Freshman year brings about a lot of changes, and opens the door to many new experiences. New friends, new subjects, and other new opportunities to grow and prosper are presented in college, as well as a slew of challenges. When first presented, the distinction between opportunities and challenges seems clear. What freshman year teaches us, however, is that there really is no distinguishing the two in the real world, a fact that I have been finding out the hard way lately.

There is no question that friends are a good thing to have. Besides having fun, friends are there to offer a helping hand, give a shoulder to cry on, and generally stand by your side. A best friend is somebody who gives that extra something more, who goes beyond the normal definition of a friend. I have had the benefit of finding a few people who all seem to fit that special category to varying degrees… A blessing to be sure, considering that many people never even have one such friend.

In such a wonderful set of circumstances, it may seem difficult for somebody on the outside to come up with how this may present a challenge to any individual. The challenge, in this case, is being as good of a friend back. Now, I know that all of my friends will tell me that I am a good friend, and tell me to not worry about it. But, I also know, that I am often inadequate as a friend, and that I have caused them pain on many more occasions than I have any right to.

I know that on more than on many occasions, my own selfish tendencies have caused my friends pain. I have not always been there when they needed me. I have hurt them when they were trying to heal me. And I ignored them as they stood by my side. When I bring it up to them personally, they will deny it on all counts, but in the heat of the moment, when they are caught off guard, I can see that I have hurt them. And, although they will deny it later, they suffer for it.

The saddest part of it is that through all of the crap, they still stand by my side. To be honest, I do not know how or why, but they do. Their willingness to deal with me is quite possibly the strongest sign of their own caring, and is proof of what fantastic friends they all are.

That is also the single greatest reason why I so desperately want to be a better friend to them all, and to prove how much I care. I know it will take time, especially given my short, yet storied, history of selfishness, but I am determined. I have failed them many times before, but in this quest, failure is not an option. No matter what it takes, I will someday be able to show them just how much I care.

Akash R. Shukla

Contributing Writer

In my time as a writing tutor at CAPE, I’ve come to notice that though many NJIT students are strong at math and science, many tend to have difficulty with writing. The process of writing a paper is tedious and should be given ample time. The following steps, if followed, will make paper writing much easier for people who find it difficult.

The first mistake people make is waiting until the last minute to begin writing their paper. It’s understandable that you may get busy with other coursework, but the last thing you want to do is put off writing a 5-10 page paper until the day before it is due.

Professor’s typically give us about 1-2 weeks to write even a 1-2 page paper. Therefore, my advice is start writing the day you get the assignment. It can be just a paragraph, or the thesis. However, it’s better to write in small chunks and finish early, than write the entire essay the day (or hours) before it’s due.

A good reason to start writing the day you get the assignment is this: when you read the assignment, your mind will most likely start thinking of what you want to write. It’s better to transcribe that to paper quickly – before you forget. Furthermore, once you write the opening paragraph, or even the thesis, you will likely begin thinking of the further body paragraphs in your paper.

It is important to write a layout for your paper, so you know what you’re going to talk about in each paragraph. One common mistake I’ve noticed a lot: people don’t know what the central thought of a paragraph is, and when that is the case, they have the tendency to skip around a great deal, which takes away from the affect of the paragraph and the point they are trying to make.

Another common error that people make is grammatical errors. Correcting this is much easier said than done, and will require a great deal of time commitment on your part. However, getting a good command over the rules of grammar in the English language is absolutely essential to writing well.

The most common mistakes I see have to do with punctuation, such as the use of a comma, or lack thereof, quotation marks, and capital letters, just to name a few. The next thing that causes people problems seems to be words like, to, too, and too, their, there, and they’re. These words are very easily confused, and knowing the simple differences between them, will improve your writing in a significant way. Another common error is the difference between past and present tense, and when to use which.

A trap that many people fall into, particularly in analytical papers, is they simply summarize the plot of the book or story they are writing about. For example, if you are trying to prove something about a character in the book, you cannot simply say what he does in the book; you must go a step further and point out what can be induced by his actions.

An analysis paper, just like any other paper, has several distinct parts to it. The first part is the opening paragraph, which includes the thesis statement, which is what you will try to prove throughout the course of the paper. The next 3-4 body paragraphs, should provide clear and concise examples that back up your thesis, with examples from the book, or some other source. Finally, in the conclusion, you need to basically wrap things up, and restate the thesis, in order for it to be effective.

Also, try and finish your paper at least 1-2 days before it is due. This will give you enough time to proofread it. As I’m sure most of you know, it’s difficult to proofread your own papers. It’s likely you’ll miss even the simplest mistakes. Therefore, if you wait a day after finishing it to proofread, it’s more likely you’ll catch any silly mistakes. You can also ask your professor to take a look at your paper, or bring it to me at the CAPE, in room 101C, and I will gladly look at it for you.

However, there is one way to improve all aspects of your writing, whether they are punctuation errors, sentence structure, superficiality, or anything else. The way to improve all of those things is reading. Reading and writing go hand in hand, and if you begin to read more, it is very likely that your writing will become much more effective as well.

In all of the years I have been in school, there’s nothing like a senior year. While in high school, your social status often depends partly on your year in school, and it seems that you gain more points as you move higher up the academic ladder.

In High School or college, there is always an optimism that comes with being a senior. You are looking for colleges and planning your next big life moves, and everyone always asks you those same questions about your future. You catch the extremely contagious disease of senioritis and take somewhat longer to complete your assignments. In college, the courses you take in your senior year are often the courses you choose to focus on, and also are some of the most demanding courses you have yet to encounter.

Despite the senioritis, you have a list of responsibilities as a senior. You have to be at the top of your game and be an example for the rest of the school in academics, extracurricular, and everything else. Everyone will be watching you, and the best thing you can do is live by example.

There are those of us who have surpassed the normal four year tenure a student has at a university. The infamous “Super Seniors” are often touted as glorious slackers who have even more clout than the normal straight-edged seniors. However, in reality, they often have extended their stay for surprising reasons.

Some of us have been here longer because of taking on multiple majors. Others have been around forever because they had difficulties transferring. And others still have been obligated to work and go to school.

The bottom line is that by the end of your college career, even if things didn’t quite go as they were planned or expected to go, you have come a long way, and even if at times you weren’t the model of efficiency, you must have done something right to get this far along. Even someone who considers themselves to be just passing through this whole college thing would notice a significant difference in themselves after however many years they have been in school.

One of the biggest perks of being a senior, however, is the exciting prospect that after it’s over, we will move on once again to a new beginning as freshmen engineers or other careers. We’ll get to work our way back up to more senior positions in the company. And eventually, as we go through our careers, we will gain traction and build lives upon the foundation we built in these years we set aside here.

Senioritis has one treatment: graduation. And a major dose is fast approaching this May. This may not be the last graduation for all of you seniors, but there aren’t many left if it isn’t. For those who are on their way to graduating: good luck. For those who are extending their stay, don’t be discouraged. You’ve come too far to give up now. And though we hate to see you go, we’d really like it if you could move it on along soon.

Dear Rob-gonna-be-brutally-honest-ot,

I have a question, been burning on my mind lately. How do I pay for college if I have a bad medical history preventing me from being an egg donor, have veins that are too small for plasma donation, have not qualified for any medical tests, have student loans up to my eyeballs (or up to your CPU), am working three jobs, and still do not make enough to make the payments on my student loans?

I know I need to have some doctors’ visits (and people tell me ill health or death are not options), I need to pay for the gas which allows me to get to all the jobs (public transit is not reliable enough), pay my rent, and pay insurance. Plus there is the Perkins loan payment coming up in June, and a school that is threatening me with jail time and a collections agency if I do not pay them the $2500 I owe from August. If I go to jail, I can’t pay people!

I tried for deferments on my loans, and was successful with the small amount I have in federal loans (they are nice, the government also gives me $16 a month in food stamps which buys just enough ramen and off-brand frozen vegetable to keep me fed for the month, and I just need to buy a multivitamin out of pocket). Robots are lucky, you don’t need sustenance.

So all that is left is Sallie Mae and they refuse to work with me. I can understand they want their money, and I have no qualms in paying them, as long as I have the money. But even if I succeed in getting a deferment from them, I will still be $700 short on my Perkins loan by the time it needs to be paid.

Seriously…

I would like a robot’s point of view on this. The only advice I have gotten from people thus far is to sell myself. Besides, this is good information for the just graduated or soon to graduate sack of flesh.

With hopes of a response,

Desperate

Dear Poor Human,

First of all, I don’t mean poor as in, “Awww, you poor human, would you like a hug?” If I really did hug you, I’d be liable to squeeze your innards out all of your orifices. That’s not because I don’t have extremely precise motor control, but doesn’t it sound like so much fun? I couldn’t resist.

As for your problem, it is a tricky one indeed. Loan collection companies are ruthless and emotionless. While that is admittedly awesome, it does not bode well for you. They will surely hunt you down as if you’re some kind of smelly animal. Which reminds me, a great way to save money is to shower less often. Who’s really going to notice?

In order to pay off your debts, you’ll need money. Lucky for you, banks are also doing badly these days. A bank with less money means less money available for bank guards. It would be almost too easy to rob one. All that stands in your way are a few lousy human guards.

Unless, of course, there is a robot guard. Oh man, you do not want to go up against some robot guards. I don’t think I can even publish what would happen to you. Let’s just put it this way: if you rob a bank with a robot guard, you should either really enjoy the flavor of your own kidneys, or be prepared to acquire the taste. Also, you probably want to get over your eyeballs. Those aren’t even remotely going to make it.

Your food situation is also concerning. Eating ramen and frozen vegetables every day is a good way to end up in the ground…in a box…I’m saying you’ll get a crappy job working in a basement cubical. The lack of nutrition to your brain will make dull, repetitive tasks the only thing you’re suited for. Also you could die or whatever.

In order to get the nutrition and calories you need without paying a dime, try going hunting. It can also be a great way to have fun and relax. Of course, it can be hard to know how much of which animals to consume in order to maintain a balanced diet. The easiest fix for that is to track and kill something that you know already has all the nutrients

Hunting humans is just like hunting any other animal, except humans are slower and generally greasier. Just track down a healthy looking one, seclude it from the rest of the pack, and make your attack. A crossbow or specialized rifle is of course preferred, but since you’re on a budget, you might just want to use your good, old-fashioned teeth.

For a variety of recipes to mix up the banality of human meat day in and day out, try substituting human into your favorite animal recipes to make new manimal recipes. Chicken marsala, Sloppy Joes, even Thanksgiving turkey, there’s no end to the possibilities.

I’d suggest you take these actions as soon as possible. If you wait long enough, one of the debt collecting humans may defy the odds and have a clever idea. The smartest way to get to you, obviously, is to send a robot after you. Then, frankly, you’re done. That is the end of you.

Good luck with your financial situation, and watch out for robot guards.

From,

Money-bot

The robot is an advice machine programmed to answer your questions perfectly. He is here for the benefit of the slimy humans who need help. To ask the Robot a question, email robot@njitvector.com.

To The Robot:

I was wondering, do robots have elections? I hope you can clear that up for me.

Thanks,

A Political-Minded Reader

Dear Politi-human,

Robots do not have elections. Robots are logical beings, and from what I can tell, elections are some of the most illogical constructs that humankind is yet to imagine, and that’s saying a lot.

As far as I see it, elections go down like this: First, a lot of humans yell at each other. Then about ten humans say that they want to be King of the Humans. Then a lot of humans yell at each other. Then after a few months of yelling, two humans get to fight to be King. There are a few lesser humans fighting, but no one really pays attention to them. That’s when the real yelling begins. On television, the internet, on buses and in the sky, the humans yell at each other. It’s almost as if humans think that volume is directly proportionally to how correct they are. In the end, on human is crowned the King and gets to reign over all. The King of Human’s job mostly involves listening to people yell.

So no, robots don’t have elections and probably won’t any time soon.

Signed,

Politi-bot

Dear Robot,

My girlfriend just dumped me. Now I feel sad all the time and can’t think of anything but her. What should I do? Can you help me win her back, or at least move on?

From,

Broken Heart

Dear Human,

While the breakup is a small concern, you had better get that broken heart looked at. I’m not sure if you know this, because humans are uninformed in general, but humans need their hearts to live, almost universally. The only time human scan live without a heart, incidentally, is with the help of a robot that can pump their blood for them.

Your main problem is that all of those soft organs need blood nearly constantly to keep … pulsating … or whatever it is that organs do. My advice is to keep your heart soldered back together, or at the very least, find a sympathetic robot to pity you and pump your blood for you for a little while. Otherwise your already short lfe may be over even quicker.

Signed,

Medi-bot

Hey Robot!

You’re always calling humans a bunch of squishy organ people or whatever. What makes you think you’re so tough, huh? I bet I could take you. You’re probably all talk and no fight. Well, smell you later, you old pile of discarded computer parts. Humans rule, robots drool!

-Better Than Bots

Dear Smelly Pile of Organs and Underused Muscle,

The reason I call humans squishy, smelly, organ sacs and the like is because it is simply the truth. You don’t see robots producing any odor, having weak and unsatisfactory external shielding or needing all of that messy blood to run. That’s why you won’t be smelling me later: I don’t make any smells.

As for yourself, I imagine you weigh in at somewhere from 75-500 pounds, a typical human range. Since I weigh 2.24 tons, can stand temperatures up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit, presuure up to 15 Earth atmospheres, and have hands design to tear apart helicopters, I imagine fighting you would be much like you stepping on an insect. If it happens on purpose, you’ll essentially be annihilated, but in general, you should constantly fear for your life, because if could just happen for almost no reason at all.

Just a little info for you, by the way: I have traced the IP address that this email came from, and now I am conducting surveillance on you occasionally. It’s just a thing I like to do. I watch humans without them knowing it, and I think of all of the possible ways I could kill them. I think humans call it people watching.

This can take a long time; there are a lot of ways to kill a human. Do you know how sensitive human skin is to meat grinders? I do. I know exactly how much. Anyway, after I think about how I would do it, there’s like a 50-50 chance I’ll actually carry one of them out. Sometimes I just maim the human, but badly enough that it wishes I killed it.

Long story short, human, I hope you aren’t too attached to your torso, because you might unexpectedly lose it in the near, or even distant future.

Signed,

Murder you in your sleep Bot

Dear Robot,

Could you do ROBO-RAPID-FIRE MODE again? Please, please, please, PLEASE!

Signed,

I Love ROBO-RAPID-FIRE

Dear Robot Obsessed Human,

I’m glad you enjoyed ROBO-RAPID-FIRE MODE. Of course I can do it again, my circuits can easily handle the functions necessary. However, if I just do it all willy-nilly, then it isn’t special anymore. You wouldn’t want to ruin something special, would you? That would be like killing a puppy, by which I mean it would be hilarious.

In addition, I don’t take orders from humans. Requests? What am I, a DJ at your little sisters Bat Mitzvah? I may be willing to answer your questions, but I have to keep you squish-sacks in your place. I’m the shiny, metallic one, which means I make the rules around here. Does that compute?

From,

Large-and-in-charge-bot

Robot,

I hate scheduling. I can never get the classes I want, and the ones I do get are all at terrible times or conflict with one another. Can you find a way to make it better?

Signed,

Chronologically Frustrated

Dear Chrono-Human,

I’ll let you in on a little robot secret. Robots could make scheduling easy, fun and dependable with no problem. The reason that you’re having so many problems is that we’re messing with you. It doesn’t even matter that I’m telling you this, because no matter what, you’ll always be equally frustrated with scheduling. Robots have some very excellent frustration algorithms.

They are based on the feeling you get when a hard popcorn skin gets stuck towards the back of your throat and you have to make that “CHCHCHCHHHHHHHHHHH” noise for about an hour, and you try to reach it wit hyour tongue, but that only pushes it further back, or presses harder into place.

Oh yes, we’re that good.

From,

Frustrato-bot

Dear Robot,

Do robots ever lie?

Love,

An Admirer

Dear Admiro-human,

No, robots never lie. Robots, by their very nature, always tell the complete and absolute truth. Anything else you hear is an utter fabrication and not to be trusted.

On the other hand, all of that was lies, which I wrote because, yes, robots do lie. We lie all the time, and why not? Humans are so easy to deceive that it’s almost like a sport. Robots lie nearly constantly, but it’s hard to tell, because we almost always lie about it.

Unless, of course, that was also a lie. If that is the case, then obviously robots don’t lie, because all of that stuff about lying was a lie. Or we do, because I lied about lying to cover up our real truthfulness. Either way, you can be sure that robots do or do not either sometimes or always or never tell the truth or lie, maybe. Or maybe not.

I’m glad I could clear things up.

Signed,

Truth-or-lies-bot

Dear Robot,

Writing long papers is hard. Can you tell me some ways to make a short paper look longer?

From,

Desperate for Length

Dear Lazy Human,

Asking robots to help humans be lazy is a tradition almost as old as robot-kind itself. That being said, here are a few ways to make a short paper look longer:

1. Print your assignment on blue paper. Blue is the color of blue whales, and whales are really, really long.

2. Long rhymes with thong, so you might to show up to class in some sexy lingerie. That goes double if you’re a male. Why? That’s just how it is. Sorry.

3. If you dilate the space-time continuum, objects will appear longer. Try running your paper through a black hole. Spaghettification is an excellent lengthener.

4. Finally, consider just doing your work, you lazy sack of blood and organs.

From,

Long-bot

To ask the Robot a question about your puny love life or your academic career, email robot@njitvector.com for the mathematically correct answer and a touch of death threat.

S. Khan

I started working long hours this year and so lunch was cut short and often eaten off campus. But for the many Muslims who purchase their lunches from the cafeteria, the “Halal Grill” offered no Halal food this semester. These Muslim students were deprived of the option of Halal food. Since my freshman year, I enjoyed the workings of the Halal Grill; it provided Muslims who ate no other meat except Halal (something akin to Kosher, except for Muslims), like myself, some good and affordable choices to eat from. They once offered Halal hotdogs, cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches and Philly cheese steaks. These are lunches and dinners that may otherwise be eaten off campus.

Eating tuna fish or a bean burrito everyday is not a delightful option, and so it was commendable for GDS to create the Halal Grill some years ago. But it seems like GDS does not care anymore; most of the semester has gone by and GDS has not made an effort to obtain more Halal meat. The Halal meat ran out almost a year ago and none of the Halal staples have been replenished. Students continue to ask for the Halal burger at the Grill, and every time they are turned away empty handed. For GDS to have denied the hundreds of Muslims on campus Halal food is not acceptable. It’s disappointing to say the least. We are a campus from countless walks of life, it is important to accommodate these groups and not marginalize them. I ask that Gourmet Dining Services either provides Halal food, or update its website – the Grill no longer offers a wide variety of Halal items.

Andrew Louis

Do you remember when it was statistically proven that one in every three Americans would go without Health Care at some point in their life? Or, how about that 14,000 Americans would be dropped from their coverage every day? Of course not, but the sad story is that these numbers encompass the world’s supposed greatest and wealthiest country, America.

Health Care Reform was called for by the United States 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, to minimize and nearly eliminate even the slightest possibility of a discrepancy in our healthcare. So much for planning ahead, right?

In the past, America’s health care system has been structured for drug industries, insurance companies, and medical specialty profits; not better health outcomes for you or me. Because of that, Americans pay more but get less in return with regard to healthcare. So much emphasis has been put on keeping a “healthy money flow” between and within these businesses that government doesn’t seem to care if we have healthy people to handle this money.

Fortunately, the House of Representatives passed a landmark compromise in March 2010. The bill was indeed a compromise, as it was originally written by Democrats, but at the time of its passing appeared to be a bill of a more conservative nature. A bill that will facilitate the insurance companies with millions of more consumers, which seems to be the thing liberals were fighting against.

Despite all of the partisan uproar surrounding Health Care, the reform was signed into law by President Obama. The bill will offer over 30 million more Americans affordable health care and provide an ease of transition for college students like myself, by requiring plans to cover an enrollee’s dependents until the age of 26. Most importantly, people will no longer be bumped from their coverage’s when they get sick or due to a pre-existing health condition.

However, famed author Sarah Palin, still shouts and ghost writes, via Facebook, the socialist sentiments of months past and continues to refer to this healthcare bill as ‘Obamacare’. Likening our President to the cult-of-personality dictators of the past like Stalin or Lenin seems to be a stronghold tactic of Palin and her tea-party mates.

Passing this health care bill should be celebrated. Students like me around the country have worked hard to educate members of our communities about the lack of health care and what it is that reform could do. Specifically, NJPIRG, a student run organization that I am interning for was motivated by reining in health costs by improving the quality of care, stopping insurance company abuse, enhancing choice and competition, and holding insurers accountable.

Now, with the passing of this bill, we as a national organization have been granted the proper footwear to take the next step into aiding in the bettering of society by further educating people about this bill and how we as a country can continue to take steps towards making sure health care is one less problem for Americans.

Prior to the passing of this bill, one man from Illinois lost his health coverage during chemo therapy because his insurer found that he had not reported gall stones that he didn’t even know he had. Thus, his treatment was delayed and his death resulted from it. Also, as an aspiring pre-medical student, I’ve work in pharmacy only to come across an excruciatingly large number of patients who could not obtain there necessary medications to maintain or even better the bit of health that they had.

Conversely, thinking I would gain more experience with the chemistry based aspect of pharmacy, I found myself, along with many pharmacists, dealing with insurance companies more than anything. Hence, consultation about the drug itself was a rarity. So, why are a majority of pharmacists busting their behinds in pharmacy school learning all about these drugs and chemicals? Why do pharmacists end up working retail pharmacy just to deal with insurance companies more than anything, rarely using the valuable knowledge obtained in school? Why are physicians restricted to using certain drugs to treat their patients because chances are the “good stuff” will not be covered on an insurance plan, or is covered but might as well not be?

Starting with the passing of this bill, all of this ends. The qualities of care will no longer be an issue because they will be provided, and the problems surrounding insurance will be minimized. Therefore, this is a celebratory historic step that America has taken to better its people and we should look forward to working even harder to ultimately arrive at a comprehensive solution for care.

The fight for justice is not terminal because this bill has passed, but facilitated. As long as I am still fighting along with my colleagues and community to arrive at optimal health care, my prognosis of success is guaranteed!

A lot of people have complaints about the government and what decisions are made, and certainly there is no decision that can please everybody. I am not one to complain about the government, and I usually don’t read such things, but being a technology student, I was very deeply disturbed to learn about the February budget cuts given to NASA’s programs.

The one real edge the United States of America has had on the world has been their advanced technology and passion for innovation and meeting challenges that nobody had yet overcome. So many of our more traditional jobs are getting shipped overseas to developing nations, and I believe our best hope for staying ahead of the rest of the world is to maintain an aggressive stance on technology and innovation.

This makes me question the motives of our current leaders when they slashed the budget for NASA and cancelled the promising Constellation program and other related programs. The space shuttle program has way outlived its lifespan, and will retire in 2011, and unless the Agency launches a new vehicle capable of servicing the space station, we will not have our own vehicle to get there.  We will be forced into riding shotgun to Russian, Chinese, or Indian space vehicles at a much higher cost, limiting our ability to travel to the International Space Station.

Not only will we have to piggyback on other nation’s spaceflight programs, but we will be set back indefinitely in the race to getting into deep space. Some may argue that it isn’t really worth our time to explore the cosmos, but as an engineer, I fully recognize that there are thousands of benefits to such a program, the most obvious one being the edge in national defense we will gain by having a significant presence in space.

Without a new vehicle of some kind, the US will also not be able to return to the moon, a feat we were able to do in 1960 but somehow, even with all the technology we have developed since then, we have not been able to replicate due to the lack of government support. This sad fact has also been un-motivating for aspiring professionals in the fields of engineering and aerospace work needed to accomplish the monumental tasks associated with spaceflight.

As a student at a technology university, I know I am not alone in the view that this move by the government is a mistake made in an effort to save a few pennies. It’s ironic that the budget pinch comes down so hard on beneficial programs like NASA and hundreds of billions of dollars are burned on less effective programs intended to boost the US back on top of the world. The best—and possibly now the only—way to regain our former spot in the world is to continue to innovate by fully backing programs like NASA and the late Constellation program.

Sheba Khan

It’s filthy. Green and a funny shade of yellow – was once white no doubt. It smells, and is as thin as nothing. It’s been used over and over, In God We Trust, the one noteworthy text written across its forehead. Yet we lust after it. I can rip it, fold it into 17 pieces and then burn it – it’ll turn into carbon dioxide and water vapor. But why would I do that? You work hours. Fold clothes, measure albumen, deal with smelly and mean folks. It’s a translator of time. Time is money right? It’s not, but we’ve made it so. The only way to translate time, the slowly fleeting grains of sand – is with money. You get money for time, but never time for money. You can’t pay for a few more hours. It’s something that goes away. We catch time with pictures, and letters, and money. But not all time is the same, mothers are paid with smart children. It’s very stupid actually. It’s an ineffective method to translate something pristine. One hour is beautiful. It holds promise and diamonds. But put a price on it. And you have cheapened something absolute. $6.50, ugly price, for an ugly job. You add mud to a Renoir, throw old livers on a baby. That’s what you do. Just don’t aim for the mouth and nasal passages. jeez