Hey LIS scholars. What is the most elegant, arresting, or fascinating writing you’ve seen in our field?

Did I just send an email to all the parents at my kid’s school in which I used the phrase “totally buggin’”? Yes, yes I did.

💬 “we are conditioned as academics (and also just people in 2021!) to sacrifice long term stability for short term productivity.” From Katy Peplin’s newsletter. I highly recommend subscribing.

I’ve been without wifi for over 18 hours & while I’m old enough to remember a time before home dialup, it’s a real pain to deal with it now. Thank goodness for 4G.

My brand is: person who spends far too much time thinking about the absence of social science research ethics and the reflexive turn in Star Trek. 🖖🏻

💻📺🖖 Watched Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 Episode 1 & oh my goodness how fun is this show? So fun! Mariner is my fave. “Do you know Deanna Troi? Her body be bangin’!”

📚 Me continuing to read Black Sun:

Uhhuh uhhuh Sun Priestess is cool, nice chill use of non-binary gender without making it A Thing but WHEN DO I GET MORE SEA CAPTAIN?

📚 Me, reading Black Sun:

Ch. 1 - This parent-child dynamic is upsetting, i don’t know if I can keep going…

Ch. 2 - Magical singing bi sea captain woman? TELL ME MORE!

🔖 Read The Invisible Burden That Leaves Moms Drained. Especially timely since I just hosted my kid’s (outdoor masked) birthday party last weekend. I’m blessed to not have as heavy a burden as many others but it’s still there.

🔖 Read On Pandering. This piece made me think about how lucky I’ve been to always be writing for my past or future self or for a body of colleagues that is mostly women.

The extent to which my handwriting is a perfect mix of my parents’ handwriting is remarkable.

📚 This week’s takeaway from The Artist’s Way is that I’m already really good at making time for the things I love to do and keeping negative people out of my business.

💬📚 “If I’m expected to be a kin keeper, no one can judge my coffee consumption.” Kelly J. Baker, Sexism Ed ☕

Added “Memento mori girl” to my bio and I am far too pleased with myself. 💀

I have one weird set of emotions when I begin writing in a new notebook and another when I get close to the end of a new notebook, but I can’t fully articulate either. 📝

🎮 Played Dragon Quest III.

Each game in the series gets more expansive. I love that.

💻📺 Watched Salt Fat Acid Heat episode 1, “Fat.”

I had a dream that Gates McFadden became a real doctor. My kid was having breathing trouble & she helped. Then when I needed to send her a message I couldn’t decide whether to greet her as Dr. Gates or Space Mom.🖖

🔖 Read Why Everyone Is Always Giving Unsolicited Advice (Tressie McMillan Cottom for the New York Times).

Excuse me I will be over here flailing because I just learned there is a licensed Star Trek TNG/X-Men crossover novel. 🖖📚📺🗯️

UPDATED TO ADD: Literally the day after I learned about this book it went on $0.99 ebook sale. Reader, I bought it.

Finished reading: The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinka 📚

Why are my neighbors so loud don’t they know it’s after 10 pm and their neighbors have children: the Kimberly Hirsh story

My son found this toad at school a week ago. He said his friend touched it and it jumped.

Now that I have Paramount+, my current viewing strategy is:

Want something familiar? TNG/DS9/VOY

Want something new? Discovery.

Want something funny? Lower Decks.

As mentioned long ago, I am All In On Trek. 🖖

It’s been a busy day of prepping for my kid’s birthday party (outdoor masked at a park we’re careful) and I think tomorrow when it’s over I will crash. I spent a lot of time today making gluten-free dairy-free cupcakes from scratch so the 1 celiac kid & I will feel inciuded.