My Style

My style is brief and to the point. I don't use many big words in my writing because that is not who I am. I do not go around talking sophisticated so I do not write like I do. I like to get to the point as quickly as I can the easiest way I can. Sometimes I think my writing is not as good as it should be. I use the word "you" a lot when I am comparing things and I need to work on not doing that so much. Also sometimes I say the same things more than once. I can't think of things to say so I just repeat myself without knowing it. That is another quality I need to work on. I try to write so that everyone can understand me. Sometimes when I am reading other peoples writing I don't know what some of the words mean which means I have to take time to look them up. I just like to use words that I know and most people will know so people do not get confused when they read my writings. I should expand my vocabulary more but I have not developed into that well of a writer yet. Hopefully doing all this writing will help me in the long run.

Stirophome and Abercrombie and Fitch

Stirophome is like ABercrombie and Fitch in that they are both loud and annoying. the Abercrombie and Fitch store has such loud music and you can't even think. Most of the time the music isn't even any good. Stirophome has the most annoying loud noise when you touch it or rub it toghether. I cannot stand that noise. Also they are both things that we don't need to survive. I can live without Abercrombie and Fitch and I try to stay away from Strirophome so i guess I can live without that as well.

Food and Basketball

Food is not like basketball because food is prepared and then it is gone but basketball never stops. You never stop working hard when you play basketball. Food is also not like basketball in the fact that you don't have to excert a lot of energy into eating it but with basketball you have to put forth much energy. Once the food is prepared it gets eaten and it's no longer there, but for basketball you prepare for each game and after the game you don't stop preparing because there's always another game. Basketball is relentless and food is just there until it's eaten. Food is something that we need to survive, basketball on the other hand is not a necessity. Even though basketball is a huge part of a lot of people's lives, if it wasn't there these people would still live. If food wasn't here then noone would be living.

sweat pants and Fitness Tuesdays

Sweat pants are like fitness Tuesdays because after fitness Tuesdays I would never dream of putting on jeans. I'm too tired to wear regular clothes so I just put on sweat pants. Sweat pants are like fitness Tuesdays because you never know which sewatpants you are going to wear until you wear them, and you never know which fitness drill you're going to run until you run it. You don't plan on the outift you wear with sweatpants you just throw something on and it doesn't matter what it looks like. We don't plan on the fitness tests we are going to run we just go and run them. Sweatpants are the clothes you wear when you are tired and fitness Tuesdays definitely make you tired. They make you more than tired actually they make you feel like you want to die. After running all I want to do is go home and put some sweat pants on and go to bed.

Likes and Dislikes

List A

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Soccer
4. Food
5. Basketball
6. Country Music
7. Roller Coasters
8. Fall
9. Christmas Time
10. Movies
11. Sweat Pants
12. Shoes

List B

1. War/Violence
2. Heavy Metal Music
3. Littering
4. Red Pens
5. Stirophome
6. Mustartd
7. Abercrombie and Fitch
8. Fittness Tuesdays
9. Planes
10. Spiders
11. Heights
12. Pickles

What Chaged Me

The moment I realized that I love soccer and I love what I do was when I tore my ACL. I had to sit out for 6 months from something that I love doing. I did not realize how much I loved it until I could not do it anymore. It sucked sitting out and watching my team play especially when they weren't doing so good. I wanted to go in and help them so much but all I could do was watch. Tearing my ACL really helped my attitude toward things as well. It made me thankful for what I have and it made me more of a team player. I realized that sometimes you take for granit what you have. Some people do not realize that others have it worse off then them. Before this happened to me I did not know if I really wanted to continue playing soccer in college. I thought I was getting sick of it and maybe I was not feeling the same way towards it as I use to when I was younger. Then this happened and everything changed. I hated sitting out. I hated not being able to do anything. I realized that soccer is my passion and it is what I love doing. After tearing my ACL twice and coming back both times I realized that it was definitely worth it. Even though it sucked having to go through all that I am thankful that I grew from the experience. This also helped me realize what I wanted to do with my life. Since I had to go to Physical therapy so much I realized that that was what I wanted to do when I grew up. I always knew I wanted to do something sports related or athletic related but I really like helping people through their problems and helping people get better. After going through this twice and watching what they did each time I was really interested in learning. I would go to therapy excited every day because I wanted to see what they would have me do this time. I could see how each thing they made me do helped me get better and made me stronger. I realized that if you listen to what they say and do what they say then you will get the results you want and you will get them faster. Most people it takes 6 months or more to come back to playing, it only took me 4 and a half months until I started to play. I was proud of getting back so fast and proud of myself for working that hard. My work rate grew from this. This experience really changed me as a person and it also helped me realize what I wanted to do with my life. I am thankful that I got such positiveness out of this experience.

memphis vs. knoxville

When I fist came on a visit to the University of Memphis I was a little bit iffy about the environment but I really wanted to come play soccer here. I went with my gut and I chose Memphis. When I would tell people that I was going to the University of Memphis they would always tell me to be careful and tell me that they were going to give me maise to bring with me. I just shrugged it off. It made me mad that people were saying this because I know Memphis seems bad to everyone else but it's really not that bad of a city. I have grown to really like it since I have been here. It is very different from my home town of Knoxville but I have grown close to the people that I have met here. One different between here and Knoxville is that at home I could walk around at night in my neighborhood or wherever and not be scared for my life. Here I wouldn't walk around anywhere by myself at night. Also there are a lot more outdoor activities to do at home and we are closer to the mountains but here I can go see Graceland or go to the Mississippi River and walk around. People may not think highly of Memphis but I have grown to really like it here. A lot of it is the friendships I have made with my teammates and the people I have met but I also like the atmosphere too. I have to admit at first I wasn't sure how I would like it but I'm really happy with the outcome so far.