When I dip, you dip, we dip...

Wow. It sure does feel good to be back. I haven't posted for over a month on here, I'm sorry! I have been asked many times when my next post was going to be, which actually makes me feel like people read this, crazy. Most of the people asking about my blog are family members, and I would reply that I was very busy with school work, and it seems they would rather me blog then study? (I might have to think this one over). But anyways, I'm not real sure how this post is going to go. I didn't really do much exciting stuff during the month of October. My month was full of homework and studying in Hale Library for days. I managed to have a little fun here and there though.

When I came to K-State I knew there would be so many people on campus and around town, but wasn't sure as to how many people I would meet. So far, about 3 months into my stay in Manhattan, I would have to say that one of my favorite things is meeting new people and running into people I haven't seen in ages. One thing that K-State offers to interact with other people is Intramural Sports. I am currently on a Co-Ed Volleyball Team. Two weeks into our season we are 0-2, but are starting to come around and I expect us to finish the season with only 2 losses. I have to give props to people that play volleyball, it is harder than it looks, and can make you look plain STUPID if you have bad timing. We thought we would be cool and pick the team name "Kiss our Ace" but due to a mix-up on the sign-up sheet, we are now "Kiss Hoskins" (Hoskins is our captain Kayla's lastname), not sure how this happened,but hey, go team!

(Sorry in advance if this paragraph gets sappy, I miss my family.) One thing I noticed when I got to K-State is how you realize how much your family plays an everyday part in your life before you move. Most people don't like the fact that adults get facebook but honestly, I love catching up with my family via facebook. Although I know they like to creep on some of my pictures, I can live with it. I have had the chance to see all of my close family in about the past month, which I am grateful for. Props to my mom for holding down the fort in Pratt, can't wait to see her over Thanksgiving Break! Props to my dad and step-mom in Larned for raising my little brother Mason into a little stud, (and for taking care of Dude). I had the chance to hangout with my older brother Chad a few weeks ago and love chatting with him on facebook when we get the chance. My sister Jamie came to Manhattan this weekend and it was nice to see her (can't believe I just said that). She got a taste of Aggieville and what Manhattan has to offer. I'm really excited for Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break so that I can see all of my family, including my cousins and grandparents.

Although I hate how the weather changes so much in a day in Kansas, I love Fall in Manhattan. It drives be crazy that I have to bundle up for my 8:30 class and by the time I'm walking home from lunch I want to change into shorts,but it's whatever. This last weekend was Halloween Weekend. It was by far one of the best weekends I have had in Manhattan so far. I went out with my buddy Levi and some of his baseball teammates. I was dressed as Payne Stewart, and Levi was dressed as Bob Ross, the creepy painter that used to be on PBS. We got a lot of laughs and had a night to remember,or forget or something like that.

K-State Football is sort of in a slump right now, but it's alright, because as my dad's favorite song goes, you gotta have Faith. They have a big game against Texas coming up this weekend that I'm excited for, and if that isn't enough, K-State Men's Basketball season starts tomorrow with a game against Newman. K-State is ranked #3 in the nation so as you can imagine, the campus and town are really excited for the season.

I honestly haven't even thought about who I would give 'knucks' to because I haven't had a post in a month. So first off, I would like to give 'knucks' to Levi Schlick for being my right-hand man this weekend, and for taking me out to Olive Garden a few weeks back, it was a great man-date. I would also like to extend 'knucks' to my favorite Theta girls, Room 151, although they are good at creeping me out, they are fun girls to hangout with. My 3rd and final 'knucks' go to everyone that is participating in No Shave November. I'm going to try to pull it off, but I'm sure by about the 2nd week in, I will look like a total pedophile and won't be allowed within 100 yards of an elementary school, Yay!

I really didn't have any ideas for this blog, so I just sat down and started typing. I went back and read it and about fell asleep, so I won't mind if you do. And to all of my blog followers out there that are as smart as my sister, "How come when you upload pics to your blog, I can never see them?", just click the link when a word is green, it means there is a link haha. I will leave you with another one of my favorite quotes.

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."

3rd Time's a Charm, just like you ; )

Hey everyone! Hope all is going well in your lives. It's time again for me to reflect on the past 2 weeks or whatever it has been since my last post. Last week was a busy week, lots of quizzes,tons of homework, and a few big tests. College kids would agree with me that it seems like you have a few weeks of just hw, then all of a sudden you have all of your tests in one week...no fun at all. But during the past couple weeks I have had enough experiences to reflect on and write it down for you all to read.

Like I said, last week was full of tests, so I figured I better go check out what the Kansas State Library had to offer. On the outside, Hale Library looks like a 2 story castle, so I walk in not knowing what to expect, and to my surprise, the inside is pretty nice. After walking around for awhile, I figured out that I had become lost...seriously,Hale Library is bigger than Pratt High School, which is a good size building for us "small town" kids. So after a few trips to Hale I have figured out where to find certain stuff, how to get to the 1st and 3rd floors, as it can be trickier than imagined. I also came to the assumption that cute girls are smart girls, because there are TONS of cute girls at Hale. I'm not sure if my dad is paying these girls to go sit in the library so I go there to "study" or what, but it's working, props to my dad Pete! 

My current Game-Day record is 7-1. K-State Football is 4-0 and I'm 3-1 tailgating, I wasn't able to make it to the game in KC, but nobody's perfect, right? Last Saturday K-State played University of Central Florida. Although the meteorologist's were predicting about a 20% chance of rain, I predicted a 100% chance, and by gosh, I was right! about 5 minutes into the game, play got suspended due to lightning, rain, and this crazy cloud . So after about an hour of standing under the bleachers waiting for the weather to pass, the game was back on. The first 55 minutes of the game were more boring than a KU vs NDSU game, ohhh wait, that game was fun to watch. But anyways, K-State came back from being down and won the game in the last minute. It was a very exciting ending to a very boring game. But hey, K-State is 4-0 thanks to the help of Daniel Thomas.

So as some of you would know, I LOVE MUSIC. I listen to just about any kind of music, it's my way of relaxing,getting pumped up,raving...just about anything! I was introduced to Andrew Logan through some mutual friends, and through Call of Duty, where he likes to be known as 'Hollywood'. He is a small-town kid with big-time talent. If you like listening to good music, check out his site. Also, I recently became aware that a band, Mammoth Life, featuring some Pratt-grown kids is going to be performing at Aggiefest on October 2nd, at The Loft in Aggieville. Their music is out of the ordinary, but after awhile gets you tapping your foot and listening, I'm excited to watch them on Saturday!

I wish I could give 'knucks' to everyone that wants a shout-out, but it just can't be done. After knowing Will Brown through mutual friends for awhile now, we finally hungout. Will is a pretty fly guy, just like myself, so I look forward to us destroying the town of Manhattan together in the future. At a get-together on Friday, Will got iced. Most of you would laugh it off and say yeah right. But Will got down on one knee and took it like a champ. (photo courtesy of Randall Rank). So "Knucks Bro" to you Will Brown! My last shout-out goes to Chris Froetschner. Word is that he is my biggest blog follower in Colorado, and even spreads word about my blog. It is important to me that out-of-state citizens follow my blog since I'm hoping to one day take over the world. Chris recently got a hot tub which will feel amazing after I get done shredding the mountain with him this winter, also, Happy 21st Birthday to Chris tomorrow! 'Knucks to Chris'!

Well guys, and girls, sorry if I bored you to death. People always mention to me how I type so much, but it's just like talking for me. And those of you that know me, know I am pretty good at talking alot. I hope everyone has a wonderful week, I will leave you with a quote.
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

All the way turned up...

Hey everybody, I have been meaning to publish my 2nd post for some time now, but just got around to it. It has been a pretty busy couple weeks with classes and kstate football starting. I felt like I had a pretty good response to my first blog post so i'm excited to keep this going. (knucks to all those who read the first post).

In my first post I talked about my Accounting teacher that hates the world, or his students, or something like that. This post I will be talking about my Macroeconomics teacher, Mohaned Al-Hamdi. Dr.Hamdi is foreign, if you couldn't have guessed. So anyways, he is a really nice guy,but rather hard to understand sometimes. My friend Ryan and I recently discovered that he has a pattern to the shirts he wears. He wears the same shirt MWF of a week, we aren't sure if he doesn't like doing laundry, or maybe it's just his lucky shirt for the week. (We will get to my lucky shirt in a bit.)

Everyday in Manhattan is a new experience. You always see something new on campus. After Natural-Disasters one day, 3 of us were walking to the parking lot and came to this long set of  (what seemed to be) never-ending stairs. So as we are walking up the stairs, we are laughing and making fun of how awkward they were, then i looked to my left, and Ryan and tripped up the stairs and ate concrete. I'm not sure if he was hungry, or just forgot how to walk, but it totally made my day. On another note, today while walking on campus, I was lucky enough to be walking along side the "Boombox Kid" He was blasting some 'Ice Ice Baby', which put me in the best of moods. I have concluded that K-State is the place for me with all of these awesome events happening on a daily basis. (boombox kid photo courtesy of ryan gotsche)

On September 4th, K-State opened up their football season with a win over UCLA, and on the 11th, beat Missouri State. I have a new type of respect for EMAW Nation, I believe that making it to the game after an amazing day of tailgating is a win, and the cats winning is another win. So 2 games into the football season, I like to look at my personal record as 4-0. I will not be attending the game this weekend in Kansas City against Iowa State, so my record will drop to 5-1 after the cats beat the cyclones. Anyways, back to the games. On game days in Manhattan, 98% of people are wearing purple, but I love looking at everyone's shirts and reading them. Most are the usual, K-State Football shirts, some degrade KU (I love those), and some are authentic. But I still believe that my Game-Day shirt is the best. I found the shirt at Goodwill last year for $1, and trace it back to around 1975. (I know you all are jealous of the fanny pack in that photo too.)

I turned 20 on Sunday and would like to thank everyone who made my weekend such a blast! I had many people reach out to me after my first post and ask for some 'knucks', but I can't just give them out to everyone at one time! Ryan Gotsche is getting 'knucks' this week for many reasons, he made my day when he tripped up the stairs, he keeps me company is Macro and Natty-D, and he took that picture for me. Another set of 'knucks' go to the crew I hangout with at Chase Manhattan Apartments (Derek,Travis,Jordan,Ted,Alyssa,Brooke,Meggan and Allie). They are a very fun group to hangout with. The last 'knucks' of the week go to Daniel Thomas, He is currently 3rd in the nation in rushing yards. So "Knucks" to you DT.

I would like to thank everyone who supports my blog by going out of your way to reading it, please feel free to comment on them and let me know what you think. Until next time, peace out dudes....

Well....Here Goes Nothing...

Hello Everyone and welcome to my blog! I have been pondering on the idea of starting my own blog every since my good friend Dennan Morrow started his. I saw the kind of feed-back he was getting on his and thought I might as well try it. On my blog I will update when I feel the need to let my followers read a little about what's been going on in my life, this will be a place my friends and family can hit up to see what I have been up to. So here it goes...

It seems like just yesterday I was talking with my friend Dennan Morrow and he brought up the idea of starting his own blog. He started it and has had some big hits, he is now known as the "Twitter Doucher" which if you ask me, is a pretty sweet nickname to have. But anyways, time sure has gone by fast since then, that was last year when I attended Barton County Community College. (Shout out to all of my boys back in the GBK). Now I am here, in Manhattan,KS attending Kansas State University. It is all I ever dreamed of and a little more. Although the classes are harder than they were at Barton, I would pick Manhattan over just about any town I have ever been in. I came from a high school with somewhere around 380 people and recently figured out my Natural Disasters class has 450 people in it, pretty crazy stuff there. My classes at Kansas State are going pretty good so far, although there is the class that everybody hates, Accounting 231. Not is it JUST Accounting, my teacher is Fred Smith. There are 9,600 Fred Smith's just on Facebook alone, so im saying there are atleast 10,000 Fred Smith's in this country, and I'm pretty sure the one that teaches my class is the biggest  hard-ass  of them all. But the other day while in the shower, I thought to myself, It doesn't matter if this guy is cool or not, I have to pass it so that's what i'm going to do. And now I don't mind attending his class at all...sorta.

Another class I'm taking is Intro to Political Science. I find it pretty interesting and the other day during class my teacher brought up the idea of "theories." The example he gave was Intelligent Design. This comment definitely got people up in their seats and paying attention. A girl a few rows in front of me decided it would be a good time to have a debate with the teacher, which was amusing for the rest of us. She raised her voice and was trying to prove my instructor wrong, the only thing is, he just said Intelligent Design was an example of a theory, he wasn't try to prove it right or wrong. But anyways, she got all fired up and then class was over. I came back to my apartment and did some research on the subject because I knew a little about it but not enough to really know what I was talking about. If any of you would like to watch an awesome documentary on it, watch this,  Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Most of you know that i'm Catholic, and in no way am I changing my beliefs or becoming atheist, just thought it was a good documentary.

Along with Facebook and this new blog, I have become fascinated with another type of communication, Twitter. I love being able to 'follow' celebs and a few of my favorite golfers and see what they have to say. I also enjoy tweeting my friends and seeing what they have been up to. I proudly stalk..I mean 'follow' all of the members of the Kansas State Men's Basketball Team. But I would have to say my favorite person to 'follow' is Bubba Watson, he is a laid back guy that just loves what he does. For those of you who don't know what he does, he gets paid to play the sport he loves, golf. He goes out of his way to reply to his fans that tweet him,which takes alot of time when you have as many followers as he does. Bubba's Twitter

The last paragraph of my blog with always be about shout-outs and stuff like that. D-MO gives out hip-taps so I will change it up a bit so I'm not copying him. Alot of people go with the High-Five, some go with the Chest-Bump but not me. If you get a shout out from me, it's going to be known as , "Knucks Bro" It's like when you do something cool and your friend sticks out his fist for you to 'pound it', just with a better name. I was playing golf with a kid from Coffeyville Community College last year and he introduced me to this type of celebration and it has spread like a wild-fire in California HaHa. So this weeks "Knucks" go to Dennan Morrow for introducing me to the blog world, I will do him a favor and give you guys his link so you can check out his blog also D-Mo's Blog . Another "Knucks" goes out to my good buddy Levi Schlick, who started his stint as a Division I Baseball Player here at K-State on Monday. Last but not least, Happy Birthday to Amy Jo Maphet, she turned the big 18 today, I'm sure she is out smoking cigs and scratching lottery tickets as we speak, 'Knucks' to you Amy...