still alive!

alert: this is an awkwardly & uncharacteristically serious post.
I. the reincarnation
according to my blog, i prepared for college but never actually got to it. there are several reasons for my unprecedented two-month-long blog vacation.
1) moving in to & adjusting to is a far greater transition than one might expect
2) it is a lot harder to stay connected with the world whilst growing into one's college identity when you don't have a computer. (to make a long, dramatic story short, my laptop's screen cracked seven weeks ago, & HP completely neglected the issue due to laziness & lack of LCD screen parts until a week ago when they replaced my computer with an envy14.)
3) furthermore, it is inherently difficult to blog without a computer. lawlz t3Chn0LoGii3*~
4) johns hopkins doesn't believe in any activity other than reading & writing all the time. oh & medicine & everything related to science ever.

II. the brief rant
i could consider the latter fact in numerous contexts. there is not necessarily a standard of appearance here at hopkins, but i would venture to say there is a lack thereof; clothing is not a priority on a top-15 college campus. out-of-the-box fashion choices are such a rarity here that i can't go anywhere without receiving at least a couple judgmental once-overs. some people even go so far as to privately but deliberately loudly voice their opinions on how i dress. sorry that i prefer high heels to ugg boots! lawlz jjhs
these are some unfairly harsh remarks, though. i should not scapegoat the entire student body for the behavior of a few petty girls. but, on that note, how different is hopkins' physical culture from john jay, really? not very. the bookstore just started selling so-low products with bluejays branded on them.

III. the conclusion, from which i will move forward after this post for good
it has been interesting to embrace a new culture of peers even on the most superficial level. i could probably remark on & attempt to analyze the functionality that defines the wardrobes of hopkins students forever. i will bluntly, concisely state that functionality is the definitive, characteristic quality: comfort on the weekdays, put together on the weekends, willing-to-ruin on weekend nights.
is this because hopkins attracts &, furthermore, accepts very few individuals who care about fashion? or is it because the average hopkins student's personality is so academically driven that there is no room to think twice about clothing? the answer probably lies somewhere in between the two. get at me, MICA?

before i close this post, i should mention that there is a number (albeit small) of well-dressed & trendy people here i've met or seen in passing. interestingly, it feels like there are more well-dressed men on campus than girls. perhaps this will permit my blog to take a path down which i had not previously tread - that is, menswear. for now, my plan is to discuss dressing for the cold & the baltimore hipster (despite my impoverished exposure to such subculture). i apologize for how somber & serious this reflection was. had to be done. oh, & i won't fall off the face of the earth for another two months! heh
see yuh (i swear, rly)