college life

Now that I am getting into the grove of the college lifestyle there are some things that I didn't understand before coming to college. I grew up in a little town where everyone knew everyone else in the entire community. In this surrounding I felt safe and secure like nothing could possibly ever go wrong and if something did I would have numerous people at my side to help me through any of my problems. At college I have had to learn that you cannot trust everyone you see. You can always believe that everyone at college are good people even at a college like Wartburg. Since arriving at college I have heard stories of violent fights at the bar and smoking pot to having a friends laptop stolen from my room. They still do not know who took the laptop and the criminal will probably never be found. I have soon realized that you cannot always trust everyone and some people are just looking for bad things to get involved in.

Bye, Bye, Birdie

This weekend I had the privilege of watching the Gilbert High school perform the musical Bye, Bye, Birdie. This was honestly one of the best musicals I have ever seen in my entire life. The cast was fabulous with the exception of Conrad Birdie. The part of Spanish Rose was performed by my girlfriend, Julie Beecher, who was the star of the entire show. All the the actors and actresses in the show did a fantastic job and the singing was awesome. Everyone knew there lines and played their parts to perfection. The musical sold out both nights it was performed and received standing ovations from the crowd.  It was fun watching all the students perform and they all did a great job!!!!

An Inconvenient Truth

I strongly believe with the ideas of Al Gore and many other global warming believers. I do not believe that there is any way the the human civilization can see the facts, graph, ect. in still believe that global warming is not a huge issue that we are going to have to start dealing with soon or else it could mean the end of our society.The pollutants that we are putting into the air are having directs effects on our environment. The warming of the Earth is melting our polar ice caps and could possibly cause extreme flooding throughout the world. I believe that the main problem is the over population of the human race is have dramatic effects on the Earth and it's environment. The Earth has never had the wear and tear of so many people on it at one time. If we do not either lower the number of humans on the Earth or find a way to become a more environmentally friendly race, the existence of the human race will end way before we have assumed.

Today, we were scheduled to play our make-up sand volleyball games, but it had been raining off and on all day and I was totally bummed out. The games were suppose to start at seven o'clock and that is exactly when the rain started to pour. The rest of my team bailed and said that the games were probably going to get cancelled, but I was still optimistic even without a team to play with. I was on facebook around 7:30 and I was talking to Rachael, who is a player form another team, and she told me that she was on her way to the courts and needed an extra player. I got all bundled up and went down to the court in the rain and we started to play. It was kind of miserable for about the first fifteen minutes, but after that we all forgot that it was raining and had a blast playing in the rain. After the game was finished, we went down to the water-way and we got all the sand off of us in the stream. I had a blast playing volleyball in the rain, but I got sick form the cold and rain.

Car troubles

This weekend I went all the way to D lot to get my car so I could spend  the weekend with my family. When I got there I soon realized that I was not going anywhere soon. I called my parents and they said they would be up on Sunday to jump my car for me. Since they wouldn't be here until Sunday I would have to find a way to get my laundry done all in one day. Sunday finally came and my parents got my car started and i gave them my laundry, but to my surprise they took me out to my favorite restaurant in the entire world, Pizza Ranch. Today, Sunday, ended up to be one of the best day I've had in a long time. I got to go to Pizza Ranch with my parents, I had my laundry picked up for me, and I had a relaxing day with no homework. The perfect way to end the week with the perfect Sunday. :)

When is Outfly?

During my first month or so at Wartburg College a lot of fun and crazy things have happened, but the most anticipated day has been Outfly without a doubt. I'm not really quiet sure what it is but everyone here says it's a lot of fun and you have to participate in it. Everyone on campus believes Outfly is going to be soon and everyone is guessing dates and trying to see how it's going to fit into their own personal schedules. I think it is really funny how many people get so excited about Outfly. Outfly is being yelled out by people who are just trying to get people to believe that it's today. Whenever it comes the OrangExceleration members go running through the hallways and then you don't  have to go to class and Wartburg brings fun activities for kids to do throughout the day! I'm really hoping that Outfly is sometime this week so I can just get away from all this school work. I'm anxious and excited to finally see what Outfly is really about!!!

Hannah Capper

Last night I went to the Aplington-Parkersburg vs. Dike-New Hartford football games. Dike-New Hartford where I went to high school at was ranked fifth in the state and the Falcons were ranked fourth. This game was thought to be a good match up of two very good teams, but the game did not turn out that way. The ending score was AP-42 and DNH-0. The really reason I went to this game was because I wanted to see Hannah Capper!! Hannah has been my friend throughout high school and she is absolutely gorgeous. She is so fun to be around and we have a lot of good times together. Last night i found out that I am also third cousins with another person from AP named Amber Mueller. I had so much fun at the game even though our team got killed. Itwas really interesting to find someone new that I was related to.