#brain is tired

[angelpuns]

I'll try and finish some more asks tomorrow, possible also some best sibs competition and more tmnt au comp propaganda <33

#brain is tired #srry haven't been on much #my brain is just fuzzy asf lately #work is kicking my ass lmao #i really enjoy the job tho

[factorialsotherfandoms]

Can someone give me one of the alive pre-purgatory eggs? Just drop a name in a tag or reply and whomever I notice first wins

#brain is tired #making other people choose what I write today #if i manage it at all #lol #if there's more than one (heavy doubt one is a push) i'll save them for another day #god I'm looking forward to the 31st and tazercraft kidfic #as in like... backstory from when they were kids #not they are turned into children or gain another one

[curiosity-killed]

between wiping out, getting super light-headed/shaky/nauseous, and generally being extremely smangry for 75% of it, rehearsal was, shall we say, less than great today, but mostly im very annoyed with the way a) it hurts to put any weight on my heels and b) it feels like there's a chunk of bone loose in the back of my right ankle

#it is snagged like a limb after a storm #tree limb #yknow what it's fine #language is hard #brain is tired #ready to go sleep now #it is 7:30 pm #personal #anyway it does look like i'll be performing in at least 1 show! #yay

[cupid-styles]

mayhaps we do some concepts today if anyone has any fun ideas........................

#by concepts I mean like less than ~1k words #brain is tired #but if u have ideas #send them in! :) #and if it flops it didn't!

[fanficmemes]

why are people upset about you saying people can ship whatever they want

Someone who can explain this better then me pls help!!!

#asks #personal asks #brain is tired

[cdd-system-terms]

Flag/term for alters that act as a sort of welcoming committee to new splits within the inner world?

here

#— ask #brain is tired #sorry for short answer

[safety-pin-punk]

I keep answering things and it keeps telling me there are 30 things left in my inbox. *cries*

#Okay Im done for the night #brain is tired

[sophieswundergarten]

Grace also went abroad, but for college, to Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. She’s making it big for herself in the chemist world, and has already published a paper. She’s currently working on her Masters, and hopes to eventually get a PhD.

Good for her!! I'm so happy that she's doing well!!! I wholeheartedly believe in her

#Brain is tired #But I adore your little brain humans #I want her to be able to work with Peter on chemistry stuff #Like #As professional coworkers #It would be so funny #Also because I bet she's got such awesome ideas #Kaslyn's OCs

[spacedoutwitch]

Rhodi's a new Crystal wizard at @wizardraziw's school, ready to learn and equipped with their special stuffed animal to help them ward off any unintentional spooky illusions!

(Saw this was a thing that started happening and gleefully jumped on the bandwagon. I was gonna dress up one of my already existing sonas, but then I went and made a new one, and I'm Love Them So Much Already. Congrats to them on being my first sona with an actual name, fgvbhnjkbjvb... Here are some silly doodles of the other sonas in funny outfits, anyways:)

#Some Kinda Nonsense #Sonas #Personas #Fursonas #Fursona #Sona #Persona #Cat Dragon Snake #Peacock #Object Head Cat #Rhodi #Wizard #?? #Not sure what to tag this as for universe purposes actually #Crystal Wizard #Also no other post today #Brain is tired

[thatratbastardcharlie]

Hey look another pride post even though we've been in pride for 20 days LMAO but this time it's different, cuz I made a digital doodle haha.

Quality wise it's not good but I'm proud of it and how it came out and looks, I hope you guys also enjoy it and stay safe this pride month.

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#art #artists on tumblr #gay art #mediocre #digital art #nonbinary #Demi arrowace #tired artist #brain is tired #brain mush #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[neverwholelahey]

Zeke stop encouraging my weird. Still love you tho you little shite. Tho you're not that little. I think you even might be taller than me. And I'm not really short. I'm like 170cm. Tho I'm definitely considered fat for my weight.

#whateveriwanted #outofmemories #i forgot to tag this #brain is tired #tomorrowpeople without vowels #i think thats how vowels is spelled #it looks the most right compared to the other spellints i tried esrlier

[whentherewerebicycles]

i am obviously not going to be able to fit all of this into my job talk and i have no idea if it’ll even match the prompt BUT i’ve been thinking about some of the specific areas of programming i’d be most psyched to design/work on if i got this job. still incomplete (and obviously this could easily be 5-10 years’ worth of work but i like to DREAM ok!!!) but here you go.

Focus Area 1: Make high-impact mentoring more accessible, effective, and sustainable for faculty and students.

Build upon the success of existing faculty cohort programs (Diversity and CE Fellows) (ie structured longer-term forms of professional development, community building, ongoing support

Collaborate with faculty, staff, students to develop a centralized library of evidence-based resources (tools to use at different stages in mentoring relationships, mentoring curricula, professional development workshops to address specific needs, etc.), to ensure students get the most out of mentorship AND to ensure faculty are able to engage in high-impact mentoring in personally & professionally sustainable ways. (Basically I just think that too often faculty are left alone to reinvent the wheel and that is so exhausting!! It increases the likelihood that mentoring will be ad-hoc and kinda random instead of thoughtfully planned. It also means people might not be using the most time-effective, culturally responsive, and/or evidence-validated strategies. I’ve always been REALLY into the idea of interviewing faculty and students about their mentoring experiences, needs, challenges, etc. and then using that info + secondary research to develop a toolbox of activities, forms/tools, and vetted resources people can consult & use for any stage of the mentoring relationship. it could be modeled off alison green’s incredible The Management Center and tailored to the institution’s specific demographics: high rates of first-gen, first-gen low income, and transfer students. this would just be like... passion project for me lol.)

Create resources (as part of the toolkit above) and integrate workshops into existing undergrad research programs that teach mentees the skills they need to get the most out of mentoring relationships (such as how to identify potential mentors, initiate mentoring, define expectations, communicate short- and long-term goals, develop mentoring maps, prepare for meetings with their mentor, navigate conflict, etc.), with a focus on giving students greater agency and confidence in navigating mentor/mentee relationships.

Restart the defunct faculty research mentor award program (and explore other ways of recognizing and thanking faculty for their intellectual and emotional labor). Also, explore ways of institutionally rewarding and incentivizing faculty mentorship, for instance in relation to promotion, tenure review, or contract extensions. (This is an area I’d need to learn more about—but it would be cool to explore how faculty currently document mentorship work in their tenure files or whatever.) 

Focus Area 2: Increase transfer student engagement in research. 

Background: [school] accepts very high numbers of transfer students each year; transfer students often significantly overlap with other student demographics (many transfer students are first-gen, BIPOC, or belong to other groups historically underrepresented in higher education) but they’re also a unique demographic who would benefit from targeted programming designed with their specific needs and accelerated timelines. Transfer students may enter four-year universities with less navigational capital than their peers and less familiarity or past contact with research (as two-year college faculty may be less likely to engage in research or to integrate students into research projects). They also tend to have greater demands on their time and resources outside of the classroom and fewer years in college to build relationships with faculty and to explore different research opportunities. 

Before transfer students matriculate:

Work with local community college instructors and advisors to demystify research, communicate the academic and professional benefits of engaging in undergrad research, and familiarize students with [school] resources/opportunities.

Incorporate presentations & workshops specifically tailored to transfer students into new student orientation events.

Collaborate with academic advisors & academic coaches who support transfer students to deepen their awareness of [school] research opportunities and to develop strategies for guiding students towards research. Focus on developing consistent messaging and easy-to-digest one-page resources that advisors can share with students.

Create a page specifically geared towards transfer students on the Office of [Redacted]’s website (so we have somewhere to direct students during workshops, orientation, etc.).

Directly email all incoming transfer students to invite them to a special “Getting Involved in Research” event held in the fall, where they can listen to faculty speakers and then have a chance to informally network with faculty in small groups after. 

During transfer students’ two years at [school name]:

Develop and teach two-credit “Research for Transfer Students” course (potentially modeled on the UW Seattle version)

Develop and implement Faculty Mentor Lunch/Dinner program (modeled off the one in the first-gen book—look up the institution) specifically for transfer students, to help them make early contact with faculty and learn about ongoing research projects.

Work with academic advisors to encourage them to incorporate curricular and co-curricular research opportunities into the degree maps they already create with students

Explore ways of recognizing and incentivizing transfer student involvement in research (for instance, creating a faculty-nominated award to honor transfer students who have excelled in research placements, or even eventually creating a certificate program where students earn a credential of some kind by taking a couple classes, completing a research assistantship or internship, participating in a professional development workshop series, and presenting their research at a conference or campus symposium).

Gather informal data from transfer students to understand barriers to getting involved in research & explore ways of addressing those barriers (for instance, if childcare responsibilities prevents adult students from engaging in research or attending late afternoon/evening workshops, how can we get creative about addressing these barriers?)

After students graduate:

Maintain an active alumni network if possible, since most alums live in the region (newsletter highlighting transfer students and former transfer student alums’ achievements and projects?)

Invite alums back to speak at workshops and events (ooh it might be cool to have them attend one of the faculty mentor dinners or the orientation event).

Explore eventually developing a professional mentorship program (similar to the business school’s) that pairs transfer student alums with current students. This could be integrated into a larger professional mentorship program. 

Focus Area 3:

Can’t decide between these (all of which would obv be long-term projects)...

Gradually increase the number of undergrads who complete some kind of senior research project (a senior thesis, Capstone, or research assistantship that involves creating a substantive professional research product) over time... would have to learn more about what their current support for thesis writing looks like & also think more about the specific infrastructure you’d need to make this possible. could target a specific department as an initial three-year pilot or something like that, maybe?

Develop a research certificate or minor of some kind that involves completing a specific number or sequence of courses, participating in professional development programming, completing a research assistantship or internship, and/or doing some kind of senior research project? idk would obviously have to think about this more & learn more about institutional politics & look at how similar programs are structured at other institutions)

Collaborate with the Connected Learning director to recreate my old program in this new school <333 I bet we could get that Mellon $$ lol

#phew #brain is TIRED #i would.... like them to hire me

[blueberryfruitbat]

i am alive and i am drawing 

being an adult sucks tho

#batty babbles #brain is tired #work sucks #and still situating myself after moving #i just wanna play monster hunter and draw my borbos

[pudgy-planets]

Girlfriends who eat sticks of butter straight from the box like chocolate bars, but more savory.

Or melts several sticks of butter into a tub or gallon and proceeds to chug it all down like a protein shake. Regardless of the repercussions to their waistlines.

#mun rambles #brain is tired

[lesbian-disaster-academic]

i used to be so good at writing strong, thoroughly-researched, thoroughly-edited essays.

as a kid in hs, my teacher literally came up to me, holding my 40 page essay on the intersection of the European witch hunts and capitalism/exploitation/gender roles (it was supposed to be 7 pages...whoops) and went like "this is literally a master's-degree level thesis. what are you doing?? you could literally use this as your final dissertation in a master's program, what the fuck."

NOW??? NOW?? you'd think I'd be oh so skilled. but alas. i can barely piece together two ideas. adhd skill-regression is so so real. im SOBBING

#this is just me ranting sorry #im very tired and hungry #and i want to sleep but brain go brrrrr #well i used to be nice and smart and now im neither of those or however the song goes #pretty sure he was exaggerating cause looking back. it was good. but some of the wording was a lil wonky #adhd #actually adhd #executive dysfunction #actually neurodiverse #adhd paralysis #adult adhd #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #adhd hacks #academia #neurodivergent #adhd skill regression #confessions of a burnt out gifted kid #<< i guess #former gifted kid #burnt out gifted kid #gifted kid burnout #realizing i sound rly pretentious here sorry -- formal speech patterns i picked up as an autistic child and never put down again haha

[shubbabang]

Shout out to everyone who is just so tired So so exhausted So very very tired so very fatigued so sleepy and tired So

#I am literally so mentally exhausted lately I feel like my brain is swelling #I feel dazed and cloudy and yet I must keep going despite being the most tired bitch in the universe