Big 33 is a football game every year. It is the best high school players from PA against Ohio. I am a buddy, I have been for over 10 years, and I love it so much. We partner with a football player for the whole week. This year I get to speak for them. I spoke at the Capitol. This summer I speak again, and Ben Roethlisberger will be at the game. Im excited to meet an NFL player because I love football so much.
Here is the video of my speech. I was a little nervous, but killed it.
[ Big 33's website: http://www.big33.org/ ]
Jan 20, 2012
My day cooking in a local restaurant
I work two days a week at Skills. Skills is a workshop. The people are nice but I really want to cook. That is a dream job for me, like gordan ramsey haha! Today a boss took me to Café 210 in State College, PA. They let me work in their kitchen all morning.
I had to cut up a lot of food like vegetables and peppers. I need to practice slicing more, but they told me I did good with the knife. I use knives at home when I cook too.
I made 5 galloons of chili from scratch, it was cool. I did a great job. I even prepped the first order of food for lunch because I was still there. It was nachos.
I was so excited for this because I really want to cook I like it a lot. My birthday was yesterday and my birthday wish was to get a kitchen job this year. It makes me work hard and I feel like one of the guys. My job coach felt like I was a regular employee because all the guys acted like I worked there.
Some people were not sure if I could do this job. Now that I did so good at this kitchen prep test I hope I can find a job cooking since it is my dream.
I had to cut up a lot of food like vegetables and peppers. I need to practice slicing more, but they told me I did good with the knife. I use knives at home when I cook too.
I made 5 galloons of chili from scratch, it was cool. I did a great job. I even prepped the first order of food for lunch because I was still there. It was nachos.
I was so excited for this because I really want to cook I like it a lot. My birthday was yesterday and my birthday wish was to get a kitchen job this year. It makes me work hard and I feel like one of the guys. My job coach felt like I was a regular employee because all the guys acted like I worked there.
Some people were not sure if I could do this job. Now that I did so good at this kitchen prep test I hope I can find a job cooking since it is my dream.
Jan 4, 2012
My brother-in-law
I have a brother-in-law named Eric. He is awesome. He is the best at everything and he is the sweetest bro ever. You can go hang out with him, but sorry ladies, he is married!!
We do stuff together almost everyday. He helps me be more independent (like showing me how to change my nephew's diapers >_< ) and he helps me practice to live on my own. He works a lot with me on learning how to get around. I think he spies on me from the bushes when I'm on my missions to find places he sends me to. We also chill and play video games so we don't only do work all the time.
We do stuff together almost everyday. He helps me be more independent (like showing me how to change my nephew's diapers >_< ) and he helps me practice to live on my own. He works a lot with me on learning how to get around. I think he spies on me from the bushes when I'm on my missions to find places he sends me to. We also chill and play video games so we don't only do work all the time.
Nov 11, 2011
Trappin'
My dad and his neighbor go out and set traps in the woods to catch animals. They have to get up around 4 am everyday to go and check the traps. It is super cold where my parents live in the mountains so we had to dress very warmly. My dad let me go with him last weekend and we got a coyote!
They don't usually get that kind of stuff, so I was really lucky to be there the day they got it. When we go out, we drive around to go to each area. When we pull over, my dad's neighbor checks it out first to make sure it is safe for us to get out of the car. I was so 'lucky' to be there that I had to carry the coyote to the car then.
We were back at home then before my mom was even awake yet! It was neat to go out once or twice, but I don't think I want to wake up that early every day, so when I visit my parents at their house, I don't think I'll always want to go trappin' with them. Instead I will probably 'sleep in' until 7 am :)
They don't usually get that kind of stuff, so I was really lucky to be there the day they got it. When we go out, we drive around to go to each area. When we pull over, my dad's neighbor checks it out first to make sure it is safe for us to get out of the car. I was so 'lucky' to be there that I had to carry the coyote to the car then.
We were back at home then before my mom was even awake yet! It was neat to go out once or twice, but I don't think I want to wake up that early every day, so when I visit my parents at their house, I don't think I'll always want to go trappin' with them. Instead I will probably 'sleep in' until 7 am :)
Pictures in a Park
I like to take pictures. It's fun when I feel bored. It is awesome on a Friday. I also like to take photos on other days. To make pictures is fun and I like to take my time and do good ones. Pictures are a great thing to do when I'm on my own. Sometimes Eric comes with me, but I do all the work and I'm usually alone. Today, he just dropped me off at the start of a trail in the woods and I called him after I was all done. 
I started by trying an idea I had to take some photos from a moving swing, then I headed down the path to take some forest pics.
It's really important to focus on what you're doing. You can't just take random pictures with your eyes closed. You have to pay attention and find the right spot.
It is sweet that I can just use my iPhone to do this activity because I always have it with me, so I can take pics whenever I see a good one, or I can just use it to remember good times I have like most people do.
I won't put in all the photos I took because there are way to many, but here are a few more of my favs.
I started by trying an idea I had to take some photos from a moving swing, then I headed down the path to take some forest pics.
It's really important to focus on what you're doing. You can't just take random pictures with your eyes closed. You have to pay attention and find the right spot.
It is sweet that I can just use my iPhone to do this activity because I always have it with me, so I can take pics whenever I see a good one, or I can just use it to remember good times I have like most people do.
I won't put in all the photos I took because there are way to many, but here are a few more of my favs.
Oct 19, 2011
Hanging out with friends
A few days ago I went to hang out a few of my friends. Sometimes it's really hard to find people to hang out with, especially after I graduated from school. I forgot to get a lot of my friend's phone numbers and I have never seen them since. That was almost 6 months ago now! Time goes really fast and I don't know where the time went already.
The thing I went to was put together by an alumni group that I joined a little while ago. They shoot me an email when they are doing something to hang out. We went to see a movie about a dolphin that lost it' s tail. I had some snacks and sat with some people I know.
After the movie we went out to Cracker Barrel for dinner. That is a cool place to eat because they have really good food. They also have a gift shop where you can kill time while you are waiting for your table. I ate the fried catfish platter. It was good. They had weird pictures on the wall from like the 40's or something. My friends and I talked about stuff that was on our mind. It was fun.
When we were done eating, me and some dudes I know went to watch a hockey game. My one friend is a fire police and so we went to his fire station to watch the game. The game was on the west coast so it didn't end until like 1:00 am because there was a shoot out too.
I wish I could do fun stuff like this all the time, but its really hard when you don't have anybody to call all the time. I wish I would have done a better job of getting my friend's info when I had the chance!! I am excited to see what we can do next time.
The thing I went to was put together by an alumni group that I joined a little while ago. They shoot me an email when they are doing something to hang out. We went to see a movie about a dolphin that lost it' s tail. I had some snacks and sat with some people I know.
After the movie we went out to Cracker Barrel for dinner. That is a cool place to eat because they have really good food. They also have a gift shop where you can kill time while you are waiting for your table. I ate the fried catfish platter. It was good. They had weird pictures on the wall from like the 40's or something. My friends and I talked about stuff that was on our mind. It was fun.
When we were done eating, me and some dudes I know went to watch a hockey game. My one friend is a fire police and so we went to his fire station to watch the game. The game was on the west coast so it didn't end until like 1:00 am because there was a shoot out too.
I wish I could do fun stuff like this all the time, but its really hard when you don't have anybody to call all the time. I wish I would have done a better job of getting my friend's info when I had the chance!! I am excited to see what we can do next time.
Oct 3, 2011
2011 Buddy Walk
[Editor's note: Saturday was the 4th Annual Buddy Walk for our area, put on by the Centre County Down Syndrome Society. More information at: www.centrecountydownsyndrome.org]
The buddy walk was sweet. I saw this little kid with "the downs" he was so cute.
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