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150. We're in the news!
F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe -
Blog / MIT Life
The summer begins…
've got my freshman advising application in, as well as my MIT ID card photo ... like summer has actually begun... and it's time to enjoy my last months ... some pictures upon my return. Trains rock! Doing anything fun this -
Blog / Extracurriculars
everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself
schedule regular times to see my friends, weekly or biweekly. put it in google calendar. (toons has rehearsal 2x a week) check in with my ... formally, every rehearsal) take my friends off campus (the bus to wellesley -
Blog / People & Identities
[Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t
Since today is National Coming Out Day, my friend wrote about coming ... came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new ... fine clay particles of my life, and suspended them into a cloudy mess. It -
Blog / MIT Life
Summer’s End To everything there is a season.
Yesterday, I finished my UROP. I cleaned up my bench, double-checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a quick exit interview with my professor - and that's it. Done. A beautiful -
Blog / Challenges
Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious
finally went to bed, I was exhausted. I fell into a deep sleep. (Even if my ... did set an alarm before going to bed. I even plugged my phone into its charger. My big mistake was not actually plugging the charger into the wall. So -
Blog / Challenges
Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things
On September 11, 2001, I had just begun my junior year. I was running late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their -
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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!
I wrote lightly about scrapbooking in my coping with anxiety blog post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look into my life, and how I feel. My hopes and dreams, and my tremendous -
Blog / MIT Life
Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.
As you may have seen from Shannon's blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here's what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first class on Mondays is at noon. So the roads looked -
Blog / Events
Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!
Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am ... to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent ... made the most of my time by studying for my neuroanatomy exam, but I was -
Blog / MIT Life
Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.
In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For -
Blog / Classes
Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess
In my last post (which was way too long ago 😖), but I guess I should update y'all on how my new schedule was going. And the answer to the question is: Ok, I guess... As a quick reminder my current schedule is -
Blog / MIT Life
Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?
entire entry. But I got your attention, right? So, as I reported in my last entry, my New Year's Eve plans included sitting in my living room and watching Season 2 of Veronica Mars on DVD with my sister while -
Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English
Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!
towns in the northeast plains of Colorado. This road connected my hometown to my alma mater in only a matter of 45 minutes! It was this road that paved my comfortable life in college-never too far from home, so that if I -
Blog / MIT Life
Finals Week It's the final countdown.
this morning, when my alarm rang, and several moments later, my suite ... ." Chris S: "My finals and I can write a bad romance." Hamsika: "Finals ... the moment, since my chem final is tomorrow, and we've learned so much -
Blog / Academics & Research
Randomness
living in a Francophone country, describing my work, my environment, my life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got my fifth stack of homework in today on time. Yeah. I'm going to sleep -
Blog / Uncategorized
Non-Blinding my junior year(s)
It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements. I don't love my classes, but I'm getting through (y'know, relatively ... classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it -
Blog / Academics & Research
I hurt myself again And again and again and again.
things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping ... -covered sidewalk and falling flat on my butt in front of a group of construction workers, tripping over my own feet about twelve (12) times while walking
