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By Tamika Whitenack In the past 3 weeks, I've had 3 computer crises! Friday Oct 28: my computer was being slow and making noise. Brought it into CIS. We cleared up storage and it worked fine. Monday Nov 5: spilt tea on my keyboard! aiyah! let it dry. brought it into CIS. they opened it up and it dried more. i spent a couple days of excruciating waiting and self-beratement for my carelessness. received the lucky news that all was well and i could use it as normal. Tuesday Nov 13: apparently my Vassar gmail account has been disabled! idk why, hoping i have not been hacked. yikes! but this is less debilitating than the other issues, at least i can use my computer for all other services. (but also, i receive soooo many emails a day, it is a key part of vassar life lol) anyway, that's where i'm at... but in other news, I went all of last week without eating at the dining hall except for 2 meals: monday dinner and saturday lunch. how did this happen, you ask? well, i...

By Tamika Whitenack The majority of this post is going to be devoted to a comprehensive tour of my room because I have new decorations thanks to October break and my mom (thanks mum!!), but I have to start out by sharing the wonderful afternoon I just had. It was post-5K-fun run in the rain, so I was in a good mental state due to racing adrenaline and energy. (I won the race with a 20:46 time! but also bc it was rainy there werent that many people running lol) ANyway, imagine typical blissful Tamika and then make this scenario: Place: ALANA Center Community room, comfy couches and big windows to let in natural light and the surrounding nature Company: Sylvia and Emily, two of my favorite people here! Snacks: popcorn with almond butter, granola sampler, avocados with raw pumpkin seeds, a freshly made banana muffin, veggie chips from Bbowl, pistachios, peanut butter, rice crackers, and some fresh fruit and vegetables....also, TEA Activity: knitting (I finally learned how!!) a...

By Tamika Whitenack It has been such a busy past couple of weeks (also we are halfway through October whaatttt) and I don't really know how to blog about it all! Also I'm sick right now and on October break and spent most of the day in our hotel room in Northampton so I'm just feeling really funky atm. I think I'll copy Cam and do a blog that is mostly photos!! But to give context i will also list some major events of the past 2 weeks: ALANA Fest, our big community event with food and performers and fun -making cupcakes to celebrate end of ALANA Fest with Sumiko bc the two of us were the planning people and whew it is a relief that the event came together somewhat smoothly! Mid-autumn festival food celebration organized by Chinese Students Community and the local hudson valley chinese community FALL is in full swing and also in the past 2 days or so it has gotten legit cold as in I ran in my running jacket on Friday I wrote a paper for my Education class ab...