i wrote two essays for class (21w.022 autobiographical writing) recently. the first one is full of trashy writing to satisfy assignment requirements but might contain informational content some of you haven’t learned about (relating to bio) and the second one has less trashy writing but also no informational content. i guess i should thank christine … Continue reading two essays

so i spent the 2 weeks after coming home isolated in my room. it was not hard at all; apart from wishing i could play cello (which i don’t keep in my room and didn't want to have to sanitize) and wishing i could go on runs outside i basically did not miss anything. some … Continue reading progress

so putnam results came out and i got 8 10 10 0 10 0 / 10 9 0 10 10 2 which adds up to 79, putting me in 29th place and exactly 1 point away from getting N2 and making $250 😦 it’s definitely my fault for not solving at least one of A4/B6 … Continue reading death parade

I. iap ended last weekend, and it was pretty good 🙂 some things i did include learned a ton from weblab (mostly react). i didn’t get as much of the site done as planned, partially because my teammates were busy and i became very busy in the last week of iap, but it wasn’t a … Continue reading intelligence

I. i’m back at mit for iap now (basically over the month of january you can take 4-week-long classes and do some other programs; actual semester starts in february) 😮 over winter break i: started (and finished 😀 ) watching death note. the show does a very good job of maintaining lots of suspense and … Continue reading god

0. sorry for a very late post but college has been.. surprisingly uneventful? not much happened for all of september, october, and the first half of november and then my schedule exploded and i’m finally writing about all of that now things that happened (some of these are old): i acquired some sympathy for anti-vaxxers/conspiracy … Continue reading emptiness of several kinds

premortem: imagine something important to you and suppose that you fail to accomplish it. what went wrong? i’m imagining a world where, in 6 months, i have made no close friends at mit. i know that imagining hypotheticals where this happens is supposed to help me avoid those same scenarios, but what am i supposed … Continue reading mit is not home

sorry for taking forever to make a post and for not adding people until 2+ weeks after i said i would 😦 today was the first day of class but even the 2 weeks at mit before that felt infinitely busy some notable things that happened: went to East Campus and CJ helped me learn … Continue reading arrival