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.
📚💬📝 “…the work of critical thinking and theorizing is itself an expression of political praxis that constructs a foundation wherein individual action can be united with collective struggle.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work
📚💬📝 “Critical writing counts for very little when critics speak about ending domination… in our work without changing individual habits of being…” bell hooks, remenbered rapture: the writer at work
📚💬📝 “The point is not to render ideas less complex—the point is to make the complex clear.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work
📚💬📝 “I write with the intent to share ideas in a manner that makes them accessible to the widest possible audience.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work
📚💬📝 “All academics write but not all see themselves as writers.” bell hooks, remembered rapture: the writer at work
The giant cat popped less than 24 hours after going up with probably less than 10 hours up time. Hubris? I’ve got special tape ordered to try and repair it but this is super disheartening. (Tears aren’t covered by the warranty.)