Troop Surge

The United States has launch a troop surge in the Middle East. This plan was put into place to help secure and to lock down areas already controlled by American forces. This plan calls sending additional troops into areas like Iraq and Afghanistan. Both President Bush and Obama are in favor of this even though Obama was against at first. I feel that this operation/ policy is not worth it and will cost more then what we will gain in the end.

Public Writing

I feel public writing is the chance for someone to clearly express their feelings about a certain issue by telling how they feel and by using the opposition argument to work for them. Its writing to persuade someone that be on the fence about a certain issue you by using both sides of the argument. I also feel that public writing is used in everyday challenges. These writings are what move along certain issues and also point out the truth.

Where Did Everyone Go??

As I came back to lovely BSU I noticed this place was a ghost town. Everyone had disappeared. I am lucky that my roommate was still here because I think I would have went insane with boredom last night without him, even though I was kicked out of the room till one thirty because I was "trying to be a good roommate" what ever that means. Well I'm glad to be back at school and out of the wilderness. Showers never felt so good before spending a night of being smelly!

Camping

This weekend my parents had dragged my sister and I camping for fall break. When went down by Spencer Indiana to McCormick's Creek State Park. The weather was very nice there except for at night. I had opted to stay in a tent instead of our families camper because I wanted to go back to the good ole days of camping you actually stayed in a tent. I didn't realize how could it got during the night! Well no worries I survived this lovely experience with only a broken Ball State I.D. Oh and on the plus size my mom made me a huge warm blanket, gosh I love that woman!!

Flag Football

I am so disappointed in the flag football tournament I participated in this weekend. It was really lame. The refs called every penalties under the sun and the rules just sucked. Their wasn't any contact allowed and that made the whole game difficult. I grew up playing football and I played for nine years, so I have the mentality that football is a physical sport. Well flag football isn't and I don't think I will ever play again. It just was so lame and really boring.....

My Website

http://avoidtheviolence.weebly.com/

My website is about video game violence and how it can cause aggressive behaviors in teens. I started off by asking the question if you could get away with certain crimes would you actually commit them or would avoid them because you know they were wrong. Then I chose a couple of video games that have really cause controversy in the video game world and some that were just plain violent. The first to games I talk about really had an effect on the video game world because of their violence. After the release of Mortal Kombat, the video game industry had to set up a rating system for its games. Then Grand Theft Auto has been the discussion for many court cases. Then I moved into a story about a teen that had shot three cops because he thought he was living in a video game. After this I moved into the critics of video games, which include the United States government and select news programs. After the critics I moved into my personal opinion. I really do believe that video games do not cause violent behaviors. When people blame violence on video games its like blaming all guns in the world for people dying, when we actually know people die from all sorts of things like old age and diseases. When children play video games they should be able to develop the disconnect between real life and their fictional world. My website was about video game violence. Thanks!

Music = Connections

Last night I put my theory that music brings people together into action. I was hanging out in my friends room and I started to play some of my classic 90's music. Everyone was singing along and having a good time. It made me feel so good to have so many people enjoying themselves and some good music. This is why i firmly believe music brings people together in happiness.

E2

I live on the second floor of Laffollette in Edward Hall. They guys on my floor are really connecting or at least on side of the hall is. I feel so bad for my RA because we are so loud and its really hard to calm us down. We all play video games and everything together and it can get a little rowdy. Also one room on my floor where my buddies Ross and Kyle live gets so loud because we spend some of our time yelling stuff out their window at passing ladies. I would just like to dedicate this post to the boys of E2. Yeah that means you to Matt!