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  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Loew's in Harvard Square. That's me with Rocky Horror. Uh, read at your own risk. Okay ... get to Harvard in those 4-inch bright red heels or not to get there at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  thing and not worrying about my impact on others   ii. at some ... wishing for specific outcomes from these things inevitably leads to ... stoicism - at the time i was suffering from a lot of social anxiety

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to ... the many things I have to look forward to. For starters, I've slogged ... appealing. It's like...watching Breaking Bad for the first time (which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  'm tired all the time, but naps are becoming appealing. at least, i tell ... myself, so if i don't get invited to anything, i stay at home and sleep ... for an uber ride, or a dinner out? where am i between saving time and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  the pools. i remember milling around the locker room waiting for eleven ... for myself. a friend i talked to about my dreams thinks it's neither ... . at first i said that this didn't sound right, because i like to think

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  MIT students tried to better their Spanish, interned at local companies ... their summer. Look at all that smog yum! They soon settled into the ... . After lounging around for a while, they piled back into the car but

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  some photos from friends who were more brave than I was (click for larger ... got fries while I watched, at a place with a drink named after my black ... together after all.    Here they are again, claiming that poutine for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  and don't have time got some time today, stuck at home by the blizzard. This is not a best-of-the-year list. It's not a syllabus for literary ... described them to a friend "like stacked rocks." They are delicate and hard at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in ... remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he ... often does everyone hear that? Kindergarteners could tell you that. At the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the ... . Last night, by special invitation, the Academy met at the house of ... importuned for a word, which was characteristic, as usual. I was urged to speak

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago ... (this year, it begins at sundown on March 19). In the interest of keeping ... Iraq. Nevertheless, he aimed to resolve the age-old dispute by looking at

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I ... .) I immediately gained a new appreciation for why we all wore helmets

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for ... , and hopefully attending, the institution. To me, at that point, there ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  're an aero/astro major at MIT you, too, will take a (24-unit) class called Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... atop my mini-fridge for a long, suspenseful day before its first chance

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  multimedia thing our teacher and others put together internally at MIT, using ... more. The catalyst for last night’s dearth of shuteye was a combination ... funny when they’re so worked up, shouting at each other into little

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste ... , well, do much better than you at dancing. It's great! I know in high school, I would always stand at the way back of the dance floor watching

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... , Paul Gray, and Chuck Vest. Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for ... awesome. I'm sure the text will be transcribed at some point, and I'll link

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  ), This One Jazz Bar. A freshman yelled at me this year for supporting women ... at home, as I'll do today. I really do enjoy reading your applications ... the Last Dance For Me. I must say that I do like the crooners. (Michael

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  empirically speaking it seems like i’m equally good at picking up both kinds of ... there really isn’t any reason i need to be working in stem. for instance ... awareness that i have more stories left to hear than hours left at mit has

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023