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.

Game Day

So we have our semi-final game today for flag football, it should be a really good game. They have been recently playing this zone which has been working, but we believe we can beat it; however, if it's successful against us we have some plays that we are keeping in our back pockets that should take them out of the zone. We are pretty confident about the game.

This weekend I was really excited because my best friend from high school, Ben Russell was playing for Maine Maritime Academy soccer team against Thomas here. Unfortunately, it rained throughout the game; thus, making the field conditions awful. The rain didn't stop the fans as the Thomas team had much support. After standing through the whole game it stunk it ended in a tie: 1-1. It was good to see Ben though, and after the game him, his family, and myself went to my favorite place to eat: Big G's. But anyways thank you for reading.

Alcohol Awareness Week

It is Alcohol Awareness Week so there has been many activities around campus. Such as Tuesday night there was a session that I attended: Beer or Liquor Which Makes You Sicker? A cop came in and talked about consequences of drinking such as fines, personal experiences, and answered any questions we had. Than a nurse from the local hospital talked about what happens to people that come in for alcohol poisoning. WOW, quite disturbing about all the tubes that go into you during that process and what not, oh my.

So each year over 1400 college students die from alcohol and alcohol-related causes. In remembrance of those whose lives have been cut short by alcohol a psychology class and loads of people that helped, set and lit 1400 luminaries in a project called Extinguished Lives. Also they set up the candles to spell the letters TC. I thought it was really cool and a good idea. It looked really good but it was also saddening to think that each of those candles represented someone who died so young.

Other than that, we had our first playoff game in flag football Monday, and we won so that was sweet. There was a cool play where they had just scored so we got the ball with 2 seconds left in the half. So Zack threw the ball deep to Ryan who caught it and ran to the side, and I yelled to him to pitch it back, he did and I was able to run into the end zone for the score-which gave us a touchdown lead. It was a pretty sick play. Than Wednesday there was a 3 on 3 tournament, and actually we (Tyler and Colin) won the tournament. We were nasty and even beat this team in the championship that had a 6'5" and a 6'6" kid. I was pretty pumped we won the tournament since we were just a freshmen team. -But Thanks for reading

Short Week

It was really nice to have only three days of classes this week; however, it seemed like the work load was the same, having a mid-term first day back and other school stuff. Though the mid-term went well, so that was good. Also I only have a little bit of homework to due this weekend so that's nice. Maybe I'll do it tonight but probable more likely Sunday night.

Other than that our flag football team finished up the regular season with a win, finishing in second place. So playoffs start next week for us, as we are playing the Little Giants- they came in fifth. We should take care of business but you never know. So I just saw in my email that there is a 3 on 3 basketball tourney on Wednesday in the field house, that will be fun; probably have my buddy Tyler on the team, and find a big man to rebound. Additionally in my email I saw the upcoming intramurals: doubles Ping-Pong, Volleyball, and Dodge Ball. I'm thinking either volleyball or dodgeball, I probable end up doing Volleyball, cause its awesome and I'm pretty tall so I can spike it pretty good. But anyways thanks for reading!

The Weekend

Well Hellooo-I am just getting ready for the weekend, it is finally here. It's a long weekend for us; we have Monday and Tuesday off! So I'm headed home, just packing my dirty laundry. I can't wait to go home to see my girlfriend Chelsea and my family. Also to see my friends in school and some that are returning from college for the weekend. Additionally am ready to go home after having a test and a quiz today. The test I believe went really well, lets hope.

So our flag football team is doing wonderful as we beat the 1st place team The Latin Kings, by like 4-5 touchdowns. Much credit goes to Zack Farrington, my buddy/roommate and our quarterback, he played a great game. Now we our in second place behind SBR; they beat us the first game of the season by a touchdown. I'm excited for the playoffs it's two weeks away, our team is just trying to keep improving. Speaking of the playoffs, the Red Sox began last night against the Angels; however, they lost unfortunately. As I said to the Angels fan that was giving me a hard time; congrats the Angels aren't going to get swept this year by the Sox, it is a successful season :). So yea I am a 'die hard' Sox fan. Thanks for reading.

Introduction

So let me start off by introducing myself— my name is Sean Simpson, and I am a freshman this year at Thomas Collage. I am from Farmington, Maine and I went to Mt. Blue High School. My major is Sports Management, and I am living on campus in the Grant Park Heath (GPH) dorms, where mostly all freshmen live and it has been a lot of fun! I’ve been able to get to know so many people already because it’s a small school which has helped.

In High School I played basketball, soccer, and baseball; however, I plan on just focusing on school and doing a lot of activities on campus. Right now, I am playing flag football and it has been awesome. Other intramurals going on are besides flag football are softball and badminton. Also there are so many activities on campus, and if you are interested in something else, it wouldn’t be a problem to start a new club. Everybody here is really friendly and willing to help you. That has been the biggest thing here I noticed being at a small school; how teachers will sit down with you and talk whenever you need help, or even just a person to talk to for advice. I have really enjoyed my time here, and I know this is going to be an amazing 4 years!