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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  their entries from most to least crufty: It’s been a long road… by ... A Great Hunger by Selam G. '18 Learning how to be a human being, not ... least I experienced it that way. You're immersed in a fragment of the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  50 Reflections

  

  , where I now work) because they're certain they can't afford it. Given how ... celebration. The invitation is a complete honor. It's great to be back in my old ... the blogs, and I just turned 40. It's hard to believe an entire decade

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  a apartment in Nanjing for a month since it was cheaper than a month-long ... thought it was wonderful, and would often repeat the phrase to myself, “we ... was a lovely phrase, and would often repeat it to myself, saying “we are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  forward again to see that you didn't. Laugh at how silly it all was. Wonder ... elevator near the stairwell you always take. Find an elevator and take it ... and how you ended up here. Imagine how different your life would've been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  , disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn ... working on any of them, and it’s already around 9:45 PM. If you’re like me ... past two weeks, and it’s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  really as difficult as it felt? I found a deep appreciation for how my ... learned how painful it is to be sleep deprived for weeks on end; how sad it is to stay indoors nearly all the time; how lonely it is to barely see

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  ’t focus (quite literally) long enough to find it. I left to pick up some ... Zeta Psi house. Since it was raining lightly, I sprinted to the ... , as long as I could really remember. I ran past the store, past the next

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  content of the mailing list (I’ve never been on it), but because of the excellent barrier to emailing it: it is tradition, a very important rule, and ... and the Sorcerer’s Stone to reread it, after reading a particularly

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  people vary in how vivid their visual imaginations are, with some seeing it ... be an intense, visceral feeling, because it can be, and that is how ... suicidal when she has never felt that way? How was it possible for anyone to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Best Advice I Ever Got Take it or leave it.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  'm super happy with how the project went, and it's satisfying to see this ... TINACBNIEAC by fans.']nothing is ever a coincidence.[/annotation] Okay, it ... correspondences, and got the idea that I should commission art for this! It was my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  , and it's a long title, something like " ... ; Anthony Stark was born on Long Island, the son of Howard Stark, a wealthy ... . I could tell it meant something to the die-hard fans, but I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  a recipe and more some notes on how I wing it: Slice to preference ... Random Hall friend Devin. It doesn’t have frills, like a dishwasher or a garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  criticizes MIT, it does so in a thoughtful, positive way, ending with an ... and the end result is beautiful. I will let it speak for itself, with a ... , well, I think this message from the hackers says it best: We recognize

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in comic form, so enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  . It's your chance to play whatever you want! Maybe this sounds ... straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and played it well when alone, but in class my hands shook and I pressed my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  process that a chemist has given you already, look at it, and say "Hmm, HOW ... ! It was for like 30 seconds, for a variety of reasons, but it was cool ... said 'when you look at dirt, realize that it's not really dirt.'" That

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  how to make it. As I did, they jotted down notes and prodded with ... see people not only enjoy the dish, but also learn how to make it ... to make it, but, at the very least, how I do it. Grind up Thai chili

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  how you work best and stick with it. Even though so many people advocate ... beliefs, where you fit into the world and how you want to change it (and so ... born. Maybe this will help someone, or maybe it will be totally

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  steep slopes on narrow brick and stone streets; it is hidden alleyways, tiny doors, and secret gardens we aren’t allowed into. It is my and Cory ... at night is like dreaming. Pretty houses, pretty fences—it is our

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016