Notes
I’m reading Howl’s Moving Castle. Bit of a spoiler & Miyazaki left it out of the movie (rightly, I think) but Howl is actually a post-ac wizard whose family is v. disappointed he isn’t doing more with his PhD. This delights me. đđż
I’m exhausted. My mom has gone to the ER once a week for the past 5 weeks. My kid has not been in school for a full week since the beginning of the month. I’m still tweaking my thyroid meds. I will gladly accept your sympathy & empathy. I do not require your advice or questions.
Want to read: Ghosts of the Forbidden (Glazier’s Gap Book 1) by Leanna Renee Hieber đ
I just ordered a 20 ft inflatable black cat. It will dominate the culdesac. I’m kind of hoping it becomes haunted. (RIP The Best Cat, 11/1999 - 6/2017)
My currently-planned NaNoWriMo novel is a YA supernatural rom-com set at musical theatre camp in the late 90s. It miiiiiiight have some autobiographical elements.
You can have all of the research that funding agencies can possibly provide us but if we can’t talk about what it means for our actual lived experiences and put it into perspective with our real lives, it’s not worth much.
I love today’s issue of Publish Not Perish in which Jenn McClearen draws a connection between Joli Jensen’s idea of communal writing and rejecting the narcissistic individualism of the academy.
đŽ Things from today’s Nintendo Direct that feel like gifts they’re making for me, specifically:
- Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
- Harvestella demo today
- Tales of Symphonia remastered (I never finished the original on GameCube but I loved what of it I played)
I rarely watch actual play TTRPG shows because Life Circumstances have made a 3-hr viewing a real challenge. I backed DesiQuest at the Town Folk level anyway because an all-Desi liveplay sounds amazing.
đş Will I need to watch The Book of Boba Fett to follow what’s happening in the next season of The Mandalorian?
đş Excuse me, I am watching The Rings of Power and Disa is my new fave, thought you should know. (And that’s a big deal because Galadriel, Nori, and Bronwyn are all great, too.)
đş Watched The Sandman. It’s so great. I don’t think a better adaptation would be possible. I missed the black speech bubbles but I know those couldn’t really be done in this medium.
Dark academia is too emotionally bleak an aesthetic for me right now, but I enjoy the ability to admire pretty pictures and have a list of new hobbies & media to try, so I’m playing with adventurecore right now.
We took a little walk on the trail behind our house this morning. Here are some pictures of what we saw: misty trees, a red leaf, an acorn cap, a yellow leaf bigger than M’s foot, and an earthworm.
Currently reading: Fabric by Victoria Finlay đ
I don’t write a lot of lengthy blog posts lately, partly because there’s a lot going on with my mom’s health that wears me out. But I want to write more, so watch this space!
I can suspend my disbelief enough to believe that entities like Dream, Death, Desire, & Despair exist, ravens can talk, nightmares can walk the earth… but I can NOT believe that people from NJ wear heavy layers while staying on the Space Coast.
John Cameron Mitchell doing Ethel Merman singing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” is all I have ever wanted. A mid-90s musical theatre nerd’s dream come true. Thank you, The Sandman. đş
I’m very sorry for the colleague of my interviewee who was sick today and thus meant interviewee couldn’t get time off-desk and had to reschedule, but I’m really not in a great headspace for an interview today anyway so I will happily do other work instead.
Just spent a minute staring at all the app icons on my phone trying to figure out why the Star Trek app wasn’t in alphabetical order in the S section, but of course, the name of the Star Trek app is Paramount+. đşđđť
Kirby Howell-Baptiste is brilliant in The Sandman. I need all the Death spin-offs: High Cost of Living, At Death’s Door, all of it. She’s got brilliant big sister energy. đ¤ đş
Every time I call myself “Miss Kimberly” in my head, I immediately correct myself with “Doctor Kimberly.”