Nothing Inpaticular

As I sit down to write this blog I have no real goal or purpose of writting, I just feel I am past due for a new blog entry. I am going to start just writting about what I've been up to lately and see where that takes us.

Christmas is fast approaching I beleive last time I wrote I had just bought presents for my family, (man that seems like ages ago). I currently have two more days left of school before the winter (christmas) break. I am very excited about having some time to sleep. I also feel like I have been very busy and it will be nice to get a chance to relax for a while. However this will probably not work, I usually find something to keep me busy if there is nothing scheduled.

In other news; I am broke, and no it isn't from buying all of the christmas presents. I shelled out $400.00 to replace an iPod that I had sold to my sister, which she broke within 4 hours). You may be thinking what type of iPod cost that much, the answer is the 16 GB iPod Touch. For those that do not know the Touch is like an iPhone except without the phone feature. That is the best way I can explain it. I would have to say that I am impressed with my purchase. If you are considering buy an iPod look at the touch.

Track......, well I am currently undefeated in the shot put, but I have not performed as well as I wanted. I have only hit 46' 8'' so far and that is about 3 feet less than my PR (personal record). I have a meet on Friday so hopefully I will have a big performance.

I felt like ending with something that allows me to work my mind muscle, as I was sifting through a few possible topics, I came across a few similar ones, but here is what I decided on.

We fall down so we can learn to pick ourselves up.
-Batman Begins

Yes this quote is from Batman Begins, it doesn't matter if you aren't familar with the movie you should be able to follow me. I believe this quote is about failure and experience. This quote is saying we fail so we can learn how to keep going. It is only through experiencing failure that we know how to overcome it.
I am going to expand a little beyond the meaning of this quote, I am going to say it is only through experience that we truly learn. When you first read this you may think that I'm crazy there are plenty of ways to learn like by hearing or seeing or reading. My answer to this is sure you can learn about something that way. The key word is "learn about", what does this actually mean. Untill you have your own experiences to go off of what you know about the subject or topic is just someone elses perspective on it. You could sit in a class for weeks about building a car, but do you think the first time you get out there on your own to build it that it will work. I don't think so, but maybe building a car is a bad example. What about playing football, if somone tells you how to play are you instantly going to understand all of the terminology and know how to fake people out or whatever. No you are not, for you to truly learn you have to experience it. I am not saying that people shoul ignore trying to gain an understanding or knowledge of things through reading, but what I am saying is don't underestimate experience. The way one individual comprehends something may be completely different for another, the only way to find out is to experience it. An example of this relating to football is Todd Collins, he may not have all the tools that Cambell has but he has led the Redskins to two Victories, because he understands the game and he understands the offense, those things can only be attained through experience.

I sure got a lot out of not having a direction, I hope that as you read the quote above you take the time to challenge the meaning of it. Take the quote and make it mean something to you, only then will you be able to appreciate it.

(Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I could not get the spell check to work)