Brett Favre

I don't know how other people feel, but I'm very happy about the way the season has gone for Brett Favre. I think it's good that the Jets are probably not going to make the playoffs and the Packers aren't. In my opinion, after seeing how this season has gone, the Packers made the wrong call on Favre. We have a team that is set up to go deep into the playoffs, but the management didn't bring back the essential piece to their success...Brett Favre. Brett has proved now that it doesn't matter what team he's playing for, he will put up pro bowl numbers no matter what (yes, he's going to another pro bowl this year). That's awesome for him! I will definitely be cheering for the Jets to win the super bowl so that Favre can say I told you so. If other Packer fans don't want to cheer him on for that reason, then do it because the farther the Jets go in the playoffs, the better the draft pick we will get next season! Go Brett!

Going green

I think that the Going Green movement is something that really needs to pick up speed, and I think that having Barack Obama in office this January will help get it going. We are seeing more and more climate change, and more pollution than our earth can handle, so it's time for us to get serious about making some changes in the way we live our everyday lives. We can all do the little things like turning lights off that are not in use, turning the T.V. off when we're not watching, riding a bike to work or school instead of driving, etc. in order to help out. The problem is, people don't think that the little things they do are going to make a big enough difference to really change anything, but if we thought the opposite way, we really would make a difference. We can either be collectively innefective, or collectively effective...it's our choice. We know what the right decision is.

Duke University Basketball

Duke basketball is back on the map this year! The Blue-devils are ranked sixth in the nation right now, and I expect them to finish the year in the top three. They are returning four of their five starters, and Ben Zoubek (their big man) is not injured this year, giving them a presence inside. The only thing I'm really worried about is that Duke won't utilize Zoubek enough. See, Duke is a very good shooting team, especially three-pointers. They take a lot of threes during the game, and the outcomes of a lot of games depend on how well Duke shoot the three. That really scares me because I'm a big Duke fan, and they need to stop doing that. Overall, Duke looks good this year...it might be the year that they add another national title banner to the rafters!

Two and a Half Men

I love to watch Two and a Half Men. It's my second favorite show after House. Charlie Sheen is hilarious. He is the owner of a Malibu beach house, and he takes in his brother, Alan, and nephew, Jake, when Alan goes through a divorce with his wife. The dialogue is sometimes pretty vulgar, okay most of the time it's pretty vulgar, but that's what makes the show funny. Also, Jake is not the brightest kid in the world, and all he likes to do is play video games, watch T.V., and eat...a lot. He hates school and never does his homework because he doesn't see the point. Charlie and Alan always give him a hard time, but Jake always finds a way to get them back. Actually, all three of them rip on one another's flaws. Charlie definitely wins the conversation most of the time though, because he doesn't really have a soft spot that people can get to in order to get on his nerves. This is a great show, and I would recommend watching it sometime.

Wausau

Every year my Dad's side of the family has Christmas in Wausau. We either go to my grandparents' house, or to my dad's aunt and uncle's house. I love going there because my grandma loves to cook, and she makes so many sweets it's crazy. I think I gain like five pounds every time I go there. It's about a two and a half hour drive, so I bring my ipod...I would be bored to death without it. The gift exchange that we do in Wausau is always interesting. One year somebody bought my dad's uncle a summer sausage and some socks (it was the goofiest gift of all time, but he loved them apparently). Last year, my cousins and I decided to cheat on the exchange, and we told eachother who we had, and narrowed it down to who might have us. I ended up guessing right, but I also had it narrowed down to two people. Going to Wausau is always interesting. I look forward to going this year!

class/christmas break

Overall I had a good experience in my writing class, but I'm looking forward to Christmas break. I was able to overcome my inability to write about things that I'm not interested in, and I learned some new information as well. My favorite assignment was the viewer response essay that I did on The Pursuit of Happyness. My least favorite assignment was probably the research paper, but I've never been big on research papers. It was interesting to learn more about Nelson Mandela though. I'm really looking forward to taking some time off now until classes start again in January. I will still have to work at the Ace Hardware Retail Support Center two days a week, but that's not much. I will be able to relax and spend time with my family. I hope everyone enjoys their break!

BCS

The BCS (Bowl College Series) system in college football which decides who will play for the national championship needs to be done away with. The national champion should be decided through a playoff like every other sport. Yes, rankings and strength of schedule are important, but don't let a computer decide who gets to play in what Bowl games. This messed up system dealt away Texas' chances of playing for their own conference championship because it's in the rule book that in a three-way tie in the Big 12 conference, the team with the highest BCS ranking goes to the championship game. Oklahoma will be representing the Big 12 South against Missouri who won the Big 12 North, even though Texas beat them during the season. Also, Texas Tech beat Texas, but lost to Oklahoma...why don't they get to play in the championship game? It's because the rules are messed up. Now, if you're not a college football fan you're probably saying who cares, and that's fine, but most of the people who do care about college football are making this same argument that I am right now because they know there should be some sort of playoff system implemented. Just give teams an option at the end of the season..."you can play in this bowl game, or you were the winner of your conference and ranked high enough to participate in a playoff for the national title." Whatever works best, I could go on for pages with different playoff scenarios and formats that would be better than the system we have now. Those with the authority to implement a playoff system, please...make the change.