Monthly Archives: October 2010

We have all had embarrassing moments that make us think, “Did that really happen?” I tend to have a lot of those moments, especially when I was in tenth grade and I fell asleep in my English class while my teacher was being observed my the superintendent.

I had English right after lunch, and I was always tired in that class. However, this one day seemed to be really bad. We were learning Macbeth, which was boring, and I feel my eyes getting heavy. I tried to fight falling asleep, but I lost the battle. I closed my eyes and my head fell on the desk. The next thing I remember was feeling a kick from my teacher making me get up. At that point I jumped up from my chair and the whole class was looking at me, and my teacher smirking asked, “if something was wrong?” I came up with a quick answer and I asked if I could go to the bathroom.

While I left the room, I kept thinking, “Did that just happen?” I felt so embarrassed, even though the students in the class forgot about that experience my English teacher still remembered it, even two years later when she wrote in my yearbook “good luck next year…try to stay awake during class.”

Jonathan Biton

10/17/10

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Dear Diary,

I got over my biggest fear yesterday: heights. I’ve always been afraid of high heights, especially on roller-coasters but of course I won’t let that stop me from going to six flags for fright fest. On Sunday I went to six flags with three of my friends and there was no way I’m backing out of any ride because like I’ve said before, “a life lived in fear is a life half lived”. The first couple of roller-coasters that we went on were not that scary but when my friend booked Kingda Ka on the flash pass, I’ll admit that I was reasonably scared. My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to die before I got on the ride, and of course we all decided to go on the front row. So there I am strapped into this green monster starting to think that I’m an idiot for getting on this ride. Before I knew it the ride started to move and there was no turning back now. I remember the loud speakers saying “head back, hands in, and enjoy the ride. After that, the roller-coaster took off. The ride goes 128mph in 3.5 seconds and is over 450 feet high. I was basically glued to the seat. I loved it. I came off that ride with the biggest smile and the best feeling. I have conquered one of my fears. Every roller-coaster after that felt like a little kids ride. Now that I did Kingda ka, its one step closer to bungee jumping and then sky diving for my nineteenth birthday. I love putting myself in uncomfortable and adrenaline rushing positions. I love doing what people say I can not do and doing what I think I would never be able to do. I basically love life right now and I want to take full advantage of everything that my life has to offer me.

Everyone has that one place, that one friend, that one relative that you go to; to relax. Every time you visit that place or person your usually very excited because it is the one place were you cab find a piece of mind and forget about all your problems. For me, I do not have have a place or a person to go to. If I am seeking to release some pressure their is only one thing that comes to my mind: SOCCER!!!! Whether watching or playing for 90 minutes I completely forget about all my problems. I’m either rooting for my favorite team to win or trying my best to defend my team’s goal. If you ask me why soccer, I really do not know. However, what I do know is when I officially discovered the sport during my freshman year of high school my life has completely changed.

This is a picture of Charlie Chaplin. I chose this picture because I adore Charlie Chaplin. He has had such a huge influence on my life and has always reenforced my belief that laughter can sure anything and there is always time to smile.

Here is my monologue:

Dear Brittany,

Hi. I have lived with you for two months now. I must say, it has not been what I expected and I have had to adjust to living with you. If you knew me, which you obviously don’t, you would know that I am very open to people about how I feel about them. I always tell people how I feel about them and at times when I need to I will tell them off. But since I have been living with you and will have to continue to live with you I have kept my mouth shut. Brittany, more than anyone I know, you need to be told to grow up. I tried to be your friend once. We went to that club one night. I knew I wouldn’t be able to deal with you once you told me that we couldn’t leave since you had only danced with 3 guys and you can’t leave until you’ve danced with at least 5. Seriously Brittany? And I don’t care if you drank half of a bottle of Malibu when you were out, it’s not okay to try to pour vodka into my fish bowl. My fish doesn’t want to get drunk and you will kill it. If you kill my fish I will kill you. Please, don’t wake me up at 4 am to tell me that you hooked up with however many guys. I don’t care. I’m trying to sleep.

Love, Carla

everyone involved in the story besides Kailey

I generally have a lot of fun with my friends, but there is one night in particular that stands out to me.  It was February 5^th; it was the third month to the day that I had been with my girlfriend Kailey.  So I had decided to take her out to dinner to The Pie at Salvatore’s.

As I was driving to the restaurant I get a call from my best friend, Zach Halpin.  He asks me what I am doing and I tell him that I am taking my girlfriend out to eat.  So we say goodbye and I continue going to the pie.

So Kailey and I get to the restaurant, we sit down, and about ten minutes later my friends Zach and Jack walk in and sit with us.  My girlfriend is a little upset that they are with us, but she also finds it a little amusing.

As we are eating my friends and I find out that our other friend Ben is home alone and he is having some girls over.  After we finish our dinner we decide to pay our friend Ben a visit.  We arrive just as the young women are arriving.  Ben gets angry that we are coming to his house, especially since I brought my girlfriend, so he kicks us out of his house.

That’s when my friends and I come across an idea.  We decide to go to the supermarket and buy some shaving cream.  Then we go back to Ben’s house and park on the side of his house.  My friend Jack strips down naked and he puts shaving cream in between his legs and across his chest.

Then jack hides in the bush and Halpin goes and knocks on the door.  When Ben opens it Jack jumps out if the bush and runs through Ben’s house.  Finally Ben chased Jack out of the house and we jumped in my car and rode away.  We ended up at my girlfriend’s house watching the hangover.  That was the best night of my life.

Your mind, body, soul – everything in perfect harmony
From your straight light brown hair to your gorgeous green eyes, to that cute walk of yours
Your smile – in my head, at one point – the 8th wonder of the world
For you there were no rules – you were the exception to the rule

I continued to be blinded,
Until one day I had awoken
I realized that you weren’t in Harmony
That your mind changed with the tides
You, yourself had no idea what you wanted, but made me believe it was I you desired
For that I am not upset, simply stronger now
For you, you’ve realized that I’m not around
Now your upset, cause you need that shoulder to lean on
You give worth to something after you loose it
But im not gonna be the one that you can always run to
My heart beats but for you its quiet

Please, Please, PLEASE change my grade! I studied so hard for this test.. I really did this time…. I know I always say that, but this time I actually mean it! Yes, of course I did so much to prepare for this test, I texted 2 less people, I cut down my time at the mall by a whole hour, and I even THOUGHT of deactivating my facebook… Please change my grade, I’m really not even asking for a lot here. 20 points is no big deal.. you know there is a huge difference between a 60 and an 80… I’ll give you chocolate chip cookies!…and I’ll let you give me a hug!!.. No giving students a hug is not illegal.. No, of course I’m not trying to get you fired!!… I would never!…You’re dropping me from your class? You can’t be serious.  Alright, fine, I don’t need this class anyway, and FYI I’d never give you a hug!!

MONOLOGUE
So far my days at Baruch have been pretty good. I am still getting into the Baruch culture. I think I am still in the process of liking this school. I have made new friends and rekindled old friendships. I like the facilities here especially the gymnasium. But I seem to have a little problem that is I am not taking my classes seriously. I just don’t know why. It is probably because I do not really like most of the classes I feel like these classes were just thrown at me and I had no option or say in it. I kind of still have the high school mentality in me and I am trying very hard to get rid of it. It is very hard to have more than one commitment at a time and still be balanced in all of them. Balancing work and school is not an easy thing to do but I think maintaining a good schedule is the best thing for me to do. That is what I need to come up with. I need to also grow up. To survive in a competitive job market, I need to be more responsible and more matured. From now on I am going to take my classes seriously.

I never knew how hard college is. People would always tell me “I studied for the entire day.”  But how hard is college really? I would always believe it is all about self motivation. Those who would find it hard, I would say they are either lazy or they just don’t interpret the material. But if you actually are going to college, you shouldn’t go there just to waste time. The government wasted 1 billion dollars on financial aid for students that dropped out. I find that pretty mind boggling. If you plan on going to college, you should have a certain level of commitment or else you are just wasting time and money alike. Some people would just give up half way because it is too hard? I find that stupid. Either don’t do it at all or just finish it. It should be an easy process if you actually commit yourself to do it.

My Problem in High School was that I didn’t really care. I knew I’d pass anyway so i didn’t work that hard to succeed or to even be there most of the time. Sophomore year was a true testament and validation of my attitude. I got to first period late almost everyday and when I  was early, I’d celebrate by cutting class. For about half the year, I didn’t carry books or paper to class unless something was due and i happened to have done it. But even with all this disregard for academic gains, I still held a B+ average, which was higher than when I thought i doing well in school.

Starting college, I have a different yet similar problem. I sleep and play way too much Modern Warfare 2. As an example, I’ll go over the events of a few recent days. I got home sunday at 6pm, ate, then went to sleep at eight. I awoke at midnight to play Modern Warfare 2 which i did until 7am, Monday. We had the day off so I went to sleep at 9am and awoke at 6pm, then proceeded to play until 6am, even though I had to leave in 3 hours for a midterm. This single-mindedness has led to latenesses, missed assignments and other problems. But I really don’t wanna stop. Even when I try to play less, I just sleep more and problems still exist. I think i might need help, but I’m kind of okay with it. At least until I get really bad grades, then I guess i have to take action.