I’ve already introduced myself a few times in this course, but I’ll do it one more time; Hey guys, I’m Rob. I’m 20 years old, stuck somewhere between being a sophomore and a junior. I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering, it consists of learning way too much math, and I just want to learn how to build things (I’ve always liked to fix things and take things apart). Aside from that I really enjoy following current events in the world, despite people saying politics are boring I like it. Politically I would say that I sit on the right side of the spectrum. Now when I say right, I don’t mean republican, I mean that I think people should have the liberty and freedom to create their own lives, I think people should provide for themselves, and should have the freedom to make life choices for themselves.
I was never able to understand how people can live their lives without knowing what goes on around them, going through the day, essentially with blinders on; completely unaware of what is happening in the world. I sometimes argue with people about anything, from stupid things to more important things like politics. I respect people a lot more if they stand up for their beliefs. Despite whether I may disagree with someone, I still respect them for their opinion. I don’t respect people who will simply repeat an argument that they heard on TV or the radio. Simply recycling somebody’s opinion does not make you knowledgeable about a particular subject. These types of arguments happen often on both the left and right. I don’t like Glenn Beck; I hate Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann. Bill O’Reilly is tolerable but he doesn’t let anyone get their point across and that’s irritating. I’m not exactly a fan of Sarah Palin, and if she ran for President I would not vote for her, but she is praised by the right and crucified by the left. That balances her out to a mediocre candidate, at best.
Aside from politics, I play the piano. I've been playing for 6 years now, I really enjoy it, and it’s very relaxing. I like to play all different kinds of music from classical, to jazz, to modern pop music. I don’t want to hype it up and make it seem like I’m a prodigy or anything because I think I’m an OK player. The music I listen to is very strange, well; strange is a bad word for it. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, I love classic rock, The Beatles are the greatest. For some reason I’ve started to like the golden oldies music, the stuff they play on WCBS FM. I do listen to new music too but I just really don’t follow any artist too closely.
I enjoy watching movies and TV shows. My favorite shows past and present are: The Shield (in my opinion the best show ever made), 24, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, The Office, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Boardwalk Empire.
Some great movies are: The Shawshank Redemption, Apocalypse Now, Anything directed by the Coen Brothers, Anything starring Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Tim Robbins, Anthony Hopkins, or John Malcovich.
I like to watch hockey, I’m a New York Rangers Fan, Henrik Lundqvist is the King of New York.
Overall I just like to talk to people, if there’s one thing I always get in trouble with at work all the time, its talking too much. I enjoy having conversations with people, and learning about other people’s lives.
