2023-09-29: When the nap followed by green tea hits just right

2023-09-27: Currently reading: Invisible Kingdom Volume 2 by G. Willow Wilson 📚

2023-09-27: Finished Reading: Invisible Kingdom Volume 1 by G. Willow Wilson 📚

2023-09-23: Autumn has fallen.

2023-09-23: Finished Reading: A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy 📚

2023-09-23: Currently reading: Invisible Kingdom Volume 1 by G. Willow Wilson 📚

2023-09-21: Currently reading: The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar 📚

2023-09-21: Finished Reading: The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon 📚

2023-09-21: Finished Reading: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 📚

2023-09-14: Strange days.

2023-09-10: The duality of cat

2023-09-10: Currently reading: The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon 📚

2023-09-10: Currently reading: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 📚

2023-09-10: Finished Reading: Open Throat by Henry Hoke 📚

2023-09-10: Finished Reading: The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach 📚

2023-09-08: Trying to take today just a minute at a time.

2023-09-05: Finished Reading: The Peripheral by William Gibson 📚

2023-09-05: Currently reading: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 📚

2023-09-05: Motivating myself to make yet another phone call about the car.

2023-09-04: Slowly getting back into the swing of things after taking two days gloriously, completely, and fully …

2023-09-03:

2023-09-03: Finishing up breakfast and then going out for a little meander around the botanical garden.

2023-09-03: Currently reading: The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach 📚

2023-09-02: Finished Reading: Saving Time by Jenny Odell 📚

2023-09-02: Finished Reading: The Ignorant Schoolmaster by Jacques Rancière 📚

2023-09-02: Currently reading: Open Throat by Henry Hoke 📚

2023-09-02: Finished Reading: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older 📚

2023-09-02: Reading Jenny Odell’s Saving Time (for the first of what will definitely be multiple …

2023-09-01: Going to try posting something each day – a short thought or snippet of what I’m …

2023-08-30: Still doesn’t entirely feel real that we had a campus lockdown two days ago because of an …

2023-08-28: Currently reading: A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy 📚

2023-08-26: Currently reading: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older 📚

2023-08-26: Finished Reading: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

2023-08-24: Finished Reading: August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White 📚

2023-08-24: Currently reading: The Peripheral by William Gibson 📚

2023-08-24: Currently reading: Saving Time by Jenny Odell 📚

2023-08-24: Currently reading: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

2023-08-15: Finished Reading: Witch King by Martha Wells 📚

2023-08-15: Currently reading: August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White 📚

2023-08-13: Probably going to get back into the habit of posting here at least semi-regularly as the semester …

2023-08-09: Currently reading: Witch King by Martha Wells 📚

2023-08-09: Finished Reading: Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott 📚 An outstanding and intriguing multi-faceted …

2023-08-01: Currently reading: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit 📚

2023-08-01: Currently reading: Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott 📚

2023-07-16: Finished Reading: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez 📚

2023-06-20: Landed on Amorgos.

2023-06-11: It’s a very weird feeling to be in a car driving down a ramp on a ferry that’s spinning 180 degrees.

2023-05-27: In the final week before leaving for two months of fieldwork. Trying to wrap up as much prep and …

2023-05-09: Currently reading: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit 📚

2023-05-09: Currently reading: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez 📚

2023-05-09: Finished Reading: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu 📚

2023-04-21: I think I slept for about nine and a half hours last night. That last hour and a half was unplanned.

2023-04-19: Coffee ☕️

2023-04-15: Finished Reading: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez 📚

2023-04-15: Finished Reading: Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders 📚

2023-04-15: Finished Reading: Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane 📚

2023-04-15: Currently reading: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu 📚

2023-04-09: I’ve hit the point in the evening where I’m relying on the Supergiant soundtracks to get …

2023-04-08: Finished Reading: Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty 📚

2023-04-08: Finished Reading: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi 📚

2023-04-08: Currently reading: Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty 📚

2023-04-07: Cautiously intrigued by the Ahsoka trailer. I’ll watch it regardless because I’m a …

2023-04-07: From walks the last couple days

2023-04-04: Been working my way through IMMORTALITY for the last week. Excellent.

2023-04-03:

2023-03-30: US Companies Complain of Worker Shortages While the US Deports Workers to Their Deaths www.currentaffairs.org/2023/03/u… “When we say that there aren’t enough workers to “fill …

2023-03-26: Currently reading: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez 📚

2023-03-26: Finished Reading: The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater 📚

2023-03-26: Finished Reading: Master & Apprentice (Star Wars) by Claudia Gray 📚

2023-03-24: Sometimes I’ll read a sentence and think, “wow, that person really sounds like they know …

2023-03-21: I just cannot feel awake today. Thankfully there’s coffee. ☕️

2023-03-19: Working to remind myself that rest is just as important as work (perhaps more).

2023-03-19: Currently reading: Master & Apprentice (Star Wars) by Claudia Gray 📚 Listening to the audiobook …

2023-03-19: Currently reading: Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders 📚

2023-03-19: Currently reading: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi 📚

2023-03-17: Finished Reading: The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu 📚

2023-03-17: Finished Reading: Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden 📚

2023-03-16: Currently reading: Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane 📚

2023-03-16: Currently reading: The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater 📚

2023-03-16: Finished Reading: A Summer Beyond Your Reach by Xia Jia 📚

2023-03-16: Finished Reading: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 📚

2023-03-15: The joys of regaining almost 20 gigs of hard drive space because I finally remembered to remove a …

2023-03-12: Finished Reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚

2023-03-10: Finished Reading: Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey 📚

2023-03-08: Currently reading: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler 📚

2023-03-08: Currently reading: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 📚

2023-03-08: Finished Reading: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman 📚

2023-02-28: Currently reading: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman 📚

2023-02-28: Currently reading: Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey 📚

2023-02-28: Finished Reading: The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard 📚

2023-02-28: Currently reading: Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden 📚

2023-02-25: It’s a George Winston morning.

2023-02-23: Coffee time ☕️

2023-02-20: Finished Reading: The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone 📚

2023-02-18: I have made it through the first exam.

2023-02-18: MA Exam Day the First.

2023-02-17: Currently reading: The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu 📚

2023-02-16: The US Airforce May Have Shot Down an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon Over Canada

2023-02-15: Morning clouds

2023-02-15: Finished Reading: The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood 📚 Relatively old, but holds up well.

2023-02-15: Finished Reading: Nevada by Imogen Binnie 📚

2023-02-14: Currently reading: The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard 📚

2023-02-14: Finished Reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey 📚

2023-02-11: Currently reading: The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone 📚

2023-02-10: Finished Reading: Squire by Nadia Shammas 📚

2023-02-10: Currently reading: Squire by Nadia Shammas 📚

2023-02-08: Thinking about how much I enjoy reading books. Especially that feeling of digging into the first …

2023-02-05: Currently reading: A Summer Beyond Your Reach by Xia Jia 📚

2023-02-05: Finished Reading: Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk 📚

2023-02-05: Doing my best to remember that rest is a key component of studying/working.

2023-02-04: Plotting, planning, outlining, and stressing.

2023-01-31: Crawling into bed at 8pm is not quite how I imagined ending January, but I’ll make it work.

2023-01-30: Tea time 🍵

2023-01-30: Currently reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey 📚

2023-01-30: Finished Reading: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 📚

2023-01-25: Finished Reading: A Restless Truth by Freya Marske 📚

2023-01-25: I swear that the bus radio just made the Imperial probe droid communication sound

2023-01-25: Sometimes you just need to sleep for more than nine hours.

2023-01-22: Currently reading: A Restless Truth by Freya Marske 📚

2023-01-22: Finished Reading: Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer 📚

2023-01-20: Finished Reading: The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe 📚

2023-01-20: Time to skim about 50 pages on the Roman conquest of Iberia in roughly a half hour.

2023-01-19: I have made tea and settled into my chair at my desk. Giving myself 2 hours to work through this …

2023-01-16: First swim of the semester. Felt creaky, but warmed up by the end.

2023-01-14: Currently reading: Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer 📚

2023-01-12: I think (I hope!) that I’m mostly done playing catch up after this morning. Famous last words, …

2023-01-12: Nothing quite like blearily checking your phone upon waking up and learning that you’ve slept …

2023-01-11: Currently reading: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 📚

2023-01-10: Finished Reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚 Excellent, thought-provoking, and timely. Will be pondering …

2023-01-10: Currently reading: The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe 📚

2023-01-10: Currently reading: Nevada by Imogen Binnie 📚

2023-01-04: Seven and half hours of driving left

2023-01-04: Yesterday was a plane day, today is a car day.

2023-01-03: Finished Reading: The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali by Uzma Aslam Khan 📚

2023-01-01: I’ve decided that this will be the year I finally tackle the Expanse series. 📚

2023-01-01: Rang in the new year by posting 4140 yards for my hour swim! That’s just a little over 3775 …

2023-01-01: Hello from 2023.

2022-12-31: Raining much harder this morning. Not really looking forward to a bedraggled walk, but the dog needs …

2022-12-30: Finished Reading: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 📚 Thoroughly enjoyed, perhaps …

2022-12-30: I’ve been on a big movie kick this month, mostly because once the semester ends I finally have …

2022-12-29: Someone does not want to go for a walk in the rain.

2022-12-28: Year in books for 2022 The books I finished reading in 2022 (and tracked here). 📚

2022-12-28: Currently reading: The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali by Uzma Aslam Khan 📚

2022-12-28: Finished Reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚

2022-12-28: Even though it didn’t always feel like it, I was able to make some time for gaming this past …

2022-12-28: Finished Reading: Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series Book 3) by Tamsyn Muir 📚 Continues an …

2022-12-25: Ribbons

2022-12-25: Happy holidays!

2022-12-24: Planning to rewatch the 2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy this afternoon. 🍿

2022-12-23: A cool, misty morning. Here’s hoping the air quality slowly improves.

2022-12-23: Rewatching the first Home Alone.

2022-12-22: Currently reading: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 📚

2022-12-22: Finished Reading: Authority by Jeff VanderMeer 📚

2022-12-21: Carrots and broccoli

2022-12-21: Brewing a bit of green tea and snacking on an apple

2022-12-20: Nothing quite like an hour-long nap to really underline the languor of vacation

2022-12-19: Carrot, cabbage, and cilantro

2022-12-19: A pensive afternoon look for Finn

2022-12-19: Currently reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚

2022-12-18: Currently reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚

2022-12-18: Finished Reading: Servant Mage by Kate Elliott 📚

2022-12-18: Finished Reading: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske 📚

2022-12-18: Finished Reading: Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse 📚

2022-12-18: Finished Reading: The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang 📚

2022-12-18: Finished Reading: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 📚

2022-12-18: Boarding my flight soon!

2022-12-18: Currently reading: The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood 📚

2022-12-06: Currently reading: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 📚

2022-12-03: Dawn of the final day (of writing this seminar paper)

2022-12-02: Playing the Dune (2021) soundtrack is greatly improving the dull process of adding correct citations …

2022-12-01: Looking forward to the start of the AIMS conference tomorrow!

2022-11-30: Nothing quite like some post-dinner grading after a day of writing a paper.

2022-11-29: “in terms” and “in terns” mean slightly different things

2022-11-27: It’s the end of the semester, so I’m stressing about completing seminar papers on time, …

2022-11-25: I’ve hit the point in the paper writing process where I have three different books open on my …

2022-11-23: Andor is excellent. That is all (for now).

2022-11-22: Woke up from the middle of a stress dream about last week’s French exam.

2022-11-20: I’m at the point in the semester where I rotate between 2-3 fun books at once to help manage …

2022-11-18: Just blearily emerged from my second nap of the day

2022-11-18: Already counting down the hours until my lunchtime nap

2022-11-16: Strange night of sleep last night, several dreams within dreams

2022-11-15: I have a sudden urge to re-read the Earthsea Cycle.

2022-11-10: At the stage of working on one paper where I’ve finally cracked how to organize the final …

2022-11-08: Nothing quite like a 9pm dinner

2022-11-08: Just now reaching late March/early April in my podcast backlog

2022-11-06: Nothing quite like waking up from an impromptu hour-long nap (it was supposed to be 20 minutes and I …

2022-11-05: House sitting always feels like getting brief glimpses into parallel versions or possible futures of …

2022-10-30: Sometimes lunch is a bowl of cereal and a brewing of some tea consumed while working on a paper …

2022-10-20: Tea 🫖 🍵

2022-10-20: I have napped and now it is time for soup.

2022-09-25: I guess it’s time to go buy a new tire.

2022-09-22: always an excellent day when I have to spend a whole lot of time in PowerPoint and somehow Command + …

2022-09-15: Today is evidently a day for running late and moving slowly. Making it through some readings …

2022-09-10: Boosted.

2022-09-06: I have somehow managed to clean out my Downloads folder and keep it empty for over 24 hours.

2022-09-03: coffee

2022-08-21: …the fact that I just found a paper title that I actually like – for a paper abstract …

2022-08-20: First weekend of the semester.

2022-08-14: Bookmarking for future reference: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/t…

2022-08-02: I’ve just submitted my inaugural ILL request of the semester.

2022-07-23: The final morning dawns

2022-07-02: Tired.

2022-06-21: Collapsing lighthouse

2022-06-19: Flowering

2022-06-18: Ceiling

2022-06-17: Coffee

2022-06-17: On a ferry

2022-06-15: On a plane again

2022-06-15: On a plane

2022-06-15: On a train

2022-06-13: A healing friend

2022-06-12: Putting together a non-Italian meal

2022-06-11: Queen Anne’s Lace

2022-06-10: Three views from Nuraghe Is Arraus

2022-06-09: More good clouds today

2022-06-09: The sky yesterday afternoon

2022-06-08: Today was a good day for clouds

2022-06-08: Unit recording

2022-06-07: Spider

2022-06-07: I think this is the first morning in about two weeks when I’ve woken feeling vaguely rested.

2022-06-06: Ravioli

2022-06-05: Snacking on some pasta

2022-06-04: Poppies

2022-06-03: Salt flat

2022-06-02: Flowers and eucalyptus leaves

2022-06-01: Blackberries

2022-05-31: Nuraghe Losa

2022-05-30: Wheat

2022-05-29: Sunny fields

2022-05-28: Distant rain

2022-05-27: A friend

2022-05-26: Overcast

2022-05-25: Beach

2022-05-24: This machine gives off vaguely Hungarian vibes. Must be Bale-a Lugosi

2022-05-23: Newly planted

2022-05-22: Water pumps and canal

2022-05-21: Stagno

2022-05-18: Landed at Cagliari

2022-05-18: Slowly approaching the end of the travel days.

2022-05-18: Caffè doppio

2022-05-18: Landed in Rome!

2022-05-17: All set to fly to Rome! Now if only there was more mask-wearing on this flight…

2022-05-17: I was trying to type “flight to Rome” but my autocorrect turned that into “flight …

2022-05-17: First flight complete

2022-05-17: It took an hour and a half to check bags, but made it through security rapidly, sprinted to the …

2022-05-17: Off to a strong start: boarding starts in 40 minutes, but still trying to check bags.

2022-05-17: First of two travel days.

2022-05-13: Time to vote in the primaries.

2022-05-10: The semester is over, but I still have (paid) work to do and leave for fieldwork in a week, so …

2022-05-08: Trying to get back into Semantle.

2022-05-05: Time for The Northman 🍿

2022-05-05: Brain tired.

2022-05-04: Caffeinating

2022-05-04: It is definitely worth $40 not to have to get your eyes dilated.

2022-05-03: I like when I look back through a draft and see helpful comments that past me left for then-future …

2022-05-03: Tired, angry, and stressed. Oh right and I guess it’s also somehow still finals week.

2022-05-02: This paper is going to wind up being a lot more stream of consciousness than I’d anticipated…

2022-05-01: Time to watch a documentary about Automats. 🍿

2022-04-29: I’ve turned in one of my final papers, so now I’m spending some time printing out exam …

2022-04-29: I’m somehow missing 15 minutes of time from this morning.

2022-04-18: Today has mostly felt like moving through molasses, but also it’s somehow about halfway over …

2022-04-02: The power of a nap followed by an espresso cannot be understated.

2022-03-31: After the rain.

2022-03-31: Storm day.

2022-03-27: A few good plant photos from a quick trip to the botanical gardens yesterday

2022-03-23: Cacophonous birdsong this morning.

2022-03-20: I always appreciate it when I can find a bigger topic I’m interested in and then can read my …

2022-03-18: Today feels like a Sunday.

2022-03-15: Always excellent when the time change messes up my scheduling sense such that I think that my …

2022-03-15: Today is one of those days where I unexpectedly slept in for an extra hour but have no memory of my …

2022-03-11: Made it to spring break.

2022-03-10: Powering through emails this morning while listening to Maggie Rogers before launching into some …

2022-03-07: Always a good time when the librarian does a double take at how many books I have on hold.

2022-03-02: Nap time

2022-03-02: Slow start to the day, but moving along.

2022-03-01: Tea and research time.

2022-03-01: Nap time.

2022-02-26: Date night

2022-02-26: Strange dreams.

2022-02-21: Today has been an excellent morning for birdsong.

2022-02-17: Watermelon radish

2022-02-17: Looking forward to next week, when (finally), if I’ve calculated properly, I don’t have …

2022-02-16: I am rather bored at work, as everyone who’s variously receiving texts and messages can …

2022-02-16: Awake, somehow.

2022-02-10: In the lecture that I just gave on the Mycenaeans, I got so excited that I had time to talk about …

2022-02-05: Colder this morning than the last couple of days…

2022-01-26: Last night’s term that randomly surfaced in my brain while I was chopping vegetables: …

2022-01-25: This is apparently the kind of day where I almost forget to put in my contacts (I opened the door …

2022-01-22: Snow!

2022-01-20: Hunkering down for another storm this weekend (that may or may not bring snow but also may just be …

2022-01-15: Winter storm time.

2022-01-12: Hitting that specific exhaustion point where I’m entering the third hour of a seminar and …

2022-01-06: Vegetables

2022-01-05: Textbooks ordered, calendar organized with classes, and the first ILL request of 2022: it must be …

2022-01-04: It’s possible that someone’s moping

2022-01-04: 4115 and a negative split for this year’s hour swim.

2021-12-23: Rainy morning. Perfect for curling up with a book (or three).

2021-12-22: Time to watch Spider-Man: No Way Home again!

2021-12-10: David Bowie is my chosen soundtrack for this last gasp of paper writing.

2021-12-07: I know I’m loopy from paper writing because I just unironically used “lodestar” to …

2021-12-02: It’s paper-writing season, which of course means that the only thing I want to do is read.

2021-11-23: It’s a Mountain Goats kind of morning.

2021-11-10: Booster time!

2021-10-26: When I left campus today, I was not planning to spend over an hour and a half on the phone with an …

2021-10-22: Definitely going to be thinking more about Dune today. If you’ve seen it, what did you think?

2021-10-21: It’s Dune time.

2021-10-19: Always fun to start out a day by wrangling the copy machine.

2021-10-12: Time to start the annual seasonal rewatch of Over the Garden Wall.

2021-10-09: Autumn has fallen at the farmer’s market.

2021-10-09: Finn, yesterday.

2021-09-27: Spent the weekend in Brooklyn.

2021-09-18: I have made the mistake of going to the grocery store hungry. On the plus side, I have a lot of …

2021-09-07: Today already has incredible Monday energy.

2021-09-02: I have now officially submitted the first written assignment of my entire doctoral program. It was …

2021-08-31: There’s a certain autumnal quality to the light from the windows in my campus office.

2021-08-16: Another day of meetings.

2021-08-07: Going to see The Green Knight later today.

2021-08-02: Working through the Monday crossword is always a nice little confidence boost.

2021-08-01: Once again I find myself in Costco. Mostly by choice.

2021-07-31: Exploring the Farmer’s Market.

2021-07-27: Day 5, first stop: state roads through narrow wooded valleys.

2021-07-27: Day 5 (the final day) begins.

2021-07-26: Day 4, final stop: more rolling hills, but forested this time. Now in equine environs.

2021-07-26: Day 4, first stop: Missouri is a lot like Kansas. More billboards. Coffee with a friend.

2021-07-26: Day 4 begins.

2021-07-25: Day 3, final stop: green rolling hills and a surprising number of trees. Briefly confounded by …

2021-07-25: Day 3, third stop: more wind. Lots of farm fields.

2021-07-25: Day 3, second stop: Kansas is very windy. Dealt with heavy rain for a bit. Thundering distantly.

2021-07-25: Day 3, first stop: in Kansas. Lots of bugs on the windshield.

2021-07-24: Day 2, final stop: arrived. Brief visit with cousins, now staying with friends.

2021-07-24: Day 2, third stop: it will always amuse me how the trees start right at the Colorado/Wyoming border.

2021-07-24: There’s a certain irony to a transportation company being named Atlas.

2021-07-24: Day 2, first stop: the high plateaus of Wyoming are monotonous to drive through.

2021-07-24: Day 2 begins.

2021-07-23: Day 1, fifth and final stop: at the hotel. Got dinner before getting here so sleep can happen as …

2021-07-23: Day 1, fourth stop: a quick driver change. Drove by an exit for Deeth Starr Valley.

2021-07-23: Day 1, third stop: slight lingering smoke haze. Made it into the high desert region.

2021-07-23: Day 1, second stop: lots of smoke. Lunch break.

2021-07-23: Day 1, first stop: making good time. Seeing some smoke from the fires.

2021-07-23: Almost ready to embark on my cross-country move!

2021-06-15: Success!

2021-06-15: Risotto preparations

2021-06-15: Risotto preparations

2021-06-05: Reading with a friend.

2021-06-02: Saying a surprisingly emotional goodbye to Lubbock this morning. Two days of driving will get me …

2021-05-27: oh wait today is Thursday not Friday

2021-05-05: In the latest sign that I’m actually beginning to emerge from the …

2021-05-02: Time to hunker down and finish grading these timelines. I can finish this final project tomorrow …

2021-04-12: Because it’s a Monday, my initial attempt to make coffee consisted of pouring whole beans into …

2021-04-07: Happy first day of CAMWS!

2021-04-06: Successfully re-formatted my entire thesis while re-watching Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

2021-04-04: Sometimes when one roommate severely misestimates the timing of prep and cooking for house dinner, …

2021-04-03: When I went outside to grind some coffee using the outlet by the garage (so as to not wake up the …

2021-04-02: Passed my thesis defense! The next three days: final revisions and formatting. But tonight: SLEEP.

2021-04-02: Spending the morning as an Alex-shaped bundle of worries. (I have my thesis defense in 2 hours and …

2021-03-24: Hydration: still important. Also sleep, that too.

2021-03-24: Really feeling the burnout this week. The lack of a dedicated spring break, while understandable, is …

2021-03-22: Thunderstorm!

2021-03-20: Tonight’s film: The Silent Partner (1978) 🍿

2021-03-13: Today is one of those days where coffee is apparently going to do nothing. Still doing my best to …

2021-03-12: oh good a tornado warning

2021-03-11: Up bright and early, slugging coffee as I begin a day full of meetings.

2021-03-08: Monday.

2021-03-05: Windy morning.

2021-03-04: TAG 2021 Call for Papers is up! web.stanford.edu/group/tag…

2021-03-04: Taking a bit of a breather this morning and enjoying my coffee slowly while catching up on posts and …

2021-03-01: Trundling along slowly, but I’m moving.

2021-03-01: March again.

2021-02-28: Letting myself take a (somewhat) quieter, slower morning.

2021-02-21: Sometimes what a body needs is to sleep in and finish the entire Sunday crossword before starting …

2021-02-20: Tonight’s movie: In the Mood for Love 🍿

2021-02-20: Morning mud.

2021-02-19: Morning light. The coldest weather seems to have passed, but now it’s all going to melt.

2021-02-19: Morning light. The coldest weather seems to have passed, but now it’s all going to melt.

2021-02-18: Snowing again.

2021-02-18: The Freezing, Fay 6. A bit less snow, a bit more ice.

2021-02-18: T - 64 minutes to an important meeting I say, vaguely

2021-02-17: In the Vault of Morning by Canisia Lubrin

2021-02-17: Watching the snow

2021-02-17: Morning coffee and snow.

2021-02-17: The Freezing, Day 5

2021-02-16: More snow.

2021-02-16: Snowing again. Rolling blackouts today.

2021-02-16: View from the front door on day 4 of the Freezing.

2021-02-15: I really feel like I’m rocking the “polo shirt and sweater with sweatpants” look.

2021-02-15: Day 3 of the Freezing.

2021-02-15: The house cat is on quite the tear at the moment. I have no idea what’s so fascinating that …

2021-02-14: Snowy day. Keeping some of the faucets running in the hopes that the pipes don’t freeze.

2021-02-14: Love to wake up and see ice on the inside of my window.

2021-02-13: Apropos of the fact that I passed out for a bit in the library yesterday (med team checked me out …

2021-02-12: Snowy day!

2021-02-11: Strongly considering a frozen meander through the neighborhood after I’m done with this …

2021-02-11: A light dusting of snow overnight.

2021-02-10: Cold, icy, grey morning. Hot coffee though.

2021-02-09: And with that I am declaring myself done with work for the day. Now it’s movie time.

2021-02-09: Time for my last (thankfully short!) meeting of the day.

2021-02-09: I love the feeling of sitting down to power through some work only to stumble across a logically …

2021-02-06: I have a blanket and a cat asleep on my lap, and a small plate of chocolate star cookies. Life is …

2021-02-06: Tonight’s film: Doctor Zhivago 🍿

2021-02-03: Tonight’s film: A Fish Called Wanda.

2021-02-02: …coffee…

2021-01-31: Actual caterwauling is occurring outside of my window right now.

2021-01-30: Coffee: drunk Dishes: washed Now it’s time to hunker down for the next couple hours and work …

2021-01-30: I have awakened.

2021-01-29: Finished Piranesi. I’ll be thinking about that one for a long time.

2021-01-29: Here’s hoping that I’ll be able to eke out maybe an hour’s worth of drafting/light …

2021-01-29: Moonset

2021-01-29: Happy Friday

2021-01-24: Turns out that if I just mentally set myself loose to write without worrying about full coherency or …

2021-01-23: Someday I will correctly type “Cyprus” correctly on my first attempt, but today is, once again, …

2021-01-23: Foggy morning

2021-01-18: I was feeling stressed and exhausted at the prospect of the semester starting on Wednesday so I took …

2021-01-08: My mother has progressed to yelling at the squirrels.

2021-01-07: In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, I’m starting off today by watching an epigraphy …

2021-01-06: I have managed to send one (1) email. Today, that is enough.

2021-01-05: Hanging out with the dog, drinking coffee, enjoying the fog, and watching a paper on Umbria. Today …

2021-01-04: Rainy day 🌧

2020-12-31: It’s very fitting that this, the last day of this accursed year, started with a small …

2020-12-28: Today is my first day (after full vacation mode) slowly inching back into academic writing mode …

2020-12-17: Because I’m 100% that person, I’m excited because today I’m going to sit down, …

2020-12-16: And with that I am done with applications!

2020-12-16: All right, time to finish applying to PhD programs.

2020-12-13: Celebrating.

2020-12-13: Rain 🌧

2020-12-12: It’s a couple hours later than I’d have liked to be, but I just locked in a final …

2020-12-12: Waking up slowly to the low thrum of fog horns.

2020-12-11: Drinking coffee with a view of the San Francisco Bay.

2020-12-08: It’s just after 5:30, I woke up from a nap about an hour ago, and I still feel like I could …

2020-12-08: Made a breakthrough on application materials but simultaneously realized just how tired I am, so I …

2020-12-06: And with that paper finalized and submitted, I am done with my own coursework for the semester!

2020-12-06: One way or another, by the end of the day today I will be done with this semester’s classes.

2020-12-05: I woke up knowing it was Saturday, but my brain just momentarily convinced me that it was, in fact, …

2020-12-03: Daydreaming about all of the fun reading I’m going to finally have time for once I finish the …

2020-12-02: 🫖🍵

2020-12-02: Second round of COVID tests came back negative!

2020-12-02: I apparently completely missed the fact that Sylvan Esso had released two more albums, so …

2020-12-01: I would like to sleep for approximately one (1) week.

2020-11-28: Cold, gray, and rainy today. Bundling up and hunkering down with tea.

2020-11-24: I think if I lay down right now I could just sleep until tomorrow morning.

2020-11-23: I do a great job of guilting myself for it, but sometimes what a writing project really needs to for …

2020-11-18: On days like today, “making progress” on a paper looks like managing to write three …

2020-11-18: Feeling the burnout this morning.

2020-11-14: At least spending the morning on data management is giving me some good music-listening time.

2020-11-11: Couple deadlines coming up today, and then I can focus more fully on finishing up PhD applications.

2020-11-07: Coffee is supposed to wake you up, right?

2020-11-06: And that is enough work for the day. I’ll pick up these writing projects tomorrow.

2020-11-04: Midterm today.

2020-10-31: Time for Young Frankenstein! 🍿

2020-10-28: Lazily drifting snowflakes

2020-10-26: The cat is sleeping on my lap, so I guess I just have to keep sitting here. Might as well get some …

2020-10-23: That’s enough work for the day.

2020-10-21: This is going to be a fascinating week of weather.

2020-10-20: Foggy morning ☁️

2020-10-19: That moment when you’re very glad that you double-checked the call for papers, because the …

2020-10-17: I have been (metaphorically) purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, and once again feel mostly …

2020-10-17: Hoping for rain sometime soon. A surprise snow day in the next couple months would also be nice …

2020-10-16: Tonight’s movie is 2015’s Dragon Blade. It’s stupendously ridiculous.

2020-10-15: Sometimes lunch just needs to be some oatmeal with blueberries and a splash of maple syrup.

2020-10-13: I know a meeting is productive when I spend the entire walk home recording a voice memo to myself to …

2020-10-13: You can really tell how little I want to do work today by the fact that I’ve spent the last 15 …

2020-10-11: Dog-sitting this weekend has, on the whole, been pleasantly relaxing.

2020-10-07: Slept in a bit today, feeling nominally better.

2020-10-06: Well, guess it’s time to scrap those plans for the time being and start working on others.

2020-10-05: Today, in an absolutely classic move, I have returned two books to the library but will return home …

2020-09-25: Planning on making tomorrow a day to catch up on some reading (I have, um, ALOT of PDFS open at the …

2020-09-23: My new headcanon is that the Atreides' pug from Dune (1984) goes on to become Frank in Men in Black …

2020-09-23: Somehow I am still surprised by the power of a good nap.

2020-09-19: Bruschetta!

2020-09-19: Today was one of those days where thesis progress looked like revising three sentences, tracking …

2020-09-18: Out There: On Not Finishing

2020-09-18: Beet hummus!

2020-09-16: Tonight’s movie: Eraserhead. 🍿 Not entirely sure what we’re getting into…

2020-09-15: This is one of those days where I’m mentally ever so slightly left of my body.

2020-09-09: It is a cold and rainy night, so we’re watching The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. I have tissues …

2020-09-09: This morning is cold and windy and damp, but I managed to dodge the rain on my run and am looking …

2020-09-08: Finally getting some rain this week! ☔️

2020-09-07: Well, it’s in dire need of revisions and is a decent bit shorter than I’d like the final …

2020-09-07: All right brain, it’s time to write. Time to put some words on the page…

2020-09-06: “The greatest deception that mythic violence has ever pulled over on us is the notion…that if the …

2020-09-05: Today’s fun purchase to ring in the gradual onset of autumn

2020-09-04: Tonight’s film: They Live! My first time ever watching it.

2020-09-02: I’ve napped, tea is steeping, and laundry is in the dryer. Hoping to get in a bit more work …

2020-09-01: It rained overnight, so the air feels cleaner and there are some pleasantly puffy clouds still …

2020-09-01: Well I guess it’s September…somehow

2020-08-29: Time for Bill & Ted!

2020-08-28: A viewing of Bill & Ted Face the Music would be most excellent.

2020-08-28: Had a nice little stare down with a family of five raccoons during my run.

2020-08-26: Tonight’s movie: ringing in the Aamir Khan watchalong with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. 🍿

2020-08-26: I’ve showered, coffee is brewing, I’m eating an apple, and I’m going to play a bit …

2020-08-24: I had plans to finish this book chapter draft tonight, but today took more out of me than I realized …

2020-08-24: Whole lot of weird dreams last night; I’m chalking it up to Lovecraft Country and …

2020-08-22: Today we’re going for a hopefully-not-prophetic zombie double feature with Train to Busan and …

2020-08-18: Today I sent a few emails, made a phone call, and tested a remote connection to make sure that I can …

2020-08-16: Starting Lovecraft Country 📺

2020-08-16: Tonight’s film: Night of the Lepus 🍿

2020-08-11: Guess who managed to give themself shallow cuts on two different fingers in the last 25 hours

2020-08-10: Making pesto!

2020-08-10: I think now, after about 6 hours, I am finally mostly “awake”

2020-08-07: Tonight’s movie: Sunset Boulevard. 🍿

2020-08-06: Spent a peaceful little while sitting out on the front step, sipping coffee and watching a flock of …

2020-08-05: Ice cream and cookies because why not?

2020-08-03: Feeling oddly…good about my various writing projects. There’s still (a lot of) work to be …

2020-08-02: Brunch!

2020-08-01: The most recent episode of Welcome to Night Vale is an impressive piece of horror short fiction that …

2020-07-30: This continuing series of spam text messages attempting to sell me CBD oil gives me that nice warm …

2020-07-29: Tonight’s film: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

2020-07-29: I always appreciate the feeling of hitting a snag in the writing process, letting it sit for a …

2020-07-28: Thunderstorm. Yes.

2020-07-28: More words happened today!

2020-07-28: Struggling mightily not to name this section of the chapter “What is form and why does it …

2020-07-28: This morning’s work: give myself an abbreviated crash course on the history of philosophical …

2020-07-27: I have written more words! And some of them might even be good.

2020-07-27: This morning’s work is interesting, since I’m mostly bolting together paragraphs that …

2020-07-27: Stayed up until 1:30 last night because I started reading and only resurfaced once I’d …

2020-07-25: Apparently what I’ve really been craving today is blueberries. Just a whole bunch of …

2020-07-25: It’s taking me a while to warm up to today’s writing, but I think I’m getting …

2020-07-24: Maybe someday I won’t feel utterly exhausted by 1pm.

2020-07-24: Made it to my word count goal for the day. Now if I can just manage similar successes on 5 out of …

2020-07-24: This morning’s goal is to write another 750-1000 words of this thesis chapter.

2020-07-22: It’s always the right time to rewatch Kung Fury.

2020-07-22: Rain, glorious rain!

2020-07-22: I’m pleasantly surprised by the fact that I already have responses to two research-related …

2020-07-21: I am slowly learning to love DOIs.

2020-07-18: Awake, but already planning a nap.

2020-07-16: Didn’t see the comet, but we did see a suburban fox out on its nightly roaming.

2020-07-16: Working plan for today: hunker down and (re)read more key sources, with the goal of spending most of …

2020-07-15: It will (probably) never cease to amaze me how much a nap and a mug of tea help my mood.

2020-07-10: I can feel it, today is the day I’m going to sit down and type more words into my thesis …

2020-07-09: I find myself in the process of re-evaluating and re-designing my work from home process again, this …

2020-07-09: Sometimes what you need is a 75 minute armchair nap.

2020-07-08: The fact that I actually physically looked at my thesis document is a marked improvement from …

2020-07-05: Distant fireworks make for an interesting performance of 4'33"

2020-07-04: Watching 1776 for the first time.

2020-07-04: Pondering doing a double feature at some point soon with Train to Busan and Blood Quantum.

2020-07-01: Tonight’s movie: The Great Race (1965)

2020-07-01: Gradually starting to feel like I’m finding my footing in all of my thesis scholarship. That being …

2020-06-29: Looks like I’m back to feeling like I’m drowning in literature.

2020-06-24: Tonight’s film: Roman Holiday

2020-06-24: Diving back into some of the supporting literature for my thesis. Feels good to be reading again.

2020-06-23: Today has been a surprisingly productive day, although none of that has been thesis-oriented (yet).

2020-06-03: After about three hours of work, I’ve succeeded in updating my citation workflow so that it …

2020-06-02: An illuminating and sobering read: History Will Judge the Complicit

2020-05-20: Another evening storm

2020-05-19: Oncoming storm

2020-05-19: Well, I didn’t quite get to around to planning out my research projects for the few couple …

2020-05-18: Sunrise clouds

2020-05-16: Fervently hoping that this background headache I’ve had for most of today can be chalked up to …

2020-05-13: The sound and smell of a rainstorm is always immediately calming.

2020-05-12: I am done (!) with this semester, so I’m going to consume a beer and make one (1) box of Mac …

2020-05-11: After Tuesday I’ll be done with the semester, and will then take the rest of the week …

2020-05-09: Fun fact totally unrelated to anything that just happened: bread pudding is still pretty tasty even …

2020-05-07: Finished one of my finals and with it one of my classes! Celebrating with ice cream and a book.

2020-05-06: Looking forward to a week from now when I’ll be done with finals and can actually take a few …

2020-05-05: Some good food for thought here: What We Think About When We’re Swimming

2020-05-04: The banana bread turned out rather well! Very tasty.

2020-05-03: Time for the season finale of Westworld!

2020-05-02: Shoutout to this episode of Columbo for guest starring Johnny Cash. There is singing, and it is …

2020-05-02: I have done it! There are now words in a document that will eventually – with many additions …

2020-05-02: My general end-of-semester fatigue and lack of motivation are crashing headlong into …

2020-04-29: And now it’s time for Clue!

2020-04-29: Watching Dracula Untold. This movie is gloriously ridiculous.

2020-04-28: A Journal of the Plague Year

2020-04-26: This is just one of those days where dealing with emails took most of my energy.

2020-04-25: We made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies to accompany Columbo!

2020-04-23: Morning.

2020-04-19: …guess I’m sleeping in this morning

2020-04-18: Watching the Leonard Nimoy episode of Columbo.

2020-04-18: Today is one of those mornings where I feel like I have fragments of about 5 different stories …

2020-04-16: Today is one of those days where it’s taken me five hours to do one load of laundry because I keep …

2020-04-15: Tonight’s film is All the President’s Men

2020-04-14: It’s snowing! And tomorrow it’ll be back in the 70s.

2020-04-13: Setting aside some time tomorrow to plug into a podcast and lie on my back staring at the ceiling.

2020-04-12: Good morning

2020-04-11: Preparing for tonight’s continuation of the ongoing Columbo rewatch

2020-04-11: Mini lemon cheesecakes in progress!

2020-04-08: Watching Mask of Zorro!

2020-04-07: This morning’s breakfast read: …

2020-04-07: Morning sky

2020-04-06: 250 Things

2020-04-05: Westworld continues to knock it out of the park. Loved tonight’s twist reveal.

2020-04-05: Enjoying the birdsong this morning.

2020-04-04: Time for some Columbo.

2020-04-03: Kitchen cat

2020-03-30: This next hour seems like as good a time as any to figure out how to read academic French on the …

2020-03-28: I guess I should do some actual work tomorrow.

2020-03-27: Successfully passed my comprehensive exams!

2020-03-26: I slept…jaggedly last night. At least two stress dreams, which I mostly remember as a constantly …

2020-03-24: Today was a good day to sit down with my second cup of coffee, borrow a couple ebooks from the …

2020-03-18: Thunderstorm 😊🍵

2020-03-17: I am continually reminding myself that this week is, in fact, spring break, and that means that I …

2020-03-17: Early misty morning run.

2020-03-16: I haven’t dealt with emails since Thursday morning. I currently have 101 unread messages. They …

2020-03-15: As expected, the Westworld S3 premiere left me with more questions than answers, but my main one is …

2020-03-15: Waking up slowly with coffee, listening to the rain and thunder.

2020-03-13: If Action is Required by Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

2020-03-13: …was not expecting the lights to flicker right then. Yippee

2020-03-12: At the very least, this means that I may actually make progress with my TBR pile, my watch list, and …

2020-03-12: It’s still sinking in that I’m going to be able to read to my heart’s content this …

2020-03-11: If only it were already Saturday.

2020-03-10: Well, if (as seems likely) I’m going to be leaving the house significantly less for the …

2020-03-10: My plans for spring break are, in order: sleep, study for comps, read, research, write, and VPN into …

2020-03-09: Today’s anthem

2020-03-08: Altered Carbon continues to be a visually pretty, surface-level trope-y succession of missed …

2020-03-08: It’s a cold, gray, rainy morning, so I’m just going to curl up with another cup of tea …

2020-03-07: Summer plans are currently undergoing daily revisions.

2020-03-05: I think what I’d really like to do next Saturday is just…read a book. An entire book. Wake up …

2020-03-05: Currently doing my best to deal with test anxiety by studying while also taking some time for …

2020-03-05: Looking forward to sleeping early tomorrow night.

2020-03-04: Currently caffeinated to the gills

2020-03-04: It is once again time to crank the M83 and go.

2020-03-03: Watching a pot boil

2020-03-03: So far today I’ve scheduled a couple meetings, am currently reading about echoes of Plutarch …

2020-02-29: Birds of Prey was even better than I’d expected!

2020-02-29: Napping with the cat.

2020-02-28: Currently doing my best to juggle projects with different time scales and deadlines, one of which is …

2020-02-26: I love that feeling of moving and reworking words, sentences and, fragments to get under an abstract …

2020-02-25: eh, power nap

2020-02-25: Tonight’s later night productivity burst brought to you by M83’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.

2020-02-24: It might almost be time for my annual rewatch of Arrival.

2020-02-24: If I can make it through the next 2.5 weeks, then the 2 weeks after that, then the rest of the …

2020-02-22: Having taken a nap, I am cautiously optimistic that I will now be able to stay awake through dinner. …

2020-02-22: Presentation day jitters have already started, and my panel doesn’t start for another hour and …

2020-02-20: Two more abstracts sent off! Now I guess I should get back to revising the paper I’m giving on …

2020-02-19: First day of SWPACA is off to a strong start!

2020-02-18: Packing the car for the drive to Albuquerque!

2020-02-18: I see that I have begun the expected occurrence of pre-travel vague anxiety right on schedule.

2020-02-16: I’ve made progress on each of this week’s assignments and gone for a run. Now it’s …

2020-02-11: Currently freaking out (in a good way) because I think a friend who I haven’t seen in a super …

2020-02-10: Listening to the rain.

2020-02-07: Stabilizing

2020-02-07: In other news, my sister and I have decided that she is an Amy with Jo tendencies, while I am a …

2020-02-06: Turns out that my MA language qualifying exam is in 5 weeks, which is a goodly bit less time than …

2020-02-04: This is one of those days where I’m doing my best impression of a pinball

2020-01-29: Time to make myself another cup of coffee and settle in to skim an entire book in the next hour.

2020-01-28: There are two cats who sound like they’re directly outside my window as they demonstrate the …

2020-01-26: Looking forward to tomorrow, when I don’t have to be on campus until the afternoon. Planning …

2020-01-21: Lentil tacos! Featuring: lentils, turnip, onion, peppers, crema, and lime juice

2020-01-20: I had missed exercising.

2020-01-17: Three day weekend!

2020-01-16: Pulling a crappy movie double feature with one of the roommates featuring Sorceress (1982) and The …

2020-01-15: Having chipped away a bit more at these two abstracts, it is time for a shower and some sleep.

2020-01-15: Submitted my first funding application of the semester, so I’m celebrating by finishing the …

2020-01-15: I’m in a constant battle with myself not to submit interesting abstracts to a bunch of cool …

2020-01-15: First day of classes for the semester and I’ve already spent about 30 minutes browsing the …

2020-01-13: Time for my first run in over a month! It will hurt! But I’ll feel better for going!

2020-01-11: I have decided to watch The VVitch. It’s daytime, I have at least 10 hours until I go to …

2020-01-11: Surprisingly, it snowed overnight! It’s also worth noting that I was comfortably able to go for a …

2020-01-09: I have arrived.

2020-01-08: Heading out closer to 7:30 than 7, but the car is packed, the podcasts are queued, and I’m …

2020-01-07: Today is a fun day.

2020-01-07: I have just processed a mountain of emails, and now onto the fun stage of daydreaming plans and …

2020-01-03: 3725 for the Hour Swim this year!

2020-01-01: About to see Knives Out again!

2020-01-01: Deck

2020-01-01: Time to pull the classic 43-hour drop taper

2019-12-30: Having now seen A Hidden Life, I can confirm that it is a Terrence Malick film. Brief thoughts: …

2019-12-27: Time for Little Women!

2019-12-25: The rain has begun.

2019-12-22: Just finished Season 4 of The Expanse. Loved it! Lots of thoughts; happy to discuss.

2019-12-15: Starting the new season of The Expanse!

2019-12-11: And that’s a wrap on the semester! Time to spend the next four days sleeping.

2019-12-02: A sharp, bright, brilliantly blue morning.

2019-12-01: Top 5 books that I’ve read this year: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine The Raven …

2019-12-01: Morning reading: At once tiny and huge: what is this feeling we call ‘sublime’?

2019-12-01: It’s one of those days where I’m just going to have Ghost’s discography on repeat.

2019-11-30: Plans for today: process emails work on the Greek paper break to catch up on last week’s …

2019-11-26: The pizza place is playing Dance Macabre in the background as I sip my beer and read Trail of …

2019-11-23: Settling in with some tea for a long day of making progress on all of these final papers. See you on …

2019-11-22: Sometimes it’s good to take a break and sit in a library, listen to some jazz, and read a bit …

2019-11-22: I had some strange dreams last night.

2019-11-21: A nice cool misty morning.

2019-11-19: Today I have a meeting, then another (longer) meeting, then a three-hour seminar, and then it’ll be …

2019-11-18: I’ve hit that dangerous but wonderful point in my current book where all that I want to do is …

2019-11-16: Making some lentil soup!

2019-11-13: Slept for about 10 hours last night and took myself out to breakfast. Sometimes it’s good to …

2019-11-09: Almost time for Terminator: Dark Fate.

2019-11-08: Another day, more emails to be sent asking for funding.

2019-11-07: At my current rate, I’m going to have to set aside an entire week of winter break to catch up …

2019-11-07: Today is a day for curling up with tea and several books. I have the tea, but I’m going to …

2019-10-23: Abstract submitted!

2019-10-23: I’ve actually slept a good amount for the past three nights, and it’s paying off.

2019-10-18: Hello Austin.

2019-10-15: The most recent issue of the Red Hand Files offers some fascinating food for thought, and the last …

2019-10-15: Some mornings, it can be immensely helpful to sleep an extra 45 minutes, throw on sweatpants, make a …

2019-10-12: This morning’s poem, courtesy of Poem-a-Day.

2019-10-09: Texas fall weather is always a wild ride.

2019-10-08: Well, hello there unexpected thunderstorm.

2019-10-07: I am feeling a sudden (and inconveniently-timed) urge to re-watch The Princess Bride and re-read The …

2019-10-06: poets.org/poem/maen…

2019-10-06: This is going to be a rather exhausting week, and I’m a firm believer in studying enough but …

2019-10-01: Sometimes I just have to take a step back and appreciate when systems+habits that I’ve …

2019-10-01: I’ve hit the point on most (all?) of my current research projects – mostly papers …

2019-09-30: Guess it’s time to do a deep dive into tetrarchic dynastic politics and relations instead of …

2019-09-28: I am very awake right now.

2019-09-23: Definitely looking forward to getting home for the day so I can relax with a bit of poetry.

2019-09-22: Listening to the Longform Podcast episode with Jenny Odell – definitely recommended. Her 2017 …

2019-09-20: I find myself wishing for a rainy, blustery weekend. Perhaps in a month or two.

2019-09-18: It’s 6:45pm, and I only have an hours-worth of focus/energy left for the day, so I’m …

2019-09-17: Rapidly approaching the point where I’ll finally be caught up on Stand Still, Stay Silent, so …

2019-09-16: Time to rewatch Into the Spider-verse and crank through some more bibliography revisions.

2019-09-16: On my lunch break, crying quietly over a short story about a robot librarian: …

2019-09-16: What if I just check out a bunch of Mary Oliver’s poetry collections from the library?

2019-09-15: I just need to be productive for 4 out of the next 5 hours, and then I can have a bit of downtime.

2019-09-15: In the meantime, there’s a cat sitting on my lap and Zoë Keating playing in the background, so …

2019-09-14: Gourd.

2019-09-14: I think I’m due for a rewatch of Over the Garden Wall at some point in the next month and a …

2019-09-14: I do enjoy the quiet and solitude of a neighborhood run early on a Saturday morning.

2019-09-13: After the rain

2019-09-13: Woke up to the sound of rain tip-tapping gently on the roof.

2019-09-12: Managed to make it through a section of Lucretius faster than expected, so I’m taking a …

2019-09-12: Few things are more relaxing and wholesome than having a cat jump into your lap, knead a bit of …

2019-09-10: Another day, another 3 ILL requests.

2019-09-10: I think I have enough books to be able to make a decent start on each of these research projects.

2019-09-10: Within the Wires is back!

2019-09-09: I love some of the names you can casually encounter in academic articles, like: Carl O. Sauer, Fred …

2019-09-09: Finishing up a bit of reading about map digitization before heading home, brewing some tea, and …

2019-09-08: It’s about 4pm, and I’ve gotten enough done that I’m just going to call it a day, …

2019-09-08: All right. I think I’ve planned out today well enough that I’ll be done with necessary tasks …

2019-09-04: Today is Wednesday, not Tuesday

2019-08-29: There is something immensely calming about watching steam curl up from a hot mug of coffee or tea.

2019-08-28: I know it’s very early in the semester because I’m being wildly aspirational about the amount …

2019-08-25: I need to remember that it’s going to take me a little while to get back up to speed.

2019-08-25: I really enjoy this, both because it’s a good cover and because it’s a well-made video: …

2019-08-21: Finally broke down and bought the Series A 3-Pack: fieldnotesbrand.com/products/…

2019-08-07: Up early to finish a (very) rough partial draft of a paper so I can actually take the next few days …

2019-08-05: A nice view from the office

2019-08-03: As part of celebrating my first full day back in the States, I’m about to walk to my local …

2019-08-02: Somehow my two months of fieldwork are already over. It’s been wonderful. Will post some more …

2019-07-30: Αθήνα

2019-07-30: Another day, another few intriguing email newletters to which to subscribe.

2019-07-14: Taking the day to rest and prepare for another week of fieldwork. Catching up on some reading: …

2019-07-07: Crying to myself over this story as I take a blessedly quiet Sunday night alone. …

2019-07-06: I read these two lines from this poem and started crying: Five fingers on fire close into a …

2019-07-03: Today was stupidly pretty.

2019-07-03: Posting with my phone inside a plastic bag. Island survey!

2019-06-30: The view from Koukounaries

2019-06-29: I am becoming an even stronger believer in the restorative power of an interrupted two-hour nap.

2019-06-28: National Park Typeface, “A typeface designed to mimic the national park service signs that are …

2019-06-27: Something to read this morning: Lanny Boykin Rises Up Singing - Reckoning

2019-06-27: Today was one of those delightful (but rare) mornings where I was able to sleep in, roll out of bed, …

2019-06-26: I now have coffee, and soon there will be food.

2019-06-24: Last day of fieldwork (featuring sunflowers!) #SAP2019

2019-06-23: Penultimate day of fieldwork! #SAP2019

2019-06-22: Good morning. #SAP2019

2019-06-20: Oh hay there #SAP2019

2019-06-19: Assorted fields from this morning. #SAP2019

2019-06-17: Morning survey #SAP2019

2019-06-16: Field walking #SAP2019

2019-06-11: Burgers and beer with the team

2019-06-11: Second breakfast

2019-06-09: It’s a good day for some Sardinian survey.

2019-06-07: We’re actually going to be able to start surveying today!

2019-06-05: Sinis Peninsula

2019-06-04: The combination of a 45-minute nap and a double espresso is proving particularly potent.

2019-06-02: Dinner tonight had a gorgeous presentation (and it was also delicious!).

2019-05-30: SFO ✈️ LAX ✈️ FCO ✈️ CAG

2019-05-29: It’s almost fieldwork time!

2019-05-27: I’m one of those weirdos who actually enjoys going over a bibliography with a fine tooth comb …

2019-05-23: Answering emails and revising a writing sample while nestled in a large bay window overlooking rainy …

2019-05-22: Life is good.

2019-05-22: I’m looking forward to being in Italy for a myriad of reasons, but especially because …

2019-05-19: Summer plans are rapidly coming together into a more definite form!

2019-05-19: This is a proper lighting-and-thunder rainstorm.

2019-05-16: After 11 hours on the road, all that I really want to do is shower and pass out, but I know …

2019-05-16: See you, Space Cowboy…

2019-05-16: Day 1 of the TX to CA road trip. Estimated driving time: 10 hours, 45 minutes.

2019-05-15: All right, I believe I’m done packing up everything here that I’ll need in the next …

2019-05-13: I have seen Endgame. It was a lot of movie. Happy to discuss if anyone’s interested (spoilers …

2019-05-12: It is time for cookies and ice cream.

2019-05-10: Interesting food for thought here: …

2019-05-09: Pre-test espresso.

2019-05-09: So I haven’t started reviewing the First Philippic for today’s Greek final, but I have …

2019-05-08: 3 classes done, 1 to go. I’m currently working through half of the material for …

2019-05-07: My phone really wants me to know about this thunderstorm that I can see and hear happening.

2019-05-06: I definitely need to go for a run this afternoon.

2019-05-05: Listening to some distant rolling thunder while revising a seminar paper. Things are all right.

2019-05-04: Recommended reading: Learning How to Be Gentle in the Face of Trauma

2019-05-02: I just went for a 50 minute walk in a semi-successful attempt to work off all of my nervous energy …

2019-04-28: I have reached that point in the semester where I take breaks from writing papers by working on …

2019-04-26: It has been a week, so I am taking myself out for pizza and a beer.

2019-04-22: There is some gorgeous rumbling, rolling thunder right now.

2019-04-22: I was not expecting rain today, but it’s a pleasant surprise.

2019-04-21: Watching and listening to the day begin. Light through the trees, birdsong everywhere.

2019-04-19: This has been one of those pleasantly slow days where I’ve gotten things done, but have been …

2019-04-18: Well, I know what I’m going to read next.

2019-04-16: I was on the verge of being completely caught up on my podcasts, but don’t worry: I found …

2019-04-14: I’ve been in a major motivation slump since Thursday evening, but today is supposed to be warm …

2019-04-12: Sometimes it’s extremely important to just listen to your body, and sleep.

2019-04-09: This state sometimes makes no sense.

2019-04-09: Very much in the process of settling back into regular rhythms after last week’s conference, …

2019-04-09: Morning sky

2019-04-05: We’ve reached the speech portion of the banquet, so I’m alternating between sips of …

2019-04-05: Honest Abe’s

2019-04-05: Day 2 begins.

2019-04-04: My paper this morning went well! Enjoyed the rest of the papers on my panel as well (there were some …

2019-04-03: CAMWS time!

2019-04-03: Hour 12 of 12: arrival.

2019-04-03: Hour 8 of 12: we have made temporary camp in Larned, Kansas.

2019-04-03: Hour 3 of 11: gently rolling hills in every direction; occasional cattle

2019-04-03: Hour 2 of 11: we drive east into the rising sun

2019-04-02: In the document where I’m keeping track of all of my projects and papers, there’s a note …

2019-04-01: Being able to open my windows and have birdsong accompany my work is one of my favorite parts of …

2019-04-01: Morning clouds

2019-03-30: Made an interesting find at the store this afternoon.

2019-03-30: I’m slightly proud of myself that as I’m (rather belatedly) going through a few …

2019-03-30: One more for the moment: First and Final Frames

2019-03-30: Going back through some old links on a blustery morning; found this short and sweet one: Wanderers

2019-03-28: Evidently today is the day that my usual pre-conference nerves kick in full-force, throwing me …

2019-03-28: I’ve added a few more stickers.

2019-03-27: It’s research time.

2019-03-26: I’m managing to stay on top of all of my various projects at the moment, but I’m really …

2019-03-25: Sleep time. Good night!

2019-03-25: Spring has sprung.

2019-03-23: Tonight’s drink of choice

2019-03-23: If I ever give or publish a paper dealing with time, there is a very high chance that it will be …

2019-03-22: Ok that lightning/thunder combo looked and sounded very close.

2019-03-22: Time to fall asleep to the sound of rain.

2019-03-20: Thinking of these three adorable ones I met last week.

2019-03-19: If I have to get sick, this would actually be an acceptable week for it.

2019-03-17: After a little over two hours, I am caught on all of the email from the past couple weeks.

2019-03-11: Leg 2 of the travel day complete. Just one more…

2019-03-11: Denver sunrise.

2019-03-02: Cake time

2019-02-28: I’m finding myself dreaming of a day this semester when I won’t read about Heidegger, …

2019-02-27: Currently feeling stressed enough that I’m seriously considering going for a run when I get …

2019-02-26: Today’s mantra has been “keep calm and just keep sending emails”

2019-02-25: Just realized that there are a couple important funding application deadlines coming up at the end …

2019-02-24: well, studying for tomorrow’s midterm is actually going pretty well – however it goes …

2019-02-23: The benefits of highway driving. [picture of mileage gauge showing ~331 trip miles]

2019-02-23: Oh goody. According to the weather forecast it is “dangerously windy” at the moment. …

2019-02-20: My paper went well! Now I just get to enjoy the rest of the conference.

2019-02-20: Getting ready to drive to Albuquerque for a conference!

2019-02-18: Turns out that my roommate’s cat is an excellent practice audience for my conference paper.

2019-02-17: The only thing making Cicero bearable this morning is the napping cat curled up in my lap.

2019-02-15: My Latin commentary just glossed a word as “clodhopper”, so I heard it in Peridot’s …

2019-02-14: Today is one of those super windy days where it’s constantly frustrating that my hair …

2019-02-14: Reasons why I should clean out my backpack more often, Exhibit A: [photo of a small pine cone]

2019-02-14: For some reason, I find it very gratifying when I’m working on emails later at night, send a …

2019-02-13: Currently engaging in that time-honored tradition of putting off working on a paper by instead …

2019-02-13: This is important: National Sword - 99% Invisible

2019-02-13: Today is one of those days where I’m just going to be moving slowly. But the important thing …

2019-02-10: It’s still impressive how good a brisk afternoon walk is for my mental wellbeing.

2019-02-10: As it turns out, working on something for at least a little while every day means that you improve …

2019-02-09: One of my roommates got a tiny dictionary. (Hand for reference)

2019-02-09: This theoretical paper I’m reading just referenced Slim Shady.

2019-02-08: Grading myth papers while my friend gets a tattoo. This is a good Friday afternoon.

2019-02-08: The next 8 days continue to do their best to be the perfect academic storm.

2019-02-07: Tonight’s quality background working movie: The Mummy Returns (2001)

2019-02-07: Over the past 16 hours I’ve subscribed to 5 new email newsletters.

2019-02-06: Apropos of my professor (falsely) claiming that “cartography” derives from René Descartes: …

2019-02-06: I am seriously considering going to bed in an hour.

2019-02-04: This is going to be a busy week.

2019-02-03: The weather is sunny and warm and I have my curtains up and windows open and my room is nice and …

2019-02-03: I can swim again on Tuesday! Looking forward to getting back into the water.

2019-02-02: The person sitting next to me at this coffee shop just sat down, opened their bag, pulled out an …

2019-02-02: Dark and foggy

2019-02-02: Recommended reading: The Bicycle Thief

2019-02-01: I’m trying to figure out how I feel about this branding… (I’d totally still try it though) [image of …

2019-02-01: In an indication of how much Latin has colonized my brain (as has Greek), I just read …

2019-02-01: I really love that the one thing all current archaeological theory people seem to agree on is that …

2019-01-31: Watching National Treasure with the roommates while working through some vocab and database entry. A …

2019-01-30: While TAing myth class this morning, I suddenly realized that there are some interesting resonances …

2019-01-29: Here’s hoping that I get a call from the bike shop today – dropped mine off for a …

2019-01-26: Occasionally I leave myself helpful notes in the middle of drafts [screenshot of text reading …

2019-01-26: woof Noun the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving Synonyms weft filling pick Less …

2019-01-25: Happy Friday! We’re almost there.

2019-01-23: Given how successfully I’ve front-loaded my semester, the next 2.5 weeks are going to be very …

2019-01-22: Time to slog through some Peircean semiotics

2019-01-22: Well, it’s definitely not coherent, but I’m calling this first very rough draft done. …

2019-01-21: Well, it took me about an hour and a half total, and I still need to wash all of the pots and pans …

2019-01-21: Time to make a cup of coffee, sit down for an hour and half, and finally (finally!) finish this …

2019-01-20: Just took an hour and went out into the neighborhood for a meander. Didn’t bring along …

2019-01-19: Just spent a thrilling hour cleaning up old dotfiles, so you know I’m always the life of every …

2019-01-18: Looks like tonight is one of those “loud wind, house settling, police siren in the …

2019-01-18: I guess this is going to the month of funding applications

2019-01-18: Another gorgeous morning.

2019-01-17: Looks like it’s time to read 200 pages of theory in 3 hours.

2019-01-17: Good morning.

2019-01-16: First day of spring semester! I’m doing my best to enjoy actually feeling well-rested and prepared, …

2019-01-14: My roommates seem to have decided that this is the best time to watch multiple videos about the …

2019-01-14: Tattoo time!

2019-01-13: Swam today for the first time in a couple weeks and WOW do I feel good.

2019-01-09: Something tells me that I’ll be waiting for a while for an update…

2019-01-08: On the last leg of the journey home.

2019-01-04: Up early for my flight to San Diego!

2019-01-01: He wears the Cone of Shame.

2019-01-01: Some of my favorite photos from this weekend.

2018-12-31: Rounding out 2018 by wrapping up a fellowship application, beta-reading a story for a friend, …

2018-12-29: In the mountains

2018-12-28: I think I’m finally starting to feel partially recovered from the semester. Guess that means …

2018-12-27: About to see Dear Evan Hansen!

2018-12-27: Morning light

2018-12-25: Family walk!

2018-12-24: I just want you all to know that I went out to dinner with my family, got pleasantly drunk, and …

2018-12-21: I saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse yesterday and I’m still grinning to myself about just how …

2018-12-17: I am ~70% sure that my phone is broken.

2018-12-14: The clock says it’s only 4pm, but my body think that it’s about 6pm and sleep should …

2018-12-14: Trying to plan out the next week and a half so I can read two (or four) books, draft a conference …

2018-12-13: Vegas airport at night

2018-12-13: Approaching the fifth hour of waiting in this airport. The end is (hopefully) in sight.

2018-12-13: Today is rather blustery.

2018-12-12: Done with the semester! …guess I can take a couple days off and then start prepping for the next …

2018-12-10: Done with 3 out of my 4 classes for the semester!

2018-12-09: …I think I just slept for somewhere around 10.5 hours. Well…guess it’s time to have a …

2018-12-08: I stand corrected; this is an actual storm.

2018-12-07: In other news, there is a minor chance of maybe a half inch of snow tomorrow morning, so the …

2018-12-06: I haven’t done any studying for my final on Monday, but I did listen to a lot of podcast …

2018-12-06: From the beginning of an academic book I found

2018-12-03: I’ve managed to get about 9 hours of sleep the last two nights, and it’s honestly …

2018-11-28: I can’t tell if I’m vaguely sad because I’m tired or if I’m just vaguely sad …

2018-11-27: Shoutout to this conference’s registration page for being gender-inclusive

2018-11-26: The cat has been asleep on my lap for the past hour and a half and I’ve gotten SO MUCH DONE

2018-11-26: Something I think about a lot is how some authors very clearly have a theme or themes that run …

2018-11-25: In other news, there’s a TON of things that I need to do today and this week, but since I pretty …

2018-11-25: There is a small child sitting directly behind me on this flight. Send help.

2018-11-24: Morose puppy

2018-11-23: Help I’m getting sucked down the rabbit hole that is Wikipedia articles on late antiquity

2018-11-21: It’s dog walking time!!

2018-11-21: Landed safely! Papers are graded and statements are drafted. Soon: sleep.

2018-11-20: Waiting for my flight home for Thanksgiving! Going to spend the time in the air grading papers and …

2018-11-20: I finished watching She-Ra and the Princesses of Power on Sunday. I fully intend to start rewatching …

2018-11-18: Time to finish a book

2018-11-16: Today is pleasantly crisp.

2018-11-15: Only 4 more days of classes before Thanksgiving break!

2018-11-14: “The narrative form becomes a map in which the supposed facts sit as landmarks, with sentences and …

2018-11-14: Sometimes I just have to take a step back and reflect on how profoundly grateful I am for the …

2018-11-14: If it’s alright, I would like to not send any emails for the next hour, seeing as I have just …

2018-11-14: Real talk: I have been ready for Thanksgiving break for at least a week and a half.

2018-11-12: The cat has fallen asleep on my lap again, I’m feeling good about tomorrow’s test, and …

2018-11-12: Monday. That is all.

2018-11-06: Doing my best to avoid the news today (I did vote though!)

2018-11-05: This is the second night in a row that I’ve sat down to do some work, and had my …

2018-11-05: Intriguing: www.theatlantic.com/technolog…

2018-11-04: Time to start Season 2 of Limetown!

2018-11-03: Oh no I just realized that tomorrow is Daylight Saving Time

2018-11-03: I have had SO MUCH coffee today

2018-11-02: Today is a good day.

2018-10-30: Colors

2018-10-29: I am currently attempting to figure out if I can fit a 700-page book into my four days of …

2018-10-29: Morning

2017-01-11: Carleton friends: this Friday is my last ever home swim meet! Come down to West Gym at 5 to cheer us …

2016-12-17: Home

2016-11-09: Take care of yourselves.

2016-11-08: The Hour of Power happens today! 4-5pm, West Gym. Come and cheer on the Carleton and Olaf swim teams …

2016-11-08: This is going to be a stressful day.

2016-10-06: Carleton friends (especially sophomores): I will be in the Great Hall for the next two hours ready …

2016-10-04: Increasingly, all that I want is to have a cat that lives in my dorm room and is just super cuddly …

2016-09-29: Carleton friends: if there is any way for you to go see Cock tomorrow, do it.

2016-09-03: There is a place in Nevada called Deeth Starr Valley.

2016-09-03: Favorite part of the drive so far: the sign endorsing Trump above the sign advocating for the …

2016-07-16: This is certainly an interesting time to be in Europe.

2016-06-22: I’m currently craving peanut butter. This is unfortunate.

2016-06-16: Currently 2 for 2 on sleeping through project meetings. This might be a problem.

2016-05-31: Today’s confusing language item: tyrannicide can be used to refer to both the act of killing a …

2016-04-24: “Defensive imperialism” might just be my new favorite oxymoron

2016-04-17: Remember friends, hydration is healthy.

2016-04-16: That moment when you realize that the last 20 pages of your 50 page reading are references.

2016-04-14: Roman religion can be ridiculous. “The priest of Diana at Aricia, who was always a runaway …

2016-04-07: Today during lunch I stood up to get more food and the next thing I know I’m sitting down …

2016-04-01: Highlight of the day so far: accidentally joining a tour group on my way back from class and then …

2016-03-29: In other news, I now have a 2000+ page pdf for one of my classes

2016-03-27: Classes haven’t started yet and I’ve already visited first Libe.

2016-03-10: Rosemary olive oil bagels are delicious.

2016-03-09: We made (almost) all of the way through the term! Just a few more days!

2016-03-09: For the first hour and a half I was awake today I was completely convinced that it was Monday.

2016-03-07: 10th week: the time when people will nap anywhere and everywhere whenever possible

2016-03-02: Shoutout to the person walking into the library at 12:45

2016-03-01: Green tea :)

2016-02-26: It’s kind of hilarious how many people have thought that I’m a senior.

2016-02-23: I just found an archaeology paper entitled “Into the Maquis” I am greatly entertained

2016-02-23: I’m going to do a study on how the inclination of people’s mattresses affect their …

2016-02-21: Things you will only hear at a classics conference: In casual conversation: “Cicero was …

2016-02-13: I’m strongly considering titling this paper “Off to See the Wizards: Gender, Travel …

2016-02-01: The good news: Carleton has a copy of Strega Nona. The bad news: It doesn’t own a copy of Bill …

2016-01-31: When I start typing ‘google’ into my browser’s URL field, the suggested result is …

2016-01-26: Oh look, a second aorist passive with active meaning. Because that makes sense.

2016-01-15: I’ve already been able to pet two dogs, so this morning is looking up.

2016-01-11: Doric is confusing.

2016-01-10: I have returned safely to campus. Now it’s time to translate ~120 lines of Hippolytus.

2016-01-10: I am 95% sure that I just saw Jeff Goldblum going through security at SFO.

2016-01-08: My gift to myself on this night: going to bed before 10pm.

2015-12-18: It’s snowing (on Moodle)

2015-12-17: I’m considering caffeinating myself through this impending jet lag. This might be a bad idea.

2015-12-15: Everything is beautiful, but everything hurts.

2015-12-05: Now is the sleep time.

2015-11-26: Today I am righting a terrible wrong. I am (finally) reading Pride and Prejudice.

2015-11-24: Tonight I taught my parents that the reason for the “Every kiss begins with Kay” jingle …

2015-11-23: Landed at SFO. It’s good to be home.

2015-11-22: I drink when I’m sad, I drink when I’m happy, I drink when I’m tired, alert, in …

2015-11-22: And so it begins

2015-11-19: I think it’s finally snowing

2015-10-16: I thought watching Netflix would be an escape from thinking about classwork, but no, I have to …

2015-08-10: The good news: I remember how to swim. The bad news: now everything hurts.

2015-08-09: Home!

2015-08-04: American money looks boring and feels weird. Why are the bills all the same size?!

2015-08-04: Landed safely.

2015-08-04: The kid in front of me in line right now has his right arm in a sling and his left foot in a boot. …

2015-07-26: Life is pretty good.

2015-07-26: Now is not really the best time for my bank to be working on updates to their “mobile banking …

2015-07-23: Waiting to board the ferry to Crete!

2015-07-22: May have just photobombed a couple’s photo by standing in the background and eating a banana …

2015-07-19: Got back to my hotel at 2:45am. Took a taxi to the airport at 3:15am. Now it’s 4:30. My flight …

2015-06-01: We’ve reached that point in term when I start measuring my days in cups of coffee.

2015-05-29: Looking forward to a muddy Rotblatt

2015-04-20: 3D modeling of archaeological sites is seriously one of the coolest things I’ve ever read …

2015-04-02: The wind can stop now.

2015-03-30: Well look at that, I’m officially a CS major.

2015-03-02: “One occasion where the guard was used not only to protect the audience from the participants …

2015-02-25: This essay on bronze production on Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age would be going a lot …

2015-01-18: “Alcibiades once punched [Hipponicus] without having any real reason…but just for fun, …

2015-01-07: In other news, I’ve been alive for 20 years (!)

2014-12-27: Picking a lock with paper clips is much more impossible than TV and movies have led me to believe.

2014-12-04: Listening to Cely watch Black Swan is hilarious. There’s been a steady stream of exclamations …

2014-10-15: Hello train.

2014-10-07: Geology: the only science where it’s always a good idea to drop acid.

2014-09-08: I feel like Room 237 is meant to illustrate the dangers of reading too much into work that …

2014-07-20: Somehow I started teaching myself regexes. Send help.

2014-06-11: Home.

2014-06-08: There are giants riding mammoths. Oh my gods yes.

2014-06-03: Go away nerd bell. This isn’t the right time.

2014-05-21: I have watched all of Avery Monsen’s Vines and now I understand the universe.

2014-05-14: It’s kind of strange to be in Weitz right now.

2014-04-08: I’m procrastinating on writing an essay by writing an essay.

2014-03-29: Back in Northfield. There’s still snow.

2014-03-16: Dogs. Sayles. Go.

2014-03-13: Brace yourself. The LDC shift cover emails are coming.

2014-03-11: The end of term is in sight. Down a long, dark, grim tunnel, but it’s there. Somewhere. …

2014-03-09: On my second cup of coffee. It’s one of those days.

2014-01-26: It smells like chocolate chip cookies…

2014-01-15: Radio silence mode activated.

2014-01-03: “NOTICE: State officials urge Minnesotans to be prepared for extreme low temperatures Monday …

2013-12-21: Hello Bay Area. I’m back again.

2013-11-26: Hello again, Bay Area. I’m back.

2013-11-26: I’ve realized that my brain has been trained to expect food whenever I hear the crinkling of a …

2013-11-25: And I’m done with finals. Finally.

2013-11-12: Hour of Power. 4. West Gym. Be there.

2013-10-31: Greetings people. You should go see Twelfth Night at the Weitz Theater either tomorrow, Saturday, or …

2013-10-11: It’s a Friday night, so I just spent half an hour listening to Bob Dylan and reading the …

2013-10-02: Taking a break from studying to eat an apple and listen to the thunderstorm.

2013-09-20: Tonight was a good night.

2013-09-18: A cappella mini-concert in the stairwell. Cool.

2013-09-05: Apparently Carleton lets me declare Zoroastrianism as my religious preference.

2013-08-14: kottke.org/13/08/the…

2013-08-13: On top of Tam to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower. As one does on a summer Sunday night.

2013-07-30: Pacific Rim: the movie that featured a robot freezing a monster’s tail with coolant and then …

2013-06-13: Next up: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

2013-06-13: Well, I enjoyed the first half of Taming of the Shrew. It was funny and entertaining. Then the …

2013-06-13: Time for The Taming of the Shrew.

2013-05-23: “Caesar certainly expected to gain personal profit from Gaul…These expectations were …

2013-03-11: Django Reinhardt makes math homework surprisingly bearable.

2013-01-19: Limbo is a good game.

2012-12-29: Les Miserables is one of my favorite movies of this year. Absolutely loved it. It should win all of …

2012-12-27: Chocolate milk is becoming my life-blood and my arms and legs don’t work properly.

2012-12-25: Merry Christmas.

2012-12-23: Verdict on seeing the Hobbit in 48 fps: My god their pores are amazing.

2012-12-14: Listening to The Battle of Evermore in preparation.

2012-11-22: Happy Thanksgiving.

2012-11-21: Almost midnight and can’t really stay awake. Time for Crystal Castles.

2012-11-08: Submitted my ED app. Time to sleep in celebration.

2012-10-28: All of the status updates in my news feed are about the Giants. Apparently something happened.

2012-10-23: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/…

2012-10-21: I just burned a book

2012-10-12: I’m really enjoying Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works.

2012-10-07: Stargazing outing

2012-09-16: I believe football is one of the few things that will cause my mom to swear.

2012-09-16: This city reminds me a lot of San Francisco

2012-08-13: Started listening to Are You Experienced.

2012-08-11: Stargazing is REALLY fun.

2012-07-28: Re-reading Preludes & Nocturnes.

2012-07-18: Camera: purchased.

2012-07-04: Happy 4th of July.

2012-06-09: Just saw Macbeth/Medea/Cinderella. An interesting work of experimental theatre, to say the least.

2012-06-06: Time to see the Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa.

2012-06-02: I knew I loved Tywin for a reason.

2012-06-02: Done with SAT 2s (hopefully forever). Time to finally get around to catching up on Game of Thrones.

2012-05-17: Back to being hairless

2012-05-05: In line to see the Avengers. This is going to be fun

2012-04-14: I like Walla Walla. Going through airport security takes about 3 minutes.

2012-04-09: Chocolate goats' milk is delicious.

2012-04-05: Snow

2012-04-03: Time to visit Bowdoin.

2012-03-31: Just passed a sign directing hazmat workers to the Sausalito exit. Hmm.

2012-03-28:

2012-03-21: “Texas has a lot of electrical votes” - Yogi Berra

2012-03-19: “It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.”

2012-03-12: Draft is finally done! Now time to find lunch…

2012-03-01: A jodhpur is apparently a short riding boot.

2012-02-26: One of my goals in life is to always have extra bookmarks.

2012-02-21: In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and …

2012-02-08: I really want to watch Pride and Prejudice right now. Not the Keira Knightley one (which was all …

2012-01-24: Iron and Wine is quite good.

2012-01-16: Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth …

2012-01-16: We can’t let Sybil have all the moral high ground, she might get lonely up there.

2012-01-09: I just kind of fell in love with Downton Abbey all over again.

2012-01-08: Will all great Neptune’s ocean was this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather …

2011-12-29: How could someone confuse a roc and a dragon?

2011-12-28: This is a beautiful sunset.

2011-12-25: Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

2011-12-23: Season Finale of Game of Thrones: Whoa.

2011-12-22: My first thought after finishing the sixth episode of Game of Thrones: “I don’t think …

2011-12-21: Highlights of my shopping fun with Kate Claman: I finally know my PIN. A random woman yelled at me …

2011-12-16: Winter break is rather awesome. I’ve spent almost all of today reading a book.

2011-12-09: Chekhov’s gun is one of my favorite plot devices.

2011-11-23: All four of the short biographies that I’ve found about Louis Agassiz gloss over the fact that …

2011-11-09: Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no …

2011-10-30: Thor has to get a cone of shame.

2011-10-22: I’ve missed not having hair.

2011-10-22: Now is the winter of our discontent.

2011-10-21: Today has been absolutely wonderful.

2011-10-19: One of the better tombstone puns that I’ve seen in a while: In Loving Memory of Barry Dalive.

2011-10-15: Tell No One is an amazingly great movie.

2011-10-14: German metal is aiding my last minute Chem edits.

2011-10-13: I caught the tail end of Sweet Home Alabama in the drive home from practice. It was rather epic.

2011-10-11: I like naps.

2011-09-19: I currently have 36 books on my to-read list.

2011-09-17: Listening to the Beatles and reading the history homework. Surprisingly fun.

2011-09-12: If I turn off wifi, with 86% battery charge, I apparently have over nine hours of battery life.

2011-09-09: English homework is done. Now it is time for the sleep.

2011-09-08: In theory, I could write my English paper about how writing an English paper goes against …

2011-08-22: Just finished Koyaanisqatsi. Very interesting.

2011-08-20: “If you charge hard enough at death, it will get out of your way.”

2011-07-26: Can I have a vacation please?

2011-07-24: I am exhausted, sunburnt, and sore. I declare that to be a successful swim meet.

2011-07-18: Today on XKCD: Time Vultures.

2011-07-04: I am the very model of a modern major general.

2011-06-28: It’s winter again! Oh wait…

2011-06-18: I just saw Tree of Life.

2011-06-13: Got back from a camping trip today. My eyes were bloodshot, my nose was running, I was limping, and …

2011-06-10: I am now officially addicted to the Decemberists.

2011-06-06: I just ate part of a bag of chocolate chips.

2011-06-03: In other news, I now have my driver’s license.

2011-05-30: I just saw 13 Assassins. It was amazing.

2011-05-25: So, someone just called my home phone number looking for a consulate.

2011-05-20: So, the Office was rather entertaining tonight.

2011-05-17: After watching Glee, I really want to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

2011-05-04: Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.

2011-01-12: Why would anyone name a fish Bambi?

2010-12-25: Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

2010-12-18: You’re messing with my zen, man.

2010-11-21: Well, I cried when Dobby died.

2010-11-20: Just finished The Shawshank Redemption. That is one good movie.

2010-11-19: The moon looks really awesome right now.

2010-11-13: After finally finishing Battlestar Galactica, I’m left with mixed emotions. It was interesting …

2010-10-18: Driving in the rain = scary. Driving on the highway = scary. Driving on the highway in the rain = …

2010-10-10: Drove on the highway for the first time today.

2010-10-08: Fringe was pretty awesome tonight. Now they’re not just channeling Dollhouse, they’re …

2010-09-25: Oh no, no pressure. It’s just that this is the year that colleges start looking at your …

2010-09-23: My dog was just purring.

2010-09-18: I am now sort of capable of driving a stick shift.

2010-08-24: And so (almost) begins sophomore year.

2010-08-17: I hate the feeling I always get during the last week of summer.

2010-08-14: Just watched Silence of the Lambs. I won’t be sleeping tonight.

2010-08-03: Just saw Farewell at the Rafael. I highly recommend it. Reminds me why I like foreign films.

2010-08-02: Did I fall asleep?

2010-07-29: Going up to Tahoe today. This will be the first part of my summer that I will actually consider …

2010-07-25: RESL’s is now over. Improved my times in 7 out of my 8 races.

2010-07-23: And first day of RESL’s is done. Just two more…

2010-07-22: And so ends all 14 episodes of Firefly. Can’t believe it took me this long to get around to …

2010-07-18: Inception was amazing. Totally random concept that somehow worked out perfectly.

2010-07-16: About to start Firefly. This should be fun :)

2010-07-05: Toy Story 3 was everything I hoped for and more.

2010-07-04: Happy 4th everyone!

2010-06-25: Going to museums is tiring

2010-06-20: Got back from Ashland Shakespeare Festival yesterday. Saw Henry IV Part 1, She Loves Me, Pride and …

2010-06-18: Ashland, Oregon is such an awesome place

2010-06-11: it is really nice outside today.

2010-06-09: 15 days until Futurama Season 6

2010-05-31: I got out of my house once this weekend

2010-05-09: Saw Iron Man 2 last night. It. Was. Awesome.

2010-04-11: My neighbor’s tree just fell over into my backyard thanks to the rain.

2009-12-07: It is currently 32.5 degress outside

2009-11-25: enjoying a movie and the knowledge that I can sleep for the next four days

2009-11-07: Just went on a walk with Thor, walked through two piles of crunchy leaves. Best part of my day

2009-10-19: It is really pouring outside right now

2009-10-11: been up for an hour, have eaten breakfast and done nothing else. so far, a good day

2009-09-27: Saw the Hurt Locker yesterday. Amazing movie.

2009-09-12: Sleep is so nice.

2009-09-05: Aaah, weekend. How great you are.

2009-08-27: Tired

2009-08-22: Aah, I love days where I don’t have to do anything that I don’t want to do.