job search

Recently I've been trying to get an internship through my college career site. My resume is simply awful (with very limited working experience) and very little extracurricular activities. I wrote my first cover letter today. It was quite a difficult thing to write because finding the right words to put down was difficult. Needless to say I took forever to finish it. Hopefully I land an interview so I can "prove" myself to them. Then again, I've never been on a real interview before so chances are I'm not going to be successful.

Maybe I'll get to use this someday:

college and textbooks

DiEwitHoNoR: gimme the title of the book so i can post it on facebook marketplace

roflcopterp1lot: that books is like valued 1$

roflcopterp1lot: as a door stopper

DiEwitHoNoR: wtf

roflcopterp1lot: nobody needs it man

DiEwitHoNoR: i bought it for full

DiEwitHoNoR: rofl

roflcopterp1lot: yo we tried selling it

roflcopterp1lot: and the guy said

roflcopterp1lot: they dont buy that book no more

DiEwitHoNoR: wat about the stupid math book

roflcopterp1lot: worthless

DiEwitHoNoR: FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU

College textbooks are such a burden to students. We buy the textbooks at their used price if we can, and when we can't, we have to buy it in full price (roughly $100+). Back in Stony Brook last Fall, I had to buy a brand new Economics textbook for $160 because it just came out and there were no used versions of it. So I thought why not, since it's a new edition I can most likely resell it after I'm done with it. After I left SBU, I lent it to my friend to use. Only two semesters passed, and the book is already deemed door stopper worthy. $160 goes down the drain because textbook companies keep printing out "newer versions" of the same freaking book every semester and students are forced to buy the newest ones.

Even in Baruch it's the same thing. We are forced to buy textbooks that require online access codes. The access code is required for online exams and homework assignments. The bundle for both the code and book is usually around $80-100+. It's almost impossible if you want to sell the book itself because the buyer has to buy the access code separately. The irony is that the access code itself costs more than the book itself, so why even go through all the trouble of buying the book from someone when you will have to spend $50-60 on the access code.

/end rage


Another irrelevant funny picture:

hoodlums

As you may or may not know, the MTA decided to renovate the AVE U and Neck Road train stations, thus canceling the B train express service. They demolished the Coney Island bound side and "rebuilt" it. It officially finished last Monday and I have to say, it was rather pointless. The only noticeable thing was the pavement and the fences. Unfortunately, the new fences did not stay new for long because in Crooklyn, vandalism is always out to ruin pleasant things.

Now they are done with the Coney Island bound side, they have started to smash the Manhattan bound side. I feel like they are simply wasting their time; after all the whole point of renovating the place is to make it seem more modern, but with ignorant teenagers around we can never have nice things now could we?


A totally irrelevant picture:

The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying

Synopsis

I watched it yesterday and forgot to blog about it. TIOL is set in an alternate reality in which no one is capable of lying. There is no such thing as "truth" or "lie" because all they speak of is the truth. One faithful day when things turn grimmer than grim, Mark (Ricky Gervais) stumbles upon a revolutionary discovery. He described it as... "saying something that wasn't (true)." The word true is never mentioned because it doesn't exist, so wasn't was the only way he can describe it. It was hilarious because whatever he said, people believed him. He made the most outrageous remarks and people did not question him at all. The story shows how cruel the world can be without lies. People such as Mark get the short end of the stick. Not only do people tell him he's fat, unattractive, but they say the harshest things in his face without consideration of his feelings. On his date with Anna (Jennifer Garner), she immediately told him that she did not feel attracted to him and that she was "out of his league" and they will never go out on a second date ever again. There was nothing he can do but accept it. However, his life turns around when he starts to lie and all sorts of stuff happens.

My life sucks lol.

Thoughts

The movie was definitely insightful. Lying isn't all bad. In fact you get to see what happens when people speak nothing but the truth. People hurt each other all the time and they simply accept it. This movie is also a religious satire. When Mark's mother was on her deathbed Mark tried to comfort her about death and told her that she was going to a better place after death. The doctors over heard his conversation with her and immediately the entire world wanted to know what was after death. He goes on ranting about what happens after death, including there is a "man in the sky" who controls everything. This is a play on religion. Think about it, what if what you believed in was simply made up by someone a long time ago, with the intention of comforting someone during their final hours? I don't want to raise a topic on religion because I'll go on for hours. Back on topic, this movie is definitely worth watching, whether you watch it for the jokes or the way people behave in a world without lies, it will be entertaining.