My Life Told By Adam Sandler

Being a recent college grad, I have experienced some recent college grad-y things. Also people asking me a million questions on what I plan on doing with myself for the rest of my life. These questions become overwhelming at times (all the time) and I can only think of reactions by Adam Sandler to answer them.

When my mom asks me when I plan on losing my freshman 15 

When bossman tells me I can leave work early on Friday 

When that cute boy just doesn't seem to want to text me back. 

When I try and be fancy and mature at the bar and order one of those IPA beers that comes out to be $8.50….

When someone asks how my  new job search is going 

When someone at a family party asks if I have a boyfriend 

Every Monday morning waking up for work feels like 

When I see the exact amount of my student loans. 

But seriously, I am a grown up and plan on doing big things. 

Fall Sangria

What you will need:

1 Bottle of Red Wine ( any kind will work)

1 Carton of orange Juice

2 cans of sprite

3 apples

3 oranges

There is not much to making this quick and easy Fall sangria suitable for any function, I think. Its perfect for a girls night in snuggled up by the fire watching Hocus Pocus. 

Could cause:

Slurring of words

Crying about your emotions

Texting your ex

Laughing at absolutely nothing

New friendships 

The instructions are quite simple; take a big bowl and pour the whole bottle of red wine in it. Then add, 2 cans of sprite. Then take 4 cups of your OJ and pour that in there too. Then cut up your apples and oranges and throw them in there. (I do not know if these actually causes that much flavor but it looks really cool with the fruit on top.) Enjoy! 

30 for 30

If you are like me and 75% of America you have seen at least one episode of ESPN’s 30 for 30. It’s a show that does a sports documentaries sometimes on a team, players, or coach. Each show pretty much has the same baseline talking about the Where, When and How. Some of my favorite one’s are “The U,” “Alabama vs. Auburn,” “Reggie Miller,” “The Big East,” “The Best There Never Was,” “Bad Boys,” and “Of Miracles and Men.”

Anyone’s life could be transformed into a 30 for 30. Most of use average America NARP’s would not get a chance to be the subject line for this show. I am just waiting for Meryl Streep to appear in one of theses. 

Would Kid Rock narrate my film? I hope not. 

In 30 for 30’s they talk about the good and the bad. They don’t leave out much. 

Alabama vs. Auburn

Roll Damn Tide, War Damn Eagle. Just watching this you understand the South’s craziness for football. They will go as far as to poison a tree. 

Reggie Miller

A classic one. This is the story of Reggie Miller and how he was an exceptional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers. Just ask his sister, who was also a great basketball player.

Bad Boys

In the 30 for 30 episode of “Bad Boys” about the Detroit Pistons and how they were considered a pretty dirty team in the league at the time, they talk about how Isaiah Thomas’s comment on Boston Celtic’s Larry Bird saying “If Larry Bird were black he could be just another average player.” Shots fired. 

On the 30 for 30 Thomas says he was joking and asks why ESPN was even bringing it up. Awkward. There are always controversial issues brought up on these episodes which makes it interesting. 

Of Miracles and Men

Another 30 for 30 “Of Miracles and Men” is told from the Russian’s point of view in the 1980 Olympic hockey game against the United States, where the US won. It was painful to watch. They all looked so mad, thats like 35 years of being pissed. 

The U

This one is about the University of Miami football team who does some misbehaving on and off the field in the early 90’s. This was a prevalent time during which “Miami Vice” rose to stardom and the drug trafficking trade was taking a hit. 

The Best That Never Was

 Marcus Dupree was a 20 something running back that had a book written about him before he actually did anything. He ran into all sorts of troubles and set backs in his career that would make his dreams, only be dreams.

The Big East

This 30 for 30 shows how the Big East conference came to be and how the coaches and players created a huge athletic business association. 

My First Night At College

By: Molly Fox

 A jam packed car full of sheets, a comforter, clothes, a refrigerator, a printer, decorations I did not need, and one very, very scared 18 year old.

It was pouring rain.

The rain pounded down on the windshield as me and my parents drove down 476. My sisters trailing behind us with another car full of stuff I did not need nor had room for. I was terrified. As we pulled off the exit my stomach tighten for I was getting ready to spend the next 4 years at this very unfamiliar place.

We pulled up to public safety to retrieve the key to my dorm. I sat in an unconditioned room for 30 minutes while the lady at the desk rummaged through a box full of small envelopes trying to find the key to match me.

“Fox?” she said.

“Yup” I replied

“Maggie?” she said

“No, Molly” I replied

“Oh, here you are” she said handing me the envelope

Gee thanks I thought.

I moved in a week before everyone else because I played volleyball and had preseason with all the other fall athletes. Moving in one week earlier meant no room mate for one whole week.

I was so nervous living by myself in a dorm. I would have no one to really talk to or hang out with. I did not know anyone else, not even anyone on my team. I just realized I did not know any of my team mates besides my coach.

I jiggled the door knob trying to get the key to work to open the door to my room. My whole family had helped me move tons of things into my room to make it like home. There was no air conditioning which made it nothing like home. There was one small window. I was growing more and more nervous because I had to leave in 2 hours to have a fall athletes meeting in another building. Great. My mom and I made my bed as I felt the tears coming.

“It’s just the fear of the unknown” my mom said.

My dad and sisters had left go to the Phillies game. (They didn’t actually tell me they were going to the Phillies game till months later because they did not want to make me feel bad or jealous about them going to a game without me.)

There were two nice girls who lived next to me who played field hockey. They walked by my room and peered in to ask me if I wanted to walk over to the athletes meeting with them.

The first thing I thought was: no, I do not want to walk over with you I want to go home and lay in my own bed in my own house with my family.

But what came out of my mouth was: “Sure, that would be great.”

My mom and I finished up the last few things of putting together my dorm as she looked around the room nervously. This was it, time to say goodbye. I hugged her and cried for I do not even know how long.

“Everything will be great, I love you” she said

“I love you, mom so much” I replied

I watched her walk down my hallway and out the door. I went back in my room and cried so hard I almost threw up.

I walked out in the hallway as it was time to leave for the athletes meeting. The nice girl next to me asked if I was okay. I’m fine, I told her.

We walked over to the building up the hill next to the cafeteria, it was so humid and hot. I walked into the auditorium when one of the senior volleyball player came up and grabbed me and walked me to where the other volleyball players were sitting. I did not even know she knew who I was. My coach was there and he greeted me and told me how happy he was to have me here. Yeah, I’m thrilled I told him even though that was the furthest thing from the truth.

I settled in a seat next to another freshman volleyball player as we sat through an hour long meeting listening to our athletic director talk about how the NCAA has a zero tolerance for steroids. No shit.

After the meeting the captain of the volleyball team stood up and said we needed to be at the gym by 5:30am and suited up and ready by 6:00am.

“Are you f*cking kidding me” I thought

I do not think I have been up before at 5:30 for anything in my life.

That was all about to change.

I headed back to my dorm for I was so exhausted from the day. I turned on my TV and put on the Modern Family complete season 1 DVD.

It automatically made me think of my family and me watching it so I quickly shut it off. I really needed a shower, I was sweating in the dorm that had no AC and it just happen to be 97 degrees that day. I go to the shower and it looks like prison showers. I hop in and try and turn it on and nothing comes out. Okay, that one doesn’t work.

I go in the next one and turn it on as hot water hits my back. I am sweating in the shower. I rinse off as best I can and head back to my room. Sweat on my forehead.

I set my alarm for 5:00am, and called home. I had to hang up at first when I hear the ring because I start to cry harder than I thought. I try again and my dad answers.

“Hey Mol” he says

He asks how the meeting went, I told him it was fine and I need to be up at 5am. I told him I loved him and he put my mom on the phone who asked the same series of questions. I told my mom I was already homesick and she said that was normal.

“But like I really miss home, Mom”

“I know it’s going to be okay, first night is always tough, try and get to sleep you have to up early, and I love you”

“I love you too”

 There was huge thunderstorm that rolled in, with horrible thunder and lighting. Just perfect, I thought. I had to shut the window at that point which made my room even hotter. I had a small desk light on because I hated sleeping in pitch black, that started to flicker. The field hockey girls next to me must not have needed to be up at 5am because I could hear their whole conversation through the paper thin walls.  I laid on top of my bed and shut my eyes and said a prayer. The next thing I knew my alarm was going off and it was 5am. I threw on all my volleyball stuff grabbed my bag and was out the door. 

The security officer sitting at the front desk of my dorm told me to kick some ass.

“Thanks, you too” I replied

It was so early I didn’t even care if that made no sense.

It was nonstop volleyball from 6am to 12pm and then again at 5pm that night. It was like that for the whole week.

Fast-forward 4 years later and here I am, just graduated college. I could not think of a better experience in my life than college. I had the best time of my life and I am so happy for all the experiences I had and all the people I met. I have met some friends I know I will have for life time. 


Every time a new group of freshmen came on the team I always told them its okay to be home sick and if they needed anything to call me, I know first nights can be a little rough.


 I am also so thankful for my Dad who told me to suck it up when I called home crying from being so sore from volleyball workouts wanting to come home. If you would have picked me up and took me home, I would not be where I am now. 

Why Ronda Rousey Should Be Your Role Model

By: Molly Fox

I recently finished the book “My Fight is Your Fight” by Ronda Rousey. Rousey just claimed the title of the UFC world champion. She is an awesome fighter, and if you have seen any of fights you would agree. Her book takes you through her whole life and how she literally when from rags to riches.

Nothing was ever handed to her

She had to work for very little thing in her life. She traveled the world for competitions by herself with literally no money. No one was really ever there to tell her she did a good job or to wrap her hands before a fight. She did it all on her own.

She overcame life’s obstacles                             

Her life was not always glamorous. Her father committed suicide when she was at the tender age of 7. She had a boyfriend who stole her car to go buy drugs. She rose above all that and used that to motivate to only become better. She became a fighter from the moment she was born. She was deprived of oxygen when her mom gave birth to her. She had trouble speaking and didn’t put together a full sentence until she was 6 years old. She fought to speak better despite what doctors said.

Her mentality

Losing is not an option. Her mentality before every fight is she going to beat that girl in under a minute. Nothing is going to stop her, she wants to put her opponent in a hospital. She expects nothing less of herself than to win every fight. No matter who is standing on the other corner of the cage, she is going to fight them and win.

Her Family

In her book, she talks a lot about her family. One part of the book I will never forget is after a judo fight she went to her mom and told her she had sprained her ankle, her mom then made her run laps after she told her that to prove that she can fight no matter what injury she has. Her mom wanted to prove to her she can do it. She talks about how her success would be nothing without her family

She stuck to what she believed in

At a tournament she ran into Dana White who is the head of the UFC. She went up to him and told him that she is going to be the first female in UFC. In the book, he talks about how he brushed her off because he believed that would never happen. Shortly after she won several fights, she signed a contract with UFC.

She called out Floyd Mayweather at the ESPY’s.

After she won the ESPY award for Best Fighter, she called out Mayweather saying “I wonder how Floyd feels after being beat by a woman for once.”

Pure freaking gold. 

10 Fictional Deaths I’ll Never Get Over

By: Molly Fox

 

1.      Tricia Miller from Orange is the New Black

Corn rows, neck tat and all, the youngest junky in Litchfield won many hearts. 

2.      G-Baby from Hardball

The young boy gets shot by a stray bullet while trying to hide during a gun fight. If you did not cry during this scene you have no soul.

 

3.      Derek Shepard from Grey’s Anatomy.

I do not need to caption this, if I do I will start to cry.

 

4.      Thomas J from My Girl

“Wanna climb a tree Thomas J?” Where are my tissues?

 

5.      Caretaker from The Longest Yard

He was murdered and the first friend Adam Sandler had in prison. We will always love you!

 

6.      Jack Dawson from Titanic

Rose, there was room on that door for two people you selfish ginger.

 

7.      John Coffey from The Green Mile

He won so many hearts curing that little mouse. I’ll never forget you, John.

 

8.      Marley from Marley and Me

Don’t cry Molly, don’t cry. I need to go hug my dog.

 

9.      Johnny from The Outsiders

Stay golden, Ponyboy.

10.  Adriana from The Soprano’s

Christophaaaa, you smother her dog by sitting on him, then you have her killed, some boyfriend you are. 

The Truth about True Detective

 By: Molly Fox

True Detective is a crime show that aired on Sunday nights at 9pm HBO. There are currently 2 seasons out. I was slightly obsessed with Season 1.

Season 2…different story.

Season 1 stared Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.

Matty McC? Count me in.

The first and second season had two different casts with two different crimes/storyline.

I can tell you right now I had no idea what in the hell was going on in Season 2 until the last freaking episode. The cast was crazy strong, with it staring Rachel McAdams, Vince Vaughn, Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins) and Colin Farrell. How could this go wrong?

Oh but it did.

Farrell, Kitsch, and McAdams all played cops. Vaughn played a gangster doing some dirty work with city mayor, who was killed in the first episode becoming the story line of the whole show. Farrell played somewhat of a dirty cop but you had to love to love him. Eventually, McAdams and Farrell spark up a steamy relationship in the last few episodes.

Personally, I think Vaughn needs to stick to comedy.

I honestly could not tell you their names on the show, I refer to them by their real names.

I expected a lot more out of the show considering season 1 nailed it. Do not get me wrong, the show was good and worth watching, but it was so confusing. I would read every article I could find about the show to understand what was happening. Who is screwing who over?! Why did he shoot him?! Is he dead?! He cannot be dead. Rewind that, what did he say?!  Eventually I got it, with the help of a BuzzFeed article.

My mom and I watched it together every night Sunday night and would be sending each other articles by Monday morning. My mom semi gave up on the show half way through the show because she hated the way Farrell mumbled and you couldn’t understand him. He is originally from Ireland and has a brogue, he could be speaking gibberish and I would not care.

I did love the ending though, it was sad, but it did really bring the whole show together. I would not call it a happy ending, but a pleasant surprise would suffice. I will not tell you the ending, you may just have to figure that one out yourself.