i'm very nearly done with my 1st year of my phd program and it's been great!! i just have 1 paper left to finish this semester and i'm FREE

ok i've been avoiding using my usual PC because of windows being garbage. but i am back and can DO things digitally again lol

truly curse the way my hand is cramping right now. I was on a roll with writing and still wanna do more :(

I actually suspect she made extensive use of genAI to write this. It has the odor plus makes a big deal of something not present in the book

Screaming at the intro that Winterson wrote for this edition of Frankenstein... like it's just embarrassingly bad

Have handwritten 13.5k words since Sept 16 on a story I haven't touched in ages. Maybe I'll actually have a complete 1st draft one day soon?

Thank goodness for diners within walking distance of campus. I seriously wore the wrong shoes today tho

what did she mean by "a body like an hourglass it's ticking like a clock"

Re-Animator on the big screen was so fucking good

I made apple bread from leftover SPECIAL apples and it turned out seriously good

i removed all infinitely-scrolling apps from my phone and after a bit of dopamine-withdrawal have finally noticed a HUGE improvement in mood

i installed a shelf in the bathroom and will install 2 more. fuck what da landlord said

i was able to get paxlovid, and i think that made a BIG difference for me. now the critical part is to take it eeeeeaaaassssyyyy for a while

i finally got covid this past week. :( given how ppl have been, it was a matter of time, but i'm still irritated

EXTREMELY grateful for the way teaching has been set up in my PhD program

honestly i love taking the bus and public transit. my whole day feels so carefree if i don't need to worry about parking/traffic

gunshots or just someone banging around in the dumpster outside? who can say for certain

ever since my sister and i removed to (different) Da Big City(s) my mom has described sending us smth as "sending a care package"

they don't seem to own a hammer so they are using a piece of scrap metal to detach the wheels, i guess? how hard is it to find a hammer

downstairs neighbors doing some funky "arts and crafts" rn with stolen bikes