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Burnout (and what to do about it)
Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: a) feelings of energy depletion or...
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misti musings
I’m three weeks into my MISTI, and I think I’ve pretty much got this 9 to 5 gig down to a skill. Wake up, go to work, code, go for lunch, choke down my ‘mildly’ spiced, tears-inducing meal, play...
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Food We Made!
In high school, we liked cooking and baking. We also liked documenting our kitchen adventures, so while we’d cook/bake, we’d make an effort to try to take nice pictures of the process and final result....
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Battle in The Bay
I’m finally all settled into my summer experience in ~~the bay~~ My 6AM-6PM days begin with a long but beautiful commute through the mountains and are filled with hours behind the tissue culture hood....
View ArticleBe a Blogger (2019)!
It’s summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I’ve suddenly become a Plant Dad ™ and am growing tomatoes in my office window The good people of Boston Spinjam are meeting on Mondays on Killian...
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summer lovin’🎶
As of one week ago, it is officially summer!!!01 and oh boy does the weather know it... i swear it jumped like 5 degrees celsius as soon as the solstice came around Here’s what I’m up to :D In like...
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summer tidbits
01 i'm going on an alarming number of flights this summer. the two sets of flights to pheonix, arizona are work-related, but the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this...
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the summer before senior year
A few days ago, Spotify generated a playlist for me that included a song from Bowling for Soup. This, of course, made me think lmao, remember Bowling for Soup? This, of course of course, made me get...
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trips and transit
i mentioned this in my previous blog post about LA, but let me reiterate: LA is not a city made for walking. like, in any sense. unfortunately, i don’t have my own car here, but also want to see places...
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The Summer Before College
Disney Channel paints a perfect image of exactly what it’s supposed to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine. Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes. Long road trips to new...
View ArticleOur 2019-20 Application Essay Questions
I’m away from campus at IMO, but I heard from my colleagues on the phones back in Cambridge that we’ve gotten some inquiries about our essay prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I’m posting them. I...
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12 / Let’s try law school
TO SET THE MOOD: EX MACHINA SOUNDTRACK Trying to say something that sounds important? Hello, hello! I finally have WiFi (most of the time), a working computer, and some free time to go through my...
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Applying While Transgender
A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend World Pride in New York City and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – a momentous occasion in US history that many...
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Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take
At MIT, we have pre-registration as well as regular registration. This confused young freshman me, so slightly less young senior me will try to explain: Pre-registration opens very early, and regular...
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A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019)
A collaborative post by guest blogger Jessica Quaye ’20 and Caroline Mak ’18 Preface: This past Friday after finding out about his passing, Jessica and I learned that we both had known Professor...
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I’m a food blogger now
alternate subtitle: how I learned to stop worrying and throw some food in a pan Almost exactly twelve months ago, I had never cooked a full meal in my life, if you don’t count boiling a hot dog,...
View ArticleAll the 2019 i3 videos megapost
As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, the Class of 2023 has been spending their summer deciding where to live with the assistance of the MIT guide to residences. One major...
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Dear July
Inspired by Ceri’s Dear July Dear July, You are special this time. Not that you weren’t before, but it’s just that this time you are particularly special. Because you are the last one that precedes...
View Articlelessons learned this summer
my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a previous blog post: the days go by slowly but the weeks speed by. here are some things that i’ve taken away from this summer. these...
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How to Perform an Organ Transplant
Step 1: Wait and Hope You have to wait. Not a week. Not a month. At least a year! Check your emails frequently. If you wait and hope hard enough, you will eventually see it. A free organ!! Step 2:...
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