I watched the sunrise this morning
one of the reasons I love dawn is it reminds me that the sun will always rise on my worst of days during my best of times no matter what the world moves on that doesn’t mean I don’t matter I’m no...
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Images that didn’t make the cut
I’ve been cleaning up my collection of drawings in Procreate, and I keep coming across drawings for blog posts that I decided not to publish. I thought it’d be fun to show some of these! Better Call...
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all the notes i took in a week
Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary imaginable- brush pens, washi tape, wax stamps, glitter pens, you get the gist… Today, my collection of school supplies consists of...
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This blog post was written by a winner
Author’s note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in with Janet ’27, Allison ’27, Ellie ’28, and Sara ’28! I won by hitting 500 words first, which was the goal, but I was also trying so...
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what i ate in a week*
not to be cliche, but there is truly no better time to have friends than in college. the experience of living no more than a 5 minute walk away from friends 14 10 if you’re unlucky and live in simmons...
View ArticleEllie on the M.T.A.
I grew up without any public transportation. The closest thing we had in Arkansas was an old-fashioned tram system in Little Rock, and a single bus route that I don’t believe really existed. But when...
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24 Pumpkins
As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my utmost duty to take advantage of any fall-related activities that come my way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of...
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Never Got Forks
I came to MIT forgetting at home my power bank, a charger for my TI-84, my eyeliner, and my shampoo-conditioner set – this last one was remedied expeditiously, trust. What I did remember to pack was: a...
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This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and...
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[joint post] blogston commons
creds to Allison for the post title <3 welcome to today’s episode of m*thbusters!01 censored bc idk if it's trademarked or not today, we’re clearing out some classic misconceptions that you may...
View ArticleIf I ever come back
Cross-posted from my blog, which is where I write these days. One If I stay, will you go? And if I go, will you stay? I don’t know If I can keep going down this road At the beginning of senior year, I...
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I tried* to run to the airport
I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back to MIT, I am sad to report that the habit has ceased and I no longer run everyday. I realized recently that I lack discipline. I’ve...
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“what if I get rejected”
I’ll cut to the chase: it’s November, which means that a lot of the people stumbling across the blogs are among the tens of thousands of anxious students and family members who are going through the...
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How I lost aura points
The state that I have been reduced to For people who aren’t caught up with Gen Zalpha slang, or people who are reading this in the far future, or people who time-travelled from a year before 2024:...
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Mathisms
There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the intersection of their everyday language and mathematical jargon is non-empty. In other words, MIT is overrun with math people who...
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tick tick tick
content warning: mental health, academic stress, burnout tick The institute is always churning. tick There’s a constant sound in the back of my head, a whirring that keeps my mind thinking about what...
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*THE* double
Meet my roommate and me: layla: the awesomest roommate ever, nyc native, collector of hobbies and lover of clothes veronica: now known by many as ronnie after she told layla "nobody's ever been able to...
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🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖
153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I got an email. We noticed you filled out the interest form, it said, but that you haven’t filled out the binding form. I had already...
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First, let me start with a venerable and ancient blogger apology: sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role — Director of Communications and Special Projects — I am doing more writing...
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And the Whistle Blows
Soccer season is officially over. Holy smokes does time fly. It feels like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in my practice gear and taking down the decorations in my...
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