M (who turned 5 yesterday!) & I are watching Muppets Haunted Mansion and I’m very happy.
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.