Day ten has begun of this horrible tragedy. Yes, the broken screen on my computer. The good thing that has come out of this, I have been doing assignments early because the computer lab in Robert Frost closes at 12am.

Luckily I didn’t have to do anything last night because I have no classes on Tuesdays. It was also odd how I really had nothing to do today because I didn’t have to work. It was just nice to sleep in late. I’ve been doing so much lately that I haven’t had time to really just relax. I finally got that day today.

Gym Class Heroes played a concert at SNHU on Sunday. It was the Major Concert of the year. I didn’t end up going because my loyalty to the Sox trumps everything (4 straight home runs…impressive). I heard the concert was good though. Every year SNHU gets one major concert which is done by CAPE.

Because of the size of CAPE, they do so many things. In a little while, I am going to be helping out with wax hands which is an event being held by the Special Events CAPE Committee. I honestly don’t know much about it; just that you have an imprint of your hand as a wax sculpture. I don’t understand the whole deal with hands being covered in wax and all. Maybe it’s just me.

And the Special Events Committee will also be having dippin dots tomorrow in the Pub. It’s that crazy circular kind of ice cream that’s becoming more and more popular every year. My first experience with these wonderful things was when I was in Florida a few years back. I’m glad they are making their way up to New England finally.

On Thursday, there is going to be yet another concert, this one being held by Radio SNHU. It is One Night Stand and there will be two different bands being played. As being the future secretary of Radio SNHU, I will be attending this event…wait, the Sox are playing Thursday night I think. Well, I’ll have to think about that.

I can’t believe all the massive amounts of work that needs to be done between now and the end of the year. I have no fear that it’ll all get done but it just isn’t fun being bombarded by school work all at once. Maybe I should have done some of that today rather than just relaxing.

I learned something new today… Jerry Springer is still on tv. I was shocked today when I was flipping through the channels and I heard the chant. JERRY, JERRY, JERRY. I thought that show was done a long time ago.

Besides Jerry, the weather here has taken a huge turn. Instead of being 40 degrees out, the past three days or so, it’s been 80 degrees. The only thing that is bad about this is that if this continues, I need to do laundry about every other day because I only have two pairs of shorts at school. I haven’t been home since break and since it was so cold at break, I neglected the fact that I will need shorts at one point. It is nice though to walk to class and don’t have to worry about snow.

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So to start things off, I switched my major the other day because I realized I don’t want to be a communication major anymore. I am now with the Sports Management people mainly because it is all I know how to do. From as long as I can remember I’ve been working in sports. From volunteering doing the scoreboard to what I currently do now during the summer which is run the Restaurant Softball League and this summer, I will be taking on the Men’s softball league also (This was probably a run on sentence but I’m not a Com major anymore so just go with it).

And I know I haven’t done a new post since I came back to school two weeks ago but I’ve been really busy. The MLB tournament is up and running and will be going into the end of the month which the Video Gaming Club is holding.

This Thursday we will also be holding a Game Night in the Pub from 7pm-10pm. And I’ve been doing so much work lately with school and my job for Athletics.
I was going to write a post up last night but well my computer screen broke. Yes that’s right, I dropped it one too many times and it revolted. Three huge black marks on it which hinders my ability to use my computer. I still don’t know what I am going to do about it.

This Saturday I have a busy day because I will be at the Tournament that the VGC will be holding. It’s a NHL Tournament from 11am-7pm but I will have to leave to go to the Manchester Wolves game, Arena Football League 2, which I will be interning with. Luckily, I have some great members in the VGC who can help me out and run the tournament.

Right now I am in the computer lab in Robert Frost which is an excellent place especially if you have an unactive computer like I do. It is like a back up system if your computer is malfunctioning and is open a long time. And if this was ever closed, I could always head over to the Library which seems to always be open except Friday and Saturday night…for obvious reasons.

Today, I went paint balling. That probably isn’t a word but for this purpose I am making it. Yes it was about 30 degrees out and snowing but well I paid 10 dollars to go do this and it was so worth it. The only bad thing was that it began at 10am.

I never had been paint balling before and well it was quite an interesting time. For just 10 dollars, you received a helmet, a paintball gun, and 500 paintballs. The course was packed with snow and ice and was very cold but it was so fun being out there all day doing something I don’t get to do often. C.A.P.E. ran this event and I must say, this is something I definitely would do again.

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Well it is day three back at SNHU and day two of classes. Thankfully, I had no classes today. This is why I love Tuesday’s. Having no classes all day enabled me to do so much. The only downside is that I woke up at 9am today and well I wasn’t too happy about that but I moved on and got many things accomplished.

It’s nice to have another break (granted it’s only a 40 hour break) after a long break. While on that subject, I went to Ohio for spring break. You may be puzzled about why I went to Ohio, but the answer is simple. I went to Ohio to visit my aunt and uncle and let me tell you, it was different. From the walk in the caverns (which I may add was cool because I saw some bats flying around which reminded me of the time when there was a bat in may house (which I wrote my college essay on)…I really think I should start using foot notes instead of parenthesis because I’m not even sure if I used them properly. But if I did choose to use footnotes, I’d have to learn how to use foot notes and well my computer skills are questionable), to having a fried pickle, to having to drive a half hour to the nearest restaurant.

And on top of those things, there was a lot and a lot of down time. I actually read a book in those five days that I was there against my uncles’ advice. Every time he saw me with a book in my hands, he would give me this long speech about why books are bad and how it’s only one mans’ opinion. He did however suggested to me to read a book by some German or Russian guy I’ve never heard of.

So after getting back from Ohio on Wednesday, I did absolutely nothing. It’s kind of sad actually. I had tons of work to do because I guess my teachers wanted me to have a long and painful spring break by loading up the homework on me. Well I proved them wrong…until I stayed up until 2:30 Sunday night working on things. And the best part about it is that it wasn’t even due on Monday. They decided to change the due date until Thursday which they neglected to tell me…or I neglected to pay attention to them.

Being back at school for even these past three days have been pretty fun. I racked up eight hours at work on Sunday. The only bad part about my job is the minimum wage that I get paid because it’s a work study. Baseball has started back up again which has been so enjoyable except for the three hours on Monday between 4:10 and 7:00 (for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking bout, I’m talking bout the Sox game).

Another great thing that occurred was Red Octane’s release of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 which if I do say is one of the most addicting games ever. My friends and I play it so much (well not lately because the PS2 is broke, but now that it’s for 360, it will be played a lot once again). I never really liked the game back when my friends started playing it but once you get a couple of songs under your belts, your hands become one with the guitar and you feel compelled to rock out.

The one thing I am aggravated about in school is that I have a test on Thursday. We learned all this information weeks ago, maybe even months ago. Then we take a long week off and she expects us to remember all this stuff? I really don’t think it’s fair that she expects us to know and remember all of this knowledge. And it’s not like I can blow this off because this test is worth 20-25 percent and I’m not a good tester so I’m really not excited about this test. Will I study? I would like to attempt to study but I guarantee you that I will be too distracted by baseball, GH II, or just by my friends.

Distractions are the worst. You get so in the mindset of doing work and then your mind wonders and then you’re soon seeing what other people are doing and bam, nothing gets done. It’s just something you will need to learn to deal with. Especially in college because your friends probably don’t have work to be do the next day and they want you to hangout with them. I struggle everyday with this very problem.

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