POV: You are waiting for the BxM buses and see a laminated “stop the charter school” paper zip tied to a tree. You are also seeing a few YouTube videos about it.
-That is because the construction of a Charter School on W 232nd St is happening. Located close to Corlear Gardens, Tibbett Towers, and Edwardian Apartments, Tenants of all buildings were unhappy because it would negatively impact the tranquility of peace, quiet, air, and traffic speed.
At the beginning of March, construction went on as normal, until the upper parking lot at Tibbett Towers was affected. The asphalt cracked. It looked like it was sinking. While walking through the cracked asphalt and filming it, I felt uncomfortable and nervous, thinking I would fall off. Thankfully, I didn’t. Days later, yellow caution tape and orange traffic cones were put in the parking lot.
A stop work order was placed on the turquoise boards. Unfortunately, that order was temporary. I was told it will take until May by one of our neighbors the stop work order to continue.
Will the work continue, or will the work stop for good?
By Jonathan Mnukhin
March 14-15th, 2023
“Hey, cool song!” “I know, right?” “The buildup is insane” “Did I tell you it came from a video game?” “What?”
Yes. You heard it here. Videogame music have dancabilities too. Today, I will list down the top 5 videogame music that doesn’t even sound like it doesn’t come from a video game at all!
Number 5: Beach - Plok
Expecting a level of tropical Hawaiian music? Too bad. You are about to have a rave party on the beach. The track starts off with hi-hats and synthesizers. Over time, a tuba begins playing and the drums kick in. We also get a flute solo. After that, the tempo slows, the time signature goes from 3/4 to 4/4, the beat drops and you instantly vibe. After the flute and synth solo, we kick it in with the guitar solo. After that, the time signature goes back to 3/4 and loops at the same tempo it was during the drop.
Number 4: Stage 1-1 // Stage 1-2 - Super Turrican
Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Jonathan! These are two tracks!.” No, it’s not. Stages 1-1 and 1-2 are actually a full track. They are just split up because 1-1 and 1-2 are continuation-type levels. Stage 1-1 starts off happy and joyous. It begins with a synth and the drum kick. Then the drop takes action with a snare and hi-hats. Over time, the bridge part happens. After the bridge, the key goes from F sharp major to E flat minor. This hints Stage 1-2 is next. In 1-1, after the E flat minor part is over, it loops back to the drop. Stage 1-2 starts off (and remains) E-flat minor.
Starting off with a guitar and a single hi-hat, the drums kick in only to the part where the drop is about to happen. More hi-hats play as the tone descends. Then the drop happens, with more synths, hi-hats, and a drum kick, just like Stage 1-1. After the 1st drop, is the bridge, which plays the E-flat minor melody from Stage 1-1, only with the addition of a violin. After the bridge, the 2nd drop plays, consisting of the snare drum this time. After that, the same melody plays and the violin plays at a higher octave. After that, it loops back to the guitar, drum kick, and hi-hats.
Number 3: Cotton Island - Plok
Level // Stage 1 in any video game is usually chill. But not in Plok! The music begins all kiddie-like, consisting of a tuba and xylophone. As the drums and flute kick in, the beat suddenly drops. You suddenly have a rave party at the first level. As the music progresses, the key goes from Major to Minor. A tuba plays and the xylophone plays after. The key goes from minor to major again as we go to the bridge part of the song. After the bridge, Major goes back into Minor for the second drop. After the second drop, the song loops back into the first drop.
Number 2: Main Theme - Outrun Europa (C64)
The theme starts off with 8-but funk. Vocal samples like “Oww!” and “Hit it” play throughout the song. After the main melody, we get into the buildup part which only consists of drums. After that, the drop plays. So much is going on in the song that I can’t describe it. That’s how good it is.
Number 1: Akrillic - Plok
Akrillic is a game level in Plok which straight out sounds like something from a rock band. The beginning is the buildup, and the rest of it sounds like a punk rock song. The drop is beyond indescribable. The synths and guitar solo kick in. This track was known as progressive rock, based on how the song progresses.
The composers for all games are listed here:
Plok - Tim Follin, Geoff Follin
Super Turrican - Chris Huelsbeck
Outrun Europa (C64) - Jeroen Tel
No other VGM composers for games on the regular and Super Nintendo entertainment systems can top these 3. I order you to listen to each one!
Sonia Manzano
By Noah Brown
March 13th, 2023
Hey, everybody! Noah’s back. I am going to tell you a little bit of a career biography about a Hispanic person that speaks spanish. Her name is Sonia Manzano. I remember since I was little, watching the PBS Kids show Sesame Street, I saw her role playing her own character Maria Rodriguez on that show. She was doing it a very long time ago from Seasons 3 to 45. That was before in 2015, Sonia retired from role playing Maria on Sesame Street. Plus, she’s my favorite human character on that show. The next thing I remember her doing is not only acting for live-action, but also voice acting for animation. She started to now voice one of the animated characters such as: Rosa Casagrande (a.k.a. Abuela) from the Nickelodeon show The Casagrandes. For Abuela’s voice, it sounds the same. And so on, Sonia was in other shows which I have never known before. But if you want to get to know Sonia Manzano better, you can find out more information on the internet. That’s all for now. See you next time. Bye!
By Jonathan Mnukhin
03/13/23
IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT IT'S GOTTA BE PERFECT
SHUT UP!!! CAN YOU ALL SHUT UP!?!? LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!
It’s gotta be perfect… it’s gotta be perfect... it’s gotta be perfect…
I haven’t written anything Smg4-related for a while. After the past 4 videos, I have decided to write one today and submit it on the March 2023 page because there is a life lesson at the end.
Beginning on the episode “SMG4... are you okay?” Smg4 was getting crazy because he felt he didn’t make good enough content. This led to him forcing various toads to create good content and get canceled after getting exposed by Smg3.
After getting motivation from Smg3 to create the best video to make everyone forget about what he did (to which they forgot about it), Smg4 thought “If people want quality, what if I made the best video ever!?” As he went on to make the video, he started getting sleep deprivation in the Ohio episode, refusing to go with Mario and Tari to Texas.
As his “work” went on, Smg3 began substituting for Smg4 during video sponsor announcements as seen in the American Constitution episode, where Mario and Bowser steal the American Constitution to make Mario Day an official holiday. Smg4 refused to help Mario with that, as well as Meggy, Saiko, Bob, and Fishy Boopkins, but those were for other reasons. Then he interrupted Mario’s reaction video to fanmade anti-piracy screens to continue working on his “ultimate” video because the internet upstairs was down. That video ended with the reverberated sound of him typing.
Beginning on Mario Day, Mario wanted Smg4 to be part of the main event, but he refused to show up. After Meggy, Tari, Bob, and Smg3’s failed attempt to make Smg4 come out of his room as well as an accidental but successful attempt (accidentally bumping into the internet router) to get him out of his room, (to which Meggy and Mario were fighting Wario and Waluigi because they changed it from Mario day to Wario day)
SMG4 calls everyone out and kicks them all out and shoots them with a Waluigi Launcher. He loses it on the recent episode of Mario Day.
Transcript:
“SHUT UP!!! CAN YOU ALL SHUT UP!?!? LOOK AT WHAT YOU’VE DONE!!!”
“NONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORK I DO!!! JUST LEAVE ME THE F**K ALONE!!!” (loud door slam)
Smg4 put a castle swing door and a metal slide door next to the current castle swing door before the outbreak, resulting in those failed attempts. After such an outrage like that, Mario was left in tears, as he wanted to give Smg4 an award for being his best friend (despite the times they were enemies) since the golden age in 2011. Meggy, Saiko, Kaizo, Tari, Luigi, Bob, and Smg3 weren’t affected by the outrage because they hid around the castle as the rest of everyone frantically ran away.
Smg4 then goes live showcasing himself working on his... ultimate video, ending the video with an outro with the reverberated typing and ambient noise. Meggy, Smg3, and Boopkins try to get him to stop.
The live stream began at 100 hours. Smg4 is seen typing, looking left and right in shock, drinking soda, throwing them on the floor, probably peeing in his pants, and yelling // banging on his desk in frustration. A different ambient noise plays during the stream.
As a full 24 hours go by, the room gets darker, and the ambient noise changes. This goes on until Wednesday, which means something will happen. Because the live stream cuts off to a specific time, you can only see what’s happening right now. Fans have screen-recorded everything going on (especially what his friends were trying to tell him) for archival purposes in case the live stream gets either privated, deleted, or unlisted. Life lessons of the day: Isolation is bad, don’t drink soda at night, and friends are important, especially on special occasions about them.
UPDATE 03/17/23: When the timer hits 0, Smg4 stands up from his chair when he notices us watching him, and yells at us to get out. It then leads you to the announcement. The announcement consisted of Smg3 filling in for Smg4.
The announcement was about Smg3, Smg4, and Boopkins getting another set of redesigns because the current ones sucked (especially Boopkins.) Bob's redesign remains the same, and Meggy has gotten a minor upgrade to her current human design. Smg4 is seen in his room, still working on his video, and as Smg3 tried to make him snap out of it, Smg4 becomes possessed and yells 'it's gotta be perfect' several times to Smg3 and Meggy, leading to a movie called "It's Gotta Be Perfect."
By Jonathan Mnukhin
March 9th, 2023
Hello everyone! I have exited out of my “the future of” series to write about an idea submitted by a staff member I will interview at some point in time. Now for the story of March 8, 2023. As we were reaching our last school to make photo ID’s, getting to that school was a lot of trouble. We went on the E Train uptown. The train moved slowly because the next upcoming stations were close. Everything was fine at the next stop. We went on our way to the stop after that. The doors didn’t close.
According to Helfry, this was because of other E Trains uptown in front of us having issues. We sat and sat, and Ms. Sarah decided that we waited long enough. We went out of the station, the stairs and down escalator were in service, but the up escalator wasn’t. It was basically another set of stairs we didn’t need. Ms. Sarah then decided we take the M31 City Bus. We missed the first one because we didn’t know where the sign was.
Then we figured out that the map and pole holding up the bus stop sign was there. The bus stop sign itself was taken off. This was because there was waste-of-space scaffolding above a bldg that we didn’t want to be there. Eventually, the next M31 City Bus came. Going back, we took the Q Train. Then we decided to transfer to the N Train for one more stop. The original goal Ms. Sarah wanted us to do was to transfer to a different train. But as the saying of “Expectations Vs. Reality” goes, the expectation was we learn to transfer trains, the reality is stuff in New York City goes wrong every day.
Now as for the Photo ID process (for those who care), it went by quickly due to there being only three classes. The classes were also on the first floor. The school also had an elevator. Because getting there took long and the process was too fast, I was unable to make enough time to even ask “Can I ride/record the elevator.” Beginning November 30th, 2022, we started taking city buses and subway trains to various locations. We mostly took the C Train on all subway trips.
Life lesson here? Something Has To Happen.
By Helfry Flores
March 7th, 2023
Hello everyone and I’m back from my break so i figured I should finish the forgotten game modes of smash bros As a whole, so with no further delay let’s start off by talking about the Wii U Version of smash bros with Smash Tour, All I Have to say is it’s literally just a rip off of Mario Party but with the look and feel of smash bros. you walk around the board of your preferred size collecting stat boosts and trophies, this part feels pretty boring but eventually you get to actually play matches and sometimes after the match you get to launch your opponent away if they’re nearby. Anyways it’s just a lot to take in okay, now let’s move onto Special Orders, you can choose between master orders and crazy orders. In master orders you can spend your gold for tickets, those tickets will allow you to take on challenges to win prizes such as custom moves for your characters, and crazy orders are just like master orders except you could win better prizes and even take on the crazy hand himself. And then there’s the modes that are both in the 3ds and wii u version of the game Trophy Rush and Target Blast, In trophy rush you have to destroy a bunch of crates and keep them under the line, if you don’t then the platform will quickly fall down and getting KO’d will deduct some of your time. You can also build up a chain by destroying the crates and doing so will give you more rewards and trophies I assume, anyways it’s a pretty fun mode for at least five minutes because I usually just continue doing smash matches after like 2-3 games of it. Now let’s move on to Target Blast. I feel like during the development of the game someone showed Sakurai some gameplay of angry birds and he went “I smell real estate!” So the gameplay is really simple, you launch a bomb into what appears to be an amalgamation made out of a bunch of wooden crates and stone blocks, and chances are you will get either a Mii Outfit or Headgear, A custom move for a random character, or a piece of equipment. It’s the only way for you to get any of these things in the wii u version and it was very very tedious and RNG based, so getting all custom moves for a specific character is extremely time consuming, so this means that customization is banned in tournaments. But for me I just wish that they could bring back custom moves, heck maybe they could even add the ability to customize final smashes where they would be completely different from each other and maybe they could slightly increase the chances of getting these custom moves, I don’t know but they should bring that back in a future smash game.
Now let’s wrap things up with the latest game in the series, Smash Bros. Ultimate! There are actually a lot less single player modes those only being 2 the main adventure mode, World Of Light and the spirit board where you can fight against spirits that are not available in the adventure mode and once you defeat them you have to extract them with a special gun you also have to shoot them at the right time because there’s a shield that protects them and if you hit the shield you won’t be able to fight against it again but you can give it another shot by spending spirit points. Oh and also there are two different types of spirits Primary and Support and each spirit is divided into four tiers Novice, Advanced, Ace, and Legend, So Novice means fairly easy and legend means fairly hard. You’re also able to view the spirits you’ve collected and dismiss them or summon one from the cores of them and many more, anyways there’s a lot of things you can do with these spirits but this article is drawing on for too long so we’ll just end it here.
So that’s the end of this article. I really hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you guys again in my next article.
By Helfry Flores
March 10th, 2023
Hello everyone and I figured I'd do something I haven’t done In a long time actually. Given that my birthday was yesterday at the time I'm writing this part of the article, I thought I'd share something I did for my 18th birthday, and that is going to Dave and Buster’s located in Times Square in New York City. Anyways with that being said Let’s jump into it.
The first thing I did when I got home from school was that I opened a few gifts I got from my family. I got a new backpack, two of them actually and one of them contained two new amiibo figures, for those of you who don’t know, amiibo are simply collectable figures that you scan onto your nintendo systems and they’re supposed to give you special rewards such as cosmetics for your Mii characters in games like Mario Kart and Miitopia, one of the collectable amiibo is even styled like a cereal box and four of them are made of yarn how cute is that!? And we haven’t even got to the fun part either so let’s talk about that… So my older sister’s boyfriend Mikey drove us to Dave and Buster’s (His actual name is Michael but we’ll call him Mikey to avoid confusion with Michael Brito, one of the students in my class plus that’s even his nickname.) the first thing that we did was that we ate some food and let me tell you the buffalo boneless wings are pretty good; they taste even better with the ranch dipped in, and they even had us take pictures of us having the time of our lives and they sang Happy birthday to me so that’s good too. Now after we ate just like everyone else who went to Dave and buster’s we went to the arcade and the first game I played was actually the mario kart arcade and apparently my skills in mario kart 8 were actually carried over from the arcade and I was able to beat my younger sister twice. And soon after I played the Minecraft dungeons arcade, this was the first time trying out the game in general and let me tell you I played the everloving heck out of it, it’s a beat-em up style game which i’m usually a sucker for and I played through 3 stages and only beaten 2 bosses. I was never able to beat the second stage which was desert themed and thus I never encountered the boss of that stage, and yeah I’ve played some other arcade games there but nothing beats the beat-em up games. So yeah that was my experience with going to Dave and Buster's, I really hope you enjoyed reading this and i’ll see you guys again in my next article.
Master Hand/Crazy Hand Sprites Provided By Kenju The Echidna from "The Spriters Resource"
By Helfry Flores
March 23rd, 2023
Hey everyone and you may remember that I’ve talked about the game modes in the smash bros series that have appeared once and never again, so I figured I could share some of the boss characters throughout the smash bros. Series so with no further delay let’s jump into it! (Oh and by the way this will be my last smash bros article for a while because apparently i’ve done too much smash bros Related articles so i’ll be moving away from them for 2 weeks okay now let’s jump into it.)
Starting off with smash 64 we only have one boss character and that is the one and only Master Hand, he has a bunch of simple attacks such as shooting bullets using a finger gun, fly into the background and punch the opponent, walk on the stage using 2 fingers and so much more. And Yes if it weren’t obvious you can play as him too, and you also have all of his moves at your disposal. However unlike the polygons, metal mario and giant donkey kong he’s actually a lot cooler to play as but it’s also pretty unfair since normally the battle with him has him with stamina and stamina wasn’t added in until melee. Speaking of which, let's move on to Smash Bros Melee…
This game adds in two new bosses, Crazy Hand and Giga Bowser. Let's talk about Crazy Hand first. Crazy Hand is simply a harder version of Master Hand and thus he has some new moves. One of those moves has him lie flat on the ground and start having violent spasms. It's quite strong however it won’t hit opponents that are in the air. And next there’s Giga Bowser which serves as a hidden final boss of adventure mode, to face off against him you have to defeat the giant bowser in under 18 minutes and then and only then you’ll get to face off against him and…. It turns out he’s just a tougher version of bowser, but hey at least you get his trophy once you defeat him without using continues. Oh yeah and you can also play as the two of them including master hand. And they all have inputs too but unlike in smash 64 where you use the analog stick, in melee you use the d-pad for all the moves and as for giga bowser he has all the moves as regular bowser. This would be the part where I talk about the bosses from the subspace emissary but i’ll be saving that for the next article when it comes up so i’ll be ending it here, Anyways thanks you so much for reading I really hope you enjoyed it and i’ll see you guys again very soon, Later!
By Jonathan Mnukhin
03/25/23
For all of you readers who don’t care about looking at our past articles, here’s what’s going on; I arrived at school/home late very frequently and I didn’t even go to school intentionally because of it and unintentionally because I kept complaining about it too much.
Continuing from October 31st to November 4th, all days after my bus route’s failure showing up because of wheelchair lift problems, motor/engine problems, and less effort of finding substitute drivers, my school presence was unintentionally withheld. Because my mother and uncle can’t just drive me to school daily. This also disallowed me to participate in our snack store, participate on a trip to DeWitt Clinton Park, (Thank you Noah for replying to me in the class comment section) and participate in Fun Friday.
Throughout all four days after October 31st, I took one walk per day on the Henry Hudson Bridge, rested in Inwood Hill Park, and continued my way home on the Broadway Bridge. On Friday the 4th began upper roller replacement on the electric gate on the right at Corlear Gardens. I, of course, was here for it since going to school didn’t work out. (Thank you to my mother for noticing it before I began my walk on the Henry Hudson Bridge. I went for that walk after.)
One week later on November 7th, we were on the bus we were on before, in September. Except the other kids weren’t on the route the previous bus our route was on that week. I went to school on time, I went home on time, and the bus route took the Henry Hudson Bridge home that Monday.
By Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th, everything was really back to normal. I rode the Broadway Bridge in both directions. However, that was that week. On Wednesday the 9th, we went to Times Square, and I saw both Times Square Ball clock towers.
Beginning the week of November 14 to 18, I didn’t go to school on Monday because of, guess what. [ERROR: BUS DRIVER NOT FOUND]. I did go to school on Tuesday the 15th, which however took a lot of time, a bunch of road changes because of another set of coverages for the original bus driver and matron. But all the kids were picked up and the Bus made it to school. After school, they both returned to drop us off at home. After dropping off one of the kids at their home on W 187th St, we didn’t go through Broadway Avenue/Broadway Bridge, Fort Tryon Park/Henry Hudson Bridge, we went through the Washington Bridge/Major Deegan Expressway.
I could see the Harlem River Drive in the distance. My bus took North Exit 10 to W 230th St to get me home after an accidental South and North ride on the Broadway Bridge. I was having so much fun during all that, without knowing it was going to last for only that specific day. On Wednesday the 16th, my mother called the bus company, and they said the bus is having another asset of motor/engine problems. Because of that, I took another walk on the Henry Hudson Bridge to Inwood Hill Park and back home on the Broadway Bridge. I was also planning it for tomorrow Thursday the 17th, but as I filmed the upper electric gate at Tibbett Towers, I saw the middle electric gate at Corlear Gardens stuck open.
I went to see what was going on and turns out there was an upper roller replacement going on with that gate. Good riddance too, because after all three electric gates reach the halfway point of closing, they make violently loud banging and squeaking noises. On the left electric gate, I saw one of the upper rollers was loose. I thought they were going to do it next week, but turns out they did that gate as well. But some of the violent banging noises came from the nails on the gate operator. (The gate was banging on the nails.) Oh, and by the way, the lower rollers were replaced in January 2022. The left and right electric gates moved no differently but the middle electric gate was banging 3 or 4 times as it reached the halfway point of closing. On Friday the 18th, I didn’t even bother walking to the Henry Hudson Bridge and all the other places. I went to the Waldo Avenue building with the steel and chainlink diamond electric gate, and a person kindly told me to leave, so I complied. But then I realized I didn’t go to school for a good chunk of November 2022 and that sucked.
I felt stupid for compiling, so I went back to the electric gate, the same person came back, and I kindly REFUSED to leave. She then said she would call the cops, and I kindly didn’t care. The cops never came, and I recorded the gate as per usual.
On Sunday the 20th, I went to my grandma’s friend’s apartment at Corlear Gardens to bring a new shower curtain to Grandma. I went in the elevators off-camera. On Monday the 21st, we got another set of coverages for the original matron and driver. We were also on the bus from October 25th. Oh, and did I mention that every time it hits a small bump the windows and wheelchair lift make too much noise? And that the lift barely moves?! The seatbelts are also very small, except for one I wore on October 26th and November 21st.
We were on a different bus (with another set of coverage matrons and drivers) after waiting an hour for one to arrive. We got on it, and the dropoff routine was the same, thanks to google maps. (Broadway Bridge home at dusk.) On November 22nd, no bus or driver was available. And it was the day my school had a big Thanksgiving feast today! Luckily, my mother was available to drive me to school that day. We started off on the Riverdale Monument to go through the Henry Hudson Bridge.
Because of traffic jams, we took Riverside Drive until we went to W 125th St. From there, we went back on the parkway to get to my school. The same routine happened going home again but with fewer kids. (Me and Aaron were on the bus Tuesday and Wednesday). The Henry Hudson Bridge’s northbound road had a bunch of traffic jams going on, and I didn’t know about that until I saw a live video of it. We just took Broadway Avenue to get me and Aaron home. And once again, another set of coverages for the original bus driver and matron.
On Wednesday the 23rd, we got the coverages from Monday Morning, except this time, it’s both Wednesday Morning and Afternoon! And my bus arrived earlier than usual! However, after dropping off Aaron, my bus took I-87 to get me home, taking Exit 10. (No Broadway Bridge this time.) I didn’t get to stay long at Grandma’s after successfully bringing the shower curtain to her because my grandpa was sick. My grandma tends to worry when I am out in the dark, so as I was mad over that, I took a walk on the Henry Hudson Bridge in both directions and filmed an electric gate on Waldo Avenue. On Thursday the 24th, after we had a Thanksgiving celebration at my grandma’s at BLDG B of Nathan Hale Gardens, I went to BLDG A to ride an elevator, and I heard the left elevator’s fan was turned off, so I rode that.
On Monday the 28th, we got yet another set of coverages for the bus driver and bus matron. The route started a little late in the morning. As school was over, because the bus broke down, we were on a replacement bus that squeaks way more than the original bus. We eventually went home, and as we went on the Henry Hudson Parkway, I saw the reflection and glare of the sunset at a New Jersey BLDG. After Aaron was dropped off, along with another student in a wheelchair, it was my turn. We went back on the Henry Hudson Parkway at dusk with the sun setting on the Manhattan side. It was already dusk on the Bronx side as we went on the Henry Hudson Bridge. I could easily see the toll cameras photoshoot the bus’s license plate. We took Exit 18 and unintentionally drove up to those Knolls co-op buildings. It
wouldn’t have been like that if U-turns were allowed.
We got out of those and I (another dropoff) (eventually) went home. On Tuesday the 29th, the coverage driver from last week was back with a different matron. The routine was normal, despite the fact one of the kids on my bus came to school and home via Uber. (This would happen all week long.) The driver then asked me “Which highway should I take to get you home? Major Deegan or Henry Hudson?” I chose Hudson since traffic slowdowns happen randomly on I-87. We went on the bridge, and I was automatically the next drop-off. As we entered the Henry Hudson Bridge, the driver then asked me “Which one do I get out of?!” I replied “Riverdale Monument Exit!!” Exit 18 wasn’t very necessary that day. However, it was tomorrow. Going to school on Wednesday the 30th was also normal, along with the return of the substitute matron from last week. But going home, we skipped Exit 18 and took 20 (Riverdale Monument) making me automatically the next dropoff.
On Thursday the 1st, (of December) we got a different driver in the afternoon. We never took the Henry Hudson Parkway back home. Only Riverside Drive, Broadway Avenue, and Broadway Bridge. The driver kept going in circles after the dropoff before me. We went back on the bridge twice and almost went through an additional twice to the current twice. Altogether, that’s 4 times I rode the Broadway Bridge that day. Friday the 2nd was no different, except for the fact we went to school taking Broadway and Riverside Drive. Going home, my bus arrived nearly at dusk. As we got on the Henry Hudson Parkway, we automatically went into oncoming traffic. We took North Exit 11 to W 96th St. I saw online that the Henry Hudson Bridge’s northbound road was already in a traffic jam. When I was next, we went back on the Henry Hudson Parkway taking North Exit 17 to Dyckman Street. The Broadway Bridge’s Northbound road was infected with traffic that day as well as November 22nd going home that specific day.
My mother told me that an accident caused traffic delays on a road my bus was on. I then told her this is just the introduction to next week. And boy, was I right. On Monday the 5th, the bus arrived late again, with another set of coverages for the original matron and driver. It was also the day of a Costco trip which I didn’t know was canceled. I was fuming until I realized it was canceled. The pickup/dropoff routines were however normal (Broadway Bridge SB/NB) despite the fact I came home at sunset. On Tuesday the 6th, the bus came on time. The same driver and matron from yesterday were here. The routine was still normal. On Wednesday the 7th, was the same, until I had us go through I-95 South/West and the Henry Hudson Parkway/Bridge to get me home earlier. This would be permanent. On Thursday the 8th, We got another substitute driver, along with a substitute matron in the afternoon. We went home on Broadway. On Friday the 9th, we took the Henry Hudson Bridge both SB and NB because the next pickup after me wasn’t going to school, thus automatically transitioning to the next pickup on W 187th St. Going South, we took the rest of the Henry Hudson Parkway from Exit 14 to get us to school for clubs. Did I also mention we also have a different driver for both AM/PM? The driver also called us “future doctors.”
It was the best Friday of my life until Satan’s Parkway became Monika’s Parkway on Monday the 12th. On Monday the 12th, was a trip to PS. 33 Chelsea Piers to do important student photography to make official student photo ID’s out of. We did this in Park West, and we did this in P. 33. One Monday morning, my school bus didn’t have a f[REDACTED]king driver again. My mother saw a bit of snowfall, to which she theorized ice could have blocked the window, but this was a genuine emergency. I yelled from the top of my lungs “Drive me to school right now moth[REDACTED]cker!” I yelled loud enough for my building, the school bus company, and my teacher to hear, to which her decision and final decision was to disallow me to film an elevator at P. 33 and PWHS that day. The bus eventually came with the same Matron from Dec. 5 and the driver from Dec. 9 in the AM only. I was so fuming she either had me stay behind or basically shut the hail up. I went, I said… stuff. I was to sit with Ms. Lisa afterward until lunch in the cafeteria, to which I went. On the way home, I yelled at my mother on the phone on the bus, while sporadically jumping, pounding the window, and seat, disrespecting the boundaries of other students and another coverage driver and matron.
After dropping off the student on W 178th St before me, I was somewhat happy to go home on Broadway. Instead of that, we took the Washington Bridge, only to go to the Cross Bronx Expressway. I called my mother again and told her it was stupid and dumb for the driver to go through Cross Bronx. The matron replied to both of us that “In 20 minutes I will be home.” I also exclaimed to my mother I am walking the Henry Hudson Bridge after this. The matron then asked me “Are you going to go home or on the bridge” I replied “Home.” I lied to her. “My mother gave her an apology and the matron replied, “it’s okay.” I went on the Henry Hudson Bridge, and I walked South and North and South again and North again. I was too tired to do anything else. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were all decent days. On Tuesday the 13th, we did our snack store work. The matron from Dec. 6 was back for both AM/PM from Tue-Thur along with the driver from yesterday in the afternoon. On Wednesday the 14th, We went to a food market. There was an elevator in a train station we took back up to the Street level when we arrived at the 50th St Station. The driver from Nov. 21 was also back from AM/PM.
On Thursday the 15th, Thursday was also decent and I went to visit our relative at Waldo Gardens which means for me, I got to check up on the elevators. The driver from Nov. 21 was here in the AM and the driver from Dec. 9 was here in the PM. But on Friday the 16th, hear this. The inspector was unavailable because it was raining. Because my mother was unable to drive me, I called my uncle. And I disrespectfully kept calling him until he finally answered. Because I’m not ending the school week the way I started it, we asked him to drive me to school so I could attend clubs, which he did. Traffic was normal, and it remained normal. We once again got a different matron, and the driver from Dec. 12. Only Me and Aaron got driven to school and are on the bus headed home. This school week ended neutrally, but on Saturday the 17th, I went to a Cubesmart on Exterior St to film an electric gate that moves in the style of a gate arm. I did this purposely to get them to call the cops not once, but twice! The first time getting the cops called was in the morning after filming electric gates on Heath Avenue, which is dangerous my mother tells me “Don’t go there” but I don’t care. Crime rates were calm that day. I also went on the Henry Hudson Bridge, for fun. We then went for a blood test, which I don’t want because of the needles. I really don’t like needles. I was promised we will go on the Henry Hudson Bridge on our way back from our upcoming shopping trip to Brooklyn.
So I got the needle. The second time getting the cops called was in the evening. I said, “F[REDACTED]ck off!” To those who wanted me to leave. The Cubesmart staff then pressed a button to keep the gate idle while open both during the day and at night. I left eventually. After the second encounter, I went to grandma’s because I didn’t want to sleep with my mother after Monday the 12th. In my building, I saw a part of the lower electric gate was falling apart, which made it move louder than usual. Not only did I film that, but I also made a YouTube short, Tiktok short, and Instagram short, on all 3. I then went to my grandma’s, while being indifferent to the fact my grandpa has Covid. I filmed the left side elevator at BLDG A before going to BLDG B where my grandma resides. I was in my grandma’s bedroom all Sunday the 18th, to avoid the couch that my grandpa was laying down on. I went back home, but only so I could go to school tomorrow.
On Monday the 19th, we went to do student ID photography at IS90. We took the train. My school bus also came late again, yahoo… By the way, the Matron from Dec. 6 was back. On Tuesday the 20th, the Matron and Driver from Dec. 12 were back, but only in the Morning. They also came late because they were also picking up new students, with which I am familiar. We arrived late. We also went to the Costco in East River Plaza after skipping Exit 11, taking Exit 17, and taking the Harlem River Drive afterward. After Ms. Sarah said absence photos are being taken care of at P. 33, I was fuming mad again. The unit coordinator Ms. Allie, (full name Ms. Allison) told the mom of one of my friends named Matthew that he will come home on the bus with me. Matthew was upset. And I basically straight up sided with him as I called Ms. Allie a “psychopath” for having Matthew come home late, like me. Ms. Allie didn’t have her feelings hurt as she told me “His mom is busy, Jonathan, don’t yell at me about it.” or something like that.
The bus finally came after being in traffic, and I was yelling at my mother again, only for her to hang up. I then yelled, “MEGGY-DESTI!! MEGGY-DESTI!!!” loud enough for another student on my bus with echolalia to repeat what I said. I let him take over. While I yelled, I was sporadically jumping again, and I flung some seatbelts around, and Aaron copied my movements. Boundaries of the students, the driver from Dec. 9, and yet another coverage matron were disrespected that day/evening. I did this before, but obviously, I didn’t yell. I said “Meggy-Desti” and the student with echolalia yelled it after I calmly told him to say it louder. I then said mean, unnecessary, and unrelated emails to various programs, such as Khan Academy and Manhattan College, in an attempt to be on Inside Edition. On Wednesday the 21st, the matron from Dec. 5 and driver from December 12 were back for both AM/PM. I was to eat lunch in the office and write stuff to Ms. Lisa. I wrote suicidal words to her in an attempt to be on Inside Edition as well. The only reward was my school Google account being disabled and a failed walk on the Henry Hudson Bridge and being dragged/taken home by the cops and ambulance. Don’t worry, they were good cops, and not the unprofessional cops we see on the news. My mother promised me a ride on the bridge, with a ride on the elevators located at a friend of hers on Park Reservoir Apartments BLDG B. Both missions were a success.
On Thursday the 22nd, I stayed home after Wednesday’s events and went back to school on Friday the 23rd. We had a winter party. I successfully attended it and got my school account back. The rest was just preparing for the New Year’s Eve celebration.
By Monday, January 3rd, 2023, guess what. The school bus was unavailable. My mother randomly agreed to drive me to school that day. On our way home, we got on an available replacement school bus and driver and matron. We went through I-87 to get me home. On January 4th, my 18th birthday, going to school was no different from the 3rd, and especially on an important milestone in my life. My uncle drove me to school that day and we were on the replacement school bus home that day, too, but with another set of replacement drivers and matron. Starting January 5th, everything started to return back to normal. The replacement bus became our permanent bus, the driver from 01/04/23 became our permanent driver, and the matron from 12/05/22 became our permanent matron.
We went through the Henry Hudson Bridge on our way to pick up more kids on our way to school, and on the way back, we took I-87. On January 5th and 6th, we took the Henry Hudson Bridge in both directions. This went on for the entirety of next week. January 6th was also a banger night to remember because I filmed more elevators and went on I-87 and the Triborough bridges. The elevators I filmed were Park Reservoir Apartments BLDG D and Walden Terrace, during visitations.
On January 12th, My mother went up a parking number instead of down on the waiting list from 20 to 21 instead of 19. We also went to Waldo Gardens to visit our family members. Originally it was my mother going to visit her, but as soon as I got the text “We’re going to Waldo Gardens”, I ran to her and we went, questioning our family member on why I tagged along. The family member gave me 50 dollars. When we went home, I realized that moving up a parking space was what she gets for 12/12/22. I couldn’t have been happier. On January 14th, my mother’s back began hurting, to which I argued with her and left to spend the 3-day break at my grandma’s. Why should I feel remorseful? I didn’t film the elevators at that Chelsea Piers school because of her. After a visit with my grandma on January 16th, I missed out on a visit to my uncle’s apartment. Perhaps that’s what I get for going a little too far?
Still upset about the events of 12/12/22, I wasn’t just going to face it. Ms. Sarah C did mention going back to all the schools we went to for Staff ID photos next, but she also scrapped that since “getting a staff member to come out of the classroom for a photo” is very hard to do. Beginning February 3rd, I had an appointment with the Social Security Administration over the phone. I was not happy. Why? They said they will call at 8 to 9am, but instead, they called at 9 to 10am. My uncle eventually drove me to school as soon as his car finished warming up due to the cold weather. Taking the Henry Hudson Bridge or Broadway Bridge wouldn’t help with getting to school faster since it was already 9:30am.
From February 6th to February 16th, 2023, I became out of control as I say “Meggy-Desti” along with the echolalia student repeating after me. On February 16th, 2023, the 12/05/22 matron was absent in the afternoon) (because 23 names being said and repeated over and over again was too much) resulting in a coverage matron and the fun of my life with those 23 names to say. On February 17th, 2023 When the matron asked me (at this point) to cut it out, I had zero remorse. I made violent threats and incentives. “Say Meggy-Desti or I will do this” “Say Meggy-Desti or this will happen to you”. I was not happy. I was insane. I raised my voice. And I will continue my irrational antagonistic behavior until I film and ride the elevators at PS. 33 Chelsea Piers. I however am aware that when the day comes, I will have charges pressed on me. I will be thrown out of the bus completely. Will this story arc ever end? Answer: NO!
After a trip to Brooklyn on 02/26, I am still on the school bus. I then agreed to my myself for the kid with echolalia to repeat the names quietly, and have him say “Jonathan is my boyfriend, Aaron is my boyfriend.” To which was also horrendous to the 12/05/22 matron and 01/04/23 driver. All school bus rides were normal until 03/15/23. As usual, I told the student to say the names, but make someone say the names as well as the ABC’s. I then told him to look at the person he has to make and say the names, which led to the matron telling both of us to shut up. I made the matron snap // raise her voice at me because of those 23 names and the addition of other stuff. I told her to chill out despite the fact I was psychopathic, too. Now we are even. The driver tried to break up the verbal fight.
Full Smg4 & OnyxKing67 girl name call/repetition list:
Pomni-Meggy-Desti (3 out of 23) (originally ‘Meggy-Desti’ until 02/16/23)
Tari-Belle (5 out of 23)
Saiko-Bo (7 out of 23)
Melony-Whisk (9 out of 23)
Sofia-Lucinia (11 out of 23)
Evelyn-Uzi (13 out of 23)
Namai-Tessa (15 out of 23)
J-V (17 out of 23)
Zelus-Grasshopper (19 out of 23) (The OnyxKing67 girls)
Satsuki Chan-Karen (21 out of 23)
Kaizo-Whimpu (23 out of 23)