Another Blog you should take a look at.

My buddy Don the racecar driver has a Blog called "Getting It Right". I frequent this Blog because I like what he has to say. Check him out at http://donacker.blogspot.com

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So you're probably going to jail.

First off, let me just say that I updated a few little things here and there on the site itself. So feel free to poke around.

Now, on to the real topic at hand. I really haven't been paying attention to this lately but it just so happened to catch my eye. The Duke Lacrosse Rape case. I'm fairly sure they are going to be sending some young boys to jail for this one. Seems they cornered this girl in a bathroom and one thing led to another...

wham, gang bang. Unfortunately it was without her concent.

(keep in mind while you read this next section that it does not have anything to do with rape)
Now I can relate to this because I have seen "group mentality" be it in the military or viewing certain members of sports teams at my school. The military is real bad because we have guns, rockets and other things that go boom. All it takes is a simple trigger pull or other motion to set off pure pandemonium. Thats fear driven group mentaility, its OK sometimes, but it must be controlled.
NOW, the real problem is with the "cocky" group mentality as I will dub it. In the army I got in a few tiffs because we thought we were better than someone else or vice versa. At school, I've got in some "you military guys aren't shit" fights and those words tend to be their last. But, its really bad with sports teams. I know several members of the rugby team/football team/baseball team at my school and mostly they are a good group of guys. HOWEVER some do things because they are on the team and they are the toughest bunch of hard chargin mother fuckers. or whatever.

So with that said, I think I know the skinny on what went down with that Duke Lacrosse team:

-Don't be suprised if more girls come forward, because I think this was not thier first time.
-"Hey dude, lets show this girl a good time"
-"She refused, what should we do?"
-"Fuck her for turning us down"
-"Shes goin in the bathroom"
-"Lets go"

And the rest of it is Duke Lacrosse history.

Lesson to be learned here? Man up and know whats right or you might end up in a shitty situation.

Housing: Fucking Veterans Over Since 1903

I wont even begin to get into what I have done with myself this semester off. I've been all over the damn place.

For now, its back home and working for the old man until I hit JRTC in May.

Well, its that time of year again, and I am getting my shit together to go back to school. Yeeeaaahhhh. Once again, the priotrity points bullshit has bit me in the ass again. I KNOW they forfeited my priority points from freshman year because they just tried to forfeit them again for this semester. So, it looks like im gonna really have to kick this one in the ass. I'm planning on arranging a meeting with the head honcho in housing so she can say "no" to my face instead of pushing me off on the phone. A little background:

Iraq: lost a lot of priority points because they forfeited my freshman year points. Also, I think they should compensate me for the time I lost. Christ, I've been enrolled here for 5 years now. I'm not asking for a whole heck of a lot, just enough to get me up to the average.

Attempting to get housing for this coming semester has been a goat-rope also. Jamie, Tim's roomate and my future roomate, went to go sign us up.
Phone call #1: J: Hey, they said you didnt pay your housing deposit.
B: OMG, fucking idiots, put the guy on the phone.
Guy: well it looks like you didnt pay your housing deposit, so theres not much I can do you for you.
B: (very slowly) I had the lady from housing roll over my deposit from last semester.
Guy: well, it says here...
B: Listen, you better go talk to someone that knows or I'm gonna lose my damn mind.
Guy: hold on
........
Guy: dont worry, you're all set!
.........
Jamie: Dude, ill call you back if I have any more problems.

Second Phone Call:
J: dude, they just said you dont have any priority points.
B: WHAT?! PUT THEM ON THE DAMN PHONE.
J: dude, she says she wont talk to you.
B: TELL HER TO GET ON THE DAMN PHONE OR WE ARE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS.

some scuffling...

J: she says she dosent know anything about the points.
B: Find out who does dude.

more scuffling...

J: ok, your all set, your RD found the points.

Thank god, my old RD is the only person in housing with any damn brains.

More ranting to come...I gotta get up for work tomorrow early.