My First Ohio State Basketball Game

My family has loved Ohio State ever since I can remember. In fact, my brother is going to school there currently. Growing up my family was always wearing red. At every birthday party or get together, Ohio State was always on the television. We were all very excited to find out my cousin Wes was asked to be the manager for the basketball team. He was a manager for Jon Diebler, Evan Turner, Deshaun Thomas, and Jared Sullinger in his four years, but my all time favorite player was Aaron Craft. My cousin would get four free tickets each home game for his family and he asked my dad and I if we wanted to come to a game. We went to the Ohio State and Morehead State game. This wasn't supposed to be a big game for OSU, but the game was very close until halftime. After the game, my dad and I got to meet all of the players. We bought an Ohio State basketball and I got everyone on the team to sign it. Overall, it was a great day in Columbus and there were many memories made.

My Biggest Regret

Many times in life I regret not doing something. My biggest regret in life is not playing tennis sooner. I regret it because I spent all of my time playing basketball. I got burnt out of playing basketball and I needed something new to do. At first, I thought tennis was a joke. I didn't think it required much effort and anyone who played tennis was weird and definitely not athletic. I thought the only "real" sports at my school were basketball, softball, and football. They were the only sports that really got attention in our small community. There were not many popular kids at my school that played tennis. In fact, for a short time I didn't even know our school had a tennis team. I am so lucky that one of my good friends told me about tennis. The first time I stepped out on the tennis court, I knew this sport was perfect for me. I found out very quickly that tennis required you to be very athletic. Tennis is a sport where you are constantly moving back and forth and forwards and backwards. You also need to have very quick reactions because the ball is always moving fast toward you. I am glad I fell in love with tennis. I think I have turned this regret around because now I play tennis in college. It makes up for the time in high school that I did not get to play. In life you should take risks and try things you have never tried before. You only have one life to live. This relates to our theme of lies and deception because many times when people regret a decision they have made, they lie about it. They do not want people to know what they have done.

Ted Talk Response

1.) Lying is a cooperative act, because someone has to believe your lie and go along with the lie. I agree that lying is a cooperative act because everyone lies and you always tell the lie to someone else. If they do not call you out on the lie than they go along with it and believe your lie. I also agree with it because many times someone just agrees with a lie so they do not hurt someone's feelings. An example would be telling someone they looked great in a dress, even if they might not look the greatest. We lie so we can feel better about ourselves, so we can be the person that we've always hoped to be. Maybe that means you want to be taller or prettier.
2.) I agree with truth number two, because it has become part of our culture. We lie because we know that it is culturally okay. If it fixes a bad situation that we are in, many people think it is okay to do.
3.) Sometimes people give non-contracted denials. An example would be saying did not instead of didn't. They will also try to use formal language instead of informal. People also try to distance themselves away from their subject to try to get out of the lie. They also tend to have a tense upper body. I am going into teaching so lie spotting will be a good technique to learn. By learning these it could help you figure out situations where you know one person is lying.
4.) I agree that honesty is worth preserving. I think that we need to always be listening and watching around us. We need to strengthen the truth and not be a part of lies. To create a change we need to recognize falsehood and try to be honest always.

Fourth of July Weekend

During the summer my family enjoys going Randall lake in Coldwater Michigan. Fourth of July weekend we always have pig roast with the whole campground. This weekend we had to move the time of the cookout earlier, because the weather forecast showed a storm coming. After the cookout, my mom and I went back to our cabin with my aunt and uncle. The whole campground was quiet and all of the trees were still. The birds were hushed and the lake was calm. We decided to play a hand of cards, but just as we got the deck out the wind started to blow. My mom, aunt, uncle, and I went into the cabin expecting rain and sure enough the rain began. About five minutes after the rain began, we heard a very loud thump. We looked out the cabin windows and we saw the first tree fall. Soon after we heard another thump. In total about 20 large tree fell down. We watched a family run out of their camper, right before a tree came down and sliced the camper in two. After the storm finally passed, we walked outside our cabin to look at the damage. Right beside our cabin a tree had fell down on the storage building and it also crushed our neighbors mini van. Miraculously, only one gentleman in our whole campground got injured. He had a mild concussion from falling during the storm and hitting his head on his trailer. I am so thankful everyone was safe in this scary event.