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brauronia · 2 years
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I messaged one of my favorite scholars EVER and she accepted my abstract for a conference and so I’ll meet her for real in a few months and I’m SCREAMING.
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thesargasmicgoddess · 4 months
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"Research is formalized curiosity"...
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More and more, I'm realizing that not everyone is wired with a curious mind like mine. I often wonder about the "whys" about something. It's not unusual for me to get consumed for days or months thinking about the "why" or "how" of something--but I had assumed that this was how most people proceeded with a curiosity.
Imagine my surprise when I gradually realized (very recently, actually) that I'm actually in the minority, and not the majority. My mind, seemingly, is often an outlier--far away from the normal cluttered data points of reserved thoughts and commonplace musings. Surprisingly, it has helped me to see and understand things better. I've always wondered why I always seem more affected by little things in life than others, and now I understand why.
It maybe exhilaratingly exhausting at times, but I simply don't know how to, or want to, tame who I am.
This makes those I've let into my thoughts, and those who have gotten to know me, even more special to me. Specifically those who aren't scared away by my haphazardly odd, passionate, curious, and random mind.
I always think that I couldn't get nerdier, weirder, or more passionate....and then I go proving myself wrong again. Every time.
I mean, what fun would it be if I didn't? 🤣😉
Cheers 😘
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torturedheart · 7 months
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@hiddenstarters || open starter
Spencer knew what DC was like, this- although exact in look was not DC. Something was off, no matter how much the blue skies dared to lure him into a false sense of security. Not when he had been in Oregon just the night before on a case. He looks up then down the street, trying to make sense of it all. “What…is going on here?” He questions before finding a sign for Rock Creek Park. The park, that would be a good place for him to make sense of everything. He sets off, converse covered feet moving quickly as he scanned the area, everything was as it should be. Although his mind flashed danger lights in his head.
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thetriumphantpanda · 1 month
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mentally we are not in a good place rn so we are writing angsty Joel Miller smut and hoping it heals us.
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dailycupofcreativitea · 11 months
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This is a shameless pitch for my field of work but if you like biology and you like coding...consider bioinformatics as a career  👀  Especially if you live in the US, as it's well-known for its bionformatics scene.
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ravarui · 2 months
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"Why are kids these days thinking that eating glowsticks is a good idea? You're lucky they are only minimally toxic and only cause an upset stomach and some irritation in your mouth area..."
Man he hopes Peter is not doing the same thing.
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movietonight · 9 months
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There are lot of mash tumblr people who are also into things like Catch 22 or Hogan's Heroes but I haven't really seen anyone here really into Full Metal Jacket or Good Morning Vietnam despite the very obvious overlap
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after two years, i've returned to the starting point (looking up every single spanish university to see if i have a possibility of doing a funded phd there)
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cupcraft · 6 months
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First midterm of the season 🫡 here I go
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achroanimus · 4 months
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when I say there's no expiration date on extensively plotted connections and that I never break dynamics and commitments without a valid reason, I mean it
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heelsorthink-blog · 1 year
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Here we go again ....
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I started this blog almost exactly 10 years ago.  I had just arrived in New Orleans to embark on a four month adventure and research exercise.  At the time I was just entering the data collection stage of my PhD and my focus was on the Krewe of Muses, an all-female Mardi Gras krewe.
As a Canadian, Mardi Gras parades and parade culture were a pretty foreign concept and an even stranger subject for a doctoral thesis at a Canadian university.  What started as a feminist investigation became a much broader look at the important role that art and creativity play in community building, community identity, and friendship.  
When I returned home to Canada, I wrote a number of different versions of my dissertation but never defended.  The version that resonated with my research participants, did not resonate at all with my dissertation committee.  
‘Complicated” is one of the most common words writers use to describe New Orleans.  It is a city of contradictions, which all make total sense when you are here, but are almost impossible to explain and to understand if you have never visited or had to opportunity to wander the streets to explore and experience all the city, and its people have to offer.
Last night I heard author Janis F Kearney read from her recent book Only on Sundays at Octavia Books.  She spoke that as a writer, you need to “speak your truth”.  I think that is the reason I never defended my thesis or received my PhD.  I needed and wanted to speak the truth that the female members of the Krewe of Muses shared with me.  I wanted to capture the spirit, the sense of magic, and excitement they shared with me.  The experience of riding in Muses, glittering shoes, or watching the parade hoping to catch one of their coveted shoes or specialty throws did not fit neatly within a framework of critical race or feminist theory.  It was complicated!
So here I am 10 years later, temporarily returning to the Irish Channel, the neighbourhood I called home a decade ago and ready to revisit a project that was shelved but not forgotten.
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thesargasmicgoddess · 15 days
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There's something in the water...
While on my way to the college this morning, I saw a guy dancing in his tighty whities at the intersection. Just shaking it, without a care in the world.🩲
Then, I saw another guy running down the street screaming, "FUUUCK THIS SHIIIITTTT!" repeatedly, with a blanket wrapped around himself.🦸‍♂️
Then, I run into one of my super nice Canadian doctoral mentors (sweetest man ever❤️), and we talk about datasets, longitudinal case control studies, and epidemiological statistics for random small talk. 😂🤓
I don't know how to explain this, but somehow, all of this just seems par for the course in my life right now 😂 it just makes sense....crazy people and stats.
Not sure what that says about my life, but I'm glad to be along for this crazy ride 😜
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torturedheart · 5 months
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Event starter between Spencer and Kono ( @devilsmenu )
Prompt 14: Monster- Vampire
Another dead end sends the genius back the way he came, he certainly can’t keep up with what path he’s already taken when everything looks the same. A noise in the far distance has him slowing his pace further until he comes to a full stop, a sigh falling from his lips. “I just want to get out of here.” He mutters, eyes scanning the end of the pathway that he could see. “Huh, that’s really cool…nope, not fake-that’s real.” He takes off in a run, muttering under his breath.
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lingeringscars · 1 year
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My entire brain is probably going to be consumed by yellowjackets this month but I also am drowning just a lil
I have multiple papers I have to write & research to do & stats assignments etc this month. The semester ends 4/27 and then I have a month off before summer classes but have to work on a paper then too. Suffice to say I want to be here but final stretch of the semester so you know. Weeps.
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coffeedrgn87 · 2 years
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I picked up on a sort-of abandoned WIP and after giving the first six chapters an edit, I feel somewhat confident that I’ll be able to come up with chapter seven very soon.
Also, just wondering, but why is my writing to-do list so much longer now than it was before I completed my latest project? All this wishful thinking would be perfectly doable if I didn’t suffer from a horrid bout of procrastination. I should employ a professional buttkicker to keep me on track with my writing goals…
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indomitablespirits · 1 year
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((HELP. 😂😂))
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