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My favorite workshop was the monk sand art. The art looked like a lot of fun. I would have liked to help them. I think monks are happy people, I hope to be like them some day. Their sand art was really nice, it reminded me of the coloring books where there would be numbers in the space and there was a color associated with that number. The monks looked a bit out of place though. They looked like the belonged in a more serene natural area instead of some artificially lit room. I wonder how they came to be there. I don’t know if I really learnt much from that experience. Maybe to have patience like the monks, but I don’t think I’m anymore patient than I was before. I wonder what happened to that art. It’d be interesting if someone just came and blew it away.

My first impressions of Baruch, were not so great. I knew coming into this school I’d be pretty unhappy, especially since Baruch has a reputation of having some of the most miserable students. I figured I’d stay here for the rest of my college years though, because it is so close to my house and cheap. All of the complaints I have, I expected. The only thing I did not know was how horrible and unreliable the elevators and escalators are. Recently there has only been a few elevators working and when you finally get into one your smashed against someone you don’t know. It is very frustrating. Sometimes I like to pretend everyone in the elevator is a cow, it looks that way sometimes. We all get off the elevator slowly and shuffling our feet. I know there are stairs but I do not have the ability to walk up ten flights of stairs. As for classes, they’ll probably get better later. Right now, they’re pretty standard. Maybe when I start studying something I’m interested in it will be more fun.

My name is Lindsey Martinez and I’m eighteen years old. I’m growing up in New York City. I went to high school for arts and there were only like 7 people in my class and I was with them all the time for all 4 years because thats how my school worked, so I kind of don’t know how to make new friends. Sorry if it seems like I’m being rude or standoffish, I’m just always thinking of a million things at once so I barley pay attention to what is happening around me. I’m pretty boring, so I’ll just tell a story instead of listing my hobbies or something like that. This story might be a little inappropriate but I figured were all adults here and I can type whatever I want so whatever. Also I never really spoke to any of you so don’t get the wrong impression of me please. Hopefully this is interesting, I don’t really know. So a couple of years ago I went to Amsterdam for the first time with my dad. Now when I thought of Amsterdam I had all the typical images in my head, tulips, canals, and the red light district. Of course I wanted to visit the red light district, I mean who doesn’t really? I just didn’t realize who I was going with. I was going to a place filled with sex and drugs with my dad. Now I don’t know the relationship any of you have with your dad but unless your totally comfortable talking with your dad about sex then I don’t suggest going there with him. So walking by the “coffee shops” or the windows with half naked girls, that wasn’t even that bad. I expected that. But walking past 100s of different sex toy stores with your dad, that was just horrible. Its like would you ever go to the museum of sex with your mom or dad. Probably not. Its hard to imagine a more uncomfortable situation. By the end of the night my dad was suggesting I try a “space cake”. I think he wanted to wipe the memory of that totally awkward experience. 

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1. This song sounds calm to me, and I consider myself to be a calm person. It is also short and I don’t like to talk much, so maybe, there is a connection there.

2. I chose this song because it reminds me of my freshman year in high school which was a lot of fun.

3. The lyrics are very cute in this song and I like cute things, like bears or jellyfish.

4. I am fascinated by death, so the image created by this song is interesting to me.

5. The girl that John Lennon is singing about is funny and a little strange, she reminds me of myself.

6. I don’t like to be in the same place for a long time and in this song I think Foals are talking about people who are similar to nomads so I can relate.

7. This is another song about death, but it is also very beautiful. It is sad but I really like it.

8. I really like Christmas because I have good memories from that time. It’s kind of a funny song.

9. Unfortunately I have really bad social skills so I can relate to this song. In the song Lykke Li talks about a person who is very introverted, which I am.

10. I also have poor communication skills. I’m not very good at speaking, especially to people I don’t know. I just don’t like talking all that much.