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How do I identify myself? I don’t really know. I tell people I’m a short pyromaniac that plays solitaire and Tetris and gets sick very easily because I really do like solitaire, Tetris and fire and I get sick so often it’s a running gag between me, my friends and my family. Also, my 13 year old sister is about two, maybe three inches taller than me. My friends find this hysterical because they’re all taller than me.

I like fire­– fire’s fun. So is playing solitaire, Tetris, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Oh, also, Mario. Mario’s awesome. I also like to sleep. Sleep is good. I’d like to sleep for a living, but if I did that I’d probably just be dead or hanging out with Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the Inception gang. I don’t think that would be a good idea considering I have asthma and my projections would be a little too weird. And quite possibly Canadian.

Some of the things I don’t like include school, work and learning. I just don’t like having to actually put in any form of an effort– I’ll do it if I have to, but given a choice, I’d choose not to. I’m a very lazy person and I am very proud of that. That is, until my procrastinating ways make me lose sleep or become extremely stressed out, in which case I’ll hate me and my lazy ways. I absolutely hate mayonnaise. I don’t know when or where the hate started, but I do know that I think it’s weird and disgusting, the smell of it is icky and I hate it when my friends try to trick me into eating anything with it. I don’t like writing essays– at all. Well, no, that’s not true, I don’t like writing essays unless it’s on a topic I find enjoyable. Like, for example, my twelfth grade research paper. My English teacher let me write about the history of the swastika, which was fun because I really like the symbol and I hate it when people act all offended when I say that the symbol isn’t evil or bad just because of the Nazis. 

Anyways, what roles do I play in my life? That’s a tough one. If I have to pick something, I guess I could say I’m the obstacle that stands between me now and my future. I’m really the only thing standing between what I want and how I’ll get there because it’s like Lit says “I am my own worst enemy”. I mean, at first I just did what I was told and that’s how I got through life. Now however, I’m expected to make my own decisions, my own mistakes to get to that end goal of a successful life, which to be honest, scares the crap out of me because I’ve spent so long as a marionette that to have the strings cut so quickly makes me feel like I’m going to sink, not swim. It probably doesn’t help that I don’t know how to swim either.

Who’s the most important person in my life? I’m going to have to go the way most celebrities accepting awards do and say my mom. Obviously without her, I wouldn’t even be here. Not my dad though, he’s an ass. My brothers and sisters are important too because they’ve helped me a lot in my life and helped me become who I am today. My sister-in-law helped too, so she’s important. I’d also have to include my friends– at least the ones I’m making an effort to keep in my life like Cynthia, Serina and Princess Bride because if it wasn’t for them, I might not have made it through High School with what’s left of my sanity.

College life is good so far. The work is ridiculous and I can’t really keep up with the speed that the classes are going but I should get the hang of it soon. Sociology is really confusing though. Biggest challenge with school right now has to be the amount of work we’re getting. It’s the worst thing because there wasn’t a transition between no work and lots of work, they didn’t start us off nice and easy, they just kind of threw us in the deep end and told us it’s up to us to sink or swim. It sucks and I really wish that they would have taken some pity on us poor lowly freshmen and given us some floaties and I think  I’m taking this metaphor too far.  I’m starting to miss high school. That’s a little scary.

a. Who do I think I am? I think I’m a short, foul-mouthed, procrastinating pyromaniac that gets sick easily and had a little too much fun adding images. Seriously though, I think that I’m a very shy person, but that once I open up, I’m very talkative, random and depending on how well I get to know a person, extremely loyal. I’m like a dog…or maybe a puppy. Puppies are small and energetic right? And annoying? That’s me!

b. My top 3 concerns about my freshman year so far are catching up on all the work that’s being thrown at us, not getting sick, and figuring out what the hell is going on in Sociology. The 1st because I’ve never been very good with handing work in on time but there’s so much to be done that I can’t afford to procrastinate; the 2nd one because I always get sick around the fall and winter time and I don’t want to have to catch up on even more work, and the 3rd one because I am so very, very confused in that class. Seriously, it’s been a month and I’m still lost.

c. So far I think all the work that I’ve been expected to complete is what makes my Baruch College experience different from my high school experience. In high school I never really did much– I showed up (sometimes not even that), bs’ed my way through the work, and managed to skate by with 80’s and 90’s. I miss those days.

d. I think my first year at college is going to make me a bit more responsible and maybe make me step out of my comfort zone. I’m not a very outgoing person unless I’m with people I’ve known for years or I’m forced to socialize and I believe that’s something college is going to help me overcome– especially since my friends will hurt me if I don’t at least attempt to become more outgoing. Also, all this work that my professors are assigning is ridiculous and is going to teach me to manage my time better– or how to function on very little sleep. Hopefully it’s the first one because I like to sleep.