Ever since I was a little girl I have been a huge NASCAR fan just like my daddy. I have grown up with a special appreciation for cars and racing unlike most of my friends. This past Sunday, Brad Keselowski was crowned the Sprint Cup Champion at Homestead Miami Speedway.
Keselowski grabbed his first championship win this year as well as being the first driver to win a championship for car owner Roger Penske. Penske has been a car owner since 1972 and 40 years later, he has finally found a driver to win him a championship.
At the beginning of the last race of the season on Sunday, Keselowski lead five-time-champion and race veteran Jimmy Johnson by 20 points. They spent most of the 400 miles of the race neck-in-neck in the points, but at the end of the race, Johnson had a poor pit stop that would end up hurting his chances. On top of this fatal pit stop, Johnson burned up a gear in the car and was headed behind the wall.
Keselowski was reassured that he now had the championship firm in his grasp. He pulled in for a last minute pitstop to refuel and get fresh tires, simply because he could. In the mean time, the driver in third place in the points, Clint Bowyer, gained track position and was able to surpass Johnson in the points to take second.
As Keselowski pulled down pit lane to head to victory lane to celebrate with his crew, Johnson, who was already in his street clothes, was the first to run to Keselowski's window to shake his hand and congratulate him. The five-time champion respectably congratulated his competitor, the new Sprint Cup Champion.
Lia Veley
Monday, November 19, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
CO 102 Blog #9 - Once Upon A Time
I have developed a new obsession with a TV show in the past week and a half that is so strong, my friends are starting to worry about me. "Once Upon a Time" is a show that is in its baby years of production with ABC. I have created a bond with this show and the characters in it, so I suppose the writers and producers are doing their jobs.
"Once Upon a Time" follows a very interesting storyline. The world of all the fairytales we have grown up with and know so well has been thrust into our world by a curse set by the Evil Queen - Regina. All of these fairytale characters live in the town of Storybrooke, Maine and have forgot who they truly are are and where they came from. It is up to Emma - the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming - to save them all and get them back to their true lives.
I came across this show one day while I was on Netflix looking for something to watch. I had heard good things about this show from a bunch of my friends and from other sources, so I decided I would give it a watch and see what all the commotion was about. I am SO happy I did. I watch 22 episodes of this show within 10 days. I have developed an emotional attachment to these characters and this story that is very special and emotional.
The plot line of this show had developed beautifully and is extremely impressive to me. Beyond my emotional attachment to this show, I have taken a deep interest in the production aspect of it. The sets, costumes, makeup and special effects that this show uses is truly amazing to me. It has made me realize that I would love to work on a show like this because of how interesting producing it must be, and how much fun it looks.
I highly recommend everyone to take interest in "Once Upon a Time." The first season is available on Netflix and the first episodes of the second season are on ABC.com.
"Once Upon a Time" follows a very interesting storyline. The world of all the fairytales we have grown up with and know so well has been thrust into our world by a curse set by the Evil Queen - Regina. All of these fairytale characters live in the town of Storybrooke, Maine and have forgot who they truly are are and where they came from. It is up to Emma - the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming - to save them all and get them back to their true lives.
I came across this show one day while I was on Netflix looking for something to watch. I had heard good things about this show from a bunch of my friends and from other sources, so I decided I would give it a watch and see what all the commotion was about. I am SO happy I did. I watch 22 episodes of this show within 10 days. I have developed an emotional attachment to these characters and this story that is very special and emotional.
The plot line of this show had developed beautifully and is extremely impressive to me. Beyond my emotional attachment to this show, I have taken a deep interest in the production aspect of it. The sets, costumes, makeup and special effects that this show uses is truly amazing to me. It has made me realize that I would love to work on a show like this because of how interesting producing it must be, and how much fun it looks.
I highly recommend everyone to take interest in "Once Upon a Time." The first season is available on Netflix and the first episodes of the second season are on ABC.com.
Monday, November 5, 2012
CO 102 Blog #8 - Seperation Anxiety
Going off to college is supposed to be the best time of your life, where you become who you will be for the rest of your life, where you create a life path and where you make new friends. But what I have started to realize now that I am two months into my college career is that college is a test of the relationships you built before you went away.
Coming to college has really been a test of past relationships of mine. Before I came to school, I was very blessed to have a big group of close friends. In addition to all of my friends, I have a very tight knit, typical Italian family and I now value those relationships so much more.
Being separated from some of my best friends has made me realize how much I miss them. There are a few people that I haven't seen them or heard their voices in the entire two months that we have been at school and this makes me wonder, how will things be when we come home for Thanksgiving? Will things become awkward or will things seem as though no time has passed?
Last night, I came to the realization that one of my best friends in the whole world is slowly slipping though my fingers. I feel like I am loosing him and I got to thinking about why. When I was at home with him, we were stuck like glue, two pees in a pod. Then at the beginning of the summer he got a girlfriend and thats when things started heading downhill. He pushed my relationship to the side and started to wrap himself up in her world.
As much as I can blame him and his girlfriend for the gap between us, I also have to take some of the blame. Going away to college can be really hard on relationships and me not being home to being with him like I used to, I can't give him all of the blame of our failing relationship.
College really does show you who your true friends are. You learn who really cares about you and you learn how to handle long distance relationships, romantic or not. College teaches you that if you really care about someone and want to keep them in your life, you have to put in effort.
Coming to college has really been a test of past relationships of mine. Before I came to school, I was very blessed to have a big group of close friends. In addition to all of my friends, I have a very tight knit, typical Italian family and I now value those relationships so much more.
Being separated from some of my best friends has made me realize how much I miss them. There are a few people that I haven't seen them or heard their voices in the entire two months that we have been at school and this makes me wonder, how will things be when we come home for Thanksgiving? Will things become awkward or will things seem as though no time has passed?
Last night, I came to the realization that one of my best friends in the whole world is slowly slipping though my fingers. I feel like I am loosing him and I got to thinking about why. When I was at home with him, we were stuck like glue, two pees in a pod. Then at the beginning of the summer he got a girlfriend and thats when things started heading downhill. He pushed my relationship to the side and started to wrap himself up in her world.
As much as I can blame him and his girlfriend for the gap between us, I also have to take some of the blame. Going away to college can be really hard on relationships and me not being home to being with him like I used to, I can't give him all of the blame of our failing relationship.
College really does show you who your true friends are. You learn who really cares about you and you learn how to handle long distance relationships, romantic or not. College teaches you that if you really care about someone and want to keep them in your life, you have to put in effort.
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