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(); masuma.netTumblr (3.0; @mashx)http://www.masuma.net/Things I will miss about England when I leave Oxford: - The morris dancers at the pub I live near. ...Things I will miss about England when I leave Oxford: - The morris dancers at the pub I live near. ...http://www.masuma.net/post/681096329http://www.masuma.net/post/681096329Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:08:40 -0400On the cover page of The Sun.  I find it a little bizarre, if...<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1zq8hsFWo1qzpxzco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>On the cover page of <a title="The Sun" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/" target="_blank">The Sun</a>.  I find it a little bizarre, if interesting, that all the parties (maybe not so much Labour) are trying to use Obama’s rhetoric of change. </p> <p>…I guess they’re all going for a change from Labour.  But really, they could come up with something original.  Change we can believe in sounds a little old and dry now.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/575758760http://www.masuma.net/post/575758760Thu, 06 May 2010 04:57:53 -0400The Guardian’s website.  It’s kind of funny the...<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1zoc64SkN1qzpxzco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a title="The Guardian" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Guardian’s website</a>.  It’s kind of funny the photos they’ve chosen for Clegg, Cameron, and Brown.  Especially Gordon Brown. </p> <p>ELECTION TIME!</p> <p>Very exciting.  (And a little worrying that the Conservatives pretty much do have a lead).  Hoping for a hung parliament and looking forward to seeing what happens today/tomorrow.</p>http://www.masuma.net/post/575701709http://www.masuma.net/post/575701709Thu, 06 May 2010 04:16:54 -0400BELIEF & TECHNIQUE FOR MODERN PROSE - Jack Kerouac1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy2. Submissive to...http://www.masuma.net/post/497240331http://www.masuma.net/post/497240331Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:47:58 -0400less than a week. beyond excited. just bought this incredible...<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."“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 an..."““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 -0500British museum - mummies.  Kind of creepy, very cool. Yesterday...<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 -0500Italian pastry shop in Soho, London.  Cannolis!  Joy.<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 -0500Jim Dine’s Putney Winter Heart #8 (Skier).  I’ve...<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 -0500I had a few minutes before my tute today and took a walk around...<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 by..."“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 -0500Coffee break, Tuesday, early AM, London.  Even early in the...<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.comOp-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 -0500my friend on our love of The West Wingher: 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...you 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.comGovernor'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...of 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 MagazineThe 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 -0500healthcare. finally.American 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