It feels really good to talk about my work and be able to remind myself that I’ve done a lot of really cool things and that I am and for 17 years have been a professional, even when I was also a student.

I’m more than 16 minutes into S3E1 of Star Trek Discovery and I haven’t seen Saru, Tilly, Stamets, Culber, Detmer, Owo, or Reno yet, so what are we even doing here? Also I can never have just one fave on a Star Trek. I always love a lot of the crew. 🖖🏻📺

EDITED TO ADD: I take it all back. There is a cat on screen. All is forgiven.

My kid has discovered Power Rangers and I have a feeling there’s a lot of deja vu in my future except it’ll be my kid asking me to play Power Rangers and not my baby sister.

Good morning. I had fasting bloodwork at 9:30am today, so I’m just eating for the first time today now, and I’m thinking about giving my brain most of the day off.

Want to read: Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder 📚

Like the Bloggess, I too look like I have it together when I’m depressed but really think I’m failing at everything and everyone is mad at me and do not require your MLM supplement or need to smile more.

📚 I’m on page 78 of Gwenda Bond’s NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY and y’all, I’m so glad she’s expanded her repertoire to include humorous fantasy romance. ❤️

M, as we sort Magnatiles: Wow, you’re really good at sorting!

Me: Yeah, thanks, I have two graduate degrees in it.

I can’t move to California but being a science fiction librarian sounds like a pretty sweet gig.

It’s the month with all the writing events! Hi! I’ll probably be focused on #AcWriMo - I’ve got a journal article to finish revising, a dissertation to get a journal article out of, and a book proposal to write. Are you planning any structured writing this month?