Griz Nation!

After browsing the list of topics I could write about, I decided to ramble about what it's like to go to the football games during season.

Let's see. At first I didn't know what to expect when I went to my first Griz game. I've grown up watching football my whole life... on TV, during high school, and one time attended a Dallas Cowboys game at the old stadium. In high school, I knew most of the players, so it was always fun to cheer for your friends. As a freshman, it was a little overwhelming being around drunk fans, while watching players you don't know yet. I went to a fair share of games, and I joined in on the touchdown chants, etc. You meet a lot of people at games, although sometimes the alcohol causes you to not remember the names of the people you met the day before. Awful.

The first game I went to was super hot, and I had a hard time not getting burnt on just one side of my face...yet as the weeks progressed it chilled up a bit, and being from Texas, it was hard to bare the cold. Therefore, that's when the alcohol came in handy...instant belly warmer. Joking, half-heartedly.

Um, overall the Griz games are definitely worth it, but I feel really bad for the people who have to clean up the stadium...ew.

It's kind of a "you love it or you hate it" series...

So there are a few shows I've religiously watched every week since I was introduced to them: Entourage, Laguna Beach, The Hills, The Office, etc -- but there's one show that comes above all the rest. Law & Order has been a favorite show of mine ever since I started watching it 3 years ago.

Some people prefer CSI or whatever, but I like to think that Law & Order has a more realistic touch to it. I mean really, I watch CSI when there's nothing else on, but they'll find a tiny piece of glass in a 6,000 sq foot church within five minutes. I guarantee that doesn't happen very often in real life. I know it all has to be crammed into an hour, but...

Alot of people say it's boring, but I've learned a lot about law just from watching the show! I'm in no shape to be a lawyer or anything, but I've gained knowledge of small things that come along with the profession.

I know a lot of people who love it but more people who hate it. They'd rather be watching South Park or a funny comedic show like that...which I understand, because I enjoy those every now and then, but I couldn't watch them everyday. I can only take so much of repulsive humor.

Too good to last...

Needless to say, I'm a little bummed that this past week flew by so fast. The school weeks drag on and on, but relaxation weeks seem to disappear fairly quick. Over the break, I spent a lot of the time w/ my family, as well as friends that I don't get to spend everyday with. The weather was pretty nice for the most part, so I tried to spend a lot of the time outside. My week wasn't too thrilling, but anything is better than sitting in the dorms day on end. It was nice to catch up with the fam for more than a weekend, but at the same time I missed being in Missoula on the weekends. School...not so much. This last month is going to be a long one I'm pretty sure.

Instead of actually going somewhere fun this break, due to expenses and unemployment, my friends and I brainstormed places to go next spring break once we're all situated in houses outside of the dorms. We were thinking Mexico? Not so much the inner city, where people seem to get killed often now a days, but like a resort (all-inclusive) or something along those lines. All I can say is, better start making some money. Hope everyone had a great break, and lets make the best of this last month!

SITES!

http://www.climatecrisis.net/an-inconvenient-truth.php

This site talks about Al Gore's views about Global Warming. It had a lot of valuable information towards my paper, and it really helped me out a lot.

http://www.csgnetwork.com/worldpopcalc.html

This site estimated the amount of people in our world at the specific time and date.

http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_turtle.htm

Bagheera is a website that comments on different endangered species. The Leatherback Sea Turtle is one of the many animals who are endangered.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/polarbear/polarbear.html

This site is about the polar bear, and how its endangerment is becoming crucial. My paper talks a lot about the demand for protection of these animals, etc.

Sustainability!

I was thinking about topics to write about for our next paper, and at first nothing came to mind. Then I started thinking about our discussion on Monday, where we talked about Vegans and their lifestyles. I think I'm going to write my paper on Animal Testing, and how I personally don't think it's right. Although I'm not a vegan nor a vegetarian, testing animals for products just doesn't seem right to me.

To eat or not to eat?

So, I realize this post is supposed to be about food, but I'm going to focus on the opposite of just that...lack of food. All in all, it ties together!

Anorexia Nervosa, aka... Anorexia is an eating disorder that deals with out-of-control dieting. Not only does it deal with dieting, but it also is formed psychologically. Eventually it becomes an addiction or an obsession that is hard to break. (www.revolutionhealth.com)

Whenever I see ads on anorexia, I get a weird feeling in my stomach, because being emaciated and underweight went out of style a while ago. Maintaining body weight and exercising are probably better routes to take when worried about your figure. Not only does the sight of seeing people starve make me uneasy, but I like food a lot...so I don't see how people don't eat. I guess once your body gets used to it, it's easier...but dang.

Also I read that anorexia symptoms are usually seen in girls who are already underweight or within range of their BMI's. That seems crazy to me how two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different. While girls obsess over being super thin, other people look at them and think they're crazy for thinking they need to harm their bodies. (www.familydoctor.org)

Bullet in the Brain

After reading this short story of Bullet in the Brain, I came up with a few ideas of what the story is insinuating...or atleast what I think it means. I guess we can start off by saying that the story did interest me. I really liked the layout of the story and also how at the beginning, there seemed to be an issue with the tellers, but little did they know that there would be bigger problems soon after.
Bullet in the Brain gave me mixed messages, but the one message I think the story was trying to serve, was that there's more to life than the bigger things. He seemed to not be able to remember signnificant, big events that happened in his life...but he seemed to be able to recall the small things so easily. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like Anders remembered little things about his younger days, that maybe didn't strike his mind until he saw his life flash before his eyes.