Damn. This was not the best Sunday. First, I had a ton of homework so when I woke up I pretty much had to start right then. I don't see why we have to do homework. Does it really help that much? I mean I get that we will have homework cause it is school, but I mean whats the point of having tons and tons of homework?
Well I was one of the people Biruk was talking about
Anyways all raider fans can try to do is hope the new Qb is going to play well for them to make it to the playoff as soon as passable.
So when I woke up in the morning I wasn't in a good mood because of all the homework. But then when I turned on my tv to see that the Raiders are getting killed, I was speechless. I mean the Raiders never get killed, they are raw. I honestly didn't know how good we really would have done since our starting qb has a broken collar bone. I never thought it would be this bad. Between our two back up qbs we threw 6 ints with 2 of them going back for touchdowns. That is just plain horrible. There is no excuse for that. I understand that Carson Palmer was just picked up, but that just means he doesn't know all the plays. That doesn't mean he can't hit his receivers instead of the cornerbacks.
Then to top it all off, McFadden was out. He was going to be the reason we would win. He would have had to carry this team on his back since we don't really have a qb. But his ankle hurt so he didn't play at all. I think he had like 2 carries with 4 yards. Thats not good because he was on my fantasy team and I need him to win this week. Now it will be a close game between my friend and I.
Honestly the best thing for the Raiders is happening. They have there bye week. They really need it. It couldn't have come at a better time. McFadden is sore/ injured so this will give him time to rest so he can be the best rb in the NFL. The bye week will also give Carson Palmer time to actually learn our play book. He was extremely limited to the plays he could run and that is not good.
Well this Sunday wasn't the best, but the bye week for the Raiders couldn't have come at a better time.
Well football season has been going on for a minute and my friends and I have a fantasy football league. It was very fun actually. There are 12 different teams and each team put in twenty dollars for the prize at the end of the year. If you add up the money there is actually a lot for the winner.
Well it is going to be week 7 of the season and it seems like this league is getting a bit complicated. Some teams see that they have no chance of winning so they are basically giving up there team to other people for basically nothing. This gets complicated because then the raw teams are getting very stacked and it seems like people are making deals to get the weaker teams raw players.
This week I had a trade with one of my good friends for one of his best players. I think everyone thought it was because he gave up, but if you look at the players numbers it wasn't that bad of a trade. I gave him 2 good players for just 1 really good player. Everyone said it was cheap, but now I see that all these teams are getting players that are very good for ones that aren't good at all.
I actually really liked fantasy football because well I watch football all the time anyways so I mite as well try and win some money. I don't understand why all the raw teams are getting even more stacked. I think that if the weak teams want to give up then they should just keep the players so its still fair for all the players.
Unfortunately, the Raiders as an organization took a big lost in the second quarter as we lost our starting quarter back for the remainder of the season. The Raiders went on to win this game but there were questions to be ask on what will happen next for the Oakland Raiders.
Well I got this from Keelan's blog. So the Raiders game on Sunday could have gone better. Everyone knew the Raiders would win because they are just too raw. After seeing Darren McFadden score on the first drive of the game, I knew we had this. Darren McFadden is just so raw, he is honestly the best running back in the NFL at this time. He can do anything. He can get around the corner any speed down the field for a 80 yard TD. He can go up the middle against lineman and linebackers and go straight through them. The Raiders have no problems with there running game. The young wide receiver we have are all good. Hayward-Bey is finally starting to find his place on our team. Moore is just raw. Ford is just so fast, I think he is the second deadliest return man in this league just behind Devin Hester of the bears.
The bad part of Sundays game was that our starting Quarterback, Jason Campbell was running for the first down in the 2nd quarter of the game and he got tackled and came down wrong. He came down bad on his shoulder and his collar bone broke. Not looking good for the Raiders because he was finally doing really good for us. The rest of the game our backup QB came into the game. He didn't do that horribly but were already winning thanks to great special team play.
So there were many rumors about who the Raiders wanted to get for there QB since Campbell is out for the Season. Well the Raiders had to go quickly to get someone because this was the trade deadline. They ended up getting Carson Palmer. Palmer hasn't been doing the best recently but he is still pretty good. Many people didn't know that he was actually a first overall pick back in like 2003 I think. He is used to having very athletic wr on his team and thats exactly what we have. So this could be good for us. I guess we will just have to wait and find out how good he will actually do. This week should be interesting.
Wow. This is so sad. I can't even imagine what its like to feel what that man is feeling. First his sister was killed in cold blood. His mother was trying to receive justice for his sisters murder. But of course nothing happened and after all the suffering he had to endure his mother was killed by the cartel. I mean do they have no hearts at all? I wonder what they think if someone did that to there family. I mean they took his family away from him. At his mothers funeral he was receiving threat from the cartel. I mean haven't they done enough from this man? This man has lost his sister and mother and yet he is still standing.
If I lost my mom and sister, I can honestly say I would have no idea what to do. I honestly wouldn't want to do anything. That would be so hard for anyone to take. I mean it is your family. Like anyone who lost a close family member like a mother or father or sibling, I really feel for you. That's like the worse feeling you could have. Having someone die that you have known your whole life is unbearable.
Stories like this many me so glad that I live in America. I mean I couldn't imagine have to fear for your life all the time. I think the people in this video need asylum in the US. I feel so bad for the people in this video, they have had so many things taken away from them. I think something should go right for them because I know if I was in there position I'd really want to get out of there. Stuff is getting just too crazy from the drug violence.
Well the Oakland's manager Al Davis died this week at the age of 82 years old. Davis wasn't always the friendliest or likable person. In fact not that many people liked him. Honestly, I wasn't too fond of him either, but you can't deny him of what he did for this league and the Raiders.
He has done so much for this league. Al Davis has been almost the maker of the NFL. He was a part of creating just one league. He was commissioner of the AFL before they two leagues merged. He was the main person pushing to make one league. He has been almost every job you could be. He was a scout, assistant coach, head coach, general manager, and a commissioner of the league. Im am not positive but I think he could be one of the only people that have done it all in the NFL.
The raiders in the past couple of years haven't been as good as people want and as they have been. Many people have blamed Al Davis. I didn't like him very much but he does know how to teach and coach the game. He was either the general manager or coach of the raiders while they won 3 super bowls.
"Commitment to excellence." One of Al Davis' motto for his life. He make all of his players strive for perfection no matter how good they really were. The Raiders were actually looking pretty good this year. They are 3 and 2, with loses coming at the hand of the Bills and Patriots who are both very good teams this year. The Raiders have a very good running game thanks to Darren McFadden. They Raiders have a chance to go deep in the playoffs and it's sad to know that the leader of the franchise for so many years won't be there to see them get back on top of the league. Al Davis said it best "Just win baby".
Wow, I can honestly not even think of what would happen if this happened in America. I think people would go crazy. Blackberry is a huge company in the world. A ton of people have blackberries and I am positive that if there phones didn't work they would be ready to kill someone. I don't really see how a whole network could just blackout. I mean like something or someone must have done something cause I don't see how a company could blackout. If I was there and had a blackberry I'd be trying to kill someone. I mean, no phone? How could you live without a phone. I think I'd be even more mad that the company hasn't really said anything, like they are sorry or anything to there customers.
I think it's even worse because now a days people use there phone for everything. If this happened a couple years ago it wouldn't have been as big of a deal, but now almost everyone uses there smart phone a lot. I use my phone a lot! I always have my phone on me. The only time that I don't have my phone is when I am at a basketball practice. It is a bad thing that people rely on there phones so much. It kind of has people lose some social skills. A lot of people always have there phones in there hands and are always losing it. Even my mom learned to use her phone. She would never text me she always called me because she said she likes hearing peoples voices even if she can't see them. Now she is always texting me, which is kind of a good thing in some ways, but sometimes she never stops.
I just don't see how a network could go down. Like especially a big company like blackberry. Well it could not so bad because then people get a little bit detached from there phone and I don't think thats a bad thing.
Many people look up to Steve Jobs. In many peoples eyes he somewhat changed the world. Steve Jobs said this in a speech in 2005.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went
something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday
you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since
then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning
and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want
to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been
"No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering
that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered
to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything —
all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or
failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving
only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is
the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to
lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your
heart.
I see what Steve Jobs is saying. He wants us all to think about what we are
doing with our lives and ask yourself, do I really want to be remembered for
doing this? On the other hand I don't really think that we should all think
that we will die soon. In my eyes it’s just not a good idea to live by. Why
would you want to tell yourself that you will die soon?
If I would go by this idea, I would not be in school. I mean if you only had
a little bit to live why would you want to spend your last moments taking a
test or listening to a boring teacher try to hammer ideas into your head. I can
honestly say that is one of the last places I would like to be. They only
reason I'd want to go to school is to see all of my friends.
If we all also thought that we would only be alive for one day, people would
go crazy. People would blow all the money they have earned on random stuff just
to find out that they still have more time and then they will be screwed.
I think that Steve Jobs just wanted you to try to make the best of the day.
Steve Jobs was a very smart person. He was apple. And Apple is richer than all
of the United States.
I don't remember the exact numbers but a while ago on the news they were
talking about how Apple has more money than the United States. I can see how that
could happen, Apple has some of the best technology on the market. They have
the best computers. People always want a Mac. Almost everyone I know has an iPod
and thoughts aren't cheap. Steve Jobs was part of creating all of this. I think
that the world will miss this man. I think he was one of the brightest persons
in this time period. Apple makes all the best electronics. No matter what they make it is always superior to any other on the market. I have an iPhone. I was so happy when I got it. It is so useful. Besides it being a phone it has all my music on it so I can listen to it whenever I want. It has the internet and apps that help alot. For instance, I play fantasy football with my friends. I can look on my phone how my players are doing. If any of my friends offer me a trade I can look up how good that will be for me on my phone so I dont have to wait a while to do the trade.
Well I can't tell if I got hella off topic but this is what I thought about Steve Jobs. He was a great person. He was extremely smart. He spoke wise words like the from the speech above. I think most people looked up to him since he had a ton of power in this world. Even though I sounded like I didn't agree with this quote, I somewhat do. I think people should make the best of their day, but I don't think it's good to always think about how people die soon.
i was looking forward to my first Varsity game but that didn't turn out as how i expected. as a sophomore to get moved up to var that's very good and i could use that as motivation for next year to do even better.
Well last Friday by boy Biruk played for varsity. I didn't go to the game
since it was raining but I somewhat wish I did go because played on varsity. I
don't think that there were many of Biruk’s close friends at the game because
we all ended up going to our friend’s house and hanging out. It was hella fun
but I kind of wish I could have saw Biruk play on varsity.
Biruk is a raw wide receiver. On JV, almost all the pass plays go to Biruk.
They don't throw the ball that much but when they do it’s mostly to Biruk. I
saw him after the game that night and he said that he didn't get very many
passes in the game but then again he was a sophomore on varsity so it isn't
that big of a deal.
This week’s game is homecoming. We have to win that game. That would suck if
we lost at the homecoming game. Almost everyone goes to the game so it would
not be good to have everyone there and end up getting killed. I heard Pinole is good but I hope we beat them. I hope the homecoming game will be fun. I think that with everyone going it will be fun but you never really know until it happens.
Friday will be fun. It is a Friday so that's always good. Then it is also the homecoming game and homecoming assembly. They homecoming assembly is going to be really fun. Last year we were freshmans so not that many people like got into it fully, but this year I think our class will be fun. I can't wait for the assembly and game. I think friday is going to be a good day.
My boy Keelan wrote about the Berkeley game on Friday.
The first quarter was ok as they came out with a 14-0 lead, but from
there on it went all downhill. The final score was a disastrous 43-0.
We all were down and mad but new next week we needed to come out with
more intensity to finally get that W over a quality opponent.
After the bell rang on friday all my friends met at the circle to see what we were gonna do on friday to have fun. We decided to go to the Berkley vs. Alameda. It was quite the journey to get over the Berkeley. Us four had to climb in the back of a car to get a ride to Oakland. From there we found one of our friends mom that said she would give us a ride to the game. We got to the school and we were kinda lost, it was such a big school.
We made it to the game as my friend Biruk was kicking off. I'd rather pass on the details because you can tell that we lost. Some of my friends did pretty good though. For JV, my boy biruk almost had a touchdown but the ball slipped out at the 5 yard line. The qb didn't do that bad but he got injured on a defensive stop in the nzone. For Varsity the game was close at halftime, we were only down by 2 touchdowns and when you have the explosive offense we have, that's nothing. But when the second half started Berkley started doing good and there wasn't much going right on our side. The good parts were that Suli had like a 50 yard rush for a touchdown but it got called back
because there was holding in the backfield. My boy Keelan was beating
his man down the line almost every snap but the qb wasn't looking his
way so he didn't score. Well it wasn't the best game that our team has played, but this week they are playing Richmond at home. I have a feeling we are going to kill.
My bff Deja. My so proud that my best friend Deja, got a letter from Princeton.
I honestly never knew Deja was such a raw baller. I thought she was just okay
considering I haven't seen her play in a while. Deja and I are best friends, I
thought. She never told me that she got a letter from a college to get a
scholarship for basketball. I am a bit disappointed that she didn't have time
to tell her best friend.
I had to hear from Sulaimans post bout her. Now I don't think the best
friend should be hearing online about a big thing having to do with one of his
good friends. It is all good now though, because best friends work things out.
That would be so cool to see my best friend play ball in college. She honestly
works so hard at it. On facebook I always see statuses about how she misses
basketball season and can't wait for it to start again. She is always talking
bout how she is putting in work in the gym.
Deja is making it to the WNBA. I honestly never watch a single game in the
WNBA. I mean I don't think many people do but when Deja makes it I will be her
#1 fan. As long as she gives me tickets and doesn’t play for any Texas team.
Well that’s my BFF I can’t wait till she gets to her dream of playing for the
Sparks. I am so proud that she is doing work.
