The Big Game

The LSU VS Alabama was the biggest game of the college season. Every year both of these teams go at it. LSU ranked # 1 in the BCS rankings, and Alabama following at # 2 which made it the biggest game of the century. Another reason is that there in the same conference  which is SEC. They are also on the same side of the conference. LSU winning 9-6 saturday night was huge, and Baton Rouge is going buts as of now. This game basically clinched LSU a spot in the SEC championship game. The only team they have to beat now is Arkansas. The game was a battle till over time, when LSU kicked the winning field goal. There was not one touchdown scored in this game, only scores by field goals. This shows you how strong these teams are on defense. This was basically a championship game in itself. Both Alabama, and LSU have very explosive running backs, and can move the play with ease. The defenses are capable of a lot. They fly to the ball like wild men. These guys are hungry for success, and all want to make it to the next level of football. LSU must finish this year strong so they can make it to the BCS national championship game in New Orleans Louisiana

Wartburg College Social Change

Community Building is what Group I would pick. The program fits me perfectly. Activites such as Partaking mix it up day, participating on a sports team, help establish floor standards, and becoming involved in Hall council/ student senate. Helping the community is something I just love doing. Its that warm feeling you have inside of you, and it's not even for money or anything. It takes heart to do these type of things, and at the end of the day you'll feel great about yourself. Giving back to the community ha something I have been doing since I was six years old. It all started off with me working at my greek Church's festival. I work the whole weekend, and not even being paid a dime. But I would even want to be paid, I would honestly feel bad if I did. Every person in this world should be giving back to there community at least one time in a year. Imagine how much better the united states would be with everyone giving back to this world. In high school I was always the one to be involved in some activity. I was a eucharistic minister, spirit coordinator, apart in student council, and captain for both the wrestling, and football team.

First College Competition

My first College competition will be saturday the 12th at Luther college. I have been practicing hard, and I think i'm ready to prove myself in this conference. I'm really anxious, and really can't wait to wrestle my first college match.  My family is dieing to watch me wrestle, and also the fact that i lost 28 pounds since I been at school. The is the lightest I have been in three years, and I'm proud of it. I did the complete opposite of the freshman 15, and lost more weight than 15. I didn't want to end up the fat kid in college. Thats another good reason why I still wrestle. College wrestling is really tough, and you won't find to many easy guys out there. The style of wrestling is all about speed now. It's the guy they can move faster to score a takedown, escape faster, stand up faster. Well see how it goes for my first NCAA match, one thing is I will not go down without a fight. That's for a fact.

My High school football team

My old high school football team had a huge struggle this year. Being a former captain of the team last year, I still feel bad for the players, because I played with most of them last year, and I love those guys. There season ended friday the 4th. They only had 2 wins out of ten games which is pretty sad. The reason for me writing about this is because, Holy Cross High School has a rich tradition in wining football games. This year did not show that at all, and it really makes me mad think at night about it. I honestly think our head coach Barry Wilson needs to retire. He's a great coach, and a great person. I don't think he realizes that the style of football is changing a lot. I hope the under classes men step up big next year, and make next year a winning season. All the did this year is make me sick to my stomach.

My Trashy room

I had a very productive night. I cleaned out all trash, and did all of my laundry. My room literally looked like a zoo that two monkeys lived in. I picked up 30 Wal-mart bags, four capri-sun boxes, propel box,  random school papers, and cleaned my dirty desk.My time management lately hasn't been towards my cleaning. But at least I'm not letting my school work slip, so at least my time ha been towards that. Now that i cleaned my room, honestly I think i can breathe better. I will try my best not for it to get that dirty next time. It was almost was as scary as paranormal activity, it was horrifying. I need to be smarter. For this all to be solved I will find a girl here at Wartburg to clean my room. Now thats thinking smart, because I do know some girls that love cleaning. That would just be wonderful.

Thanksgiving Holidays

I can hardly wait for the thanksgiving holidays. It's been about three months since I have been in Iowa. This by far the longest I've been away from home. I miss my family, and friends. It's was hard for me leaving my home, it truly put me in tears. Going home will help me stay focused in school, and in wrestling . I basically have all of my plans planned out when I get there. I fly in tuesday the 22nd at 10:30 PM. My friends will already have a party join for me when I arrive in the N.O. Wednesday I plan on getting a hair cut from my barber Clint. He's been cutting my hair for 3 years, and he has never failed me. Thursday which is turkey day I am going over to my moms side of the family, and enjoy a great thanksgiving day with great family, and food. Later on in that day my friend mikey, and I will travel to Baton Rouge Louisiana to tailgate for the LSU VS. Arkansas game. LSU is a huge school, and plenty of my high school friends are from there. I have a lot of catching up to do with those guys. Then after friday which is the game, saturday I plan to just relax with my family, and friends before I have to leave again.

Drake's new album

Drake is my favorite rap artist, and he's super talented. His real name is Aubrey Drake Graham. He's is known for his transaction from singing, to raping. It's a quality that a lot of rappers do not have, and he's famous because of it. His new album "Take Care" is coming out november 15th, and i can hardly wait. His music puts me in the right mood every time. It helps me especially when i'm doing homework. His music motivates me always to do better than I can. Even his songs that aren't suppose to pump you up, still pump me up. My all time favorite song from him is headlines, if you ever have an extra few minutes take a few minutes to listen to it. I could honestly just listen to the beat of his songs there amazing. He is a part of young money, which is his rap group. He was originally known as Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: the next generation. No one will ever compare to his style of music.

Cutting weight

I'm in my third week of the wrestling season. I'm starting to get real drained,  all i can think about is chugging down water, and gatorade. But liquids put more weight on me than anything. I lost 25 pounds since i been here, and i'm really proud of all the work I accomplished. I only have six pounds to go until friday weigh-ins. I know those last six we be the toughest couple of pounds to cut for me. After weigh-ins its like your in heaven. You can finally eat, and drink what you want for a few days. It won't be as hard latter in the season my slow metabolism will finally catch up. I ask myself everyday why do I wrestle. It's more of a lifestyle to me now than anything. I do it because i love it.

College life

College life is great. I only depend on myself, because thats the only person i can depend on. Of course I miss some stuff back at my high school but i lived those times up too my fullest. I will not be gaining the freshman 15 due to me wrestling 20 pounds lighter than I am right now. For me it's a new beginning, and i can get a new start, in a new state. As of now i'm making friends, and i'm loving the iowa atmosphere. No one has given me any trouble yet, and i hope i don't run into any trouble. The fainting goat, and Joe's knight hawk get packed on the weekends, you really can't even walk in Joe's. I dance till i get sore, and I almost regret it in the morning. The best part of my college life is i have no parents. No longer can my parents sit there, and nag me. I do miss them but being on my own is awesome. My roommate and I love it we sleep in as long as we want, but we do go to class, and take care of our grades. Me, and him have a big future ahead of us. I would eventually want to get a house off campus with a few of my buddies. In college they load up the work, but they barely give any test witch is good for me. I literally have three or more paper's a week, and it kind of sucks but i get over it, and do it. I definitely don't want to be a drop out, and become a bum, like a lot of people do. Hopefully all of my teachers are liking me, and if they have a problem i'll see it in my grade. After College i want to own my own business, or possibly maybe even be a coach back in Louisiana. First thing I want to achieve is passing my first year, then from there I can achieve more goals.

LSU Football

My favorite football team is Louisiana State University Tigers, A.K.A LSU tigers. They are undefeated on the year, and they have the vision to go to the national championship. They are 6-0, and they are # 1 in the bcs rankings. There first game against Oregon they were picked to lose, and they were ranked # 7 behind Oregon. LSU's strong defense of power gave them no chance to take the lead. Jarrett Lee the new starting quarter back is doing incredible right now. He was actually second string until the starter Jordan Jefferson got in a bar fight, and was suspended from the team. Jarrett Lee took the rains of the tigers, and is taking them to victory. One of my buddy's is starting on the offense as a true freshman. If you ever get to see Odell Beckham ask him if he knows Stephen Kleamenakis. LSU with the top ranked Defense in the country is destroying there opponents. They really scare the other team when they play them. Tyran Mathiel from my home town New Orleans is getting looked at for the Heisman trophy. I have a 10 dollar bet with one of my wrestling buddy's that LSU will beat Alabama. If you ever wanna bet against LSU let me know. Just warning you, you are making a mistake.

Steve Jobs

It was a sad day on October 5, 2011. The owner and founder Steve Jobs died, the day after the iPhone 4s was released. In a youtube video he has him slipping out of his chair during a business meeting. He died from pancreas cancer. Which he had back in 2004, and actually had to take a break from work to get a liver transplant Viewers say that Jobs actually died October 4, but his death was kept a secret due to the release of the iPhone 4s, and they didn't want any problems with the release date. He was a hands on demanding leader, and was very intelligent. Jobs was actually fired from his own company, by the board of directors, conflicting with his partner. He then went on to start pixtar, and made the movie toy story. I think it's amazing to start an 88 billion dollar company, I wish i could do such a thing. Steve Jobs was married to Laurene Powell Jobs, and they had three children. Then Jobs went off and married Lisa Macintosh, which they also had a kid. Jobs always cherished his family, and tried his best to keep his kids out of the spotlight. Steve Jobs didn't even finish college. He dropped out of Reed College to start building computer with his high school buddy in the garage. This was the start of apple creating Apple 1 computer in 1976. He mad the biggest change for this world, and he will never to forgotten ever. Just by him inventing the iPhone he made billion. I think the iPhone was his best product ever. All of my friends back home all have iPhones, and i don't know what they would do without them.

Wrestling Season

My wrestling season begin's this monday October 10th. Wrestling is my life i've been doing it since the 7th grade. Wrestling has shaped me into the person I am today. My best friend Mikey Guillory, and my brother  Matthew Kleamenakis talked me into wrestling after hurricane Katrina. It was a rough time for me, and i think wrestling help me get over it some what. If it wasn't for them I would be playing basketball, I couldn't even imagine me now. Wrestling if you ever watch is a really tough sport, and it takes a lot of discipline, and dedication, it's rough on the body, and it puts you in the best shape of your life. In high school i was a 4x all state, 2x all-metro, 4x state placer, and I am 2x state champion. I was also ranked top 20 in the country as a freshman. I love the sport, and everything about it. It's so competitive, and challenging that's how I'm drawn in. I started getting recruited as a junior in high school. There was about 5 different schools interested in me, including Princeton, and Navy. I was almost definite about wrestling in college by the end of my junior year. It was Wartburg that caught my eye the most. You would wonder what is a Louisiana boy doing in Iowa. People back home would look at me crazy when I said i'm going to iowa for school. Honestly it's the people that made me decide to come here. Everyone is so friendly, and caring. I have never been treated so well by random people. Wartburg has a rich tradition in wrestling. They have 19 consecutive conference titles, in the past 8 years they have 7 national titles. Thats just amazing to achieve that. Coach Miller only excepts greatness, and he strives for perfection. I plan to become a big part of this team, and also become a national champion one day.

Sick Of Being Sick And Tired

I'm sick of being sick, and tired. Literally this whole weekend i was sick, and would sleep for half of the day. I feel like the biggest bum was of now. You'll usually catch me at Joes, or the Goat. But i've been taking medicine, and i'm starting to get better. Our whole wrestling team starting last week all got sick. Me being sick i feel stuffed up, weak, and tired. What i'm most worried about is how i'm going to do all of my homework, and also to mention we start the wrestling season Monday. There's nothing more I hate than a common cold, they ruin your day no matter what. I wish there was a bottom to press to get rid of it. I feel that i'm always fighting a cold every time the season change. There's a good reason why it's called the common cold. In the united states there is over a billion colds in just one year. The sickness occurs when the virus is released by a sneeze, cough,or when someone blows there nose.It's the most common illness for any human.

The weather

The weather in Waverly is crazy. It's never the same each day. It's either really cold, windy as hell, or its cloudy. I never seen leaves fall in the fall like this place. The colors of the leaves are changing thats how you know it's about to be freezing. I have to admit though when it's a pretty day it's a pretty day. When those days come it's never to hot, or never to cold. I honestly seen snow once in my life, so I'm in for a long winter. I'm from Louisiana, and the coldest it gets if were lucky is 30. I know here it will get below zero more than 10 times this year. I'm worried about not being prepared. Thank God wrestling is a inside sport because if it wasn't you wouldn't see me on the mat. Everyone i heard from said iowa has the worst winters, and i wouldn't doubt them one bit. I know i'm going to love the first day of it, because as soon as i see my friend Kenny he is getting a snowball straight in the chest. I've already warned him.

Home sickness

My home sickness is starting to come in. I miss my parents, brothers, and all of my friends back home. I have skyped someone back home just about everyday I've been here. I will be able to see everyone on my thanksgiving holidays, and i really can't wait. Over my last few days in louisiana i've gotten real close with some friends, and it's hard now that i left. When i left home i cried like a little baby, and didn't stop until i got to the airport. I have met some awesome people here, and we've been having a lot of fun. Hopefully my home sickness will get better.

Over whelmed

I'm starting to get over whelmed with all that is going on. I have homework everyday, or a paper that is due . I know i know its college, but its almost that I can't even breath with all this stuff that i'm being assigned to. I'm trying to be responsible and get all of my work done. At the end i'm only stressed out. I'm going to hang in there, and keep my head held high, and roll through these punches.

THE FIRST DAY

My first day at Wartburg was great. I got to my classes, and actually didn't get lost. Woke up a little nervous, but was ready to go. Started off in english with carrie fin, and she seems like a really layed back teacher. But the my favorite class of the day was life wellness haha, because it was only fifteen minutes. I finished my day with some wrestling, then the pool, and hot tub. It was a successful day at Wartburg.