Sections

Sections was this last Thursday (pre-lims) and Saturday (finals). We took a total of about 10 kids to pre-lims and about 6 kids to finals. I did terrible at pre-lims. I psyched myself out and could not swim at all. I didn't have any energy and added time to all of my events except for the 50 backstroke in the medley relay where I took a half of a second off. At finals we had a total of 4 events. The medley relay, Preston in the 100 fly, the 200 free relay, and the 400 free relay (I added a second to my backstroke, otherwise I would have been in finals). In the medley relay we got about the same time all together but I took a second off personally and Preston added a second :( and the 200 free relay got their best time and so did the 400 free relay. Swimming is now over and I am really excited. I have been needing a break!

Blogging

Blogging in my opinion is such a waste of time. I only blog because I have to. This might be a bad attitude but I don't like doing it at all. Yes, it is a way to learn more about your friends and get to know them better, but there are so many other ways to do that. We have cell phones and many other technological gadgets that are much more advanced, that we actually enjoy doing. I guess that blogging is one of those deals where you like it or you don't. I see that it would be a good idea to have a blog when you go on a vacation out of the country and want to keep a "diary" but I don't think that we should use blogging for our everyday lives. I need to stop ripping on blogging. There is one good thing, we don't have to stick to any writing rubric, we can just use whatever style we want to. These are my thoughts about blogging.

Accuplacer Test

I didn't know what to make a post about, so I decided to think back to the stressful things I did this week and I thought of the Accuplacer Test. WOW! This was such a FAIL. I was soo mad. I just wanted to go in and take my test but NO, the computers had to just keep booting us off of the system. I got to question number NINE in THREE hours. What a waste of time. I actually finished the entire reading part but when it was processing my results, it kicked me off so I had to start all over. Collectively, the system probably kicked me off about 15 times. Fail! I just had to vent about my frustrations of this week.

Love

I think we have already done a post on this topic already but that's fine. Love is a passionate affection for another person. It is a feeling of warm personal attachment. With Valentine's day this last Monday, it is a perfect post to wrap the week up with. Love is such a common word in our culture. For example: we love our dog, our girl/boyfriend, our parents (most of the time), the 'things' we have, and on and on. I think love is an overused and sometimes misused word. I mean so many people use this word and do we actually think of the definition? I don't know, that's just my personal opinion. These are just my brief thoughts on love and what I think of it.

Big Nine

This last Saturday, the Swim Team had the Big Nine Championships at Mankato State University in Mankato. It was kind of one of those meets that was a half good, half bad type of situation. I swam in the 200 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 100 Backstroke, and the 400 Free Relay. Our first relay was disqualified because of a false start which stunk. In the 200 IM, I took off a second which was good, but I wanted to take more off than what I did. The 100 Backstroke was just a mess. I added two seconds and somehow, when I checked the results and it said that I was disqualified. Then I talked to my coach and he said that I wasn't and he talked to one of the officials. It was a big mess but in the end, I wasn't disqualified because they don't know what happened. Finally, we did alright in the 400 Free Relay. I didn't get my best time but we didn't get disqualified. This was our Big Nine Championship meet and you don't want to know how we did overall. Ha.

"Mice and Men": Loneliness

Loneliness is the act of having a depressing feeling of being alone or isolated. It is so sad to see someone left out or sitting by themselves. I wish that more often I could have te state of mind to go and sit next to someone sitting by themself. It is absolutely no fun to be left out. Loneliness lead to even more negative situations. For example, suicide can be a result of loneliness. It would be terrible to find out that somebody did this as a result of loneliness because all we needed to do was go and sit next to them to save their life. Loneliness is a very serious situation, and it is absolutely not fun at all.

"Mice and Men": Friendship

A friendship is a relationship between two people where they are attached by affection or love. When I think of a friendship, I think of a positive or negative situation. Friendships can benefit you in a good or bad way. For example, a positive friendship is where you hold each other accountable. Also, they are long-lasting and don't let anything get in the way, or break the relationship. Meanwhile, a negative friendship is where they let drama get ahold of each other. Drugs and alcohol are also common in negative relationships. Frienships are a very good thing, if chosen to be a positive one.