This is the last blog dealing with pizza for a while. Promise. Today is the unofficial, official start of summer vacation. If anyone is interested in paying for someone to be a professional hanger outer, please tell me where to send my resume. Three topics on this joyous day of Cinco de Mayo and - Happy Birthday Mom!
Pizza. Just typing the word makes me nauseous. First off, I am a pizza lover. Three months ago I might have even told you it was my favorite food. But three months later, after making pies from pre-made dough, frozen toppings, and too much greasy meat, I’m over it. It will be quite a while before I have an appetite for pizza again. I’ll also be taking a break from the restaurant business. Yes there are many perks of working in a kitchen. I met a plethora of cool people working in a restaurant, however most of them are heavy drug users and poor money managers. And these are their two main topics of conversation. If my mind and body recover over the summer, I have been told I can come back any time to work. “You make the best looking pizzas. How do you do it?” my boss asked me yesterday. It’s pizza people. You sprinkle toppings in a circular motion. It’s not rocket science.
Second, Sports Science - this exciting, informative, useful, fun, misunderstood, wonderful, specialized degree I’ll graduate with in a year. I’m not quite sure what people imagine when I tell them the name of this degree. They probably peg me for a bodybuilder who eats protein like it’s their job and aspires to be a personal trainer on the Biggest Loser. (And a sidenote, bodybuilding is basically a beauty pageant and does not in any way deal with strength). This is not the case. First to clarify, Sports Science is a specialized field dealing with maximizing athletic performance. This primarily means lifting weights. We analyze movement patterns of sports, attempt to mimic them, create training plans, and then implement said plans. Exciting stuff. There’s also a large aspect of research in this field. The goal is to always improve. What jobs are available to one with a Master’s degree in Sports Science you may ask? Most of my peers will work as a strength coach at a university and continue to do research in the field. Others will work at Olympic training centers and try to bring home the gold for their athletes. What will I do with this degree?
Third, it’s summer! Time for sun, fresh fruits and vegetables, and hammocks!!
But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall,
then I think we would see the beauty, then we would stand staring in awe at our still lives posed like a bowl of oranges,
like a story told by the fault lines and the soil. - Conor Oberst
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