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Sunday, October 6th   12:00 PM: I wake up. When I pick up my phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I planned on waking up at ten at the latest, but both me and my roommate slept right through… Read More

Here’s a picture of (almost) all the paper I’ve used at MIT so far, halfway through the first semester:⁠07 also known as the first quarter, gasp I am too… Read More

trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don’t quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I’ve rewritten it so many times that there are, like, 4 different drafts of it sitting in WordPress right now. I think I’m just intimidated because it was something… Read More

last thursday night was pretty stressful, trying to finish the operating systems lab with the precious few late hours left that i’d had — i’d even started the lab early this semester, even gone to office hours. it wasn’t enough, which is, unfortunately, a common occurrence at MIT. i’d done… Read More

It’s pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the Indigenous People’s Day long weekend (not just one extra day but two! what luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz, headed out for our annual camping trip in seven rental cars,… Read More

college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where undergrads can attempt to be functional human beings an environment conducive to trial and error. we can turn in our psets barefoot and then binge Netflix for eight hours and it’s completely acceptable because, hey, at least we actually did… Read More

MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today, and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat apple-based meals for the next few… Read More