Great Husker Shakeup

Ya know, I'm not really even into football but I found this news shocking. Nebraska fired Frank Solich!

The news is pretty spotty, but here are some links, if you are interested.

Fox Sports
ESPN
Yahoo Sports

I really don't know how I feel about this. I mean the man had a 75% win record! Osborn may have done some great things, but that wasn't until later, after he had been there awhile. Geez, I think Frank is a great coach and Nebraska is making a mistake with this. I don't follow football really, but this just seems wrong to me. He's not even going to be coaching at the bowl game this year. Football at the college level has become way too much like a business and less like what it should be, student athletes showing off their talents and enjoying playing the game. I won't go into all that but I still think this is wrong.

I hope Frank gets a great job somewhere else where he is appreciated and supported.

Thanksgiving

Welcome to the First Annual Quarkstar Thanksgiving Blog-o-rama!

Thanksgiving is a festive time of year that reminds us all to take a bit of time and really appreciate all that life has to offer us. It's been said before, but this truly is a time of thanks and a time of giving. I noticed recently that the Salvation Army buckets and bells are in full swing outside stores, the temperature has dropped below freezing and people are beginning that quest to find the perfect gifts. Yes my friends, the holidays are upon us yet again.

The last twelve months have been really fundamental for me in my own personal growth. I am dearly thankful to all my friends and family for dealing with me when I was having problems, for being there for me and always showing me that they weren't going anywhere. I am thankful to my family for understanding my needs and letting me grow. I am thankful to baseball, no matter how odd that may sound to some people.

Why am I thankful for baseball? I can't think of a more appropriate sport to mention on this, the nation's Thanksgiving day. Baseball is very much an American sport and while most of you are enjoying your football games today, I still have to thank baseball for all it has shown and given me. Baseball came at a moment in my life where I was bottomed out emotionally and physically. There was something almost magical about that moment, sitting in the stands with C-bob and watching my first Saltdogs' game. It may sound cliche but the feelings were real and it brought something back to my life that had been missing. Now I am more committed than ever to the dream of baseball. It's not enough to simply sit back and watch the game, I have to play, I have to make it a part of my life. I am doing all that I can now to make this happen.

I guess that if I take anything out of the baseball experience is simply that it's not enough in life to simply sit by and watch. I have nearly complete control over what I do in life. Do I want to look back and regret never trying anything or do I want to look back and see a life full of twists and turns, full of many varied experiences and plenty of wonderful memories?

So on this Thanksgiving Day, 2003, I say to you, take some time to think back on your life. Take some time to really recognize the people and things if your life that give it meaning. Oh and if you can spare the change, drop some off in the little red bucket, if everyone gives a little, they can really do some great things for people.

Cheers!

Yet Another Quote

"If you deliberately plan to be less than you're capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life." - Abraham Maslow

I dunno

I'm impatient. I know this. I'm trying to make something and it's not going the way I want. It's like, almost there, but something isn't fitting together right. I think if I had the right tools or something, I would have what I want, but then I wonder if the effort is really going to be worth the end product. I dunno. I want it done now and I hate that it's not.

The arm is a lot better now, for those that wanted to know. I got this elbow brace thing today at Target that's really helping out a lot. Not sure when I will be back at hitting lessons though. I really do miss it. I was supposed to have a lesson tonight but had to cancel. Those guys are really cool, odd, but really cool.

Tomorrow is my favorite holiday. Going to my grandparents' and eating turkey. That's about all I have planned for the day.

I don't really feel like blogging anything else right now.

New Quote

This is another quote from me..

"Don't let anything stand in the way of your dreams. Not setbacks, friends, family.. sanity.. nothing."

Madness

I have entered a state of hightened madness from which I don't know when I will return.

Plans are coming together, pieces are fitting together and things are going well. I have plans now and I am going to make them work. Nothing too specific right now and it's probably not exciting to anyone but myself.

Anyway, enough with this cryptic blog entry, things to do, things to do.....

Hello

I really don't have an update right now. Nothing much as really changed over the last couple days. I'm making lunch right now, so that should be good for eating soon enough.

Not sure what to do with my afternoon but I'll probably play video games. Sometimes it's nice to just get lost in another world for awhile. The arm does seem to be doing better, so that's encouraging. Just need to not rush in and reinjure it and all that. I'm not sure how long to wait on this, but I figure getting back into everything will be slower than I want, but it's just something I have to deal with.

Went to Walmart last night with C-bob, another non-eventful trip with the exception that it was super cold. It's winter here now and it even snowed/sleeted a bit the other day. I really hate scraping ice off my car, especially with my non-dominant arm.

Well, sounds like lunch is ready and I've run out of things to say. Keep it real!