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A few end-of-the-year notes

Published on Friday May 2, 2008 in School, Sports and Thoughts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Life has been pretty busy since spring break ended. I haven’t really had time to post lately but that doesn’t mean nothing has been going on.

  • Today marked the last official day of classes. However, the annual Slope Day festivities were cut short for me due to the track meet tomorrow, and at least partially to the cold rain. I’m at least a little bit bummed out about that.
  • School is tough. So is track. Both of them together? I don’t know how I manage (if you can call it that).
  • I still don’t know how I am getting home. The longer I wait the more of a problem this will be come. Lacking transportation home has been a reoccurring theme this year.
  • CollegeHumor original videos are absolutely great.
  • I have 8 months until I start competing for the next track season. I don’t know if I can make it that long.
  • I got the shaft in CoursEnroll for next semester. I guess that’s what I get for having my first two CoursEnroll experiences go so smoothly.
  • Updating Twitter is a lot easier than doing this.

So I guess my goals for the next couple weeks is to make it out of here alive. Between final papers, finals, and trying to redeem my first track season with a good time in the very last meet, I haven’t gotten much sleep. I suppose sleep should go on that list of goals too. Because I failed to line up anything for me to do this summer, that leaves me asking what everyone else is doing this summer.  I’ll be interested to know who’s around until next semester starts.

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Track and freshmen year

Published on Tuesday April 15, 2008 in Media, School, Sports, Thoughts and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , .
Franklin Field
Quaker Invitational at UPenn
Originally uploaded by btan87

I can’t believe the year is almost over; my first year of college and two seasons of NCAA division 1 track and field are soon to end. I’ve felt this feeling recently more than ever seeing as I’ve been traveling to Pennsylvania for two consecutive weeks now. I’ll more than likely be there again this coming weekend, and hope to earn a trip to the Penn Relays (kind of a big deal), the week after. That’s a lot of Pennsylvania in one month!

As you can tell, track consumes essentially all of my life. This season has been pretty rough, both physically and mentally. Despite always hearing upperclassmen and coaches say that most freshmen should consider it a great season to equal their high school performances, it’s frustrating to be as far off as I am now. Granted these two seasons (plus fall training) have totaled more than three full high school seasons. Hopefully next year will go as coach says it should.

Hopefully this weekend I can drop some significant time off the performances I just posted at Ithaca College…

I hope everyone else’s year has gone well, and I look forward to seeing everyone as school draws to a close and summer begins. Although I have yet to secure any plans this summer, has anyone else?

Third Time’s the Charm

Published on Wednesday March 5, 2008 in Media, Pictures, School and Sports. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Hi all. I’m back yet again.

I got inspired to update this place again after fixing everything up. Most of the stuff on this site now works (like the photos finally) and I’ve added some new things as well. I have a new Twitter account that’s displayed on the right side of this page (reminiscent of Facebook status updates). I’ve also updated the contact page with SMS functionality if you really want to reach me (I don’t know what for) that badly.

All that aside, so much has gone on since I last posted here in June. It seems almost fruitless to even mention all that has gone on since then so I’m not even going to try. :shock:

Currently, we’re just coming off a huge Heps victory. It feels absolutely incredible to be a part of something like Heps (Ivy Leage track and field championship) and I’m hoping to make the Heps squad come outdoor season. Even as a non-competitor this time around, the atmosphere and the excitement were just amazing. Continue reading ‘Third Time’s the Charm’

Attempt to return, episode II

Published on Saturday June 16, 2007 in School and Thoughts. 0 Comments

So here I am again with another attempt to use this thing. After brushing the dust off of this thing, I’ve decided that the best way for me to approach this is to write about nonsensical, anecdotal type things before anything of any value will be produced. So here goes.

Quite a few things have happened since my last day of high school way back when sometime in May. There was that whole senior project thing. It really gave a sense of what “grown-ups” go through every day with the whole having a job routine. And by job I don’t mean working-at-your-parents’-office-part-time-for-extra-cash-during-the-summer kind of job, I’m taking about a real job. My senior project didn’t even involve what most to consider a “normal job” (whatever that means nowadays). Now I don’t mean that in a bad way; as much as I enjoyed working for the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment, my 10-2 routine made me realize just how much painful 9-5 must be.

In the midst of all of that, we had the school Honors Convocation. I don’t have much to say about that but I will comment on the inevitable disputing regarding award winners. :shock:

One of the highlights of the past month of so has been the way my high school athletic career closed out; A topic I think I’ll devote a post to on it’s own.

I guess what all this (and a lot more) has shown me is all there is beyond school. I haven’t been an official graduate for even a week yet, and already the homework and tests is just a distant memory, almost to the point of insignificance. While I do miss high school a great deal (no joke there), the reality of life beyond school has never been more eminent. That’s my random cliché life lesson for now. How it hasn’t been too boring. What has everyone else been up to?

Sledding for Second Semester Seniors

Published on Monday January 22, 2007 in Friends/Family, Media, School and Video. 1 Comment

The stress of recieving exam grades was offset by Christine’s genius in bringing a sled. The following videos are only a small sample of the hilarity the went down. Second semester, here we come. Continue reading ‘Sledding for Second Semester Seniors’

December Days

Published on Thursday December 14, 2006 in Friends/Family, School and Thoughts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

December 14th sure got here quickly. Just one more day (most of which I will be spending at court settling some traffic shenanigans) before winter break. It’s truly hard to believe how fast this year has flown by. But anyways I thought I’d post my latest column for The Day Times:

Dear Brian,

What are the steps to attaining nirvana?

May the sun always shine on your garden.

Sam Bayoff

Dear Sam,
That’s a question I’ve often asked myself, as nirvana was certainly at the top of my Christmas wish list. Unfortunately for me, nirvana isn’t something easily purchased in the Black Friday Bargain Bin (unless you’re referring to the In Utero album I picked up at FYE for $7.99), nor does my behavior merit any kind of present from Santa Claus. So to answer your question, I embarked on a long dangerous journey to Google which brought me to Buddhism for Dummies. According to the experts at Dummies.com, there are four stages on the path to realizing nirvana. That’s more steps than it takes for me to make my cereal in the morning. With all the obligations I have for school, I don’t even know the steps to attaining nap time outside of class. From what I’d heard, senior year should equate roughly to nirvana, but the Big Bad Wolf that is my French test tomorrow blew that house down quite easily. I have decided that it’s probably better that I can’t call myself the proud owner of a nirvana membership card; after all, that’d be like me doing all my homework now so I wouldn’t have any for the rest of the year. That’s just outrageous.

Dear Brian,

I need some help, is Pluto a planet or not? I know this is a topic better asked a few months ago but I am still very confused and I can’t sleep at night.

Chris Kneale

Dear Chris,

As a kid, I took comfort in knowing that the nine planets would always make a clever mnemonic: My very elegant mother just served us nine pizzas. However, I hate to break it to you but Pluto is no longer a member of the planetary family. What does this mean for all of us? It means my elegant mother is serving us nachos from now on instead.

Amongst other (more exciting) things. I got accepted into Cornell University today! Now all I have left is to not mess up what I’ve done thus far in senior year. I hope everyone’s college applications are going smoothly. I’m defiantly looking forward to the second semester.

What colleges are y’all going to? And is anyone up for snowboarding (if it ever snows) over break?

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