Waterboy

So Friday the football team had a scrimmage against Shelton...I didn't get to play because I'm still on the injured roster so I got to play waterboy with Lucas, Blake, and another guy who is also injured. It was fun but I don't know what hurt more, my leg, or not being out there with everyone else. It sucked, bad...I wanted to play. Luckily I have only missed scrimmages, not any season games...so this coming friday, Arlington Oak Ridge better watch out...cause It's gonna be game on. haha. I am incredibly excited for next week...I get to practice again and play friday night...oyea...forgot...school...crap. I lied, I'm not so incredibly excited...I'll stick with excited. School can wait...forever?

The Jersey Comes With A Price

What I mean by "The Jersey Comes With A Price" is that when I get that football jersey, I automatically accept that injuries and pain are in my future. I got a head start on injuries...my first full pads practice went awesome, I did great in 1 on 1's and had fun at the same time...that is until tackling drills...My first tackle I hit the guy then we both fall over and I fall akwardly and then pop goes my groin...if thats how you spell it. I fought through it for the rest of the day, went home and healed up, then today I came back ready to give it a go. We were doing blocking drills and I fired off, went through the chutes and nailed the guy but yet again I re-injured it and this time i really felt it...I got up and tried to walk but it gave out and I went down again. The chiroptractor doctor dude said that Im out for a week, but since there is a scrimmage on friday, I told him that I need to be back by then so he said that he could do it...but it wouldnt feel good. So yea, there ya go...no bueno...

Trial By Fire

I always thought that this would be a cool title for a blog but I never thought that I would use it...I lucked out! And this is a picture of Logan getting layed out by Austin "Ambush" Choate in practice.

So anyway, I started football this week on wendsday, no pads and no helmet...thursday I got my helmet and practiced with it...Friday was pictures and a walk through before our scrimmage that night...so basically...the scrimmage would be my first game/practice with full pads and full contact...trial by fire...awesome! I was nervous at first but when it started I got pumped and I could not wait to get in there and punish some people...but the weather had a different plan...
Basically the scrimmage format was each team switches off offense/defense every 15 plays...we planned on doing this 3 times. My line coach looked at me on our second round where I was supposed to play and said don't worry, you gonna get some! And a few plays later...right before I was gonna get in, they called it because of lightening...I was soo angry, still am actually...I described the anger and frustration as sitting in front of an incredible steak filet from 3 forks and someone telling you that you can't eat it till they tell you, but then the cook comes out and says that all the steaks were infected with something and that you can't eat them...ya, it sucked. So now I get to have a full week of full contact practice before our next scrimmage which is this upcoming Friday against Shelton...I think...but anyway...the pain train is comin to town!

Oyea and here is a side note...
My coach calls me Orlando...only him, the rest call me AO like everyone else...I think its tight but I gotta get used to it. Orlando...niiice.

On Another Note

Balance is a critical part in a persons life...without balance...their life is hectic and chaotic...not fun basically. I'm mostly addressing a persons balanced personality. I mean that in the way that there are 3 personalities...
"The Nice Guy" - Hates hurting people, people pleaser, well liked, and sometimes can become the "Way Too Nice Guy", please try to avoid that one because people can identify that personality and take advantage of it. You hate hurting people and thats fine but you also gotta look out for yourself.
"The Jerk" - "Tolerates" people, feared by others more than liked by them, doesn't care about anybody other than #1, also respected can be considered a synonym for feared in this situation, hurts people, and is generally unliked. You get the Idea.
"The Man" - Nice to everyone, which includes tolerating some, generally liked, respected in a great way, balanced personality between "The Nice Guy" and "The Jerk" and knows which one would work best in any given situation (Let's face it, a little tough love is sometimes needed), and is not taken advantage of but is insted respected for ability to stand on their own and still have enough strength to help anyone else onto their feet.

If you can find the perfect balance, like "The Man", you are doing great. You can influence people in such great ways, you can make a difference. Sometimes everyone can use a personality check...can you? (haha I had to put "Can You?" in there at the end just for my personal benefit because I find it helarious for undeclared reasons, its like a Dr. Phil commercial or something okay people?)

Summer X

Probably one of the biggest and most fun highlights of my summer would of course have to be the 4 days that I spent with my sister Katy...Or the 4 days I spent with my sister Katy in Los Angeles attending X-Games 13. For those of you who have lived in a cave for your whole life, the X-Games are the olympics, the super bowl, the world series, the stanley cup, the world cup, the masters of extreme sports! That should put it in perspective for you...people! The X-Games are just awesome! My favorite sport would be all of the motocross events including "Best Trick" - Contenders have 2 jumps to blow the judges minds with their trick. "Step Up" - Contenders have a certain distance to start and hit a vertical jump, they must clear a bar at a certain heighth and it is continually raised until all but one remain. "Freestyle" - Probably the biggest X-Games event. Contenders have 1 min. and 30 sec. to do a run on a freestyle course comprised of jumps composed of different distances and metal and dirt ramps and the one with the highest judged score wins. "Supermoto" - Speedbikes mixed with dirtbikes. Dirtbikes are fitted with street tires and have a course that is half asphalt and half dirt. 32 grueling laps over dirt without dirt tires and speeds up to 90 mph. "Motocross" - Similar to supermoto but much shorter, all dirt, more jumps, and closer quarters. Tournament style competition grid with 1 man on top.
So there, X-Games...FACT: They rock and you know it. QUESTION: Can you handle it?
So it wasn't just the actual games that were awesome, Katy and I (notice the proper grammar thankyou) stayed at Le Merigot in Santa Monica...the scenic Santa Monica! It was awesome. We had 2 days where we did not attend X-Games events so we toured and partied! We visited the pier and rode the roller coaster on it. We rented bikes and biked to Venice beach a.k.a. muscle beach (famous for strongman competitions...these people are ripped!). Men in speedoes, homless people begging for marijuana, and innapropriate (but helarious) t-shirts...thats Venice beach! Venice beach is a fun place to people watch and there are many cultures gathered there to well...sell stuff to the poor unexpecting tourists.
On our last day we had a red eye flight so we didn't need to be at the airport till' around 10:30 that night. We went to Hollywood and toured that. Here is a tip...don't go to Rodeo Dr. on a sunday after 6 o'clock...it is a ghost town because all of the shops are closed! Katy and I didn't think about that so around 5:30 we decided that the shops could wait and that we should eat...around 6:30 we realized our mistake and walked around window shopping...ya...Hollywood<3<3 But we did get to see some nice homes and cars in Beverly Hills. After the "Hillz" as I call them...we decided that we had exhausted all of our tourism opportunities and drove to the airport arriving around 9:30? That is a guess...anyway the sucky part was that we were in different terminals, 4 and 7, and her flight left at 11:50 and mine at 12:20...so we got there and I checked in, walked to her terminal...a painful walk (Katy will get that and I'll keep it that way) and waited forever for her to check in. We said our goodbyes and that was it...the journey was over and we were headed home. I arrived home around 6 and I expect that Katy arrived even later...atleast I got to sleep till 2 that afternoon, katy had to go to work. Well if you ever have the opportunity to go to the Summer X-Games...I would highly reccomend it!