Since next week is going to be packed between the College Fair, an exam, interviewing day and covering a game story I needed to rest this week. The week started out with getting my ass handed to in a one-on-one basketball game against Melissa. Coming into the match-up I feel that my greatest strength is my defense. My physicality is my bread and butter and I have some quickness. Against Melissa my defense did not show up. She kept making shots no matter where she was. She also made some circus shots which always makes me frustrated. I did not rotate well at all and I was not physical, which lead to my demise.
Other than going to class and going to the gym, life has been uneventful until last night. Yesterday was a typical Thursday. I have three classes while going to the gym during my break between class two and class three. It was raining all week, but yesterday's weather just pierced through your body between the rain and the wind. I went back to my dorm at around 7 pm., showered, dried up, read the school newspaper and watched the Celtics game until 10 p.m. and then the dorm lost power. Naturally, there are some people that scream for no reason because they can't see. There are some areas in the dorm that has emergency lights. One hour later the emergency lights went out. Now the dorm is all dark. 15 minutes after, the fire alarm sirens initiated. The procedure when the fire alarm goes off is everyone walks outside and stays out there until the firemen come over and shut off the fire alarm. Since it was still raining outside and was very windy, the hall director, Taras, told us to go to Scott Hall which is right next to Smith Hall. So we all went to Scott Hall and spent maybe 10-15 minutes there and we were allowed to go back to Smith. 30 minutes later, the fire alarm sirens went on again. This time, we waited in the main hall and had to wait for at least 20 minutes for the firefighters to turn off the fire alarms. When the fire alarm was fixed at around 1 a.m., the residents all went their separate ways and went to bed. The power turned back on at around 2 a.m. I did not go to sleep until 2:30 a.m. because when the fire alarm sirens goes on, my room has a light that flashes every five seconds which kept me awake.
Today the university had curtailed operations. It doesn't affect me because I don't have class on Fridays anyway. I have been dragging ass all day. It showed with my performance at the gym. Lifting weights was good, but running was awful. I just need to rest today. I am going to see "Shutter Island" tonight with Melissa and Kendra. I am going because I do want to see the movie and I also want to see Melissa. I haven't seen her since Monday and I am starting to like her a little more whenever I see her.
Mom and Ken are coming tomorrow and I am extremely excited. They are going to arrive at UNH at around 4 p.m. Mom and I will show Ken UNH, then we will have some dinner and then go to the hockey game together. Mom and Ken have never been to a hockey game so it should be a new experience for them. I am excited to see my mom and hug her again. It has been almost five weeks since I have last seen her. The weekend has finally begun!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
News stories that are getting better?
According to the New York Times today, the Senate votes 70-28 to approve the $15 billion Democratic plan to try to spur job creation, as lawmakers hastened to demonstrate that they were taking steps to improve the nation’s employment picture. The measure would give employers a temporary exemption from payroll taxes for newly hired workers who had been unemployed for 60 days or more. It also seeks to spur spending on public works projects and to encourage business investment by accelerating tax write-offs. Considering that the unemployment rate is 9.7 percent, this vote could help for a little while, but it will not create jobs right away. In fact, 13 Republicans combined with the 55 Democrats for this to pass. At least there was finally bipartisanship in something. To me, this is sugarcoating the massive $787 billion stimulus plan that they passed last year to create jobs. The stimulus plan did not totally fail though. 95 percent of Americans have had their taxes cut and there have been an increase in jobs. That's these programs last for 5-10 years, because nothing works right away. I hate to say this America, but you have to be patient for a little while longer.
Tomorrow will be the Health Care bill summit. Both Republicans and Democrats will have a bipartisanship meeting to try to agree on the new Health Care bill will be over $950 billion for 10 years that will cover 31 million uninsured Americans. It will also shed $100 million off the deficit, which is so high, I don't think it is a real number anymore. The Republican House bill will cost $61 billion for 10 years. On this new bill, the government will cover subsidies for abortions, something that was not in the previous bill. The Congressional Budget Office said the proposal could lead to lower premiums, in part by reducing the number of state-required benefits or increasing the number of relatively healthy people with insurance. Honestly, I think the Democrats should let the Republicans filibuster because it would make the Republicans look bad. Besides, the Democrats already look like morons trying to make a bipartisanship with the Republicans. The meaning of bipartisanship is dead. There is just a left and a right and they are not working together. It's like they are fighting over a jar full of cookies, they want more cookies than the other one. There are over 35 million Americans without health care insurance, just pass it or a different version already.
This week, the executives of Toyota is testifying in Congress about recalling the vehicles due to the poor functions of over accelerating in the acceleration pedal. The president of Toyota, Akio Toyoda says that he takes "Full Responsibility" when he appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In his statement, he says: “My name is on every car,” Mr. Toyoda said in the statement. “You have my personal commitment that Toyota will work vigorously and unceasingly to restore the trust of our customers.” Over three weeks ago, Toyota had to recall over two million vehicles due the the acceleration problem so they can find a solution. They suggested the owners of a Toyota vehicle to not drive the cars. The problem is, there is a possibility that the problem may not be solved quick enough. Personally, that is something that the government can't get involved in for too long. Just let the car company fix it internally and they can deal with it. There are too many thing to handle and Toyota is not one of those things. Just to think that I wanted a Toyota at one point.
Tomorrow will be the Health Care bill summit. Both Republicans and Democrats will have a bipartisanship meeting to try to agree on the new Health Care bill will be over $950 billion for 10 years that will cover 31 million uninsured Americans. It will also shed $100 million off the deficit, which is so high, I don't think it is a real number anymore. The Republican House bill will cost $61 billion for 10 years. On this new bill, the government will cover subsidies for abortions, something that was not in the previous bill. The Congressional Budget Office said the proposal could lead to lower premiums, in part by reducing the number of state-required benefits or increasing the number of relatively healthy people with insurance. Honestly, I think the Democrats should let the Republicans filibuster because it would make the Republicans look bad. Besides, the Democrats already look like morons trying to make a bipartisanship with the Republicans. The meaning of bipartisanship is dead. There is just a left and a right and they are not working together. It's like they are fighting over a jar full of cookies, they want more cookies than the other one. There are over 35 million Americans without health care insurance, just pass it or a different version already.
This week, the executives of Toyota is testifying in Congress about recalling the vehicles due to the poor functions of over accelerating in the acceleration pedal. The president of Toyota, Akio Toyoda says that he takes "Full Responsibility" when he appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In his statement, he says: “My name is on every car,” Mr. Toyoda said in the statement. “You have my personal commitment that Toyota will work vigorously and unceasingly to restore the trust of our customers.” Over three weeks ago, Toyota had to recall over two million vehicles due the the acceleration problem so they can find a solution. They suggested the owners of a Toyota vehicle to not drive the cars. The problem is, there is a possibility that the problem may not be solved quick enough. Personally, that is something that the government can't get involved in for too long. Just let the car company fix it internally and they can deal with it. There are too many thing to handle and Toyota is not one of those things. Just to think that I wanted a Toyota at one point.
Monday, February 22, 2010
USA's upset over Canda should not have happened
Coming into this Olympic hockey tournament, if Canada earns anything less than the gold medal, it would be a failure. They are absolutely stacked beyond belief. Their roster includes Martin Brodeur, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Joe Thornton, Sidney Crosby, Dany Heatley, Corry Perry, Patrick Marleau, etc. Their third-string goaltender is Marc Andre-Fleury, a quality goaltender. Their head coach is Mike Babcock, an excellent coach. That is just their top players on the team. All of their players consists of the best players on each team in the NHL. You can see how the Canadian fans have such high expectations for their team.
When it comes to the USA, they have an above-average team. It is a young, but a very likable team. They even have six players on the roster have their first or surname Ryan. Their roster includes Ryan Miller, Mike Komisariak, Chris Drury, Brian Rafalski, Ryan Suter, Bobby Ryan, Zach Parise, Jamie Langenbrunner, Patrick Kane, etc. I thought coming into these winter games, the USA squad could earn a bronze medal because of their strong goal-tending corps of Miller, Tim Thomas and Jonathan Quick.
Coming into last night, the general consensus was, regardless of the results each team had in their previous two games, that Canada was going to slaughter USA. I was one of those predictors. Wow were we wrong, stunned, embarrassed, any word you can think of that involves wrong.
On the day before the 30 year anniversary of USA stunning the Soviets, USA hockey once again pulled another shocker and topped Canada 5-3. Although, it is only the preliminary round, this result is catastrophic for Canada. Here they are, far and beyond the best team in the Olympics and they lost to a hockey team that averages an age five years younger than any other international team. Sometimes youth is good if you are the Americans. USA's young players are strong, very quick and they do not give up on the puck. There were times in last night's game that Canada had a flurry of shots in the first and near the game of the game, that is how everyone expected Canada to play the whole game. We knew that Ryan Miller would keep the Americans in the game as long as he could, but the Canadians would just be too active on the offensive zone for him to have a breather throughout the game. Even though the Canadians out shot the Americans 45-23, Miller stood on his head and took the game in his own hands with his astounding 42-save performance. With the score 4-2 with over 6 minutes left in the third period, I was watching the game with friends and my friend Mallory thought the game was not over. I said, "With Miller playing the way he is in net, USA will not lose this game." Sidney Crosby scored a power play goal to make it 4-3 USA with 3:09 left in the third period and Mallory said, "Still cocky Jus?" I then said, "Damn right. That is all they will get." Canada had another run of shooting the puck on net at an alarming rate, but they could not convert. After a killer off-sides call, USA clears the puck and Ryan Kesler is battling Corry Perry for the puck. Kesler dives, smacks the puck and it rolls into the empty net for an amazing goal. Game, set, match.
I am always glad when I am wrong, especially when it is an underdog that wins. The Americans earned it. They played harder, faster and smarter. Canada played cocky because they have so many stars on their team, eventually it bit them in the ass. They were so cocky, that they let Brian Rafalski score two goals (first one 41 seconds into the game). Rafalski has only four goals in 57 games into the NHL season! Everyone in Canada knew coming into the Olympic games every team was gunning for the mighty Canadians. Not taking any credit away from the Americans, but if you are Canada, losing to us is embarrassing. They rival with us on who is the better hockey country. Their team is far superior comparing to our team. Last night's loss is not the end of the world to Canada because they still advance to the medal round. However, they have to play an additional game if they are going to advance to the medal round. Canada has sucked in these Olympics and if they don't win a gold medal in hockey, they should never host an Olympic games again. As the saying goes: "Canada's national sport is Lacrosse. Their religion is hockey." Think about that.
When it comes to the USA, they have an above-average team. It is a young, but a very likable team. They even have six players on the roster have their first or surname Ryan. Their roster includes Ryan Miller, Mike Komisariak, Chris Drury, Brian Rafalski, Ryan Suter, Bobby Ryan, Zach Parise, Jamie Langenbrunner, Patrick Kane, etc. I thought coming into these winter games, the USA squad could earn a bronze medal because of their strong goal-tending corps of Miller, Tim Thomas and Jonathan Quick.
Coming into last night, the general consensus was, regardless of the results each team had in their previous two games, that Canada was going to slaughter USA. I was one of those predictors. Wow were we wrong, stunned, embarrassed, any word you can think of that involves wrong.
On the day before the 30 year anniversary of USA stunning the Soviets, USA hockey once again pulled another shocker and topped Canada 5-3. Although, it is only the preliminary round, this result is catastrophic for Canada. Here they are, far and beyond the best team in the Olympics and they lost to a hockey team that averages an age five years younger than any other international team. Sometimes youth is good if you are the Americans. USA's young players are strong, very quick and they do not give up on the puck. There were times in last night's game that Canada had a flurry of shots in the first and near the game of the game, that is how everyone expected Canada to play the whole game. We knew that Ryan Miller would keep the Americans in the game as long as he could, but the Canadians would just be too active on the offensive zone for him to have a breather throughout the game. Even though the Canadians out shot the Americans 45-23, Miller stood on his head and took the game in his own hands with his astounding 42-save performance. With the score 4-2 with over 6 minutes left in the third period, I was watching the game with friends and my friend Mallory thought the game was not over. I said, "With Miller playing the way he is in net, USA will not lose this game." Sidney Crosby scored a power play goal to make it 4-3 USA with 3:09 left in the third period and Mallory said, "Still cocky Jus?" I then said, "Damn right. That is all they will get." Canada had another run of shooting the puck on net at an alarming rate, but they could not convert. After a killer off-sides call, USA clears the puck and Ryan Kesler is battling Corry Perry for the puck. Kesler dives, smacks the puck and it rolls into the empty net for an amazing goal. Game, set, match.
I am always glad when I am wrong, especially when it is an underdog that wins. The Americans earned it. They played harder, faster and smarter. Canada played cocky because they have so many stars on their team, eventually it bit them in the ass. They were so cocky, that they let Brian Rafalski score two goals (first one 41 seconds into the game). Rafalski has only four goals in 57 games into the NHL season! Everyone in Canada knew coming into the Olympic games every team was gunning for the mighty Canadians. Not taking any credit away from the Americans, but if you are Canada, losing to us is embarrassing. They rival with us on who is the better hockey country. Their team is far superior comparing to our team. Last night's loss is not the end of the world to Canada because they still advance to the medal round. However, they have to play an additional game if they are going to advance to the medal round. Canada has sucked in these Olympics and if they don't win a gold medal in hockey, they should never host an Olympic games again. As the saying goes: "Canada's national sport is Lacrosse. Their religion is hockey." Think about that.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Fabulous Friday
I really love my Fridays. Not just because I have a day off on Fridays, but it also depicts that my week is nearly over. In the beginning of the week, it was not looking good because last weekend was an absolute disaster. Three of my friends from home came up to UNH to visit me and they were also planning to sleep over. At first everyone was getting along and we were having a good time. To make a long story short, as the night went on, my friends from home and my friends from UNH ended up clashing and taking comment from each other seriously. It was childish and immature and I was very angry about it. I was frustrated because it was a negative environment and I felt responsible. When my UNH friends finally left, we went to sleep at 2 a.m. and I didn't sleep well all night. I was woken up at 8:30 and I never went back to sleep. The Mass-holes finally left at 1 p.m. on Sunday and it took about a couple of days to forget about it.
The week started out good because on Tuesday, New Hampshire had a big snow storm, which led to cancellations in both of my night classes. Usually, I have classes from 11-8:30. Since my night classes got canceled, I had class from 11-3:30 instead. I don't normally do homework on Tuesdays, but since my classes got canceled, I decided to fool around and spend time with my friends, which was a lot of fun.
On Wednesday, it was a hectic, but fun day. The highlight of the day was I had a date/meeting with this girl Melissa. I met her through a friend two weeks ago. She is a very sweet girl and I think we have a lot in common, so I wanted to get to know her better. Before, I had a meeting and then a Yellow Fever shot, which I need it to get into Trinidad and Tobago, which I am going to for spring break in three weeks. It was a longer process than I expected, which I ended up being 10 minutes late for the date and I was upset about it. I kept apologizing to her because being late is unacceptable, especially when I made the plans. Otherwise, everything went well. She is actually a much cooler person than I expected. She plays basketball, has a passion for special needs children and is a car fanatic. I love all of those traits. Melissa said that she wants to see me again on Saturday, hence if she does not go home. I hope she does not go home because I would like to see her again.
Yesterday was Resume Review Day. Since looking for jobs is a top priority of mine, having a professional to review my resume would bring me on the right direction. The woman reviewed my resume and then I left. Someone told me one time that working on a resume is like a professional job. That person is right. I am going to need more discipline and motivation to make my resume the best it can be, especially when going to the real world is not too far away.
Tonight is a big night for me. I have an assignment to do in Sports Writing which I have to go to a high school athletics game and write a game story. It has to be 500-600 words and the deadline is five hours after game time. I am covering a high school girls varsity basketball game. It is in Oyster River High School and they are facing Portsmouth High Athletics. It starts at 6:30 p.m. and my deadline is at 11:30. This is my first game story and I feel nervous but jittery at the same time. I am putting too much pressure on myself because this will be the inauguration to being a sports writer. I was told by my professor that covering a high school game is the hardest thing to do in sports writing. I will see it tonight.
So far, everything this week is going to plan. I finished all of my work and errands leading up to today. I hope everything goes well for my story tonight and that I pass it in on time, which is my biggest fear. If tonight goes well, I hope to see Melissa, then it will be the perfect week.
The week started out good because on Tuesday, New Hampshire had a big snow storm, which led to cancellations in both of my night classes. Usually, I have classes from 11-8:30. Since my night classes got canceled, I had class from 11-3:30 instead. I don't normally do homework on Tuesdays, but since my classes got canceled, I decided to fool around and spend time with my friends, which was a lot of fun.
On Wednesday, it was a hectic, but fun day. The highlight of the day was I had a date/meeting with this girl Melissa. I met her through a friend two weeks ago. She is a very sweet girl and I think we have a lot in common, so I wanted to get to know her better. Before, I had a meeting and then a Yellow Fever shot, which I need it to get into Trinidad and Tobago, which I am going to for spring break in three weeks. It was a longer process than I expected, which I ended up being 10 minutes late for the date and I was upset about it. I kept apologizing to her because being late is unacceptable, especially when I made the plans. Otherwise, everything went well. She is actually a much cooler person than I expected. She plays basketball, has a passion for special needs children and is a car fanatic. I love all of those traits. Melissa said that she wants to see me again on Saturday, hence if she does not go home. I hope she does not go home because I would like to see her again.
Yesterday was Resume Review Day. Since looking for jobs is a top priority of mine, having a professional to review my resume would bring me on the right direction. The woman reviewed my resume and then I left. Someone told me one time that working on a resume is like a professional job. That person is right. I am going to need more discipline and motivation to make my resume the best it can be, especially when going to the real world is not too far away.
Tonight is a big night for me. I have an assignment to do in Sports Writing which I have to go to a high school athletics game and write a game story. It has to be 500-600 words and the deadline is five hours after game time. I am covering a high school girls varsity basketball game. It is in Oyster River High School and they are facing Portsmouth High Athletics. It starts at 6:30 p.m. and my deadline is at 11:30. This is my first game story and I feel nervous but jittery at the same time. I am putting too much pressure on myself because this will be the inauguration to being a sports writer. I was told by my professor that covering a high school game is the hardest thing to do in sports writing. I will see it tonight.
So far, everything this week is going to plan. I finished all of my work and errands leading up to today. I hope everything goes well for my story tonight and that I pass it in on time, which is my biggest fear. If tonight goes well, I hope to see Melissa, then it will be the perfect week.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
News Central
Even though I may be a busy person, I always dedicate at least one hour a day reading the news. There are always a few stories that get into the news wire just to fill space and then there are others that are really news worthy. Here are a few stories that interested me.
According to the New York Times, yesterday, the United States military arrested and captured Taliban Commander, Mullah Abdul Baradar. He is considered to be the number two man in the Taliban, who is behind Mullah Mohammed Omar. "Mullah Baradar had been a important contact for the Afghans for years". American officials believe that this arrest is absolutely crucial because it will ensue more cooperation between Pakistan and the U.S. This arrest is also bad timing for the Taliban because they are going through an internal debate about negotiating for peace or fighting the Americans. Reports say that the U.S. are sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan later this year. Personally, it's great that the military did something good by arresting the number two man in the Taliban, but the day if they capture Osama Bin Laden, then I will be joyous about our progress. For now, I will give a golf clap. They better make some arrests since there are already over 90,000 troops in the Middle East.
According to the New York Times, in a new study, 60 percent of the subjects believe that Colleges are operating more like a business rather than making it a educational experience. "The study is a joint project of Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and higher education, also found that most Americans believe that colleges could admit a lot more a lot more students without lowering quality or raising prices, and that colleges could spend less and maintain a high quality of education". There are nine out of ten people that do want to go to college. However, "83 percent said that students had to borrow too much money to pay for college". The problem is that colleges are spending too much money to function, never mind spending money to improve facilities for education. It stinks and I am one of those students that think that college is too much of a corporation rather than giving opportunities for an educational experience. It was inevitable considering how much students need to pay for just for the tuition rather than room and board.
In sad news, Doug Fieger, the lead singer and guitarist of the band the Knack, who performed the 1979 hit “My Sharona”, passed away yesterday. Fieger, 57, succumbed to lung cancer his family announced. "My Sharona" held Billboard's No. 1 song for six weeks in the summer of 1979. "Bruce Gary, the Knack’s original drummer, died in 2006". It's depressing news to me because I really enjoy that song. Now it is time for me to listen to more of their music, even though they never had another song that was as big as "My Sharona".
News travels fast. Because of the internet, everyone will sit down and read a headline and think they know the who story. Print news is definitely the way to go, even if they don't know how to charge online. There are too many people that I am acquainted to that don't read the news. I know reading the news is my obligation as a journalist, but it gets awfully boring if there is no one else to talk to about juicy news. Someday, the college kids will read the news, the question is how and when.
According to the New York Times, yesterday, the United States military arrested and captured Taliban Commander, Mullah Abdul Baradar. He is considered to be the number two man in the Taliban, who is behind Mullah Mohammed Omar. "Mullah Baradar had been a important contact for the Afghans for years". American officials believe that this arrest is absolutely crucial because it will ensue more cooperation between Pakistan and the U.S. This arrest is also bad timing for the Taliban because they are going through an internal debate about negotiating for peace or fighting the Americans. Reports say that the U.S. are sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan later this year. Personally, it's great that the military did something good by arresting the number two man in the Taliban, but the day if they capture Osama Bin Laden, then I will be joyous about our progress. For now, I will give a golf clap. They better make some arrests since there are already over 90,000 troops in the Middle East.
According to the New York Times, in a new study, 60 percent of the subjects believe that Colleges are operating more like a business rather than making it a educational experience. "The study is a joint project of Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and higher education, also found that most Americans believe that colleges could admit a lot more a lot more students without lowering quality or raising prices, and that colleges could spend less and maintain a high quality of education". There are nine out of ten people that do want to go to college. However, "83 percent said that students had to borrow too much money to pay for college". The problem is that colleges are spending too much money to function, never mind spending money to improve facilities for education. It stinks and I am one of those students that think that college is too much of a corporation rather than giving opportunities for an educational experience. It was inevitable considering how much students need to pay for just for the tuition rather than room and board.
In sad news, Doug Fieger, the lead singer and guitarist of the band the Knack, who performed the 1979 hit “My Sharona”, passed away yesterday. Fieger, 57, succumbed to lung cancer his family announced. "My Sharona" held Billboard's No. 1 song for six weeks in the summer of 1979. "Bruce Gary, the Knack’s original drummer, died in 2006". It's depressing news to me because I really enjoy that song. Now it is time for me to listen to more of their music, even though they never had another song that was as big as "My Sharona".
News travels fast. Because of the internet, everyone will sit down and read a headline and think they know the who story. Print news is definitely the way to go, even if they don't know how to charge online. There are too many people that I am acquainted to that don't read the news. I know reading the news is my obligation as a journalist, but it gets awfully boring if there is no one else to talk to about juicy news. Someday, the college kids will read the news, the question is how and when.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Dates, excitement and trades
First off as a baseball fanatic, I am stoked that pitchers and catchers report, starting on February 17th. The Red Sox pitchers and catchers report on February 18th. Team positional players report starting on February 22nd. We officially getting closer to Spring Training and I can not be more ecstatic.
I am surviving right now on the Olympics, which is hard to chose which events I want to watch. As of today, the United States is first in the medal count with six overall medals (one gold, two silvers and three bronzes), Germany has four medals following with France and Canada having three medals each and Korea is in fifth place with two (could have been tied in second if it wasn't for the slip in the speed skating race, which the U.S. ended up getting two medals instead of none). When I get a chance to catch them, it will be a good time.
The NBA All-Star game in Dallas was interesting from the five minutes I actually watched and 12 minutes I listened to. From what I saw, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, hits a three point shot. It was a swish none of the less. I did not know he was capable of doing that. Of course there was about 10 ally-oop attempts, probably eight of them were converted. The final score was 141-139. Of course no defense, but there were dumb fouls. With the game dead-locked at 137, Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, fouled All-Star game MVP Dwyane Wade with over 12 seconds left when they were over the team limit in fouls. Wade made both free throws to make it 139-137. Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks got fouled and made two free throws to tie the game at 139 a piece. On the ensuing possession for the Eastern All-Stars, Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors got fouled and made both free throws to make it 141-139. On the final possession, Carmelo Anthony attempted a three pointer for the win and was short. Last night's game held a record-setting attendance with 108,713 people.
A block-buster trade occurred in the NBA two days ago. The Dallas Mavericks and Washington Wizards made an agreement with a seven-player trade with the Mavericks acquiring Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson and cash considerations from the Wizards in exchange for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singleton and Quinton Ross. Massive trade for both teams going the opposite directions. The Mavericks getting Butler is crucial for them because of his scoring ability and versitility. Haywood is a big improvement over Erick Dampier, who is aging and Haywood is more mobile and is better defensively. The trade for the Wizards is the beginning of their rebuilding process. I was surprised there were any takers considering Howard has a big contract, also he has underachieved since receiving his big pay day. Gooden once again moved to another team. It is surprising to me because getting a center who is a 12 point, 8 rebound a game guy is hard to come by these days. Now if the Wizards can trade Antawn Jamison, rebuilding can be at full blast.
I am surviving right now on the Olympics, which is hard to chose which events I want to watch. As of today, the United States is first in the medal count with six overall medals (one gold, two silvers and three bronzes), Germany has four medals following with France and Canada having three medals each and Korea is in fifth place with two (could have been tied in second if it wasn't for the slip in the speed skating race, which the U.S. ended up getting two medals instead of none). When I get a chance to catch them, it will be a good time.
The NBA All-Star game in Dallas was interesting from the five minutes I actually watched and 12 minutes I listened to. From what I saw, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, hits a three point shot. It was a swish none of the less. I did not know he was capable of doing that. Of course there was about 10 ally-oop attempts, probably eight of them were converted. The final score was 141-139. Of course no defense, but there were dumb fouls. With the game dead-locked at 137, Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz, fouled All-Star game MVP Dwyane Wade with over 12 seconds left when they were over the team limit in fouls. Wade made both free throws to make it 139-137. Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks got fouled and made two free throws to tie the game at 139 a piece. On the ensuing possession for the Eastern All-Stars, Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors got fouled and made both free throws to make it 141-139. On the final possession, Carmelo Anthony attempted a three pointer for the win and was short. Last night's game held a record-setting attendance with 108,713 people.
A block-buster trade occurred in the NBA two days ago. The Dallas Mavericks and Washington Wizards made an agreement with a seven-player trade with the Mavericks acquiring Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson and cash considerations from the Wizards in exchange for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singleton and Quinton Ross. Massive trade for both teams going the opposite directions. The Mavericks getting Butler is crucial for them because of his scoring ability and versitility. Haywood is a big improvement over Erick Dampier, who is aging and Haywood is more mobile and is better defensively. The trade for the Wizards is the beginning of their rebuilding process. I was surprised there were any takers considering Howard has a big contract, also he has underachieved since receiving his big pay day. Gooden once again moved to another team. It is surprising to me because getting a center who is a 12 point, 8 rebound a game guy is hard to come by these days. Now if the Wizards can trade Antawn Jamison, rebuilding can be at full blast.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Running out of gas already
Every time Friday arrives, the happier that I get. Even though I only have one class in the evening on Mondays and no classes on Wednesdays, I am still busy. I always have errands to do and work to be done. The bad thing is I haven't had a chance to search for jobs yet. Tuesdays and Thursdays are absolute killers and having a cold during those days made the days feel even longer. Either way, I am just toughing it out and still rolling along.
I do like being busy. It just makes the weekends more fun. During the weekdays, I feel like I have been seeing my friends less. I do love my classes equally. They are all so interesting and I don't consider it a chore to go to class and then do homework. I am also trying to write more stories for the school newspaper "The New Hampshire." It's good practice and I am going to need it if I am going to be the successful journalist I want to be.
Speaking of a news worthy topic, the UNH Student Senate is passing a resolution to recommends Smith Hall to be converted into an admissions building. "Whereas, the University has no additional resources to build a new building or renovate another and whereas, be it resolved by the Student Senate of the University of New Hampshire to recommend that Smith Hall be converted into the admissions and student services building." I am starting to realize what the "real world" is like. The boss has an idea, it eventually screws everyone over and there is nothing you can do about it. No one has a say, no one knows where they stand. If someone says something, that person gets canned. Gee, I'm looking forward to graduating, not.
The residents in Smith Hall are blind-sided once again. In December to last week, the Student Senate fought hard with Smith Hall to have the university administration to rescind their decision. Even though it didn't make a difference, the fact that the Student Senate to all of the sudden to change their minds and go along with it is spitting in our faces. We had a secret meeting with the Student Body president and vice-president in Smith Hall and discussed for over 90 minutes and we did not get anywhere. I expected them to say something about how converting Smith Hall into an admissions building is a good idea, that it is needed and it is good for the students. The Smith Hall Sen. Michael Sanchez, is devising a plan to impeach both the Student Body president and vice-president. The senate meeting about the resolution is on Sunday. It is planned to be a dogfight and I am looking forward to see it. Just when all of the residents at Smith Hall were finally starting to feel at peace about getting closed down, people at UNH put salt in our wounds again.
This is also a big weekend for sports fans because the start of the Winter Olympics and the NBA All-Star game weekend. We will see the best athletes of the world perform in the Olympics at Vancouver, Canada and the best players in the NBA make some crazy moves and awesome shots in Dallas, Texas. I may not be around to see all the coverage, but I will see as much as I can.
Each day I am at UNH, the happier that I am but yet sad at the same time. I really enjoy having a single because I don't feel like I am invading anyone's space and I have host my friends whenever I want. Speaking of friends, some of my friends from Massachusetts are coming up to visit me tomorrow. I am looking forward to it because I haven't seen them in a while and I want to show them around the school I am proud to be attending to. I do have a lot of homework to do, but I can hold it off for a little while to see my friends and have some fun.
I do like being busy. It just makes the weekends more fun. During the weekdays, I feel like I have been seeing my friends less. I do love my classes equally. They are all so interesting and I don't consider it a chore to go to class and then do homework. I am also trying to write more stories for the school newspaper "The New Hampshire." It's good practice and I am going to need it if I am going to be the successful journalist I want to be.
Speaking of a news worthy topic, the UNH Student Senate is passing a resolution to recommends Smith Hall to be converted into an admissions building. "Whereas, the University has no additional resources to build a new building or renovate another and whereas, be it resolved by the Student Senate of the University of New Hampshire to recommend that Smith Hall be converted into the admissions and student services building." I am starting to realize what the "real world" is like. The boss has an idea, it eventually screws everyone over and there is nothing you can do about it. No one has a say, no one knows where they stand. If someone says something, that person gets canned. Gee, I'm looking forward to graduating, not.
The residents in Smith Hall are blind-sided once again. In December to last week, the Student Senate fought hard with Smith Hall to have the university administration to rescind their decision. Even though it didn't make a difference, the fact that the Student Senate to all of the sudden to change their minds and go along with it is spitting in our faces. We had a secret meeting with the Student Body president and vice-president in Smith Hall and discussed for over 90 minutes and we did not get anywhere. I expected them to say something about how converting Smith Hall into an admissions building is a good idea, that it is needed and it is good for the students. The Smith Hall Sen. Michael Sanchez, is devising a plan to impeach both the Student Body president and vice-president. The senate meeting about the resolution is on Sunday. It is planned to be a dogfight and I am looking forward to see it. Just when all of the residents at Smith Hall were finally starting to feel at peace about getting closed down, people at UNH put salt in our wounds again.
This is also a big weekend for sports fans because the start of the Winter Olympics and the NBA All-Star game weekend. We will see the best athletes of the world perform in the Olympics at Vancouver, Canada and the best players in the NBA make some crazy moves and awesome shots in Dallas, Texas. I may not be around to see all the coverage, but I will see as much as I can.
Each day I am at UNH, the happier that I am but yet sad at the same time. I really enjoy having a single because I don't feel like I am invading anyone's space and I have host my friends whenever I want. Speaking of friends, some of my friends from Massachusetts are coming up to visit me tomorrow. I am looking forward to it because I haven't seen them in a while and I want to show them around the school I am proud to be attending to. I do have a lot of homework to do, but I can hold it off for a little while to see my friends and have some fun.
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