Day: March 11, 2013

NFL Free Agency

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Well it’s that time of year again. The NFL free agency market is about to open and this year, there are a TON of big names on the open market. Last season was a pretty weak year for free talent, but this year should be different. There have already been a ton of rumors swirling around, so let’s look at some, shall we?

First off, let’s talk a big trade. The Eagles are apparently the big name going after Jets All Star cornerback Darrelle Revis. This is a big one, but to be honest, I’m not overly confident nor impressed about this move. Yes, the move would give us a new All Pro corner, but the problem I see is that this looks oddly familiar.

Two years ago, Nnamdi was signed, who was the best corner in the league. We all know how that turned out.

I don’t know man. I’m just saying I’m skeptical. I love Revis as a player. I hate the Jets, and this is a win-win but there are risks, including his ACL tear.

We will see. This is all speculation for now.

More developments and details will come this week. The season starts now.

Time to Break the Poetry Trend-Intro to LAX

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The past few posts on this blog have been straight up poems and I AM a big fan of poetry but it’s time to break that trend. I’m a sportswriter so let’s talk sports!

This weekend was our first lacrosse game. I was excited after I got done from my SAT and strapped on my pads.

Then we lost 12-1. So much for excitement. I am experienced enough to know that one game will not define our season. But, that’s not the way you wanna start off the season. I had a good time playing, and I thought personally that while I could have given more, I played a solid game. We could have all given more. Some guys had excuses after the game and as captain, I have to listen to them. I dismissed a lot of them.

Following the game, something interesting happened. My football coach, coach Titus, walked over to me, gave me a fist bump and we talked about the game a little bit. He then proceeded to ask me to take a picture with his baby, Shepard. I happily accepted his offer, squatted down next to the stroller and smiled.

It felt good actually. Ya, we just lost by 11 points, but I enjoyed the experience of getting back into the game. Hopefully, we can get some wins going this season.

Silence

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Silence.

The beginning and the end.

Space is filled with it.

ever-expanding and growing.

I can’t stand silence.

It makes me itch, uncomfortable in my own skin.

I grasp for the smallest of sounds, but only silence remains.

we take sound for granted, yet some who live without it miss out.

Though we have learned to repair this.

What I would give to hear sound for the first time again.

A planes safety

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Liberties at stake in an explosive time.

A plane, symbol of power  and might is now secure

There are kindhearted people risking the security.

A bureaucratic organization is hated and despised.

The act passed the plane is no longer secure.

No knows what is right.

Should people be life be risked but give freedom?

Should freedom be sacrificed for the greater good?

The people have spoken, freedom must be protected from foreign and domestic enemies.

The decision is not passed likely.

There are those who are angry.

Keepers of the sky they are the ones who lives will be risked.

They rightfully hated the decision yet wish to drawn in nature given liberties.

The Nike Roshe Run

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I recently picked up a pair of Nike Roshe Runs, a purchase I have been contemplating for a very long time, and I think I have come across one of the most comfortable sneakers of all time.

These things are like clouds for your feet. It isn’t even funny. I have a hard time taking them off. I got them in black and white, a color combination that has been notoriously hard to find, for the relatively cheap price of $50.

For that price they are really worth it and more. I will be getting more in the future.

And yes they come in a multitude of colors and materials.

The Snake’s Defiance

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The snake slithers quietly rattling a warning to all.

The snake does not care about the other animals but wishes to instill fear.

For a while the other animals do not heed the snakes  warning.

It is not until the snake strikes, impaling a rabbit with its fang do the animals heed its warning.

The snake is not finished, its venom is a poison that spreads through the hearts of other creatures.

The animals decide something must be done.

They exclude the snake from the jungle forcing it to find its own food and comfort.

Many of the snakes’ eggs die, the snake vows to never forget this injustice.

One day the snakes descendent will bite and engulf the hope of others.

Oh, They Don’t Grow On Trees!

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Someone asked me “Hey, do you know where do pineapples grow?” I said “Of course I do, they grow on pineapple trees!” He laughed at my response and said “No! They grow on parent plants that look like pines on the ground!” For the 18 years I have lived, this is the first time I got to know, “Oh, they don’t grow on trees!”

The origin of the fruit is from the area between Southern Brazil and Paraguay. After the natives of Brazil and Paraguay spread the fruit, pineapples reached the Caribbean eventually. In 1493, Columbus found out about pineapple and then the Spanish also spread pineapple into Philippines and Hawaii.

Pineapples are called pineapples because the body of a pineapple on its parent plant looks like a huge pine cone. People got confused with the pine cones and the fruit, as a result, the name of pineapple has been created.

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Life of Pi.

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“Life of Pi” is recently a very famous and popular movie by Ang Lee, especially when it became the Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards of 2013’s Oscar Ceremony.

Therefore, I decided to watch it.

The movie begins with Pi’s childhood. When Pi was young, his life was not that good. He was bullied by his peers who laughed at his name and called him “Pissing” (His name was Piscine). As he grew up and entered middle school, he decided to change the way he lived. He believed in a lot of religions. He was very smart.

One day his father taught him that animals are not like humans, they don’t have the emotions like humans, they are just animals. Pi’s family decided to move their home and sell the zoo they owned. So they took all of the animals with them and boarded a Japanese ship to their new home. The ship sank because of a huge thunder storm. Pi was lucky to get on a life boat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a tiger whose name was Richard Parker.

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The Devancement of Man

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Humans, at one time hunted there pray.

Filling a stomach required strength and speed.

Slowly man no longer needed such traits.

Our lives became easier but we became weaker.

The body became less of a necessity and thus wasted away.

No human asked about the food they consumed.

Who caught it?

Who prepared it?

What kind of animal was it?

These questions did not concern the modern man.

No, no.

His life was consumed by the stress of modern life.

Slowly however the truth emerged.

His body and the rest of society’s have been tainted.

Lack of awareness and progress had sickened mankind.

The advancement of mankind had successful destroyed the human race.