Jake Nation

How are you feeling about the role of sports in our lives these days? No sports have really changed my life. I’ve always been an avid march madness fan, so for that to be canceled was hard. The whole NBA horse contest is an awful idea, and while I didn’t watch it, the replays were meh. The NFL draft went on virtually, and Goodell was still booed. The memes that followed with Lambs and the Chargers were pretty good. Missing opening day was sad, and It’ll be worse if they decide to have fanless sports events for the future season. Players need fans, and as long as the virus is stopped people should be allowed to watch sports immediately in person.  How has your relationship with celebrities changed? Not much. Everybody’s giving them a lot of hate because it’s easy for them to stay home in their hundred million dollar mansions, and they’re advocating for us too as well. I don’t think it matters how big their houses are because they still cannot hangout with friends. Celebrit...

What are you reading? Watching? Listening to? I am not reading anything as of now. Just news articles and regular articles. I watched the tiger king series and I was very intrigued by how interesting it actually was. I watched love is blind and wasn’t a huge fan as the bachelor was better. I also watched blown away which was a glass art competition show. I have been listening to everything from uzi to da baby. A lot of rap and chill rap. Tootsie slide is good but it’s overhyped.  Name one thing you make sure to do that makes you happy, hopeful, more relaxed.  Honestly for me it is getting a good night’s sleep. Although my sleep schedule is different from the school year, sleeping helps. It resets the day, takes away any annoyances from the news, and makes you feel all rested the following day. It’s quiet, peaceful, and long. The most I’ve slept this break was around 12 hours, and the latest I’ve gone to bed has only been around 4am. I know people who’ve pulled all ni...

What’s the best advice you’ve heard, offered? My dad told me that people are doing anything they can to make themselves feel like they’re in control. With the virus spreading and the government taking actions, there’s only so much we can do. But what people feel like they can do to make themselves feel in control...it’s buying toilet paper. Nobody needs 108 Charmin Mega Rolls of toilet paper. It would take months to go through it. But, if one buys that much, unconscious of hoarding it from others, it makes them feel like they’re in control. It makes them feel “prepared” for this wild epidemic. It gives them a false sense of power and security. I think hoarding is the stupidest thing ever. People will buy 80lbs of rice when they don’t even eat 20lbs in a year. People buy gallons of dairy they can’t even freeze and just waste it. Hand sanitizer is extinct. Until this whole “crisis” blows over, people will do irrational things to make themselves seem like they are in the fight too. ...