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  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  ; Unlike many people who read the blogs, I did not grow up dreaming of ... except for up. I did not know how to respond constructively to this kind ... grow up dreaming of running Boston. In fact, I grew up hating running. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
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  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  school. Frat parties? I’ve never been! Super Smash Bros? I’ve never played ... , not less.) I actually did go to IHOP and a few frats, played Super Smash

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
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  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
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  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... things. I found it again this morning and curled up outside with my coffee before everyone else was up and thought about it, and about life, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  receives, and i also realized that my gmail storage was filling up rapidly. i ... pick out a piece from their collection that they can hang up in their ... -come, first-serve basis, and there are a few that get snatched up right away. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
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  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... , onions or riding bicycles (have fun looking these up). Of course, that ... was alright and jokingly asked me how many fingers he was holding up. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
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  halloween down the infinite

  

  woke up today and ran into so many amazing costumes that I couldn't NOT ... dressed up. [caption id="attachment_105181" align="aligncenter" width="399 ... in the front row[/caption] Okay, so people were definitely dressed up

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 1, 2024
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question ... student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for ... somewhere else. :) i define "life" as being able to keep up with my friends

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
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  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  freshman. Covid [annotation note="you got up to five other people who you ... taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
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  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  the '93 dormitories began to play the fire hoses up and down the ... ; That evening: At half past eleven several autos drove up to the new ... 're documented, or pick up a copy of Nightwork.) Performance

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
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  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  Have Before I Throw Up. Scary things Fear Level The dark 130 The ... straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and ... lift my instrument up. Blow. Nothing would come out. Panic. Shake. Get a

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

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  the following lessons about life: Focus on the shot you’re lining up ... . Focus on the action, not the result. Don’t look up at the target. Fire ... round in the magazine. Don’t give up the mission. This is a mantra Coach

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
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  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  is vines and fire escapes up brick walls, streetlights leaning against ... in a city. Vines reach up into the darkness. Trees whisper above us ... , the louder main street from which the others climb up. *       * Period

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
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  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  behind in in 6.854 in the first week of the semester and never caught up ... and didn't recognize her. I realize that the class took up a shelf in my ... the kitchen, dangling my legs up at the ceiling like I used to when I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
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  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
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  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  . That’s how fast it went. November. I looked up from my p-sets, exams and ... -looking fluffy crystals landed on my jumper. I looked up in confusion to see the ... ’s horn. Then it hit me. Snow! I was so excited I made my roommate stay up

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  striking up conversations with people on the subway! She would talk to them ... street, and the man who found it looked me up so that he could return it ... badly beaten up. Anecdote 4: About a month ago, on a cold rainy night, a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  , dawg. I don't even have some great, 1,000-googol-page-long entry saved up for you. Actually this entry did end up being kind of long, but it's not ... . Or see a movie for $3 at LSC. Or bring up singularities in everyday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
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  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  , passing power tools up to the others. This year’s East Campus rollercoaster ... 600- to 800-pound weights on the ballast (“Once the rockets are up, who ... . Outside in Briggs Field birds swoop, land in batting nets, and pick back up

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
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  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  would be interesting to document my Thursday because I usually end up ... :45am second alarm (actually wake up) 9:17am get out of bed 9:27am realize ... hot chocolate excursion was to meet up and chat with Marjorie Liu (who

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014