Rainy Day Spent At the Library

The weather did not agree with us on our trip to the NYPL last Friday. Nick, Jorge, Helen, Hema, Dino and I walked into the library with a sense of insecurity. We stood there for a while not knowing what to, before we gained the courage to continue. I honestly thought the library was bigger, I mean it was big, I just thought that since the building looked huge from the outside I kind of expected bigger rooms with ceilings of a much higher altitude. As soon as we walked in I had this feeling we were being watched. This was true. At the moment we were the only group of college students walking around. I noticed how some other visitors stared at us, expecting us to cause a riot or drop a shelf full of books. I think there were times when we were a bit too loud. Especially Helen. :)

Anyway, we took our own personal tour of the library. First we went to the first floor, obviously, then we went to the second floor, then back to the first floor, then once again to the second floor, then to the third, we made a quick stop at the second again thanks to the elevator, and finally we left via the first floor.

We spent a major part of our time on the third floor. This is where we really explored the material. We were asked to leave some of our belongings behind. As the curious and adventurous students that we are we immediately started to touch everything our hands could. There was some material though that we were not allowed to touch. A kind and pleasant old dude told us in the most polite way to stop touching after he noticed we were turning on an instrument.

Overall it was an interesting experience to say the least. As we left, the weather continued to disagree with us. I caught a minor cold which added more pressure to what I later would a call a very bad weekend. We walked to the subway. I walked a little quicker than the rest of my exploration team since I was the only one without an umbrella at the moment. We entered the subway and we took separate ways.

Another week, another blog

Since we have been given the liberty to write about anything this week I am unsure of what to post. I will type whatever comes to mind so please be advised that if you do read this you may find it to be a complete waist of your time.

On my way home today I ran into a guy who said handball was not a real sport. Obviously this guy has never played handball. Handball is a sport. If tennis and volleyball are sports, then so is handball.

I am currently sitting next to the television watching news on channel two. Seriously, watching these news is a pointless. It seems that the stories that got the most coverage were the Britney Spears escape from the cameras and 4 kittens being saved from a weather disaster. Is this really more important than the devastating cyclone in Myanmar? I don't think so. It's cool that the ferries here in NY will now connect to all 5 boroughs.

In soccer news, Real Madrid became the champions in the Spanish league. If they hadn't won this Sunday, Real Madrid would've gone against the most popular team, Barcelona and have become the champions right in front of their biggest rival's face. This Wednesday there will be a classic match of honor against these two teams. In the Mexican league, this year's tournament did not follow the annual pattern. America, the most famous and richest team in the Mexican league achieved the lowest point ranking with their coach. Their biggest rivals Chivas, currently hold the number one position in the tournament. Viva Chivas!

Element, the skate company came out with a new type of deck. These have been out for a while. "PUSH", is a revolutionary upgrade to lighter, yet stronger, decks. These decks cost about 90 dollars! If you happen to feel like purchasing these new decks, don't they are a waist of money. I personally believe that if your going to purchase element decks get the fiberlights. They are cheaper and worth it. But if you are like me and don't have the cash to purchase expensive parts, just get a blank. They are almost as good. Most of them have decent pop and impact.

I think I currently need help with staying away from GTA 4. This game is intense. I just got it for the 360 and I can't seem to stop playing it. One of my friends beat the whole game in just 3 days. I'm not as good a video game player as him but I think I finally understand him when he gets hooked on a game and plays nonstop for hours. Another fun game is definitely Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Sadly I think that's the only fun game for the Wii.
I hope you didn't read all of this, I hope you just skimmed through it really fast.
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