helloooo! i'm back after an extended (but completely unintended) haitus. i feel out of the blogosphere loop and don't even know where to start catching up.
while i was gone i made a breif trip to washington, d.c. somewhat spontaneously. and i must say, the east coast is sublimly lovely. refined and elegant, the crisp fall breeze, tree-lined streets, tall multi-colored town houses, the metro, and the sights, i loved it all.
the energy and tone there is so different from the west coast, particularly los angeles. even the sunshine looked different. a bit softer, more liquid-like, the silence there was almost unnerving at first but i quickly came to like it.
it was a refreshing and made me want to unpack my boxes of coats and boots, buy a handful of books, and sit in a park all day with coffee and a friend. sitting, talking, thinking. especially after my visit to georgetown.
i never gave a second thought to ivy league schools, dismissing them as overrated, stifling, and too concentrated on competition. but the second i stepped onto the campus, i was overwhelmed by the gorgeous stone castle that sat directly in the middle, surrounded by oak trees. it was sunday afternoon but the campus was still alive, students were biking, laying in the sun, studying on the lawn, and i thought to myself "wow, so this is what a real school is like." being a student at UCLA, i never fall prey to feeling inferior but i admit georgetown was in a league of its' own, a true institute of higher education invoking feelings of ambition and curiousity of mind with a long standing legacy that commanded respect and radiated grandeur from cultivating great minds for centuries.
oh no, i think i miss it already.
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