In more ways than one, this picture (a fan drawing of characters from “Ouran High School Host Club”) depicts my current experience at Baruch. The first, and sadly not humorous, way is that it represents the various stress that school is putting on me, mainly from getting no sleep and having increased responsibility. Now onward to the humorous parts.

The main reason I chose this picture, even after saying that I would not choose something from this anime, was because of the personality of the main character, Tamaki (the blonde haired guy). He is portrayed often thinking highly of himself, but also has his clueless moments, the latter which is shown in this picture. This is basically how I feel in Baruch right now, as I have various moments of thinking of myself in such a manner (eg. calling myself an adorably amazing being) but also get left clueless. The picture also shows Tamaki willingly giving up power to Haruhi (the person in the doctor’s coat), something that he does not do often. Most of the time, I find myself giving up power in different situations (willingly or unwillingly), whether it be me never choosing where to go eat food or saying something differently after being given a stern look. Lastly, when I look at this image, I somewhat see Tamaki asking himself “What the hell did I do to be in this situation? Better yet, why the hell am I here right now?” Those questions are two that I find myself thinking waaaaay too many times.

Image location: http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5000000/Haruhi-and-Tamaki-ouran-high-school-host-club-5005628-1024-768.jpg

Sean Brock

Personally, I did not really find the ‘trip’ to the gallery intriguing at all. Sometimes when I look at art, it gets me thinking, however, the fact that majority of what was shown were photographs makes me seem like I wasted time on something that I could view on my laptop in the warm and comforting confines of my inner sanctum (my room) or in a history textbook. If we were shown more paintings, sculptures or other works of similar nature, I probably would have found the gallery more substantial, but because that was not the case, I feel like I spent my time in a library rather than an art gallery. This is not to say that the gallery was bad, I just feel like I was mislead into what I was going in to see. I also find it sad that the only thing that resonated with me was the fact that there was a kid that had an afro that looked like me……

Professor Trapani, after looking through the grade breakdown and the grades I have received on all of the assignments and exams, I believe that my grade should be an A instead of the B- I currently have. If possible, I would like to set up an appointment  or come during your office hours in order to clear up the confusion. Thank you for your time and I am apologize for any inconvenience.

Sean Brock

http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Freshman+Seminar/90411361

Most of the music I listen to is in Japanese so it wasn’t that easy to find the songs I listen to that represent who I am, but I did (and don’t worry, there are links to the English lyrics). Some of the songs included (Great Pretender, Morning Dreamer, StargazeR, My Song) show how I prefer living in my own world and drift off to wherever my imagination takes me. “No Thank You” shows that I love being young and take pride in it. “SandStorm” shows how I am very energetic, but have control over it, rather than just running around in circles all day long (DUDUDUDUDUDU *if anyone understands this, I love you*). “Thousand Enemies” shows how I have no care for roadblocks or anything standing in the way of what I think is right. If I believe in it, nothing will stop me, and I mean nothing, despite how shy I am. “Heart Goes Boom!!” represents how, despite my innate shyness, I still find ways to show who I am, and how I am important. The last two songs, “Ai Kotoba” and “Ichiban no Takaramono” are my favorite songs ever, and represent my softer/cutesy side. They help me to relax and go off into my own world, and also get me to think about what my life will be like when I relearn what love is.

My song: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/mysong.htm

Morning Dreamer: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/morningdreamer.htm

Thousand Enemies: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/thousandenemies.htm

Heart Goes Boom!!: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/keion/heartgoesboom.htm

Ai Kotoba: http://www.animelyrics.com/doujin/deco27/aikotoba.htm

Ichiban no Takaramono: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/angelbeats/ichibannotakaramono.htm

StargazeR: http://www.animelyrics.com/doujin/vocaloid/stargazer.htm