Transformers

The Bahamas

Ive been in scouting since I was young. I actually joined my Cub Scout Troop when I was seven years old and in 1st grade. High school soon hit and I had joined my Boy Scout troop, Troop 276. The troop I was in offered many different high adventure choices for us to do, and I was eager for something new. Up to this point in my life, I had never left the country, and only been on a plane one other time. I love flying, even though I'm afraid of heights. The feeling of being so high above the Earth takes my breath away. My freshmen year summer I was 15 years old when I left the country for the first time. It didn't really hit me till I stepped off the plane and was bombarded with all kinds of sights, sounds, and smells that filled my senses. We then hoped in a taxi, and met our captain in his dingy at the docks. He then drove us out to where his boat was anchored in the harbor. He give us a quick tour after we stowed our bags away and then we set off into the sunset lit horizon. We spent the next week, fishing, sailing, snorkeling, and sight seeing the man different islands of The Bahamas. I miss it, and I hope I will get the chance to go back some day.

300 Workout

Yesterday I was sitting in my room chillin with some friends on the futon when conversation struck up about working out. Ive been working out with these same four guys 5 days a week since we've been here, but I really wanted to turn up the intensity and get in great shape. Running and simple lifting can only go so far. So we googled crazy work routines and came across a program that was right under our noses the whole time. Everyone should know about the movie "300," and if you don't, then I'm very sorry. The bodies all the Spartans have, are out of this world and I know I'd love to posses that same physique. So we came across all these videos and photos of before and after, of regular John Does who had gotten the exact same results that the actors had. The workout is as follows: 25 pull-ups, 50 Deadlifts @ 135 lbs., 50 push-ups, 50 2 foot box jumps, 50 floor wipers @ 135 lbs., 50 KB clean and press @ 35 lbs., and then 25 more pull-ups, for combined total of 300 repetitions, every other day. I'm still sore..

Boy Solider

As many of you probably are well aware, Ishmael Beah was here at Emmens hall this past Tuesday night to present to BSU his book. The clock struck 7 as thousands of my fellow freshmen poured into the hall awaiting his words. As I sat there and listened to him speak, I couldn't help but ask myself, how can such a young man be so calm about what hes gone through. And how is it possible for him to be so relaxed as he explained to all of us students, who he had never seen before, his powerful story. I just think it takes great strength and courage to do everything hes gone through. I also found it rather entertaining as to how he could explain his story but still have comic relief throughout. The part about how he was asked to present his bank papers and report card and his response to the man was, "I hear a gun shot, I should probably get my bank papers and report card." That to me was hilarious compared to the tone of the rest of his speech. In all, I found the entire experience rather uplifting, and we are all very gifted to have seen such an amazing person speak. I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

Seaturtle

I'm writing this story for my friend Matt Weaver. I didn't know what to write about so he made up this story. One day there was a young mommy sea turtle that went up onto the beach because she needed to lay her eggs. After a long few hours she finally finished digging her nest and laying all her eggs. She then crawled back into the ocean never to see her kids again. A few weeks later, on a cold dark evening, the eggs all hatched at once, almost in sinc with each other. But little did they know, every single predator was waiting patiently outside there nest to eat them all. A herd of turtle swarmed the beach and in a frenzy of death all the turtles scattered to the cool water. But there was one turtle that defied all the odds...he had SUPER POWERS! He flew up and zapped all the killer birds out of the sky with his heat vision. After all settled down, one turtle remained in the waves....all his siblings had been caught. So he ducked back into the water and swam off into open ocean to repeat the entire cycle all over again.

IU

This past weekend, labor day weekend, I spend at Indiana University. I got to see all my close friends who I haven't seen in almost a month and this visit was well overdo. I missed them all terribly and it had made my college transition just a little bit harder than it needed to be. I finished class on Friday and my mom met me at my dorm to pick me up with my dirty laundry in hand. So she and I got to catch the whole ride back to Indy, which was also well overdo. I missed my family just as much if not more. I picked up my friend from his house then headed down to IU. We met our really close friends, one being my friends girlfriend, at the parking lot in the stadium. We then all hoped in my car and drove over and parked at her building. We all settled in the rooms and then went out to eat at Foster. After we ate, we went out and spent the evening party hopping. The weekend was great and I'm so glad i got to see all my close friends again. I really can't wait to see them again, but this time I hope its up here at BSU.

College So Far

My college experience so far has been rather different from what I pictured it before. My life leading up to this point was filled with long boring school days and assorted different sports. I didn't stay serious enough my high school years and I didn't get in to the school I actually wanted to go. Now I have nothing against BSU but if I actually had the choice, I would have gone to Indiana University because almost my entire group of close friends are now going there, and I ultimately want a good business degree from Kelly School of Business. Because I came to this school with no real good friend support, its been rather difficult for my to adjust to life on my own. Its also been really hard for me to go outside my comfort zone and meet people. I wish I had all my close friends with me to make meeting people and being on my own a lot easier. I am actually going up to IU this weekend, (labor day weekend). Classes so far have been challenging but at the same time very interesting and rewarding. I love the college atmosphere and being on my own will get better as the year progresses. Although I don't go to IU, I still love the school I am part of. BSU is and always will be a big part of my life, so I have to live it up while I'm here and do my best to get the degree I came here to get.

Falling Out of a Tree

It was an October afternoon and my brother and I were in the street playing stick ball with some neighbor kids. I was 11 and always eager to do anything. My best friend Nick and I loved climbing trees. We live on a thick wooded street so we had many different trees to choose from to climb. Across the street was one tree in particular that he and I loved to climb. The tree sat in our elderly neighbors front yard so they were never outside to stop us. The air was cool as night approached, while standing in the street with my baseball mitt. We finished up one last game right before it got dark and we all ran over to the tree and started climbing. Me being young, I was also naive, so I felt as if nothing could stop me. I got about 20 feet into the air, and decided it would be a good idea to walk out onto the branch. In doing so, the branch then broke as I got about half way out on the branch. I fell about 15 feet straight down before my left leg caught the last branch on the tree. If I hadn't caught that branch I would probably be paralyzed from the neck down, because I was falling backwards. It was the single scariest moment in my life, and I can only say I'm one lucky kid to have walked away from it with only two cuts on my legs.