Football

So far we have had 7 days of full pads practice this Spring. It's been sick playing my new position of D-Line mainly because I just enjoy hitting people and this gives me plenty of oportunities. I'm still learning and trying to get better at what I'm supposed to do.

The only thing that has really sucked about Spring so far is obviouslly the pain and bruises that comes along with hitting. But it has also been extremely hot. I don't know if there has been a single day under 95 degrees. Which when you are in full pads with your helmit retaining all that heat you almost instantly start sweating bullets.


But we have off tomorrow and I will definately enjoy the break. Taking some time to relax and let my body heal up. And then we have a scrimmage on Thursday which tends to be a little easier on your body. So I'm looking forward to these next 2 weeks but mostly I just want to get out of school.

The Things They Carried

This just happens to be one of the most interesting books I have ever read. Not because it is happy or tells some great and amazing story. No, but what it does do is tell storys that make you feel certain ways. Not always good feelings but ultimately I have never read a book that has played with the way I feel so much.

Tim O'Brian believes that it doesn't matter how true a story is but weather or not the message or affect of the storry still remains true. He mentions this many times in his book. Telling stories about a real event as if he saw them happen or one of his buddies partook in it. But then will say that might have never happened. Referring to soldiers storys as never fully true. And also a true war story will never make you happy. Or have a good moral at the end. In fact, he says if it makes you feel that way then it never really happened in that war. His outlook on soldiers is very interesting. And because he did actually serve he has every right to these opinions. He honostly believes that heroism doesn't really exist and instead a soldier just does things out of reflex or adrenaline that we would say is heroic and yet he just did it because he was scared basicly. I'm not sure if that is the whole picture but it definately is an interesting way of looking at it.

Prom

This Friday I will be going to my girlfriends prom. And it is kind of a big deal for her. But I have never really got that. The idea of prom is to get together, dance and make a fool of yourself; hopefully all at the same time. While I'm sure I will exceed in this, I question why I am doing it. Yes, there is the whole I'm doing it for her factor. But there has to be something else. After all, I can have a great time with just her and I sitting on the coach watchin her favorite shows (which I hate). So why get dressed up and make a whole big deal about seeing your friends? Maybe we just like to make one day more special than the rest. But I ask why not make every day special?

TIred

Right now I'm more tired than I probably have ever been and it is only 9 oclock. This is weird because all I have been doing is playing football and I have been doing that for years now. On top of this I have been trying extra hard to prevent this tired state by drinking a lot of water and eating healthy. So far it doesn't seam to be working. But it does make me feal better during practice and that's always nice.

If you have any method other than energy drinks or drugs to keep you awake I would love to hear about it. But if you don't that is fine too. I understand. Or at this point I think it is more I don't care.