Sunday, September 26, 2010

Yanks Win It!!

If you remember, last week I had a very tough time deciding on a topic for my blog post.  Tonight, though, I have no problem choosing a subject.  My beloved New York Yankees were on an unheard-of four-game loosing streak and my hopes of a second straight world series championship were dwindling tonight as we (I say "we" because I feel like in a way I'm part of the team) were in position to lose yet another game.  To make matters much worse, we were losing in front of a home crowd to our bitter, long-time rivals, the Boston RedSox.  But, just when things were looking bad, my Yanks came through for me.  First, A-Rod hit a HUGE two-run homer in the seventh inning.  And then, in the bottom of the tenth inning, the RedSox pitcher walked in the winning run.  Whew!!!  We dodged a bullet, snapped our four-game winning streak, and gained a full game on the division-leading Rays.  With October on the way, I am once again looking forward to following the Yanks all the way to the world series.  My day is complete and I can now go to bed in a good mood as soon as I finish this blog post.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Writer's Block

As the title suggests, I am experiencing a severe case of writer's block.  This is extremely serious because I have to submit this post before midnight and it's already 11:26p.m.  I started writing about staying up late, but after a sentence or two, I just wasn't feeling it, so I deleted the text and started over.  My next idea was to write about the various animals that I saw on campus this week, which was pretty impressive (I saw a raccoon and five turtles), but I remembered that my previous blog post talked about animals also.  I didn't think animals should dominate my blog, because they really don't play a huge role in my life.  Other ideas included BYU football, my roommates, what I did on the weekend, and others, but none of those topics really seemed to click.  So, I'll just be honest; I am suffering from writer's block.  I have a pretty bad case of it.  Hopefully tomorrow's class will enlighten my mind and cure me, because I really need help!

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Serious Poetry

So I really do think this class has been helpful, because in the first two weeks of class i've already learned something of substantial importance - I'm really not as good at writing as I previously thought.  My uncle and teacher Shayne (with a "y") thrives at clever or funny writing, but I just don't make the cut.  For that reason, I've decided to completely shift gears and focus on poetry.  Not the humorous or clever stuff, the serious stuff that only the intellectuals understand. Here it goes:

              WOLVES

A shiver-inducing howl and a rush of excitement,
Near extinction, now they're back!
A flash of fur and paw-prints in the fields of snow,
Here they come!
The light of the blue corn moon momentarily reveals them,
They are the wolves!

Friday, September 3, 2010

Accounting Quizzes

I am very frustrated right now.  I just finished taking my second accounting quiz online and for the second straight time, I got a four out of five score, missing the final question.  I realize that these are small, five-point quizzes and that missing one point on each of them isn't a huge deal, but I am disappointed because I honestly feel like I know the material.  I understand all the principles and can explain it well.  For some reason, though, I just haven't been performing well on the quizzes.  My last one - today's quiz - was the kind of thing where I originally put the correct answer and then second guessed myself.  Before I changed it, I made myself or put in words why the answer should be changed.  I changed it and then got it wrong.  Man, I know I can learn accounting and I feel like I really already am and so I really hope the quiz and test scores start reflecting that.