahead. we admire them because we want to do the same thing. we wanna be great. I admire people like Jimmy V. because he was dying yet still made the most out of life. Ya, he's not the only one to do that. there are alot of people that have cancer yet they live thier life like it's just another day.

But i believe everyday you should challenge yourself to make the most of what you have, dont worry about what you dont have, and ask yourself what you can do for someone around you. Even if all you do is smile and say hi to the person sitting next to you in class, cause you dont know what they are going through, that could make a world of difference to them.

the world isn't perfect, but maybe the little things we do can make a huge difference.

i wanna make a difference in the world. i've told some people that before. thats why i wanted to be a teacher. but i was going to have to stay in school for an extra two years.

Pat Tillman once said: "Coach, you can do with me what you like, but after four years i'm gone, i've got things to do with my life."
If you dont know how Pat Tillman is, he's the guy the football player that gave up his 3.5 million dollar contract to go to Iraq. He was a pretty cool dude if you wanna read about him.

I may not be a great athlete, a soldier, or a great scholar, (and there is definately more to life than school, and not everyone needs it so i dont hold it against them), but i know i can make a difference, even if it's a small one, and so can you.

so remember four things as you go throughout these next few weeks:
1)make a grand entrance
Focus on
2)Family
3)Religion (or whatever is important to you)
4)and the Greenbay Packers

Your "Greenbay Packers" can be whatever you want it to be, but try and make it successful.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:03:26 GMT

it's been way too long since i've written on here. i just got back from rowing practice. well. about and hour and half ago.

i'm watching a documentary on the kennedy family right now. i've seen it a few times before. but it makes me think that i can do anything. i dont know why. but it makes me wanna work hard. but i have to say. their a pretty corrupt family. but i do know that i need to work hard for what i want. and i'm a strong believer that anybody can do whatever they want if they work hard enough. and i wanna go to law school. so thats why i'm not going to make this long so that i can do some homework. haha.

i hope everyone is doing alright. i dont think that many people use this anymore. but thats ok. somebody will see it.

alot has happened since i've last used this. my other brother got married. started school. i'm a pseudo uncle i guess you might say.

well. i gotta go read. i've gotta work hard to get what i want. haha. my new motto i guess. but it's better to work hard than to cheat to get ahead if you ask me.

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:55:47 GMT

so we decided today that if Bruce Lee and Andrew Jackson were to have a baby, it would come out as Chuck Norris.

i was watching the news today and saw where presiden Bush went to Albania and he was greated like a... a national hero. it was pretty amazing to see our president, who seems to be hated by alot of people in out own country, to go to a predominately musilum country and be treated this way. i'm not saying we should be throwing parades for him, but we should show a little more respect. when people talk bad about our president i always say "i'd like to see you do better, or get the support of the nation twice in a row to even have the chance". to talk bad about our government is undermining the security we have in our freedom. lets respect it and be willing to do what has to be done to keep everyone safe.

anyways, enough about politics, i dont like talking about it.

i had alot of fun this weekend. it was great. whitney and i had a blast.

photo from

there wasnt any snow, but there was some country music, dancing and, well, some good fun. thats right, we went to tootsis orchid lounge. it was great.

summer school is, well.... about as fun as going to school during the summer time. haha.

so on that note, i g2g do some homework. blah.

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Friday, June 01, 2007

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:48:50 GMT

i never write on here any more. hmm.... wonder why.

i cant sleep. kinda sucks.

summer school starts tomorow. scratch that. it starts monday. but it should be fun. well i probably wouldnt say fun. i went atlants this past weekend, that was alot of fun. got to hang out with my cousins. went to a braves game. saw my bro and his wife. it was cool.

i think i'm going to gettt to go water skiing tomorow with the ski team. should be fun. i'm going to start working out again tomorow as well. i've lost alot of muscle. i know this cause i weigh less than i've weighed since like.... sixth grade maybe. haha.

i'm watching tv right now. i just saw one of the new axe commercials. i hate them. their so ridiculous.

you know what else is ridiculous. buying books. i bought two books today. no, they werent even books. one was a binder where they copied out of a book and i paid 73 dollars for it. and it was used. it's a 100 new. and then i had to buy a packet of stuff and i only needed half of it, but no one sells it not in a packet. so that sucked. that cost me 114 dollars. and i have to buy another book for the second session which'll cost me around 100 dollars. how stupid. oh well.

i just turned on my sterio, my neighbors probably wont be too happy. but then again, they usually play really lound music till all hours of the night. we'll see what happens.

i'm writing this right now cause i cant sleep. i dont know why. i'll over come it.

my foots been hurting today at times. i just now looked and i have a cut on my heel. that explains alot. haha.

um, lets see. they've been having alot of break-ins at my apartment complex lately. that makes me feel real safe...

i still have yet to see the pirates movie. and there are alot of movies coming out this summer that i wanna see. i havent seen the spiderman movie either. i need to see that one. maybe i'll just wait till they come out in the dollar theaters. who knows.

alright, i think i'm done here.

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Thursday, May 03, 2007

Thu, 03 May 2007 04:16:08 GMT

today has been the best day ever....seriously....i'm having a great day!!!!!

p.s. emily is awesome!!!

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:26:25 GMT

so this weekend we had a race, it was two day event. it was great, we had awesome weather, met some new people, and saw some other people that we knew from other teams.

the great thing about rowing is you kinda get to know other teams pretty well even if you dont know the actual individuals, you still kinda know them, make sense?

anyways, there's a tradition in rowing that the winners of the race gets the team shirts from the everyone else in the race. well, our team doesnt really participate in that cause we would spend a fortune in t-shirts. haha. but another thing people do is trade shirts with people. so my friend matt and i were walking around going to different teams trading shirts. well, i saw a group of people walking towards the virginia tech trailer and they had blue shirts on with orange V's. well, if you take notice, tech's colors are maroon and orange, and UVAs' colors are blue and orange. so ol'smart patrick was like "hey virginia tech, wanna trade shirts" and the guys were like, "we would except we're not virginia tech, we're university of virginia...hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaah"

ya, i felt stupid. and my friends laughed a lot too cause matt was in the process of telling me that they werent tech. and we wanted virginias shirts too cause they were cool. oh well. needless to say we didnt get either of their shirts. but their still cool guys. the coolest teams we met, were wakeforest, michigan, and south carolina. south carolina is definately the coolest of them though.

anyways, the races went well. we beat the teams we set out to beat, but didnt win any medals.

school is going good. i found out that i could possibly make all A's except for math, which i'll probably have to retake. but thats ok. i'll just understand it really well.

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:24:35 GMT

it's snowing right now. i wonder how al gore feels about global warming now.

my computer is acting crazy, i dont like it

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:43:42 GMT

Ya, thats a gold medal their putting around my neck! probably one of the best weekends i've had in a long time. i tell ya, even if we hadnt won, it still would of been great. there's nothing better than a team full of good friends

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