perdida en mi ruido.

The one thing about 13 Going On 30 that...

How does she go back to being a teen and then back again to being 30 and getting married? I am...

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are...”
—  Jack Kerouac (via justan)

Tough decisions.

Do I watch Rush Hour of 13 Going On 30?

My dad just went shopping for some food.

He brought back: • A fuckton of mango • dates! dates! dates! (I fucking adore dates) • My...

Conversations with my dad

Dad: So how do I get to this Whole Foods?
Me: Just google-map it. *gives him address*
Dad: This computer doesn't have google.

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“What I mean to say is, you’ve become a bit a ho.”
— Her Gay Best Friend: Sex - All...

I know I've already ranted about this...

But every time I watch The Real World: DC, that bitch Erica pisses me off so. fucking. hard. Bitch...

the-major: robot-heart: ...

Today on Maury:

Young Teen Girls Addicted To Sex And Violence! GASP! (I kinda sorta like being sick. I...

My dad remembered to bring me my...

Only four hours until I scarf that shit down like I’m a starving girl— oh wait, I kinda...

I am watching Univision for the first...

Dude. I had completely forgotten just how trashy and awesome Univision can be.

Lady Gaga - Telephone

Bad idea.

I decided to go see my friends for an hour and boy, was that a bad idea! I’d been feeling well...

hoppzor: my current summer vacation plans: 2 weeks in...

Hm.

So my monthly stipend with Air Liquide is not that hot— 750 euros/month— but I have my...

Also, I've decided I want to get a nice...

I mean, if I’m spending a summer in Europe, I want nice pictures to show for it. Maybe, if I...

Fucking weird-ass dreams I've had this...

• Tuesday night, I woke up literally panicking because I was dreaming about a distillation problem...

iammattjordan: softcoeur: Currently watching. Just...

yum-o!

My dad is going to try to fly in...

I feel so lucky to have a father who worries enough to get on a plane for 4 hours and spend the...

So painful:

A hot guy with a lisp. Like, you see him and you lose your breath because he is so, so gorgeous, and...

Mono updates

Still at Medical, still feeling like shit.

Nuva Rang?

dearoldlove: I feel like sending you a receipt for all the birth control I bought but never got to...

BRING BEST WEEK EVER BACK!

Seriously, this was my favorite show during high school; I wish it was still on the air!

Yay!

I’ve been officially diagnosed with mono! Tests and everything! Great. In addition to...

formspring.

Someone wrote me this: I love it I dont know why the servers were acting up for the first few days...

I just don’t understand how people who write like this...

This is embarrassing for some reason.

I called my lab advisor to tell him I’m spending the night at Medical and won’t be able...

“The dude from The Bachelor and the lady he proposed to have...”
— This Week In Tabloids-...

Currently camping out in Medical.

I hope I get diagnosed with something today so I can write to my prof saying I can’t give my...

iammattjordan: karinarae: (via fogcitymaverick) I...

Marriage Shouldn't Be A Mandate

lenachen: In a bit of a F-U to heteronormative cultural norms, I replace most instances of the...

Meeting cancelled.

He was so nice! Told me to feel better and to not be nervous about presenting tomorrow because my...

I'm supposed to meet with my lab advisor...

Like, if I get up from bed I feel very light-headed, I’m still getting nasty headaches,...

Me encanta cuando el señor de las...

vikaria: Y dice por el megafono: llevatela mayorca, weeeeeepa, ahora es que es jajajaj! Lo que...

vikaria: skinnymeanman: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. So bad...

Passing time by watching South Park

crashdream: “Whateva! *snap* I do what I want!” WHERE WHERE WHERE ARE YOU WATCHING THIS...

Ask me for advice and help me punt my 10.37...

I love Don because, even though he's in...

Me, on the phone: Don, I just need to half-ass this 10.37 pset. Can you please help me half-ass it?
Don: ... Just email it and get on gchat.

“At 9 p.m. last night, UA presidential candidate Ian P. Tracy...”
—  Pres. candidate loses Senate...

THIS DRESS. (Alexander McQueen)

Dating advice.

Someone asked: I saw that you have a dating advice column. Maybe you can help me with my problem....

Take-out is so expensive!

But I guess that’s the price to pay for extra time to work.

Stressed out Milena brings on the...

My lab advisor has this face he puts on whenever he’s not happy with me— which is 75% of...

Someone asked:

You have a tattoo?! I have never seen a pic of your tattoo and wondered about it so much because I...

First Sickness of the School Year

crashdream: fucckkkkkkkkkkk You and me both. This is NOT the week to be getting sick. All...

The Courtship of Eric Lander

I suddenly find myself thinking about...

We got along so well, I wish we’d kept in touch. I’m listening to his favorite band...

chronicdissatisfaction: I’m getting another tattoo next month, oh yeah! I’ve decided that...

Currently watching:

The SNL episode featuring Zach Galifianakis, while I crank out numbers for my lab presentation. ...

I am officially sick with something.

My lymph glands are swollen like whoa, and my throat is a bit scratchy. I am tired as fuck, which is...

“The Little Mermaid is, quite simply, a feminist’s worst...”
— http://www.feministing.com/arch...

I have waited 30 minutes to meet with my...

As kickass as he is, he is ALWAYS late. I feel like total crap physically, I am really coming down...

Sitting on the third floor of Bldg. 66,...

There are a ton of good-looking, manly Course 10 grad students, and I am not tapping that...

It's embarrassing to wave hello to a...

It’s the hair, I tell myself. People can’t keep up with the changes.

I feel a little sick.

It’s one of those times when you don’t know what it is, but you’re coughing a bit,...

why are you always fucking ghosts?

(via chronicdissatisfaction) It’s All Gonna Break is probably one of my favorite BSS songs.

I could say that I'm pissed off, but...

I’m stressed out, and the piece that I worked on for the past week and was really excited...

I've been working on my 10.26...

That’s about an hour per slide. I am moving at snail’s pace because I am going over...

I just successfully explained turbulent...

And she understood it! And she asked good questions that I knew the answers to! If I can teach her...

My mom didn't go to college.

Me: Hey, I just called to tell you I got a job for the summer.
Mom: Cool! Where?
Me: Paris.
Mom: Oh, that sounds amazing! All the Italian men you'll meet!
Me: ... Paris, as in Paris, France.
Mom: Oh... Well, French men are also hot!

Skin regime starts today!

I’ve started using my favorite scrub, Dark Angels, in varying degrees of dilution to make sure...

It's 52 degrees out.

yes yes yes yes yes!

(via chronicdissatisfaction)

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Watched today:

The Cove, and Flash of Genius. I really enjoyed both. I like watching documentaries every once in...

“This is justice, Bob. This is how justice gets dispensed in...”
— Flash of Genius

Is anybody up?

Ask me something.

Lab oral presentation preparation...

nivair: jesuismilena: I am wearing a shirt with my advisor’s face on it— yes, Course 10s have a...

I like how we plan to go to a party, and...

Because, in my world, shawarmas are more fun than a party anyway.

Lab oral presentation preparation...

I am wearing a shirt with my advisor’s face on it— yes, Course 10s have a shirt with...

Well of course my skin has been acting...

I’ve run out of both my moisturizer AND my facial scrub, and I’ve been too lazy to pick...

I am so productive!

I was going to do the laundry! I was going to clean out my closet and make space for new clothes! I...

Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber

Lazy afternoon.

My plan for this afternoon was to come back, catch up on my Netflix, make a light dinner, and get a...

36 Died in Washington State Under Assisted...

Really?

Things that bother me today:

• guys with overly manicured eyebrows • that dry-mouth feeling you get the morning after drinking...

The way I see it...

There’s always going to be someone who doesn’t like what I do, but for that one person...

folkinz: my so-called movie review: an education this...

I hate sacrificing great quotes just...

1234melvin: I hate having to decide whether to spend close to $400 on a trip to New Orleans or...

OH MY GOD IS THIS ME?!

Someone asked on formspring: Milena, I need advice. I’m usually this confident, no-bs,...

MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "50 Things"

Is this fo real?

Someone wrote: woah gurrrrl! Is you havin’ some passive-agressive beef with Lena Chen? Cuz...

“Do I want to let you pay for our date? Sure, if you can...”
— Dating Shouldn’t Have To...

I've been in lab for 4.5 hours, I'm...

To say that I am grumpy and stressed would be an understatement. I’m going to need a drink...

“You can do semi-legal drugs. Marijuana, for example, is...”
— Lena Chen Ugh, I’d...

girlperson: Be quiet, Ke$ha. Click through for the 10...

I've completely lost all sense of time.

If there’s something on my mind, I can’t sleep too deeply and keep on waking up for some...

Does anybody know of any songs that...

Example: Make Her Say by Kid Cudi samples Poker Face by Lady Gaga. I need a few of these for...

As a proud owner of a pair like yours, I do believe you...

Also, I want to know...

Have any of you been with a foreign man/woman? Like sex, dating, whatever sort of affair. I’m...

We were at third place today at...

Until the last round (music) which was shitty angsty music from the 90s. Then we were bumped down to...

go to google translate. type in "lick"....

girlperson: Seen and Not Seen

baseln: My favorite version of gin and tonic: Hendrick’s gin, rosewater, and a rose petal as...

Why Aren't There More Female Pickup Artists?

Now I’m going to snap my fingers and my hair and...

PVDM: Tus historias de la vida diaria

“I got back together with that ex, the one who wasn’t right...”
— girlperson  Anaïs writes...

hoppzor: whytheyrehot: Why He’s Hot: ALTON BROWN...

my obligatory feminist discussion of the...

hoppzor: and some pseudo-feminist bloggers. “Blaming men is 100% ineffective. Men are responding...

“… They signify a growing trend in girls’ sexual lives where...”
— Blogger & Teen Vogue...

Burnout Prevention and Recovery

Mélanie Laurent, my girl crush for today.

To whomever just asked about Thirsty:

Um… email me and we can talk about it.

McCabe-Thiele method for distillation columns

alphalux: bethlehems: (via shaneguiter): Essay - I Was...

I think this was what I was looking for! Thanks to...

raraahahahromaromamagagaoohlala

1234melvin: (via tamburina) I get this all the time...

Paging Matt Jordan

Your baby’s on TV!

Feast in my mouth.

I love taking a teensy bit of waffle, a piece of bacon, and some potatoes in one bite. It’s so...

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Somebody out there must have the answer...

Did anybody ever eat microwaveable fries back in the day, like in the 1990s? I used to have them as...

I thought this was fitting.

Things I would rather do instead of...

• bake a chocolate cake • Look at pretty pictures of Paris and fantasize about what sort of things...

Why the 'Human Barbie' is now injecting her...

Everyone Else's Hell Week Is My Hell...

lenachen: Can we please discuss the fact that I just wrote an eight-page paper and now I have to...

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Sometimes I get unintentionally...

Just as I was thinking tl;dr, he ends his email with: Maybe you’ll never read this email,...

I can't sleep...

I’m just thinking about how amazing my life has been lately. I’ve been getting my act...

God, I hate The Bachelor.

Vienna? He picked Vienna? Really? wtf.

Bering in Mind: A Bushel of Facts About the...

On being girly.

Someone asked on my formspring: did you always dress “girly” or…not? because i...

I can make miracles happen, especially...

I made chicken parm (breaded it myself and shit) and pasta with homemade tomato sauce in 20 minutes.

Absolutely mind-numbing thing I hate to...

Non-linear data fittings. I have a sample code that I copy/paste/adjust according to each problem....

Currently listening to: Feels, by Animal Collective.

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I kinda love how you still read this...

“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to...”
— Lady Gaga

Why hadn't I watched Brüno before?

Fuck, I didn’t really do any work while watching this, but I don’t mind working until...

kambr: “HM’s speed on this task increases, irregardless of him taking a wrong term.” — A guest...

AAAAAAAAAAH IM GETTING WASTEDFACEEEEEE

I got into Air Liquide! I’m going to Paris this summer! I’m pimp muthafuckaaaaaaaaas

On diminished productivity

I’m watching Brüno while working on a p-set for my Chemical Kinetics class. I’m trying...

xkcd: Sex Dice OHMYGOD This is so cute.