Murphys Law Gone Right

It’s funny.  I sometimes forget that I have four years of my life documented in this blog.  From my very first post where I outlined the “really cool things about Hopkins”  to my latest post in which I described commencement and all of the goodbyes, I have loved writing about school the ups and the [...]

I am now a Johns Hopkins University graduate.  Do I feel any different?  No, not really.  I just have to practice saying “I just graduated from Hopkins”.  In time, I’ll get used to it.  After all, I just left Baltimore and began writing this blog on the tail end of my 3 day vacation at [...]

There is so little time left, I can barely think about it without becoming depressed.  So, instead of dwelling on the soon-to-be-past of “my time in college”, I figured I would spend the majority of this post looking forward to the we’re-almost-adults-future.  Basically, I just want to brag about how amazing all of my friends [...]

To the Undecided Students… I’ll be honest, I can’t completely relate.  Way back, when I was going through the college process, I did some self-analysis and realized that if I had to give myself the option of choosing between a bunch of schools in April, well it wouldn’t go so well.  Therefore, I figured I [...]

“I’m Jackie, a senior philosophy major from Connecticut.”  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve introduced myself in the past couple of weeks and stumbled across that statement in the past two weeks.  But slowly, I’ve come to accept it…and dare I say, even take pride in it?  I mean, it’s not all fun and games.  I [...]

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life.  I must say, thinking of "life" as a static one optioned event is a bad idea.  I used to say, "what do I want to do with my life?" in reference to the next couple of hours; now, when I [...]

This is officially my last post in Amsterdam.  I miss it already.  I often think about my love of Amsterdam in comparison to other cities.  Why is it that I love big cities like Paris and Barcelona, yet feel so great every time I return to Amsterdam?  I mean, of course there is the bed [...]

Dear Admitted Student, Congratulations!  The worst is over, but now for the hard part…deciding which school to attend to.  I would say I completely understand, but I don’t quite  because I applied to Hopkins early decision.  By April, all my choices were made.  Nevertheless, even though I wasn’t bombarded with information of open houses I [...]

I’ll be honest, I was really drawing a blank in regards to what I wanted to write about for this week. Not because I didn’t have anything to say, in fact, it is quite the opposite.  A lot has happened in my life.  The problem lies in the fact that there is no particular connection between all of [...]

There is honestly something so romanticized about writing on a train. While I am only writing a blog, and not the Great American Novel, it still has a wonderful nature about it. If I ever become an author, maybe I will just schedule long train rides and write while on them. Trans-Siberian railroad anyone? Well, [...]