Too much.... just too much.

I am delayed big time on my blog. There was been absolutely no time to update you with my good news. Well, I will just have to make time. Let me backtrack to about two weeks ago where there is a lot of events I did.
After recovering from Mid-Semester Break and grades, I decided to have a little fun. Practically, the week was dedicated to getting away and really enjoying what life in general has to offer. I went to a Corn Maze in Plain City, Ohio with one of my newer organizations, CLEAR. I have never been to a corn field before. I had seen quite a bit of movies that depicted the corn field as the area of danger and the point of no return. There were about 20 of us braving cold weather and the company of being alone in the field. I have passed Plain City before but I knew that the name of the city was the exact nature of the city- a small town with a small population based on rural economy. Upon arriving in Plain City, I was expecting an eerie feeling to creep inside my body. CLEAR members stepped out into the cold, frightful weather and purchased the tickets to enter the festivities. I kept hearing something like a chainsaw in the distance; I was wondering if there are actually a chain-wielding maniac on the run. Personally, I knew that was not the case- I guess I need to stop thinking about Resident Evil 4. Anyway, me and a group of people tested the Corn Maze first. The first part of the course seemed to get people turned around in circles. I think that area took us 15 minutes to figure out the way to get to the next station. Once that area was passed, I flew through the next 5 stations without much action. On station 5, we found a bridge that helped trace me back to the beginning and to the end. I had a glow stick with me so I would not be completely in the dark. Around station 6, my team was split in half. The path branched off into a loop or a somewhat obscure area in which the path disappeared into a mesh of foliage. Me and two other people went through the foliage and quickly navigated through the labyrinth. I knew that I was getting closer to the end because there was a lot more activities. People tried to scare me with their being hidden in the foliage or making themselves camouflaged into the ground. There were three areas that got my adrenaline pumping, though. The first area was when the psychedelic area I was entering became increasingly small until I had to crawl my way out. That is a surprise. Next is the haunted bus, where you can't see 6 inches in front of you and a ghoul pops out of nowhere as a final greeter. I was about to go into self-defense mode. Finally, there was another psychedelic room near the finish near a guy who is lying on the ground in spots matching the floor springs up and catches your attention. Personally, I was glad to get out. The Corn Maze was not that scary but travelling in there makes you conscious of time, especially since we needed to leave the Corn Maze facility by 9:00 p.m. (which did not happen, but I will tell you later).
I enjoyed the rest of the day in the area by watching people attempt to climb a greasy pole (good luck with that in the cold night), feeding goats, and playing old games with just a little competition such as racing and pumping water in a tube to see whose duck will reach the end first. Once again, my camera in absentia but someone took a couple of pictures of me. As I waited for the people who got lost in the corn field to emerge from the darkness, I grabbed some kettle corn and apple cider, along with a picture souvenir. The picture souvenir turns out to be the overview for the corn field- of Rascal Flatts. Now I know why I got turned around so many times. I left Plain City happy and ready to face the weekend.
Saturday morning. Rise and shine: I helped with a Habitat Build Day nearby the OWU campus. That is right: the project started at 8 in the morning. Now for people who are not accustomed to waking up in the morning this may have been a problem. Since I am a morning person usually, I accepted the conditions and put on a jacket to walk over to the site. The task that had to be done during the 4 hour build day was sandblasting (which I did not get a chance to do), digging holes for future construction areas (e.g. steps and sewage disposal), and lining up the amount of gravel so construction could easily smooth cement over the area. This was fun! There were 4 Habitaters but we worked together to get the job completed. Git'er Done!! Reeling from the energy I developed at the Build site, I saw some OWU Volleyball action against Denison. I think this was my first one of the year as I did not have time to stop by at a earlier date.
Sunday: Today was the big day for CLEAR. It was time for our annual FearFest day at Kings Island. I was one of 5 members represented there for CLEAR and of course, we had a good time. I remembered last year's trip and I used that as my inspiration for this year's. We rented a tour bus to accommodate the participants. We used the T.V. on the bus- I took my books and used the time of travel for some valuable study time. Once at Kings Island, we easily retrieved the tickets and let the good times roll. Most of the wait times for rides were either non-existent or a minute amount of time in line. I believe the longest time I had to wait to get on a ride at Kings Island was about 30 minutes. That was awesome; I was not expecting that at all. I had shrimp and fish for my food there, by the way. The CLEAR guys stuck together for the entire 8 hours we were there. We all bonded. Some of the rides we got to ride because of the emptiness of the lines. We were stoked. I got a picture of one of our many expression on the ride. My picture is taken from the newest ride at Kings Island, the Firehawk. You are made to lay down and fly like a eagle once you are in the air. Awesome ride, worth the 30 minute wait. We all left the park at closing time- around 8:00 p.m.
The weekend went off with out a hitch or a serious problem. I am happy and am blessed to enjoy the many events in my life away from OWU. I am overjoyed to be close to catching up to where I should be in posts. Good news for my readers: I am not finished for this event. Expect me to post something about Homecoming 2007 within the next 2-3 days. This serves as my mental note that I publicly said that here. I feel that I am on a roll. Now, I have to get back at a specialization of mine called studying.



Performing service and doing fun things with alcohol respect,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10