Don't worry, Proust is not involved in this post.
I'm currently in San Diego, savoring sunshine before heading back to MIT. Being home has understandably caused an uproar of nostalgia in me. I've been looking through old notebooks, old essays, and other props of my middle and high school years. I figure it's a good way to look at how I've changed (or not changed) over the past 3 years of being at MIT - a good thing to consider heading into scholarship, fellowship and graduate school application season.
So what have I found? T-shirt designs that haven't (yet) made it to the printers, widgets waiting to be built, a finger-painting of a koi fish eating asteroids... you know, ordinary tokens of childhood. It's been very fun digging through my old things, so I thought I'd document this recollection. Maybe you'll find it fun too.
First the finger-painted koi fish. I finger-painted this after taking the SAT - by far the best way to rebel against the creativity-crushing nature of standardized tests.
I'm not sure what the arrow is suppose to represent, and the asteroids look more like burnt popcorn. But, I certainly remember having a great time reveling in an art form that I hadn't practiced since kindergarten.
I'll post some juicy undergraduate college essays later.
Labels: exciting times, itch, MIT, pictures, procrastination of homework
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So for some reason, the past two weeks have been fairly light in workload. Probably a combination of tests scheduling in nicely and just not having a website to redesign. Because MIT has a 4 day weekend coming up and I don't have any work to do until Thursday, I've been going though options of what I can do with this spare time because I am itching to do
something. Do I draw up dress designs, do I sew a bit, do I sketch buildings, try and cramp some Russian into my head, play the big ole' bass, go to the gym, read, sit on me arse and stare at a wall... So far, postering and reading are the early winners. Making tea is another. I also enjoy fits of prancing down the hallway.
And about the postering, if you do see any blondegeek posters (around MIT) and read this, if you could tell me where you saw the poster that would be incredibly excellent. This particular postering event had a Norah Jones music theme (that would be what I was listening on my iPod). When the posters where well distributed about the posterboards in the infinite, Stata, and various Athena clusters, I walked back to Simmons via the track which is all lit up around 10 pm, which I find to be pleasantly awkward since it makes me feel stretched between day and night.
Tomorrow is Election Day in the States. I'm definitely excited about it. Part of that excitement is that it marks the end of this round of campaigns. The rest is just the uncertainly of how this election is going to swing.
Happy voting, happy p-setting, happy tea-making to all!
Labels: code book, itch, jumping, MIT, norah jones, postering, prancing, spare time
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