Up too early and going to sleep a little more. I’m going to miss the first #FSNNA22 session of the day because it’s right during kid-day-prep time, should be around for everything except the last session (kid pickup time) & the vid show (kid dinner time).

📚 Tom Bombadil (😍) sings SO. MUCH.

💬📚 “Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Now is the part of #FSNNA22 where I retreat to my hotel room, order room service, and watch TV except because it’s a virtual conference I retreat to the kitchen, heat up a flatbread from Daily Harvest, and hang out with my kid.

The Daily Mail: Don’t use these emojis! They make Gen Z people perceive you as old!

Me: I mean they’re going to perceive me like that either way, so I’ll use whatever emojis I like.

Time for a liedown, hope to be back up in time for the #FSNNA22 publishing session.

It’s super energizing to go to conferences like #FSNNA22, #CLS2022, and #FanLIS2022. I’m reminded that I do enjoy research, I am part of a community of scholars, and I have things to contribute.

Even in Gather, I’m that nerd sitting in the front row. #FSNNA22

Taking kid to the dentist during the next #FSNNA22 session so I won’t be live-tweeting but hope to keep up with others’ tweets about it. The tool I use for live-tweeting and collating it all into a blog post is NoterLive. Highly recommend! Scroll down for instructions.

M after watching me confer in Gather: “Can we play a little Stardew Valley?”