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March madness....more mad now than it was on monday

I am like the others...did not make a bracket because i was traveling on spring break and did not have internet access at the time.  Last year i picked louisville to go all the way and they lost in a huge upset that knocked them out early.  this year they are back and more ready then ever as they have a big game coming up against #1 Kentucky.  Hopefully this is a Sylvester and Tweetie bird senerio where the can always looks like an idiot and Tweetie always wins.  Cards>Wildcats

March Madness...its soooo mad.

I didn't make a bracket for two very good reasons. One, I was in on Spring Break and my phone older than moses and doesn't have internet access and two, I don't believe in making brackets. The second part was a joke, but I'm beginning to wonder if I can ever have success in making a bracket. My guess is no. I think the main problem is that 95% of the brackets that I fill out have Duke winning it all, and since they only win once every decade, it leads to a lot of dissappointment. This year was a year of incredible dissappointment. My Dukies lost in the first round to a team that had no prospect of winning another game, and the final four is filled with teams I either loath or just don't like. Keith Canfield made me dislike Kansas, but Callapari made me loath Kentucky. How can you treat college like a one year stop to the draft. Thats a subject for another blog post though.

Jake out

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March Madness

I haven't watched many March Madness games this year. Mostly, because I did not fill out a bracket. My team already lost though : ( Sad Day

The Spartans will be back next year

March Madness

Yeah since I don't have a TV and my laptop is too old to stream effectively I haven't kept up with March Madness this year or the past year. I do like college basketball more than the NBA but with school and work it's just impossible for me to have the desire to be an avid follower. When I was a kid my dream college was LSU but they only made it to the NIT. Usually after LSU  I root for the Texas teams since that's my homestate but with Baylor's lost there's no one else to root for. It seems March Madness wasn't that popular this year. It's not all over my Facebook or Yahoo newsfeed which is odd.

Bracket Woes

Once again fate's mighty hand has destroyed yet another one of my brackets. Going into the weekend I was feeling pretty good because it was looking like I had a chance to have correctly guessed the teams that were going to be in the final four. However there were two teams this weekend that decided that they wanted to crush my hopes and dreams. Thanks Syracuse and UNC for doing your best to lose this weekend and destroy my chances of bracket glory. Reflecting on the events of this weekend I have come to the conclusion that filling out competitive brackets is extremely frustrating and for me it kinda ruins all of the fun of March Madness. Instead of just watching some high quality competition and enjoying myself, I am worried and frustrated about how all these games will affect my bracket. Thus I have decided that next year I will not fill out a bracket. I will plop my buns on the couch, sit back, and just enjoy some good ole fashion basketball, the way nature intended it to be.

March Madness

March Maddness in the Feddema household has always been some pretty serious business. Generally, my family would find it satisfying enough to fill out brackets and laugh at our misfortune as they were shredded to pieces by upset after upset. But recently, things got a whole lot more intense. It all started when my grandparents picked up a trophy from the local hardware store. My family (cousins and all) would fill out a bracket, and the winner would get to keep the trophy until the next year.

Then we found out we could have our names engraved into the thing.

Suddenly the intensity became a reality. We opened an online forum where our brackets would be officially callibrated and ranked. We opened a chatroom to discuss our strategy and trash talk one another. We'd sit through the games together and cheer on our respective teams. At the end of the Maddness, the winner would have his/her name engraved on the trophy, along with the year of the competition. He/she then would proudly display the personal award for all to see until the following year.

Needless to say, March is a time when the Sikkenga/Feddema family experiences much joy and suffering, saddness and euphoria, gloating and mourning for fallen teams. I suppose that's why they call it Maddness. And this year, I'm near the top. :)

March Madness....Who cares!!!

Since I could care less about March Madness I'm not going to go into much detail. I know it might come as a surprise to people that I don't watch basketball with me being black and all but its just who I am. I don't hate the event just don't care enough to watch. My favorite sports are baseball football and hockey. If you told me there's going to be a March Madness for college baseball ( in June of course) I would be the biggest fan, but until then I'm going to look the other way. The only month that I care about is October Madness, when baseball takes over ESPN.

NCAA Tournament

March Madness is one of  my favorite times of year. I love watching college basketball even when its not march but you cant beat it when it is. North Carolina is my favorite team and it really cool this year because there were a number one seed. This tournament has had a lot of upsets which makes it fun because it's awesome to these really small schools beat the bigger schools. The best thing about college basketball during march is filling out brackets and having basketball on all the time. It kinda sucks to see buzzer beaters when the team that you picked losses but its really fun to watch and see teams reactions when there on the winning end. North Carolina lost today so that really sucks and I know Hunter is going to say something but that's all right Dukes out as well. What makes this time of year so much fun though is being in a pool with friends or family or co-workers and watching every game so intently because every game counts. Now that the final four is set I will be pulling for Ohio St. to win but I believe Kentucky will roll through the rest of the field. Well I guess there is always next year for North Carolina.

Tar Heels for Life Baby

-Kyle  

March Madness is Madness this Year

March Madness is one of my favorite times of the year. It brings friends and the best of college basketball into a fun competitive environment that I cannot wait for each year. Not only do I enjoy basketball and more specifically college basketball, but the entire bracket competition has become a staple in college basketball to myself and many others across the nation. There are online competitions, family contests, and even bracket challenges between friends and colleagues. March Madness is always a great way to jump into Spring and enjoy a great sport. This year in particular, March Madness has truly been madness. There have been a substantial amount of upsets that have made for an exciting tournament and some unique brackets. In particular, many teams such as Missouri and Duke were by far the favorites to win their games and they were handed a loss by teams that were definitely the underdogs. Upsets bring a lot of intensity and flare to the March Madness tournament and I absolutely love watching the games on TV and cannot imagine how awesome it would be to attend some of the games in person, especially if I would attending a game of my favorite Purdue Boilermakers.
Boiler UP!

March Madness

This tourney has been nothing short of annoying, although I wouldnt expect anything less. Besides the fact of Duke losing to Lehigh, which I am very disappointed about and mad at Austin Rivers for declaring for the draft I can honestly say that there are not any teams left who I like and want to cheer for. For the rest of the tourney I am going to be rooting the for team playing against Kansas and North Carolina.  As long as one of those two teams dont win it all, for personal and obvious other reasons, then I can walk away from this March Madness with a sense of peace.  I would like to tip my hat to Ohio though because they almost took out North Carolina and if they would have I would have been extremely happy. maybe next year.  This is starting to seem more and more like a random rant about how my teams lost and the team i dislike keep winning so I will end this by saying go teams who play Kansas and North Carolina. The video was the only thing I could find that was worth celebrating.

First Time in this Madness

Basketball is the sport I most participate when it comes to physical activity and discussion on a professional standpoint (NBA). However, March Madness, also known as the NCAA basketball tournament, is beginning to consume me. Not having a strong foundation in college basketball teams, doesn't prohibit me from filling up my brackets.
This year, being the first year and time I set up my brackets, is bringing and showing positive results, as my name stands in first place in a team of 8 other friends. The question is how in the world did I end up on top of the game having no NCAA knowledge or background? The following, are resources used to make decisions on brackets:
1) ESPN help
2) NCAA bracket history
3) College football support
4) Ohio State Buckeye fan
In other words, have the Buckeyes (underdog) on top of Kentucky for the final two, but in reality Kentucky should be on top of the Buckeyes for the title.
On the other hand, the Bulls are simply 'too fast, too strong, too big, and too good' (Stacy King).

The Golf Team Goes to Florida

For all of you who don't know, this is Trinity's first year having an official golf team. We had a wonderful Fall season, and to kick off our Spring season, the golf team went to Florida over Spring Break. To start the week, we spent five days at the World Worlds Golf Resort. We played both the Pine Barrens and Rolling Oaks Courses at World Woods and basically spent every day hitting the range or out on the course. We had absolutely gorgeous weather the entire week and concluded our week at the NCCAA Pro-Am in Palm Coast, Florida. We volunteered at the Pro-Am over the weekend and hosted a golf clinic for younger children. To top all of these things off, the golf team was able to meet several local and touring professionals, celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NCCAA, and we were even able to swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Needless to say, we had an awesome week that was jam-packed with fun activities. We were left with a great impression of the people there and we hope they appreciated our time as well. I would love to go back again someday! Also, the Ocean Hammock Course designed by Jack Nicklaus was magnificent!

March Madness Makes Me Mad

I realize that I'm probably the single person in class that could care less about college basketball.  In fact, I've grown to hate March Madness over the years.  I have a few reasons:  

1)  I think sports are kind of dramatic.  I probably say that because I'm the most un-athletic person ever—I hated PE and thankfully my parents never made me play a sport as I was growing up ;)  I think that because I suck at sports is the reason that I dislike them so much—I really don't like anything that I'm not good at.

2)  My friends get dramatic about it—especially when we're on Spring Break.  The past 2 or 3 spring breaks I've had to endure my friends watching basketball all day and hogging the TV, it got really annoying.  And they did it at my family's house in Florida last year...the nerve of them!  I also want to shoot myself every time I hear someone blab about their bracket.

3)  It interrupts my favorite regularly scheduled program, the news.  Pretty much all that I watch is the news, so you could imagine my frustration when dramatic college basketball comes on when I want to learn about what's going on in the world.

Sorry if I may have offended anyone, but my feelings are strong about this topic lol

    This spring break went well for the Trolls Baseball Squad. We left the Thursday before break actually started. In Florida we played 9 games and went 6-3. Then following our trip to Florida we played 3 games against St. Francis winning 2 of them. This wrapped up the best Trolls Baseball spring break in history. The weather was great in Florida and has been great since we got back to Chicago, Lets keep it up mother nature!

Did You Know: Trolls live under bridges!!!

P.S.: Don't Get Trolled!

Spring Break in Cali

This week I accompanied my grandparents on a trip to California. We traveled all along the coast, passing through different cities and visiting National landmarks. After traveling through the mountains of Sierra Nevada, the desert of Bakersfield, vineyards of Sonoma, and the San Fransisco Bay, we hopped on a plane and made the long trip back to Palos Heights, IL. It was a fantastic week.   

Red Headed Step Brothers

This spring break, I went back home to Wisconsin and hung out with my step brother, Charlie. We played with his assortment of stuffed animals and tennis balls as defended the house from squirrels and rabbits. It was a fun and relaxing week; I am going to miss my step brother Charlie.

He's the best that's all I need to say.

SB12

For spring break I went to the scenic town of Pella, Ia. my girlfriend's home town. Though largely uneventful, we were able to enjoy the sunny weather by shooting hoops, kicking a soccer ball, and grilling. Overall it was a preview of mid-July summer days but milder and less humid.

Spring Break Bliss

While I may not have had the most exciting spring break I do believe that I had a very productive one. During the time that the average college students were burning through money paying for gas and an assortment of beverages I was working and playing housewife (I cleaned my entire house, it's spotless). Like I said, not the most exciting break but productive. I also was able to spend some quality time at IKEA with my beautiful girlfriend, Lacee. For those that don't know IKEA is probably one of the coolest stores that I have ever been too and considering that I have a little Swedish blood in me it made me proud to be a Swede. Anyways, my spring break may be considered boring by some but for me it was perfect. It was relaxing and satisfying. I made a little money, hung out with the coolest girl ever, and cleaned house which is the gift that keeps on giving because it always feels good to come home to a clean house. It is for these reasons that I found my spring break to be quite blissful.

Kevin's Trip to Colorado

I've never been west of the Mississippi before (I've been as far east as Germany though), so my trip to Colorado was an interesting experience.

I made the journey with my two friends, Craig Kallemeyn & Zach VerHaar.  We flew out last Saturday night.  Zach's parents recently relocated to suburban Denver from the Chicago area, so we stayed with them at their house.

Among many things we did, some of the more interesting include:  touring the Coors brewery (the largest in the world), seeing Pikes Peak, going to the Air Force academy, and me attempting to ski.  Now, I've never skied before, and I was a little bit nervous when I first tried to do it.  In fact, as soon as I put my skis on, I lost control and started sliding down a little hill about as steep as the incline behind Groot Hall.  I tried to "pizza pie," but I couldn't stop.  I crashed into some kids who were waiting in line for the bunny hill.  I, very awkwardly, tried to get up—but it was so hard.  So I had to just sit there for about 5 minutes in the middle of the line to the bunny hill trying to get up.

Continuing with my skiing adventure, I actually mastered the bunny hill pretty well after about 4 times.  So my friends thought it was appropriate to let me try a green (a green is an easier hill, but still quite a bit more difficult than the bunny hill.)  The lift up there took forever, and as soon as I got up there I was so nervous that I almost fell again.  This was a really zig-zaggy slope, and I fell about 4 times.  Each time it took me forever to get up—I was getting really frustrated.  I was also really close to going right off the side of the mountain, but I sat down just in time.  Needless to say, I was tired of skiing after about 5 minutes of my first run.  I was exhausted so I took my skis off and walked down from nearly the top of the mountain.  That took forever and I was even more exhausted.  I decided that I was done skiing so then I just put my stuff back in the car and treated myself to some chicken strips and several beers at the bar.  I had to wait about 4 hours for everyone else to finish—needless to say, I was having a good time all by myself at the bar while I waited.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of myself trying to ski yet, as I didn't take any on my camera.  But this picture that I'm pasting below is a picture of us by a dinosaur.  We visited a place called Dinosaur Ridge one day that has tons of old dinosaur fossils buried in the side of the mountain.

I had a fun time in Colorado, but I'm glad to be back.

Cheers!

Spring Break!!!!!

I wish I could say I went somewhere sweet for Spring Break, but I got to go back to Holland, MI. I worked as much as possible for my fathers John Deere business. My highlight of the week was going to Grand Rapids and eating at a Great Restaurant called 616. Great!!! http://www.ilove616.com/

Good to be back Ya'all, see ya in class

Spring Break!

In this short week period for Spring break I spent most of my time cleaning, bagboy, managing accounts and riding back and forth from Chicago to Dallas. In other words, my spring break was the opposite of relaxation and more of physical work. However, despite the burden of work, I enjoyed my day of work, in Chicago and Dallas. Getting to know passengers by starting a conversation, visiting other states, and paying no cent of transportation was a great privilege. Can't wait for another road trip, if it happens.

SB 2012

For my spring break trip i went to Panama City Beach, Florida with the track team.  On our way down, some of the longer distance runners ran in the Half marathon in TN.  The 3 runners that ran all qualified for the NAIA Marathon in May.  That was super exciting and a good way to start the week. We drove the rest of the way and eventually got to PCB Monday.  the weather was awesome all week.  we ran every morning and every afternoon with beach, volleyball, football, swimming, and eating all in between.  We also had team devotions everyday led by everyone in small groups.  it was great team bonding through out the week and the devos and praise and worship led to even better team bonding and spiritual growth.  we left Thursday for home.  we had a tack meet Saturday in Memphis, TN.  I ran in the open 800m run and the 4x400m relay.  In the 800 i took 10th out of 52 runners with a time of 1:58.78. and out relay team took 6th i think out of about 15.  it was a fun week and a good start to the outdoor track season.

My Break that wasn't in Spring but it was still called Spring Break

I think to fully appreciate how much I enjoyed my Spring Break we'd have to look my week at work prior to this vacation. Since I was leaving for a week I needed to prepare everything for when I was gone and since I limited hours because of class, it was the most hectic week of my entire life. If I hadn't shaved my head, I would've pulled my hair out. So this is why my Spring Break was one of the best weeks off I've ever had in my entire life. I drove down to Panama City with some of my roommates and met up with other people on our campsite. One of those people included our very Hunter Mitchell. The whole week was spent chillin' out; something that was much needed. If you can think of the song "Toes" by Zac Brown Band, that would pretty much sum up what break was for me except for some parts of the song that I will not point out specifically. The one thing that was the highlight of my trip was when me and four other dudes rented mopeds and drove down the strip of Panama City. It was an incredible day and the people I was with made it really fun. Other than that the only thing that I regret not doing is seeing my family.

Jake out/

spring break summary

This spring break had a little bit of both relaxation and fun. The first weekend all I did was stay out here at home and enjoy the break by catching up on sleep and watching a lot of television and eating good cooked meals. Was also a good time hanging with Josh during the time as well. Once that was over a quick plane ride to Panama City beach at 6am was my next destination this break. Tuesday morning I arrived in Panama City, FL, was at the campsite by 10 and on the beach by 12. the next four days consisted of a lot beach, sun, free stuff and socializing. Got pretty burnt but hey we can only hope it turns to color. I cant think of any specifics stories at the moment, but I can say it was a good time had by all, most the time. After that i spent the sunday getting ready for the home stretch of this year and getting reacquainted with all the roommates. That, in a small nutshell, is what  I did with my spring break this year. Oh, and Lehigh made me very disappointed. Bout it

Spring Break

I stayed home for my spring break and worked all week at the garbage company that I work for but enjoyed the wonderful 70 and 80 degree weather all week. The first weekend of spring break I was able to go to Dayton, Ohio and see my brother and sister In-Law who live in Texas but we all meet up for her brothers wedding. This is a picture of Megan and I (For those of you don't know Megan is my girlfriend) at the weeding.  This was probably the highlight of my spring break because I got to spend time with people that I love.

23rd Birthday and Other Stuff for Spring Break

To start off my spring break I celebrated my 23rd birthday on March 9th with my two triplet brothers, family, and friends. That included food, drinks, and ending the night at a bar that had way too many old people at 3am. Wish my grandma was that cool though. Spent the rest of spring break working, filling out job apps, and going to a career fair filled with employers who didn't feel like account management, account executive, or sales positions fell under the category of marketing. Swung a golf club for the first time which did nothing but made my entire body sore for 2 days. Went to Michael Jordan's Steakhouse for the first time. Couldn't even bring myself to order an entre, but I'm a vegetarian so I don't know why I was at a steakhouse. Went to a hookah bar.  It was a pretty good spring break that went way too fast.

Viral Video

Hide yo kids hide yo wife

I really had a hard time choosing a video to post here because there are way too many that are really good, and even more that are funny but way too innapporpriate to put on a Trinity Christian College sponsored website. So I posted a video that is funny, amazing, and appropriate all at once. I'm sure you've seen it before, but here it is:

Jake Out

Chocolate Rain

Yeah I had a hard time thinking of any videos I have watched on youtube that isn't vulgar then I remembered watching this some years ago. Not a fan of the song but it would great if the sky did rain chocolate one day.

fishing bloopers and the dentist

the first video is one of the favorites among all my roommates.  never really thought there could be such funny bloopers from fishing

the second one is a well known video but if hilarious every time.

enjoy!!!

Proud Prof. Shrop Lock & Drop

As I watch your videos and cringe and read your posts and smile----I am so proud to have y'all in my class this year and I am thankful to have this blog to remember our fun and sometimes hysterical times MWF from 1-1:50!

So this is what college baseball teams do during rain delays.

Just in Time for St. Patrick's Day!

I think this is hilarious.

So Real it's Unreal Commercial!

Wanna Play A Little Soccer?!?

I'm a P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-Platypus!!! (The Platypus Song)

Warning: This song is very addictive, but funny and may get stuck in your head... Proceed at your own risk!

You were properly warned!

Fun Fact: You can actually buy the Platypus puppet online! HAH!

Evolution of Dance

Speechless

I want to be this guy when I grow up

CHARLIE!!!!!

Look at this car!

http://www.zipments.com/

Interesting business model. Someone could do their presentation on this.

Amazing Race Watermelon Launch