One Year Down

Well it's the final week of school and I only have three finals this week, I have Macroeconomics Tuesday, Public Speaking Wednesday, and Management Principals Friday so it's going to be a long tough week; however, it will be worth it since the school year will be done. It has been an awesome first year and I am excited for the next three years. On the other hand I have a bunch of friends whom are seniors and will be graduating so I'll miss them next year and hope they visit often. I leave at some point Friday but I plan on coming back for a day next week to visit the seniors and say goodbye to them during their senior week. They stay on campus for all of next week and then have graduation on the weekend.

I've started to pack my things which is looking more and more unlikely that I will be able to fit it on one car. It should all work out though, hopefully my father come and visits before Friday so I can toss some things in his car so that it's not overwhelming come Friday. So my soccer team we made it to the championship having to play the best team by far, and oh boy was it intense. It was a really good game and went back and forth but we ended up losing 3-2 as they scored the game winner with two minutes left. It was to bad as there was a one dicey call that would have given us another goal so it was a real tough way to lose, however, it was a really fun game to play in. Other than that yesterday, I was able to hangout on the lake with some friends, it was a lot of fun.

The Village

So our housing draft worked out well as my roommate (Josh) and I received the room in which we had wanted in Village. The Village is like a Motel style housing as the are rooms side by side, there are two rows of the houses which make a "L" with parking spaces on the outside and a grass area on the inside. Our room is on the side known as Laundry side, which is facing the grass area as we preferred. We also have a some friends as our neighbors so that worked out really well. It's looking like we're going to have a good time next year.

Other than that, just been keeping busy with school. I just have a week an a half of classes left and then just one week of finals and it'll will be summertime! The school year has gone back pretty fast; therefor, I'm sure the summer will go by even quicker, so I am going to make sure to enjoy everyday of it. As for indoor soccer I believe our record stands at: 4-2. We lost a gave because of lack of numbers and we were able to win a game vs the top seed, but they were playing a man down. It will be interesting playing them again as I am sure we will meet in the playoffs.

The Housing Lottery

At the end of last week we had our housing lottery for next year. I received the 87th pick for Freshmen; however, my pick doesn't matter as my roommate for next year got the 8th pick, so I just go in with him during the draft to choose our room for next year. We are planning to just live in Village next year instead of Bartlett and Townhouses. My thought process is just that I just might as well get the full Thomas College experience while here and hit up each of the housing options for one year. This means I will probably live in Bartlett the following year and than Townhouses my senior year.

Indoor soccer is going pretty well as we are 3-1 we played a couple games yesterday winning the first by double digits and than lost the second game in penalty kicks. We should have won but they caught few breaks, but oh well we'll get them in the playoffs. We have a really good team and should definitely be in the championship. We are missing one of our key players right now though Pierre who is an exchange student this semester from France, he is injured right now so how scoring has decreased as he was our leading scorer. We are looking to bounce back tonight as we have a game at 6. Other than that just trying to wrap up the school year; I have a 10 page term paper to do tonight so that's gonna be a blast.

The Final Stretch

I am back from our spring break ready to finish up the year, so the summer begins. We have about a month left of school; I like be able to get out of school earlier than in high school and having a longer summer vacation. This summer will be exciting as I got a job at Camp Kawanhee for Boys in Weld Maine, so that will be really cool. I will be a camp counselor there and be running some activity there, I'm not sure yet that will be. I will definitely be good to be outside all the time this summer.

Things have started back up this week, as I have to get back into the flow as I have a couple tests over the next couple days. We have free movie tonight at Flagship tonight; however, I don't think I'm going because I want to get some studying in before the Men's NCAA College Basketball Championship game tonight. The game is between Butler and Duke, I am cheering for Butler since they are the underdog and I hate Duke. The GPH lobby will be pretty packed of people watching the game.

Soccer Begins

Yesterday our intramural soccer season began as we had our first game; it was a really close game as it came down to penalty kicks at the end. It was really exciting especially since we scored to tie the game with just 13 seconds left. I really liked how after overtime time we had penalty kicks because I hate ending in a tie. So because we were running low on time we had just 3 kickers from each team, and I was one of the penalty kickers for our team. The goalies did really well as our goalie Texas did not allow a goal during penalty kicks and I was able to be the only one on our team to score, so we pulled out with an exciting win! I hope all the games are like that.

Today I am really tired as I played the soccer game last night and earlier yesterday I played about two and a half hours of basketball. I just have wiffle ball tonight as it's our first game; however, there is barely any running in that so it pretty much be like a day of rest. Other than intramural news, I am just really busy with school work as we have vacation next week as some of our teachers have projects and tests this week so we wont need to worry about it over vacation. I am definitely ready for our spring vacation!

The Champs

So we won our first two games of the intramural basketball playoffs pretty easy, so our team was in the championship. Instead of our usually games in the field house we played the championship in the gym and pulled out with a double digit win. Our team the Sonia's have won four championships in a row now and haven't lost in those four years. If we keep most of our team together we are hoping to make in a 5-peat next year.

Up next for intramural: indoor soccer, wiffleball, and kickball. I am going to do wiffleball and indoor soccer. I am pretty excited; I haven't played soccer in a long time, and I am anxious for it to begin. Other than intramural, school is going well and next week is our last week before spring break. We have one week off than back to school for 3 weeks of classes and finish up with a week of finals and than summer begins! It's crazy that the year is almost over but I am definitely excited for summer.

Back in the Flow

So I've been back from break now for a bit, finally getting back into the groove of things. I had great time over vacation just relaxing and I didn't do to much but I liked it that way. So last week for basketball the boys and girls both had playoff games, the boys had a home playoff game and they were able pull out with a great win and the girls played a awesome game but unfortunately ended up losing in overtime. The girls finished the season really strong and will be looking to carry that towards next year. The boys team a few days later went and played in Farmington but lost in the semifinals, they had a great season and they'll make a big push for the conference title next year.

On Monday my intramural basketball team (the Sonya's) finished the season with a win, capping an undefeated regular season and we will be starting playoffs on Monday. We will have a lot of pressure to win the championship not only because were 8-0 but because the Sonya's have not lost a game in 4 years now!!! I think we are up to the task though so we should be all good. Than on Tuesday I was able to catch a high school allstar game that was played here at Thomas; I had a friend playing in the game and it was great to see her play and catch up with her for a little bit after. Than yesterday my brother Chris stopped by Thomas, so it was great to see him as well.

I am really looking forward to this weekend just to relax, also to catch up on my pool game as I've gotten a little rusty as I've been busy with school work. So I am gonna relax tonight and tomorrow and than hit the books again on Sunday.

February Break!

So we have one more week of class until our February break; I am really excited. Our break only lasts a week but that's alright since we get another one week break at the end of March. Most colleges just get one extended vacation after Christmas. It's nice we do not because it makes time this semester go by quick! Before we know it it will be May and our Summer break will have begun!

On Monday it was free movie night, so Thomas students were able to go to the movies at Flagship Cinemas in town. This is the first time I've went this year to free movie night; I really enjoyed it. I went and saw The Book of Eli it was a really great movie and I definitely recommend it. I still want to go to The Edge of Darkness which is out in theaters; It looks like a excellent movie, so my plan is to go see it during vacation.

Yesterday I attended the boys basketball game. It was a big match since we were playing our cross town rival Colby College. It was a good game as Thomas went up to begin with, leading by double digits going into half. However, Colby was able to slow the game down in the second half and come back. At the end the teams were swapping leads, and the game ended with a missed three pointer by Thomas in the last few seconds which would have put them ahead by one. We were all disappointed by the outcome but we'll get 'em next year.

Public Speaking

Public speaking is a class I am currently taking this semester; it is a very interesting class, especially with Professor Dog Wallace. We have currently been working really hard to practice monologues and skits. Yesterday we had our performance in the auditorium; I wasn't to nervous until I got on stage and saw that there was a decent amount of people; however, it went really well, and I was glad it was over with.

I did the skit with my roommate Zack, it is about how my character's wife leaves me because I am obsessed with the Beatles. Zack and I both had our lines down and we did a superb job on our acting and movements. Our skit was pretty funny, especially when I tell Walter-aka Zack-to get out of my house because he twisted the words when quoting a Beatles song. It was also really great to watch everyones performance and see that they all greatly improved. I am eager to see what we are going to do next.

It was Deep Freeze Week at Thomas, so there was many events. On Wednesday I attended the Mr. TC competition, it was a close battle but Colby Averill ended up winning. He did a great job during his talent portion by doing the "Evolution of Dance" it was really good, and he deserved to win. Tonight is Winter Carnival so all sorts of stuff is going on: FREE pizza! free t-shirts for first 200 students, airbrush tattoos, carnival games, live band, inflatable obstacle course and surf machine, and chance to win free Wii system and Carrie Underwood tickets and more! It's gonna be magnificent night!

Student Appreciation Day

On Wednesday the fiesta of what is student appreciation day occur ed, so there was a lot of awe-inspiring activities. There was FREE popcorn, discounts at the bookstore, trivia games, FREE breakfast and lunch for commuters that do not have a meal plan, a game show, and casino night.

I wasn't planning on going to casino night however, Jen and Shannon-admission counselors-whom I work with talked me into going just to say hi to them, so I decided I'd make an appearance. When I got there it seemed pretty cool like I was actually in Vegas. They had the works: craps, poker, and even blackjack. They had all sorts of prizes there too, such as subway gift card, patriots pack, bookstore gift card, Simpson's scene it, Nascar jacket, and more! They gave people 3,000 in chips and a raffle ticket, so we can put it into the raffle for the prize we wanted. Compiling chips allows you to gain more raffle tickets.

So the night began, 3,000 in chips in my cup, planning on just saying hello to Jen and Shannon then back to the life of GPH. I decided to play blackjack because those two young lady's were the dealers for the tables; I never had played blackjack before so this was my first time, I do know the jist of the game though. I went right up placed a bet of 500 down and won, it was riveting. I continued to play blackjack for the rest of the night, and ended up with 40,000!!! I received 13 more tickets to place and then the raffle began. I had won the most out of everyone! Second place was 9,000 behind me, so because I was in first I received a nice poker set. For the raffle I was able to win a pool stick and case and a $15 dollar gift card to Wendy's. It was a pretty sweet night, a pleasant surprise.

A Shorter Week

This week-because of Martin Luther King Day-was only four days. I had a great three day weekend just relaxing and having in are improved lobby. So in our GPH lobby we have a new flat screen T.V. and the top of our pool table was redone. I've only played pool a handful of times but I've been playing a lot this semester and I am becoming a lot better.

We had our first regular season basketball game on Monday for intramurals. We won by 20 points or more and then on Thursday we also had a game and won by more than 40 points. We are playing really well and I don't believe there is a team that can stop us. Last week I attended Hypnotist Show with Frank Santon in our auditorium. Coming into the show I didn't believe people could be hypnotized but after leaving it I did. It was really funny, I have not laughed so hard in a long time. I was really glad I went and will definitely go to it next year as well.

2nd Semester Starts Up

So I had a great Christmas and I received pretty much everything I wanted. The break was alright, and it was really good to see some friends; however, I was ready to come back and start school again. It's good to be back in school and to see everybody again. Getting settled in and now ready to have another great semester.

I am getting started on my new classes: Public Speaking, Macroeconomics, Management Principles, and Marketing Principles. Hopefully before I know it, February break will be here. I think I learned a lot my first semester and will be able to manage my time better. This will help with my stress by getting work done before the due date, instead of procrastinating which I've done some in the past. I really like the way-as of now-that I've set up my schedule. I attend classes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (50 min. classes) from 9 a.m. to 11 and than one class at 1 p.m. Then Tuesday and Thursdays I just have class ( 75 min. classes) at 10:50 a.m. so am out by 12:05 p.m. I enjoy having 50 minute classes more since they're shorter and really like being able to sleep in til around 10:30 on those Tuesdays and Thursdays.

On Monday evening we had our 1st Annual Fanfest. There was a great crowd, and the first 200 students received a TC Terrible Towel. It started off by having a faculty vs student athletes game. It was an interesting game, surprisingly the faculty did have some skill and were able to pull out with the win. Then athletes' from each sports team mentioned about how their season either went, is going, or will go this year. After there was a game between two of the older intramural basketball teams. I am on one of the teams actually-the Sonia's-and our team came up with a solid win. We have a great team, and should win the championship; the Sonia's have won the last three intramural championships, so I've heard. We are hoping to make it a 4 straight this year. During halftimes of these games and between the games, there was competitions such as foul shooting and three pointers. It was a great success and it will hopefully be the 1st of many future Fanfest events at Thomas College.

Christmas Break!!!

Christmas break is finally here! I took my last final this morning and I'm just working in Admissions and then I'm off to go home. My first semester at college is over already, and it has been a blast. I have had a lot of fun and met a lot of people that I know I be friends with for probably the rest of my life. It definitely has been the most fun I've had in 4 months' and I'm excited for the rest of my stay here at good ol' TC.

So last weekend we finished dodgeball; my team finished the regular season in 2nd place but ended it losing in the first round, it was very disappointing. You gotta love the under dog though; FGB ended up winning the championship, they had a great season. It was disappointing how it ended but we will be no doubt be ready next year to claim the championship-for sure. Now I'm just looking forward to basketball after the break. I am on a really good team, that has a great chance of claiming the title. The team I'm on is a bunch of older kids, so we will be experienced and I believe this team has won the championship the last three years, so we should be all set.

I am excited for the holiday break as I will get to see all my family and friends, also to celebrate Christmas. I guess I will be going up to Massachusetts for Christmas, that is where all my extended family lives. I hope all you readers have a great holiday and this blog is postponed until after the holiday break. God bless.

Busy Week

This weekend I stayed pretty busy doing school work, since this is the last week of classes before finals. I am trying to get all my work done so that I 'm able to just study during finals week. On Saturday, there was a pre-release of the movie Final Destination in 3-D in our auditorium, so that seemed really cool. I really wanted to see the movie mostly because it was in 3-D; however, myself being the responsible one, I just stayed in and did school work. It should also be a busy week because I just found out my dodgeball team has a game each day this week except Saturday. So I guess that's not that bad, as long as we win :).

Also on Saturday, our boys basketball team beat WPI in a great game. It was probably one of the biggest wins in the boys basketball program's history, because WPI was ranked like 30th in the nation for Division III basketball. So it was a great win for the team. They have another game that should be pretty good against UMF on Wednesday. I am hoping to attend, and hopefully the Terriers leave Farmington with a win.

Christmas is coming

The first week back from vacation is just about over, and it feels like Christmas break is coming way to fast. I have a lot do to next week since it's the last week of classes. So teachers our assigning little more work, and I have a couple tests next week as well. Then the following week we have finals, and then Christmas break! I can't wait until Christmas break knowing finals are over and that Christmas is so close.

Dodgeball started back up this week as we had two games, the first game was against FGB and the second against Blue Lightning. The FGB game was a really good game, we split the first 6 games, this made game 7 the deciding game; however, we were unable to get the win unfortunately. In the Blue Lightning game, we were able to get the win in a 4-1 series. We have two more games next week, and then we have playoff games that start Sunday. The next day is the championship game and hopefully we will be playing in it!

On Wednesday, I was able to see the movie Blind Side because it was free movie night at the theater in Waterville. I believe it's something that Thomas runs and it happens a few times each semester. I was really excited to see the movie after just reading the book in class. The book was extremely good and the movie did not disappoint. It was a great movie and I recommend the movie if you have not see it yet.

Back to School

I am back at school, and it's good to see the Thomas crew again. I came back yesterday unpacked and decided to move my room around. My roommate Zack and I, both think it looks a lot better as we have more room now. Anyways, this vacation was good, as I was able to relax and see family and friends. My mother made a delicious Thanksgiving meal this year, I was stuffed. Though I was able save a little bit of room for a piece of pie. Then I watched football, though their wasn't really any good games on, held off on a nap, then went to play in the Turkey Bowl (it's a mix between football & soccer). It was a close game, but the team I was on pulled out with the win! So that was definitely exciting.

After, I went over to my buddy Russell's house and played the game Risk. I have never played this game before but it seemed pretty fun but it was a long game! It took about two and a half hours until I was out of the game and at that point there was two people left in the game. I didn't really know what I was doing at all, so I pretty much just stayed in South America, and that was not the greatest idea (if you've never played). Now I know though and next time I will be better, for sure.

Thanksgiving Break

On Tuesday it was free bowling night for Thomas students. Thomas rents out the bowling alley right across the street, usually at least every month. It is always a fun time and a lot of people go. There is always good music, and they have black lights by the lanes. Also earlier that day, our team had a dodgeball game against the Mavericks, in which we won! Then on Thursday the school had it's Thanksgiving Gathering and Employee Recognition. There we had the best meal of the year, the food was so good, it made me really excited for Thanksgiving.

Next week we only have school on Monday and Tuesday, then Thanksgiving break!!! I can't wait to go back home and see my family and all my friends that are back on break. On Thanksgiving I usually sleep in and then our family has a Thanksgiving meal in the afternoon. The food is always amazing, and I always feel 10 pounds heavier after. The meal is followed by watching football and the occasional nap! Then at 7:30 I go to the Turkey Bowl, it's a family tradition of one of my best friends, but anyone is welcome. We play it in a parking lot, it's like soccer but has some football mixed into it. It is always a great time.

Three Day Weekend

On Tuesday we lost our dodgeball game, :/ it was bad, we were swept 4-0. We were the better team, but they executed great game plan and beat us pretty good. Tonight we have another game, against Team Charizard. Hopefully we will bounce back with a win. Last Night, I attended Professor Dog Wallace's Last Lecture. It was very interesting as he emphasized about getting out in the world, exploring other countries and seeing different cultures. I do hope someday that I visit another country for an extended period of time, though am sure it will probably a ways down the road.

So because of Veterans Day on Wednesday (we went to school that day) we are having school off on Friday. So that's very exciting, I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow! I am staying here on at Thomas, on this three day weekend and I hope to see one of the two showings on Saturday, in our Auditorium. It's the Pre-Release of the movie GI Joe- the Rise of the Cobra, it's a movie that I had wanted to see. Also, another movie I am hoping to see in theaters is The Blind Side. It is based on a book that I am reading right now for my composition class, it's about the life of this football player, who is a big boy in fact! In the book it just talks about him until college; however, he ends up in the NFL, and I believe the movie has a bit about that. But anyways thank you for reading, have a good weekend.

Dodgeball has begun!

Hey so, our team had our first dodgeball game of the season; we played best of 5, and we won the first three games. It went pretty quick, so they have changed the rules now so that it's best of 7 games, so that's sweet. Our next game is Tuesday, against the Recess Renegades. So that game should be interesting, because they are an older team. Hopefully we do well, I believe we will.

On Saturday and Friday, I went and visited Orono with my brother Brian, so that was fun. Though Saturday I missed an ice skate at Sukee Arena, it was free for Thomas College students. I had wanted to attend, because I have never been ice skating before. Though it was probably better that I didn't go, it most likely would have been quite the show. Also, on Saturday, Rick Barry an NBA Hall of Fame member, came to Thomas. He had a clinic here and then attended the alumni basketball games giving autographs, and between the girls and boys game, he was named a honorary member of the Thomas College basketball program so that was pretty cool.

On Wednesday there is a special event that I am going to attend: The Last Lecture with Professor Dog Wallace. It is based on the book: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Dog will have about 45 minutes give a "last lecture" I am very interested in hearing what Dog will have to say. Dog teaches English here and is a teacher of mine. He is a amazing teacher, as I have learned so much from him already. Also, he is something else, just quite the character. But thanks for reading.

Halloween

Well Hello again, Halloween is upon us, and I'm pretty excited. I haven't dressed up for Halloween in forever (probable like 3rd grade) but this year I am! I am planning on dressing up as Happy Gilmore, so that's going to be awesome; I am going to wear a Bruins jersey, boots, and sweat pants. Also, either I'll walk around with a golf club or get a hockey stick and act like it's my putter. It's gonna be sweet.

So about my flag football team, we ended up losing in the semi-finals to the Latin Kings. It was a close game, and it ended up coming down to the last play; we lost by one. Though we lost it was a good season for us, and especially since we were all just Freshmen. Next year however, watch out! The championship was held on Wednesday as the Latin Kings played SBR, and SBR won the game. So the next intramural are Volleyball, Dodgeball, and doubles Ping-Pong. I wanted to play Volleyball but I didn't know anyone that was; however, I was approached about playing Dodgeball, so I am going to do that. We are an all freshman team called Blackout, and I believe we are gonna be pretty darn good. Our first game is going to be on Tuesday.

Also, on Wednesday, the Boys Soccer team had a playoff game. It was at home since they were the 3rd seed. It was a heart breaking loss, as they lost in the second round of penalty kicks. It was a great game but I tough way to end the season. It was a great season for the Thomas team though, as they played way above expectations. Overall it was a successful season for them, and it was awesome to see the team host a playoff game. But am out, thanks for reading.