Yay, I got a summer job tutoring some girl in SAT math for $10 an hour ( Read more... )

I've been jogging lately--because I often find myself so upset that I don't know what else to do.
Gah.

I'd lost a slug in my room? That it was now crawling around somewhere ( Read more... )

So, prom...
it wasn't bad, but I prefer CTY dances.
Ah, good old CTY...

I am always met with disbelief when I tell people that my parents are going to make me call them every day when I am in college. "Nah, they'll ease up once you get there," they all say ( Read more... )

Got back last night, with eyes so blood-shot that I didn't recognize myself in the mirror. Don't underestimate the power of a trans-atlantic flight, people ( Read more... )

I'm off to Russia! Be back June 5th!

I love the friends that I've accumulated over the past couple of summers. They're all far away, and not all of them will be less so next year (but some will! yay! and I'll bring tea cups!), but I love all of them anyway ( Read more... )

So, I created my MIT kerberos identity (and consequently e-mail account, so all of you can now send me e-mails to mariya@mit.edu if you want)
... and then I set up a facebook account.

My throat hurts.

I thought that something had exploded behind my head... but it was just a bird flying into my window.

By the time that I turned around, all I saw were a few feathers stuck to the glass and a very confused woodpecker flying to a nearby tree to recover. I think it's okay because... well... it flew away, and that's a good sign, right?