This Christmas Break has been one of the best breaks I've ever had. It has also been my laziest. For the past three weeks, I’ve been in Jasper doing a bunch of nothing. In this afternoon of freedom, I have decided to write my first blog of 2010. The topic: the list of things I learned this Christmas break.
1. Waking up after 11 AM everyday feels great. There have been few days that I have gotten up before 11 and everyday felt great waking up and going straight into lunch. On the other hand, that 9:30 class next Monday will probably be a bit of challenge for me.
2. I underestimated the Wii. My family received a Wii for Christmas and a fair amount of time has been spent playing it over the past weeks. My favorites to play were Wii Bowling and the tanks game on Wii Play.[1] I also realized that other games would probably be excellent on the Wii and believe that Nintendo is on to something.
3. The Jasper High School athletic facilities are very alumni friendly. Pretty much every day this break featured a basketball game or Frisbee game.[2] The weight room is open for use as well. All of these were put to good use over the break and allowed me to feel better about myself after all the holiday eating.
4. Arena Ultimate Frisbee should be a professional sport. If you aren’t familiar with this style of Frisbee and you probably aren’t, basically you play Ultimate on a basketball court with walls of some sort around everywhere. In the JHS auxiliary gym, each of the three courts can be divided by walls. One day we did this and played Ultimate. Throws off the walls were encouraged and any interceptions could be run back until tagged. We spent almost two hours playing this without keeping score. It was amazing!
5. The game of sardines is a great idea in a house with 14 bedrooms. Sardines is the reverse of hide and seek. One person hides and then everyone searches. New Years Eve we played this at a 14 bedroom mansion that Nicki’s mom is housesitting. This was over an hour’s worth of fun.
6. If Mario Tennis was on Xbox 360, I would probably pay over $100 to buy it.[3] One night this break was spent playing some tennis on the Gamecube and this night solidified that Mario Tennis is my favorite video game ever. Yes, I said it.
So there you have it, my list of things learned this Christmas break. None are life changing but important nonetheless.
No comments:
Post a Comment