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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that had passed since I was on the team in person, and the new members we ... more, where I could take on as much responsibility as I wanted at a given

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I've actually been involved in TMG since the spring semester, but without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my ... in MacGregor, and I can see "GO C's" projected on the Prudential Tower

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  ', can you let me in so I can place one in each mailbox?" They stared at me ... stormy. I was visiting Shuli in East Campus one night, and, afterwards ... petty games, Alan. I'm so above petty games, in fact, that in that evening

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  the office wearing a Tufts sweater--I can’t decide if this is elitist in ... lying awake at 2AM. I lived a life where I get a masters in robotics and ... little distance I can manage. I have a fear of appearing too crufty, so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all ... wind carried a coolness with it often. But in the past few weeks, I had ... from the AC in Barker library. I woke up the next day to something

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  either boil sweet potatoes, then peel them... Or you can cheat and buy yams in a can. Blend the sweet potatoes with a little water or milk. Add ... , so here it goes. Disclaimer: I kinda eyeballed everything and nothing

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  working in a wet lab after two attempts at computational UROPs that I ... event was so incredibly nice. "I'm here because making friends in your twenties is hard, and I'm hoping fiber arts can help me meet new people," one

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  ."]MISTI[/annotation] internship, I participated in Vardavar, a festival where everybody–men and ... of fame of places where I have dropped Marla: the floor of an aquarium ... blessing. I got soaked–and so did Marla! In one last act of rebellion, she

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Right now I am in Florida, at a campground just outside Miami, where ... buy juice (the one flavor I’m not allergic to). We split up somewhere in ... you can see the wind in them before it hits you. 4:06 pm: I have desk

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  ? Uncle John's Bathroom Reader This is where I get all of my random ... present. I hate physics, so of course my family buys me a book about physics ... Materials My first official Mechanical Engineering class. How can I hate and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it ... sufficient. At home, I consider cold days to be days where omg I am actually

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  make [annotation note="i can teach anyone to make dotted lines in 20 ... dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and ... you maybe can tell by now, I love whiteboards. Like, I-have

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  efficient system. I still visit the dining halls frequently - you can buy ... overwhelming number of options that I nearly drowned in at the start of this year ... be fair, the dining halls are all-you-can-eat (and-maybe-even-smuggle-out-in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for life. (Who can argue with that?) And whenever I see those first flakes falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  . I didn't buy anything. But I overheard a couple, where the guy was ... Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in ... ?? Absolutely nuts! It was somewhere in North End where [annotation note

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  Hey everyone! Some people have asked if I'm still blogging (mostly my mom). Yes, I am, but I've just been very busy/lazy/boring. The only major news on my end since the last time we caught up is that I got my EMT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  Hole, where I chilled in the corridor outside Black Hole lounge for a bit ... fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and as often

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  here in Random. Pre Dorm Assignment Moments after I was admitted to MIT ... Gregor. And then February: McCormick. March: But what about Next?? In fact, I ... . In my efforts to research every single dorm possible, I ended up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  some cans in it, and I politely asked, "Is the pop in there for everybody ... :00 PM; Athletics Fair in Rockwell Cage, 2:00-4:00 PM (bonus: I'll be in a ... I have decided where I'm going to grad school! (Actually, I decided a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  's Candy Bar (where I contemplated buying a shirt that says "I love nerds" on ... (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a ... Square a return to Chinatown, where I bid Sam farewell Special thanks to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006