Hola hola

Ho snap!

Major update time. :) Greetings to everyone from Brown! I'll make this a bullet-list because...well, I really like those. So on we go!

• Finally decided on my major...and it's Comparative Literature with a focus on translation! I'm still declared as International Relations, though, so I should, er, go change that. :D Huzzah. Oh, and I'm taking a class on medieval poets this semester and we mentioned the Lais of Marie de France. My heart did a little flip 'cause I remembered our TASP. ^_^

• I'm part of a co-ed frat: Zeta Delta Xi. What? A frat? Right. In fact, I'm Corresponding Secretary and one of the two Pledgemasters this semester. In short, this means I deal with alumni and that I'm in charge of organizing the entire pledging process, which is...intense. Actually, Zete seems similar to TASP in a lot of ways, which is pretty cool.
  

• Currently Head Chair of the Brown Queer Alliance. My involvement in all things queer has been varied, but now I've simultaneously stepped it up and stepped down--I'm not involved in as many subgroups (the QA is technically an umbrella-group), but the ones I'm in, I work hard for (and being Head Chair is not a piece of cake). Currently I'm going nuts with bringing Sister Spit: The Next Generation to Brown, as well as Alix Olson, that amazing spoken word poet (who was slated to come a week ago, but she got sick and we're trying to reschedule for sometime in December). Lots of lovely things are going on and I'm excited about 'em. :) Also stressed, but hey.
  

• I'm also getting really involved in the kink/BDSM/non-Brown-queer world, so I'm currently organizing KFA Providence ("an ad-hoc informational unconference on sexuality for anyone and everyone"), trying to go to workshops, presentations, and conferences as often as my schedule permits, and just...being active in "the communities" in general. I also helped contact colleges to advertise for the Transcending Boundaries Conference (which I sadly can't attend due to pledging duties), a con "for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and our allies," so that was cool. It's really fun and I love meeting new people. These are personal interests, so they get me out of the Brown bubble and it's something I'm doing for myself, which is really exciting. I'm just very passionate about kink, education, outreach, and making dialogues about sexual health and pleasure more available and visible.

• Trying to blog more and make worthwhile posts for the interwebz, so I write my own stuff here and there you can find links to my other online haunts, including a collaborative blog about gender/feminism with students from Vassar, Wesleyan, and a few other places. If you're into stalking me, you can always check out my DailyBooth account (which I mainly set up to keep up with a friend who's taking a year off, but still).
  

• Speaking of sex and blogs and things...my goal is to start up a sex mag at Brown next semester (since this semester I just don't have the time) in the style of Vassar's "Squirm" and Harvard's "H-Bomb." Any name ideas are always welcome. :)
  

• In Telluride news, I applied for factotumship this year (last year I also applied, but didn't get an interview) and I'm headed to Ithaca in November for my interview. :) I think Martin also got one? And Joy Liu--from another '06 TASP--also got one (she goes to Brown!). So basically I'm super super excited and I hope that I can get to work as a factotum. :) Wish me luck! (Also, let's talk about how unfortunate it is that we only have THREE TASPs this year!)
  

That's about it for now, I feel? I really wish to see y'all again. I was gonna try to organize a reunion this past summer, but then I failed at life. So yeah. :) Hopefully we'll keep in touch somehow, even if it's via random blog posts every 10 years.

Cheers, everyone! Feel free to drop me a note anytime!