Greetings, Internet! This is the week I got to unbox my guitar, name her (Ginny!), and play her until visible cuts appeared on my fingers (lovely visual, but the cuts shall heal, and then I shall become a better player). I also ate a lot of cake as I read about the implosion of academia/higher … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 8
Greetings, Internet! How’s everyone doing? Well, April happened. That was somehow fast and slow? The ukulele channel has upgraded to a setup with a real microphone, the world continues to be chaos, and I’m actually making progress with some of the main primary sources of my dissertation (even though it is looking less and less … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 7
Greetings, Internet! How's everyone doing? This week kind of flew by. And by “flew by,” I mean that all of the days have converged and if not for my need to keep track of the days with bullet-points, I would think that the past six weeks were a blur. But it has been six weeks, … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 6
Greetings, Internet! The self-isolation continues, and the ukulele obsession is only growing. Really curious to see where that all goes. I promise that I’m doing other, non-ukulele-related things (you know, dissertation and all). But I’m not sure how long the stay-at-home order is actually going to last (I mean, sure, May 15th is technically the … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 5
Greetings, Internet! The self-isolation continues, although now I have a ukulele YouTube channel! Go like and subscribe if that’s the sort of thing you’d be interested in. And yes, I will continue to shamelessly plug this channel for the remainder of my quarantine posts. You have been warned. Also, I should seriously invest in a … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 4
Greetings, Internet! Hope everyone is having a delightful time learning how to become introverts. It takes a bit of practice, but someday you'll love the great indoors. Daily entries below, followed by a ukulele cover of "Such Great Heights." My quarantine covers playlist is growing, and if you feel so inclined, you can watch everything … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 3
Greetings, Internet! How’s everyone doing? I’m still in the process of feeling like this is grad student life, even though I know for sure that this is not the life of a typical grad student. I can’t stop watching the news, even though the news is bleak (or, I guess, especially because the news is … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 2
Greetings, Internet! It seems that staying home is the name of the game, so here I stay. I do not believe I have COVID-19, nor do I think I’ve been exposed to it directly, however I am technically “high risk” on account of my quadriplegia. I sometimes forget that I am a quadriplegic, but then … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 1
Greetings, Internet! I just got all four wisdom teeth out (partly because it seemed like less of a hassle in the long run, and partly because I am a glutton for punishment), and so I thought, “Now’s a good time to update the blog.” This post is inspired by the Sex and the City episode, … Continue reading The Dissertation Registry
Greetings, internet! I was supposed to write this post back in July, because that would have marked my ten-year anniversary at Push to Walk, my gym. Now that it’s February and this post is way overdue, however, we’re just going to call Push to Walk my Valentine. And every Valentine deserves a love letter. Dear … Continue reading A Valentine for My Gym
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