Name: Tabitha Moses
Year: Class of 2011
Hometown: Oxford, England
Major: Cognitive Science, Philosophy
So, finals are over for me, and I have a blog to write. I have just got no idea what to write about. I don’t want to ramble about finals; I think there are enough regular bloggers who are telling you all about their finals and what finals are like here at Hopkins.
I am currently going through the post finals clean up and catch up. When finals come I’m sure most people would agree that cleaning (unless you’re procrastinating) and extracurricular stuff go out the window, so now I have to clean the mess out of our living room. I would like to point out that most of this mess is due to a cat who likes to knock all glasses over in an attempt to drink whatever was inside. Needless to say there is a lot of sticky, soggy paper lying around the room.
This is a picture of Oscar trying to look innocent after making a mess.
(and yes, I do like to post pictures of my cats in every blog!)
Anyway, I am glad my finals are over, and after my last final on Saturday afternoon, I came home to finds my house full of people and very good food! One of my housemates was hosting a Chanukah potluck. Everyone was invited, not just real Jews (lucky for me) and everyone brought something to eat. What was most interesting is that my housemate is vegan, so most of the food was vegan; I enjoyed seeing what sort of food people tried to make! This picture here is of everyone lighting the collection of Menorahs, a tradition that concerned me a little considering we had to leave them lit, and the food table was right next to the Menorah table, and people were very desperate for food! Luckily, no one got hurt, although a lot of people did get attacked by food if they crowded around the food table for too long: I’m not looking forward to cleaning apple sauce of the rug!
Anyway, I wanted to mention this because I was one of the few people who had finished finals, so I wanted to show you all that people still have fun during finals period! On this note, I am going out somewhere else tonight because another friend of mine is having a thanksgiving dinner. You may ask why, but I’m not entirely sure! Originally he was going to have it the Sunday after thanksgiving, but then things got busy, so now it’s tonight. I’m really looking forward to it, he’s doing all the cooking, and making real food: turkey, or eggplant parm (depending on your meat eating leanings), mashed potatoes, corn, salad, garlic bread, biscuits, and for dessert: apple pie, cherry pie, and ice cream. AND for a little bit of festivity, egg nog! For someone like me, who is far to lazy to cook, this is heaven!
Speaking of my very lazy cooking habits, there is something I have to bring up (actually, I have been told by JHU_Jackie that I have to bring it up), and that is my minor addiction to Carma’s café www.carmascafe.com. It’s right next to campus, and is, in fact, on my way home from campus, which is really the only reason I’m there every day! They really do have a great selection of everything, and it’s the only place other than my house that I can actually get any work done, which is good. Anyway, my point is, if you come visit Hopkins, Carma’s is a great place to go to if you want to grab something to eat.
It’s not just me that likes the place. In a recent article, the New York times wrote about them. Actually, if you are planning a visit to Hopkins any time soon and are wondering what you can do in the area, this is actually a very useful article. The article is about 36 hours in Baltimore, and what you can do, and they seem to agree with most of us on Hopkins Interactive that there is a lot to do around Baltimore, and that it is actually an interesting city.
Well, on that note, I’m off to go find something fun to do. I think I should probably start my Christmas shopping! Good luck to all you early decision kids out there.
Stop back at the guest blog for more from me in January when I tell you stories about my great winter break, and how awesome intersession is (not just the classes, but also fun extracurriculars you can take part in).
**Editor's Note: Be sure to check out Tabitha's previous guest blog entries!**
My Jet-Setting Summer, Classaholic, Fall Break, What's Up In Wolman 3 East and Hopkins from the International Perspective.
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