my favorite hobbies

I decided to write about my favorite hobbies for this week's blog. Growing up as a kid, I played baseball, golf and tennis. I played baseball and golf for a while then concentrated on playing tennis. I played in competitive junior tennis tournaments all over the South. I played in tournaments in Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia etc. I met a lot of good people doing this and many are now playing division I college tennis. I even know a couple who are now playing professionally on the tour.
I also like to fish. There are many good places to fish in this state. I have been fishing since I was a little kid. Theres nothing more peaceful to me than to go fishing. Its a good way to just relax and enjoy nature. Its also fun to get a big group of friends together to go fishing.
I also enjoy playing golf. It is another good way of relaxing and enjoying being outside, especially in the summertime.
Like many people, I also enjoy going to the beach. Destin and Gulf Shores are both awesome palces to go to for a vacation. While there, you can catch some waves, eat some good seafood and enjoy just relaxing on the beach. The restaurants at those palces are also really good. One time I went to Destin with a group of friends and we all stayed in a condo right on the beach. It was a great time. There are always a lot of vacationers at both of those places.
Another thing I like to do is to travel. I have been to a bunch of different places in this country. My favorite place that I have ever been to is probably to Colorado skiing. While of course it is freezing cold, being out there on the slopes is a lot of fun.

Favorite types of food

I decided to write about about my favorite types of food for this week's blog. I like most types of food. My hands down favorite is seafood. It is nice having seafood as my favorite being here in Hattiesburg. There are plenty of good seafood places around. My favorite seafood dish is the grilled redfish. There is a place in Jackson that makes the best grilled redfish I've ever had. It is absolutely delicious. I am also a big fan of seafood gumbo. I also enjoy a good shrimp po-boy every now and then.
After seafood, my next favorite is Italian food. Usually dishes of chicken parmigana at good restaurants are delicious. Also, chicken fettucine is usually good. I like a lot of pasta dishes.
I also enjoy Mexican food. You can never go wrong ordering some chicken chimichangas.
As far as home cooked meals go, I have always enjoyed my mom's chicken rotel. She adds some good spices to it which make it very good. My dad can make a pretty good omelet on occasion.
I am not sure which category this falls into, but I am also a big fan of good ole cheese dip. Most of the times at a restaurant, me and whoever else I'm with will usually order the cheese dip if offered. While it is definitely not the healthiest item one can eat, getting an appetizer of cheese dip to start off a meal is the way to go.
As far as deserts go at restaurants, chocolate sundaes are usually good. When it comes to ice cream, my favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip.
My three favorite restaurants are Copelands, Chili's and Olive Garden. I also like Red Lobster.

Thank goodness its Friday and music

Thank goodness its Friday. It was a pretty busy school week. I am definitely ready for the weekend. Staurday will be filled with lots of sleep and football watching. I decided for this week's blog I would write about music. Rock and Country are my two favorite types, but I also enjoy listening to some R & B and a little Rap. Talking about Rock, my favorite group right now is Egypt Central. They are out of Memphis and are getting to be pretty famous. They play in Jackson all the time and are on the radio a lot. Their drummer Blake actually grew up across the street from me. He was a few years older than me, but he was around the same age as my older brother.He was alwasys banging away on those drums. My brother saw him not long ago. I guess that makes me kind of biased into liking their music, but their music is pretty awesome. They have a lot of potential and could be the next big rock group out there.

I also of course like a lot of the famous groups such as the Smashing Pumpkins, the Stone Temple Pilots, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and System of a Down. Stone Temple Pilot's "Vasoline" is classic. Another up and coming group I like thats out there besides Egypt Central is Coheed and Cambria. "Welcome Home" is an awesome song. I like some classic rock such as a few ACDC songs, a few Aerosmith songs, some Led Zeppelin and Boston.

As far as country goes, I'm a fan of Brooks and Dunn and Kenny Chesney. Talking about R & B, Usher's stuff is usually pretty good.

tv shows

In my last post, I wrote about my favorite movies and briefly mentioned a couple of my favorite television shows at the end. I figured I would talk about tv shows in this post. While I do like movies more than tv shows, there are several tv shows that I enjoy. Regarding sitcoms, I enjoy watching old Seinfeld episodes. I also like The Office. It seems like most people like that show as the cast is great. Saturday Night Live is also great. Theres always something funny happening on that show. I also like the show the King of Queens, even though I have some good friends who do not like that show. Im not a fan of According to Jim or Two and a Half Men. It seems like According to Jim has been on tv for a while, but Ive never really liked it or Two and Half a Men. Everybody Loves Raymond is also a pretty good show. I also enjoy watching the show Scrubs. Hopefully there will be some more good sitcoms on air soon.
Regarding hour long non-sitcom shows, I like watching Lost and old episodes of The X Files. I also like the show Las Vegas. That is a pretty good show. Another hour long show I like is the show Friday Night Lights. Its a very entertaining show. Ive never really liked watching Law and Order that much, even though I know its real popular.
Im not a big cartoon person, but I do like the Simpsons. It has always been a very good show. Other shows I like include shows on Food Network like Iron Chef and Emeril. Those shows make me hungry after watching them. I am also a fan of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.