tidbits of a peaceful life

 After a long hiatus from this blog site, I am back with some updates on my final semester of college! In typical-Tamika fashion, I'm going to structure this as lists for the sake of ease. The short summary of my life at the moment is that I have a wonderfully interesting courseload but quite relaxed workload, which means I spend a lot of time doing leisurely activities and sleeping (and also applying for jobs/trying to figure out post-grad plans, but I'm intentionally leaving most of that drama out for now...you'll get an update when I have concrete news!).


Books I’ve Read

  • Bestiary
  • Rules for Radicals -for class
  • Playbook for Progressives -for class
  • Imagining the Future of Climate Change 
  • Minor Feelings
  • The Color of Air
  • The Gangster We’ve All Been Waiting For
  • Veganism of Color
  • Meet the Food Radicals (in progress)


Things I do for class

  • Made beer with Kveik ale yeast
  • Guest speakers from Poughkeepsie Community: Community Matters 2, Real Skills
  • Starting to build a theoretical framework for community organizing
  • Isolate yeast colonies from beer from Plan Bee Brewery
  • starting to scheme a personal story for final project !
  • drafting a project proposal for brewing with KOJI aka Aspergillus oryzae


Daily rituals

  • Duolingo and breakfast
  • Lots of tea
  • Iron + citrus
  • Crane wishes
  • Run, yoga, core workout
  • dark chocolate
  • Report COVID symptoms
  • UpFirst podcast
  • shower (usually)


Shenanigans, because I have so much free time

  • drawing fruits and veggies to add to my wall decor, notable new editions include romanesco, persimmons, figs, okra, and so many more friends!!
  • piano and flute
  • cleaning my room! sweeping the kitchen, doing the dishes, this is the tidiest Ive been maybe ever?
  • virtual bananagrams with friends, we've started doing themed rounds
  • fun hairstyles, mostly braids and things that allow me to use my baby clips
  • buying discount produce from the grocery store and ordering Asian veggies for delivery
  • netflix party with friends, recent watches include To All The Boys PS I Love You and Tortilla Soup
  • Crafting! Recently trying to do more origami and starting a little sewing project
  • writing letters to friends and family
  • Short Wave podcast
  • walks with friendsss
  • perusing Woks of Life, Smitten Kitchen, and Minimalist Baker food blogs for recipe inspo


Groups/Projects/Commitments

  • Vassar Food Community -we are planting herb seeds today!
  • Critical Ethnic Studies conference team -virtual event happening in late April, and program with panelists is almost finalized!
  • NAISA, Vassar's Native American Indigenous Students' Alliance
  • ALANA Center intern (the same job Ive had since first year of college!)
  • VASAM -we're excited for our new tenure track line in Asian American studies
  • Portrait -Asian students' magazine, I'm working on a project of 'building a playground' of activities and ideas 
  • Zhongyi - study group for traditional Chinese medicine that Mags and I have started, a good virtual space for thinking about healing and challenging myself to think about other worldviews
  • Public Access Magazine -cooperatively run magazine that I got involved with through another Zhongyi member!
  • piano tutoring for the kids I babysit...I now have a foldable piano to use! like a keyboard, but smaller and less good quality


Meals/Food projects

  • Peanut noodles
  • Banh Xeo pancakes
  • Winter melon soup
  • Dumplings with black fungus
  • Jai
  • Cantonese Fried Dough
  • Arepa variants
  • Spinach curry
  • Vegan tiramisu
  • Adobo
  • Banana bread
  • Avocado chocolate pudding
  • Avocado brownies
  • mini apple pies in muffin tins
  • Shakshuka experiment
  • Eggs on toast
  • Potato kale and fava bean soup
  • Yaki-udon
  • many stir fries














































Comments

  1. Pat LowMarch 21, 2021 at 3:01 PM

    I am fairly sure I have a copy of Rules for Radicals, but I would love to hear more about Playbook for Progressives and the framework for community organizing as I am meeting a number of community organizers in my work with Oakland families and educators. The ones who this makes me think of are those that have combined their skills and interests with an entrepreneurial bent and created community based organizations and businesses---check out: https://www.facebook.com/goodgoodeatzoakland and https://www.google.com/search?q=pochino+press&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS776US776&oq=pochino+press&aqs=chrome..69i57.5142j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8. Your food looks soooo yummy.

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