BIKE POLO

Attempted to do this today... (stupid guard practice had to cut our fun short)



It was fun. Need more skills, and a mtn bike, and a smaller gear ratio but it was a lot of fun! Thanks Zach, Matt, and random kid.

This is what it ended up looking like....

ImmAtURE...

Whoever did this is extremely immature and deserves to be beaten with a baseball bat.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/60447327.html

http://video.ap.org/?f=PAPHQ&PID=kwXyxj9U_EjQwW_Csq_cdxsdnucsyFN3

I HATE (capital letters means it's important or I'm yelling) cruelty like this towards innocent animals (and children, but that's a different story and is partly why I am a Criminal Justice Major).

It really just makes me think about people. It's actually really really scary. That someone(s) can look at an animal and intentionally harm it.

like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFJ_BNweVo This makes me sick to.
let's be honest, it's not the nicest neighborhood and she is probably a crack head, but to inflict such pain on a dog (that's even giving birth!) just to get revenge on a person is just sickening. AND his brother did nothing???

Now... these kids are fucked up and truly deserve a fate worse than death. Yea, I'll say it, I think they deserve to die. All three of them. If this story is true and there was an eye witness, they deserve to die. I'm even a christian and know that only god can decide life and death and god will judge you when it's time, so comment away, I don't care. You're not going to persuade me on this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmoxzu7sCk&feature=related

Now realistically, I think they should get 15-20 each in a state correctional facility.

In closing, let me make myself clear. If you brutally torture and kill an an animal for sadistic pleasure, I think you deserve to die. If you abuse a child (sexually or not), I think you deserve life in prison. If you sadistically torture or kill a child (or person for that matter) because it gives you some rush or high... I think you deserve to die.

***NeW sTuFF***

Got a new PRO helmet at a great price (aka. NOT $230). Plus, just saw these awesome gloves on www.Bonktown.com for $20 and decided to go for it. New helmet, new gloves, matching 2009 kit, bike upgrades.... I may not be fast, but I'll look like I know what I'm doing!

SHIP!

WaLLs

In case you have been living under a rock... HERE are the happenings.

Now, let's make this clear. I am not trying to make fun of a murder, or the death of an innocent woman. This case just sparks a little interest.

Ok, here we go.

How does one go about putting someone in a bloody wall, in a semi-public place???

Lets say I killed someone in Shippen, or Franklin, or Shearer. I don't see giant man sized holes in the walls big enough to stuff a body! Such holes would cause great alarm to the students attending classes in those buildings and they would be repaired immediately (I hope).

Scenario #2. I made the hole in the wall to stuff the body. First, where did you get the tools to demolish a man sized hole in a wall. Second, no one noticed a giant hole in the wall for five days??? If I went to Shippen for class and noticed a 4ft hole in the wall ANYWHERE, I would ponder investigating or exploring this orifice. Even if you put a poster or desk or cabinet over this alleged hole, the smell of a dead body would permeate into everything in less than 24hrs. Smell something dead... believe me, IT'S BAD!

Am I missing something here??? If I am, please tell me so I don't look like an idiot.

BreAkING BaD

I have absolutely NO clue what made me think of this show this late at night, but it is so good, I though I would share. Watch and episode or rent a season, it's an hour better spent than watching Grey's Anatomy. I personally don't think it gets enough credit. I might even considering buying a season on DVD.... oh wait.... that's like.... expensive.... And I just decided to buy a $100 helmet. Damn.

Maybe I'll switch majors to Chemistry, accidentally figure out how to make REALLY good Meth., and sell it to buy bike parts, flowers for my lovely girlfriend, and Breaking Bad on DVD. Pure Genius.

RuMBliNgS In MY TuMmy

Ever since I got back to ship, my stomach hasn't been right. It sometimes hurts, it sometimes feels too empty or too full (in relationship to what I have consumed) and lately, I have been feeling bloated. (Too much info... I know).

I try to get a good mix of real food and dining hall food with as little fast food as humanly possible. Maybe after 3 years of eating Kriner Taco Salads, Reisner Meatloaf and Gravy, and CUB burgers and wraps... my body is just rejecting all university cooked meals. Oh well. Time to try to get to bed and "relieve some built up pressure" from the mid part out the back part. (Don't ask, it's late).

29'er Articles...

Superfly, indeed.

The Death of the 26-inch Hardtail by Matt Pacocha (singletrack.com)

&

29'er "Test" also by Matt Pacocha (velonews.com)

Two interesting reads..... I can't really say much because I've never really ridden long distances (or at all) on a 29'er hardtail. But I would like to.... a lot!

I would take the second "test" with a grain of salt...

Just In Case Facebook Blows Up...

Just in case Facebook suddenly dies, goes under, or completely ceases to exist sometime in the near future, I have decided to save some pictures. There are over 1,500 pictures of me tagged and I realized it would suck to lose them all. That's basically all of college chronicled in one place.

Anyways, as I was saving them to my external hard drive (great invention, they are a great investment for backing up all your shit) and I came across some pics that, well, made me cry so I had to stop. I've never blogged about this issue before and I won't start now. But here are the pictures I got too..... (which are in about 650/1,500)

There's memories that make you laugh. There's memories that make you cry. There's memories that make you happy and sad. Then there's the moments you are extremely proud of. Those are moments in time that you'll never forget, never get back, and create memories that are a breed of their own.

I guess what I've learned is, if you really love something.... I mean REALLY love doing something, don't ever take it for granted and make sure you always show just how much you love that thing. Always show how much enthusiasm you are willing to put into something.

(well, all that and certain short little annoying fat girls are backstabbers and two faced and can screw you over real bad, so always be nice to them... but that's a different story)

As Forest Gump would say... That's all I have to say about that subject.

Off to race my bike around at 10pm... woot!

GolDen ShoWeRs

While looking at old photos, I reminisced about all the fun places I have peed. That's just the fun part about being a guy... whipping it out and letting it flow wherever discretely.

• A Stream in Caledonia
• On the Back Porch of Stone Ridge on a Gasoline Fire
• Off a 4th Story Balcony in Penn State
• In the Girls Bathroom in the PAC and Hershey Park (it was 3am)
• At most Collegiate Bike Races Out of State Behind a Tree
• Near the Bleachers on the Rec. Field before Band
• In My Pants in the Rain (Completely Wasted) Coming back from a Party Freshman Year
• A Coffee Cup on my way from Ocean City to Deep Creek, MD (5hr drive)
• In a Lake
• In the Ocean (many times)
• On a Building Wall in Baltimore
• In a Little Blue Cup at the Doctors

Side Note: My roommate has informed me that Taylor Swift is invited to the house this weekend. Fingers are crossed...

Ou T DooRS

My favorite pics from this past week... If we're friends, full photo albums are on Facebook

W e E K E nD

It doesn't feel like the weekend... Well, it didn't feel like the weekend until I saw COLLEGE FOOTBALL! Woot!

I am so excited for the college football season that I pretty much ignored the Red Sox game that was on tv just now. (Well, by now, especially after the disaster last night and the AL standings, I've pretty much given up on the Red Sox).

The question is, will I make it to a PSU game this year? Fingers will remain crossed...

Well, today was pretty much amazing. I got up and left with Brielle to make a journey to Hamburg for the Hamburg Festival! After making a stop around H-burg to find out she will be a Godmother to a lovely baby boy Moxin, we headed to the festival! Woot!

No, the hamburger isn't a clever little alliteration for Hamburg (the town), It is because Hamburg has a Hamburger Festival! I had 2 delicious burgers today, and I didn't feel bad AT ALL! A brew with a burger would have been nice but the line was long.... like.... LONG.

In addition to the amazing burgers, had some french fries, a cople bites of water ice, and... Teaberry Ice Cream! It was perfect. There was also a show performed by Hawaiian dancers (some of which, can really shake their hoo has...) I also got a sweet pair of $2 shades from a nickle and dime store... they are pretty hip! Overall, had a GREAT day with Brielle, which is what I needed after some of the issues happening at Marching Band this past week.

There should be more festivals/town heritage parties. Europe has so much history that they have town festivals probably once a month for anything and everything. Free beer, good music, regional wine, dancing, costumes, history... I love it. They have 1,000's of years of history and can be responsible with heavy drinking. I'm jealous. I would LOVE to go to Germany for Oktoberfest... I guess I'll make that a lifetime goal, along with seeing The Collesium in Italy and attending a week of the Tour de France in France, and seeing a United match in Manchester or Arsenal in London.

(I added this because I found it and I think it's cool... I've always followed Premier Clubs but never really knew their place of origin.)

Back to College Football.... I love watching a close match with ranked teams. I like watching games with teams that have things to lose. It makes it more interesting. Blow-outs are ok, but when #4 USC beats up on San Jose State University College Blah Blah Etc... it is a little sad. I do like watching a ranked team just fall apart though. A top 5 team losing to an unrated poop school from nowhere USA is amazing. Right now, I guess I'll return to Georgia and OK State... Let's. Go. PSU!

BTW! mark this day in history... SU won a football game. Woot!

Day 3 Academics

It's only the third day of classes and I already found something interesting in my sociology book....

"There are two sides to the coin of freedom. On the one hand, there is enormous potential for prosperity and personal fulfillment; on the other are all the hazards of untrammeled opportunity and unfettered choice. Free markets can produce grinding poverty as well as spectacular wealth; unregulated industry can create dangerous levels of pollution as well as rapid rates of growth; and the unfettered drive for personal fulfillment can have disastrous effects on families and children. Rampant individualism does not bring with it sweet freedom; rather, it explodes in our faces and limits life's potential."

-Sylvia Ann Hewlett on how American Values of Freedom and Individualism are the root of some Social Problems.

Although she used "unfettered" twice in the same paragraph, it's very interesting.

Although I don't think our pursuit of freedom and individualism plays the most important part in creating social problems, there are some eyebrow raising little ideas in there.

I guess it also plays along with the idea that yes, we have freedom to say and write what we want (Thank You First Amendment), but we need to use these liberties wisely.

The morons who protest the war at Military Funerals or decide to go on religious crusades against gays in public telling everyone they are going to burn in hell are responsible for issues and upcoming limitations on freedom of speech. Let's be honest, there is a time and place for everything.

Justice Brennan said it best...

"It is poignant but fundamental that the flag protects those who hold it in contempt..."



ps, I can't find my SIGG water bottle..... I'm pissed.