The first few months of college haven’t gone as smooth as I wanted them to go. This is the first year I have to get to school by myself and do everything for myself. Before I had my family and teachers to help me if I needed something but now I have to figure it out and  do it myself. It also gets really stressful because I put my work off until the last day when it’s too late to finish. It’s a habit I’ve had since high school when there wasn’t as much work. I thought I was ready and that college was going to be easy but it’s been a lot different than I thought I would be.

Something that I don’t like is the train. I have to go on it everyday to get to school, and everyday I loath the time spent in it. First it’s always crowded and I always have to push to get in. And then people decide to get into the already crowded car knowing they’ll be squishing everyone. Why can’t they go to another car? Sometimes people smell bad and there’s no escaping it in such a small space. And even when they leave it still stays in the air. Having to stand for an hour is also annoying because I’m already tired and have bad balance. The fact that I waste an hour going to school and coming home is something else  I don’t like.  I have to get up earlier and at the end of the day I just want to be home but I have to walk and wait an hour on the train just to get there. I wish there was an easier way to get to school but there isn’t.

Subject: midterm rescheduling

Hello Professor Blank,

I wasn’t able to take the midterm exam because I was sick. Is it possible to reschedule so I can take it another day? Thank you.

Susie Alvarez
MTH 2003, MW 12:25 – 2:05

The songs on my list are songs that I think show who I am as a person. I chose some of them because the lyrics, or because it was by one of my favorite bands, or because it is one of my favorites from a genre. These songs represent who I am because I chose them and I like them and I think that show what kind person I am based on what I like.

1. All American Rejects – Gives You Hell  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxUATkpMQ8A

2.  The Killers – This river is wild  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5PkjXxf0Zo

3. Muse – Butterflies and Hurricanes

4. Girls Generation – Gee  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ

5. Plastic Tree – Mirai Iro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3msEOwONhg

6.  Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Fashion Monster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivkxpAVVC4

Translation: http://kyarychan.tumblr.com/post/35750206207/lyrics-fashion-monster

7. Owl City – Rainbow Veins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkgMd5bm_w8

8. My Chemical Romance – Sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks6Kiw_PuyI

9. Demi Lovato –  La La land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7GicjI8fcw

10. Kelly Clarkson – Because of You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTTjLxXFg0k

I chose the first three songs because they’re by my favorite bands. I’ve been listening to All American Rejects since I was little, and I really like Muse’s music. They’re my favorite songs from each band and I like the lyrics from This river is wild and Butterflies and Hurricanes.  “You’ve got to be the best
You’ve got to change the world
And use this chance to be heard
Your time is now”

I like these lyrics because now that I’m college it makes sense that I have to work hard to be the best so I can make some impact in the world and be successful.

The next three songs are not in english but I really love kpop and japanese music. Gee by Girls Generation is the first kpop song I ever heard and it got me to listen to more and more and now I’ve been listening to kpop for years.  Mirai Iro is the first Japanese song I heard and its what got me into japanese music. I didn’t really know any japanese music so after i found this song, I listened to more Plastic Tree and that led me to more bands and Jpop. Plastic Tree is also one of my favorite bands and I still listen to them. Fashion Monster is a song that shows who I am because the lyrics are saying to just let her be who she is. I’m pretty weird and like weird things so I can really relate to this song. “I don’t want to be bound by someone else’s rules
I’m so selfish, my heart is pounding, I want to stay the way I am”

Owl city is also one of my favorites. This song is my favorite because I used to listen to it during my “angsty teenage years” and got me through a lot. I can really relate to the lyrics as well.

“Your nerves gather with the altitude
Exhale the stress so you don’t come unglued
Somewhere there is a happy affair, a ghost of a good mood”

My Chemical Romance is also a band I used to listen  to during my angst years and this song shows that. I still like the song and the songs i used to listen to with this band.

“Sing it for the boys, sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it, sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart, sing it ’til you’re nuts
Sing it out for the ones that’ll hate your guts”

The last two songs are from two of my favorite artists. I love Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato because they have great voices and they’re great people. I used to listen to Kelly Clarkson a lot when I was younger because I love her songs. Because of you is my favorite of hers. Demi Lovato has been through a lot and shes gotten better and stronger. She is someone who I admire.