East Coast vs North Shore

This past weekend, I was in Boston for an elite hockey tournament. When we were not playing games, my mom and I tried to visit as many places as we could around the Boston area. We visited Boston College, Harvard University and Boston University. Each school was very different. Boston University was more city like, Harvard was very old and historical looking which i liked very much and Boston College was more of a gated college but very pretty. We also drove around and looked at some of the very historical looking houses. The houses out east are not your typical North Shore houses. The houses out east were much older but very nice looking. The houses out there fit the environment very well. Some of the house even had dates on the side of them that dated way back. Although I love the North Shore very much, the East Coast is very very pretty. Has anyone else ever visited any of theses places? What do you think of the East Coast compared to the North Shore?

Statesville Haunted House

Saturday night I went to the Statesville Haunted House near Joliet after a hockey game with about 10 of the girls on my team. The haunted house was on a farm in what seemed like an old medal shack that they turned into this very scary haunted house. When we got there, it seemed like there were 3,000 people surrounding the area. We waited in line just to buy tickets for about an hour and then after we bought our tickets, we had to wait in an even longer line, like the ones at 6 Flags, for about an hour and 45 minutes. I was freaking out when it was finally our turn to go into the house. I really had no idea what to expect. I knew that every time I would turn the corner, someone would pop out and scare me. Well we all made it through and we could not stop talking about the time when the guy in a very creepy mask with a chainsaw started running after all of us after we got out of the house. We all full out sprinted to get away from him. It was quite scary. Has anyone else been to this haunted house or to any haunted houses this year? What was your experience? 

Yard Signs

This past weekend I was in Wisconsin for a day for a couple hockey games. As I looked out the car window as we were driving, I noticed a whole bunch of McCain signs in peoples yards. In Illinois, I had noticed how there were loads of Obama signs in peoples front yards and every once in awhile, you would see a McCain sign. I am a person who does not take sides. I just thought how interesting it was to see the difference in the parties people are for when it is just a state away. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, what are your thoughts?

Vice Presidential Debate

After watching and then talking about the debate the next day in class, I noticed that Biden had a lot of bad things about McCain but could not say anything bad about Palin. This is because Palin a a women and Biden knows that he cannot attack her and say bad things about her based on her gender. It would not be correct for him to do that. Since Palin is a women and knows that she could be showed on camera at anytime, she knows that she has to smile all the time during the debate and she did so. However, as a guy, Biden did not have to smile like Palin did because he is a guy and guys just do not do that. They are always so serious and try to act like Mr. Tough Guy all the time. These are just some things that I noticed and that we talked about during the debate. What do you think?