Hi fellow Macaulay students!  I am Kevin Call which I am sure you can tell from the title of my post.  I am, what I call, a Euro-mutt, as in I hail from many different ethnic origins in Europe.  This includes German, French, Spanish, Scottish, British, Dutch and Irish.  Most of my composition however is Italian from my mom’s side of the family.  My mother is a second generation born Italian-American whose grandparents had come to this country in hopes of better opportunities.  My dad’s origins are a little harder to track.  From research on ancestry.com my father and I were able to trace some of my lineage back to the Mayflower.  Later on, we were able to find the origins of our Call surname coming from Ireland during the colonial times.  Over the years of my family’s existence in the country we had done service in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World War II.  As a citizen of New York City, I am a good representation of the melting pot the city truly is.

I now currently reside at the Towers of CCNY which brings me closer to the part of NYC most people actually consider “The City,” Manhattan.  For most of my life however, I have lived in Staten Island, which used (and sometimes still is) to be known as the dump of the city.  Although it does not have as much to offer as some of the other boroughs I can easily say that it is great to live there.  You are out of the overall chaos and noise of Manhattan, but have easy access to it.  Plus in a few years we will boast the world’s largest Ferris Wheel!

Now that I have talked about where I have come from, I guess I should proceed with where I want to be.  Throughout all my life I have had many different interests. Currently I am a Biomedical Engineering major however this one major does not encompass all of the things I thoroughly enjoy, which don’t get me wrong, I love all of the sciences, however I also love learning about personal finance and history.  Personal finance is probably my largest interest group outside of the life sciences and engineering.  I am currently an investor in the stock market and I do place that occasional option trade to reduce the cost-average of my stock investments. I understand many of the fundamentals and ways of making money in the financial markets but am starting to indulge in different techniques of trading.  Besides investing in stocks, I also foresee owning a small business in the besides having just a job to depend on.

Now when it comes to music, I am also very diverse.  I love listening to just about any style of music, my favorite being modern alternative (which still encompasses a lot of different groups).  Right now a song I am very into is Take me to Church by Hozier. This song struck me as being very different to what I normally would listen to.  It conveys a deeper meaning however which I found after my curiosity had brought me to look into it.  Check the song out and see if you can come up with what I had found out about it!.

And now that I am finished going on about myself, I look forward to reading about all of you!