Snow White

If we read this story from a different perspective, we would learn a lot more about the story. From Snow's perspective it would be less of talking just about her it would be more as in what we did, because she was with Rose a lot in the story, and I think if it was from Snow's perspective the reader would also know a lot more about Rose as well.

Thursday Night

This last Thursday night after I got off of work at midnight at the casino, 3 other of my coworkers and I decided to take a road trip to Escanaba to their casino because we aren't aloud to gamble at ours. We were tired but the road trip was worth it. We arrived at around 1:30 AM and the place was pretty much empty just like last time, not much people there gambling. I had amazing luck unlike the others, I kept winning a hundred and losing that hundred, it was back and forth. I was down to my last $40 and I decided to play the $5 machine which was 2 bets so it was $10 a spin and I had 4 spins with my $40. I spun it once, nothing, spun it the 2nd time and hit 3 red 7's. I won $500.00, cashed that out and we went home not even looking at any other machines. We got home at 6:00 AM and I went to bed, got up at 2:00 PM and got ready for work again at 4:00 PM It was a great trip!

NMU Budget Cuts

After hearing about the Northern Michigan University budget cuts on the news earlier this week, I have a couple thoughts that I would like to share. The University announced they are down 400+ students from last year and they are going to have to make some budget cuts. One of the ideas that I heard from them were they are going to cut some of the facility as in teachers, which I think is the worst thing they could do. If you get rid of the teachers that means less classes, which means even less students so I have no idea what there even thinking there. The University is losing money and if they didn't give free college to the employees kids, that wouldn't be a problem. Think about how much money they would be making even if they made their employees kids pay maybe even half of what others have to pay. Also other than cutting teachers cut the facility in the administrative offices because that's where there losing money, not the teachers because without them there would be even less enrollment then there already is.

Music in Society

Music in Society isn't at all what I expected and I'm struggling big time, seeing it on my schedule  I thought it was learning about the different types of cultures and music in society but that's not at all what it is. It's an actual music class and I have no idea why I am forced to take this class. Last time I have taken a music class was back in like 5th grade, ever since then I had no classes related to music until now. In this class you have to know the notes, pitches, rhythm, how many people are singing, and other things I have never heard of before and this class is hitting me fast. Trying to study is hard too because last time I studied for my first exam in this class half of the stuff on the exam wasn't even on the exam review and I have no idea what to study this time and this upcoming exam is going to be ugly.

Struggles of Being a Lions Fan

If you are not a Detroit Lions football fan you have no idea what it is like to be a fan of them, but if you are a fan of the Lions you'll know exactly what I am about to say. The Detroit Lions have always sucked, they are so bad they had a legend on their team Barry Sanders retire early because they sucked so bad. I have always told myself don't be a bandwagon fan, (a fan who switches teams when a team isn't doing good) but it's extremely hard not to. Yeah I remember the 0-16 season, it's going to be in my mind forever, and I can maybe see it happening again this year, not even joking. After the 0-16 season the Lions seemed to be strong in some parts but extremely week in another. Last year the defense was strong and the offense wasn't very good. The year before that the offense was strong and the defense wasn't good. Now it seems like both sides are just awful. I feel bad for Matthew Stafford, he has no time to throw the ball and he gets brutally hit seems about every snap but he hangs in there. He has heart, the rest of the team needs it if not I can see another 0-16 season if not a definite losing season.

EA SPORTS NHL 16

I didn't think I would be blogging about video games, but I have no idea what to blog about and the brand new NHL 16 from EA Sports is out and at my house and that's all that is on my mind at the moment and I just want to get home and play the game. NHL 16 came out Tuesday September 15th and I went to go get it in between classes that same day, and getting back to class knowing that the game was waiting for me to play, it made my Music in Society class that much longer. So when I got home, I installed it and finally played it after 15 minutes. The game is awesome, the best NHL the EA Sports has came out with since NHL 13 which was my favorite of all the NHL games until NHL 16 came out. Buying NHL 16 was iffy for me at first, just because I wasn't too impressed with NHL 14 or NHL 15. But as soon as I started playing the game I could tell that it was an awesome game. Graphics are good, the game play is much smoother and way more realistic than any other hockey game I have played. Finally now there is more game modes to play since NHL 15 didn't have many game modes and took out my favorite game mode which was EA Sports Hockey League where you can play with friends on a team and as your own player. I can see myself getting too addicted to the game and I have to try my best to not let this game get in the way with school work and other activities. 

Football Sunday

Yes, I'm writing about football again, I just can't stop. The first game I'm excited for is the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packer game. If you don't know me too well, I will root for any team that is playing against the Packers. All morning I have been hearing on how stacked the Green Bay Packers are, and I just can't wait and see the very few receivers that Aaron Rodgers can throw to. The only receiver he has right now is Randall Cobb, and I actually hope he does good because he is on my fantasy team. Don't get me wrong Aaron Rodgers will probably prove me wrong because he always does, he'll find anyway to get the ball into the receivers hands, he makes the receivers look good. I shouldn't be depending on the Bears to beat the Packers because the Bears are awful but It's always good to hope. Now the other game I'm excited for is of course the Detroit Lions and San Diego Chargers game, and thank god I have too work because the Lions game ain't going to be televised but when your job has the NFL Season Ticket from Direct TV, you're set. I'm pumped and I can't wait.  

Never too Late for a Road Trip

This last Thursday night was a great night, and I kind of regretted it in the morning. My night started out with work like most days, I started at 4:00 PM, walked into the casino with a big whiff of cigarette smoke and went and clocked in. Since that night was pay day my co workers thought it was a great idea after work to go to the Escanaba Casino which is about an 1 hour and a half away from here. I agreed on going and the four of us left our casino at midnight and took off to Escanaba. On the ride there we hit a deer already dead laying in the middle of the road in Trenary, it wasn't the best sight either, we pulled over, the deer was everywhere on the road and the car was full of blood and I can't even explain the smell, it was awful. The car was okay though, drove fine and nothing broke underneath the car thankfully (we drove right over it). We kept going and arrived at the casino at around 1:30 AM, got out of the car and went into the casino. When we walked it was like Christmas morning because pretty much every machine was open and there wasn't very many people there. I started out pretty lucky on the machines, won fifty bucks, but then I lost it because I don't know when to quit. Then I was lured into playing the five dollar machines, that didn't go to well and I lost about half of my paycheck on those machines. We finally left around 5:30 AM and headed back home, and I just remembered that I had a tutor session at 8:00 AM that same morning. I didn't get much sleep and I had to work that same day.

Last Arguement

I don't get into too many arguments, because I'm a pretty chill guy, but the last argument I was in got a little heated. I was working my swing shift at the casino in Marquette as a security guard. While I was at the front door asking for ID's for anyone that looked under twenty one this younger guy and his family said he didn't have his ID on him. And as a rule of the casino I told him he wasn't aloud in, and they didn't take that answer to well. He repeatedly told me that he was eighteen and that I should let him in the casino, I told him no and again that he had to have his ID on him. Then his mother jumped in on the argument and asked if she could show me her ID to prove that he was eighteen which made absolutely no sense to me so I said no again anyways. The mother was mad with me and said that the whole situation was stupid and that she didn't like me. So since the kid was pretty cool with it, I stood outside with him while his parents went in to gamble. 

Football Season!

It's that great time of the year again, football is starting and I couldn't be more excited. As a Detroit Lions fan each year I get more and more excited, they improve each year and this year I do believe they will make it to the playoffs again as they did last year. I'm not saying Super Bowl, because I'm not get to ahead of myself, but the defense sure did prove themselves last year with there fantastic year, the offense not so much. This year is different though with the Lions offensive, I believe they are going to have a strong year, because last year when Calvin Johnson was hurt and Matthew Stafford still made it work. Now if Johnson stays healthy Stafford will have more receivers to throw to especially Golden Tate. The Lions running game is also going to be strong, Joique Bell amazes me each  year and this is his year to really show himself, and also they have Theo Riddick and the rookie Ameer Abdullah and they both did great in the pre season and Riddick also had a great year last year even though he didn't play to much. Now the defense this year I am not so sure what to expect, yeah they lost Ndamukong Suh, and a couple others on the line, but I didn't hear to much on who else they brought in. I am very excited to see how Ezekiel Ansah is going to be this year though, favorite defensive player and I believe he is going to have a great season. Hopefully the rest of the defensive does to, and I am wishing on a Super Bowl this year!

Paulding Light

Last Friday I went out on a road trip out west to the town of Paulding Michigan to go see the Paulding Light. If you don't know what the Paulding Light is, it's a ghost light located in a valley way in Paulding, which used to lie train tracks back in the days. The story behind this light is told to be a light lantern from a brakeman who was killed by trying to stop an oncoming train from colliding into stopped railway cars on the track. This was the second time seeing the light, the first time seeing the light, it was very bright and almost seemed like it was in my face and actually freaked me out. This time it was very dim and hard to see. The mystery behind the Paulding Light is still unexplained, and I feel that hard to believe. I can easily see it being vehicle headlight because the old railway does in fact intersect with a highway about 4 miles down. First off you can see red in the light, which I can see being rear headlights, then you see white which of course I can see being the front headlights. I may be wrong, but that's the only explanation I can come up with, if it's not headlights than I have no idea what it could be. If you ever want to go to the Paulding Lights I'd defiantly go if I were you, not a far drive plus there's a casino just down the road which is another plus.

Music in Society Silent Walk

Tuesday September 1st in my Music in Society class we went for a walk around parts of the campus other than sitting in class. But it wasn't any walk, we weren't aloud to talk to friends, we had to be completely silent. It was really weird and boring, and it was really hard not to laugh. We would stand in one spot and just stay there for like 5 minutes straight and not say a word, people passing by would just stair at us not knowing what to think, it was just a really weird class activity. During the walk we were supposed to admire the sounds around us, I heard the clunking of a bird hitting one of the class windows, wind, cars driving by, and a sprinkler. Other than that I didn't hear much, but there was a kid in the group smoking a vaporizer so that was a pretty delightful thing to smell for the entire walk around campus. I don't know what to think about that class, it's very weird and I never know what to expect when I walk into class, It's going to be a long semester in my Music in Society class.