The Start to a New Era

So it's been about a full two years since I last posted a blog, and I wouldn't want to completely copy Mr. Karo, but I have noticed some things over the past few years, that I'd like to "ruminate" about.
I am currently a freshman at Manhattan College located on the border of Bronx and Riverdale, NY. This allows me to observe both city life and rural college life, so without further ado.

-There are some pretty crazy people you "meet" in the city. For instance, I take this class where 10 of us venture into the city, and our teacher speaks of the politics involved with the creation of many of the more important structures of Manhattan. So, in order to get there, we take the subway. One particular Thursday, a few of us are talking, trying to remember the name of a sandwich was in New Jersey (random, I know). When all of a sudden, this guy in his mid 40's a few seats down, just interrupts and shouts, "Hoagies!" Ok, guy. We're like, uh thanks, but then he proceeds to tell us why they're called hoagies, and segways into his profession, how much money he makes, and how we'll never find jobs because of the economy. What a random.

-A few of the interesting things I have learned in the aforementioned class include the following:

-Back around when the world was at war, my teacher spoke to us of the sailors that would be gone for several months at a time, alluding to the fact that they'd have no "satisfaction". So, when the New Yorkers came back, they went through this port in Manhattan that physically looked like a hook, located along the lower east side. Anyway, there would be women around this area who felt it was their obligation to satisfy these sailors because they were serving our country out at sea. Hence, the term...hookers.

-When the Brooklyn Bridge was built, it started to bring alot of traffic around the area in the early 20th century. So, at that time, it was pretty much the only way to get from Manhattan to Brooklyn, so there would be a flood of cars that really had no respect for people walking around. Pedestrians in Brooklyn became known for their astute ability to dodge cars in the middle of busy intersections. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Brooklyn Dodgers.

-People amaze me about how much they subtlety try to propagate their ideas at you. Take for instance my physics professor, a visiting teacher from the University of Moscow, who was teaching us the concept of conservation of mass. He explained that if he closed the door, collected everyone's money and passed it out again equally, there would still be the same amount of money in the room. That's not conservation of mass, that's redistribution of wealth,
Dr. Marx.

-That's it for now, college has many stories, and I wouldn't want to flood you with everything that's happened to me over the past 3 months, so next time sounds like a plan, or SLAP.