Yes I realize I have been a disappointment

Life update or whatever

Jamie Fu
2 min readJul 15, 2021

In as few words as possible:

Spring 2021 coursework

  • 6.031 Software Construction :(
  • 14.01 Microeconomics :/
  • 15.401 Managerial Finance :/
  • 18.600 Probability and Random Variables :/?
  • Harvard PHIL 156 Philosophy of Mind :/?

Spring 2021 everything else

  • Snow and snowmen
  • Blueprint 2021 (nice but stressful)
  • Long weekend trips — Halibut Point State Park, Castle Island, Cape Cod, Boundless Adventures, Walden Pond (and Phillips Andover), Six Flags New England
  • Running late to both vaccine appointments and now I have two vaccine cards because I forgot to bring mine for my second dose
  • The MFA Boston (and banh mi after)
  • Chess, Monopoly Deal, Hearts, Catan, Exploding Kittens
  • Dying my hair twice then bleaching it to see absolutely nothing happen
  • oh I turned 20

4 days at home

  • Hines Park
  • My brother ignoring me unless we’re playing chess

Summer 2021 NYC

  • Museum of Natural History and I view dinosaurs next to 3-year-olds
  • I start work at Bloomberg but it’s like 1.5 weeks of training and then I obtain office access and the office is heavenly and there’s free food and free views and free monitors to use and it’s just very nice in general
  • The Met and I need to go back because I missed like half of the exhibits including the Egyptian one
  • We foster a cat (@oooooopsy.daisy)
  • Times Square is whatever
  • MoMA and I obtain a pack of 100 postcards for 20 bucks
  • Chelsea Market and the infamous Los Tacos №1
  • $$$$ 1 Michelin star restaurant Gramercy Tavern
  • High Line
  • Little Island
  • The Strand in Union Square and I buy Madeline and a book on European philosophers, I spot some chess hustlers, I’m convinced to buy Nature Republic toner because they give me a $7 discount and my favorite Mark Lee is a cardboard cutout in the store
  • Flushing dim sum
  • Guggenheim Museum
  • Hudson Yards: looked at the Vessel and walked inside the Shops
  • Chinatown noodles
  • Macy’s fireworks on FDR Drive and a very sus journey home near midnight (rounded out at 15 miles of walking that day)
  • NY Public Library
  • A big Bloomingdale’s near my office and a lady inside Coach that pointed at a model’s dress in a promotional video and said “That one, I want that one”
  • Black Widow at 10:30pm in an AMC
  • Soho and I buy 3 t-shirts…
  • And a lot of guests: Vicky, Sanjeev, Tai, Ben, and Amy :)

And more to come…

**Rip my last post lol “in an effort to write” wow rip again as this kicker aptly states I am aware that I am a disappointment and it just can’t be helped.

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Jamie Fu

CS + math person (?) with a love for reading and writing. I hope my shenanigans brighten up your day by 17%.