I moved to Pine Lake

I moved to an offsite nature based campus known as Pine Lake. I now live in the building called the Lodge, it's the largest place here and holds about eight of us.

My room looks relatively the same, but I now have a single instead of a double. The room is not made of cinder blocks and I also get two closest, both a major plus. I also get a dresser, and a smaller window but there is always deer outside which makes up for the lack of sunlight.

We have a lounge:

And a full kitchen, finally a break from the "Commons."

October Break: A great visit to New York City

This is Barnard. I visited Zoë. She and her roommate Flo met me at the bus station where we immediately went to China Town and had some dim-som for lunch. It was awesome. Her friends Jody and Mal joined us. Jody, who could speak Mandarin managed to order us something vegetarian in Cantonese. Jody ate chicken feet, yum! 


Zoë also gifted me with this beautiful hot/cold water/tea flask. I also bought two semi-fancy indian chai cups for $2.50 each, I should have got them in India! We also ate really awesome Indian food two meals in a row.





There was of course, beautiful architecture...

...and people.

We had a great Polish dinner with my friend Nicole from Hartwick. Our first home cooked meal in almost 2 months. After we finished we had really good green tea and went on a walk through Green Point to the waterfront.

This is my favorite, our characters captured.

Leaves

Great Empty Space

I did not have the guts to do either of these, but I can now belay anybody on this (since I am tied to a tree on the ground.) It is hard to tell but this is a good 30 plus feet in the air and you have to be over 6 feet tall to get even close to the bar.

Early in the morning, fog in the valley, lit by the sun.

October 2011

I look out at the valley almost everyday. Sometimes it's covered by fog or rain, but most of the time I can see to the other end. It is where the sun rises, which I have yet to see emerge from the ground. 


I am doing ropes course training. It is an excuse to be outside for 8 hours straight and do no homework. I like it a lot, soon I will have the highest paying work-study. 

I took this sunset photo with my Mom and Susan, we were drinking coffee and eating chocolate in front of Latte Lounge. A woman walking a pig passed us during this moment. The pig was ugly, with a fat forehead that rolled over his eyes and hooves desperately needing a trim. Honestly, I want one.

Angela Adams. A joke with Jen.

Sometimes I feel like a traitor. I am capable of slipping in with a group that loves a specific things, like dungeons and dragons, the wilderness, sports, partying -even though I don't... I can never fully settle or identify, though I always fully appreciate the people and the moments shared. Am I wrong? Am I resisting? My roots are never permanent, am I too malleable? The roots I do have mostly reside within, but even those move occasionally. This is the muck of the self identity crises.