Regarding Ball State

It was about 2 weeks ago, when I drove out to Muncie to work a game at Ball State, and I've been meaning to write this post for some time now, yet have just been way to busy. The past 2 weeks have been some of the busiest days in my life, yet now I finally have some breathing room this Thanksgiving weekend... Anyway, I thought I'd take this free time to make a few posts of some worthy subjects... The first being of Ball State, a college of which I have low regards for...

I hope I do not offend any Ball State Cardinals too much here, but I just have to say it like it is... The city is the flat out pits! A nesting place for all the white trash, rednecks, and heffers in the Midwest... I've recently discovered that Ball State is the Greenest College in the country. Meaning they really emphasize the importance of healthy living, healthy eating (lots of organic food here) and sustaining the environment... Yet it must be in a early phase, since I surely don't see any results. The city is surrounded by factories, the campus isn't very impressive, and almost every person there is on the obese scale. I'm happy to know that they are the greenest of colleges, yet I guess I'm justing waiting to see some results.

So I actually do have some history with Ball State, maybe not as much as Purdue or MSU, but there have been several experiences here and there. Back in High School when it was time to begin my college search, Ball State was definitely a contender, and i had other friends as well who were considering it. I always remember I enjoyed their commercial with their catchy jingle, "Ball State University... Everything you need!" During my junior year of high school, I took a very memorable road trip with my friends, Jaybo, David Rodriguez, and Sergio to visit the campus. We drank the entire way down, got a tour of the campus, and flirted with one very hot cheerleader. I'll never forget on the way out, Jaybo accidentally ran over a goose... At the time I think I enjoyed Ball State, and the visit gave me one of my first inside looks at the campus life.

As things would go I chose IU and many of my friends joined me on that decision, while others chose to go to Ball State. Throughout my four years of college, I visited my friends at Ball State two times, both were somewhat memorable experiences.

I remember the first time was back in my junior year, I drove down with Palmer to visit Jaybo and Brittany Reher. We stayed at Jaybo's place, who had a really nice house with a fireplace and the works. He made us some amazing bacon burgers, and that night Brittany joined us to go to a party. It was a marker-party, where people where white t-shirts and write on each other's shirts with markers. I remember the party being very lame, and me and my Palms were constantly joking how we wished we hadn't missed a weekend at IU for this. We went to a bar afterwards with Jaybo, and ordered some dark beers with cigars. The next day we joined Jaybo for an afternoon drink at a Pub that had over 200 types of beers. It was pretty awesome as we sat in the bar during daytime, playing good songs from the jukebox, talking, and ordering beers from all around the world. That was the highlight of the trip. On our way out, my Toyota truck got a flat tire, and Jaybo had to come help us. I bought him some Applebee's for his help. We didn't get back to Bloomington till late Sunday night, but I was happy once we finally did.

Another story of interest concerning Ball State, was actually a weekend at IU. Brittany brought several of her friends, who happened to be somewhat large. That night we drove around for hours trying to find a party yet could not get anywhere. We joked amongst ourselves that it was the bad luck of bringing the "Ball State Bitches" as we called them. Because they actually were bitches. The funniest part of the night had to be when they were fighting over the last piece of the pizza. That's when things just came into perspective.

The next experience was my senior year in college, we went to visit Jill Davidson, Brittany, and her friend Christina Emmons, a girl of which I had somewhat of an interest in. We pre-gamed at Jill's place, got some Taco Bell, then went out to the bars. That night there were some reality TV stars at the bar, and the place was packed with girls. Nothing too memorable happened that night, yet I do remember tossing a bottle of beer at the bar, of which I think I got thrown out for. I was definetely pretty drunk... I also remember that night we loss an hour, for daylight savings, and before we knew it, it was 4am... The next morning, I awoke to the sound of Palmer spraying the futon of which he had pissed on during his sleep... It was all pretty funny. After saying goodbye to everyone we left that afternoon back to B-town.

So in conclusion I would say Ball State is definitely a tier below a Big Ten college, yet has potential. The fact that they are the greenest college in the country, makes me proud that it is located here in Indiana, and I live only an hour away from it. I just hope that it's students can eventually incorporate that philosophy of a green healthy lifestyle!