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sophomore accumulations by Veronica P. '27

because i miss show and tell

This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: “the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship.” Sophomore year tends to be the year when things ‘get real’, at least as a Mech-e, and I found myself working harder than I ever have to keep up.

But there’s much more to your second year than the “sophomore slump”, and certainly much more that I’ve gotten out of these past two semesters. I don’t really feel like rambling on about what I’ve learned (nor do I think I’ve narrowed it down quite yet). What I do feel like doing, though, is sharing few of the experiences/possessions i’m happy to have gathered :)

sidequests
A girl flying a kite on a beach
carson beach
a university football game, and four girls sleeping on a train
brown university
a concert photo
conan gray concert (my roommate knew him more than i did but it was sooo fun)
retreat in maine
a girl looking out a gondola with a view of the barcelona skyline
barcelona
a ski slope
gunstock mountain
lucha libre wrestling and street tacos
mexico city (spring break)
playa del carmen (also spring break)
rings

six rings, labeled with where I bought them

go-to drinks
a hot latte with a heart foam art
flour mocha, hot (the best mocha i've had in my life)
a bubble tea
jasmine green milk tea, teazzi
an iced shaken espresso
brown sugar shakin' espresso, dunkin (the 3 dollars after noon deal had me addicted)
an iced latte
iced dalgona, the sipping room
a coffee, with a library in the background
iced nola, blue bottle (ft. Boston Pubic Library)
iced vietnamese coffee, cafe 1369 (what i'm drinking as i type)
books

Six books

favorite meals
two bowls of udon
spicy dan dan udon, futago udon
a heart shaped sandwich
broccoli/mushroom melt, flour (both are soooo good)
a table of thai food
pad see ew, dakzen
a plate of sweet potato fries, french onion soup, and a sandwhich
samsara (sweet potato fries, french onion soup, and the cape-codder sandwich) , trident booksellers
bagels
bacon, egg, & fig from blacksheep bagels
subscriptions
  • blue bikes
    • singlehandedly responsible for me meeting my “get off campus” goal
  • uber one
    • for the five month free trial and uber eats discounts…
  • rock spot climbing
    • pricey to maintain but SOOO fun with friends
window photos
A window view of summer
september
A window view of autumn
november
A Window View of Snow
december
A window view of early spring
early april
A Window View of Spring
late april
A window view of spring at night
late april, ft. cherry blossoms