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Another incident requiring shelter-in-place this PM on campus. Just grateful that I was home this time, though disconcerting that I didn’t get any email notification about it until after the fact—I only found out about this thru a message from a concerned acquaintance.

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Cryptic shelter-in-place message on campus to start the day…I don’t have class until this PM, but still, super alarming. Disconcerting to hear voices in the hallway going about the day as usual.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The hill I will die on is that generative AI is evil and wrong and a massive waste of resources and that academics — of all people — should know better than to use it in their writing.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Finding spring semesters to be so utterly exhausting! Cannot wait until spring break—in need of a break stat.

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Grateful to be able to take it a bit slow with the snow day, because it seems like the last few months finally caught up with me—feeling some bug, hopefully just a cold!

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Just heard what sounds like a fire alarm go off in my upstair neighbor’s. Still traumatized by the flood last November from the sprinklers going off, and so find myself immobilized on the living room couch. Perhaps this is a sign for me to move!

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Finally took a much-needed break to drive 2.5 hrs each way through the rain to go thrifting. My windshield chipped a bit from the gravel that the gov’t snow trucks were laying out in advance of the snow to come (grateful for car insurance) but I had a wonderful day exploring and finding treasures!

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Need a real break, stat—to recover from the last month at least—so that I can stop overindulging on snacks to satisfy my need for a Big Reward for having made through it all.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Difficult to get out of bed or feel any sort of motivation, as it is a gloomy day—literally and figuratively. Only thing keeping me together is reading and re-reading messages from my intellectual community in Korea from yesterday, about our work together in these times. Onward!

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Finding myself completely knocked down, physically, the first day after the crazy travel days from last month finally ended—tired and aching all over! At least I have delicious Korean food from the DC area Korean markets to keep me going. Trying to remind myself to take one day at a time.

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In DC again since yesterday, and while I drove up this time, the tragedy last night really hit me, especially following those of Jeju Air and Air Busan in Korea in recent weeks.

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One last trip to close out the busy season! Looking forward to connecting with friends and colleagues, but also excited for the slower pace so I can devote more time to reading, thinking, and most importantly, WRITING!

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Was never a fan of flying thru DC—but being here today, of all days, really takes the cake 😩

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Praying to the weather gods for smooth travels coming up next week—a bit nervous though no snow here in central VA this weekend, though there seems to be lots of it and extremely cold temps where I need to go.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

I absolutely HATE the “copilot” function in MS Office—who thought this would be a good idea? Reminds me of all the bad products rolled out by former employer during my corporate pencil-pushing days. Just devastated by the waste of resources on this “feature” that no one asked for.

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What a day for Korea! Going to wait until tmrw AM US time to update my lecture materials for my pop culture class. Hoping that this is the beginning of the end of The Situation 🙏

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TFW an undergrad tells you that you look “young” for a professor (positive, since it was used in the vein of me being relatable to them) 🥹❤️ bless you dear child, I’ve lived a few of my nine lives and as a result, am older than many of my tenured colleagues!

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Just saw a guy toss out multiple loads of books at the communal recycling center 😢💔 Not sure what the story is there (or whether books, many of them hardcovers, are even recyclable) but wished that he would have donated them, at least to the public library in town.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

A frenzied week trying to get back into things after a month away, so I rewarded myself with a trip to the local charity and vintage shops where I found amazing china and a dress for a steal. NGL this was not my first time thrifting in 2025—

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

While I saw a few winter fires myself in the seven years I lived in LA, nothing was to the scale of what I’ve seen on the news and the socials today—not even the one fire in West LA that was practically right next to UCLA. Hope this information may reach those in need of it.

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TFW you realize that the ILL book you’ve had in your office for some time is from your alma mater! Thanks, alma mater, for helping me on the job 🤓📚

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Thought I might be able to ease back into the grind, haha! Grateful, though, to have some time before classes start next Monday to get going.

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Survived the storm with no damage (no flooding in 2025 so far, hope it stays this way🤞) and just dug the car out from under the snow (b/c minimal indoor parking in the South). Grateful to dad who left a spare snow brush in my trunk for the day I might need one—today was that day!

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Um, so, how serious is the impending storm? More to the point: Am I sufficiently prepared for how the South will handle (or not lol) 3-7 inches of snow/sleet in the next 48 hrs? My sister (former resident of the South) says not 😅😂😭

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Managed to unpack, run all of my laundry, grab groceries, take out trash and recycling, restock on essential supplies, clean the apt—most importantly, my work station, and stopped by the office to return library books in the last 48 hrs! Glad to feel settled in before the coming storm.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Finally back in VA. Grateful to have been able to unplug completely from work during the holidays—filled with family and fun, but also trying to grapple with more heartbreaking news from Korea. Cautiously optimistic about the new year as I feel like I now have some strength to move on.

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