Daniel Barkowitz | August 21, 2006
"What I Did During My Lunch Hour - Part 1"
Hello! Today I am starting a new series, sort of an introduction to all the many wonderful resources at MIT, and places near to MIT that you can reach in a short period of time, say a lunch hour. This series will introduce local destinations, facilities, and services available to the MIT community.
Today, I'll start with what I did during today's lunch hour.
At 12:00, I left the office and walked down the Infinite Corridor down the main steps onto Mass Ave. I've noticed many more people around this week, already here for pre-orientation programs, or taking last minute trips to look at prospective schools before the school year begins. I walked across Mass Ave and entered the Stratton Student Center.
I needed to accomplish several things today, and I got these out of the way rather quickly by heading to the basement of the Student Center. First, I visited MIT's post office, which is a full service U.S. Postal Service destination (with our own zip + 4 which is 02139-9992).
A quick two minutes later, my package was mailed and I was off to my next destination.
I've been delinquent in getting a hair cut (again) and MIT is lucky that there are two full-service hair salons right in the basement of the Student Center. I went off to the New Tech barber and styling salon and Sharon cut my hair (no wait, right into the chair, and right out again).
As you can see from the before and after pictures, Sharon did a great job!
Then upstairs to LaVerde's for lunch.
Lunch today was sushi and seaweed salad, made fresh daily and brought to LaVerde's for sale.
I sat in the game room while I ate my lunch, and read a little of the book I am reading, Jim Butcher's Dead Beat (which I could had picked up from the MIT Science Fiction Society library, but I actually got from my local library).
When I was done eating, I debated playing Ms. Pac-Man or the Lord of the Rings Pinball machine. I even considered making a fool of myself on Dance Dance Extreme, but ultimately decided to head back to the office to type up this blog entry instead.
Total time from start to finish: one hour exactly.
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Thanx a lot!!!
The pictures really give definition to my idea of the MIT community and the surroundings!!
ANKIT CHANDRA
Gaborone, BOTSWANA
Posted by: Ankit Chandra on August 22, 2006 07:31 PM
Who's the guy playing Tekken? :)
Anyway, I recently finished the Dresden Files series. Very good! His writing style doesn't noticably deteriorate through the series, unlike some authors..
Quote from the Dresden Files website,
" Word has it a deal has been landed that will extend the series to at least eight books. Jim has commented in the past that he's got ideas for running the series into the upper teens or lower twenties, at least ’Äî here's hoping the publisher agrees!"
8 have been written, so chances are it will be a while until we get a new book. Book 8 is left open, so chances are he intends to extend the series. :)
Finally, does the "exactly one hour" include the typing of this blog entry? If so, impressive!
-Adam Spanbauer
Posted by: Fermion on August 22, 2006 10:25 PM
Hey Adam!
Yup the hour includes typing the post, but not adding the photos... And thanks for the update on the Dresden Files. I'm still enjoying them, but I agree that the earliest ones are the best.
Ankit, glad to know my interest in introducing people who are not local to the campus is working. Watch for more posts in this regard as well!!
Posted by: Daniel Barkowitz on August 23, 2006 08:32 AM
MITSFS!!! I love MITSFS and its banana colored chairs, but I also love DDR and I can't do both at the same time! Mind you, I am bad at it.... T_T
Posted by: Nur Shahir on August 23, 2006 09:31 PM
Hello Mr. Barkowitz!
My name's Christina Johnson and I was a MITES 06 participant. Those photos sure do remind me of the awesome summer I spent there at MIT! I had a quick question for you. Is there anything that an applicant can include in his/her application to increase his/her chance at getting more financial aid? Also, are there certain standardized test scores that you're looking for when awarding students with financial aid!? Thanks!
Posted by: Christina on August 28, 2006 02:38 PM
Hey Christina.
There really isn't anything you can add to the application to increase your financial aid likelihood. All of our financial aid is based exclusively on need, not on merit, so no test scores or ECs or anything apply! It all is based solely on you and your parents' ability to pay for college.
Posted by: Daniel Barkowitz on September 6, 2006 09:39 PM
