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Farmer? I hardly…

So, I did a very Millenial thing this week. Something I had never done before unironically actually. And that was going to the farmers market. Or, I should say, two farmers markets. We were on a hunt for what turned out to be a white whale. Apple cider. The brilliant combo of cinnamon and happiness we all need in life. The first market we visited was the New Hollywood market. This was very different for me to see, namely because... Read more →

Un-Tea-Leafable

Let’s just start this post off with the fact that I love CDS. A lot. My love for CDS is like Michael Bublé’s Christmas Albums. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, it’s a gift that just won’t stop giving. This week, I got paid to drink tea. Yep, you heard me right. I got paid to go to a tea tasting. So as a part of Caltech dining services I’ve been working on two mini projects with tea. And this... Read more →

Twisted

Got my first ever parking ticket this week. And second. Yikes. The first was for parking in an (unmarked) street sweeping zone next to a park. The other was for parking overnight on property that I thought Caltech owned (obviously they did not). Either way that wasn’t exactly a fun start to the week. Anyways, to assuage my ticketed woes, I decided to go and cook instead of doing my homework. Again. This actually is starting to be a bit... Read more →

School Rocks!

Just kidding. Aha, actually I love school, but it’s been a long week. Work at Tech is often something that comes in waves and when it’s high tide it’s all too easy to become washed away. My math homework took an absurd amount of time last week and more or less ruined my entire sleep schedule, but we complained to the professor, he’s making the sets more reasonably difficult – which basically means that he isn’t going to throttle us... Read more →

Retail Therapy (!!!)

Yep. Rough week three here at Caltech too. Started off with the career fair at 10 AM. Which seems totally reasonable until you realize I’d been up until 7 AM the night before. But hey, I’m loving every minute of it. Honestly. I’ve been working coffeehouse, developing the tea menu, fencing, and living my best life. This week was only really rough because of the career fair, job interviews, and a fencing tournament. All stacked together in one tidy little... Read more →

You’re my type (writer)

This post is an ode to my typewriters. Yep, you read that sentence right. I have not one, but TWO typewriters. And also, I didn’t do anything too exciting this week and so I’m writing about them to give you all dear writers a glimpse of what it’s like to be a Caltech writer. Funny enough, I don’t have the most typewriters of anyone on campus. Albert, a dud who was in my North American environmental history class last year... Read more →

(Less Painful) Hiking!

What is crackalackin’ my dudes?! It’s yo’ boi Chandrew in the house about to spit some fresh verse regarding the freshman orientation hike I led last weekend. Ok I lied I have no fresh verse. Just a wild day of hiking in the San Gabriel mountains. So, I got roped into leading the freshman orientation hike which, let’s be honest, wasn’t really a tough sell. I love hiking. I legitimately only ever wear trail running shoes. And yeah. So up... Read more →

Birthdays During Rotation!

Hello dear readers (or Kristin who possibly creates the 3,000 web hits this blog gets every month herself, whichever it is). Let’s take a journey. Long story short, it was my birthday last week. Although it was also rotation. And the first week of classes. But either way, here’s the story of how I spent my birthday. It starts about as fun as you’d imagine. I had class 10-12, and 2-3. That’s honestly fairly standard if you have a birthday... Read more →

We’re Baaaack!

Well. I’m back. Summer is officially over, rotation has officially begun. Although I’m not officially a sophomore until the cannon fires next weekend, it’s starting to feel real. Especially being on the other side of rotation (house rush for those not familiar with the Caltech housing system), I’ve been exhausted these last few days. I did accomplish one my goals which was to lift. I’m going to be lifting 3 days a week apparently. I’m actually very excited to be... Read more →

*magic* - a Las Vegas Story

TLDR: my dad and I stopped in Vegas, ate too much, and got a photo with Penn and Teller (but not together). What’s up party people? This is part two of the epic road trip to Pasadena. My dad and I actually planned this out very far in advance. It’s always been a dream of ours to see Penn and Teller, and we both like buffets so Las Vegas was a perfect night two on the way in to Pasadena.... Read more →