blackhawks draft and trades

first, trades:
the hawks have to estatic about trading campbell! they finally got one of those teams looking to hit the salary floor; florida panthers. they got some no name guy for him, but i think tallon was doinng us a favor so beggers cant be choosers. o well. and brouwer? thank you caps! you could have just waited to sign him as a free agent cuz there was no way in hell that we were going to resign troy, but thanks for the first rounder! speaking of first rounders....

draft: mcneill, danault and saad; those are the names you should know.
saad at one point was considered a top10 pick but fell off due to a poor showing this season. but since he fell all the way to day2, i think he just has nothing but upside now. its not like we wasted a high pick on a risky guy. saads got talent and we are taking a shot at him. mcneil was the coveted 2way forward of the draft that many later round teams were looking to snag. we got him first! he adds grit and defense as a forward and lots of experience. i dont know as mmuch about danault but i hear he is the type of forward that can dominate and takeover parts of the game. hell, ill take it.
all of these gus sound like the type of guys the hawks like. a toews kane lookalikes.

sounds like a good last few days for the hawks. god high picks and trades that neeed to happen

flyer shakedown!!

i just had to make a post about this the instant that i saw it! the flyers traded jeff carter to the blue jackets, mike richards to the kings and signed ilya bryz to a multi year deal.  holy shit! this has to be one of the biggest single day shake ups i have ever seen! carter was their top scorer when they went to the cup against the hawks; ricchards was their captain; and apparently they werent confident in their goalie situation. signing iyla is no surprise and i think we saw this coming once we saw that he was going to be a free agent.  they sent carter for a top10 draft pick, a later rounder and voracek. voracek is barely a 50 pointer while carter was around 70. i guesss the flyers wanted to go young. like very young. the bluejackets have to be happy. they got another top3 forward that they were dying for to go with nash.(nash could be one of the greatest if he had bettter teammates).

i love the kings, and i am quite happy to see them get richards. hes a REAL top6 forward that they always needed to give them more scoring punch. they lost schenn and simmonds, which i wont loose any sleep about.

bryzgalov is great for the flyers. they needed the goalie, bad. no really cons hear i think, unless they way over pay for an aging goalie cuz idk the money right now. 

for the bluejackets: this is an A grade trade.
kings: A- just cuz schenn is so prized.
flyers:....C+ cuz i dont think loosing to top scorers is what they needed. its not like carter or richards are that old either. bryz was a free agent so im not factoring it into the grade much

slumping

golf slump, busy life slump basically.

i am getting to unbelieveably frustrated with my recent golf slump. it has been going on for about a month now and i am freaking the hell out! i cant hit my irons! what happened!!?? those were my best clubs for years and now all of the sudden they are just all being pulled left or just miss it. i agreed with grandpa that i am crouching maybe too much. because in years past i thought i was too upright, but when i looked in a mirror i realized how slumped over i was. that helped in woodstock, but not today....i feel like i have bad habits now. but where did they come from? i had a great fall in cuse playing the best rounds of my life! i was doing fantastic, except for that last round but that was  just a poor first hole or two. now it takes me 6 holes to figure my game out! and i still pull left! why? i think i need to be more upright and think back to my old lessons where irons should be striaght up and down, and be able to fit through a door way because there is no horizantal movement. idk about my right thumb, ill experiment with that later; but i do believe i am doing too much with my right hand because i focus so much on it on my drives. i have been working on my drives all spring so maybe that adjustment is carrying over...fuck my life! i seriously wanted to cry today and i was embaressed in front of her. fuck. i need to FOCUS at the range and just goof off with my irons only! thats it! fix those first.

i have been crazy busy this past week, and i havent had time to make a new schedule or play AC. i love AC games and i need to get it back from the library. i hate making schedules, but i love the power and authority i feel from being like the top SL. i worked alot this week so im happy. weathers been good finally but i did enjoy my day off. arabic is well and the lessons go pretty fast, and i enjoy that its not real awkward with my teacher and that we move along nicely one-on-one. alsi i love the drive into the campus, such a beautiful area. i also feel i should be more social and visited more people here. maybe we should finally make good of our cole situation; we have been kinda lame this summer...need more city and dunes time. aka B needs more days off.

battery is almost dead....o well. bass for now

o so much news!

quick: batman, car, meltdown

honestlt, im pretty sleeepy right now so idk how much ill actully get to or into how much detail but lets try.
batman arkham asylum review. it was overall good and solid. was a really good comic game that is jammed packed with content and unlockables and things to do without  having any multiplayer. the campiagn was a littlw slow at parts and was rather drawn out. right before the end, i actually googled how much more i had to finish cuz the game seemed to be taking forever. so its a solid length. then the riddler riddles.....talk about addicting....you could suck up hours trying to solve and track doen all 240 riddles and trophies. i got the 55% achievement so happy enough with that. theres challenge maps, bios, art, trophies and alll sorts of cool shot to look at. the game design is interesting cuz each encounter is like a ser piece that you have to complete, so its very straight forward. but it keeps it simple and non confusing as to what to do considering all of your abilities, but there is just enough sandbox to make it feel balanced.  overall, i would give it an 8 out of 10. good game, but maybe just not quite my style.

we bought a new car today out of the blue! a chevy equinox. i like though i will miss the truck. o well., the truck was old anyways. i learned a lot about car buying and what goes into these deals and that its not that complicated and you just really have to pay attention to get it. i think we got just the deal we needed to get the car, though i was surprised by the total amount that a 2011 car goes for! this will certainly affect my price is right strategies....(speaking of which, tpir had good showcases today for fathers day).

they had a meltdown, similar to the gf one. o boy. police and all...i feel bad, though no one was reacted well to the situation, including rents.i wish they didnt chase eachother. thats what killed the situation. just leave and go your seperate ways! it just isnt worth it. i had more to say earlier but i forgot....

grad party and HW tomorrow. ughg, i cant believe how busy i have been since tuesday! ive worked like everyday and i have cover letters and arabic to do still....blah i hate this. B needs to go back to cuse. the drama here is so much more hurtful and real than the stuff at school. E will seem like nothing to N.

super8

well i now have officially gone to the movies 2 nights in a row, and tonight it was super8. i think it deserved its 3 star ratings from the tribune. VERY speilberg-esque in almsot all aspects, including some camera effects used. i usually HATE movies starring kids, but this is the first and only movie i enjoyed that focused on a group of kids the most. though i do wish they spent more time on jack the dad. i was more excitied for his scenes than the kids. also, the movie was strangely like cloverfield. monster-alien, dont c at first but is slowly revealed, angry but just wants to leave. etc etc. though this had more of a twist as the alien had compassion but still ate people. idk, wierd. it was like jj was trying to redo the cloverfield concept with a better script and plot this time; and he kinda succeded.

driving ranges drive me nuts because they maek me nervous and over analyze my swing. by the end, i cant hit my irons for the life of me. i am actually having trouble with them all together recently though. i wasnt hitting them well at twin lakes either. it really sucks and is making me nervous about my game. my driving is improving noticably but still needs work and consistancey. what i dont understand about my irons is that i was crushing them in cuse, but pulling them ever siince i got home. i had one good round at DG but thats about it. idk, i need to get on a real course again soon to test this and get my confidence back on my irons. is is the mats at the range thats screwing with my timing. idk, maybe ranges truely only good for drivers because there is no grass for the irons. whatever. i still need to get out. but i also need to stop wasting my gift frrom brian....ugh, i hate money. also, these couple days went too fast i feel.

im excitied to start arabic on tuesday, but also nervous thgat i will embaress myself with my nervousness and by being rusty. i am rusty already and need to brush up ASAP. probably monday and tuesday i will study both of my books to get my VOCAB back and spelling and such. thats what im most worried about now.

im also worried about my false sense of security on internship applications. i cant put them off and im just over confident because of how easy the one was. btw i need to address more towrads one of their programs...

i like how the nights that i come in with almost nothing to say; i write the longest posts

i almost forgot! samantha reccomended that we keep a journal while at DC. well guess what! this will be my journal! woo! nice premonition by me!
my spelling is horrendous, almost embaressing...jeezzz o well, thats why Word has spellcheck!

its a bloggon time!

i just feel the need to blog right now, i dont think i have much to say but lets find out.


i rented batman arkham asylum. its solid but not great. i kinda feel like im just going through the motions and its not really challenging. i feel like your hand is always being held, bu ti do appreciate it sometimes cuz there is a lot going on and to think about. also i like the stealth in the game. its really easy to be frank. but i enjoy it because its simple and straight forward and forgiving. most games r too harsh during stealth parts and get tedious and annoying. this is justa bou right. combat is fun and easy, mocement clanky sometimes but alright.

O RIGHT! i guess i should review black ops!! have i done this yet? o well. well then, the campaign was pretty wpic though it takes forever to get going and to figure out what is going on. though about a quarter in you can kinda guess. a great reznov twist that made me tip my hat to the game writers. fight club esque indeed!i feel the shorter campaign kinda worked here because it was so fast paced and in your face that it needed to be moving quickly. maybe just a touch longer next time. but your most time will be in multi. i wa snever a huge zombies fan, but its back is about what you should expect....ok? multiplayer is fun as always with crazy amounts of customizing and XP and such. almost so much that your screen gets filled up and clogged with multipliers. as with previous games, matches can get very lop sided and really suck for one team. it was an issue because it happened almost every game. i didnt feel there was enough mixing up. so they placed prestiges with newbies, what? but still addicting and fast paced. i give the game an 8 out of 10. i dont really have much to complain about, its very well made, but also nothing groundbreaking that makes it stand out. im kinda surprised how popular that COD is over any others.

saw hangover2 tonight. id give it like 2.75 stars out of 4. it was good and still original and funny. they took more chances with the material in this one and it paid off. enjoyable and not a waste of money or time, but also nothing to rave about either. i just couldnt quite convince myself to give it 3 stars though.

absolutely nothing planned for tomorrow. i need to tighten up desperately. i figured out how to lose weight, but now need to tighten back to shape... core workouts? abs? pushups? idk.
ill probably go golfing tomorrow if it doesnt rain, but i think it might.....ill look it up. then family party on sunday. idk y im not looking forward to it as much now....i guess i just want to chill instead being social. but i need to be more social because i swear my social skills are deteriorating! im mainly having trouble speaking on the spot and knowing what to say in basic moments like meeting someone and saying bye or thanks. UGH its so frustrating because i know i wasnt always this awkward when around people. what is wrong with me.? its like i need to repractice what to say. is it something to do with being in college? or being around the same ppl? but in college you meet tons of new ppl and that should be helping but its doing the opposite it seems? is it college or something eelse...why is this happening especially when im going off to DC and will be meeting lots of new important ppl and maybe career opportunities. its really making me nervous :(

its that time of the night again

what is it about me and other people that cause us to be more thoughtful at night? why do i do my most tihnking and advanced thinking in bed? i feel like my best ideas and originality comes while im in bed. but then sometimes when i wake up the next morning, i feel that my ideas from the night before were stupid and embaressing. prime explame was my email to mei. i sent it out at like 2 in the morning. the next morning i thought my arbitrary question was so stupid and i was embaressed by it. i think it really only hurt my chances there. (btw tmw i NEED to do work. scheduling and coverletters)
also im more likely to indulge in deeper and more emotional conversations at night. during the day, emotions just feel uncomfortable and awkward, but at night its welcome. its odd. i dont get it. i would think my tired body would be less likely to engage in deep thoughts at night, but alas it doesnt.
i kinda feeel stupid right now because i feel like this was scientifically explained to me at some point, but i just cant remember it right now. maybe ill google it later. ill get bac to you. my thoughtful night led to the creation of this blog. i believe i made it around midnight one night in cuse. to record my random night thoughts. idk y, b ut i just feel better having them in a online blog. not writing them on paper or just in a random word document on my computer.  maybe its because i secretly want people to read and think about my thoughts? im obviously not hiding them by putting this on my blog, but im also not advertising it cuz its embaressing at the same time. some people might think im stupid and laugh at what i say here....not nice :( but im self-conscious like the rest of the world while also secretly seeking out attention. id say this blog fits nicely into general sociological theories pretty well. good for me?

brian is quite the liberal conspiricy man, but hes not over the top yet. i enjoy his fresh outlook sometimes because he is fairly versed and doesnt make blind generalizations with no backup about everytihng the government does. his thoughts on bin laden were farfetched to me at first, but did have some common sense to them. i think we will ever know the true story of bin ladens killing. how long it took to find him, ppl killed, tatics used, etc. idk, but its a nice thought experiment. i always give our government the benefit of the doubt though because they have a generally good track record in war, though modern warfare has been diffcult for us since the 60s, but its been like that with everyone. guerilla tatics, terrorism, longrange missiles, nukes; they all changed the game and we are all nervous about them.  at the same time, i think we do have intelligent people working in the government that try their best to make the correct call, though it isnt always perfect. its jsut nonsense to think that EVERYONE in the federal government is a bunch of idiots. so many people think they are all retarded and have no idea what is going on in the world. that simply is not true; it is extremely difficult to be in politics and policy making, there are so many scernios to every situation that it is impossible to ever make the perfect call. theres always consequences. i give them credit despite all of the criticism from the average joes that are way too under educated on the issues they complain about. i will forever think back to government my senior year of high school. all of the general and just shockingly stupid and blind and uneducated allegations ppl would yell out(yea im talking to you tanya, you are a dumb fuck, im just gonna come out and say it). i am always willing to rant about ppls stupidity on topical issues. maybe im being arrogant, but i sometimes look stupid when i talk to grad students, so i have been humbled a bit. but i just cannot stand ppl who think they are leading the charge to change, and are reallly just under educated and blind to the real facts and things that happen in big governemnt. its so much bigger and more complex than some can ever imagine.

portal 2 review

are you enjoying my hasty reviews? i know i am! i must say that i LOVE the multiplayer of medal of honor. its fast, quick, tight and balanced. though a little sniper heavy. i am actually quite good which also helps my review :) the addition of the fun multi plus the intense single player solidifies my score of 9.5/10 for the game. congrats EA

now on to portal 2. it was a fantastically fun and clever and orginal and mind boggling experice. it is quite hard to believe how difficult of puzzles game designers were able to come up with. wow. quite a feat valve. yet again, im being hasty and still havent played any of the new coop yet, but landon liked it so ill give it a pass for now. i really enjoyed the story and progression of the campaign in portal2. the second part did seem dragged out at parts, but i still wont complain about the length. im glad valve was able to make a full 6+hour campaign out of a puzzle game. it was worth it. though lots of testing.....the voice acting was outstanding(i never say that) and the dialogue was just fun to listen to. i feel the dialogue kept u going more than anything else in the game actually. 

overall i would give the game a solid 8.5/10. thats quite good, but it sometimes got a little tedious so i just have to knock a little for that. also the coop can be frustrating depending on who u play with. also there isnt a ton of replay value here.

on another note:
went frolfing in woodridge and at lombard! woo. really hardcore disc golf today. fun day off though. my arabic sounds like it is going to be more demanding than i thought. so i really need to get on my applications now...ugh. i hate procrastination. also i hate university of chicago for charging up the ass for classes and expecting me to commute into the city 3 days a week. wtf. what am i going to do?

ideas

preplate everything, nachos pizza preztals
premake drinks like at dome
ditch smoothies
put out sign warning about excessive lines during adult swims
discounts on :30s not during adult swim
announce warning with adult swim announcement
pickup window could help with space, but not much for speed
an extra person wont help, cuz someone is usually just waiting anyways for a drink or cheese to fill or whtever.
take orders in advance or set time for pickup
make it restuarant style. we take orders and deliver
or they come to window with order, we give them a number and then we call it out or deliever. like portillos or noodles. we would need more tables maybe
we need like a testing day for these extreme changes on a medium day.

angry again

angry again, everynight this week so far..

just as a an update, the medal of honor multiplayer is sick. its kinda odd how its designed and look and feel is completely different and seperate from the campaign because the multi was developed by DICE. very interesting mose to have 2 seperate companies work like that.

concessions complaints. hotdogs: ok, my bad, i didnt check them throughly enough or didnt tell them to microwave them long enough. so thats on me no matter who was preparing them.
chips, fine, sry ididnt clean out all of the crumbs. i didnt think we had to be that thorough and i dont think it didnt to be in a "disappointed" email. it isnt that big of a deal. i took the chips out, but not the crumbs, so what.
slow service? are you fucking kidding me? we are so much faster than any other concession stand! especially when fundraising groups come in and fuck it all up. pickup windows? that wont slove anything. it still takes time to make a nachos or smoothie or pretzal or drink or even get a slice of pizza. btw smoothies are the bane of the concession stand and we need to fix that if we want to fix service. the REAL problem is the flood of people we get at the 2 and 3pm adult swims! HELLO PEOPLE!!! YOU WILL GET YOUR FOOD FASTER IF YOU DONT GO WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS THERE! COMMON FUCKING SENSE! we need a way or incentive for people to come during non-adult swim times. that is the true problem. we are literally running around in that little room. the problem is the huge lines. i guarantee! that no other concessions staff from anywhere could service those people siginificantly faster than we do. we have the system down and deal with.  im sry, it is not like me to say this but, this is truely the customers fault. we cant do it any better with the types of things we serve. it is the ppls fault for flooding at 2pm. its a no brainer; and i cant believe JP would want us to fix this when we have been working like this for over 6 years! she has to know we are doing our best! we need to stop people from coming at 2pm and 3pm all at once. also, i cant believe the thoroughness of the ladie complaining about the hotdogs. she told us, kelly, and jp; way to go bitch. people need to stop blaming others and see the obvious answer; DONT GET IN LINE AT THE SAME TIME AS WHEN 100 OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THERE! DUH! jeeezzzz

medal of honor review

medal of honor was the shit! idk why that game got such mediocre reviews? the ending was quite possibly the most powerful and touching video game ending i have ever seen! it was the ultimate ode to our service men and women. the gameplay was tight and simply. the campaign was long and had great pacing. EA did an unbelievable job of changing up the gameplay and stories throughout the game. whether it was on the ground as a ranger, SEAL, or teir1; or in a tank, apache, a130 or sniping from miles away! i would have bought this game if i knew it was this good! now idk now cuz i already beat the campaign, and im not one to replay a ton. maybe if it was cheap, but i also never bought mass effect2. i would easily put moh into my top5 games, maybe even top3! i havent played the multiplayer at all actually lol. but it was made by the battlefield ppl so i will see later. i give it a 9 out of 10. maybe a 9.5 if the multiplayer lives up to its name.