You know what I love? Midterms


Hey Mom!

So I am driving back from Ontario and I should technically be studying right now but my mind is wandering more than a vagabond.  A few people have asked me why I don’t post more about basketball... basketball is a really big part of my life right now but this blog doesn’t really reflect that.  Well here’s why:

1.You don’t know me like that

 2.  When things are going badly I sound pathetic
“Poor me, I suck merh merh merh excuses merh merh tired merh merh merh”

 3.When things are going well I sound like I am bragging:
“I am the best player in the world, I could be the next Michael Jordan, I scored all the points in existence”
4. Ya Mama

5. I’d feel obligated to explain any basketball jargon and it would bog down my posts.  The sports enthusiasts would feel like I was being condescending and everyone else would just be bored.

6. The majority of my posts are dedicated to pointing out the stupid things people say and I am pretty sure my teammates would not appreciate me making fun of them on the internet... I mean... my teammates never say stupid things.. ever.

7. I take basketball really seriously and sometimes intensity comes across as crazy and I really can’t afford to be committed (again).

8.Unless I am talking about the time I dunked it (fisher price net for the win) does anyone really care about what I do on the basketball court

9.The people who want to hear about basketball ask about basketball

10. Basketball is more of a visual discussion topic

Yep so that’s why I don’t post very often about basketball.  I am much more interested in writing about things I can be sarcastic about.

Speaking of things I can be sarcastic about... how fantastic are midterms?

Midterms are basically a wake up call for all the people who were starting to think school was easy:


Week 1: Academic Integrity, going over the syllabus, registering on various online databases.  I am going to do all the extra readings and questions.

Week 2: Start learning some stuff but still nothing too heavy, half the class still needs to register for the online databases.  I am going to do most of the extra readings and questions.

Week 3: Have we even really learned anything yet? Labs start.  Still people who haven’t registered for online course material.  I am going to do some of the extra readings and questions.

Week 4: WHAT WE HAVE A MIDTERM NEXT WEEK? There is so much material I have no time to study, how am I going to learn all this.  Everyone has finally registered because the prof issued an ultimatum.

Does all the readings and questions the night before the exam.

That is all.

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