I am tired and I have a lot of work to do. Like, helluva. Currently trudging through 30 pages of intense law dissertations concerning Lawrence v Texas. I got sick earlier today but I'm better now. Dinner was fabulous. Pubspeaks were fabulous (and informative). I have been assigned to MemCom (Memory committee). We are responsible for creating memorabilia for TASP. That oughta be lit. Last night we took a dark walk around a lake and talked about our feelings and backgrounds while in a circle. There was a lot of crying and soul searching. Then we saw fireflies. Overall, that was good for the community. Sorry for the incoherence and lack of flow between sentences and ideas but my brain is shot and right now I just really wanna go to bed.
P.S/Insider to Olivia: I'm finna die! LOL
Note: I basically photographed all of Cornell last year and it hasn't really changed. So I will not have any real pics until we do something as a group. Or unless I get some great photo ops. As of now, we're chillin, maxin and relaxin.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
So Far So Good
To begin....TASP is lit. Thanks to all my supporters that have contributed to me being able to take advantage of this awesome experience.
Plane ride: was shaky and very awkward considering I had a first row seat. (There was no tray to utilize). Yes, TSA took my brand new lotion. Yes, I was very upset.
Arrival: I was one of many program participants to arrive on my flight so I was with people from jump. Everyone was nice and cordial and whatnot which gave a lot space to cultivate friendships. My roommate is cool and almost never in our room when I am so that's funny. We sat in circles and expressed our names, gender identities, preferred pronouns, ethnic backgrounds, and triggers. We had pizza for dinner because the kitchen staff wasn't in yet.
Day 2: We had our first seminar today in Goldwin-Smith Hall. I really enjoyed it. We reflected on the pre-arrival reading of F. Kafka's The Trial. It was a pretty difficult text (as is any work by Kafka). We made great connections and parallels concerning the superiority complex assumed by the main character as well as how the ideals of privacy and surveillance appear in real life and in the book. We also took a campus tour and received our Cornell ID's. I ventured into Collegetown to survey if anything had changed (new construction). Our dinner was tasty and so was dessert. It was very hot today but it was def a great day. Here's some pics.
Plane ride: was shaky and very awkward considering I had a first row seat. (There was no tray to utilize). Yes, TSA took my brand new lotion. Yes, I was very upset.
Arrival: I was one of many program participants to arrive on my flight so I was with people from jump. Everyone was nice and cordial and whatnot which gave a lot space to cultivate friendships. My roommate is cool and almost never in our room when I am so that's funny. We sat in circles and expressed our names, gender identities, preferred pronouns, ethnic backgrounds, and triggers. We had pizza for dinner because the kitchen staff wasn't in yet.
Day 2: We had our first seminar today in Goldwin-Smith Hall. I really enjoyed it. We reflected on the pre-arrival reading of F. Kafka's The Trial. It was a pretty difficult text (as is any work by Kafka). We made great connections and parallels concerning the superiority complex assumed by the main character as well as how the ideals of privacy and surveillance appear in real life and in the book. We also took a campus tour and received our Cornell ID's. I ventured into Collegetown to survey if anything had changed (new construction). Our dinner was tasty and so was dessert. It was very hot today but it was def a great day. Here's some pics.
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| Top-TASP '16 Bottom-TASS '15 The shirt says "DANGER: Educated Black Woman" |
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| Cornell ID's Right- TASS '15 Left-TASP '16 |
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| My TASS roommate and close friend Iris and I preparing for our first TASP seminar |
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| This is a note I left last year in the Olin Library pass book |
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| I found this hilarious, if you don't get it keep scrolling |
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| All ready for seminar and a hot day on campus! |
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| My room |
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| Dinner 6-27-16 |
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