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Well yesterday was the last of my college visits that I will probably use and I went to, of course, Kansas State. The day started with a 7 a.m. wake up call, which usually I'm not a pleasant person in the morning but today I didn't care because I was that excited to get to Manhattan aka Manhappenin. After two Jr. mcskillet burritos-not sure why they go rid of the regular mcskillet burrito-I took a nap and read my ESPN magazine and by that time we had arrived in Manhattan ready for what the day had in store for us.

It was actually a near perfect day as far as the weather, about 40 degrees, sunny and no wind. So the day was set as we checked in, got my free shirt, and then set off on our campus tour. Our guide was pretty good, especially at walking backwards and saying the word "Wild" about 20 or so times. After seeing about everything on campus, most memorable being the dorms and student union where we saw two basketball players in Rodney McGruder and Wally Judge. After the tour, I met with with an admissions advisor who was in one word, awesome. Answered every question I had and was interested in what I wanted to do later in life and what was important to me on a personal level. My next trip was to the Arts and Sciences building to meet with an advisor from the Journalism and Mass communications building. She was also excellent in giving me an idea of what type of classes I would be taking and to start thinking about what type of minor I would like to take because it is required for a JMC major to have a minor as well.
This would conclude my "official visit" but not my day in Manhattan.

As my family always does while in Manhattan, we went to Varneys because you can never have to much purple, right? I got a new pair of sweats and annoyed my mom into buying Travis a sweet Saint Patty's Day/K-State hat, your welcome Travis. We then decided to walk down the street to see if our friend Fitz was in his office. He was and he gave me some great perspective on why I need to go to K-State. One of them was that K-State JMC major offers a broader area to study in every area that a journalist will work in: Writing, broadcasting on TV and radio. He said this is important because he does all of these things and so do most people in the Sports Media Field. Another compelling reason for me to go is to prove to Fitz that there may actually be a decent softball player in the McGuire family. He also said that after a couple years of schooling I could work with him and get some great experience in the field and start building my resume.

Fitz told us to go to back across town to campus to see the Dole Building, this is where they do most of the video and radio broadcasting for students. The main guy in charge there gave us a tour of the place and it was pretty cool to see what these students, that work for him, were doing with video editing and pretty much running their own TV show. Seeing all of this kind of put K-State over the top for me.

The last leg of the day was my favorite because we were going to watch the K-State/Nebraska game. We got their pretty early to watch the team warm-up and were surprised to see the team having a "Dunk Contest" which was pretty entertaining. Entertaining enough for me to record about 2 min. of it on my phone. The game was very exciting, more exciting than I had hoped but a win is a win so I'll take it.

I slept most of the way home as I was tired from the long day. Later that night as I was about to go to sleep, I was thinking about all of this deciding on a college thing and it wasn't as hard as I'd thought it would be. It wasn't necesarily one particular thing that swayed me to K-State but a combination of a a lot of things and I think it just felt right when I was on campus. I could see myself being there next fall and that was huge for me. So as I'm sure you all have figured out I will keep bleeding purple and attend K-State next year!

You Tube is my addiction

So lately my I've been on you tube so much that it should be my homepage. I have been watching/listening to music (We need a stereo downstairs!) while playing Xbox or doing whatever. But the majority of battery being used for my computer is being used watching videos on the secret society called the "Illuminati" and other conspiracy theories behind historic events such as 9/11 or the JFK assassination. Now I'm not saying that 9/11 was a set up or that all of the things on you tube are true but there are some signs and things that they point out that really make you think, which is the main reason I watch them, I love sitting there and wondering what if this is the real reason that a certain thing happened.

My sudden obsession with the "Illuminati" came from watching the movie "Angels and Demons" based on Dan Brown's book (also wrote The Da Vinci Code) and if you haven't seen the movie or read the book, I strongly encourage you to at least watch the movie and if you have time, read the book, I am currently about 100 pages in and can barely put it down. The story is based off the clash between the "Illuminati" and the Catholic church aka the clash between science and religion. In this case the Illuminati believe in science not religion and are back on a vengeance against the Vatican to kill future prospects to be Pope. The irony is they use a scientific invention ("antimatter" aka big bomb!) to threaten the foundation of one of the largest religions in the world. If you want the rest of the movie, watch it! I can't tell you too much or it will ruin it.

Now the Illuminati, from what I've learned in my hours of watching and researching things on the Internet, are a wide based secret society that believe in a wide variety of things like Science created everything, the Devil is the real god, the bible is a lie, and many other things. To clarify I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY OF THESE THINGS! I don't want people thinking because I believe or suspect some of the things that Illuminati is said to have been involved in that I believe the Illuminati's beliefs are right.

One of the branches of the Illuminati is the group that "sold their souls for fame", this group includes Jay Z, Eminem, Beyonce, Tupac Shakur, Kanye, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and many more. I'm tellin you, just type in Illuminati into you tube and you'll b on there for hours but it is kind of interesting because they provide in some cases overwhelming evidence against these people. Jay Z is the most convincing one that I've seen. Just to list a few songs that are Devil related...(Devils and Lucifer) and in his new song Empire State Of Mind he has a verse that's a shot at Jesus saying "If Jesus paying Lebron I'm Paying Dwayne Wade" meaning he's doing the opposite of what Jesus is. His signature hand gesture is also very similar to the symbol of the Illuminati (triangle with eye in it), I'll post some pictures. Eminem also has a newly released song called "My Darling" talking about the Devil coming back to claim his soul which he sold for his rap career, listen to it its actually a very interesting song (side note, "Careful what you wish for" by Eminem is also great, new as well). Now I won't go on about each of these people, if you want to learn more just google it or YouTube and you'll see that this stuff is everywhere, whether it is true or just a coincidence? I don't know but I'm aware of it and will take it with a grain of salt and go with it. But here are some Illuminati pictures and symbols random things....

Notice Eye in triangle, very key

U.S. money and Illuminati?

Lebron and Jay Z, notice hand symbol

If I didn't interest you at all with all this nonsense, at least watch the movie "Angels and Demons", if you don't like that then I don't know what's wrong with you....

Countdown to...

So as many exciting and important days come closer and closer, I've gone as far to start a countdown to each of these events in order of importance.

1. Graduation- (3 months, 7 days, and 14 hours) 12 years of 8-3 can start to wear on you after a while and it has definitely started to hit me this semester. I'm almost to the point of ripping post it notes with the # of days til graduation off every morning, so you could say I'm pretty pumped to get that diploma!



2. March 1st-(21 days, 14 hours) This day will be a day of relief as it is the first day of baseball! Don't get me wrong, I love playing baseball but I've never been this excited to pick up a ball and a bat and just start a new season. This will be nice because the season, if it goes anything like my previous three, will be enjoyable. I won't dread going to practice and will have some fun with it. Anyway, this is also when I hope to have picked or to pick the college I will be attending next fall.



3. Spring Break! ( 1 month, 4 days, 14 hours)- Now I know there are certain people who think this should be number 1-you know who you are-but this is a close 3rd if that makes you feel any better. I can't wait to be able to get out of Mulvane for a few days with now worries of school or sports and just hang with family, rock the slopes, and have some fun of course. Hopefully this year will be a spring break to remember for good reasons not for a snowboard flying off our car going 70 MPH on a highway in Denver, although that was quite humorous.

These are the only things on my mind right now, when these things are all over then maybe I'll think about what happens next, maybe?