Monday's Random Thoughts

Hello Everyone,

I have thought about posting a new blog for a while but I didn't know quite what this should be able. I am currently watching Harry Potter 7 Part 2 with some of the guys at Saint John's and I still don't see how anyone can even consider comparing this movie to The Hunger Games. Now you might ask, but yes I did see the Hunger Games this weekend and no I have not read the books. What did I think of the Hunger Games? I would probably give it an 8.5/10 and that was without reading the book. The effects were awesome and the storyline was so good. I currently have a reading list and Hunger Games is definitely on it. Currently I am reading a book that Cassidy got me called Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky. It is on Apple and how secretive and admired the company is. It is very good so far and I believe that after this book is done I will read the Hunger Games as well as the last Harry Potter book. Yeah you might think it is weird but for some reason I never finished the 7th book even though the movie is probably one of my all time favorites. We just decided to rank the movies and I would like to hear some of your opinions. Mine go like this.

-HP 7 Part 1 and 2 (Go Together)
- Goblet of Fire
- Half Blood Prince
- Prisoner of Azkaban
- Sorcerer's Stone
- Order of the Phoenix
- Chamber of Secrets

Obviously that is my own opinion but as I have asked other people I believe almost everyone says that the 2nd one is towards the bottom. Leave a comment with your response so I can see what you guys think.

Another thing that I thought of when I woke up this Summer, is why in the hell is it so cold today? We have had such nice weather lately and all of a sudden it actually felt like March today. Hopefully it is warm the rest of the week so that I can go golfing this weekend. I am hopefully going to take Steve Swansen for his birthday and then go to dinner at Maynards to see Jessie Grover, Lexi Ball, Jenn Huber, and others that I haven't seen in a while. Thursday March 29th marks the Birthday of Lexi, Steve, as well as Colton Reed. It is weird that three people who have made such an impact in my life are all born on the same day. I hope I am able to celebrate this weekend with all three of them at some point.

I will close today's post with my Final Four Picks for next weekend. I hate Ohio State so I hope that Kansas beats Ohio State and Louisville over Kentucky. I think the Kentucky team is very talented but I really do not believe in Calipari's system of bringing in Freshmen for one year then sending them to the NBA. Yeah it seems like it is working but it still hasn't won him a championship and I hope he doesn't receive one this year either. Also last night I watched the OKC/Heat game and believe that OKC will win the NBA Championship if they stay healthy. They have such good chemistry, and being a SuperSonics fan growing up it would be nice to see them win one. I hope to hear feedback from you and as always, see you soon friend.

-J-

"For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength." -Phil 4:13

One Month

As many of you know, a month ago today, we lost 4 beautiful women in a car accident. When I received that phone call on Monday Evening I didn't believe what I heard, and in a way I still don't believe it. I still think that I could call you and that you would answer. That you would be able to offer me advice. In the past month I have learned a lot about myself. I have learned to cherish life a lot more. I have prayed to all four of our new angels every single day multiple times. I ask Megan advice still, just in a different way. The way she would invite herself over to my house after work so we could have "Broadway Hangouts." The way she would talk about Nick, you could tell that their love was something special. The way I thought I could tell her anything, and then two minutes later I knew Morgan's phone had a new message with that same secret. The relationship she had with Cassidy was extremely important to me. They would joke around about fashion and style. They would call each other names and smirk at each other because they could never truly be mad at each other. Megan would always call Cass ornery when she thought Cassidy was being a brat and I always laughed (though not always outside). The times spent in my basement with the Broadway Crew were times I will never forget. Whether it was playing scene-it or catch phrase, or just sitting around talking. The last time we all hung out we invited Morgan along with us. I always call those two twins because of how alike I thought they were. We all played pictionary together. We yelled at each other for being terrible drawers and the game lasted way longer than it should have. Steve and I tried to cheat and Megan caught us. We both were scorned at and we got "the look." The last time I talked to you was Friday February 17th. You were coming home and wanted to know when we were going to get together to catch up. I was going out of town to go skiing so I told you I would make it up to you next time you came home. When my time in Heaven comes, I promise I will take you to coffee. Thanks for being such an amazing person and an amazing friend. I will never forget you beautiful angel. See you soon.


-J-

Thoughts From The Weekend!

So this weekend I worked a lot both at Broadway Pizza and Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids MN. When you are tooling around a golf course for hours you begin to think a lot about things that you might not have thought about if you were constantly dealing with people. Here I am going to list some of the things that I randomly thought about this weekend.


1. Golfers tell me that I would get a bigger tip if I was a girl. I don't know how I am supposed to react to that. Am I supposed to take it as a compliment?


2. MN has the weirdest weather ever. 2 weeks ago we all had a snow day, and then this weekend we have weather in the 80's. I feel very blessed to have been able to golf today on March 18th.


3. I only have a month and a half left of my sophomore year of school, that is crazy how fast this year has went, I don't feel like I am ready to go out into the real world.


4. All weekend I have thought about what this Summer is going to bring. How much fun it is going to be and how much I am going to hate for it to come to an end. Here is just a few things I can think of off the top of my mind.

• Summer Classes (Not fun I know, but also meaning catching up in school which means less stress.)
• Going up to my cabin. I only went up there once last year and didn't get to enjoy it. I look forward to getting out on the Jet-Ski, and hanging out with my family more
• Family Vacation to Hawaii?
• Turning 21 (Enough Said)
• Being able to go swimming in my Grandma's pool, which I also call my Summer Home
• Floating Down The River
• Seeing the girl I called my older sister growing up get married. That will be a fun day because it will be a celebration with friends and family all coming together. (And I'll be 21 as well)
• Moving into my house with Sam, Andrew, Dom and Tom in Saint Joseph to start off Junior Year of College.

I know I probably left out a lot of things but I am glad at how much I already know is going to happen in the Summer of 2012. Family Guy starts in 6 minutes so I am going to post this so I can go watch. It would be nice to get feedback from the Blog. Leave me a comment or let me know on any form of social media or by texting me. Good or bad I wanna know what people like, and what I should change. See you soon friend!

-J-

First Blog/Getting Started

Here We Go,
     But what to Blog about. Do I blog about sports...or my friends...or school....or my girlfriend......or just life in general? I have decided to start blogging because it is a form of social media that I haven't dug deep into yet. Seems like a lot of people like them a lot and since journalism is something I am interested in, this seems like an easy way to tell people about my daily life. Other ways you would be able to figure out this information is if you followed me @Jared_Hines27 on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook. Just some basic information about me. I am 20 years old and my Birthday falls on July 27th, 1991. I will be 21 and not going to lie I am pretty excited about it. I have a wonderful girlfriend named Cassidy who brings out my true self more often than not. I go to school during the week as well as work at an Elementary School helping little kids in reading groups. The job is very rewarding knowing I am helping the future generation. That is why I am currently going to school to be a High School Teacher. I spend my weekends in my hometown of Rogers, where I hang out with my family who I love, and work at a job that I also love. I am a server at Broadway Pizza where I have met some of the most incredible people both as co-workers as well as fellow pizza lovers. I have worked there for almost 5 years and can honestly say I love it. When I am at home I am surrounded by 3 younger brothers as well a Dad who loves me no matter what, and a mom that I can honestly say is my hero. I have never met anyone that has taught me so much as she does on a daily basis. My brothers are 18, 14, and 12 and even though we fight sometimes, they keep me sane. It is currently 12:51 AM on 03-15-12 and the only reason I am up is because March Madness starts tomorrow and my class is cancelled. March Madness to me is the best time of the year in sports. I love every minute of it. My final four is Kansas, Florida St, Duke (Biased), and Missouri. I have Missouri beating Kansas in the National Championship game. My blogs moving forward will have more common themes to them, but I thought I would just let future readers know who I am and a little background on my life. I will never say goodbye, instead I'll just say, see you soon friend.