Notes
Skipping the first sessions of #FSNNA22 today to have breakfast with my family. Back for the 11 am, then missing the closing session to play D&D.
Today, in Kimberly remembers that scholarly publishing is broken: lots of journals demand either full transfer of copyright or an exclusive license for the full term of copyright, without compensation to the author. Academics often don’t control our IP.
I’m attending “Transcultural Fandom Experiences” at #FSNNA22 but not live-tweeting because I’m prepping for the #FanLIS session, “#FanLIS at Home,” that will run at 12p Eastern.
Me to friend who is also a mom: Want me to drop the water bottle you left at M’s birthday party off at your house?
Her: Yes.
Me: I’ll let you know if I forget to.
Her: Fair enough.
Parents’brains are full, y’all.
W just reminded me we have a Parent-Teacher conference this morning so I actually will miss the first 2 #FSNNA22 sessions today but should be back in time for the keynote.
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).
💬📚 “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.
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.
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.
Side question for anyone at #FSNNA22 or anyone aware of fan studies at all - have folks looked at parents/caregivers and what their fannish activity looks like? Intergenerational fandom within families?
Good morning! It’s the first day of #FSNNA22, the Fan Studies Network North America conference, and I might be live tweeting and then posting summaries on my blog. But I might not. We’ll see! This is one of my favorite conferences.
Experimenting with limiting leisure screen time for a little bit. You’ll be able to tell how it goes by following whether I post or not.
I am asking for COPING advice, not TREATMENT advice: I feel crappy always, with stress and/or migraines and/or insomnia and/or joint pain and/or brain fog. How do other people living this life cope?
Please do not tell me to meditate, exercise, or get acupuncture.
Me, a postdoc and research lead at an R1 institution with a PhD from another institution: I’m not really an academic, though!
Tape worked great on the part of the giant cat rip that wasn’t a seam, but not the part that was, so I’ll either sew it or try some seam seal for next year. In the meantime we’ve got a little 3’ cute dragon to put up and I may get something not inflatable to go with it.
🎙️It’s taken me more than 2.5 yrs, but I have finished listening to Keegan-Michael Key & Elle Key’s The History of Sketch Comedy. It is a delight. A Theatre Person walking you through the history of sketch is a lovely thing. And I do have a list of stuff to watch now.
Yesterday: Noodling on work stuff while swapping out winter clothes and putting away laundry.
Today: Getting. Things. Done. and marking them off my to-do list.
Both kinds of days are important.