I may have finished my discussion chapter. I definitely sent it off to my advisor.

Discussion section: behind the scenes [Alt text: A piece of paper showing a black and white diagram with several shapes on it and text overlaid on the shapes; red numbers are written in marker on the shapes. A red marker sits on top of the paper, which sits on a wooden table.]

Wrote ~1200 words. Time for a cake break! 🍰

Oh no, there’s no cake! Time for a donut break! 🍩

Today’s writing music: FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Original Soundtrack SQUARE ENIX MUSIC

Me, this morning: Sure buddy, I’ll find those missing toys for you!

Me, after taking everything out and spreading out because I might as well organize while searching:

I’m thisclose to requesting submissions for a WandaVision digital zine. To be edited AFTER I finish my dissertation, of course.

As long as I defend before the semester is over I’m good. On the off chance my post-defense revisions are so substantial I can’t make the April 21 deadline, I can submit after that & technically have an August degree date and that’s fine. This message brought to you by anxiety.

Today: Day 3 of garbage sleep. Empathetically worried about funding for the PhD cohorts coming up behind me. In so much pain that I actually whimper when I sit up. Writing being done: 2 sentences, a copied-and-pasted blockquote. And I really think that’s all I have in me today.

🔖 This piece about WandaVision & fan theories has me musing on the difference between trying to figure out who will make a cameo and, say, analyzing the cinematography in Veronica Mars to see how it draws on the visual language of noir. via Elizabeth Minkel. 📺

🔖 This piece about WandaVision and fan theories has me thinking about fannish meta and where it lives now, if anywhere.