The Year in Review

As I am almost completely done packing, I will discuss a general overview of my first year in college. It seems a reoccurring theme I bring up all the time is the power of change. This first year in college was definitely a time of change for my character, mostly for the better.

1. I met a lot of people this year and I learned that many people are fake. They are living under a facade of deception, like a magician behind plumes of smokescreen. These people cannot be trusted and can be deleterious in the end. The few, real people are the ones you should hold onto for the future.
2. I learned a little more about Hopkins. Though it is not actually as competitive as I thought (kids ripping out pages in books in library), it does make you an acerbic, angry person in the end. It definitely made me a worse person for the most.
3. I realized that the school workload is ultimately demoralizing to people like me. Sometimes I just wanted to give up because the work just never stopped coming. And I could spend X number of hours studying and fail while other can spend X/4 hours studying and get an A. Another pitiful reoccuring theme.
4. I didn’t drink that much this year, but I did learn that alcohol is a good resort when everything in life sucks. Being drunk is a temporary (or prolonged) state of bliss that cannot be matched by most feelings.
5. I now know that working out and being in good physical condition requires dedication. First semester was a disaster in terms of working out and it was nonexistent for long periods of time. Second semester was rather consistent, but after not working out for about two or three weeks during finals, I gained some weight in fat. While I did gain a good amount of muscle mass this year, I still have to lose fat. Hopefully I could lose most of it this summer with my job (which requires walking about 5-8 miles a day).
6. While I am taking courses for my Public Health major, I know that there are a lot of freebie classes out there at Hopkins. I found one last semester with Subatomic World (A- did not count towards GPA), and will try to take as many as possible. I need to boost my grades any way possible.
7. Though I wouldn’t be living in Charles Commons next year, I’ll try not to be as pissed off living in McCoy. Eventually I might get use to it. Maybe.
8. I am now a sophomore. I remember I though sophomore year was the best in high school. But with the classes I am taking in the fall, it seems like I might be come a D-Level-lurking mole.
9. Baltimore is regarded as shitty by many, mainly because of the high crime rate. However, there is good stuff here, that’s what the seniors say. It is a good cultural oasis for entertainment. I still don’t know enough about the city to defend it just yet, but I have not given up on Baltimore.
10. Wasted opportunities and lugubriousness, the themes for the first year.

I am curious to see if I have Internet at home, I hope I do…

So long, for now.