Thursday, January 27, 2011

A long But Good Week!

Dear Readers,
I have had one long week. It was not a bad week by any means but it was pretty long. I had a few Basketball games this week both at Coe. They were reserve games so I didn’t expect to get a large turnout of spectators. I was surprised to see the amount of support the students at Coe provided for a reserve basketball game. I guess we have a solid amount of school pride here which is a good thing for sure.
As far as some other things go I have had the opportunity this week to meet with all of my advisors for my internship here at Coe. I was surprised at how simple and easy Coe made it for me to get all of my stuff together to set up this internship. This semester I will be working in a few different departments of higher education here at Coe which is something that I think is pretty sweet. There are not too many academic institutions that are as personable as Coe is and that’s something I am glad to be a part of.
Hopefully I continue to have fun this week. So far I don’t have much to complain about. I really have enjoyed the classes that I selected this semester. I am pretty sure that my class schedule turned out so great because of the help I got from my advisors.  Even though you are only allowed to have one or two official advisors I feel like I have three. When I first got to Coe as a freshman my FYS (First Year Seminar) professor was my advisor and he still continues to be. However since neither of my majors or my minor was in his disciple of expertise I decided to start meeting with two other professors here at Coe as well all of which were very welcoming.
Well on another note I am excited about spring break and being able to take a trip with a lot of people on campus who are interested in volunteering like I am. It is nice to know that Coe helps provide spring break trips that allow students to give back. The added bonus is that I have the opportunity to go places I have never been this will be my first time ever going to Atlanta so I am pretty pumped about that.
I only have three more things to leave you guys with for this week one is a quote:


Second thing is a movie:
How to Train Your Dragon

Third thing is a fact:
There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

Thanks for your time,
Charles Cotton III

"Always do what you are afraid to do."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Loving Life Like Always


Dear Readers,

This has been a pretty enjoyable week for me. I want to first let you guys know that I did not go snowboarding this week which is kind of sad but it’s alright since it has been pretty cold outside anyways. However I did really enjoy a few of my classes which surprised me a bit. One of my favorite classes this semester is probably my African American Literature class. We have just started reading a book by Chester Himes “If He Hollers Let Him Go” which I find quite interesting. Other than that I have not had too much homework which is always a good thing, just been doing a bit of reading.
So I have a few basketball updates for you all. If you have not been following our team you probably should! We are pretty good this year, as of right now we are second in the conference. Although we lost both our varsity and reserve game yesterday we still have our heads held high.

Alright well I must say that despite not going snowboarding or winning my basketball game I am still loving life like always. That is just a saying of mine that I typically find myself using. Life is good I have just been enjoying the lack of homework and the company of good friends and also playing a little bit of xbox in my free time. I had to cut back a lot though since school started.  
I recently have been watching a lot of movies and checking out some random quotes and facts. I figured that I would share one of both with you guys every week. My random fact of the week comes from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/ the fact is: If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. Also my random quote of the week is from Elbert Hubbard, he said "The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live."  And finally I would like to leave you guys with a good movie to watch with either your friend’s family or by yourself if you find yourself to be bored. The movie of the week took me a lot of time to pick. I typically get about four movies in a week I would say so it’s not always going to be easy for me to pick. This week’s recommended movie is the Social Network, it was a pretty good movie that requires a lot of attention which is not too hard to do since it’s a pretty good movie. I was fortunate enough to be able to watch this movie with a few of my buddies.
Well I will once again let you folk enjoy your free time and not keep you for too long reading my blog. Hopefully you found that random fact to be a little funny and possibly check out that movie if you have not seen it already. Have a good day and I look forward to writing you guys again next week!
Thank you for your time,
Charles Cotton III

Friday, January 14, 2011

Excited to Share

Dear readers,

I am so glad that I have been given the chance to share with you all my life here at Coe College. I would love to start you guys off with a little recap of my break which I must say was probably a little different then most other students.

I am a basketball player here at Coe College which pretty much means I did not get to spend a lot of time back in my hometown Southfield, Michigan. However I would say that I was able to spend my entire break with “family”. I was able to go home for about six days out of the three week break and visit family and friends that I had not seen in a while, but after returning to Coe to prepare for basketball games I realized that I would be able to spend time with my “Coe family”.

Since I have been at Coe I have made so many close friends that I might as well consider them family. I have been given the opportunity to play basketball which granted me the opportunity to be a part of the Coe basketball family. Since I am on the topic of basketball I would just like to say that we are doing pretty good this year. We are ten and four overall with one of those loses coming from a division one team. I would say that this year's team is much improved over last years. We actually played a game last night against a non conference opponent and came away with a victory. Although it was a two hour bus ride it was alright since we are always given pizza on the late return trip. Pizza is my favorite!

Another great experience I would like to share with you all is that I sort of became a hardcore gamer over break which I don't if that is a good thing or not only time will tell. Over winter break I was able to spend sometime with a few good buddies of mine Ankit and Joel we decided it would be a good idea to bring in the New year with some non stop gaming action. I have just recently purchased the nex xbox 360 which I think is pretty sweet and my mom was generous enough to purchase the new call of duty black ops game for me when I went home. Long story short us three guys probably spent around twenty seven hours straight playing that game with a little hour nap in between. My sleep schedule has been a tap bit off ever since but I think it was worth it. Really got good at the game and was a relaxing way to enjoy part of my break.

Well now I do not feel like I should keep up to much of your time reading my blog so I will just say a few more things. I plan to have a pretty good semester hanging out with a few friends who will graduate this may which is sort of bitter sweet. I also would like to say that I am looking forward to telling you more about my classes this semester. I am taking African American Literature, United States History II, Women in America, and the History of Modern China along with an Internship. I will give you all a big update on these things in a few days along with letting you know how sports are going and a secret snow boarding trip I' m planing to attend on the 20th of this month. I have never been snow boarding so that will be an adventure.

Thank you for your time,
Charles E. Cotton III