five albums i've been listening to lately that don't suck.

1. new found glory - new found glory: because i'm really excited to see the anniversary tour. plus this reminds me of 6th and 7th grade. plus i love chad gilbert. plus "hit or miss" and "sincerely me" and "dressed to kill" are in my top ten as far as nfg songs go.

2. we are the union - who we are: ska that i don't hate, probably because it's far enough away from ska that i can still listen to it.

3. lifetime - jersey's best dancers: classic. it's length perfectly coincides with my walk to and from campus everyday. not to mention i think most of the lyrics are really cute and that kind of stuff matters to me.

4. the misfits - misfits: i think the misfits are the ONE band i'm ashamed to admit i still listen to. only because they're everywhere and you can find the fiend skull printed on just about everything and i think that's kind of lame. i wish the quality was better (but that can be said for every misfits album) but a lot of my favorite misfits tracks come from this.. "where eagles dare", "she", "astro zombies", "horror business" and "skulls".

5. paint it black - new lexicon: this album has never sucked and i usually listen to it, but lately it's more listens than usual. i don't know why. probably because now i follow dan yemin on tumblr. lame.

five reasons i have a problem with NYU.

1. all they want is your money.

2. all they care about is your money.

3. you are nothing to them but $200,000.

4. i think requiring a double major with journalism is NOT about making sure i have a "specialization", it's about making sure i don't graduate in four years.

5. everything just sucks.

i probably wouldn't have spent $400 on 6 credits from seton hall if i knew NYU wasn't going to take them and instead require that i take all 16 credits of my language at NYU. it's funny that they were on the list on colleges that would accept seton hall credits. and it's also funny that my advisor told me these 6 credits that i already paid for would get me out of my language requirement here. turns out everyone was wrong. turns out i won't be graduating on time without taking either summer or winter classes (HERE, of course, since they rarely accept credits from other universities). i just want to drop out and get a job somewhere. this shit is really bringing me down. the worst part is i finished all of my finals for this semester around 10 AM this morning and since then i've been nothing but frustrated, anxious and nervous about my future in this place. something is backwards with that, i think. i just want to go home (so my parents can confront me about all this and yell at me like it's my fault) and sleep.

five things that were so new york about last night.

1. the kid who played "claus" in a series of unfortunate events was at a party at my place.

2. todd, joe, alex and i were on a balcony overlooking 14th street screaming "show us your titties!" at everyone who walked by. (a little more mardi gras than new york, but you get the idea)

3. the nypd were all over the lobby of my building at 3AM.

4. we listened to a song written by one of joe's professors about shoving waffles up someone's butt.

5. the last thing i remember is looking at my phone and it was 5:17AM.

this weekend was a bit ridiculous. i've been hanging out some new friends around here quite regularly and i'm enjoying it. and i'm still hanging out with my old friends quite regularly and i'm still enjoying it. there have been a few nights, like last night, where both of these groups came together and i was just happy. happy happy happy and a little tipsy, but who cares. right now i'm sitting indian style and very zen like on the second floor of a new coffee shop called birch. i'm looking through floor to ceiling glass into the lobby of a hotel and writing this. i think i'm going to come here every day of my life from now on to relax and write and read and sit on this same comfortable couch in this very same way.