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Blinterhouse Round 2

Hello, my friends, it has been a long week but it’s the weekend now! And that means it’s interhouse season! This is actually the second interhouse party that I’ve been to this year (I’ve been horribly busy and seemingly inevitably out of town on every Saturday they’re holding an interhouse). And I couldn’t have picked a better one to make it to! About a year ago I posted about the very same interhouse party, Blacker interhouse (aka blinterhouse), but this... Read more →

Oh Capitan, El Capitan!

Hey fronds. Anemones. Other oceanly characters who have made the trip out to the Caltech blogs for a brief respite of fun under the sun (or fun at the behest of a written blog post). We’re under a sea, I guess. It’s raining in April and late at night. But the weather works in mysterious ways as do the ways of the world in general. I’m up late tonight. How late? Very late. Approximately 3 AM if we’re being totally... Read more →

LA Art Book Fair

Printed Matter recently hosted an LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Little Tokyo. The fair focuses on the distribution of artists' books, and it is free to attend. Inside, there are hundreds of booths, each with its unique kind of merchandise, including books, zines, posters, monographs, and more. Interestingly, the LA Festival of Books at USC was happening the same weekend! The Festival of Books focuses more on selling novels that... Read more →

Brunch at Zinc Cafe & Market

For R's birthday, we went to get brunch at Zinc Cafe & Market in the LA Arts District. We had originally planned to go to BluJam Cafe in downtown LA, but there was unexpectedly a two hour wait because of the LA Marathon the next day! Thankfully we stumbled upon this place on Yelp and switched plans. It was my first time at Zinc Cafe & Market, but I would absolutely recommend this place to anyone! I want to go... Read more →

Taking on Kickboxing

Waterpolo season has ended so I am now back to being a couch potato. Actually, I'm trying my best to be more active, so I am exploring a variety of interesting work outs. I've always wanted to try kickboxing, so it seemed like a good opportunity to check it out. One of my good friends, Gabby, has also wanted to try. We heard good reviews about this place in Old Pasadena, so decided to go there for our first lesson.... Read more →

Caltech Art Gala

Every year, Caltech's literary and arts magazine Totem hosts the Art of Science competition. This contest celebrates the intersection of art and science and the way in which art can be used to inform science. We accept any science-related art, from microscopy to digital art to paintings to hand-made crafts. This year, we received two quilts and a necklace as submissions! Last year, we also had a collection of really interesting science-based earrings. The earrings were in the shape of... Read more →

English Time!

It’s time for a class time post! I’m in a very special English class this term: English 180. This is a special class taught by a visiting professor called Fabricating Los Angeles and focuses on the study of L.A. as a city through both its architecture and its literature. And it’s the first class at Caltech that’s been focused around creative projects. Sure, there’s a lot of reading. There’s a lot of writing. But most importantly, for the first time... Read more →

Prefrosh EXPERIENCE (PFEasy)

Hey hey! I survived the middle of the week which means I survived the busiest time of this term! This last week was the Caltech Prefrosh Experience! This is admissions’ huge event for admitted students that they put on every year. Because I work as an admissions fellow, I did all sorts of fun work during this event. It all started on Sunday when I was picking students up from the airport. This was a great experience as it allowed... Read more →

3, 4, and 5 (Stars)

It’s been a delicious week. That’s for sure. Of course, I made my usual weekly Labobatory run, but beyond that I explored some other awesome food locations. And now, you get to hear about them too! Maybe I should combine all these food posts and my Yelp reviews to make a Caltech student’s views of food in Pasadena and beyond ahaha. It all started at Miss Cheese Tea. Miss Cheese is this new trendy tea place in Pasadena. It’s very... Read more →

DiSC Me

Little known fact about my daily life: I’m part of the student athlete advisory committee at Caltech (the SAAC for short). What does that entail exactly? Well. Not much. But this Friday it gave us the wonderful opportunity to take a personality/leadership assessment: The DiSC (and I have no idea what that stands for). I took it in advance of the “leadership academy” session that we had this fateful Friday evening, possibly a bit too late at night for my... Read more →