Happy Halloween

Upon waking this morning, I became deeply disturbed. It looked irregularly dark this morning, so I thought I had set my alarm too early. Not the case at all...It really was time to get up, and I figured it would be a perfectly dark and gloomy day for Halloween. Much to my dismay, the weather cleared up. It's unseasonably warm and sunny for this time of year in Ripon. I never would have thought the temperature would get this warm again until spring.
Tonight, I plan to head down to the quads and join some Halloween festivities with my gf and other friends. In all respects, it should be a spectacular night!

Back in Black

Fall break...a time where a Ripon College student returns home and completes nothing even remotely productive. Personally, I must have spent at least' 80 hours sitting on my couch. Besides getting up to make food, I did NOTHING. The only excitement came during the weekends and last Thursday. Most other colleges do not have a fall break, so almost none of my buddies were home except weekends.
Thursday was the only bright spot during my stay at home. My family and a few neighbors hooked a sky box at Chicago's United Center for the Blackhawks' match against the Edmonton Oilers. The game turned out to be a blast and the Hawks won 3-0, not to mention the three fights during gameplay.

Championship Game, baby!!!

Two, days ago, my softball team beat out team penetration to make it to the championship match. Beyond all belief, the fourth seed Merriman upset the league best Space Jam Kazaam. So all we have to do is stay confident and play our game. If we can manage to stick to the plan, then we should take the final game easily. In our first playoff game, we allowed too many walks and made a few critical fielding errors; making the score a little close for comfort, but about half of their runs resulted the 14 walks given up.

Homecoming Weekend

I had a very nice time yesterday as a couple friends and my girlfriend celebrated my 19th birthday. We had cake (which was extremely chocolatey) until we were completely stuffed.
Tonight, I'm going to get caught up on school work and then hang out with my buddies later on.
Since this is homecoming weekend, there will be plenty of sports events, so I might go and attend the football game against Beloit College. Go Redhawks!

It Must be my Birfday

Well its a beautiful morning this October 9, which just so happens to be my 19th birthday. Last night I had a good time with friends and my girlfriend, and we took a very late night stroll in the prairie as well. It was wonderful to see the moonlit sky with all the stars out and about.
Today, I plan on relaxing and just chillin out with all the people I enjoy most.

Best $5 I've Ever Spent

Last week, I signed up for a campus sponsored activity, and we went paintballing up by green bay. The cover charge was only five bucks, and I was a little nervous at first because I have never gone before. The teams were evenly split, and we started having fun right away. Aside from a few bruises, everything went awesome. Everybody had great stories to tell afterward. The whole thing lasted about 4 hours. The $5 cover was only to pay the gas for the trip.
I have no idea why, but this has been one of the worst sporting weekends I have ever witnessed. The Packers lost a terrible game, and the Brew Crew were knocked out of the playoffs. Not only that, my White Sox must win tonight in order to force Game 5 in the ALDS. It seems that they're pretty much toast as of right now, but they can maybe turn things around right now and give Tampa Bay a run for their money.

Union Party!

Tonight is the red light-green light party at Ripon's Union Hall and Pub. It is a mainly social event, being hosted by the Theta Chis and Kappa Deltas. For the event, people who are currently in relationships wear red, singles wear green, and for people for whom their relationship status is complicated-yellow. I'll proudly be wearing my red color tonight and hope to have a great time...perhaps giving pointers to any of those in green haha.
Also, I'm going paintballing tomorrow for most of the day. The cover charge is only five bucks to attend. I'm sure thats most likely for bus fees. Anyways, I hope to enjoy a packed but enjoyable weekend.

Soxtober and Construction

October has finally arrived and the White Sox are the AL Central division champs...sorry twins fans. Once again, it feels like the sox are bringing the same excitement into the playoffs as the 2005 season when they took it all. Watching a bunch of veteran baseball players jumping around like a bunch of kids made me feel like they can actually pull it off (maybe with a little more difficulty this time through, haha.).
One thing I've noticed in the past week is the amount of construction going on around campus. The school is knocking out the streets cutting through campus in order to make it completely closed to traffic. It's a bit annoying as of now to hear all the machinery moving around outside, but I hope that it will make Ripon look much better in the end.