Mayer

I really have no idea what to write about..
I listen to John Mayer a lot, I'm listening to him right now and hes probably my favorite artist.. I think hes such a great artist. I have never seen him in concert but one of my room mates has and she said it was such a great time, I hope to see a concert of his someday. I didn't always used to be into him, but I think hes one of the few artists today who has stayed the same. Lots of singers go through stages but he's always seemed to put out the same kind of music, and its always good. And I think that's the reason why hes done so well through the years because he doesn't try to go with the new trends.
I'm really not one for hard core rap, or heavy rock, I do like country and old rock. but john mayer is by far my favorite.. I'm not trying to turn people into john mayer fans, because I could care less what type of music people listen to, I just think hes good. His newest CD Continuum is good, he sounds a little more grown up, but my favorite CD of his still is Room For Squares and my favorite song is Why Georgia

Rugby

So this weekend I watched my first ever rugby game. I normally would never go to watch a rugby game but this past weekend Cortland played UB and my boyfriend plays on the team for Buffalo. I didn't really know what to expect, I knew it was kind of like football but without pads. And i was kinda right, I think its more like a mix of football, soccer and wrestling.. its a crazy thing to watch. I had no idea of the rules, so i just kinda a sat there and tried to figure it out.. what I got from that hour of watching was, that you can pass the ball from player to player but it can only go backwards or sideways not forward.. you can also kick the ball whenever you want, thats where the soccer part comes in. And you can tackle, hit, take out, whatever you want to call it, the person that has the ball.. its a pretty brutal sport, I really think its unsafe, but thats just me. I think if nothing they should have some kind of head gear to protect themselves, just like a soft helmet or something like that. Overall it was what I expected, bunch of guys just being guys, running around grabbing and hitting each other.. but Buffalo won, sorry cortland.. but whatever

October Break

October break is kind of a joke.. having one day off is not a break. I don't have friday classes anyways so for me it was like any other weekend.. im not complaining because having no fridays is nice, but when i think of a break I think of at least 2 to 3 days off. I live pretty close only an hour or so away but I feel bad for the people that live father, like long island.. they have to spend half of their break in a car. The break was nice, and very much needed.. but now I just want to be home and don't really care to do much

Taz- My dog that can sneeze

Taz is my dog.. he was my first pet ever. Hes a shit-zu and hes black and white and the cutest thing ever. He's pretty old, he's 11 and for the longest time me and my brother never thought we would have a dog. We always begged for a dog, but my mom is allergic to their hair and therefore we never thought that we would have one. But one day she came home with him.. you can imagine how excited me and my brother were, we were both pretty young and he started running around outside to all our neighbors houses and announcing that we got a dog.. whatever we were kids. I think my dad had a mild heart attack because he never ever wanted a dog.. you couldn't help but love Taz though, he was this litttle black and white puff ball, he fit in the plam of my dads hand.. aww
Taz grew on my dad, and I think my dad grew on him, because out of everyone in the house Taz loves my dad the most, he'll listen to my dad over everyone and my dad loves him just as much back. My dad even taught him to do this crazy trick.. my dog can sneeze, on command.
I dont know how it happened, but my dad gets up early for work everyday, walks the dogs and eats breakfast.. and were not on of those people that think table scraps are not for dogs.. you could say our dogs are well fed, and a little too round.. but their happy.. anyways, Taz would always watch my dad get breakfast, sit right at his feet.. and somehow my dad taught Taz that when he says "Taz, you got a cold?" and Taz sneezes, its crazy.. he'll ask him "Is it a bad cold?" and he'll do it again.. its a riot, and prolly the cutest thing you'll ever see.. hes great

Key West

Me and my family always go on vacation, when i was in high school it was always myrtle beach, but last year being in college.. mine and my brothers spring break didn't match up on the same week.. so my mom decided to plan a vacation for when my brother was done in school in june. My mom has been to The Keys once but just for a day as part of a cruise trip.. she really liked it there and thought our family would as well.
We went in late june early july, and let me tell you, the keys are beautiful dont get me wrong, but i would not recommend going there in the summer.. its soooo hot. Its around 100 plus everyday, there is always a chance of thunderstorms because they humidity is so high, and it usually does rain everyday but only for 15 minutes or so then once its done, you would never even know it rained.
Anyways.. besides it being super hot, its really beautiful down there.. and its such a relaxed atmosphere. I never knew how many Keys there were either until we went down there.. we stayed at this resort in Duck Key (which I had never heard of until I got there) Duck Key is about an hour away from Key West, so its not that bad of a drive. there are so many Keys because they are so small, Duck Key was basically just the resort that we stayed in and some private houses and then it was on to the next key.
We drove down to key west and spent the day there.. and key west is by far the best key I think. There is just so much to do, theres a ton of shops, like little shops with gifts and things like that, but theres also places like bath & body works, a huge Express and everything in between. There are also a ton of places to eat, theres a place called Sloppy Joe's and its known to be Earnest Hemingway's old dive. Theres always live music, and lots of drinking. And if you ever do get to go there, you have to stay for sunset, its like noting you've ever seen.. and the boardwalk at night is full of crazy characters.. people walking the high line, its like a circus..

Boilermaker

This past new years my resoultion was to run the Boilermaker in the comming July. The Boilermaker is a race held in Utica, NY which is near my hometown, its a 9 mile race, and its a pretty big deal. It's a 9 mile course through the heart of Utica, through golf courses and up and down hills. People from all over come to run in this, and every year usually a kenyan wins it, they have for the past I dont know how many years. My mom had ran it 8 years in a row, but she no longer can run long distances because of a knee injury. I remember when I was little always getting up really early and meeting at my grandparents with my whole family, because not only my mom but two of my cousins from Indiana would come home to run it, so my whole family had this one spot we would always watch from. It's right at the bottom of the golf course which is about the 4 mile marker. My mom always told me how much fun is was to run it, because like I said it's a pretty big deal, so everyone comes out to watch it, your bound to see about 10 or more people you know when running it. So i decided last new years that I would run it. Now I'm no long distance runner, but I do like to run so i decided that if I trained I should be able to do it. Well needless to say I didnt train very much, I ran 5 miles once before the race and that was maybe like a week before the race was to happen. I came home from the 5 mile run telling my mom was proud i was for running 5 miles, and she just laughed at me, and told me I was in for it the day of the race..
So finally the day of the race comes, and I pick up my cousin and one of her friends because they are running it too. Im not really nervous, im more excited than nervous.. and thousands and thousands of people run this, so when you get there its madness. There are so many runners, that when they sound the gun to start I didnt even pass the starting line for about 3 minutes..
I felt really good that day thankfully, If you run you know what I mean, some days it just feels like shit to run.. today was a good day. I mean I was tired, but the crowd is just so great, there are radio stations set up all along the race, and lots of water and ice stations because its usually the hotter than hell that day. It felt really good to pass my parents at the bottom of the golf course, i just got this boost of energy running by them. But I def should have trained more, by the 7 mile marker I wasj ust praying for the finish line, but once you do cross the finish line there is no better feeling.. you just feel so good, even though your body is drained, and not to mention there is a huge after party and free beer waiting for you

No More Mets

So this past Sunday the Mets put their season to a close, the Phillies won their game and the mets lost.. so no more Mets this season. It sucks that their season had to be this short, but they really have no one to blame but themselves. They had a huge lead, 12 games or something like that in the beginning of the season and they lost it. I still love them, but this year just wasn't their year.. but on a happier note, the Giants won again last night! haa