Weekend

This weekend I went back home to Beaumont and it was rather beaten up there from the hurricane. An interesting thing that happened there was the ditches in the suburban neighborhoods had a large amount of fish in them swimming. The high winds and waters had pushed the mullet from the gulf of mexico and catfish, carp, and bass from nearby lakes and ponds. There were hundreds of catfish about a foot long swimming together in the 1 foot deep water. Carp over a foot long were swimming around struggling to room to swim.

I got a castnet and caught hundreds of the fish. I threw them all back since they were probably unsanitary due to hurricane waters and things in the ditch. Overall it was a rare sight that I will most likely not ever see again. That was one of the biggest things I remember from this weekend.

Biology

Tomorrow I have a Biology test. I know it is going to be very overwhelming because everyone around me also has no clue what is going on. There are six chapters to cover with over 180 vocabulary words. The professor said that we need to study at least ten to fifteen hours to do well on the test.

Luckily the test scores get a curve so my grade will be higher than what I actually make. There are about four hundred kids in my class so hopefully none of them score too high or my curve will be alot less. Biology is probably my hardest class that I am currently taking this semester and I will probably regret it.

Chipotle Grill

Of all the food places near my campus it would definently have to be the Chipotle Grill. Ive never been a big fan of mexican food but Chipotle is really good. The lines there are short so you can be in and out extremely fast. If you have never been there then all you need to know is that the food is ordered like a subway. The ingredients in front of you where you choose which type of meats and toppings. It isnt the cheapest place to go but for the seven or so dollars it is very worth it.

Not only that, they also accept bobcat bucks if you are not a freshman. When I go there I always order a burrito with rice and pork, it is topped off with guacamole and a little cheese. They wrap it in tinfoil to hold it together and put it in a small basketball. Once you are done with your quick meal you just throw your trash in the trashcan and put the basketball above it. All in all, it takes about ten minutes to truly get in there and be out full.

Ping Pong

Since I started college ping pong has been pretty fun to play in the dorms. Its fun to play when you can just talk to your opponent about whatever as you hit the ball. If you get competitive it tends to involve a lot on how much you spin the ball on your hits and all that. Yesterday I played about 15 games and ended up doing quite well. I got to the table at around 3 and Louis was determined to win.

The game started out with me at a 7-3 lead and soon rose to a 15-6 lead. I got lucky on my next serve and hit the corner so it was literally unreturnable. After that I messed up a serve or two and cost me a few points. Soon it was game point with the score 20-11 and he was taking advantage of the rule that you cant lose on game point serve. His score escalated to 20-15 and I rose to the challenge by returning his lucky serve and spiking his next return back into the table.

Friday September 12th

Today was an early day for me. At around 7 in the morning I received a call from a friend that is at a neighboring dorm. She asked me to do her a big favor and I was already quite distraught. She said needed a ride from the jailhouse. After I turned on my cars GPS and found the Hays County Sheriff's Department and my friend she told me how she got a Public Intoxication charge. I went to McDonalds after that for breakfast and later came back to my dorm to sleep.

I woke up at around 3 in the afternoon and the RA's were giving tornado warning procedures to all the Falls Hall Residents. I heated up some mini corndogs in the microwave for lunch and decided to make use of a boring day by reading a few chapters out of my Biology book since everyone in the class seems to be as confused as I am. After an hour of review I decided to just get on facebook and now write my blog. That is pretty much all thats gone on today for me, it was not an exciting day.

Hurricanes

Recently this labor day weekend my hometown was on the list of possible targets of Hurricane Gustav. Although the hurricane diminished and never affected my hometown of Beaumont, it still reminded me of what happened with Hurricane Rita. Before hurricane Rita struck the roads were packed for 5 hour drives or even more just to get 40 miles away. My first destination was Rayburn Lake where it was near abandoned. When the hurricane hit trees were thrown everywhere and trampled some nearby houses.

After cleaning up and burning all the excess wood we headed towards College Station for the remainder of our evacuation. We stayed there for around two weeks as my friends older sisters were attending college there. While at the house there we mainly just played Halo 2 on xbox live and Grand Theft Auto 3. Upon returning to our hometown with no sign of when school would start again we had to live for about 2 weeks with no power or internet running on generators. It was an unpleasant experience but you have to come to realize that some people in the world endure that type of living every single day. It can inspire you to work harder in school so you come out successfull.

Olympic Basketball

Team USA has been the most predominant team over the years in Olympic Basketball. In 1992 Olympic play, the team lead by world famous Michael Jordan decimated all opposition winning by at least 30 points in all their games. The team was known as the "Dream Team" and there would sopposively never been another one like it. In 2004 the favored United States did not win the gold medal they had set out to get. One question readers should ask themselves is why they did not win.

Some reasons to consider on why they lost was that the best players in the NBA were not concerned with risking injury and possibly ending their career in game of National pride and not money. It may of also been that the team made by the US that year which included the rookie phenomenom Lebron James was not familiar with each other since it was an all star game with players who had not had any experience on the same team as the other all stars. The 2008 basketball team in the olympics did not include a single player from the Finals winning Celtics. Why is that? Basketball is a team sport not a game that is won by just pure talent. The teams that opposed the United States had players who have played with each other for countless years and had prepared for the Olympics for many years. United States basketball is about winning the finals in most American's eyes. Let me know what you think about the United States in olympic basketball play. Reasons why maybe they lost those crucial games and possibly why they dominated the 2008 Olympics.