Notes
I love when I have a call with my doctor and I say “I think I should do this” and she says “I agree.”
I’m about to start using Noter Live to live-tweet #MIRAULV2021. Conferring on the couch next to my kid who is binge-watching Number Blocks on Netflix. Remote conferences have both pros AND cons!
Wait wait wait bootcut jeans are on-trend again? Gen Z, you’re turning exhausted parents into fashion-forward geniuses, and we thank you.
My kid is watching Doc McStuffins and I’m over here swooning over the knight toy Sir Kirby because his voice sounds like @yakkopinky is doing an impression of @Cary_Elwes. Two faves. Well done, Mr. Paulsen!
I tried Voila AI artist & this is what it says I’d look like as a 3D cartoon princess.
Happy birthday to me! W & M got me a sewing machine that has a manual! I asked for one I knew was affordable and simple. I can upgrade later.
Tomorrow is my birthday (40th). If you want to celebrate, here are some options:
- have donuts
- read a book
- go swimming
- watch something from or about the 80s or 90s
- sing to yourself
- replace words in song lyrics with the word “cat” or your favorite person’s name
I just signed up for 1-Day Online Nonfiction Seminar: The Scholar’s Guide to Writing & Publishing Creative Nonfiction, which I would not have done without the encouragement of Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal’s book (I will get a commission if you purchase using that link), Dr. Lisa Munro’s request for CNF class recs, and Dr. Elizabeth Hamilton’s reccing the course.
I didn’t see Katy Peplin’s blog post about grumping it out until just now but now is when I needed it, so that worked out well.
I need everyone to understand that in Marvel comics, there is the version of Thor that is a frog, and there is also a frog who is not Thor but has some of Thor’s powers. (Spoilers for Loki ep. 5.)
The Quiet Space has a website. This evolving project offers tools to help scholars & other knowledge creators manage the organizational aspects of their work so they can focus their energy on the creative aspects.
W: Would you say the town of Brigadoon is changed by the events of the musical?
Me: What? No! Visitors to Brigadoon can’t change Brigadoon. It would violate the Prime Directive!
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Nightstand before & after courtesy the first couple of mini-challenges in the original UfYH book. (I’ll get a commission if you purchase the book using this link.) Thanks, UfyH!
I’m brewing 2 essays about Star Trek: The Next Generation: about Data, perfectionism, & imposter syndrome in “Peak Performance” (2x21) & about the relationship between research ethics & the Prime Directive in “Who Watches the Watchers” (3x04).
My kid asked me if he was a camper & I told him we could call our home a camp if he wanted and he named it LD Camp. It stands for Librarian Doctor Camp.
Years ago now, my sister gave M. a 3D printed Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service. Today I painted it as we watched Kiki.
I don’t believe being a librarian is A Calling but I do believe it is a disposition; it is one of my most prominent dispositions & as such my love language is providing information.
🔖 Putting a pin in this article to remind me to write later about the perils of outsiders researching affinity spaces, the overlooked punk rockness of the new domesticity, & how academia is constantly “discovering” things that have been going on for yrs.