Disclaimer: I don't actually live in Baker, but way back in 2003, I was a proud resident. All freshmen have to live on campus, but after freshman year, I moved into my fraternity, ZBT (entry about ZBT tomorrow).

This entry is being co-sponsored by Diana, '07, a physicist who moonlights as a rockstar.

And now to our regularly scheduled program:

Bryan: hey, so get this, i was walking down mem drive today
Bryan: and out of nowhere
Bryan: a piano fell out of the sky

Diana: HAHA
Bryan: do you know anything about that?
Diana: definitely...it was a smash! ;)
Diana: in the 80s i think, they used to throw a piano off the roof like every year
Diana: they'd throw it onto amhearst alley
Diana: then they moved the street
Diana: and when we tried hurling the piano to the new street location, they said we couldn't do that
Diana: last year a couple good friends of mine got it all started again and threw one off the memorial drive side
Diana: and this year the tradition continued by throwing a piano onto a model of the caltech cannon
Bryan: how do you get work done with pianos falling off the roof? i mean isn't that noisy?
Diana: haha
Diana: nah, that's just on drop date
Diana: as much as baker is a social place, we're all still nerds here who need our study time
Diana: every floor has three lounges with couches, tables, and whiteboards to work at

Diana: it's a really nice place to work
Diana: and in the basement, there's a soundproof study area that's super quiet so you don't have to trek out to the library
Diana: as i'm sure you remember from freshman year :)
Bryan: the memories!
Bryan: do you remember mbpp?

Diana: that night was awesome
Diana: three bands all in baker dining, rock club atmosphere, and my favorite....our rockstar picture!
Bryan: i think i heard piebald on the radio yesterday
Diana: yup...i saw their new cd at best buy. it was cool knowing i'd partied with rockstars
Diana: there's definitely more than rocking parites here though...did you know i'm athletic chair again?
Bryan: oh really, congrats! is there a volleyball team? i could use some physical activity.
Diana: definitely...game tonight at 9:30
Diana: i think baker has about 5 or 6 im sports going on every season
Diana: it's a great study break and a chance to meet new people
Bryan: i think one of the things i appreciated most about baker was the fact that seniors actually HUNG out with freshman
Bryan: i was kind of afraid
Diana: me too=
Diana: there are quads, doubles, singles, and triples on every floor

(These are actually pictures of my quad from way back when...sorry I took the photos with a camera phone)

Diana: and all grades on every floor too
Diana: it was really nice freshman year to be able to find upperclassmen who didn't mind helping me with a question on a pset
Bryan: i remember those bio psets where we'd google the answers or die trying
Diana: hahaha
Diana: OH
Diana: we should tell them about baker d
Diana: aka baker dining
Bryan: ooh
Bryan: did you get stir fry tonight?
Diana: nope, tonight they had tuna melts...my favorite :)
Diana: it's changed since you lived here...they're open every day now for dinner
Bryan: lucky, i used to really like the stir fry
Bryan: if the options were lame
Bryan: i never had a reason to be disappointed since i could pick my own combo
Diana: yup...the food's so much better than my high school cafeteria
Bryan: in high school, my lunch consisted of a honey bun and a slice of pizza
Bryan: it got a little boring
Diana: not quite home cooking
Diana: i like when we all went down to the country kitchen and cooked ourselves dinner
Diana: your chicken cordon-bleu is delicious
Bryan: why thank you, do you remember our 4th of july cake?

Diana: ah! i'd forgotten!
Diana: 4th of july in boston was a ton of fun
Diana: and the roof deck was the perfect view
Bryan: that's one of baker's best assets

Diana: yup
Diana: i can't wait to meet all the new...uhh...what are we calling them?
Bryan: i hear they want to be called mittens?
Diana: <---confused
Bryan: i agree, they've got a lot of work to do on their name
Bryan: not quite hot as 007
Diana: never :-D
Diana: alright...i think i'm going to sign off
Diana: see you at the nightclub tomorrow?
Bryan: dude, glow sticks!!!! i'm so there
Diana: see you there, rockstar. B)
Bryan: rock on

Some Baker Facts:
# floors: 6
Types of Rooms: Singles, Doubles, Triples, Quads
Kitchen: Yes, one in the basement
Dining Hall: Yep!
Workout Room: Yes!

Comments (Closed after 30 days to reduce spam)

Just for the record, not all of us like "mittens." I, for one, think it's one of the dumber things I've heard.

Posted by: Evan on May 14, 2006

By no way does this blog officially endorse any nickname for the class of 2010. =P



- the management

Posted by: Bryan on May 14, 2006

Funny, I heard that we were being called the Tenors. And I thought that was bad enough.

Posted by: Adam on May 14, 2006

Mittens? I'm only okay with it if i actually get free mittens? Otherwise the nickname's off.

Posted by: nehalita on May 15, 2006

yeah, no mittens Please!

Posted by: Zach on May 16, 2006

All this talk about mittens and I don't think anyone's mentioned how awesome Baker sounds



Nice entry, Bryan.



no whammy

Posted by: Awesome Prefrosh on May 17, 2006

so i'm an old bakerite and just for the record, we used to throw a lot of crap off the roof.

we did toss a piano onto an old car sometime between 97-01(can't remember the exact year)...

the tradition appears to rear its head from time to time... keep it up and make sure the young'uns don't forget!

Posted by: misty on May 26, 2006

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