There are probably a thousand other things I should be doing right now but here I sit clattering away at the habit I have kept since I was about 15 years old. Incidentally, this blog has become that scab that I keep picking at and as a result of that it never heals. My absence, as always is inexcusible and like always I will try to justify it. And/or make up for it.

I figure its time for a comeback post. The whole 'this is what I am doing now', 'this is where I've been hiding this whole time', 'this is what I look like now' post. And I know I was always talking about coming back, and being more involved and all that but now with summer upon us, I might actually find a minute to hold true to that promise (that is if I don't completely whore myself out to Zoo Tycoon). So lets see, going to school at The University of Maryland is what I am doing now. I'm an English major and most days I really love what I get to do. I pass my time with people who, much like me, have no idea what they are doing with their lives and are probably as scared shitless about graduating as I am. We're pretty much the dirty, runts of the litter that the university tries to hide away when Alumni come to visit.

I volunteer at the Maryland Food Collective, which is essentially a not-for-profit, worker-owned and operated organization that seeks to provide quality, organic, seasonal, fair-trade, and healthy food at an affordable price. Needless to say, I'm surrounded mostly by warm-hearted folk who sometimes don't shower and cute little straight edge 'xhardcorex' kids who play and listen to terrible music and also sometimes don't shower. Regardless, I like it. As for what I look like, well that's what that giant picture is for. Minus one piercing (to make Mummy happy) that picture is pretty much the most accurate depiction of 'Everyday Jenny' that you'll find.

When I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing, I'm taking pictures. Yes, I'm that person in a group of friends thats constantly sticking a camera in peoples faces and interrupting conversations because "the sunlight is in the perfect spot". I love capturing the people I love as they are, they aren't professional shots, they aren't fancy, but they're real.

It is the weekend before finals week, and even though I should be channeling all this 'writing mojo' to something that'll earn me a grade, I find this strangely thereputic. It's like seeing a friend you haven't seen in ages and realising you have tonnes to catch up on. So much has gone by and it might actually be better to start new than to try to catch up.

I took a walk down Orchard Road today. From Plaza Singapura all the way to Forum. I thank God for Google maps everyday. As I reminisced and pondered, (and also noticed that EVERYTHING seems to be under construction) I realised that it was almost as good as the real thing. Just minus the hot and sweaty humidity, actual walking and people watching (Google blurs out faces :[ ) I miss home, I'm sure that's a given and I don't actually have to say it. I anxiously await the day I graduate and get done here so I can go home and eat some real food and hang out in weather that makes me feel like my face is melting.

Anyway, here's to many more informative, colorful, slightly self absorbed blog posts.

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