HAPPY SATURDAY!

This weekend I’m pretty much going to be studying… mid-term exams start this coming Monday, I have 2 this week and another the following week and I have a paper due next week. Not to mention my group and I are going to have to come up with an experiment (long story).. so yea – wish me luck!

Classes have been going really well. I’m actually in the middle of a pretty interesting article right now. OK well first let me explain what I’m going to have to do, basically the topic of my paper will have to address whether or not professional athletes should be positive role models. Common sense would say YES, right? I think so. Why would you want them to be a bad role model? But anyways, I’m reading an article about violence in hockey… pretty crazy stuff. I mean, I always KNEW there was violence in hockey to the point where me and some friends would point out how they don’t get a real punishment in hockey even if they knock each others teeth out but if Kobe Bryant accidentally hits somebody he gets suspended (eh.) But I honestly didn’t know how much fighting was a factor in the game of hockey.

I’m reading that professional hockey’s executives/ managers/ coaches see fighting as necessary for the sports survival. I mean if they really wanted to stop the fighting they could do something about it… they just choose not to. Supposedly it keeps the fans happy and it gives hockey players a sense of honor. If a player doesn’t fight, they see it as him ruining his reputation as well as his team’s reputation. The ones who are tough are essentially the ones who are more respected (by players and fans alike)… and the ones who choose not to fight aren’t as popular. Not sure if this holds true today, I’m just going off what I’m reading in the article. I was ESPECIALLY surprised when reading about New York Rangers’ Andy Bathgate, who was openly against the violence in hockey. Because of his criticism of violence in the sport the NHL fined him $500! They felt he was belittling the sport. Isn’t that nuts? I don’t know… I just never realized fighting was such a big thing in hockey..

So, for my paper, I have to discuss the pros and cons of whether or not a professional athlete should be a positive role model. And I’m having a really difficult time with the CONS section… because honestly I really don’t see how the overly aggressive hockey players can be sending a good message to children. I guess stand up for yourself? Don’t be a punk? LOL. I don’t know. Maybe people have to see both the good and bad side of people, like a life lesson sort of thing. Oh, sorry, just thinking out loud!

Anyways, I really had a hard time motivating myself to workout tonight. So I changed my wallpaper! That’s my thing.. (its a secret, shhh)… I put (pretty) females… whose body I would love to have (haha)… as my desktop background! It’s a motivational thing. It works. I try to change it every month or when it doesn’t seem to be working for me anymore…. but yea… I chose this pic of Halle Berry because… well… do I really need to explain why?..

Yea, she looks great! Ok, you guys can wipe your drool off now lol.

Oh, and on a sad note… this came to mind because on Yahoo’s homepage they have a featured story/video titled “Flying Wild” about some stunt pilots… but yea… I heard about a pilot who unfortunately crashed and died in a jet crash The person (name hasn’t been released as far as I know) was a part of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Read the story here. God bless him/her and his/her family~

Wow, sorry my blog was just all over the place! I guess that’s just me, yep, a blog rebel lol jk. Guess that’s it for now, hope everyone has a great weekend. Bye bye..