BridgeportHeather

We have some international fans in here. We ALL are international...Just not international to those who live in the same country!

I just wanted to make light on the fact that I have an extra ticket for tomorrow night's game. They are UD tickets; however, we can still roam around (and sit in) the lower deck! PM me if you're interested!

A win, of course. Could Bmr be 5-0 after tonight???

I'll do play by play once again, putting my 2-0 record on the line...

Bmr, What does your vision include tonight?

Who can NOT like the Magglio Ordonez Pepsi Half Price Tuesday commercial from 2001!!! Maggs looked totally enthused to be in that commercial!

I highly disagree here...I took 17 credit hours last semester, plus worked 25-30 hrs. a week, and STILL found time for a social life. You do what you want with your time...It is those who "f*** around" that will be in big trouble. But, if you REALLY want a social life, you'll find time.

Movies have never been my cuppa joe...Never have, possibly never will. I've seen less than 15 movies in my lifetime (and I will be 22 in under 4 1/2 months)...Not ashamed about that...I just don't get 'up' for many movies.

You may want to consult your school's calendar for huge social events...And usually they'll print about them in advance in your school's newspaper so that everyone knows about them. We here at ISU do have a homecomming ball after the football game; however, it really isn't the 'in' thing to do on this particular campus. We don't get any breaks off at all except for Labor Day and MLK's birthday. Like Jason said, we get Thanksgiving week off, as well as a month off for winter break. The parties I have gone to here at ISU can get rather wild. I've never watched either "Animal House" nor "Old School," (movies really aren't my thing) so I can't comment on that. But, if you can't find any good parties over there, ISU is just 2 1/2 hours southwest of Chicago.

The college experience goes far beyond what you do in the classroom, especially if you live AWAY from home. You will have your classes to deal with, but you must have a balance as well in the form of a social life. If you're going to be paying for your colleging, getting a campus job is the best thing to help you through that. The three biggest benefits of having a campus job are that: 1) You don't have very far to travel to get to work. 2) Everyone who you work with goes to your school, so you make friends more easily. 3) Campus employers are more likely to be flexible with your hours--they're more likely to understand your schedule as a college student. When you step into the classroom, don't be bashful! At the first day of every class in now all seven semesters I've been here, I have gone up to the professor and introduced myself to him or her at the end of the class. In addition, don't be the type who sits at the back of the classroom. Sitting in the front allows for less distractions, and will allow you to get more out of lectures. You will be more inclined to PARTICIPATE in class (participation also leads to understanding of material). Trust me! It makes it much easier to seek such professor for help outside of class if you follow these basic pieces of advice. When you get assignments, don't put them off until the last minute...I've learned the hard way sometimes, and made a pact with myself before the second semester of my Junior year (last year) to bite the procrastination bug in the but. What I do every Friday night is bring out my assignment notebook (assignment notebooks are not just for high schoolers) and type out the assignments that are due the next week under their corresponding day. I keep this sheet right in front of my desk so that I will see it at all times. Whenever I complete an assignment, I cross it out on that sheet (and do you ever feel a sense of accomplishment whenever you can cross something off of that sheet!). As for projects; breaking them up in bits is the best way to go! Set time in equal intervals to complete a specific portion of a project. If you have some "extra" time, do more than what was planned in a specific time interval. Doing this will be useful in cases in which you receive a huge assignment later on down the line--you could spend more time on this new assignment, since you have less to do with this project. Aside from work and classes, there is, of course, the social life. Go to the sporting events at your school! They can be fun! My first sporting event happened to be a 75-10 ISU blowout of WV Tech in football, which gave all ISU students large pizzas at Domino's for under one dollar, since they used to have this deal where they took a dollar off for each TD ISU scored in the football game the next day...until after that game! We all got pizzas and nearly every floor on campus had floor socials where they'd get like 10 pizzas per floor, and everyone on the floor would chip in like 20 cents for an unlimited amount of pizza! Floor socials are something that can be fun...It's important to get along with your floormates, since you will be living with them for the academic year (you don't want someone pissing under your door at 3 a.m. because they aren't very fond of you). Go out on weekends! You can't stay locked up in your room, or you're going to suffer immense symptoms of ASD (anti social disorder), which would make your college experience incomplete. Go see a movie, go to a house party (basically a juniors and under kind of thing, as Seniors tend to go to the bars instead to get away from the underclassmen), go out to eat (you don't wanna be eating dorm food 24/7), play ultimate frisbee on the quad (just be gentle on the girls if you play it 'battle of the sexes' style), do whatever you think will allow you to 'get away' from things for a moment. If you have a 9 a.m. class the next day (or work in the morning), don't stay out partying until 1 a.m.! That's irresponsible, and you're not going to want to puke in front of a lecture hall of 600 on a Monday morning (this actually happened in my Freshman Biology lecture hall--wasn't me though). In addition, you'll learn, through time, what sleep schedule works out best for you. College is all about taking responsibility for your life!!! If you follow the above advice, you will have a great college experience... (in my best Zimmerman from 'the men's warehouse' voice) I GUARANTEE IT!!!

I'm a senior at Illinois State University right now...Ask away...I could give you lots of advice, since I'm quite the seasoned college student.

Actually, Flash Gordon got the grounder DP to end the game. Wunsch left with two on (1st and 2nd), one out...Wunsch was throwing stuff in the dugout.

Yea, you're right...Ma bad!

You could do that too...Ya always seem to keep things simpler, Jas!!!

All righty then HEALTH NUT!!! lol Make a salad, place it in the blender (eliminates chewing), and eat it as if it were yogurt!

Wow, I could never be that laid back with my class... But then again, you could wear White Sox gear, and then all would be ok... On the subject of school, I was chatting with ElCaballo45 the other day, and he gave me a great idea to use when I finally become a math teacher in a year. Whenever I ask for a student to put a math problem on the board, I will tell him or her "You can put it on the boooooooooard, Yesssssssss!!!" And I'll go into that class one day and throw an eraser at ya. And you'd miss in Navarroesque fashion!!!

The good thing about it is that you'll be able to eat all the ice cream in the world after that...The bad thing is no T-bone steaks for over a week!!!

Wow, I could never be that laid back with my class... But then again, you could wear White Sox gear, and then all would be ok... On the subject of school, I was chatting with ElCaballo45 the other day, and he gave me a great idea to use when I finally become a math teacher in a year. Whenever I ask for a student to put a math problem on the board, I will tell him or her "You can put it on the boooooooooard, Yesssssssss!!!"

That's gonna hurt like a motherf***er...My older sister was screaming for the entire night after 1 a.m. because of it!!!

Thanks Jason, for the advice!!!

I'm thinking Willie Harris. We have plenty of guys who can play the outfield right now, and Alomar doesn't need many days off. When Alomar does get a day off, Tony G can easily fill in for him. Harris seems to be the 'odd man out' here.

That's a good question... I thought I heard somewhere that, after the trading deadline (and before the waiver deadline) that the player had to be on the 40-man roster...But I could be wrong.

This is a good move, KW's working his ass off to do something with this team... Jason, when must the 'player to be named later' be announced by?

www.ronniewoowoo.com There are a couple highlights, mainly from his bio, that I just wanted to point out. First of all, his favorite CD is "Me and You and Ronnie Woo Woo" Second of all, one of his dreams in life is to send his KIDS to college. You heard me right...He has KIDS!!! Whomever 'put out' with him must be even uglier than even he is!!! This site is pretty hillarious and scary at the same time!!!

Those commercials I have heard on the radio freak me out!!!