Finished reading: Fox Has a Problem by Corey R. Tabor đ
Reading my way through this year’s American Library Association Youth Media Award winners. This won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book. It’s super cute.
Now I’m thinking about Odo’s maintenance of his humanoid form and how it can be read as an analog for neurodivergent masking. Like, he’s really trying to give back what he’s getting but it’s hard, okay? Faces are difficult. đđť
đđť Odo is DS9!Data. (And I know, Data is TNG!Spock.)
Finished reading: Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas đ
A sizzling historical that has two refreshing leads: she’s a writer, not a bluestocking. He is a gambling club owner, not a duke.
What are you obsessed with right now? For me it’s the podcast Fated Mates, all things romance book-adjacent, and Parisian vibes.
The personal brand paradox wepresent.wetransfer.com
When a person aspires to be a brand, they forfeit everything that is truly glorious about being human.
Parents who are freelancers/self-employed, what do you do when your kid is home sick? Do you just sort of give up on getting work done?
đŽ Finished Link’s Awakening.
Super fun!
đşđ Watched Christmas Flow, mostly for the Parisian locations.
đş Watched Emily in Paris. All of it, fairly quickly.
Gorgeous views of Paris and fun to see how much of the French I understood but I don’t find Emily herself particularly winning (she’s like a caricature of what Boomers think Millennials are like).
