I would have to say that on of my biggest pet peeves is when someone people bite their nails. When someone sits in class and chews on their finger nails spitting out the pieces after every bite it drives me crazy. I just dont understand the point of chewing on your finger nails. My girlfriend chews her finger nails all the time and I have to keep pulling her hand away from her mouth to get her to stop because she doesnt realize she is doing it. I just dont really see the point of biting your nails,it makes them shorter but thats what a finger nail clippers is for. Whenever I see someone biting their nails it makes me want to go put some mittens on them or something, whatever it would take to get them to stop. Another one of my big pet peeves dealing with finger nails is when someone files their nails in front of me. The sound of someone filing their nails, for some reason, makes me cringe. It is like nails on a chalkboard for me. Whenever Im at home and my mom starts to file her nails I have to get up and leave because the sound just kills me.

I went home with a friend for the weekend to La Crosse. Me and another friend went to meet his family and friends back home. We left on Friday around 4:30 and it was about a 2 and a half hour drive. When we got there we drove around the city a little bit to see what La Crosse was like. Eventually we found something to do so we went to a kid's house becasue he was having some people over. We went there and hung out for a while until everyone started to leave. We stopped at Subway and went back to my friends house and went to bed. The next day we all woke up and went to his little sister's birthday party at a waterpark about 45 minutes away. The waterpark was not huge but it was pretty fun. We left the park and drove back to his house to figure out what to do that night. When his parents got home they cooked us all some burgers and wings. We decided to go bowling at a place nearby so we finished eating and went bowling. Once we had bowled a few games we went started going back to his house but decided to stop at a grocery store where I had to get some Wisconsin cheese curds. We got back to his house and pretty much crashed right away. The next day, we were all pretty lazy, laying around all day watching the Lakers game. Finally, around 7 we left to come back to Mankato. We got back a few hours later, unpacked everything, and took it easy the rest of the night.

I expect from this class this semester to learn a little more about good effiecient ways of writing papers. Also, I expect to get practice in writing some papers. I did not really expect to have to read a book but it was not as bad as i thought it would be. From my instructor in this course my expectations are that he will help in improving our skills in writing through cunstructive criticism of our writings. Also, I think that the one on one meetings that are required will help in doing so. I aslo expect that if I go to the instructors office hours that I can find the help that I am looking for on a paper or anything related to the course. From myslef I expect to do all of the assignments in this course and to not only pass this course but to do well in it. The main thing that I am going to expect from myself, however, is that I will get all of my assignments in on time and will not procrastinate like I always end up doing. I think that what was said at the beginning of the course was true, that we will get out of the course what we put into so I am expecting myself to get out of this course everything that I can.

My name is Brian Cummings. I'm from Maple Grove, Minnesota and have lived in Minnesota my whole life. I have an older brother and an older sister and also a almost 2 year old nephew. I went to school at West Lutheran High School in Plymouth. I am a Freshman and haven't decided on a major yet. I like to play all sports. I played Football and Basketball in high school but I like to play pretty much any sport. Last year, my high school basketball team got invited to a tournament in Arizona so we got to fly out to and spend some time in Arizona. Also, we ended up winning the tournament so that just made the trip that much better. Also, I ended up getting the MVP award for the tournament so it was a great trip down to Arizona. Antoher fun memory for me is when I went to a resort on Lake Kabatogama last summer with my girlfriend and her family. We went for a week and a couple of other families that we know went as well. It was a great time boating, swimming, and doing whatever we wanted. There is a thing at this resort called The Blob where someone sits on one end of it and another person jumps off of a tower onto the other end sending that person flying into the water. That made for some good laughs especially when me and another guy jumped onto it and launched the lightest girl there about 15 feet in the air.