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I think one of the hardest parts of academic writing for me is being sure that what I'm writing is what people are looking for. I mean, I try to do it smart. I look at what's published in the journal, etc.. However there's nothing _quite_ like what they asked me to do published in there. That's not bad because what they asked me to do is a bit more like what I'm good at but... still... I fret.
(also still waiting to hear back about my revisions and generally anxious about that one because I have the least faith in it)
Also a note to self: if you don't write words, you can't edit them. So put your head down and write and make it 'sound' better later.
The writing voice of professional literature is so untrue to my authentic self that it's an extreme struggle to make these words happen. I can write creatively, I can write informatively, I cannot write professionally.
"You motherfuckers, Y2K was real, we saved the goddamn world," the mad programmer yelled into the null.
As I am working on this article, I find myself having so many feelings related to standards, to what we prioritize, to what gets left behind, to how people limit themselves. It's really quite something, how people limit possibility.
Is it possible to do a mood pivot from internally screeching about men like a freaking harpy to settling in to work?
*let's be harpy positive*
A friend posted an instagram pic of "legalize awoo" graffiti and it made me so happy, y'all lovely furries <3
LB: Literally some of the biggest reasons I love Mastodon. I hope to goodness that this will be around for a while even if/as I use Twitter and I'd be really sad if it were gone.
I honestly don't know how to tell people about mastodon
"Come to Mastodon! Where the fluffy elephant friend will help you see toots from 3 sharks, various dragons, a squirrelbun, a catfox, and a host of other people/creatures/things" just sounds like the ravings of a madman
Mastodon 95 by @chr is literally the best thing. https://userstyles.org/styles/147988/cybre-space-windows-95 https://moe.neon.moe/media/fscL6e5uUe8EbR226EI
Spinning down to the end of my first week of work, during which I've _accomplished_ nothing because this isn't the kind of job where you accomplish things the first week of work. I've gotten more programs installed, done some training, read up on some standards stuff, stole a NACO training binder (from a colleague who said to go for it)... it's not bad, it's just a little weird like I'd like to be working ON something. But I know that's not where I am right now and that's ok. Right now is abt getting to know people, dept, opportunities, etc.
@allanaaa What if I did a 666-char witches mastodon post about librarians and learning to code.
Deeper philosophical realization
There are two types of indie gamedevs
https://mastodon.social/media/I6XkEDuL4XdnUT2Vvq8
Orbiting is basically eternally falling towards an object. And that perfectly explains me when I'm around you.
i love the idea of *slightly* magical objects. like a knife that doesn't ever cut your fingers accidentally, a mug that holds 10% more liquid than it should.
There are all these kinds of things where I'm like "hm, am I need to going to get better about this or is this mostly irrelevant to the work I'll be doing..." But some stuff like "hey let's see what this subdivision looks like" it's gonna be things I'll want to learn even if I don't HAVE to.
I HAVE A COMPUTER!