The saga known as Brett Favre

When you think of retirement, you think of the things you will do, and the people you will spend that time with. But it is an athlete, everything they have known since they were kids, is now over. You constantly see athletes retire, and then come back. Just look at Muhammad Ali, or Michael Jordan. The past few years, Brett Favre took it to a new extreme. Last March, Favre retired from the Green Bay Packers after 17 years of records, a Super Bowl win in 1997, and many interceptions. Out of nowhere, in June, just three months after his tearful goodbye, Favre announced he wanted to play again. Really? It took Jordan three years, and a terrible effort in baseball to come back. Favre could have done anything from doing studio work for ESPN or booth work during games. Favre ended up going to play for the New York Jets. He led them to a fast start, and a steady collapse towards the end of the season. Favre had as many interceptions as he did touchdowns, and ended up tearing s ligament in his shoulder. Favre retired again, not to many people’s surprise.
During interviews this summer, Favre stated he was for sure he wouldn’t play again. We all thought the Favre saga was over. But yet again, Favre lied to us all. Around the end of July, he said he wanted to play for the Minnesota Vikings. From here, it was a back and forth lead along by Favre. Three days before the Vikings third preseason game, Favre signed with Minnesota. Immediately, both from Minnesota and Green Bay, shirts came out bashing Favre. Some say “Cash 4 Clunkers” in Packer green and Viking purple. And many in Wisconsin have purchased the green and gold shirts “4-get you!”
I personally think that if Favre never really wanted to retire, why didn’t he just go to the Packers owners and say he wanted out of Green Bay. Favre has been bold enough to say that the Packers wanted to move on and not keep him around. If they really wanted to do this, why did they build an offense around his gunslinger ways with more four and five wide formations, and less of a running game? Teams also have to remember he is almost 40 years old, which is like being 65 working at Caterpillar. Hopefully, Favre will hang it up when the backlash from the Minnesota fans is too great when he is bad.

Letter of Introduction

Dear Stephanie,
My name is Andrew Jacobson. I am currently at ICC majoring in English. I hope to transfer Eastern Illinois University, and hope to become a teacher and a football coach. I graduated from EPCHS in 2008, where I was on the football team. Yes, I played football at East Peoria. And to be honest, my senior class did not win a game until week seven of our senior year, when we beat Pekin 28-24. It is one fond memory I have.
I am an only child, which is sweet. I was born on February 26th, 1990. I have a dog named Abby, and live with my mom and dad. I have had a girlfriend named Alex for a year and a half. One of my favorite sports is football, but I watch almost anything that is on ESPN. I also like to watch the trashy reality TV shows on VH1, which always make me feel better. I also like to listen to music, and my favorite band is Blink-182, who I saw in concert on August 15th. It has to be one of the best concerts I have ever seen. I couldn’t live without watching my favorite sports teams including, the Packers, Cardinals, and the Fighting Illini. In March, Christmas comes early for me when March Madness starts. It is my favorite time of year. After I graduated, one of my best friends went to the Marine Corps. I am now proud to say I know someone who is fighting for my freedom, even though I miss hanging out with my buddy.
I also enjoy golf. It is the most frustrating sports, but it is also relaxing at the same time. Although I am not very good, my grandpa, dad and I usually go once every two weeks during the summer. I also like to Frisbee golf, or frolf. It is what my friends and I do during the summer, and have been known to go during the winter on occasion.
My goals for this semester are to raise my GPA so I can get into EIU. It is my dream to be able to coach football and be a teacher. I started out as a history major and it really wasn’t for me. So last semester I switched to English as my major. This has been one of the better decisions I have made. I also want to be able to learn more from the classes I am taking. Some of the classes I have had in high school but I hope to broaden my knowledge on these topics. I hope to have fun in this class this semester and hope to learn more about my writing and become a better writer.
Sincerely, Andrew Jacobson

Parking issues.

Upon showing up for the first day of classes, we all noticed how full the parking lots were at ICC. We all heard about the increase of enrollment for this year, but neglected to think that we would be directly affected by the full lots, and some of us had to park at East Campus. I personally feel this is ridicules. I understand the fact that people need their education as well, but ICC’s administration needs to realize how many people are being accepted to the college. For instance, I was late my first two days, as many other people were. Even after a week of waking up earlier to get to class takes its toll. I personally have had a lot of homework from my other four classes, and going to bed late, and getting up early, make the days go by very slow. I’m sure that everyone who is attending ICC this semester is exhausted. But if this semester is anything like past semesters, a lot of people will end up dropping classes, or, unfortunately, dropping out of school. I’m sure that it will be worse during the winter months. If the trend continues, people could find themselves walking long distances in the snow. It could also lead to us getting up even earlier just to get a closer parking spot, which would exhaust us more.