#sleepanon

lmao OKAY right now specifically it would be "here are all my opinions about the draft process, the entry draft, and what the league should do next. I have a ten-year strategic plan for continued league growth. mark walter meet me outside I just want to talk"

outside of that I think the cultural historian in me would jump out and I would have to talk about the role sports play in urban culture and social identity, and specifically what is happening with the pwhl in context of that (both similar and different)

We were just chatting in various settings from all that I can remember, he was shifting sizes every now and again but we weren't making a big deal of it. At one point the conversation turned to how he preferred being held when he's small, when it's unavoidable, and I brought up that picture you had made of him, i think the caption was 'hanging limply like a sulking kitten' or something?

It was a good dream, and I didn't wanna be weird about it but I guess I just wanted to thank you for your work, your creations, and for sharing them with everyone. It was a nice sleep, and I was glad I got to ponder silly things with Jax for at least a bit.

I hope you have a great day and weekend. ~ SleepAnon

That sounds so wholesome! I'm glad it was a good dream.

Thank you so much for this. It's wild to me that my work touches other people or gets in their brain enough to cause dreams, but it makes me so happy when people tell me things like this!

Last book I…

Bought: The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

Borrowed: Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich

Was Gifted: Maus vol. 1 by Art Spiegelman and American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, also I’m sure as a joke Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman by Marjorie Hillis

Gave/lent to someone else: Think the last thing I lent out was a late art history professor’s self-published manuscript that he had handed out.

Started: The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey

Finished: The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

Gave 5 stars: The Jade Peony and All That Matters by Wayson Choy

Gave 2 stars: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. The one book that immediately comes to mind that I have little goodwill towards, and that was long before the film or knowing about the author.

Didn’t finish: The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey, My attention span is just not what it used to be though I know I will get to it again.

I'm not a studyblr but my lovely friend @sleepanon requested this and who am I to deny her

Notion sponsor me xo

Step 1. I make a masterlist of big deadlines for the whole semester on its own page.

Thank you so much for the tag @sleepanon

I wanna start with the books I am currently reading because it will take a while until I can start with the books in my tbr (that’s also a vague list I had in my mind, haha)

Currently reading:

“Mindset” - Dr. Carol S. Dweck (really enjoying this)

“Der Idiot“ - F.M. Dostojewskij (really enjoying!! I am almost halfway through, wow haha)

“Weihnachten auf der Lindwurmfeste“ - Walter Moers (Well, a “christmas book”. I usually love Walter Moers’ books but this one... not so sure. However, it’s as always really well written... and I will finish it this weekend hopefully)

TBR (in no particular order) :

“Der Zauberberg” - Thomas Mann

“Mayonnaise and the origin of life” - Harold J. Morowitz (I got this as a christmas present  :D, read the first chapter, it was fun)

“Infinite Jest“ - David Foster Wallace (Let’s see... It’s massive... will probably take me 2 years?!)

“A Short History of Nearly Everything” - Bill Bryson

“Labyrinth“ - Friedrich Dürrenmatt (If you don’t know Dürrenmatt, I strongly recommend his books - my favourite one is “The Physicists“)

“Zugvögel“ - Charlotte McConaghy 

Either “The Character of Physical Law“ or “Six Not-So-Easy Pieces“ by Richard Feyman (these books are on my shelf for a while now and I wanna tackle them finally)

And there are some other books on self-development I am thinking of reading but I haven’t decided yet...

I’m tagging everyone who would like to share their tbr (I’m always curious :) ) and

Listen/purchase: 太阳花 (Demo) by The Twenties

I missed this very catchy tune when it came out last summer, let’s have a listen to The Twenties 乐队 from Beijing.   =D

We have featured them a few times, but really it has been too long. (See previous posts HERE, and ALSO HERE, and OVER HERE.) 

The demo above is in Mandarin, but they have a new English single that dropped this week, as well as a 2018 album. Check the music (and lyrics) out at  Bandcamp

Findy Zhao 赵丹阳-Voc/Gtr, Yu Shiwei 俞士维-Bass, Jiang Xiao 江啸-Drums, Wang Yiliang 王翌亮-Gtr

More links:  Douban,  Spotify,  weibo.  There are other bands called ‘The Twenties’, so finding their official MV channel is proving elusive.  Any help with a link, I would appreciate! =)

13. Favorite STEM field?

i’d have to say bio! it’s probably what i’d be doing if i wasn’t doing what i am.

14. Favorite humanities subject?

literature lmao. is that cheating? idk, but it is!

15. Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance?

i’ve always kind of wanted to take a latin intensive? also a variety of science classes, see answer to #13

36. Best feedback you’ve ever gotten on something academic?

oh, man. ummmmmmm let me see if i can find it. it was a big reason why i didn’t quite the phd after a year. and i went back to it multiple times during my second year. hang on, i’ll update in a minute!

ETA, here it is 😭😭😭