OKAY. I finished pulling quotes from that giant and awesome interview. Three more interviews left to pull quotes from, then some writing up of my data analysis rationale and some definitions…

It’s a good day for lying on a hammock and listening to an audiobook. 📷

Hello today I think my ideal job would be to read books and then write essays (not straight up reviews) about those books. Sometimes a group of books or a pairing, like I might try reading Monster She Wrote and Women and Other Monsters. 📚📝

I’m writing through a migraine right now. I have this one participant interview that’s really detailed and part of me wants to just copy and paste almost all the participant’s answers into the findings chapter because they’re so good.

I finished reading Mona Awad’s BUNNY last night. I can’t even write a review of it because I don’t have enough words to convey all the important things about it. It’s beautifully written, sad and weird. It completely blew my mind. I’m so happy to have read it. 📚

Finished reading: Bunny by Mona Awad 📚

My current writing process: mine one interview for quotes. Read a chapter of BUNNY by Mona Awad. Repeat. 📝 #amwriting 🐰

Finished reading: Keep Going by Austin Kleon 📚

I should hang this Austin Kleon drawing from p. 165 of KEEP GOING up in my home office. [Description: a human skeleton wearing a black hat & clothes holds up a sign reading “LESS DESPAIR.” Next to it, a steer skeleton dressed in black holds up a sign reading “MORE REPAIR.”]

“Art Monsters are not necessary or glamorous and they are not to be condoned, pardoned, or emulated.” - Austin Kleon, Keep Going, p. 124 📚

Just gonna give up all other pursuits and devote my life to writing Muppet Show friendfic from now on, byeeeee.

I have so many happy Muppet Show feelings. Every time Fozzie is on screen my brain almost literally superimposes my dad’s image over him. This brings me joy.

The latest episode of WandaVision has given me a new cosplay goal… 📺

Give Kathryn Hahn an Emmy. 📺

🔖 This is a library that is also a theater. I want to go to there.

Want to read: Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South by Regina Bradley 📚

Sent off my methodology chapter today. It only needed a little revision, mostly moving stuff from it to findings. Started working on findings & it’s the big one for sure.

Renee Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler) sings the theme song for the new Muppet Babies. This makes me very happy.

I’m actually enjoying messing around on the Internet for a while and some water started leaking out of my eyes. Are these tears of joy?

Hello! I’m Kimberly Hirsh and I just sent a theory chapter off to my advisor. You should be proud of me. I am.

🔖 If you love beautiful writing with a wistful vibe, you should be reading Jess Zimmerman’s Dead Channel. The latest issue talks about the erosion of physical third places during the pandemic.

🔖 Y’all, Sir Ian McKellen has been blogging about his work since he started working on “X-Men” in 1999 & I love his writing.

🔖 Go read what Tim Carmody has to say about two songs from “The Muppet Movie”. I’m hoping to be able to write a detailed response but for now I’ll just say it’s beautiful and it resonates with me deeply.

“Wellness” day #1: Wrote ~1700 words for my dissertation, outlined the methods section for an article. Maybe time to get a breath of fresh air and do something fun. (Limiting anxiety attacks from undone work counts as a wellness, activity okay?)

Here are some things I’m not interested in:

  • content marketing
  • lead magnets
  • analytics
  • clickthrough
  • SEO
  • branded partnerships
  • the hustle

Here are some things I am interested in:

  • stories
  • love