The Long Trip Back

As a Creative Writing concentrator, I am currently taking a Creative Writing seminar with one of my absolute favorite professors; Dr. Susan Cole. She is amazing and can make even the trickiest of writing tasks seem possible. The other day, our assignment was to write a poem based on a task that we would complete that seems un-poetic. I am very proud with the way I made my trip back home to Long Island seem so poetic. I would like to share my original piece here with everyone.

The Long Trip Back

Start with the Blue and catch a Red.

Fifteen fifty for a one way ticket.

Down to Track 14; it never changes.

Find a secluded seat; no babies please.

Headphones in and my nose enters a book.

Half way there at Stamford and straight on to Harlem 125^th,

and then on to Grand Central.

Hop on the S, switch to the 2; Penn Station!

That’s half the battle.

Eleven twenty-five and two more trains.

Penn Station, switch at Jamaica and away to Merillon Avenue we go.

I sprint to my mom’s camry.

Esta una sorpressa!

I’m home.

Snaps for the poet. Never Applause. 

Thank you!

Uncharted: The Best Series Ever!

Who here has a Playstation 3 or a PSPvita ? Anyone? My pal Ricky does and he was kind enough to let me start playing this awesome game called Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. These games are mainlt available through Sony products and sadly, I only possess a Playstation 2. In case you have never heard of these games and might be intrigued by my blog, I have posted a trailer for the third game; Uncharted 3:Drake's Deception. I started the third game in the series because I honestly had not noticed which number I picked up. We played that game together for two consecutive nights and straight on until six in the morning. 

The games revolves an Indiana Jones type of treasure hunter, named Nathan Drake and his mentor Victor Sullivan; treasure hunting thieves by trade. He is on a mission to prove that an explorer, Francis Drake, was sent on an expedition in search of the East Indies for Spain, did not really find the East Indies, but they found a city lost in time. He goes on this extremely dangerous adventure that takes him through a burning French castle, a Syrian palace on the verge of collapse, a dessert in the middle of Yemen and a ghost town in the far Middle East. There are 22 chapters in these games. In two days, Ricky and I worked our way through 20 of those chapters. I have yet to go back and complete the game. Those were the best two days of my life.

The best part about these games being so popular is that people have filmed themselves playing the game and post it onto youtube in such a fashion that you can watch them like movies. I know this because I have been watching all three every night for the past two weeks. Am I the only one that is attracted to Nathan Drake? If I am now, I am sure that I won't be by the time you see these games. I highly recommend them because you are in for some laughs.

Happy Long Weekend!!!!

Finally! It's Friday! I never thought I would see this day! Friday means Lacrosse practice and then the Slenderman Albertus @ Nite event! I will be hiding in the pub because it sounds terrifying, but my best friend and Co-RA Carlo is running it, so you should check it out. 

Friday also means that there is only one day standing in the way of me and Long Island. I have not been home since August. I miss my house, my family, me bed; but mostly I just miss my mom. She makes me laugh so hard. Even though we fight and I can get so annoyed with her, I love her more than anyone in the world. This weekend will also involve more of my grandmother's delicious meat sauce. Yum! It is a pretty good tie between my grandmother's and my mom's meat sauce. 

My sisters are both going to be home this weekend and I am excited to see at least one of them. (I won't say which I am excited to see).

The Day the TV Died

This is not a happy post, but I was on Facebook and I felt like this needed to be shared with the world. Every Gleek on the face of the Earth has been waiting for tonight's episode. No, it's definitely not a happy episode and it is never one that I want to see repeated. My heart will break as I watch, but as of July 13th, 2013, the world expected this. Today is the day the world will attend the memorial for Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), We will get to say goodbye and cry with the whole cast as they truly grieve for their fallen friend and loved one Cory. 

I was on youtube and I found the full version of Lea Michele's Glee cover of "Make You Feel My Love". This song will be featured in tonight's episode of Glee. I think it is better to sort of mentally prepare oneself for a sad event by listening to sad music. It seems almost therapeutic in a way. It definitely helps me a lot. I am by no means a Gleek. If I am lucky, I have seen maybe three episodes of this show. My heart still exploded into a billion pieces when I heard Cory died, but not for the reason people think. Most people are just distraught that Cory is gone, but I am destroyed by the fact that the love of Lea Michele's life is gone. That has to be the hardest thing to go through. She is so strong though. My eyes well up when I just see her face. I hope I have enough strength tonight to get through the whole episode. 

Give the song a listen. Hug the ones you love. Be grateful for everything in life.

Wicked Wednesday

 Wow, can you believe we are almost into the middle of October? Time sure does fly when you are having fun with crazy work schedules, mass amounts of homework, RA duties, and other exciting things. I know this was last Wednesday, but I have to share with you all that I have now seen Wicked three times on Broadway. Yes, that's right; three. The very first time was in the 8th grade with my best friend Erin. She had tickets for her birthday. The second time was my freshman year of college and I went with my older sister Rachel because she had been dying to see it for years. Those tickets are expensive so my mom never got the chance to take all of us to see the show.

So this time around, last week, I took my mommy to see Wicked. She had so much fun at the show and that made me really happy. Broadway is always changing the way the run their musicals. The costumes are more extravagant and the lines are run much differently. What I like about Broadway is that there is one constant during each performance; the music. The orchestra does not change. Yes, the instrumental parts when people are speaking have to match the lines, but the actual music that the show is built on is exactly the same. I just find that kind of enchanting. When I watch any kind of play, movie or television show, I immediately scope out the cute guys. Well, it is safe to say that the Fiero I saw in this last performance of Wicked was the cutest of all three. I definitely recommend this play to anyone who is interested in musicals. It is just amazing.