The Reel Life of Josh

This blog is a combination of my lack of something to say and an homage to High Fidelity, which I just scrolled past on TV. Just go with it.

Top Five Buildings
5 – Hodson
4 – Levering
3 – Shriver
2 – Bloomberg
1 – Gilman

Top Five Hidden Spots to Hang Out

My apartment. Another good place to hang out or study.

5 – Gazebo in the Sculpture Garden
4 – WJHU (if your friend has a radio show)
3 – Bloomberg Observatory
2 – President’s Garden
1 – (Cannot reveal for fear of outsiders finding it)

Top Five People to Avoid
5 – Loud talkers in MSE
4 – Drunken Frat guys
3 – The “Shush” Lady (she’s nice, but usually you’d see her for the wrong reason)
2 – Baltimore City Police
1 – There is always one person in each year that will fill this slot.

Top Five Ways to Get in Trouble as a Freshman
5 – Thinking too little
4 – Thinking too much
3 – Underage drinking
2 – Steal food from CharMar
1 – Loud party in your dorm

Top Five Ways to Embarrass Yourself
5 – Learning you have weird habits that your college friends don’t have, but were normal at home
4 – Slipping on the marble steps
3 – Dropping a tray of food at FFC
2 – Have an awkward conversation with someone you “pre-Facebook Friended” before coming to school
1 – “Walk of Shame” after a themed party

Top Five “Old White Guy” Professors

You'll have to look around real hard to find this place

5 – J.C. Walker
4 – Robert Kargon
3 – Mel Kohn
2 – Andrew Cherlin
1 – John Mann

Top Five Things About Hopkins that Make Me Feel Old
5 – Getting invited to Young Alumni Weekend
4 – Knowing what Gilman Hall used to be like
3 – Knowing what “Think Theta” on the billboard in the Gilman Tunnel is actually about
2 – Never having Mason Hall as an admissions building on my college visit
1 – Remembering Berts, the T Mobile store, and the stationary store on St. Paul + the Records and Tape Traders where Maxie’s/7Eleven is