Music

                I honestly don’t think that I would be able to choose a specific favorite genre of music. I listen to all sorts of music, usually depending on what type of mood I am in that particular day.  I also don’t really know how to exactly classify a band I like listening to into any specific genre. Genre’s aside, one artist that I have always loved listening to ever since maybe 4^th grade has been Bob Dylan. I can honestly say that he has been my most consistent musical artist throughout my life, having listened to him with my parents in the car from the time I was very young all the way up to this point where I now listen to him on my own. Dylan has an unmatchable ability to address certain problems or issues about anything through his music, and does it all while painting an extremely vivid image through his lyrics. And even if you don’t enjoy listening to his music, pretty much everyone has to respect that fact that he has consistently been putting out music for well over 50 years, and has not slowed down a single bit. I believe he is among a select few people in modern music who have been able to do this so successfully.  Although I’d have to say Dylan is my favorite, there are so many other groups that I would consider in my top favorite artists. One genre of music that I have found myself spending a lot of time listening to throughout the past year or so has been rap, which is odd because before maybe last November, I didn’t much care for this genre. One artist in particular that I have taken a liking to has been Kanye West. This has led to me listening to many other rap artists over the past year or so.

Choice

Playing hockey during the winter with my friends at the park is for sure my favorite winter activity. Nothing beats hitting the ice with my friends and playing hockey for hours on end, or pretty much until the ice is too chewed up to even skate on anymore, which is extremely choppy. Some friends that I like to do this with are Ryan Snyder, Adam Strasser, Dan Basinski, Joe Foss, and Bill Penny. Of all of the kids that I play with, the second best is probably Ryan, second only to yours truly.  Ryan has very good hand eye coordination and has good balance on his skates. He is also deceivingly quick, which most people probably wouldn’t expect. I like to have Ryan on my team because I think that we have good chemistry when we’re on the ice together. Ryan likes to pretend he is Steve Montador when he plays, because that is his favorite player.  Adam Strasser is the goalie for my friends and I when we play. Adam, or Strass as we like to call him is actually pretty good at playing goal. He’ll make one unbelievable save, and everyone will be like “woah”, then the next second he’ll let in a simple little wrist shot from Bill Penny, which brings me to my next point. Of all the kids that we play with, I’d probably have to say Bill Penny is the worst, and in pretty sure that everyone else would agree with me, including Bill. Bill doesn’t really “excel” in any particular aspect of pond hockey, he is pretty much average to slightly below average in every category, except of course body checking. Bill likes to disregard everything else and be his team’s enforcer, which usually leads to some pretty bloody brawls that I always end up coming out of on top, because I’m awesome at every aspect of pond hockey.

Favorite Book

                Although I wouldn’t really consider myself a big reader there is one book in particular that I really enjoyed reading, which was A Series of Unfortunate Events. I read that entire series when I was in fifth grade, and I could literally not put them down. I think that this was probably the only series that I read that I really enjoyed, however instead of reading books I like to read articles online or in the Buffalo News. Reading the newspaper to me is an extremely relaxing and enjoyable experience. Nothing beats kicking back in the recliner and taking a load off to read about what’s going on in our area. The section I mainly focus on as you can probably imagine, is the sports section. Topics within this section can range anywhere from the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, and Buffalo Bisons, to the Western New York Flash, Rochester Americans, and High School Sports. All of which I like to keep a close eye on. Another place where I do most of my reading is on the internet. I would probably say that I do the majority of my reading on websites and online databases because of how convenient they are and how often I am on the internet. Some of these websites include NFL.com, NHL.com, MLB.com, and the Huddle, where I can stay up to date on all of my fantasy football news and reports. The final place where I find myself doing much of my reading is of course, the toilet. Nothing passes the time better than a nice Time or National Geographic magazine while you’re doing your thing in the lavatory. When I do this I will read pretty much anything that’s sitting in there whether or not it’s something I’s interested in, just because it gives me something to do to pass the time.

Top 3 Movies

Because I have seen so many movies that I like over the years that I’ve really enjoyed, it took a lot of thought and consideration to narrow it down to just 3 movies. However, after a lot of thought I have come up with my top 3. My number three favorite movie of all time would have to be Toy Story. This has been one of my favorite movies for as long as I can remember, and is truly a timeless classic. Anyone who says they don’t like Toy Story is clearly just embarrassed to say that they like a Disney movie, because they are for “little kids.” Disney in my opinion makes some of the best, Pixar especially. I’m not going to take much time to explain the plot of Toy Story because pretty much everyone has seen it multiple times throughout the years.  Toy Story, number 3, nuff said. Coming in at number 2 is a movie that had the potential to be number one, is Napoleon Dynamite. Seriously, if you think Napoleon Dynamite isn’t funny, you should see a doctor ASAP, because there’s something wrong with you. I can still recall choking on my popcorn the very first time I experienced this motion picture masterpiece, and it has happened multiple times since that day, and I look forward to sharing that movie with as many people as I possibly can because it is just that funny, that everyone needs to see it. Napoleon Dynamite, number 2, again, nuff said .Finally, coming in at the top of my list my favorite movie of all time, Forrest Gump.  Forrest Gump is a movie that shows us significant events that occurred in America such as Watergate, Vietnam, and the assassination of the Kennedy’s, through the eyes of a man with an IQ of 75. This movie will make you laugh and cry at the same time, and is one of the reasons it is so widely loved. So that just about does it for my top 3 favorite movies, but I’d now like to take a look at some honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the cut. The Big Lebowski, Hook, The Mummy, Aladdin, and Edward Scissorhands all were taken into great consideration when forming this list.

3 wishes

If I had three wishes, I know for sure what the first one would be. That would be the ability to fly.  Flying would honestly be one of the coolest things to do. First of all, you could go wherever you want, whenever you want, and with absolutely zero effort. This means no more waiting around for when it is most convenient for your parents to drive you places. You can now just fly. Also, I wish that I could be the only person that could fly, because I don’t feel like sharing the air with a bunch of other people all the time, and then it would just get too crowded and take away from the entire experience. My second wish would be the ability to travel through time.  This to me would be the second coolest thing that you could do. Relive every single moment of your life, and change anything that went wrong, and go back and mess with people who don’t know what’s going to happen. Also, I could be looked upon as some super being because I could predict the future, and fly, in which case I would probably have a statue or something built after me, which would be pretty awesome. Another final wish that I would like to come true is that I could eat anything I wanted all day and never get full or sick of that food. And also that the food would have no negative effect on my health, therefore I could sit and eat all day long, and not have to worry about it. I would probably eat mainly chicken wings, pizza, chicken finger subs, Mrs. Foss’s mac n cheese, and steak. I’d have to buy an industrial sized fridge, but my investment would definitely be well worth it.

Choice

Breakfast is by far my favorite meal of the day, however I unfortunately only get to have a good one a couple of days a week because I am always so rushed in the morning with school. When I prepare my own breakfast it usually consists of two eggs cooked sunny side up. Add a little pepper to them while they’re cooking, and they’re simply to die for. Next I like to lightly toast 4 pieces of whole wheat bread, and spread a nice even coating of butter over them, because toast without butter is like Christmas without Santa Clause, it just isn’t right. If I’m feeling especially daring on that particular morning, I’ll even fry up some sausage or bacon, or whatever meat we have in the house to add to my royal feast. So finally when the eggs are finished cooking, the toast is toasted, and the bacon is baked, it’s time. I grab the sports section of the Sunday news, obtain the bottle of franks red hot sauce from the door of my refrigerator, and park it directly in front of my television. After I’ve sat down, I refuse to move until my plate is licked clean, and I am ready to begin my day. This means I must holler to my mother over the sound of the vacuum cleaner and ask her in my most pathetic and desperate voice to get me a glass of orange juice. This usually doesn’t work, so I just go thirsty. After I’ve sat down, I mean business, and I don’t mess around. If that means I go thirsty, so be it.  Upon finishing my delectable dish that was 100% self prepared,  I like to sit and reminisce about the masterpiece that I not only created, but in a very instant destroyed, and I feel proud be me.

After high school

After high school, I am not completely certain about what I wasn’t to do yet. For starters, I do know that I will be going to college for sure. Without a college education, I probably won’t be very successful in life. When I am in college, I would like to somehow stay around football. I am considering playing D3 football at a college somewhere, but I am uncertain about where I would want to play, and if I even want to or not. If I do play football, one place that I am considering is Alfred State so that I could play with my friend Nick Foss. Also, I do think that I have the grades to get into that school, so that is one of my potential options. But that would be a really great experience to be able to play football with one of my best friends again. I also would need to get a job after high school ends so that I could pay for living expenses while dorming at college. I will need to pay for food and things of that nature, so a job would be essential. Also, I need to find some way to get a car before college starts, so that I can get around when I am at college, and I won’t be confined to such a small area. And if I get a car, then I need to pay for gas, and car insurance, and all that good stuff. But some options that I have been considering studying at school are some time of sports management, or something along the lines of a personal trainer. These are two things that I am extremely interested in, and that I would passionately pursue when I get out of college. Also, being involved in them would mean I get to stay around football for the majority of my life, which is what I want to do.