From 09/16/14 to 10/16/14 I documented and drew whatever outift I wore that day.

There was no premeditation on my outfits, every morning I would slap something together and later that day I would either draw my outfit or take notes so I could draw it another day.

This was a really fun exercise and I got to really see where I was in my art style(s). I also had to make sure that even though I wore different outfits and had different poses etc. etc., the "sketch" version of myself looked like one person throughout the whole month. 

I used an extra small moleskine Volant notebook and did all of my sketches in pencil.

I will post my favorites here but all of the sketches will be available to view on my tumblr (link on the left)

I'll be posting the first ones in the new year!

Last year of Teenagerdom

Sooooo... last month was my birthday! 

Being in college it's pretty much all on you if you want to celebrate your birthday or not. Luckily for me, I have friends who are willing to go out to eat on a Tuesday night, even if they have midterms on Thursday!

We decided to go to the beautiful Gertrude's restaurant! attached to the baltimore museum of art. I must've been made out of lucky charms because Gertrude's has a $12 discount menu on Tuesdays, the day my birthday fell on! 

The highlights of my meal were:

This was an adorable and delicious Chunk of Crab Soup, definitely recommendable!

For my main I had steak and potatoes (simple but delicious) and then it was the dessert that truly took the (chocolate and funnel) cake! 

End of Summer!

Ahh! So this is the last night before I start my sophomore year of college… of college!!!!   (I’m getting so old T^T)

Tristen was super cute when I got home!

Anyways, after the total craziness of this past summer I am here to give a summary of all that “went down.” (finally)

Okay, so summer school weeks 3, 4, and 5 flew by. *whoosh*

     I finished up Organic Chemistry 1 and flew down to my parents in Florida. It was so funny getting off the plane because FL is most definitely hotter than MD was. It probably didn’t help that I slept in a basement room in Baltimore and was switching to a third floor bedroom!

During the 4^th and 5^th weeks I also started ~Online Linear Algebra~ and I was not ready. Not ready at all.

My main problem was that I did not consistently watch the lectures that would go live at 3 pm Monday-Thursday. In doing this, I grew behind on both the material and the comprehension that I needed to really understand the concepts that the class was trying to depart to me. As midterms came and went I became progressively more worried about how I would do in this class. Fortunately, I passed both Lin Alg and Orgo,

if not with flying colors, at least with credits applicable to my major. Huzzah!

In Florida I got to do lots of fun things like going boating and scalloping, visiting Disney world and attending my very first Tampa Bay Comicon!

(Fun Fact: I was at Disney at the same time as my fave blogger Scathingly Brilliant, how funny!)

A (blurry) shot of the Ray Bans I found on the ocean floor while snorkeling. Lucky!

Panorama of Cinderella's castle at Disney World

It was a very relaxing summer (minus the classwork stress) and even though my mom kept expressing concern that I was “doing nothing” and “wasting summer” I like to think that I was doing exactly what I needed to be doing after such a fastpace freshman year.

Anyways, onwards to sophomore year as a Hopkins BME, Let’s go!

Summer School Week 2 Recap

Monday: we had class and it was a very good class. And during class was my first test and I felt very confident about it since I was like, things are looking up, this is going to be great and then after class I got some food from the restaurant next-door. It's an Indian restaurants, so that's pretty cool. 

Tuesday: Class again and then after class they gave us our tests back. I did so much worse than I thought I did. I thought that I had done if not amazing at least pretty well and then to get the grade back and seeing how bad it was really hurt and felt like a punch the gut. Yeah. 

Wednesday: Today there was no class so I actually slept in until like 3 PM after staying up until 4 AM. This is not the best idea and I did nothing absolutely nothing on Wednesday. That was a sad day.

Thursday: much like Wednesday I slept in until about 1:30 in the afternoon. My mom did not call me at 9 AM though worrying if I was still safe or alive, so that was good.  I tried to get more information on how to register for this class I'm trying to get into, it's a problem solving class that goes along with my organic chemistry course. However it is crazy trying to go through all the bureaucracy and stuff. 

Friday: today we had class and I enjoyed class because we're learning important things and I don't fall asleep. I planned on doing some studying but instead I decided to binge watch the entire new season of orange is the new black and I am regretting it and knew that I shouldn't of done that but I did, so that's that.

Anyways, time to study for the next exam! Let's go!

First weekend of Summer!

I had a not so relaxing weekend. Because of how short this summer class is, the pace of the class is veeeery fast. My first class was last Tuesday but my first test was today, Monday. 

Because of this I mainly studied this weekend. Well, I slept in until about 11 and then began studying  after about 4. I'm not the most motivated student. 

I did take a break to watch the new Game of Thrones with my housemate and a bunch of his friends. In this episode, someone's head is crushed. Fun!

Anyways, I had my work and I had my fun and I've just finished my first exam. 

I think I'm doing well!

Summer School: Week 1 recap

Monday:

Hahaha! This was Memorial Day so class had yet to start. My mom helped me move in to a little row home in Charles village. IMO she left far too early, but I managed to fall asleep in my little half unpacked basement room. 

Tuesday: Organic chemistry started at 9oclock and the professor is really cool. He lives in Israel but comes over every summer just to teach Orgo!

After class I went it the library and read a supplementary Orgo book. That was a very studious day. 

Wednesday: So the basement shower has no hot water so I trekked to the second floor. It was a pleasant morning. (Seriously, there is great water pressure when you don't live on the seventh floor)

My second class went really well and I really like the professor. He always makes sure that we get two five-minute breaks per class AND he likes to go on really interesting "medical application" tangents!

Later, I went to a supplementary problem-solving course that is also taught by Dr. Klein. It was fun to solve problems in a group setting, but the problem is that this is going to be a VERY expensive supplementary class. I'm going to have to convince both myself and my parents that I want to do this course and that it'll help me with this super fast-paced summer course.

Thursday: Ahh another day of classes. I learned a lot! I also learned that I cannot keep my phone by my bed because my half aslepp self knows how to turn it off. Yeah. I woke up at 8:50 for a 9 o'clock class. But i made it! And on time as well!

Otherwise uneventful, I did eat the same 5 dollar footong for lunch AND dinner. Thrifty

Friday: I made it! I have yet to fall asleep in my class despite its two and a half hour length. This is exciting. I do need to get on top of studying. My first test is on this coming Monday. Egads! I also have only eaten a bowl of cereal and half of a energy bar today. Egads again!

Goals for Next Week:

-Study Hard

-Eat a normal schedule or something

-Hang out with friends or study with them or something

-Stop hanging out alone in your little basement 

p.s. I'm doing this for you sister dearest. Love ya!

Freshman year jitters

Now that I'm coming up to the end of my first year at college nervous stomach butterflies are showing up. 

There are just so many things that I need to do!

I'm meeting my academic advisors soon and he's a pretty awesome dude. He does brain scans or something equally expressive. 

My biggest question mark though is this summer. What am I going to do? Where am I going to go? 

At least I know where I'm going to live. I went into the lottery and got a double in one of the nicest sophomore housing! It even has a tiny living room!

I got the bigger one!

Anyways, time to study! (Like always)

Stephanie

New Years Update

Uwah! It's been so long since I posted a post. So I suppose that I should post posthaste!

I muddled my way through a semester of college, hoorah! Go Blue Jays!
And now I have to deal with UNcovered grades, ew.

My nails have started to become boring, but I did do something fancy for this past week!

The waves do come out really cool! (I would show you but they have been chipped BEYOND recognition)

I took a Solidworks course this past "Winter"session and got the chance to make a 3d print. I chose to make two tiny Tardises(?). Sadly they are encased in support material and I have to carve their way out. I managed to cut myself with a tiny flathead screwdriver trying to free the second one. OUCH

Anyways, I am working hard! And really busy! I'm looking into rushing for sororities. I don't think that I will actually join any Greek group, but recruitment week sounds fun!

'Till Later!

~Mopsy