Sinking my balls in the pocket

APA leagues have given me quite a bit of confidence lately. However, I've been pretty disappointed in my teams performance the past two weeks. I just wish I could figure out a way too have my confidence and cockiness on the pool tables, rub off on the rest of the team. The first two sessions that I captained this team, we got first place. We were in first two weeks ago and have dropped near the bottom since. I just don't understand how five of the best players in the league can drop from first place so drastically, in so little time. I am still undefeated this session, where as everyone else on my team has a losing record. I'm the only one on the whole team that has won in two weeks. I have to accredit this to my extreme cockiness and confidence when I'm playing; and the fact that I play pool like a god when I'm drunk. LOL.

People look at cockiness as a bad thing, but I don't really see it that way. I like to compare cockiness and confidence too geniuses. What I mean by this is that a genius is going to have to work way less than a normal person to succeed in a educational setting; where as a cocky/confident person has to work less than a timid/fearful person in everyday life. I kind of just went out on a limb with this blog because of my frustration with the way that leagues have been going lately. Screw wanting to be like Mike. I wanna be like me. For everyone on my team that reads this; (which I know some of you will) come out of your shells and let's represent like we have in the past.

Your mother still loves my writing

I have noticed quite a bit of improvement in my writing outside of school, more than anything. My lyrics have been flowing like crazy lately. It's been easier to think of related words, and too write longer songs. It's been really great. I haven't had to put as much effort into the lyric writing, and the songs have gotten a lot better. I've actually written more lyrics in the last two semesters than I have since I started writing. I guess I owe this to Steph and English.

Another thing that I have noticed is that I don't really have much trouble with writing about anything that is thrown at me. My sentence variety is getting better, except in my blogs. Lol. I'm starting too like the blogs a lot more though because I can just be free, and do whatever I want. I find that if I have freedom in blogs, that it makes me write a lot better and faster in my real writing assignments.

One really cool thing is that even when I'm writing a successful paper for class, the other part of my brain is writing music lyrics at the same time. I didn't realize that I could do that until just realize, but I definitely like it. I'm also starting to get a little bit better at the grammatical aspect of things and sentence structure. I don't hate them anymore, and actually care about it. LOL. Anyways, I'm gonna stop writing and go home. Nap time.

*******Lot of cussing so if you dont like it dont read it *****

So i decided to throw my opinions out about a lot of the people in this English 111 class. I'm sure that I'm going to piss a lot of people off but I really don't give a shit to be honest. It just has to be said, cuz it's been pissing me off since day one. People need to stop bitching about every little assignment that we get assigned. Why can't everyone realize that it's time to put out or get out. What I mean is this is college not middle school. Put a little effort into the work, and dont wait till the last minute and the class isnt gonna be that hard. Or fucking drop the class. I know not everyone agrees with all the assignments, including myself; but Stephanie is a kick ass teacher and knows what she is doing. I think everybody needs to just give her a break and do what we gotta do. Her class isn't hard if you put forth a little effort. I was in 110 and got an A without having to bust my ass. That class was much harder than 111 in my opinion.
I have to say that I was pretty pissed off today when everyone was complaining and got the quiz canceled, and now we have to do the stupid summary bullshit. It's all cool except some of us spent a ton of time that we didnt have reading the chapter and taking tons of notes for the quiz. Now I and a couple others have to do a summary on shit that we took four pages of notes on already. FUCK!!!

Über mich wie schreibend, gab ein Schriftsteller mir Krebs

Hmmm...me as a writer. I think that I have improved quite immensely from English 110. I'm getting a lot better with sentence structure and variety, although I probably won't show that here. Lol. Writing is becoming more fun and a lot less of a hassle. One problem that I was having that is starting to go away is; writing about things that I dont want to write about. After getting an A in English 110, I realized that I like English more than I thought. I'm starting to catch more grammatical errors and write longer, more interesting papers. I find myself writing more music than I ever have before, also.

In English 111 I'm hoping to get even better with my punctatuion problems. I've gotten alot better since starting college but I still pretty much suck at it. I'm finally starting to realize that I dont always need to have music, television, or a friend to talk to when I'm writing. It helps sometimes but it is no longer a neccessity. I dont really have a set place that I need to be to write successfully anymore. I can pretty much just sit down and write whenever I feel like it.

Though unexpected and at first unwanted, writing is becoming a huge part of my life. It's not only in English where I'm finding that I need to write a lot of papers and notes. For instance, I have a big project that I have to write in my American Military History class. I think that the more writing that I do, the easier it gets, and the more successful I become. I'm just looking forward to getting better at writing now.

Cultural Experience 1 Puede ser Garfield, pero maldita la buena

My friend and I decided to go to Peoria after school for some Chinese food after school the other day. We cruising down Main st. and I saw a Chinese Restaurant right before University street. As we were walking across the steet I noticed a sign that said thanh LINH out of the corner of my eye. I looked at my buddy and asked what the hell it was. I knew it was in Vietnamese so I decided to walk over and see what it was. I read the window and it said, "thanh LINH Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine. I turned back to Kurt and told him that we should check it out because I needed a cultural experience, and I had never had Vietnamese food before. When we walked in, it was nothing like I expected. It was very small with a lot of tables crammed into the room. There were pictures of Vietnamese babies and children decorating the walls along with very detailed and enthralling Vietnamese art. We were greeted at the door by a Vietnamese guy that reminded me of Tao from Gran Torino. He was a very respectable guy and spoke perfect English. We decided to sit down and look at the menu. After a few minutes of consideration we both decided to just get the buffet. There were many different foods that I had nevr tried before. Amongst those were many different Vietnamese prepaed "chicken" dishes. LOL. They were all very good, especially the Curry Chicken.If you havent had it before you should totally try it. The taste is undescribable. It tastes like........everything. The culture was very different there. There was no salt or pepper in the whole place. They have soy sauce and other hot sauces in place of them. The only thing I didnt like about the place was the mix cd playing over and over on the cd player. Too much Bon Jovi for me. There was always a waitress right there to pick up your plate or refill your drink. So if you want a good, hospitable experience at a low cost, check out thanh LINH at 1223 W. Main St. Peoria

Pila Humeante de las Palabras, final de blog

I decided that my last blog of the semester should be somewhat of a reflective essay about this class. Coming into English 110 I didn't care about writing, or even want to be there. Basically the only reason I was even in the class is because English is a requirement in my degree progress. I thought that the class was going to boring, and that I would do horrible in it.

After meeting Stephanie, I realized that the class would be a lot of work but contrary to my belief could be a lot of fun. As the weeks progressed I got more and more into my writing, and I learned quite a few things that I hadn't ever cared about before. I now looking at writing as a talent and priviledge, and not as a punishment. English 110 was actually one of my favorite classes this semester, aside from my Film Class. Although I didn't enjoy all of the writing assignments, I felt they had some significance on me. They all brought me out of my shell, and helped me learn that I could write things out of my own orthodox world.

I'm glad that I had the opportunity to meet Stephanie, and to experience this class. I think that Stephanie is an excellent teacher. After having English 110, I did everything in my power to get in Stephanie's 111 class. I'm really looking forward to next semester. I believe that my writing is going to improve significantly over the next two years here at ICC.

***Thou Shall not spill thy seed***

Family Guy is by far the funniest, yet most controversial shows on television. It is one of my favorite shows, and I'm sick of people complaining about what the show is doing wrong. Sure it is blasphemous to some and very derogatory to others. Oh well....don't watch it if you don't like it. One example of blasphemy was on an episode that I watched last night. Lois was the new church organist, and the priest was reading out of the bible. He said "and the lord said thou shall not spill thy seed in your dirty gym sock, shove it to the bottom of the hamper and pretend it has been there forever." I busted out laughing so hard that I almost choked on my water I was drinking. My friend, being a bible banger was instantly defended,which is understandable. He told me to turn it off and I told him that he knew what he was getting into when he started watching it. It isn't blasphemy to an Aetheist or too someone who can take a joke. Another thing he gets offended by is all of Stewie's gay innuendo, which again I find fucking hilarious. In the new episode last night, Brian took his new fiancee up stairs to make love to her, in Stewie's room. You see Stewie's cib fly out of the room, bounce off a wall, fly down the stairs, and out the front door. When Stewie gets i the front yard, the sprinklers turn on and spray all over his face. He starts rubbing it in and says, "Ooh Shia, hit me with all you got." Again I'm dying, knowing that he is talking about Shia Labeouf.

Family Guy is just hilarious. Anyone that gets offended by it should be committed in my opinion. Time to grow up or stop watching the show. Come on people. This shit is great.