Has/Will music ever stop evolving?

A current picture of me

Well well! I am finally writing in here again. Phew well this has been a busy week, two finals and a take home test which all require a lot of studying and writing. Luckily this semester is almost over. It will be over in a little bit less than 24 hours. Phew. Tomorrow my roommate, Ingrid, and I will be driving back to the Twin Cities for X-MAS FRICKING BREAK!!!! And then I don't come back until February because I'm not taking a J-term class @ Luther. So will have about a month to relax, hang out with Mae and of course the fam. I am hoping that Mae and I will have the chance to go to lots of concerts and hopefully be together on NYE! Because that would be BEA-utiful!

This is totally random but...Last night I learned something interesting, that sometimes girls don't show any signs of liking you but they do actually like you. Wierdness.

Haha it is funny because people around here (@ Luther) really don't have any hesitations to drink on a weekday (no matter what day it is) and of course drink lots and lots of the weekends. I am not completely immune from this, I'll admit. It is kind of wierd to think about though, Because drinking on the weekdays when you have class the next day is not creating a beneficial learning environment for yourself. I wonder if our parents drank on weekdays or just weekends? Is this a new phenomena? Are we just more and more okay with drinking during the week, killing brain cells when we should be utilizing them?

Music is really a great relaxer and personal therapist. It is amazing how true that really is. I mean I can be totally stressed about something and then turn on some music (usually the Beatles) and most of the time I will feel at least somewhat better. I just hope that music doesn't degrade anymore into shitty techno songs and rappers rapping about their bitches and hoes. Lol. Thats another thing...our parents listen to the music that they grew up with...so if we follow that tradition, will we be listening to Luda, 50 cent, Chingy, and Eminem? because if we do that will be just too crazy for words. And what will our kids be listening to? Has/Will music ever stop evolving? Will new genres continue to emerge? I think that music will still constantly be changing and so it is almost impossible to predict what our kids and future generations will be jamming to...

Alright I better get back to these Bible papers I am supposed to be writing right now.

Listening to: Barbie Girl - Aqua (reminds me of 4th or 5th grade :) )

Sam: Loud?, Obnoxious?, Out-going?, Hyper?...

I have changed so much since I was a kid. It is amazing to think about. I have become very sociable and very loud and actually outgoing. LIke 3-4 years ago I would have never thought I would be this way. Here is how I have progressed...(well as much as I remember)

6th-7th Grade: I would only wear solid color t-shirts. Was friends with mainly 'nerds' haha. Played Dungeons and Dragons all the time. Got Bad grades. Was put on ADD medication for the first time.

8th Grade: I don't remember this year very well but I have a feeling it was similar to 6th and 7th besides the D&D. I do remember that I had branched out friend-wise and had made some more "popular" friends.

9th Grade: I think by this time I was wearing T-shirts with logos. But maybe not. I struggled greatly academically. I hung out with "Jocks" haha. I played baseball on the 9th grade squad and sat on the bench for most of the season. Besides being a pinch-runner once.

10-11th Grade: I had now become a lot more open and a bit more sure of myself. By now was wearing any t-shirt basically. Was hanging out with the "rebel/slacker" crowd. Had found the right crowd haha. Started to become really into baseball stats and followed the Twins like crazy.

12th Grade: Was the most open I had been yet. I was still with the slacker crowd and as they began to become more into partying so did I. I began to drink (just a little) and smoked cigarettes for about 6 months. That summer I partied and smoked some things I shouldn't have.

Freshman Year: I was still shy/kinda outgoing. But I forced myself to be social/outgoing for like the first month. So I made lots of friends but got stuck with horrible roommates (one just didn't talk to me and the other got busted for drugs and drank alot). After a Habitat Trip to Mississippi during Spring Break I was a changed person and was very social. Lots of people noticed.

This Year: I have come a long way since I was a very shy 7th grader only wearing solid color shirts. I am still a big Twins fan and will make this obvious (especially by what I wear most days). I have made lots of friends and like to be very social and outgoing. I will even sing now in public which I never thought I'd be able to do. I do dance sometimes but I am not very good so it doesn't happen very often.

SO thats my social life in a nutshell lol.

-Sam

The waters getting warm so you might as well swim!

Wow! Lately it has been super humid/hot outside. Its almost the end of July which is insane and means I have to go back to school in about a month...which I have mixed feelings about. While its going to be nice living on my own again and seeing all my friends from school, I am going to miss my family and of course my girlfriend, Mae.

It is currently week 6 at Camp Minnehaha (the camp I am a counselor for) and I am working with the 2nd and 3rd graders this week because one of the regular teachers is on vacation. The 2nd and 3rd graders are a lot of work and usually do not listen the first time you tell them something...so you end up repeating yourself many times. Which is super annoying.

Oooofff okay it is 12:30 am and I have to get up 'today' at 7...so I better make this short and sweet. Camp Minnehaha is going to the Roller Gardens in St. Louis park tomorrow for their weekly field trip. It should be fun although I am not a very good skater.

I have been reading The Stand by Stephen King since about the middle of June and am currently on page ~756 or so. It is getting so interesting. Harold Lauder is in some deep doo-doo. He better watch his back. And the 'Good-guys' inhabiting Boulder, Colorado are just starting to establish a new government and have elected a 7 member counsel.

One of my brothers birthday is next Tuesday, he is going to be 16. He is having a sleep over party this Sunday, and I am getting kicked out of my room in the attic because of it. Which I guess I don't mind too much, as long as they dont mess up my stuff or stink it up too much ;).

Anyways I better get going to bed. It is getting late.

-Sam

I'm back in action

Oooooffff! It has been way too long since I've blogged.

But it is late and hopefully I'll want to finish this tomorrow. Its 11:54 right now and I have work @ 8 am tomorrow!

I have to go!

Bye!

P.S. I watched GoodFellas tonight and REALLY WANT to be an Italian Gangster!

Heres two shows I've been watching a lot lately:

Flight of the Conchords - I love this show!

The Office - I really really LOVE this show!

Struggling to stay afloat!

These last two weeks have been very stressful. Not only has the work load and number of tests increase, but after being in Ocean Springs over spring break and having made lots of friends who I barely see because I am a lowly freshman and they are sophomores and juniors. I am probably getting myself way to worked up about this. It is probably not as bad as I make it seem or think it is. I have been known to do this and am often way too stressed. And I probably should have taken my depression pills sooner because now I think it has come back rearing its ugly head again, because lately I have been wanting to retreat to my room, to be on my computer and just watch TV. Sound familiar? yes it does.

But the last two nights I have gone down in the social lounge to study/be around people. This is a pretty common thing for me, I love being around people, even if we don't talk it does help. Another one of my problems is that I'm very homesick. I miss my family and am dreding these last few weeks because I am going to have to work hard, because right now my grades are not where they should be.

And another thing! Why doesn't Luther require Professors to update grades on My.Luther at midterm? It doesn't make sense, I'm know I'm not the only one worrying about where my grades will be and it would relieve a lot of stress if we knew where we stood at least mid-way through the semester.

I am trying to cheer up, I really am, but it is hard. I really don't have many good friends anymore that live in Brandt. They are all friends but no one I really hang out with much. I also am sick of my roommate situation. I would so be feeling better if we actually talked to each other instead of being MUTE ALL THE TIME!!!! Arggghh, and trust me I have tried several times to remedy the situation by starting conversations but all I get is a short response and then its back to silence. Also I asked a friend (he wont be named, but he knows who he is) if he wanted to be roommates with me next year, I thought it was worth a shot so I shot him a facebook message. I still haven't gotten a response! WTF! Does he think I can't handle rejection or something? Its almost worse not being answered then knowing how the other person feels. That is really a pet peeve of mine. C'mon people don't just ignore it just tell the person what you have to say. They probably wont be very hurt or anything. Arrrgggh..

Anyways it is way to late and I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. I'll write later....maybe.

[Early Arrivals], [New Season, New Look], [Matthew LeCroy update]

Early Arrivals:

Tomorrow (February 19th, 2008) marks the first day that all players may
report to Spring Training. But there are plenty of familiar faces already working
out at the Lee County Sports Complex.

More than 30 Major and Minor Leaguers were taking part in the voluntary workout
Friday morning on the back fields of the complex.

Scott Baker, Kevin Slowey, Glen Perkins, and Jesse Crain, have all been working out all week and have also been throwing off the mound.

Joe Mauer caught a few pitcher's bullpen sessions Friday morning.

Jesse Crain is looking strong after just about 8 months after having right shoulder
surgery to repair a torn labrum and torn rotator cuff.

There were some new faces that joined the workout group on Friday some of
these new faces were pitchers Phil Humber and Kevin Mulvey, both who were
acquired from the Mets in the Johan Santana trade.

The first official workout for pitchers
and catchers will take place on Monday



New season, new look:

Lots of changes were made during the offseason to the Twins roster, and to the
team's Spring Training complex.

Every year, the complex gets some slight upgrades.

This year:

- New Lights were installed at Hammond Stadium
- New Seats inside the ballpark
- Installation of a new batter's eye to help players see better
during the afternoon games.



Former Twin update:

Catcher Matthew LeCroy signed a Minor League contract with the Oakland A's
on Friday.

While LeCroy eventually hopes to go into coaching, he said at the time of
his call-up with the Twins last season that his hope was to play at least
one more year.

Liriano is going to be late to camp this year

Notes: Liriano to be late to camp

Today is February 17th, 2008, the day that Twins pitchers and catchers are supposed to officially report to training camp. But the team has already been told that Left-Handed pitcher Francisco Liriano is probably going to miss a few days of camp, due to some trouble he had obtaining his work visa from the U.S. Consulate in the Dominican Republic.

Liriano had planned to fly to Fort Myers on Friday but his visa application was flagged Wednesday due to a previous drunk driving arrest in March '06 in Cape Coral, Florida.

As part of a memorandum passed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last summer, visa applicants must be referred to panel physicians if they "have a single drunk driving arrest or conviction within the last three calendar years." The applicants must go to a counseling session and also have to pass a sobriety test.

According to the Twins general manager Bill Smith, Liriano had done everything according to schedule because the new order from the State Department was unknown to everyone in the organization.

It was passed last June and apparently no one knew about it. Even the MLB didn't know about this new law.

Liriano had an appointment scheduled for Friday to hopefully take car of the issue. The Twins have been in contact with Liriano's agent, Greg Genske, to get updates on the situation.

The hope is that Liriano will be in camp sometime early next week, although his new process could delay the pitcher's arrival as long as 10 day.

While it's disappointing that Liriano will not be in camp on the very first day, the team said that it's not a significant setback.