finally realizing that I’ve reached complete exhausted burnout because I’ve been trying to plan my Sunday Excursion and every option I can think of I just, genuinely cannot find any enthusiasm for
like, Sunday is the day I Go Out, that is the Routine, if I’m too tired for Going Out On Sunday then I am Tired
fuck disappearing under mysterious circumstances i want to start APPEARING under mysterious circumstances. walking through a deserted eerie forest? im there. exploring an abandoned 1930s mine that no human has set foot in for 55 years? there too. touching down on mars? guess whose annoying face you see poking out from behind a rover
a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod