MIT Grad Blog

Don’t mind me — I’m just making my contribution to the slew of orientation-related posts…

I have to say that I’m thrilled to see this new crop of fresh and enthusiastic faces on campus… and sad that I have to miss out on all the action.  (I’m leaving tomorrow for this conference in NY… such is the life of a busy graduate student.)  Yes, you newbies are THE central focus of orientation, but you’ll find plenty of old fogies like me hanging around too.  As for me, I’ll just live vicariously through the rest of you dancing the night away at Sidney-Pacific’s Summer Breeze dance party this Friday.

However, you shouldn’t feel too sorry for me — I’ll be back in time for the Boston Harbor Cruise this Sunday.

Oh, and one last thing.  I realize that all of you are being inundated with loads of new information, and it’s impossible to absorb it all completely.  It’s inevitable that you will forget much of it two weeks from now.  (Pop quiz for you all — where is the ODGE located?  How many of you took notes at today’s Grad School 101, hmm?)  If there is one thing you should carry away from all these orientation events and information sessions, it’s that you can always turn to the Graduate Student Council as a resource.  We are here to serve you, and our job is to make sure that your graduate experience at MIT is a good one.

So don’t be shy — if you see one of us around, say hello (and if you see Alex, he likes big bear hugs)!  Tell us what’s on your mind and how we can better serve the graduate community.  And I can tell you more about our graduate student dental plan.

and i raise you a SHOT of BRILLIANT and ADORABLE:

this and more available at:

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loldogs >> lolcats

I’ve been feeling the pressure from Alex Hamilton Chan (Mr. President, Sir!) to post something — anything! — on this blog. However, I’m afraid that my contribution to this blog will not be as profound or eloquent or thoughtfully constructed as some of the previous posts here. There will be no discussion of my extensive travels around the world (or really, in my case, the lack thereof) or a probing psychoanalysis of my colleagues. Instead, I’d like to introduce you to the wonderful world of lolcats.

(This particular one happens to be one of my favorite lolcats of all time.)

I discovered the joy of lolcats through a friend a little over a year ago, and since then I’ve been completely hooked. Maybe a tad obsessed… to the point where I try to incorporate lolspeak into my everyday conversations. Some people find it amusing. Most find it totally incomprehensible. But go ahead and judge me. I don’t care what you think. Now haz u seen mah bukkit? Nom nom nom nom nom…