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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  . There’s jollof rice and suya in the kitchen. I wolf the whole thing down ... ’t pretend, in spite of the last year, to not be excited about 2017. In fact, I ... :50 A.M. on a Sunday Morning. I’m in the kitchen of my floor at Random

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  better recently! I've told the story once before on the blogs of how I went ... beginning of my foray into cooking. I learned how to make my mom's chili (and ... ; when I had time alone, I listened to some of my favorite chilling-in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... move out by noon. Not realizing this until after I booked my flight, though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  ultimately how everything ended. Unfortunately, I'm still so overloaded by ... anagrammed to spell Log Rot." "Let's call it in!" "OK!" Now, granted, I made ... . What was it called? "The Gym." Vice-Coach Horace Ferret would be in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  Barrett. I've always wanted to learn how to write poetry, being too afraid ... more risks. Though my poetry isn't good by any means, I thought it would ... they wanted to be featured and I got some poems in response! I absolutely

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls ... walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn ... that they actually close without a gap in privacy. I love how the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs. Hamentashen debate. In essence, take a bunch of MIT professors and hundreds of ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  . Chaine asked, How do you schedule your UROP hours? I've noticed in the ... organized. I would love to have a file cabinet in my dorm. Is that allowed? Will I be able to find one in campus? (possibly for free?) I would hate

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  , and I started thinking about Naruto and how he would have reacted in my ... in other people and screaming about his ninja way and how he would be ... it would be, or what exactly to say, but I guess it’s always good to

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I ... for so many votes, but in the end it all worked out (I hope!). My prize

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  at the wrong exit and panicked, and did what I would in the States if I ... 57 bucks on a bus 40 minutes after the one I had bought a ticket for in ... thought it would be funny if I rode a bus called "Ladies Dream." I missed

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  wasn’t. Every dinner, I would gorge on stir-fry and Danish pastries and ... meals throughout the day; I got most of my calories in two giant portions ... celebrity drop-ins (and I doubt Tyra Banks or Robert Plant will visit Senior

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  in Harrisburg, PA and I thought I'd spend it posting old photos on this ... ." Although I was discouraged after my poor performance in the regular field of play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... how great they are. So, I've compiled a list! For the prefrosh out there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  almost a year ago (wow how has it been that long), i made an extensive, fangirly post about how much i love spotify and its playlist making ... year, and i've loved them ever since. in october, they came to boston on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  life would be sustainable in Boston without an auxiliary income. I try to ... . Tenors are always in short supply, so I sign up. It’s a pretty good gig; I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  is how I learned that Matt McGann has a giant log in his room for ... Today I sprinted down Massachusetts Avenue in a noontime spritz of ... delivered to me a message from a high school friend, querying how much I liked

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  wouldn't you know it, I still keep in touch with a few of them. And I would ... , classes, and research. Instead of buying new gadgets, I would save up my ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  cause anaphylaxis, but I'm wondering how food-allergies are accommodated ... in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008