Skimming the headlines for The Ringer’s ‘99 Music Week really brings home for me the fact that I spent most of 1999 listening to movie and Broadway soundtracks that originated from 1986 - 1991. (Honorable mention to Dido’s “No Angel,” though.)
I just sent off the comps chapter that refused to be finished to my committee. It’s been 9 weeks since I sent them the last chapter. It is less than 6 pages of prose and 5 pages of tables and figures. A lot of the writing is in the tables.
I want to mention the work that isn’t evident in the final product.
I spent a lot of time trying to decide if I was going to focus on one theory in this chapter or incorporate others. I read about them and considered. They’re going to end up in the next chapter instead. So that added some time.
I did a lot of trying to wrap my head around how different evolved versions of the theoretical concept at hand related to the original, and how I could synthesize them.
But also, I lost the equivalent of three weeks to travel and lack of childcare. So actually it did really only take me six weeks to write, which lines up with the earlier chapters… But I sure hope the next one goes faster.
It’s that thing where you’re almost done with a chapter of your comps lit review and you realize your conclusion will involve creating a whole new theoretical model that synthesizes all the literature you just described…
I’m crowdsourcing a superhero-themed playlist for my son, heavily Marvel/Avengers-slanted (esp. Age of Ultron era). So far:
Looking for mellow or orchestral stuff more than metal. Suggest away!
I’ve been using “fanfiction” instead of “fan fiction” when writing my comps and sincerely hope nobody tries to come at me on this.
No YOU’RE developing a Super Why TRPG ruleset in your head because your almost-3-year-old is getting into collaborative storytelling.
I want the cut where @julieklausner plays Pumbaa.
I always miss theater. Let’s put on a show.
A little light summer weekend reading.
TFW when you’re reading Gee’s list of teaching features of video games and you just want to go home and play video games.
