Vietnam Period h4

If I could go back in time, I think I would go back to the Vietnam War period in the late 50’s to the early 70’s. In eighth grade, I learned about this period and I found it extremely interesting due to the wars and issues that were going on in our own country due to the Vietnam War. Everybody that was around during this period always talks about how bad the war was. Many people were against this war because it had no direct impact on the United States. We entered this war because we wanted to stop the spread of communism. Well, we failed in doing so because we did not win the Vietnam War. Also many people in the United States would protest against this because families were losing loved ones and people were petrified of the draft. One of the most famous protests took place at Kent State University. When this was happening, the Swat team was called in to stop the protests. It ended up turning into a tragedy because believe a total of 5 people were shot and killed. This historical event became known as the Kent State Shootings. I would not want to get shot in this period, but I would definitely want to know what all of this chaos was like. Also, I would want to witness how scary it really was during the Cold War and how much fear people had. Another thing that would be an adventure would be if I was a soldier. The Vietnam War took place all in the rain forests. I am almost certain there would be many crazy things I would come across during this period. This was a very interesting time period in my eyes and I would love to have been a part of it. Even though I may have been scared at times I would want to witness it.

Vietnam Period h4

If I could go back in time, I think I would go back to the Vietnam War period in the late 50’s to the early 70’s. In eighth grade, I learned about this period and I found it extremely interesting due to the wars and issues that were going on in our own country due to the Vietnam War. Everybody that was around during this period always talks about how bad the war was. Many people were against this war because it had no direct impact on the United States. We entered this war because we wanted to stop the spread of communism. Well, we failed in doing so because we did not win the Vietnam War. Also many people in the United States would protest against this because families were losing loved ones and people were petrified of the draft. One of the most famous protests took place at Kent State University. When this was happening, the Swat team was called in to stop the protests. It ended up turning into a tragedy because believe a total of 5 people were shot and killed. This historical event became known as the Kent State Shootings. I would not want to get shot in this period, but I would definitely want to know what all of this chaos was like. Also, I would want to witness how scary it really was during the Cold War and how much fear people had. Another thing that would be an adventure would be if I was a soldier. The Vietnam War took place all in the rain forests. I am almost certain there would be many crazy things I would come across during this period. This was a very interesting time period in my eyes and I would love to have been a part of it. Even though I may have been scared at times I would want to witness it.

Brian's Bashing#3 Buffalo Sports

Really? Buffalo sports is an absolute disaster, I don’t even know where to begin. The football season begins and here we go off to a fast start. The Bills win two right away and bring a very slight amount of hope into that week three game that so happened to be against Tom Brady and the Patriots. This game would be the test to see if the Bills were real. The fell down 21 to 0 right away and they had no chance. 4 Brady interceptions later the Bills beat the Pats for the first time since 2003. Then it turns into “The Bills are going to the Superbowl! “ I also bash myself for buying into this team so early. I was strapped in extremely tight to this band wagon. I thought Fitzpatrick was the real deal and this team was so good. Well here we are 13 weeks later and we are 5 and 9 and not going to the playoffs. I don’t even know what to say, I am so sick of this feeling. I have never seen a Bills team in the playoffs in my life. But hey let’s try and lose our final two games to get a good draft pick. Oh my God! I say this every year and I’m sick of it. The Bills are driving me nuts and they have to do something about it in the future, and I sure hope they don’t get put on the cover of Sports Illustrated ever again. At least the Buffalo sport fans have the Sabres, oh wait, they are horrible too. I can’t even count how many games they have lost, but way too many for me. This situation may be worse than the Bills. I know one guy that is a diehard Buffalo sports fan. His name will not be fully identified so I can protect his identity. We will just call him “Joe from Elma.” Joe from Elma is a huge Lindy Ruff fan. Well one night I get a text from this man saying “Lindy needs to be fired.” That says it all to me because I don’t think there was a person in the world that liked Lindy Ruff more than this man. Also, I would like to bash the Whiner Line for banning Joe from Elma’s phone calls. I find this very unnecessary. All I want is the city off Buffalo to bring me a Superbowl and a Cup. Also, WGR needs to bring back Joe from Elma. Get real Buffalo sports, get real.

H2 Madeline Koelbl

In this great class, one of the blogs I look forward to the most is the interview blog. I like this just because it is a different wrinkle that gets thrown at us. Usually we don’t get blogs like this so that is why I like it. The person I interviewed was Madeline Koelbl. See unlike me, Madeline gets her assignments done right away were it tends to take me a little longer to do my work even though I do make sure it is done on time. So Madeline already wrote her blog about me which was very good and I thank her for that. There is one thing though in her blog that I can promise you will not be in my blog. She did have a picture of me in her blog and I just want to make it clear I do not have the brains or the technology to pull off a procedure like that. Yes I did just quote the movie Superbad. In all reality though, I am not hands on enough to find a picture of Madeline for my blog and I apologize for that. Now I will talk about what Madeline had to say. She started off by telling me her favorite class in school is AP Literature because she likes the book. I was quick to respond to this with a big question. I asked “How do you like the teacher?” She simply said “Ehhh, he’s alright.” I told her to stop being nice after that. Really Madeline didn’t say that, she only said good things about Mr. Currin. I don’t know how she could do that though. Yes I am kidding as well. Madeline is a member of the National Junior Honor Society so she is obviously a very responsible and hardworking student. I asked her where she was looking to attend college. She told me she her two top colleges at the moment which are Boston University and George Washington University. Both of these are very high academic schools so this goes to show how great of a student Madeline is. She is also a two sport athlete. She runs track and is a swimmer. She is also a lifeguard for the boys swim team too which her brother is a member of which she finds interesting. Her brother is a freshman and I asked her how she likes being in the same school as her brother and she said it is definitely different especially because she sits next to him in a class. Besides Mr. Currin her favorite teacher is Mr. Wild because of his style of teaching. When Madeline grows up she wants to get into law and she wants to do something that deals with different countries. I wish Madeline the best of luck with her future.

Brian's Bashing #3

For real bro? I have to tell a story about one of my close teammates and friends that has one tradition that is very different. One time I was in a deep sleep in my bed on a Wednesday night. I had school the next morning so I definitely wanted to be having a good night sleep. Then all of a suddenly I woke up to my phone vibrating. I got a text message a 3:31 a.m. in the morning. It was from my friend who sent me a text saying “Tricks are for kids. Haha.” For one, this joke isn’t even funny so I didn’t get the point to this at all. Then I wanted to know why this kid was up at this time at night when we had school in the morning. So then I saw my friend in school that morning. I asked him what that text was about or what the point of it was, and all he did was burst out into laughter. He didn’t even say anything! Then a week later on the following Tuesday, I went to sleep early again because I had school yet again in the morning. Yet again, I got another text from him in the morning around the same time. This started to make me wonder, I’m not going to lie. This time it wasn’t a text message that I received. I received a picture message of this man holding a gallon of milk with a huge grin on his face. It looked to me that he was laughing quite a bit, and I’m not sure why. But, the moral of this story is that I don’t understand at all why my fellow teammate is sending me texts at ridiculous times that I suppose are supposed to be funny. For those of you that are considering doing this as well, I just want you to know that I am not a huge fan of receiving texts or picture messages at crazy hours of the night. So do not ever  send me texts at the random times because I do not want to be woken up on a school night to read something stupid that I don’t care about.

Brian's Bashing #2 The Steffanator

Really!? It doesn’t take much for a normal person to write a 300 word article especially when you have an editor to correct your mistakes. I think many people would agree with that statement except for the ones have a hard time writing an article or the people that can’t think of something to write an article about. That’s right people; I did just say there are some people who have a hard time coming up with something to write about. I know this is ridiculous. Well one member of the Bulldog Student Newspaper does the same thing every week and everybody is getting sick of it. Every week I hear Michael Steffan say “Uhhh, Brian what should I uhhh right about?” And every week I will give him a great idea, but then I will get that dumbfounded look and a response of “That’s stupid Brian.” Yeah, real mature Mike, I guess he can go ahead and call me stupid, but I’m not the one looking for articles at the last minute. Who’s the stupid one now? See I kind of take it personal that Doodler never takes my opinion, but I guess it works out for him because a lot of people really care to read about Carson Palmer. Very recently, Mike wrote an article about Carson Palmer. Really Mike? Who cares about Carson Palmer and the Oakland Raiders? This past Monday, Doodler came in to class without an article idea. 80 minutes later, he left class still without an article idea and he accomplished nothing in the class. Boy that was a very productive period for him I would say. Putting all the article issues to the side, here is another issue with Doodler. He always tell me how we are going to chill and play Madden and all that good stuff that men our age do. But then at the last minute Mike always comes up with some lame excuse for how he can’t do anything because he has to go walk his dog or something along those lines. Mike there’s an article idea for you, go write about how lame it is for people to not have article ideas. This story may be continued one day……

Anyone Want to Know What my Favorite Book is?

I would have to say my favorite book is about a former great NFL coach. Jon Gruden has a book that is titled “Do you love football?!” This book is one my favorites for many reasons. In this story, Jon talks about his journey in becoming an NFL coach. I find his way of becoming an NFL coach very interesting because he never played in the NFL so he was a disadvantage right away. Most coaches in the NFL are former players so they have many connections right after they retire. Jon on the other hand was a division 3 quarterback at a little college by the name of Muskingum in Concord, Ohio. Now this story is very interesting to me because Jon was going to have to work so hard to become an NFL coach. In his book, it explains his hard, exhausting journey in becoming a coach. Gruden explained how it is so important to make connections with as many people as you possibly can so when coaching jobs open up you already know people. Also, he said he how it is crucial to show an incredibly hard work ethic. In the story, Jon definitely showed a great work ethic. At one point he said he lived in the coaching office because he wanted to show people that he was willing to put in tons of time and work as hard as he possibly could. Gruden also states how he became an assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers under Mike Holmgren. He said that was one of the biggest reasons why he became a successful NFL coach. This is my favorite book because Jon Gruden is one of my favorite coaches. Another reason is because his path to coaching is similar to one that I would like to take to become a coach. This is a great book and I recommend it anyone.