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• 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 / 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 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 / 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 / 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 / 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

  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

  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 / 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

  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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them ... from the off-campus grocery store (which isn't on the card). I also buy a ... , which I will editorially comment is not a weird question. I live in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  ="attachment_57638" align="alignnone" width="660"] done in high school - i can ... , like I’m 14 and can’t pay attention in geometry. I’m taking CMS.307 ... buy inks or special pens or paints, because I can just change the brush

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  table saw my handful of plastic Ben Franklins and invited me to buy in. I ... basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front ... dorms, at MIT. There is a narrative, I think, of fitting in to one dorm

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  what I can get from the little taqueria right in MIT's front yard. For $4 ... during the parts of the year where I can't find the time to cook for myself ... , parents and the I-have-to-buy-groceries?-type : there are dining dorms with

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  auxiliary verb in the first example. We can substitute another auxiliary verb, "will," without much of a change in meaning. "I will buy that book" means ... gonna- "I'm gonna buy that book." But what about another example- "I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006