Laura N. '09 | March 13, 2008
"Why I haven't posted in forever"
I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I don't exist.
I don't exist, because this is my to-do list:
No joke. It's an entire sheet of loose-leaf paper. With 2 exceptions, every item on that list must be completed within 1 week. Starred items must be finished today.
Speaking of starred items, I between taking that photo 3 minutes ago and writing the first 2 lines of this entry, I remembered another one. But I've run out of actual lines on the sheet, and had to squeeze it into the margin.
I hope you'll notice that I actually added a section labeled "fun." Basically I decided that if my to do list looks like that, I might as well add "GET OFF CAMPUS" to it, to keep myself from going insane. Unfortunately, one of the "fun" items has the description "Let someone else do it." No joke.
Anyway, I'm going to get back to my list now that I've given you the proof of how completely hosed I am. (hosed = MIT slang for being so busy that your to-do list takes up an entire sheet of looseleaf paper)
But there is light at the end of the tunnel. The reason all of these things need to be done by next Thursday is because I will be spending Thursday night packing for my week long trip to Paris and Rome.
And now you know why Spring Break exists. To keep us all from going crazy.
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And I thought my to-do list after being sick for a week was bad- HA. You have me beat by a long shot.
Posted by: Shannon on March 13, 2008 04:14 PM
Motorcycle Diaries is awesome...
Posted by: Jeseth on March 13, 2008 04:16 PM
I've failed at every no-meat Friday for the last two years :(
Posted by: tina on March 13, 2008 04:22 PM
have fun in rome and paris! too bad ive never been to either :(
btw... 1 day, 19 hrs, 29 mins, and 35 seconds! :)
Posted by: nitiN on March 13, 2008 04:30 PM
I feel for you, Laura. I think most MIT students could fill up an entire page with their to-do lists, but yours is quite impressive...
At least for me, when I'm bored in any of my classes, I pass the time by planning out exactly what I'm going to do with my "free time" in the afternoon and evening (i.e. club meetings, p-sets, HASS reading, and a million more variations on those themes).
I often fail to follow these plans exactly, of course. Such is MIT. ^_^
Posted by: Paul on March 13, 2008 04:53 PM
Snatch, defiantly :)
Posted by: Angus on March 13, 2008 05:37 PM
2.14 - pset #3, borrow Allison's notes, learn everything ever
ahhahahha! poor thing :(
Posted by: Shamarah on March 13, 2008 05:39 PM
Julie Banda is AMAZINGGGGGG
I used to write down lists for the week, but they started depressing me. That was the end of that.
Also, who did you have to bribe to pull off not getting the dreaded first post?
Posted by: Keri on March 13, 2008 05:45 PM
Nice!
Posted by: Rick on March 13, 2008 05:46 PM
Lol, sounds like my schedule.
And you handwriting looks similar to one of my best friends. (IDK just puttin' it out there)
Posted by: Laser on March 13, 2008 06:28 PM
@ Tina
Me Too
Posted by: Anon on March 13, 2008 06:29 PM
I am going to Paris on the 27th. I will be there for my birthday.
Posted by: Je parle Francais on March 13, 2008 06:30 PM
J'irai a Paris sur le 27eme. J'y serai pour mon anniversaire.
Posted by: I speak French on March 13, 2008 06:32 PM
i hope to go to Rome some day. Have fun!
Posted by: yukiko on March 13, 2008 06:45 PM
I wasn't of the impression that "hosed" was MIT-specific slang .. but before the rash of "hosed" entries, I had said to a friend that I was hosed .. and she was confused... the end.
~Donald
Posted by: donaldGuy '12 on March 13, 2008 06:51 PM
Yeah Donald, I had never heard the term "hosed" used like that. Its kinda cool; I think I favor "bogged down" to it.
Posted by: Laser on March 13, 2008 07:02 PM
Ouch, that is a painful looking list. Umm, to do lists suck? Well, not the lists themselves, since I would be really out of luck without them, but the things behind the lists, I guess.
Our teachers are definitely making us pay for spring break...the week before we leave is going to be a killer.
Posted by: Kate on March 13, 2008 07:13 PM
@Keri- I hate those first post things, so when I saw that no one had commented yet was like "AH GOTTA STOP THE FIRST POST."
No bribery involved on Laura's part.
Posted by: Shannon on March 13, 2008 07:14 PM
Snatch is just about the best movie ever.
Posted by: M on March 13, 2008 07:32 PM
If you like the Motorcycle Diaries, try Y Tu Mama Tambien! It gets kind of crazy about halfway through, though - you have been warned.
Good luck on your planning Rome - I'm planning Atlanta right now for FIRST Nationals. Planning things != fun.
Posted by: Karen on March 13, 2008 08:00 PM
Being hosed is the best.
It makes time fly and it will be saturday and decisions will be out. Chances are I'm going to forget to check and will have to steal internet in the middle of a forest to learn my status.
Posted by: Anonymous on March 13, 2008 08:00 PM
I like how blogging how you're too hosed to blog is on your todo list. Also you should add Clerks to the movie list.
Posted by: Harrison on March 13, 2008 10:09 PM
Motorcycle Diaries is indeed pretty rocktastic. Much better than the other work about Che Guevara, although it does sort of ignore anything later in his life, I think many people were forced to reexamine the inbred fear of communism the government has managed to instill in the majority of the population. The movie is pretty idealistic in that it portrays him as a true communist revolutionary, and then just stopped before they had to show how he copped out (hmm... perhaps a rather tasteless use of the phrase?)
Anyways, THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! It made me feel much better about the crazy load I've had, knowing that there are indeed people dealing with much crazier situations than I am.
Posted by: bunny on March 13, 2008 10:48 PM
"Hosed" is sooooooooo not an MIT-specific word.
never have I heard it been used as often as I have during the last week though. coincidence?
Posted by: Fred '11 on March 13, 2008 11:00 PM
You really should see Motorcycle Diaries! It's a great movie! In fact, watch the original Spanish with subtitles, the voice over version is no where near comparable!
Posted by: Burcu on March 13, 2008 11:02 PM
Yay Rome!
Posted by: Anonymous on March 13, 2008 11:35 PM
Isn't "hosed" a reference to the famous "getting a drink from a firehose" analogy? That's where I always thought it came from...
Posted by: asm on March 14, 2008 02:17 AM
What if you couldn't find space in the margin? For those who don't understand this look up Fermat's last theorem.
Posted by: Ashwath on March 14, 2008 05:30 AM
http://index1.suymonde.com >uno online class schedule
Posted by: liver on March 15, 2008 04:45 PM
http://index1.suymonde.com >uno online class schedule
Posted by: liver on March 15, 2008 04:45 PM
@ Ashwath: Oh, you remind me of how much I miss MIT and nerdy jokes of that sort. I liked it. It made me chuckle warmheartedly.
@ Laura: Don't learn French; I'm your friendly tour guide and translator! Plenty of time to learn French this summer. As for movies, yeah, if you've never really seen the Motorcycle Diaries you have to see it. But speaking of Spanish-language movies, someone asked me today how many Almodovar movies I'd seen, and I thought about it and I've only seen one. That's pretty horrible, for someone who likes movies and claims to speak Spanish. So my point is, this summer on our weekend trips all over Europe, I'm bringing my laptop and renting DVDs and we're watching Almodovar on the train. Kay? Also, don't stress! :)
Posted by: Dizzle '09 on March 18, 2008 04:55 PM
