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A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the subway to and from work. I spend most of my free time wandering around the streets of NYC. I’ve made two weekend trips to and from Boston via the Amtrak train, and more… Read More

I’ve spent most of this summer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, staying in Women’s Independent Living Group (WILG).  These past few days, the heat wave has made even walking outdoors feel like swimming through a dryer. The ends of my hair have withered and splintered, and my face has broken out terribly… Read More

Unknown unknowns As I’ve talked about several times, this summer, I’m doing an internship as a frontend developer. So far I’ve blogged about the adulting-oriented questions, because that’s what I expected to learn, coming into the internship. But one thing I didn’t expect to learn much… Read More

I’m pretty sure that MIT dining hall food isn’t the reason why tens of thousands of people apply each year — mealplans are costly, dining hall hours can be restrictive, and the food is… mediocre at best. An alternative is cooking for yourself!… Read More

i. recently i was thinking about my relationship with other people both in the context of writing a blog and in the context of being a friend. i was pretty confused, so i asked on twitter:  “a dilemma… Read More

As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m doing MISTI-Germany this summer and living in Berlin. MISTI is a really cool program that gives MIT students support to live and work abroad for a summer or a semester, without worrying too much about certain logistical aspects. I’ve always known that I would want… Read More