Alrighty, unfortuntaely for all of you, I have hit my stride a little bit when it comes to posting on here. That means a couple of things: you can expect to hear more of my thoughts and you can expect them to be fiercly opinionated. For one thing, would someone please explain to me why the computer I am using in the library does not have spell check for my blog post? Half of these words could be spelled incorrectly and I would never know. Ever since I misspelled "raccoon" in the 7th grade spelling bee, I have been sensitive of my spelling. If you're reading this, Peter Gallagher, I blame you for making fun of me relentlessly after that for missing that. Sorry we can't all be our grade's spelling champ every year at St. Clare.
So two things are on my mind right now: graphic/novelty t-shirts and Cam Newton. And no, the two are in no way connected.
I was going to write this post on Newton and the recent investigation by the NCAA into whether his father was selling his talents to the highest bidder, but then I passed by someone wearing a shirt that said (I wish I were joking by the way about this, but this is what it said verbatim): "Have a great day! :-) Fuck Someone!" Okay, remember when shirts like this were the rage about 6 or 7 years ago? And by "the rage" I mean only enormous tools actually wore these shirts. Wandering through the flea market Sean and I saw another one that said: "Sex = 91% fun, 8% relaxing, 1% love."
I'll give you a second to stop shaking your heads. Okay, all done? Let's continue.
For some reason, people in Athens, and it is a minority I will admit--but I am just shocked there are any at all--seem to think these are still cool. Guys, these weren't ever cool. I thought Europeans were supposed to be fashionable? Granted, you don't see alot, but you see more here in a smaller population than you do in the US (look at me, busting out ratios and probabilities in recent posts).
One last one for you to enjoy: "I love school!! There are so many kids to make fun of!!!!"
*taking time to shake my own head*
And I digress, regardless of how difficult it is.
Considering nothing substantial has occurred in the Cam Newton investigation, I will keep this nice and short. If they decide to suspend him, it will be an absolute travesty against Newton and the success that he has achieved this season at Auburn. Whether or not his father was trying to get Mississippi (don't need spell check for that one) State to pay him 180,000 dollars (by the way, am I the only one who was a little bit shocked when they heard this number? That is a hefty sum of money and he turned it down? Well, I guess it would mean living and playing in Mississippi, I can see why he rejected that), that does not have any effects on his play this season. What Newton has accomplished this year is nothing short of remarkable (first SEC player to throw and rush for 2,000 and 1,000 yards respectively, win the SEC West for the first time in 6 years for Auburn, a runaway leader for the Heisman). If Newton misses any time due to suspension from the NCAA and Auburn misses out on a chance at the National Championship, it'll just lengthen my long list of issues with the NCAA. I know I am not alone out there either.
Let the best players play so we can truly determine who the best team in the country this year is. But if I know the NCAA, they will surely find a way to screw this up. They always do.
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P.S. I found the spell check button so I clicked it. EVERYTHING turned yellow. Alright, I know I am a bad speller...but come on, I'm not that bad. Turns out it was spell-checking everything in Greek. It'd really help if I knew this language...μαλακα.
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