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Freeze Thaw Cycles

Prismatic

Skaters on Frog Pond at Sunset

Dinnertime

My new favorite vegetable- brussels sprouts. Mmmmmm

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

MIT students designed autonomous robots that competed head to head to corral the most robotic "mice".

Math Panda

I went to the MIT Integration Bee. People were nerdy. The contestants couldn't solve a lot of the problems. I realized I don't remember anything about calculus.

Maxwell meets Maximilian

Jenny and Nick brought in their little bundle of joy to the lab.

Das ist ein Bauhaus-Haus

We went to see the house of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus movement, in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

My Floatie Farm

I used the sheep with life-vest for my overnight ligations.

MIT Nuclear Reactor

I toured the facility today.

Maximum Muscle Doorway Chin-up Bar (TM)

Voting: A Civic Duty

The US senate election in Massachusetts.

"Snow"

When I first moved to Boston, I imagined winters with lots of pure white snow piling up. Instead it was just very cold. And what little snow we get turns into this brown ice that stays around for weeks. Oh, Boston---what could have been!

Frozen Charles

The Charles River has been frozen for a while now. Apparently a boat went through the river and broke up the ice in its path. I've never seen that before.

Luckiest Nose on Campus

I assume the reason that the nose is shiny is because people rub it for luck. But you never know what these MIT students are up to...

Travel Pens

The most recent addition: a pig from Anna. Its nostrils turn blue and it oinks. I love it!

Dance All Night

Portuguese shaking her booty to DDR.

Avatar in 3D

Eva and I are going to find a way to visit Pandora, but first we need to learn how to climb vines/ropes.

Swanky New Foyer

They remodeled the entry hall of my apartment while I was gone. It looks much more modern now.

Rose Bowl Parade

We watched the parade and then got to see the floats up close afterwards. It's amazing what they can do with flowers.

Joshua Tree

I made my mom drive down a super rocky unpaved road because I was somewhat obsessed with Joshua trees.

Marble Canyon

Manly Peak at Sunrise

Moonrise

Badlands

Devil's Golfcourse

I didn't know salt could be so sharp- it would have hurt so bad to fall down.

Badwater

Salt beds at the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere.

Dunes at Sunrise

Mom and I walked out on the dunes in the dark to watch the sunrise.

Scotty's Castle

A rich dude built a mansion in Death Valley in the 1920s. His name wasn't Scotty.

Apricots and Mustard

As seen on our traditional Christmas walk.

Traditional Aebleskiver Breakfast

Christmas Eve Luminarias

My Aunt and Uncle's neighbors put luminarias up every Christmas Eve. All together it's probably a mile long.

Richard's Oak Tree

Christmas Tree Lane

This street in Palo Alto has been decorating their houses for over fifty years. When new people buy a house on this street, they have to agree to decorate their house. My mom sold a house here to a Jewish family and they put Santa on their roof every year.

Ashley and The Creepy Monkey

My French Friends

Ten year reunion!

Julie at the Marina

We went to the Marina to fly kites, but there wasn't any wind. We watched some LARPers and walked around in the mist until it started to rain.

Goodbye, John/ Best Undergrad Ever

Today is John's last day in lab before moving to Washington. The Chem room won't be the same without him. Guo-liang made him a model of circularized GFP out of bike chains- amazing.

Holiday Pops and Santa

I went to the Boston Pops performance today. I feel all Christmas-spirity now. It was a really fun concert.

No Taxation Without Representation

Eva and I made some friends at the Boston Tea Party 236th anniversary reenactment. Huzzah!

Jon and the Glitter Girls

Holiday trapeze show.

Santa Speedo Run

Festive Ferrets

I decorated my desk at work for Christmas. Eva's dad got me the advent calendar.

MIT Hack

Driving Mr. Santa

Waiting for Sinterklaas

My lab left our shoes outside our boss's office for Sinterklaas to leave us present over night. We also left presents for his horse: carrots and sugar cubes. I thought he might like peanut butter.

Deck the Halls

My roommate and I put up lights and a tree.