Does this title sound familiar, many of you may have heard of the movie that was recently released Dan In Real Life. I was fortunate enough to see this movie last night and it was amazing, that is one of the reasons I say that I was fortunate to see it. It is instantly one of my favorite movies and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD.
I'm not going to give anything away but I will touch on one aspect of the movie I thought was important. In the movie Dan had a column in his local newspaper where he answered questions on parenting. Dan also had a book in which there was more advice. This is just the basics but I hope you get the point. By the end of the movie Dan admits that he hasn't been reading his own column. By this he meant he wasn't using the advice that he had given to people through his column. I thought that this was very meaningful to the title of the movie. I'll let you decide for yourself.
Dan realized that the advice he gave other didn't reflect his life, I believe that often I do the same thing. I often write about topics that are about a new perspective or viewing things from a new way. When I get away from the computer and from my blog I often forget what I wrote about and the "advice" that I gave. This was just on my mind, this movie sure makes your think, but it also makes you laugh, and Cry............
Anyway sorry about the long break I have been very bust these last couple of weeks trying to get my grades up and doing college stuff. The hunt continues and as each day passes the pressure builds. I visited Bucknell this past Friday and I loved it, the campus, the students, the track program, and the coaches, all of these things were great. The only draw back is there are no athletic scholarships at the school and the tuition is $46,000 a year. Also it is a very prestigious school, and while I could probably get in the coaches told me point blank that with the SAT scores I have right now I wouldn't be able to get the major of my choice.
Time for lunch, it feels good to blog once again. Latter
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Late at Night
You never know when inspiration will hit, and it just so happened that it has hit me tonight at 10:30. I am home alone and was working on my senior write up, I had just finished when the urge to blog came to me. It has been a while since I have last posted a blog, for those who were waiting for my latest installment, I am sorry the wait was so long but it has finally ended. Let me catch you up on my life.
Things have been going pretty good for me over the past month, there have been a few bumps but I can usually find a way to straighten them up. School is going pretty good, things are starting to move along and the teachers have gotten the rust off. The only class I am having a problem in is Calculus 1. I am in Calc 1 and 2 this year as opposed to year long Calc 1, the pace is brutal however I don't feel that it is to fast for me. I feel like I am learning the material but I am not performing well on the tests. Due to this fact I currently have a 78%. I am working hard and hope to have at least a very high B if not an A so I can keep my 4.0 going. All of my other classes are going well. They are a lot of work but I am managing to maintain good grades. Doing graduation project independent study is a lot of work, but now that I have gotten together with John Yoho things are getting done. He really knows how to use that MacBook, I am sold on it.
Another big issue I have been dealing with this past month has been college. Its that time of year for me and the search must go on. I feel a lot better now after learning more about athletic scholarships and visits. I have a few official visits planned for athletics at Lehigh and Bucknell. I am not sure how those are going to go I am more than a little anxious about staying there on campus with the athletes. I am planning on going to visit UMBC this Saturday just for a regular visit with my cousin Zach. I am going to take many factors into consideration as I search for my future college.
The quest for the State Championship has begun, I started my lifting regime this month and I am excited to start my off season work outs. So far I have only had one real work out, my trainer worked for Farmers and Mechanics and ever since they became PNC he has had to work late and since then I have been unable to work out with him. That has not dampened my spirits I am lucky to have strength training where I have been working harder than ever in order to prepare. My goal is in sight it is up to me to grab it.
This sort of leads in to what got me so excited about blogging tonight. Last year for track I didn't do as well as I had hoped I might. I experienced injuries and flaws and techniques and so many things did not go as I had planned. Well the one thing I did get from all of that was experience. I got experience dealing with injury, experience against good competition and experience in the state track meet. This goes along with the quote "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."
How often do people fail to achieve there goal and they don't look at the positive side. The positive side is that while you may have not gotten what you wanted but you do have more experience now than you did. I believe that experience is everything, until you've done something on your own and for your self you will never truly understand it. With the experience you gain through success or failure you are better equipped not only for next time but also for life. Your life is influenced by what you experience and how you react to it. You don't always have a choice in what you experience but you do have a choice in how you react and handle it. Love your life and take something from every situation in life, because life is one long lesson. Unless you experience it you will never know it, and that goes for all things in life. You get more form experience than any book, movie or person could every tell you, because what you get from experience is personal and it is connected to you. Live life, gain experience and learn from it.
This went in a whole lot of directions but I love every single one of them. Take the time to think about some experience you have and how you can take advantage of it.
Hope to get back to you soon
Josh Mayne
Things have been going pretty good for me over the past month, there have been a few bumps but I can usually find a way to straighten them up. School is going pretty good, things are starting to move along and the teachers have gotten the rust off. The only class I am having a problem in is Calculus 1. I am in Calc 1 and 2 this year as opposed to year long Calc 1, the pace is brutal however I don't feel that it is to fast for me. I feel like I am learning the material but I am not performing well on the tests. Due to this fact I currently have a 78%. I am working hard and hope to have at least a very high B if not an A so I can keep my 4.0 going. All of my other classes are going well. They are a lot of work but I am managing to maintain good grades. Doing graduation project independent study is a lot of work, but now that I have gotten together with John Yoho things are getting done. He really knows how to use that MacBook, I am sold on it.
Another big issue I have been dealing with this past month has been college. Its that time of year for me and the search must go on. I feel a lot better now after learning more about athletic scholarships and visits. I have a few official visits planned for athletics at Lehigh and Bucknell. I am not sure how those are going to go I am more than a little anxious about staying there on campus with the athletes. I am planning on going to visit UMBC this Saturday just for a regular visit with my cousin Zach. I am going to take many factors into consideration as I search for my future college.
The quest for the State Championship has begun, I started my lifting regime this month and I am excited to start my off season work outs. So far I have only had one real work out, my trainer worked for Farmers and Mechanics and ever since they became PNC he has had to work late and since then I have been unable to work out with him. That has not dampened my spirits I am lucky to have strength training where I have been working harder than ever in order to prepare. My goal is in sight it is up to me to grab it.
This sort of leads in to what got me so excited about blogging tonight. Last year for track I didn't do as well as I had hoped I might. I experienced injuries and flaws and techniques and so many things did not go as I had planned. Well the one thing I did get from all of that was experience. I got experience dealing with injury, experience against good competition and experience in the state track meet. This goes along with the quote "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."
How often do people fail to achieve there goal and they don't look at the positive side. The positive side is that while you may have not gotten what you wanted but you do have more experience now than you did. I believe that experience is everything, until you've done something on your own and for your self you will never truly understand it. With the experience you gain through success or failure you are better equipped not only for next time but also for life. Your life is influenced by what you experience and how you react to it. You don't always have a choice in what you experience but you do have a choice in how you react and handle it. Love your life and take something from every situation in life, because life is one long lesson. Unless you experience it you will never know it, and that goes for all things in life. You get more form experience than any book, movie or person could every tell you, because what you get from experience is personal and it is connected to you. Live life, gain experience and learn from it.
This went in a whole lot of directions but I love every single one of them. Take the time to think about some experience you have and how you can take advantage of it.
Hope to get back to you soon
Josh Mayne
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