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— Look, I know everyone is freaking out about the election. I have no words of wisdom, so I will: a) Give you this handy link on what to do instead of screaming into the Void (McSweeney’s on point, as usual) b) Rant/whine/moan/scream (but not into the Void; into the rest of the post) on
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Had a really busy day today plus feeling a bit under the weather, possibly a letdown effect after the stress of proposal writing and such, so here’s just some music. A real post tomorrow.
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Yesterday, I sold a story at a pro rate to a very selective magazine. I’d been sending pieces to it since I started in 2017, 21 stories in total. One shortlist, otherwise form declines. I was about to stop sending them work, convinced they’d never take anything of mine, and then they did. I am
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A surefire way to tell I need to blog is that I start leaving increasingly verbose comments on other people’s posts. Here are a few recent gems turds examples. [Seasons] I love fall; it’s my favorite season. I love rain and gloomy skies and wind and leaves changing colors. Nothing makes me feel like I
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Welcome to November! Here is some Twitter goodness to start off the month. You know how Degas did studies of ballerinas? Well I do studies of Tom Holland performing Rihanna’s Umbrella ayyyyy 😂 pic.twitter.com/t2uvLqnIoo — Alice X. Zhang (@alicexz) November 6, 2019 https://twitter.com/EQuotah/status/1322645395252617217?s=20 https://twitter.com/sarahmhop/status/1311712639639326720?s=20 "This movie plays upon viewers’ worst nightmares — your lesbian wife
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Anyone still around and reading? Pandemic plus a general dissolution of the once vibrant academic blogosphere (and its move to platforms like Twitter) equals fewer people reading and commenting, and consequently less of an impetus for me to keep blogging, especially since life stuff and fiction writing already vie for my time. Anyway, as in
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I am an associate editor with a disciplinary journal. Another associate editor incessantly sends me manuscripts to review (as a reviewer) and I turn it down. I specifically avoid sending stuff to my fellow associate editors to review because I know they already read plenty for the journal. I wish this associate editor would take
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Sometimes I catch myself writing ever more varied and elaborate comments on other people’s blogs and realize it’s probably time for a post of my own. Here are some bits of wisdom stupidity chunky chowder opinion I’ve recently spilled hither and yon over the blogosphere. —————– Gel pens are a great disappointment of my stationery
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Starting in-person teaching tomorrow. With all the gear I’m supposed to wear, it will be wild. Also, I need to carry a ton of supplies, to clean my station, provide masks and face shields for students, and also cleaning supplies for all of them. I love that my job is now a combo of masked
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