Bio

Bio In my past entry, a few students commented with the request that I post a biography of myself. I wrote a list of things I do and dont like (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but its pretty hard to find, so heres a revised version: Here goes: Im Mitra, class of 2007, course 14; I was born and raised in New Jersey (no jokes, please), but I moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a power crisis. My family still lives in the Bay Area, so I am racking up frequent flyer miles like nobodys business. Those are probably some of the most important things about me, but Ill tell you more. (I know, just try and contain your excitement.) When I was younger, I thought Brownian motion was actually brownie in motion and laptop was labtop you know, like a computer you put on top of a lab table. Revolving doors freak me out, and I really dont like it when people bring more carry-on items than airlines allow. I find The Daily Shows Jon Stewart and American Idols Simon Cowell really entertaining. To be honest, Im in love with Simon. 2006 update: Simon has been really mean this season, so my love for him has been displaced. general likes: orange juice with pulp, lilies, Daria, 5.12: organic chemistry, Colin Firth, people who stop at yellow lights, sums of squares, Craig Armstrong, navy blue, efficiency, brown paper packages tied up with strings, pomegranates, integration by parts, the word apparently, David Sedaris, the Eudora noise, M.C. Escher, dorky pick-up lines general dislikes: the green line, split infinitives, racism, tardiness, power outages, soft rock, fire alarms (ah, home sweet home), shrimp, public bathrooms, when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when Im feeling sad, Arial (the font), the spelling of the word vacuum, the fact that I use parantheses very frequently, non-dorky pick-up lines Heres a picture from one of my favorite websites: (Note: The odds of achieving this are a little greater when you attend MIT: read. Seriously, read it.) Original entry up here. - So yeah, thats me. I am surprised and intrigued by the speculation about my background. Shouldnt you people be busy working on scholarship applications?