Notes
Is anybody out there managing to be even mediocre at both parenting & working right now? Because I seem to have to choose to be okay at one and bad at the other, or bad at both, but not okay at both. (When I manage good at one it knocks me out for twice as long as I was good )
Current dissertation status: 4 chapters begun but with holes to fill, 116 pages. 1 chapter completely unwritten.
📚 Reading Sarah Kendzior’s (@sarahkendzior) book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT & had to take a crying break after the intro bc “I have nostalgia for the future, because I am a mother and whatever system wins will be the one my children will inherit.” p. 15
I definitely just handed The Teacher from the Black Lagoon to my kid thinking it was Miss Nelson Is Missing, which is how you know my teen librarian chops are stronger than my children’s librarian chops.
I did a dissertation bootcamp last week and honestly I feel like I need a break. We spent some time Friday talking about how to maintain momentum but I don’t think my body is ready for that.
Today I learned that my kid’s teacher plays tabletop RPGs. ♥️ (I did not ask her if I could get in on her game.)
My not-quite-4yo just told me that the famous quote from The New Colossus begins “Give me all your money.” I said, “Oh buddy, it doesn’t, but it probably should.”
Listening to M. & W. play that they are the kids from The Magic Treehouse and have wished their way into the Hundred Acre Wood. 😍
In recent weeks I have watched all of Sherlock, finished tonight. It was fun, then it wasn’t fun, and then it was really upsetting and made me feel bad. Now I can’t sleep until I do something else that makes me feel better. 📺
I’m presenting my virtual poster, “Where’d You Get Those Nightcrawler Hands? The Information Literacy Practices of Cosplayers,” at #FSNNA in a couple weeks and I need to settle on a format. It can be anything <5m long; video, audio, slideshow, PDF, Prezi. What should I make?
Dissertation boot camp week: conserving spoons in the morning so I can write hard in the afternoon. Allowing my kid to binge-watch Number blocks but making him do it outside in a hammock on a tablet instead of in a dark basement on a TV.
Everything that one does seems, no matter how right it may be, to bring on the very thing which is most to be deplored.
-Bram Stoker, Dracula
Fascinating: Seeing Our Own Reflection in the Birth of the Self-Portrait via Dan Cohen I’ve been fascinated by self-portraits ever since I saw Degas’s at the Getty about 12 years ago.
I’m worried about Kimberly. Kimberly is tired & overwhelmed. Kimberly has lots of tools to help her but she’s kind of tired of people reminding her to use the tools. Kimberly just wants someone to give her permission to rest. I, Kimberly, hereby give Kimberly permission to rest.
Me: Meh, I guess I should dress professionally for this remote group career coaching session. throws cardigan over video game t-shirt Eh. Close enough.
My kid is watching @JimTheLibrarian’s Dinosaur Storytime. Kid said, “Maybe I’ll meet him sometime!” I said, “Maybe. That would be nice.” So I guess we have to go to an ALA Annual once those are a thing again. 💛
Want to read: Can’t Even by Anne Helen Petersen 📚
I ordered a used copy of a paperback that was published in 1969. It was listed as being in good condition, with no specific defects noted. It arrived with the cover missing a corner and about to fall off, which places it either in fair or binding copy territory, but not good. I think most purchasers of used books haven’t thoroughly reaearched used bookseller condition standards. But this one has. (I’m trying to return it. We’ll see what happens.)