INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Hello my name is Jacob Altstein, I go by Jacob. My pronouns are He/Him. I’m born and raised in Brooklyn and am now living on campus at CCNY. I’m currently undeclared / liberal arts. I’m […]

1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Mur […]

1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Mur […]

1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Mur […]

AUDIO RECORDING

Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is […]

“Audio Recording Response”

Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak […]

When we think of propaganda, I think what comes to mind is evil dictatorships and political corruption. Kim Jong Un, WW2, Hitller, Vladimir Putin. But in reality, propaganda is something that is everywhere, and […]

Interview with my Girlfriend Abi Rivera 

I met Abi in Brooklyn by Fort Hamilton on a Thursday afternoon. We immediately went to the Parade Grounds where I would conduct the interview. On the way there we […]

I will interview my girlfriend Abi. I know I’ll get good authentic answers from her. I’m going to record the interview on my camera, I’m hoping that we can both be in it but I might have to hold the camera. An or […]

Several summers ago when I was just a young boy, me and my family decided to vacation in Europe. From the start I was already nervous about going to another country where people don’t speak the same language as m […]

In my Junior year of high school it was my goal to run a half marathon. It’s something I had been thinking about for a long time but was too cowardly to really commit to. I had been running for the cross c […]

While I do not wear a suit and tie when speaking in my “suit and tie” language, it’s really interesting how my brain just automatically knows when it’s time to make the switch and not think twice about it. I c […]

Baefy is a slang word that combines the words “bae “and “wifey” together. “Wifey” Meaning “Wife” and “Bae” which translates to “Before Anyone Else”. The word is usually used  in talking about your significant oth […]

Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is likely that English is […]

My Top Three Intelligences

1.Bodily/ Kinesthetic:  You use all or part of your body to create products or solve problems. Athletes, surgeons, dancers, and craftspeople have this […]

Everyday I find myself asking, is it too late? Is our planet doomed? Over the course of my life I’ve observed time and time again that my country’s leaders and politicians straight up ignore the ever worsening c […]

Well first off, the first thing that caught my attention in this piece was the word “idiosyncratic”  which means a distinctive or peculiar feature of a certain place or thing. Dillard writes about Hemmingway a […]

This one of those things were there isn’t really one “right” answer. How does one have the “right” to tell another’s story. Do you have to be connected to the person or people of that story? It would be tot […]