Fun Times with the Roomsta.

Yay to Fuzion Frenzy. I suck horribly at it but boy is it fun. Looks like we found a new way of distraction here at Apt. 158. Come on over and enjoy it with us!

from back here in last place,
-j.

Paparazzi.

So I got my new camera in the mail today. Its pretty funny because I have been such a little kid all day with it. Its my new toy. I can't put it down and I don't wanna share it. I am such a nerd with it already. I have been walking around my house taking pictures of all sorts of random stuff. I have a feeling my new method of distraction and time wasting back in the Hatt is gonna involve taking pictures.



For instance: My old shoe.

.....and my possibly dirty laundry.

say cheese.
-j.

Fingers Crossed.

I am sooo hoping that Ty Lawson can get healthy and my Tarheels can finally play to potential and cut down those illustrious nets. Not only is this good for me as a fan, but given my involvement with a not so legal matter called, Bracket Challenge, North Carolina pulling through could have advantagous results for the financing of my trip to Kenya. So in other words, GO TARHEELS. If they win I feel it will be only appropriate to make them my unofficial sponsor for my summer in Africa.

fingers crossed,

-j.

Expert Opinion

Ah yes...its that time of the year again. As you very well (probably) know today was Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament (referred to by many as simply "The Dance", "The Show", or "March Madness"). And yet again my much beloved Tarheels are a #1 seed. And once again I will be filling out my brackets by first writing in my baby blues all the way through, and the rest shall follow. Aside from this here are my expert opinions on this years bracket and tournament (feel free to disagree but you and I both know who is right):

1. KU a 3-seed?!!----I am not saying this purely out of my deep resentment of all things Jayhawk but what in the world are they thinking! From my understanding a 3-seed should be a legitimate Top 10 team and lets face it, KU is not there yet. It would have made much more sense for a team in their own bracket even, Wake, and KU to switch seeds; considering Wake was actually ranked #1 at some point this season and has consistently been in the Top 10 for the majority of the year. The only thing that does appease me some is that a much deserving MU team so too got a 3-seed (i'm not a total homer).
2. Glad to see Arizona made it. Not to take anything away from other bubble teams like St. Mary's, Creighton, or San Diego St. (notice no mention of Penn State--see below) but this was the correct choice. First off nobody would have cared to see any of those three teams play Utah and second Arizona is more talented then all those teams. They should actually win their first round game and possible go even further. Zona also had better (albeit it home-court) wins.
3. Alls I want to know is how the heck is Philadelphia considered West? West of what? New York? Being the world class geography bee-whiz I am, it seems odd to me that the City of Brotherly Love is playing host to first round games in the West Regional bracket.
4. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan????------I mean come on. Who in their right minds puts 7, count em, 7 Big Ten teams in the tourney. How can one even begin to say that they are deserving of the same number of bids as the vaunted Big East or the under-ratedly (is that a word? is now) difficulty ACC? I am sorry but Big Ten basketball is flat out boring and will not get the job done. I will venture to say that all three of these teams will bow out in the first round. And to think, Joe Schmo Lundardi once said 8 Big Ten teams would make it (sorry Penn State, your not legit).
5. I am not saying that K-State is more deserving than any team currently in the field (save a few Big Ten teams maybe) but I found these stats (found them myself) interesting-----Seeds that KSU beat: 3, 7, 13, 9------Seeds that KSU lost to: 3, 3, 2, 8.....Not bad, I'm still proud of my Wildcats. WATCH OUT ILLINOIS STATE!!

so long for now,

-j.

PS----watching Planet Earth in HD is the best thing ever.

Spring Break, Day 1

Day 1 of Spring Break was pretty uneventful. I spent prolly 90% of my time sitting on my couch watching basketball. Unfortunately that included watching my beloved Tarheels struggle without the reigning ACC Player of the Year. It's ok cuz they put up a good fight and all that matters is that they are healthy for the Dance. Still well on their way to another National Championship if you ask me. The rest of my break doesnt look like it will vary much from today. Yikes. This could be boring. It seems that everyone and there mamas (myself included) are off to some warm location for fun and relaxation. Oh well, you all will be wishing you were me come May 23rd. Besides, I techinically have plenty to occupy me this week between trip prep, school, and March Madness. Oh and plus I ordered a new camera last night that I can fiddle around with when it comes!

sincerely bored and yours,
-j.

almost there.

Well Spring Break is almost here. Unlike many people I am not going anywhere (most likely due to the fact I will be GOING TO KENYA THIS SUMMER instead). But who am I to complain. I am actually looking forward to spending an entire week at home just doing absolutely nothing. Well thats not true, I have some stuff that I need to get done. But you get the point. I am just hoping that the weather can atleast be bearable, no more of this single digit wind chill junk. In other news, I have my advising appointment tomorrow, which is mostly undeserving of any mention. Point and case, my last advising visit went something like this:
-Advisor: "So Jamie, do you know what classes you want to take?"
-Me: "Yep, sure do."
-Advisor: "Great. I'll lift your flags and let you go."
So like i said. Nothing special. But the reason I do mention it is because I am uber pumped to sign up for classes upon learning that never again in my K-State career do I have to take more than 12 hours, and I dont plan to either. Looks like smooth sailing from here on out. Thats right, two years of 12 hour semester is on my horizon. Be jealous.

BREAKING NEWS: The Kansas State Mens Basketball team has once again led to great heartbreak on my part. I know I should not have gotten my hopes up this year but I really thought deep down that I was looking at a team that was going to put a string of (minimum) 3 straight NCAA Tourney appearances. But once again (with some assistance from our 6th man of the year--Big XII Refs) we choked up a lead in the second half and just didn't have the gumption to get it back. So goes the life of a Wildcat I suppose. And so goes the life of Jamie's Sports Teams (see Royals, Chiefs, Nebraska, etc).

thats it.
-j.

Quickie.

This is a simple post. I have created a new blog that I will used just for Kenya stuff. Here it is (all the kinks arent worked out so bear with me):



http://karibuni-nyeri.blogspot.com/

That is all.
-j.

Back by Popular Demand.

Alright so I guess its been a while since I posted last, too long for some. So here we go. As I said in my last one, I am gonna fill everyone in on my Kenya trip. Well today isn' t that day. Well sort of. I will just give you a short run down. Heres the scoop:

• As most of you know, I have been dreaming of going to Africa for a long long time. Well this year, through the K-State International Service Teams Program I finally found my opportunity. After being acccepted into the program I learned that I was going to be sent to Nyeri, Kenya for 10 weeks this summer. Nyeri is a city about 70 km (not sure what that means haha) North of Nairobi. While there we (3 other members on my team, they are great) will be working with the Children and Youth Empowerment Centre. Basically it is a center that provides shelter, food, education and other services to the many "street" children (otherwise homeless children). There goal is to provide services and education that will allow them to become self-sustainable adults and keep them off the streets upon reaching adulthood. Its a very cool program and I am super excited. So there is the basic rundown for now. I am in the process of creating a seperate Blog that I will link up to this one that and Notes. I will update it throughout this semester and during my trip (duh).

****TODAY AND TOMMORROW: My team and I will be in the Union "selling" Fake Pattys Day t-shirts in an effort to raise money for our trip. I appreciate any and all support and hope to see everyone there. If you are not able to or dont want a T-shirt there will be plenty other opportunites to support us later in the semester. Non-monetary support is equally valued as well. Ha I am not just saying that either. I am always more than willing to talk about my trip, answer questions or any of that.

That is all,

-j.