masuma ahuja’s blog. from new jersey, student at oxford. E mail me? masuma [at] masuma [dot] net var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5365468-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @mashx)http://www.masuma.net/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz10fbhqUp1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>less than a week. beyond excited.</p> <p>just bought this incredible lonely planet guidebook today.  this is going to be awesome awesome.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/437156996http://www.masuma.net/post/437156996Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:47 -0500“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -...http://www.masuma.net/post/422498668http://www.masuma.net/post/422498668Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:55:37 -0500““I tried to write about real things. I wanted to describe the world, because to live in...http://www.masuma.net/post/418646614http://www.masuma.net/post/418646614Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:22:15 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyk2hvPuLq1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>British museum - mummies.  Kind of creepy, very cool.</p> <p>Yesterday was incredible. Mummies and Mamma Mia make for a good day. As does walking through Harrods, a real-life version of Vogue.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/417598189http://www.masuma.net/post/417598189Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:20:19 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyk2eaAGEM1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Italian pastry shop in Soho, London.  Cannolis!  Joy.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/417595616http://www.masuma.net/post/417595616Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:18:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky455kiKbA1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jim Dine’s Putney Winter Heart #8 (Skier).  I’ve been reading about the symbolism and all, but I just really like the heart motif and think this one is especially beautiful.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/399387680http://www.masuma.net/post/399387680Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:56:08 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky43a3xu5x1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I had a few minutes before my tute today and took a walk around Christ Church meadow.</p> <p>It’s not an unusual scene, especially not for me - coming from the middle of nowhere, new jersey, but it’s nice.  I can feel the overwhelming scope of what’s out there and how much more there is to the world and how big things are in comparison to me doing badly on an exam.  I like feeling small.  It happens either when I am in a bustling city and surrounded by people going and being and doing or when I stand somewhere like this and begin to realize just how immense the world is.</p> <p>Also, looking through Plath’s journals today, something I do fairly often.  It amazes me how eloquent she could be even in her journals.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/399325089http://www.masuma.net/post/399325089Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:15:39 -0500“I want to live each day for itself like a string of colored beads, and not kill the present...http://www.masuma.net/post/399318114http://www.masuma.net/post/399318114Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:10:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky29edskUg1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coffee break, Tuesday, early AM, London.  Even early in the morning, London is so much more alive than Oxford.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/397359910http://www.masuma.net/post/397359910Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:32:00 -0500Op-Ed Columnist - Our Politics May Be All in Our Head - NYTimes.com: This is interesting, on some...http://www.masuma.net/post/389040853http://www.masuma.net/post/389040853Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:00:09 -0500her: and you know what?  i think they're healthy crushes.  i mean, crushing on the deputy chief of...http://www.masuma.net/post/387955147http://www.masuma.net/post/387955147Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:49:43 -0500you know you’re getting anglicized when you spell it snow ‘plough’ and gmail...http://www.masuma.net/post/387002208http://www.masuma.net/post/387002208Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:31:41 -0500Governor's School cuts foreclose on N.J.'s future leaders | NJVoices Guest blog - NJ.com: End of...http://www.masuma.net/post/384362654http://www.masuma.net/post/384362654Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:57 -0500of all the random little things I always think I’ll miss about America, USPS is not one of...http://www.masuma.net/post/384089776http://www.masuma.net/post/384089776Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:43:00 -0500The grisly truth about the Super Bowl abortion ad. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine: Being...http://www.masuma.net/post/374192143http://www.masuma.net/post/374192143Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:00:16 -0500American healthcare. I don’t really know where to go after those two words.  They have consumed and...http://www.masuma.net/post/369551720http://www.masuma.net/post/369551720Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:17:36 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx8d8srORY1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Casa no Geres - Portugal (click on photo).</p> <p>Kind of really cool.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/367359539http://www.masuma.net/post/367359539Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:07:40 -0500I’ve started drawing graphs to understand my essay questions.  I now officially feel like a...http://www.masuma.net/post/366872098http://www.masuma.net/post/366872098Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:43:06 -0500things that make me happy: - being on phone with mom, and shopping online for pretty dresses...http://www.masuma.net/post/361808802http://www.masuma.net/post/361808802Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:59:52 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx173uGNZW1qzpxzco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>tute here, today.  so pretty!</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/360288626http://www.masuma.net/post/360288626Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:11:54 -0500