Paper Topics

1. Sporting Events. People in this town are way to sympathetic for the other teams. It is college sporting events people, other teams are going to get raged on pretty bad. Specially when you have the baseball players at that event.

2. Signing in for the dorms. You can just be coming by to pick up some homework and they will make you sign in and sign out for the dumb dorms. They don't really care if you sign in or not they are just trying to be annoying.

3. Better Food. You know the food is not that great when a majority of people continuously go to the hamburger line. Because the lady who makes sandwich's takes for ever and the line is long or the other food is just down right nasty. Can def. make some improvements there.

Hunt

Well prepared turkeys are a huge tradition on thanksgiving. The all day process of stuffing it, then pouring the jucies all over it while in the oven and then finally getting to enjoy it at the end. Which leads us to the next picture of pilgrims. They are the ones that founded thanksgiving along with the turkey tradition. Just as it is shown in the picture above as he returns home with his gun in hand and turkey over his shoulder being ready to be cooked.

As we connect the next set of dots the next picture is of a family eating a thanksgiving meal. They have all the different types of food from turkey to corn to yams, pretty much the works. But the main part of it all is that they are all together enjoying a meal with out a care in the world. But before every meal while the ladies are cooking most of the day there is always football on for the guys. Football and thanksgiving go hand in hand, because it allows guys to sit around all day cook food and watch football and not have to worry about be bothered by the ladies while they have there girl time.

Then finally that brings us to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. In which there are numerous balloon parades now that occur that can be watched on multiple tv stations. When I was younger I remember that i use to love these parades when i would watch them with my grandma. Now they are so boring, glad there is football as well on these days or we would be in trouble.

turkey day/iraq

These guys are off in Iraq still trying to defend our country and still celebrate the day of thanksgiving. Here we are safe in our homes and get to relax all day with our families. There they get to sit down with there troops and eat but not for long, and that only if they do get to eat. Some of the troops don't even get to celebrate thanksgiving because they are still having to check for road side bombs or train and equip Iraqi soldiers.

The same is that some do still get to celebrate thanksgiving. They get to even watch live feeds of football even though there is comes on at 12 midnight. They also get all the similar foods such as: turkey, potatoes, yams, stuffing, and the works.

All the soldiers even with the situation they were in are still thankful. They are over there defending us and there families thankful that their families are safe. Thankful for that each day that themselves and the rest of their troops make through each day safe and alive till they can make it back home. Then thankful for the food and the time that they can celebrate thanksgiving.

From the article I did not read any concerns from anybody that was interviewed. They are happy that they are defending our freedom and fighting terrorism.

What stood out the most was that they still had a church service. Also that everyone built a wall with pictures of there loved ones back home, their friends there, and even ones lost to be remembered and give thanks to on that day.

Probably number one thing they would if they were back in the U.S. is want to be with all their family members. Just because that is probably the biggest tradition of Thanksgiving, is that all your family and friends get together and eat food and love each other.

Holiday memories

Well for me when it comes down to holidays we keep it very simple. Never do to much or to little keep the same each year. Pretty much every holiday we get new clothes or gift cards or something simple. Otherwise anything else out of the ordinary we have to buy on our own. But this is how it has been for my sister and I since i was like 5 years old. I mean we did get the occasional video game and that sort of thing but that stuff was not as big of deal for me.

So tough to say if very any huge/great holiday memories except for being with family. Normally for us that just one day out of all x-mas break. During all of break when I am home i normally live up in the mountains with friends in there cabins. Then the mother and sister come up for a weekend or so. But otherwise I'm up with friends and doing the craziest fun stuff that could possibly write a number 1 selling novel.

But i guess if i were to pick out one thing that i can absolutely remember that is actually funny. I was about 13 or so and my step dad got me this really nice high quality fly rod and reel. Then always talked about us going fly fishing and everything. Well for 4 years give or take goes by still has not taken me fishing. But three of my buddies are going fly fishing for a weekend up at his cabin so of course i take the pole that he gave me.

I get back and he is pissed. Complaining that since he gave it to me that he was supposed to be the first one that i use the new fly rod with. Then after a huge big ole fight he decider's to retake back the gift that he gave me. Just thought a funny story i would tell you bailey since i couldn't come up with anything else.