I should be prepping and need to get some water in so, to practice productive procrastination, I’m posting/compiling the course prep drinking game I posted over on BlueSky when I was prepping for spring. This is the cousin to the grading drinking game, of course. Originally posted 01.30.2025-02.12.2025. I’m compiling…

I attended the 2025 Pop Culture Association (PCA) Conference because I got a paper accepted. Liveblogged my days at the conference as one does. Today’s post is all about day two. You can read about day one here. PCA-ACA 2025 Day 2 (April 17) 11:30 AM Panel 1: Television IV:…

I attended the 2025 Pop Culture Association (PCA) Conference because I got a paper accepted. Liveblogged my days at the conference as one does. PCA-ACA 2025 Day 1 (April 16) 9:30 AM Panel 1: Gender and Media Studies I: Gender and Popular Music and Music Videos First presenter: Beyond the…

As always, I’m going to end the month with a reflection. I’m going to use the questions from last year, though I will not be making charts this time as it’s late, and I don’t want to…tonight. But I probably will tomorrow when I’m procrastinating on grading. Want to, that…

Today was a day for rest–mostly. I slept in, I think. Honestly, the morning is a blur. I do know that I made it to the Women Who Submit function and submitted to three or five places. That, I also don’t remember. Here’s what I do remember: the wifi wasn’t…

10 – at the train station, extremely exhausted and also very late for my friend’s panel that starts at 1030. I’m barely awake and already need a nap. 10:08 – not exactly sure why but one stop from where I got on the train we all had to get off…

Liveblogging day two at the AWP Conference as one does. 10:28 – realized about one Metro stop away that I forgot my badge. When I got here saw all the signs that I either I missed yesterday or they just posted today that say do not lose your badge or…

Liveblogging my day at the AWP Conference as one does. 7:36a – Back to my roots: riding a Metro train downtown. (I grew up in the DC area. Metro is basically in my blood.) 8:17 – Almost fell exiting the station. Thankfully (?), no one was around. The train in…

I was supposed to be in bed by 9–10 at the latest. Well, it’s 11:44 so I failed horribly at that goal. Here’s why I didn’t go to sleep on time: my massive to-do list which absolutely did not include doing a run to HomeGoods to buy a water bottle…

On this day last year, I answered the question “What are you currently reading?” and honestly I see no reason to mess with perfection. I just started reading: Okay, this is a tricky one to answer because Oathbound, the third book in Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn series. However, I feel like…