Risk

I decided to be original and instead of finding the dictionary/Wikipedia definition of risk, I am going to write about the board game risk. I can hear it already... "That was not what I meant when I said write about risk!" too bad, Risk is a game I know and love which actually (not very surprisingly) involves quite a bit of risk and luck to be able to win. However the reason I chose to talk about the game Risk is that succeeding at Risk not only takes luck, but also takes quite a bit of skill. You need to know where to put your pieces in the beginning of the game. You need to come up with a strategic plan to keep gaining cards to get more troops and you need to analyze the risks of attacking at certain points in the game. But lets look back at the skill involved while taking a risk. Any high school athlete who chooses to slack off in the classroom and try to get into college and make a living through the sport is taking a risk, but you have to have skill in order for you to even have a chance to make it into the pros, or even college purely off of athletic excellence. The same thing is true for most things you have to take a risk to achieve.
So I guess that is how you decided when to take the risk. Make a honest, true, assessment of your skill, and if you decide the possible outcomes are worth the risk, are worth the chance of failure, then you should take it. If you decide you don't have the skill, or the outcomes are not worth the risk, then it's time to re-evaluate the situation and choose a new course of action.
And btw Packers lost :( oh well
Superbowl XLV, here we come

Random Ramblings

I don't have much to write about right now but here goes a post anyways... I think I am going to treat this like a free write.. Just kind of ramble on until I feel like stopping. And I think I am going to write it with my eyes closed too so I don't know how long it is... Idk if this will work or not... Ill probably end up opening my eyes soon anyways... Right now my dad is talking to one of his friends about possibly going to the Super Bowl again if the Packers go! And guess what spoiled rotten 16 year old would most likely get to go given the Packers are going? yep, this one. Time to be jealous starts now! OK stop.

Just realized I've been typing with my eyes open ever sense I said I was going to close my eyes... That one lasted a while... Oh well, it was worth a try!

This winter break I get to go to Steamboat to ski! Hopefully I can sign up to have some lessons for Downhill racing! Most of you probably wont know what that meas other than skiing downhill... but there is an actual kind of race called Downhill. I've never been able to do anything but slalom and a little bit of giant slalom so it would be tons of fun to try Downhill! Not to mention going out west is really the only time possible for me to try Downhill. With the hills here in Minnesota and the sizes of the turns for downhill racing each run would be about  one turn... so obviously it really isn't worth it. That's why the only kind of racing they have in Minnesota is slalom. The other kinds need much larger mountains to ski on.

OK, I think I wrote enough for this post. Have a happy Saturday and cheer for the Packers!
Go Pack, Go!