Class Act

I have been fading in and out on this blog recently, but not without regret. In the past month or so, I’ve been trying to keep up with some strangled emotions – when my boyfriend left for Singapore, when I was hospitalized for respiratory problems, and when I (not two weeks later) had to uproot my life once more and move back to New York City. Needless to say, it’s been a crazy time.
But I hope to commit myself more fully to my blog this school year, simply because I will be once again doing interesting things that are not so hard to talk about! Creative writing class and basic drawing alone should account for a lot of my miscellaneous adventures.
So enjoy this recap post and look forward to some more au courant posts in the near future!

Week of August 29th to September 4th:
– Moved back to NYC in 2 days. Much hunger and panic over household items ensued, but I love my apartment and I got to move in early so it wasn’t totally insane
– Promptly became a Well Woman* at a week long training full of laughter and death by heat exhaustion at the Student Services Fair
– Survived the two biggest milestones of dorm living: getting locked out and killing a cockroach

– Went on a crazy Chinatown search for pho, found it, came back the next day and got TERRIBLE service (so that place is out)

– Had my roommate Liberty move in (yes, now it’s official!)

*Well Woman is Barnard’s wellness center; it consists of peer educators (like me!) and infinite resources for stress management, sex, and overall health

Week of September 5th to September 11th:
– Went to the Museum of Sex (quite an interesting experience)
– Found another pho place in Chinatown (much better service!), and hung out with Nina and Bradley
– Went back to class (Black lit, French, Perception [psych with lab], Drawing, and Fiction), went back to work (mail room and zine library), went back to having my head explode with buying groceries and expensive textbooks…

– Made a few excellent meals and then ate cauliflower mashed potatoes for the rest of them…

– Submitted my Extemporaneous Speaking Project zines to the Barnard library – check them out when you get a chance!

– Kept up with a continued version of my Outfits Photoshoot project – I call it: the Daily Outfit project!
– Bought art supplies downtown and had the handles of my portfolio break in the subway

– Wrote a draft of my blog post for Refuse the Silence!**

**I will now be blogging for Refuse the Silence, Awaaz, the Well Woman blog, and the Barnard Zine Library blog, so if you’re interested in class/race privilege in liberal arts colleges, South Asian art and new, wellness topics, or zines, look me up!