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Blog 5

This was quite an experience, reading through what all my classmates wrote helped me see more into who they are and the awesome ideas that they have. There were many different stories, some with an underlying purpose with politics, while others were purely for enjoyment. However, regardless, one was able to integrate the research that …

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Him or Gym

Below is the trailer for my film “Him or Gym”  The main characters are two gay married men. They are 23 and 25 and have just recently married and moved into a house together. While they met at the accounting firm where they worked, due to the COVID 19 crisis, both of them were laid …

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Him or Gym

Two dysfunctional and homosexual married men, aged 23 and 25, try to come to grips with an intermingling of family life and work life. Being recently married and at last moving into a house together, this was a new barrier that they had to overcome. Due to the recent pandemic of Covid-19, both men lost …

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A Digital Office, a real Family

My topic was able to stem both from the music video “Without Me” by Eminem, but it also pertains to the situation we have at hand now. As technology progresses more and more of our careers can be handled to some extent remotely. Basically, a majority of jobs in the tech industry can be remote, …

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Eminem – When I’m Gone

0:00 The video starts with a man speaking. It switches perspectives to show he is speaking at an AA (alcoholics anonymous) type of gathering. He talks about how he is happy he has changed, and he also says “so is my wife” in a semi-joking manner. 0:20 Everyone chuckles at the “so if my wife” …

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Hungry And Empty

It all started when my father and I were bargaining for cigars in Cuba. We had gotten a taste of victory the day before and had to get more of it. While the store owner ran over to another store to get the next batch I started roaming the store. Not really seeing anything of …

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Leonard Melnik

Hello! My name is Leonard Melnik. I’m currently a Freshman at Baruch who plans on majoring in Data Analytics. I love building and creating things, as well as working out. Recently I have gotten into mountain biking a lot and just got a new bike. Hopefully, I can go to the mountains soon!

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