Memphis Football

Well a big story this week has to do with the Head Football coach, Tommy West getting fired. It is tough to say if this was the best decision or not, because I do not think that West is entirely to blame. I will have admit that we have one of the worse athletic administrations in all of college. R.C. Johnson has not done a single thing that has benefited our athletics since hiring John Calapari. However, he continued to fly under the radar hiding behind the success of the basketball team. Well his time is about up, no hall of fame basketball coach and a crap football team. I guess we will have to wait for another firing coming in the future.

American Politics

I want to talk about American politics, because it has to do with my major of Political Science. Normally, I choose to not get into heated debates about what is right and what is wrong. However, recently I was asked to write a paper on the three things I felt were the most important in establishing a better country. The three things I listed were illegal immigration, unemployment, and the national deficit. I think those issues are critical because they affect the citizens the most during this time of depression. It is time for us to find adequate solutions for our problems and we need to start with these.

Halloween

This Saturday begins another American tradition, where kids dress up in costumes and go door to door asking for candy. I never realized how excited people about this time, people start decorating there house at the beginning of October. Most people would say that this is there favorite time of the year, especially foreigners who do not celebrate Halloween in there native countries. I am real excited because it is never to old to dress up for Halloween. When means I only have a couple days left to get a good costume this year, because I had the biggest choke of all time last year. German Soccer Player, I was an idiot!

Good people are out there

After reading O'Conner's story, "A Good man is hard to find", I realized that do not believe that is true. I know so many good people out there, that I would not be able to count them all. I understand where she is coming from, and I am not naive because there are bad people out there. However, I do not go out of my way to seek those type of people. I believe in each and every person until they do something wrong and then you can choose to forgive them and move on. I am not taking anything away from the story, because it was a good short story.

Double Duece

Recently I learned that the bar "Double Duece" was shut down because of underage drinking. I thought this was funny because I'm not sure I know anyone of age that goes there to drink. It is there to be that safe haven for those who are not quite of age on Thursday nights and go there because they allow 18 and over. I understand that it is the law and illegal consumption of alcohol can not be tolerated. However, the good news is that the bar will reopen in the coming weeks. They will probably enforce more rules, and have more security monitoring everyone's actions, but at the end of the day double duece will remain the same.

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Injuries

Basically I have been injured for the last six years of my life, and no one knows how to treat it. I recently received my second MRI in two years, and told completely different things on them both. The first one said that I have a stress fracture on the bone under my bicep, but my second MRI stated that my arm was normal. Which would have been great news except I'm still in pain and have no solution. Now, I have been put on the disabled list because they need to run more test on me, because they also have no idea what is wrong. The worst part is I have to watch my teammates practice everyday and it is so hard to watch others play the sport you love. If I end with a recap then it would read, six years of pain, ten doctors, and zero help.

My Fall Break

I decided to visit my girlfriend, who goes to school about three hours away during my break. Normally, with practice and tournaments I rarely have a weekend off to go see her. Most of the time she comes to see but she is also a tennis player for her school, so her schedule is just as confusing as mine. However, I decided that this weekend was going to be dedicated to making that trip down to UAB. This was the first time I actually spent time in the city without getting ready for a competition or just driving through. I have to admit that it was a nice city and had some similarities to Memphis. This was also the first time that I met all of my girlfriend's teammates, which is always interesting when one person goes to meet a group of girls with judging eyes,ha. The good thing was that they appreciated my personality making everything comfortable between us.