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---
title: "Running Like Idiots"
date: 2023-01-04T18:01:29Z
draft: true
description: "A poem about my experiences as an MIT student"
type: "post"
tags: ["mit", "life", "college", "fun"]
---


```
Running like idiots.
Wasting time. There's nothing wrong with
Having a bit of fun. I feel like I really should be
Doing problem sets. Sometimes, maybe devote some time to
Finally finding a research project. I can't spend all day
At the Boston Science Museum with friends. They want me to try
Sprinting back to our dorm. I told my parents I'm
Studying hard. Instead, I'm here running at night
With a heavy backpack. The point of college isn't just to
Meet new people. I knew I shouldn't have gone with them to the museum
Today. Oh well, it was a great opportunity to
Procrastinate. Suddenly, as I run, my backpack strap snaps, an unlucky day
As I'm soaked in sweat. Yeah, nice way to
Waste time.
```

Now read the lines in reverse order.

A few weeks ago, I visited a contemporary art museum in Boston with the same friends, where we saw a poem with a completely different meaning when read forwards and backwards. I tried it out myself by writing a poem about a real incident, where we sprinted from the Boston Science Museum to our dorm, breaking my backpack strap in the process. The backpack was fine in the end, since I tied the strap into a really cursed knot that somehow held together perfectly. Writing this kind of poem is definitely no trivial feat. It's a bit like the shoelace formula.
Running Like Idiots 2023-01-04 22:37:39 +00:00			`---`
			`title: "Running Like Idiots"`
			`date: 2023-01-04T18:01:29Z`
Unpublish some recent blog posts 2023-01-09 19:14:23 +00:00			`draft: true`
Running Like Idiots 2023-01-04 22:37:39 +00:00			`description: "A poem about my experiences as an MIT student"`
			`type: "post"`
			`tags: ["mit", "life", "college", "fun"]`
			`---`


			```
			`Running like idiots.`
			`Wasting time. There's nothing wrong with`
			`Having a bit of fun. I feel like I really should be`
			`Doing problem sets. Sometimes, maybe devote some time to`
			`Finally finding a research project. I can't spend all day`
			`At the Boston Science Museum with friends. They want me to try`
			`Sprinting back to our dorm. I told my parents I'm`
			`Studying hard. Instead, I'm here running at night`
			`With a heavy backpack. The point of college isn't just to`
			`Meet new people. I knew I shouldn't have gone with them to the museum`
			`Today. Oh well, it was a great opportunity to`
			`Procrastinate. Suddenly, as I run, my backpack strap snaps, an unlucky day`
			`As I'm soaked in sweat. Yeah, nice way to`
			`Waste time.`
			```

			`Now read the lines in reverse order.`

Fix wording in Running Like Idiots explanation 2023-01-04 22:41:49 +00:00			A few weeks ago, I visited a contemporary art museum in Boston with the same friends, where we saw a poem with a completely different meaning when read forwards and backwards. I tried it out myself by writing a poem about a real incident, where we sprinted from the Boston Science Museum to our dorm, breaking my backpack strap in the process. The backpack was fine in the end, since I tied the strap into a really cursed knot that somehow held together perfectly. Writing this kind of poem is definitely no trivial feat. It's a bit like the shoelace formula.