105 entries tagged with mudd.
5-Year Mudd Reunion (May 5, 2007)
As I said in my last entry, we returned to Mudd last weekend for our 5-year college reunion. Prior to the reunion, I kept exclaiming how it didn't feel like it had been 5 years, but I think after the...
Horchata! (February 13, 2004)
Oh, and we found horchata at the store. Apparently, Kern's is now selling it. It tastes like it's supposed to--delicious!
We first encountered horchata at Platt, our dining hall. When it was fir...
Pizza Woes (December 16, 2003)
Aww, why is Round Table Pizza only in California? I miss them! They have better toppings than these other guys. Guess I'll order from Papa John's instead. In college, Patrick and I would order fro...
Good Thoughts to California (October 29, 2003)
The Southern California fires are so scary! At first, I didn't think much of them, because there were fires in the San Bernadino area last year, and they got handled pretty quickly. But this year's ...
Jointly Owned (September 28, 2003)
The summer after freshman year, Patrick and I both worked at Mudd. We had to use a common kitchen, so we wrote our names on all of our newly-purchased cooking stuff. When we left for grad school, we...
Impulse Buys (August 21, 2003)
Mmm...I'm making some linguine with clam sauce right now, and it smells good! I'm going to put some halved cherry tomatoes in it, see how that goes.
I went grocery shopping while hungry today, whi...
Velcro Shoes (June 4, 2003)
I really really like my new shoes! Today it was pointed out to me that they are velcro shoes, and that reminded me of Curtis (Curtis was a Mudder who wore velcro shoes--he was also late to the final ...
MRS Meeting (December 3, 2002)
I'm going to be spending a large chunk of my day talking about my undergrad research at the MRS meeting (conveniently held in Boston). Actually, most of my time will be spent putting up my poster, wa...
Sunset (September 12, 2002)
When am I going to tire of posting sunset pictures? Long after you've tired of looking at them, I'm sure. Too bad for you!
I woke up today from a dream that Patrick was cheating on me with tw...
Packing (July 28, 2002)
Those are some of our boxes up there. The big ones are out in the living room, but I liked how neat and tidy our boxes are (I get those nice, new brown ones; Patrick's stuck with the old white St...
Used Book Store Failure (July 27, 2002)
We spent today packing and doing errands. We went to a used book store to try and get rid of our less desirable books from recent college classes, but the store didn't give cash, only store credit. ...
Public Speaking (July 19, 2002)
Well, I just finished giving my last research presentation at Mudd. I learned that the AFM color scheme (light blue on dark blue) I used doesn't show up on overhead projectors, but everybody in the a...
Clean Car, Ready to Give Away (July 17, 2002)
I'm just posting because I don't like having an angry entry at the top of the page for so long. We got the car washed today (I've neglected it for a long time) and it's white again! Those poor car w...
Book Crossing (July 15, 2002)
I've been reading random websites tonight and came across Book Crossing. People register a book and label it with the website and book ID, then "set it free"...leave it on an airplane, give it to a f...
Creepy Crawler #3 (July 14, 2002)
So we had a third creepy crawly visitor last night (the first two being the mama lizard and the mouse). You can see it in the picture; it was a big beetle. Patrick, my incredibly brave boyfriend...
Cruel Facts of Life (July 12, 2002)
Goddammit! Why are moving boxes so expensive? I paid $50 and didn't even get all the boxes I needed. I keep realizing these cruel facts of life, like how expensive color copies and cardboard boxes ...
Goodbye, Mouse (July 9, 2002)
The mouse is gone. We put out the sticky trap last night, and this morning, the mouse was on it. If I ever have another mouse problem, I'll try Shannon's more humane suggestion. Patrick took care o...
Mouse Saga Continues (July 8, 2002)
Patrick says the mouse is still in our living room; he saw it after I went to bed last night. He stopped by F & M (Facilities and Maintenance at Mudd) and got a mouse trap, but they didn't have any h...
Creepy Crawler #2 (July 8, 2002)
Well, crap. Now there's a mouse in our apartment. Well, actually, it might have left sometime last night when we weren't looking and the door was propped open, but it's possible it's still here. No...
Comments Added (July 4, 2002)
I have comments now! Yup, I spent the first three waking hours of my day off coding. Better than watching TV, I think. Maybe not better than sleeping longer, but I feel plenty rested. I don't real...
Dinner with Z (July 4, 2002)
Last night, Z took Patrick and I to Mi Piace in Pasadena. It was to thank Patrick for helping do a colloquium on short notice; I just tagged along. It was really nice! And the prices started at Oli...
Grad School Worries (July 2, 2002)
I had too much free time sitting in front of instruments at work today and started worrying about grad school again (I do that a lot). I'm afraid I'm not smart enough to be going to MIT. I guess I'm...
Lucky (June 30, 2002)
Patrick and I agreed today that we have it good right now. We've got plenty of food (just went grocery shopping and came back with tons of fresh fruit and vegetables), a nice place to live, time to r...
Pregnant Lizard (June 30, 2002)
That fat lizard that tried to come in this morning is still out in front of our apartment. It's just sitting there, watching the door. I think it's one of these lizards. It's nice that it prevents ...
Lizard Drama (June 30, 2002)
We had some lizard drama this morning. Okay, so I had the drama, and Patrick laughed hysterically at me. See, this morning I made pancakes, and I went outside to throw the leftovers away, but just a...
Mudd Pictures (June 29, 2002)
That's one of the pictures I took yesterday. It's the koi pond in Hixon Court at Mudd. There are more (pop ups): jacaranda trees and Sprague library, koi coming to check me out, and pretty flowe...
Grad School Worries (June 29, 2002)
Uh oh...freaking out about grad school again. I don't want to make new friends! What if I'm not smart enough? Actually, I probably have the capacity to do well, but not the knowledge that other peop...
Jacarandas + Knitting Needle Case (June 28, 2002)
I finally found out what the trees are that are all over the Inland Empire (wow, awkward sentence!). They're jacarandas, and they have pretty purple flowers that fall down in the summer and make ever...
Nasty Chemicals (June 26, 2002)
What am I forgetting? I've had this nagging feeling all day that I've forgotten something, but I still can't figure out what. I didn't forget my mom's birthday (it's today), and that's the only thin...
Shoe Dilemma (June 25, 2002)
I have a shoe dilemma. I need to wear closed-toe shoes to work, but I don't like wearing socks in the summer time. So I need some sort of mule-type shoe. I went to awful Ontario Mills to look for c...
Minority Report (June 24, 2002)
Well, I didn't get any of my projects done this weekend, but I had a good time. We went and saw Minority Report with Erin and Harley, and it was a good movie. I also made applesauce from scratch and...
Knitting Projects (June 21, 2002)
Last night, after much thought, I decided to go ahead and buy yarn (Unger Utopia in Pomegranate--cheap and machine washable) and a sweater pattern (actually, I got the Berroco 210 book, so that's thre...
Tree and Me (June 13, 2002)
I just added this picture to my photo album. Now you don't have to go see it; it's right here. It's a picture of Tree and me after my senior presentation in May. I like Tree...I hope I get to see h...
Work and Yarn (June 6, 2002)
What a day it's been so far! At work, I got the esteemed duty of changing the filters for our Millipore system (it gives us really clean water for our experiments). One of the tubes was leaky, and w...
Relevant (June 4, 2002)
Yaaay! My research means something to people outside of our group! I was looking for references about PS-PEO (our polymer) just now and found this proposal. Skimming it, I saw my last name and thou...
Kool-Aid Dyeing, Sausage and Rice (May 30, 2002)
I posted the results of my Kool-Aid tests here. This is fun! I think I'm going to leave the scientific side of it alone for awhile now, and just play around. I want to see if my grey mohair wil...
Housing Pictures (May 27, 2002)
Okay, here are some pictures. First, we have my empty room in Atwood after I moved out on Saturday. Aww...it looks sad (and dusty!)
And here are some pictures of our living room and kitchen i...
Handyman (May 27, 2002)
Ahh...today was very nice. I was productive, but it was also relaxing. Hard to believe we only moved in yesterday. The apartment looks great; plenty of space, and it already feels like home. Today...
Moved In (May 26, 2002)
Whew! We're all moved in, though there's still some unpacking to do. I'll take pictures once we're settled and my computer's put back together. I like it here, especially being with Patrick. And I...
Zuppa Toscana (May 23, 2002)
Mmm...we went to Olive Garden tonight and I had the soup that I've been thinking about ever since we were there last. It's called Zuppa Toscana, and here's an imitation recipe from allrecipes.com. T...
Mystery Flower (May 21, 2002)
First off, before I forget, here's a flower that I'm trying to identify:
There are huge amounts of them growing along Baseline near Mills Ave. Patrick thinks they're wildflowers, and I agree. ...
Graduation Pictures (May 20, 2002)
Here are a few pictures from graduation (click on the squinty Caitlin):
My dad and I had dinner with Patrick's family at the ever-wonderful Harvard Square Cafe. They had a limited menu, so tha...
Graduated (May 19, 2002)
It's done. I'm now an alumna of Harvey Mudd College! Everything went well...it didn't rain, but it wasn't hot. I got to talk to lots of people afterwards, and I felt loved :) I'll have pictures la...
Overcast (May 19, 2002)
Uh oh...it's looking rainy outside. That'd be kinda cool if our graduation was in the rain. It would make it a special story that I could tell to people. Oh, and I decided not to wear my fairy prin...
Lots of Driving (May 16, 2002)
I've done a lot of driving today. I took my mom and Alan to the car rental place (they slept in my room last night, then they'll return on Saturday for graduation). This afternoon, I drove with Patr...
Not Ready for Goodbye (May 15, 2002)
Why does everyone have to leave right when the weather is beautiful and the jasmine is blooming? I don't want to say goodbye! I guess I'm lucky that I get to stay here this summer; hopefully I'll be...
Site Update (May 14, 2002)
I took advantage of my free time today and updated my site a little. I replaced the chemistry link with a crafts page, having been inspired by Chicknits and Not Martha, among others. The chemistry p...
Mishaps (May 13, 2002)
Today was hot, so I drank a lot of cold water at dinner. I also spilled ice cream on my toes (only a little bit) and managed to get a big ugly paper cut on my knuckle and stick a non-rusty nail into ...
Productive (May 12, 2002)
I've been such a productive girl today! I deposited money in the bank, went to Michaels without buying any yarn for myself, and started cleaning my room and figuring out what I'm keeping and what I'm...
Tank Top (May 11, 2002)
Yesterday, I made the tank top pattern I bought on Thursday. It didn't turn out as well as the skirt...the seams didn't lie totally flat after ironing and it was too big. So maybe I'll give it to Go...
Finished (May 10, 2002)
Finished my classes today! After lunch, I sat out on the grass with Patrick and Eric while they studied for a final. I was inspired to do a multi-shot picture, a la Phineas. I haven't been able to ...
New Debit Card (May 9, 2002)
So I got my new Bank of America debit card today that's hooked up to my frequent flyer account with America West (anticipating the need for many tickets from Boston to San Francisco). It's pretty and...
Work, Work, Work (May 6, 2002)
I just finished my senior presentation without any mishaps (I didn't spill water on myself or anything), so that's done now. Next challenge: write two essays by tomorrow. I'm not sure if I've ever p...
Tapas (May 5, 2002)
Woo! I've been wondering ever since I got my Gap sweater jacket (I try not to be trendy, but when something's pretty, why not?) what stitch it was knit in. I didn't put much effort into finding out,...
Media Studio (May 4, 2002)
We went to the Media Studio show last night (Media Studio is a hum class at Mudd that involves Mudders making short movies and just being creative with technology). I really liked all the stuff that ...
Typography Book (May 3, 2002)
My typography book is finally online for you to look at. Click above to see it. I also set up a page where you can order one, though I can't imagine some random person buying a copy ($50 is expe...
Typography Book (May 2, 2002)
I finished my books early yesterday and sold two at the publication party. Hooray! I'm working right now on putting the book online and setting up a form for ordering one (even though Patrick th...
Almost Done (May 1, 2002)
Ooh...so close to being done with my books. Good thing too, since the publication party is tomorrow at 12:30 (that's in Sheets 100, at Scripps). It'll feel good to have them done, though I feel like...
Scripps Rose (April 29, 2002)
Yay! Victoria just stopped by and gave me a rose from the Scripps rose garden (she had a big bunch of them). I've always wanted to get roses from the garden, but I never have scissors when I'm w...
Almost Done (April 28, 2002)
Stressful day today...lots of worrying about how I'll move to Boston. Looks like I'll have to sell my mattress, but I won't be able to sell it until the end of the summer. I'll work it out later. I...
Typography Party (April 26, 2002)
Before I forget, you're all invited to the typography publication party next week. It's on Wednesday (May 1) at 12:30 pm in Sheets 100 at Scripps (Sheets is the big concrete building across the stree...
Pictures (April 22, 2002)
I hope my putting up so many pictures recently hasn't been annoying to those of you with slow connections. Living with the privilege of a fast college network, it's easy to forget that only 20% of In...
Drawstring Thoughts (April 19, 2002)
So I think I'll stick with just one drawstring for my typography bags, even though two would make them close more evenly. But I haven't the time to make 33 more drawstrings in 2 weeks. Eight more is...
Progress (April 18, 2002)
Done, finally, sewing the bags. Now it will be the spectre of unfinished i-cord that will haunt me for the next two weeks. And other stuff, of course. But I can cross one more thing off my door!
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Googly Eyes (April 17, 2002)
Today in my Gender and SciFi class, it was pointed out that the birds of paradise plants in front of the Humanities building had googly eyes. Succinct, but amusing (I think). Here's a picture:
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Letterpress Master (April 14, 2002)
Woo! I am the master of the letterpress! I did three imagery print runs today (for typography, of course), and now I'm all done on the press. I only expected to do one, but it went so quickly, I de...
Martini Party (April 13, 2002)
Just got back from WWJD's party, Martini. It was to celebrate next year's suite and was pretty small. There were even a few profs there. I got to talk with Prof. McCurdy (a chem professor who didn'...
Clumsy (April 11, 2002)
My, oh my, I'm going to have one big old bruise tomorrow. I was in the chemistry conference room, looking at theses from years past, when I walked into the side of the table. My brain realized what ...
Big Hearts, Little Hearts (April 10, 2002)
I painted and baked all the ShrinkyDinks for my typography book tonight (see this entry for more info). One step closer to done...
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Pitzer Bunnies (April 9, 2002)
I finally got a picture of the bunnies at Pitzer. They are so cute. I'm surprised they aren't used to people yet; they live under the trees right outside the administrative building, but they still ...
MIT Housing (April 8, 2002)
Well, MIT finally posted rents for the grad dorm I'm most interested in (Sidney-Pacific). I already sent in my housing preferences though, so it doesn't matter anymore. But the rents are lower than ...
Shrinky Dinks and Marbling (April 3, 2002)
I've been very creative (for me) this evening. First I played with Shrinky Dinks a little more, trying to figure out exactly how to get color on them without obscuring the printed picture (that doesn...
West Is Best (April 2, 2002)
Well, I just got back from this lecture. Unfortunately, I fell asleep for a good half hour of it, but what I was awake for seemed cool. It wasn't very sciency (maybe that's the part I missed), but i...
5C Pictures (March 28, 2002)
Today I took pictures at the other campuses (only because I have classes there, not because I actually was motivated to leave Mudd). Here's a picture of the troll elevator at Scripps that I took afte...
Typography Progress (March 28, 2002)
I made progress on my typography book today. On Kitty's recommendation, I made another dummy (prototype). Here's the first one I made, right after I'd written my story. As you can see, it has no co...
Shrinky Dinks Fun (March 26, 2002)
Flowers are pretty...These are some outside of Platt (our dining hall). They must actually belong in our climate, because the grounds staff isn't constantly replanting them.
Today Patrick and ...
Grad School Thoughts (March 24, 2002)
It rained yesterday, but the weather's back to normal today. Walking back from the typography room, I took this picture in the traffic mirror I've always admired (the mirror project is always in the ...
Vegas (March 22, 2002)
I just got back from an overnight road trip to Vegas (finally, after four years of college, I'm starting to act like a college student!). Noah decided he wanted to drive to Vegas, stay up all night, ...
Bag Prototype (March 21, 2002)
Patrick still has the camera, so I had to use my webcam to take a picture of my bag prototype for Typography. In case you can't tell, it has gold satin on the outside and red velvet on the inside...
Stanford Visit (March 12, 2002)
Stanford was nice. I have nothing bad to say about it, but I'm also not in love with it, like I was with Mudd when I visited. They didn't feed us enough, assuming that we'd actually have the wherewi...
Crafty (March 8, 2002)
Wow--I am so impressed by Halcyon Yarn! I ordered some yarn from them on Tuesday, and it got here today, even though they were shipping from Maine! Unfortunately, I picked the wrong color (it's a li...
Dorm Life (March 6, 2002)
Stupid toilet,
Stupid shower,
Stupid plumbing,
Stupid power.
Sometimes living in a dorm is no fun, but at least I don't have to fix all the stuff that breaks! ("Stupid power" is in reference to ...
Beautiful Day (March 5, 2002)
Today was a beautiful day...we've been having a lot of those! I took pictures of the tree outside of the chem department; the one above doesn't do it justice. I love it when trees blossom. I th...
Superhero Necklace (March 3, 2002)
I want this necklace:
Unfortunately, it costs $56. It was made by a cool independent female artist (for more of these, see another girl at play, daughter site of girl at play), so I understand...
Typography Progress (March 2, 2002)
An entry about silly and unimportant things:
So tonight I went shopping for components of my typography book. I've decided that it will be bound in a heavy paper, and will be in a velvet bag, ...
Smarty Pants (February 28, 2002)
So I've been sneezing a lot lately. Stuffy nose too. I think it's allergies, finally catching up with me (I've never had any problems before this year). Patrick thinks it's smog. That could be...
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Haunted Bathroom (February 20, 2002)
I swear, our bathroom is haunted. First there's the toilet that keeps breaking (right now it swears that it's all better, but I don't believe it). Then, tonight when I went to take a shower, the wat...
Canticle for Leibowitz (February 20, 2002)
Nothing new to say, but I thought I'd post something anyway. Although I do hate to move that cool picture from Sunday further down the page...
In Gender and SciFi, we read A Canticle for Leibo...
Accepted (February 14, 2002)
Yay! I just heard from Cornell and MIT; they both accepted me. Now we just have to wait to hear from Patrick's schools. I wish this choice were obvious, but it's not......
Admitted (February 6, 2002)
Stanford admitted me! Life is good :) Sorry most of my recent entries have been all smarmy and happy. It's okay; there are plenty of sites out there that aren't so upbeat....
Family Pictures (February 2, 2002)
I finally got all the family pictures up that I scanned over break. I had almost 100 total, but I only put a select few up since only people in my family would care to see that many family pictu...
Admitted (January 31, 2002)
Woo! I got into UCSB's Materials program. UW and Cornell are also looking good, but nothing official yet. Nothing from Stanford or MIT either. Patrick's going to kick my ass (he hasn't heard anyth...
Mesmer (January 30, 2002)
That picture is of a way cool metal book that I found today at Denison library (Scripps' library). The book itself is the part with holes in it; the part that says Mesmer is the slipcover for it....
Tupperware Party (December 2, 2001)
Whoo-hoo! I just got back from a Tupperware party hosted by our very own Cuban Jon. He's actually going to be a Tupperware lady (okay, Tupperware guy); I hope he becomes their top seller!
I b...
GRE Subject Test (November 10, 2001)
Done with the GRE subject test (for the second time). I won't take it again! I mean it this time! See, I retook it because Prof. Baker didn't think I'd get the NSF fellowship with my current sco...
Precipitation (November 4, 2001)
It rained last night for the first time this season. I love rain, especially when you're all cuddly in bed and it's raining really hard outside. And you know, snow's not too bad either, although...
Dark Early (October 31, 2001)
That up there is the view from my balcony a few minutes ago. I don't like it being dark out at 5:30. It makes me feel like I lost my day somewhere in there. At least I'm not in lab until 5:30; ...
Anniversary (October 25, 2001)
(everyone who's not Patrick can ignore this)
Happy 3rd anniversary, sweetie. I love you!...
Fall Break (October 23, 2001)
I'm boring...Fall Break has been nice and relaxing, just like I wanted. The most exciting thing I've done is go see Serendipity (you know, John Cusack being all cute and awkward yet again). My apolo...
Almost Fall Break (October 18, 2001)
So we had our last Forensics lab today (that picture up there is from the funny scale we used in lab). That's one of the good things about taking a chemistry class from Joint Sciences (the scienc...
Sleep Dep (October 17, 2001)
So...not much of interest to say since my last post, but I figured it's almost been a week. I've been staying up too late every night (too late being 2am for me, even though I know lots of other peop...
Clubs (October 11, 2001)
Those are some letters we were analyzing in Forensics lab today. We were trying to figure out which typewriter made the three e's on the right. Anyway, I thought it looked kinda cool, so there y...
Watson Fellowship (September 17, 2001)
So in an attempt to get back to normalcy, here's what's been going on with me...I've been looking at the Watson Fellowship recently. Of all the study abroad fellowships, it definitely looks coole...
Classes, Part 2 (September 6, 2001)
So my classes yesterday were fun, though I had no time for lunch...
CS70. I do believe I'm going to drop this class because all my CS major friends tell me it's a lot of work, and I could use a sl...
Back from Boston (August 19, 2001)
We're back! Boston was fun and MIT was pretty impressive, though it didn't suck me in like Mudd did when I visited back in 1997. It was depressing to fly into LAX and be surrounded by brown ever...