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dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit and develop ... lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase:
And, as is our nature ... , onions, sweet potatoes), cranberry sauce, turkey, asparagus and squash
roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on ... suit and horns. He stands around for a few seconds, looking like he might ... arms in the air, and yells:
"I'm SATAN!"
The man at the register looks
little reflection post on everything I've learned and taken away.
Firstly ... you to my team, Team 12. I worked in a team of four other TNTs and two coaches. To Alex, Camilo, Chris, Devanei, Dave, and Neil: thank you so much
Hello world! My name is Kayode Dada, and I am one of the seven new ... time I try to write it I get sad and miss home and put it off ‘til later. I will get around to introducing myself and Kentucky soon, so just
I'm currently dealing with writer's block, to be honest, and I ... month, and maybe this'll inspire me to write more.
A new laptop. I got a ... inadequate for my needs. And also when its spacebar and Enter key broke, so it
The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to ... trip to India drained me of all motivation and I basically just sat around for two weeks swatting at mosquitoes and eating a lot of food
an Arnold Palmer and some chips on a plate. Muscle to the front of the ... visiting a random suite with our guides when a door opened and out walked Snively wearing a BC tshirt and pajama bottoms. Right into a bunch of
events for first-year students, followed by acapella auditions and the ... like I was burnt-out before the semester had even started, and it left me ... at 11:59 PM on Saturday, and I was up the next morning at 10:30 AM to
almost 0 planning, and I asked them why they would willingly indulge in ... CPWs in my freshman and sophomore years, but instead I was running weird ... the hazy memories of my CPW to guide me. this is totally credible and
. The back yard was mostly dirt and tumbleweed, and my sisters and I occasionally found rusty nails, broken glass, and bits of pottery we thought were ... . You could look past the river and see the highway, make out the logos
class. I had done horribly in physics all my life and I knew it was ... Tuesdays and Thursdays from [annotation note="MIT Time. Classes start five minutes later than listed and end five minutes earlier than listed."]1:05 to
was 8, and drawings along the margins of all of my notes. I learned how to use Photoshop and Paint.NET and GIMP and Paint Tool SAI beginning in elementary school, and for a long while I would draw things by hand on paper
, cried dozens of times, and partied like the world was ending—because hey ... . There were parties on Killian Court and in lecture halls; there was music playing at 4 am on Dorm Row and people screaming as they bolted down the
me and asked if I was okay.
“You’re always so bubbly but you’re quiet ... someone claimed that most CEOs and/or successful people are extroverts. So ... ’t know why. Maybe it stems from insecurity in my intelligence and
've been trying to give up certain things and routines I take for granted so I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go ... days during finals week last term and now I'm down to an average of three
helps you reflect on the year and plan the next one." I attempted it last ... the areas below and ask yourself what the significant events in each of ... do with my interests or things to do with my friends and community