saraluckelman.bsky.social
#Logician, #Onomast, #Medievalist, #AcademicMama, #Author, #Immigrant, founder of SFFReviews.com and @EllipsisImprint. Co-president of @ducu. Own views. Robot.
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to the extent that it felt like they almost broke the fourth wall.
I really enjoyed that. This "social commentary" aspect is also one of the reasons why I think "The Eclipse" is one of GMMTV's best series.
It's an aspect I don't often find in US dramas. Maybe I'm just watching the wrong ones.
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In fact, one of the things I really liked about S2 was one of the things I really liked about Beyond Evil -- both of them were not just good stories, but they also felt like they were very pointed social commentaries on contemporary Korean legal systems and structures --
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But they pulled it off! All the same characters -- plus some new ones, a new story -- but one that was both deeply tied to details from the previous season AND entirely new. A friend had described the "enemy" in season 2 as the system, rather than any specific criminal, and I thought that was apt.
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We smoked the last one an hour ago.
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Wait, there were Protestants in the 15th C?! They must have been VERY secret indeed.
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Heh, I am currently at 4.9k followers...
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Next week's todo list has 43 items on it.
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4. Of what needs to happen every week, I can accomplish barely half of it. There is just *too much work* for one person.
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Across the entire week, I received over 400 emails, of which I was able to deal with ~330, leaving 70 waiting for me to also deal with next week. Some are asking for updates on tasks that I need to be doing. I can either *do tasks* or I can respond to emails about doing tasks, but not both.
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3. I managed to be this productive this week only because I almost completely ignored my email. Of the roughly 60 messages that came in on Friday, I was able to deal with/respond to only 20 of them. The rest will roll over to next week.
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2. Every day I managed to accomplish more than what was due that day -- and yet I *still* moved 7 items to next week's todo list which are past their due-date, some of them massively.
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Conclusions:
1. Completing an average of 11 quantifiable tasks every week day is honestly Damn Impressive, and is evidence that I am (a) not a slacker, (b) extraordinarily efficient and productive, and (c) quite well organized.
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Here are the numbers:
Day / Started with / Due that day / Completed / Ended with
Monday / 25 / 7 / 13 / 15
Tuesday / 31 / 5 / 13 / 21
Wednesday / 21 / 7 / 10 / 12
Thursday / 25 / 5 / 7 / 18
Friday / 24 / 5 / 11 / 13
Averages: started with 25; completed 11; ended with 16.
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Sorry, I'm too busy over here synergising my leverages.
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Do you know of any places in Durham that does lessons? I'd love to keep it up. (Though, I've been informed that alumni can join DUDT, and I DID do a PGCAP at Durham, so technically I'm an alumna...)
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Is "Turban" a typo, or a system distinct from Turabian? This is a confusing quote to read.
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On the other hand:
Of the 60 emails that came in over the course of the day, I was able to deal with 20.
There is just too much. Too much of it all.
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Task 11: short story review -- done!
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Oh, wow!!! If I had known earlier I could've tried to get some tips!
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I have been having a ridiculously good time learning how to tango (which is about as unlike ballet as you can possibly get and still be dancing) with my partner, and cannot wait to get all glammed up and dance my heart out week after next.
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Task 10: tango lesson -- done!
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Task 9 (first mark final dissertation) -- DONE!
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Can't wait to be back!
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Task 8: move summer travel plans forward by at least one step -- done! (I now have a flight from the UK to Brazil and from the US to the UK. Just need a flight from Brazil to the US for me, and flights from the UK to the US and back for my kid, the former on her own, the latter w/ Gma & cousins.)
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Task 7 (negotiate mark w/ second marker): done -- at least until the second marker tosses the ball back into my side of the court. :)
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Task 6 (send list of references to master's student): done!
(This would've taken much less time if my laptop didn't gasp for air every time I have more than a few PDFs open at once...)
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Task 5 (renew ADHD meds): done! And while I still have more than a week left of my current Rx!
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Ahh, that'd be fantastic! Yes, I'm super excited about it too -- first, it's always nice to be invited to keynote; second, it's awesome that the BSHP wants to foreground medieval stuff!
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Task 4 "finished" in the sense that the two exam-related deadlines that are today aren't actually anything to do with me, so I can tick them off, update the due date, and move the todo card to next week.
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Task 3 (letter of recommendation for a student): not quite done, because I realized I need two more pieces of info, but as done as I can be until I get them, so I can take this off today's todo list and move it to next week's.
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You're welcome! That was such a fun story.
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Task 2 (more union casework): done.
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Task 1 (union casework): done.
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Hurrah! (I've seen the email come in -- THANK YOU for such an explicit subject line, I might be able to make time for it tomorrow!)
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I accomplished all the things with due dates today, one that had a due date tomorrow, and one without a due date!
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Makes me think of the Blue Channel “Thalasin” video lmao