#firiona

HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN!!! I've been just a little busy......

Since I presented my paper I went to Japan, did two weekends of markets with Julia, made a zine, introduced Tim Kasher to Magic Grill, hosted a ton of friends in Jersey City, saw Tim again with Thursday on a boat, learned a LOT about bars and this what feels like the first time I've been able to have Fun on my laptop since early April???

The presentation was incredible! My thesis ended up changing a LOT. The final slides were inspired by the other talks at the conference as much as from talking to the other academics. I learned a LOT and it really lit my fire. It'd been a VERY long time since I presented in person and I felt a spark come back (hi, i'm available for speaking gigs!)

yes i had to stuff as much timkcord in as possible

Then all that busy stuff happened and instead of relaxing in between, I was rewriting my abstract to submit for publication consideration!!! i love to give myself homework!! but it's evolved like a pokemon into it's latest form and now i'm entering my Summer of Reading.

(if anyone has good reading recs on memetics, emo, or internet linguistics pls email me [email protected])

This fall, v2 of the survey so STAY TUNED.

I started writing a book late last year and this sidequest has really shown me:

i am a real writer with a writing practice!!!!

i MISS RESEARCHING. i feel like i keep unlocking all these versions of myself and the pursuit of learning things and putting thoughts together. a chef's kiss.

if my day job's not bringing me joy, giving myself homework is actually a pretty good option

i LOVE NOTION

No specific ideas. Fry was going to do a couple “No longer living in sin” stitches for her cousin’s weddings coming up. 

Maybe just do: joansfashion

Wooh, Twin Cities represent!

Husband and I like to go to the Science Museum for our anniversary, it was one of our first dates and we enjoy going back to see the new displays and whatever is on in the omnitheater. We also like to hunt down all the Snoopy characters in the downtown area and take pictures of them. https://www.smm.org/?gclid=CLeC9bCTzM8CFQsbaQod3j0PNA

The Acme Comedy Club is also generally a good bet for a good date night: http://acmecomedycompany.com/

We also like to frequent the Guthrie, especially if someone gives us gift tickets to go see a show: http://acmecomedycompany.com/

There’s some really good restaurants too, like Fogo de Chao in Minneapolis: https://fogodechao.com/location/minneapolis

And Mancinis on West 7th in St Paul which does fantastic steak or grilled chicken (it’s the best chicken I’ve ever eaten, but probably also the most expensive. Worth it tho.) : http://mancinis.com/

I’m not a huge baseball fan but the Saints stadium is nice, although I know it’s not really baseball season at the moment. (lots of cool places to eat down there though)

The James Hill House is a fun little detour around an historic house, and I think they host events for Halloween and Christmas: http://sites.mnhs.org/historic-sites/james-j-hill-house

Also the Wabasha Street Caves, formerly a speakeasy now coffee shop  does tours of the historic caves where gangsters used to hang out and shoot things. Usually each other. http://www.wabashastreetcaves.com/

I hope that gives you some new ideas and if you try any of them out you enjoy them :D

asa butterfield maybe??? imagine him w/ auburn hair (he has blue eyes)

firiona answered your question “Please help - does anyone have a fancast for Bran Stark that is not...”

Sort of Asa Butterfield from when he was in Hugo.