January 2010
5 posts
look at [sun]! (scroll to the bottom) →
(via zunkin)
sun have you bothered telling them that you are a dude?
10 benchmarks for 2010
Punctuality
Progress
Commitment
Aggression
Innovation
Friendship
Humor
Strength
Volume
Passion
Let’s do this
post-externship, jan 09
written roughly one year ago. what is different? what is the same?
Blogger Gretchen Rubin lists “the route you took to get here” as one of the seven topics to avoid if you don’t want to risk being a bore. But I believe that life is all about taking risks! So prepared to be bored…
I’m in Edison, NJ, in a hotel room, packing my things; I’m leaving...
last year's resolutions, revisited
Resolutions:
Do things early. If something can be done now and nothing else is urgent, do it now. fail?
Lift three times a week. success
Go to every ultimate frisbee practice that I possibly can. epic fail
Don’t ever say anything mean. fail
Tell people ‘thank you’ or ‘you’re awesome’ whenever it is deserved. success
Respond to e-mails as soon as...
December 2009
6 posts
random thoughts
asa office allocations have eaten the past day. almost done though.
isawyou.mit.edu now has direct replies!
starting up on creatine again tomorrow! very excited…
thoughts at the end of the term
what worked:
sleeping and waking up early
dedicated lifting routine
studying HARD for exams (~12 hr immediately before)
learning about hobbies by reading
creatine
what didn’t work:
managing a schedule/todo list
maintaining intensity/motivation in class
for next term:
go to lecture. don’t double-schedule lectures; not hermione
work in groups more
spend more time on campus
...
September 2009
1 post
today:
* gave out a bid
* google first-round interview. hear back in a week
* worked out with dkim. back/biceps
* gave office hours
* graded 18.02 psets. going on 3 hrs now…gah so close
August 2009
5 posts
“A Picnic
Date Ending
in an Awkward
Sexual Encounter,
Told Chronologically...”
– http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/28JeffRussell.html
July 2009
9 posts
“The top 30 students on the waitlist will be automatically enrolled in 15.433...”
– sloanbid.mit.edu. I am waitlist position 31 lollll
a modern-day "to kill a mockingbird" →
tired
arrived at work at 8 and left at 11. includes a 1:30 workout, but still, a long day.
my midterm performance review is thursday. wish me luck.
also, sun, i am going to own your 16.5% prediction. i hope.
workout playlist
i’ve been meaning to put together a good workout playlist, because right now i jump around a lot (at least, when i get to exercises that require a lot of focus)
blame it (remix) - jamie foxx ft t-pain, busta & lil’ wayne
tubthumping - chumbawumba
sexy can i - ray j & yung berg
let it rock - kevin rudolf (unofficial remix w/ lil wayne & luda)
dead and gone - ti and jt
...
anticipation is the best feeling in the world
ish
cease and desist
i have been told that i am not using my tumblr correctly. too many text posts and not enough pictures.
oh well.
in other news, my dad screwed up my plot… so i ran out of protein so i ordered more, and the past few days have been eagerly following the fedex tracking site. it came in today but i wasn’t going to get back from work in time to get it before the post office closes for...
June 2009
34 posts
this is PTMIFY
today i ran the “race to taste” 5k—basically, a run to kick off the taste of chicago celebrations. unfortunately, yesterday i drank way too much milk (i’m somewhat lactose-intolerant) and so my d-system was already a wreck when i ran.
the race was okay. i didn’t enjoy it at all—wanted to quit after the first mile. but i kind of expected that since i...
decisions, decisions
going to the gym now to run. what should i watch? grey’s anatomy or you don’t mess with the zohan?
blackberry can only type in the title box. but i...
stayed at work until 10:30. wtf. that includes 1:30 at the gym, but still. anne hunter says: “those are fierce hours!”
also, i realized today that nearly 4 of my 10 weeks here have gone by. that’s, like, halfway. :O i don’t feel like i’ve gotten that much done.
tomorrow I go for 135 on bench press. that’s a standard weight (one big plate on each side)...
chicago daylife is pretty good
taste of chicago (starts this friday! already bought tickets at dominick’s)
race to taste (5k run, sunday)
the fray + jacks mannequin (tinley park, about an hour south; need to convince other interns to go). this sunday
L.A.T.E. ride - late-night bike ride through chicago. jul 11
jersey boys - yeah i’m going to go see a musical
concerts: dmb - i want to go see dave but...
somebody call 911!
good and bad
today marked the end of two weeks of straight workouts every day. this feels good; i can definitely keep this up for the rest of the summer.
unfortunately, working out (90 minutes) alongside my work schedule (11 hours) means i usually have time for only one other thing each day. today that was reading deecs apps, the day before was doing some ASA treasurer stuff, and the day before that this...
google latitude →
google latitude, which is reminiscent of the “loco” app from the mit mobile apps class (http://people.csail.mit.edu/hal/mobile-apps-spring-08/) looks awesome and i predict it will make a splash next year. imagine…out of class on friday, and you can look at your phone and see where your friends are around campus.
Forgotten attachment detector in gmail is super-useful
http://twitter.com/clarencethomas →
wtf… clarence thomas is on twitter? and his posts are terrible
(twitter fail on my part)
“This is a test of the 37th floor evacuation system. This is only a test.”
– Today I was the last person at work on my floor today. With everyone except for me gone, they decided to test the fire alarm. Weird.
Viva la Viral (mashup by Peter Bull a.k.a....
linksys router
exchanged at office depot today no questions asked. and i plugged it in now and it works like a charm. life is good.
http://www.givesmehope.com →
surprisingly, i like this a lot
