You Are LUSCIOUS

You Are LUSCIOUS Ayush wrote: How about a Clown Parade around the MIT campus? That might strike as perfect after circus school and this show. Haha, I dont think other MIT students have the extensive circus training I have been lucky enough to receive. You didnt mean for me to parade by myself, did you?! Aliza wrote: I love your blog name and the subtitle. I didnt actually read your entry and hope you wont take offense. None taken. If you do, well never meet so its no big loss. Anywho Actually Im not quite sure why I commented. MIT keeps sending me junkmail so I looked at their site. Do you have any idea what Im supposed to look at, exactly? It always struck me as a tad odd that I should be getting to know a college, especially through the internet. Thats fair. Immediately from the packaging of the mail/website, you can get an idea for the vibe of each college. The colors, graphics, and images provide an impression of life here, which may help you decide if you like the lifestyle. Believe it or not, people sit on committees that design these publications fonts, formats, etc. and strive to make each aspect of them representative of some slice of MIT. Secondly, the content of MIT multimedia hopefully helps answer your questions. At different stages of the process, you will be deciding what schools to apply to, how to fill out your application, and eventually, how to decide which school to attend. At each stage, a schools website and print media should anticipate and address your questions. Does this school have an architecture major? Binding early application process? Jazz band? Mandatory meal plan? Foreign language requirement? If the MIT website doesnt answer these questions, it hopefully serves as a bridge to connect you to resources or people that can. Some of those people can be the student bloggers. These weblogs are here to begin to capture for you what MIT student life is like. The bloggers attributes cut across sex, major, hometown, dorm, ethnicity, personality type, and blogging style quite broadly. When you aggregate us (and our blog entries), you begin to build a tapestry of what your MIT experience might be like. An extra feature is that they allow you to comment and question (like you did earlier), to get responses from MIT admissions officers and students. I think MIT is very open, friendly, interactive, hands-on, and collaborative, and the blogs extend that to prospective students. The print and web content is, however, not meant to replace visiting MIT and experiencing its culture first-hand. If you can, come to campus for a visit/tour/overnight/meal especially if you are an admitted student who is deciding between schools. The crackling intensity (as MyMIT refers to it) of this school is hard to trap into two (or three or four) dimensions. Good question. Keep them coming. JKim wrote: I definitely walked by Teatro ZinZanni this morning! Actually, we drive by every morning before work, but this morning my sister and I went to the Farmers Market at the World Trade Center, bought some fruits, and then walked all the way down to Ghirardelli Square. Nice. Yesterday, I went to the farmers market at the Ferry Building and found some fresh raspberries. Theres something similar in Boston called Haymarket, near Government Center/Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall; they have tons of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, and cheeses. I usually walk there if the weather is nice, but have to take the subway back since I end up carrying so much stuff. - Later on Saturday, I went to Cafe Gratitude in Berkeley Their menu has dishes with names like I AM MAGICAL Six cremini mushrooms stuffed with sprouted sunflower seed-walnut p??t? ©, sprinkled with Brazil nut parmesan I AM DIVINE Chilled creamy carrot avocado soup with hot chilies, basil and a touch of mint I AM INSIGHTFUL Two spinach wrapped samosas filled with almond sesame seed p??t? © and marinated veggies, comes with spicy fresh mint dipping sauce So when you order, you say, Ill have the I am divine. When they bring the dish, they present it with a flourish and announce, You are DIVINE. I ordered the I am luscious and the person I went with ordered the I am delicious. As the waitress put his smoothie down on the table, she told him, You are DELICIOUS, and she is LUSCIOUS. Its almost like we paid them to say that. except we did.