I couldn’t really think of a specific picture that actually described my time at Baruch so far so I just picked this one. This is a friend of mine that pretty much has a basket on his head, if you couldn’t figure it out. The main reason why I figured this picture would be a good one to use is because its important to remember to make friends throughout college and not just go it alone the entire time. Also, though you may make new friends each and every year it is also very important to remember that all your friends are your friends. I mean that even though they may not be in the same classes as you, you should still stay friends with him/her because as I said it’s important to keep friends by your side. If possible you could even try to go to the same classes as your friends in order to keep in touch with them but truly you should just put yourself first in terms of classes. I feel like the most important thing to remember throughout college is that though it could be a lonely experience, it doesn’t have to be. Now I’m not saying that You should hang out with them twenty four seven but when you’re bored or need help with homework or any of those sorts of things, you could hang out and that would be a good distraction from all the other crap you have on your mind. There are friends out there waiting to be made and I’ve defnetly made a few these past few months.

Although I do enjoy going to Art Galleries I have never really been to one with art so foreign. I have to say it was a very different experience. To be honest the Rubin museum didn’t seem all that great. The main piece I liked there was this little statue of a god with sixteen arms. In each hand it was holding a different kind of weapon except for two of its hands which were empty. The final two weapons were in the hands of two lions in front of it and under its feet was a person the god was punishing. I thought this statue was pretty cool. The amount of detail that could be put into such a small piece was amazing. Don’t get me wrong or anything I don’t think it’s cool enough to put in my room and keep it there but out of the museum in general I thought it was the best thing I had seen. Another thing I had seen at the very beginning when we first entered the museum was another statue, this time bigger, of a lion. Lions seem to fascinate me for some reason so I actually really liked this piece as well. So I guess there were really two pieces that I liked in the museum, who knew? Anyway I probably wouldn’t go back to the Rubin museum unless I was forced to again I’m just gonna stick with MOMA and the MET.

Josh’s story

I really dislike hospitals. I say dislike because I don’t hate them but I honestly really have an issue with them and there is a story behind this. About two years ago at the end of my sophomore year in high school I developed a serious case of lyme disease. For those who don’t know Lyme disease according to the official Wikipedia opinion is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere which is transmitted through a deer tick bite. Once a deer tick bites you, you develop a bullseye rash around the area which I didn’t notice at the time of the bite. So a few months later my leg swelled up so much that I could barely walk on it which is actually a late stage symptom of Lyme. So to make a longer story short I was brought into the hospital after a month or so of taking medication that didn’t work so that they could drain whatever was in my leg preventing it from getting smaller once again. The operation went well and they discharged me from the hospital with a pic line which is basically a portable IV to take more medication all the times. Funny enough the doctors put it in wrong so about ten days later I developed a fever which isn’t normal. The doctors at my local hospital couldn’t figure it out so we went to CHOP, the best childrens hospital around. They quickly diagnosed the fever as what I said above and removed the pic line. To spare tremendous detail lets just say the next year went fine. Then after a year the same thing happened again. My leg swelled up and I ended up going into the hospital again. This time wasn’t the same as the first time however in that this time what had happened is that something had torn when I had jumped from the stitching up of my leg in the last surgery. They had to operate again and drain what was in my leg but this time they decided to let my leg heal in a very different way. Normally the way surgeries go is that they operate, stitch you up and your body heals from the outside in. but, in order to prevent what had just occurred, the doctors decided to let the wound heal from the inside out. After a few months of treating the wound until it closed everything got back to normal. What I have to remember is about one inch of scar on my leg, basically no feeling around my calf and the sound of something cracking whenever I squat and then straighten up. Also it was my right leg. That is why I dislike hospitals and for those who stuck through the blood, I applaude you.

this is a drawing I did posting it just because

Music is a major part of my life and I’m sure many other people would say the same. I can’t even describe how I feel about music besides for as an escape from reality into a lawless world fitting in with the theme of the particular song I’m listening to. People who listen to music say that they like a certain song because of various normal things like rhythm, and beat, soul… etc, I think the same is true of myself. We all listen for certain things in music that match whatever our criteria are so I could like these songs and anyone looking at my list may say I’m nuts. Whatever. So with that said, It’s really hard to choose just ten songs as favorites since I like a whole variety of music but, if I had to pick a top ten to listen to for the rest of my life they would probably be…

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin- just a great classic song with great lyrics and rhythm and the building up of the song as it goes on.

Rock of Ages be Def Leppard- just a great song that I could listen to all day. I actually first heard this song through a show called “Supernatural” which plays a lot of really good music at opportune times in the show.

Night of the Hunter by 30 Seconds to Mars- Though I would truly recommend any songs by 30 Seconds to Mars I think this one is particularly good in terms of all the normal things [rhythm, lyrics…].

Savior by Rise Against- One of the punk rock bands I like and though I would really recommend the majority of their music this is really their best song made.

The High Road by Broken Bells- Though Broken Bells has only made one album, their music is really good. Again I would recommend anything by them just that this song is a good transition into their type of music with a good beat but with more normal lyrics compared to their other songs.

Juke Box Hero by Foreigner- I really like this song just for the meaning through the lyrics. The way that I see it is that it’s basically about a person who had a true passion about something and so he pursued it which is really how I feel in terms of learning to play instruments. If you really love it, you can pursue it and became the best at it.

Sing by My Chemical Romance- I feel the same way about this song as I do by Juke Box Hero except the concept of the lyrics is different. As opposed to Juke Box Hero this song is about one singing out what they feel.

Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult-I honestly just love this song based off of the lyrics especially the last stanza

The Weight by The Band- great rhythm, use of piano, lyrics, just all around I really like this song a lot.

Loud Pipes by Ratatat- Though this song has no lyrics it’s a really chill song with a great beat and rhythm and progression of the song itself.