Distractions by Hamsika C. '13
For you.
I’ve spent the past week or so running about in flip-flops, taking advantage of the sunny, 55 degree weather to catch up on all the vitamin D I failed to absorb in wintry days past. In celebration of this meteorological grace, my writing professor agreed to move the location of today’s class from the obscure whereabouts of Building 1 to the calm expanse of Killian Court. It was due to this decision that I spent an hour and a half of this afternoon utterly distracted. As my classmates read their stories out loud, I found my attention drifting away from their words and towards the glinting of the Charles to my left, the elegant pillars supporting MIT’s dome to my right, and the pleasant breeze that blew all around me, harassing my already chaotic collection of curls.
I figure that with decisions coming your way in four days and an orgo test coming my way in a week, it’d be better if you guys were distracted in my stead. It is with this notion in mind that I present you with the following means to prevent the insanity inherent in counting down the hours, minutes, and seconds to 3/14 at 1:59 pm:
1) xkcd
2) sporcle
3) ImprovEverywhere’s many accomplishments
4) hulu
5) Potter Puppet Pals! (Yes, I realize this is old, but it’s funny anyway :D)
6) StumbleUpon
7) iSketch!
8) The Onion :)
10) And my most favorite lecture in the world:
Just four days of waiting left! ‚ô•
(P.S. Thank you, Kuljot ’13, for helping me come up with this distracting list ^_^)
first!
I had to do that, sorry :D
Oh, thanks Hamsika, things like these are really useful this week. I really can’t stop thinking about the Pi Day.
And xkcd – I know it and love it!
Thanks for the list. :D
I’ll get to it if I can tear my self away from this site.
And I’m so sure I’m gonna curse myself later for being so anxious about everything.
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So what do you call that? The holy guide to procrastination?
I love #9!, of course I love #1 too, what self respecting nerdgeekscientistmath guy doesn’t?
I would add Megatokyo to the list, you’d have to go back to chapter 0 though.
Abstruse goose is quite nice as well, although it’s pretty much the same as xkcd.
This is pretty distracting as well.
Great advice!
xkcd! Fun stuff! I learned about that last year, but it’s like someone stole my brainwaves of things I was about to think. Exactly.
I love potter puppet pals!
Thanks for THE ONION!
I loved the Randy Pausch lecture! Thank you for sharing it.
You are so sweet! Thank-you for all the distractions!
But no, I’m playing piano until my fingers ache. It’s what I wrote in my application as the thing I LOVE to do.
reCaptcha: “the alcove”, what a cool idea
The Last Lecture! I had read the book but hadn’t watched the video yet. It’s actually pretty awesome. :]
Hahahah @ “catch up on all the vitamin D.”
Snow is amaaazing though. Hahah it snowed like 5 times in Texas this year! :D
#3’s broken ^^;
@ Helena – oops! thanks for catching that
it should be fixed now.
@Hamsika Didi,
Best of Luck for your Organic Chemistry test !!
So, hows prep. going on ?
I think that you can practice some name reactions on this website (only if you need to
),
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/NOR/default.htm
I think this website will help you, but incase it doesn’t help., then don’t waste time on it ! Haha !
Thanks !
The sad but cool thing is that I am already familiar with so many of these…
Also, check out Mental Floss for your daily brain-picking trivia…and make yourself an account on Pandora.com for your music needs. Or watch the video clips on NovaScienceNOW’s webpage–some may find it interesting to watch the ones about several MIT people.
You are soooo sweet! thanks! a great distraction list!
@Shivam–Lucky! There’s some kind of inversion zone just up in the Texas Hill Country that seems to prevent snow from dipping anywhere below…we’ve had oodles of rain, though.
ReCaptcha: howard the…(duck?)
http://www.addictinggames.com please? procrastinate ’till pi day when you realize you got rejected
ReCaptcha:
Spoon Nader
I don’t know what this thing is trying to tell me… gosh
DO NOT look up reddit.com. It’s the killer of all productivity.
Funny Farm– you forgot Funny Farm!
lol! I love that you guys are adding to the list
Keep it going!
sporcle’s countries of the world!!
i challenge anyone. period.
Thanks so much. I already watch ImprovEverywhere and PotterPuppetPals of course but “I will derive” is hilarious. hahaha
@ Amethyst – Awhhh. Where are you from?
Another distraction for the list: Listen to all of Jay Sean’s songs everrr. :D
Hahahah I’m like obsesseddd with him
If, on the other hand, you’d like to join us in counting down the last couple of days and collectively freaking out, there’s usually a few of us in here:
http://www.airpoke.com/mitchat/
As for distractions, I’m finding Twitter pretty helpful
Also http://typeracer.com is inexplicably fun.
” ..and the pleasant breeze that blew all around me, harassing my already chaotic collection of curls..”
Sounds like the magic of story writings..I could feel the warmth of fresh Spring..Hahhaha!
Good going, Keep it up and hope to read more.
Well Good lucks for your ‘Orgo’.
(Recap: school waterway )
Thanks for the list that lecture was amazing!
yay. more distractions
as if i dont have enough already….
In my opinion, there are two solutions:
1. Explore Hamsika’s list
2. Take two pills of Bromazepam right now and set your alarm clock, at maximum volume, to 1:57PM of Sunday. You’ll need those two extra minutes to realize that you woke up.