I am filled with rage over the number of formatting revisions I am having to make to my dissertation, especially as the most recent one they requested is something I thought I already did. I am so tired and so angry and just want to be done.
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Finished reading: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May π
π I’ve started calling my kid Little One & after reading Meg Elison’s How Lwaxana Troi Became Our Space Aunt I couldn’t be happier to be aging into my natural camp grand dame-ness. ππ»πΊ
I was thinking last night about why characters who look a mess but are competent when it counts are some of my favorites and I realized that’s how I perceive myself. (That’s why I need this sticker from Anxiety Productions.)
Want to read: THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live by Danielle Dreilinger π
Added “serious Belle vibes π” to my bio.
You should probably look at Laz Marquez’s #StarTrekGala art project because it’s AWESOME. ππ»π¨πΊ
ππ Austin Kleon writes today about [wintering and dormancy] (https://austinkleon.com/2021/05/04/wintering-and-dormancy/), quoting Katherine May’s book Wintering. I’m reading the book right now. What I didn’t know before reading but appreciate is that May is writing about leaving academia.
ππΊπ Read The Measure of a Man Demonstrates the Many Forms of Love by Anna E. Gant
ππΊπ Hrisoula Gatzogiannis’s The Only Work Ethic I Care About Is the One on Star Trek details what Picard explains in the TNG episode “The Neutral Zone.” A 20th century man asks “What’s the challenge?” & Picard says “To improve yourselfβ¦ enrich yourself.”