Ooof, I'm so glad Toddson is being looked after! Thanks, Bonny.

For the second one, I decided fuck it, I'm not investing more energy than I need to for this, and turned in what I thought was 3 pages of word vomit/ranting with a handful of obligatory references to the readings just for kicks. 10/10, A, feedback that this was "superb writing" and that he hopes I bring this level of "wit and candor" to the final paper. So I guess that takes some of the pressure off for the final, but again I have to ask WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCKING FUCK is going on with this class and why do I have to put up with it.

Man, I was having this conversation with one of my freshman advisees recently, about how figuring out what style writing the professor is looking for can be half the battle, and there is no good way to know! Sucks.

I'm looking forward to coming by for cocktails and admiring your decor eventually, Hec! That will be fun

I kind of want to say, "Ditto, amyparkers post + your prof is annoying, Jess, and, wow, gorgeous cabinet!" So I think I will say that. Totally cheating, but when you can't meara effectively, you make do.

Visited Toddson this morning, and I can confirm good care, and I relay the message from her that she appreciates all the ~ma and concern from everyone. Talked to Bonny, too, who is in close contact with Toddson, as you know. Hooked Toddson up with a phone charger to ensure that can continue!

Will visit again tomorrow, always carrying the Buffista love and ~ma on behalf, of course, because it is a powerful force for goodness.

I'm so glad you're able to visit Toddson, Jen! Much love and recovery~ma and pain-management~ma to her.

Oh, thanks for the update, JenP! That's good to read. Continuing the Todd~ma

figuring out what style writing the professor is looking for can be half the battle, and there is no good way to know

I mean one good way to know would be for the professor to say up front what their expectations are and not make the entire class a ridiculous guessing game with no right answers BUT HEY what do I know I am but a lowly graduate student.

But now you know he's looking for word vomit and rants, so you can give him that, I suppose. Do you get to do some kind of evaluation at some point?

A People person came around and gave everyone in the office (not many today) plastic Easter eggs full of crappy candy that I immediately looked at and thought "I don't want that at all" and yet now I have eaten almost all of it. What's the bad decision mascot, is it a mongoose?

Ugggggh and then I asked him a pretty nuanced question about citations (my source in this case is a series of casual conversations and it feels disingenuous to cite them as "interview" but there isn't really a more accurate option) and got a link to download the APA guidelines. My dude, I have clearly already looked this up, I was hoping you could provide me with a BETTER answer because the guidelines do not fucking apply to my use case.

In conclusion, I would like to go back to being on vacation where all I had to do was play board games, go whitewater rafting, and occasionally sit down and eat something.

::waves hands:: Be thou on vacation

Did it work?

I have signed back up for the movie pass thing at my local (chain, but it is literally the only movie theater in town, not even in my town which doesn't have one at all but the town next door) theater and committed to a ticket to Everything Everywhere All At Once. I feel good about that decision.