WithLove by Tate

  • Tuesday, 7/29/25

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    Hi again. God, it feels like Friday to me. I haven’t been able to concentrate on my work as well as usual today. It’s alright, I think I’ll just listen to my body and take today easy and get back to it tomorrow.  Research and career developments abound!  After reaching out (repeatedly, admittedly)…

  • Blog Post #3 – 7/28/25

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    Hi it’s me again, love. I was thinking more about the reason I call you love. I think that many, at least in our localized Western, english-speaking culture, feel that ‘love’ is just too familiar for most folks’ taste. It’s too intimate. I think that maybe love is easier to interpret, and far…

  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – July 2025

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    This is the first song I learned that I’m proud enough to record. It took me a couple days to learn, and now I get to use it as one of the songs I can practice with daily to improve my piano ability! Progress alright!

  • Blog Post #2 – 7/18/25

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    Hello my love,  Today was a good week. I started the week off by traveling to Yosemite Sunday-Monday with my partner Jasmine, it was absolutely wonderful. I had Summer classes, which were fine, and I also had research for all three of my research positions. For SciTrek I made ~56 cause and effect…

  • Wednesday, 7/16/25

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    Another day of Summer, another insanely productive research day. I went to the library again at 8am and was able to bang out work all the way until 7:30pm (had a class at 3pm but otherwise)! I worked in the morning on the Transfer Honors Thesis, then in the afternoon I spent a…

  • CITI Qualitative Training Review

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    Today I completed the CITI qualitative training workshop, in order to gain more proficiency with qualitative analysis and the methods of qualitative designs. While I took the workshop I took notes in order to keep them close but also with the intention of making some amount of this information a little more open…

  • Lit Review #1

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    Hello! For my first literature review here, I’ll be reviewing Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth by Tara J. Yosso. Please enjoy! This article by Tara J. Yosso (2005) attempts to relate the concept of cultural capital to a new concept known as community cultural wealth,…

  • Recent Listenings

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    I want to share a couple of the songs that have been complete brainworms recently. Because I’m Tate I’ll also say a sentence about them talking about how much I like them or why I might resonate with them. Songs: Crack Rock – Frank Ocean Be Sweet – Japanese BreakfastWoods – Mac Miller

  • Tuesday, 7/15/25

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    Today I got back to work on my Honors Thesis, after taking a much needed break during the weekend to Yosemite National Park with my partner (pictured below). Now I get to return to it with a fresh face and also that stringent musk of shame and merciless self-criticism that comes when you…

  • Blog Post #1 – 7/11/25

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    Hello love of mine, Today is the day I begin kicking myself into finally creating these blog posts and making sure something is keeping me honest through time. I don’t have much to say today; it’s an overcast day out, I’m at the UCSB library working on my honors thesis lit review, I…