Halloween

Halloween is coming up soon, and that means it is time for some free candy! Or is it? I am from a small town where I know every single person that lives there. Every Halloween I am able to rack up at least a hundred dollars worth of free candy, plus an apple and an orange from my Grandma. I knew which houses gave to good stuff, which houses gave the cheap stuff, and which houses had the random dude hiding in the bushes ready to scare you silly. I also knew not to go to Bill Remow's house because rumor had it that he greeted you with his assault rifle. I never worked up enough guts to ring his doorbell. I had it made back home for Halloween.

However, I am now in a new world. There is no longer life long family and friends to trick-or-treat with. I no longer know who deals out the king size snickers instead of the snack size. I don't even know if anybody dresses up here. So I am blogging for answers. I need to know what the trick-or-treat hot spots are. I need buddies to get candy with and teach me the routes of Highland park. Heck judging from the cars and houses I expect them to give out candy baskets with hundred dollar bills in the wrappers. And if no one dresses up in this area, please let me know before I am the only one in a Halloween costume.

Confusion

Well it turns out that I may have gotten a little ahead of myself on my blogging. So I am going to re blog a post about writing things down. When I first decided to blog for my assignment, I thought it was about the Lauer reading. Well as it turns out, it wasn't. It can be about anything we want. So technically I am not wrong, but technically I completely messed up the whole fun blogging assignment. I write that if I am wrong. If I was right, and we were supposed to blog about the Lauer assignment then I am the greatest Rhetoric homosapien in the world. Now, for future nights I am going to write down exactly what I am supposed to write about. That include how to see everyone writing, because it took me two hours to figure that step out. Well now that I have confused everyone, I will sign off. Have a great day.

9/22/08 Lauer Interview

There are many who may disagree with me about my issue, but too me it was the most important aspect throughout the interview. This man, Lincoln Hall, put his own dreams and goals before his wife and kids. Now, I admire anyone who trains their bodies endlessly to make goals, and I say this beacause I work physically everyday to be prepared for college football. And while my adrenaline rush could possibly lead to some serious side effects, the death rate for college football is much less than climbing Mount Everest. This man has a family. He has teenage sons who will provide him with grandkids, and a wife at home who should have at least another 25 years in her. He has no reason to be risking life or death.
I was blessed to be raised with a close knit family, and two of the greatest impacts on my life are my grandpa's. I could not imagine a world without them. But I will tell you this, I would not respect any man, who puts his mountain quest in front of seeing his wife. He will have lost some respect from his sons, who have heard the words "Your dad is dead". I don't know any man who could even bear the thought of their sons hearing that they have died because he wanted to climb a mountain.
His wife may even question his happiness in life. She could feel like her life is perfect, and suddenly her husband wants to go on a life or death trip. Then she has to hear thouse words, and I just wonder if Lincoln understands what he put his wife through.
I may do some crazy things in my life, but I will always put my kids, and my wife first in life. Everyone should.