I joined a class in a screening of I Saw the TV Glow, and this movie… I feel like I ate that campus mushroom.

No, you’re an open hole

We had a campus screening of the film The Librarians (it's about book bans) and I'm just so ragingly angry. These people are just so smug. They are fascists and they are bullies and they have power. It's so defeating

The book I’m reading now takes place in 1940-41 France. It’s extra hard to read right now. And that’s why reading is good

I reposted a reel on Instagram yesterday that pleaded with folks to read a fucking book. And I really can not emphasize that enough. Read a GD book.

This dipshit keeps doing exercises in front of cameras to look tough, and he’s fails at even basic form. He should be embarrassed, but that requires shame.

It is also one of those January days that almost justifies our cost of living. Walking around the lake in a tshirt, regretting the pant layer I did.

Demonstrations and protests are more than signs. But I will say, the signs I’ve seen are next level amazing

This sunset really is spectacular! People are pulling over to take pics.

A couple watching the sunset at the beach. Awwww.

Oh my, the Sharks, man. That was guts

And somehow I did that while prepping all that and making 12 pounds of play dough and baking 9 loaves of real bread and washing/drying/packing 24 mason jars of butter. Oh, and still doing my 8 hrs of day job. To say I’m exhausted is an understatement

But we’ve learned about general purpose technologies, a short history of self-sufficient lifestyles, economics of international trade (and isolation/autarky), global shipping, and the concept of the circular economy

Usually this term is 4 days a week for 4 weeks (3 days one week). This year the calendar didn’t work well, so it’s been 3 hours a day, 5 days for two weeks and 4 the third week. Five straight days of 3 hour class has been ROUGH.

I'm at the point where I only want to see or hear that man's name when his obituary comes out. But I know as an informed citizen I have to pay attention. But my God, I can't take much more of this horse shit.

As many times as I've banged my mouth on things, I've been fine. A light bump of laptop an hour ago and I chipped my front tooth. Fairly minor but somewhat noticeable and I can not leave it alone. I have a dentist appointment in 4 weeks. I wonder if I'll make it until then.

Some of the staff remain in the old building, and I've walked over twice to talk to one of them because an email would just be too tough for the question. Then my officemate reminded me phones exist.

I’m so grateful to be busy right now. And being with students teaching them life helps, too. I don’t feel as powerless as I might if I had time to dwell and doomscroll

What I did after class and work… baked 9 loaves of sourdough bread. My apartment is a sauna. My students don’t know it yet, but they are making butter for it tomorrow by hand.

They turned the pool on earlier this year so the back to school polar plunge was in the dunk tank. A student dunked me. Yes, it was cold.

Last night to prep for class, I made 12 pounds of playdough. Tonight, I divided and fed by sourdough starter to make 12 more. Homesteading class is time consuming

Did I make it to mushroomsky? 🤣 Glad everyone is enjoying my mushroom sighting. It was a real beauty. I might visit it tomorrow to see how it’s doing.

I touched this lightly while taking the pic. Am I going to die?

Since the rain has passed, back to my daily campus walks. And the cross country team is doing sprints and ran past me on this hill like I was going backwards. I can’t run that fast on flat.

Ermehgerd! It’s happening! The movers are here and have started to pack the books.

I don’t wanna go to school tomorrow 😭😭😭

I went to get my steeping tea, and the unholy giggles I let out… I need these little joys.

Met a friend on my evening walk. I think it knew I needed to pet something today. Walked with me for two blocks. I was starting to get nervous it’d follow me the whole way

I just can't today. I can't even compartmentalize. My mind will not be quiet

Just a little check of the news before headed to bed… and this is why you shouldn’t do that. This is really awful

Be responsible for what you create, and the consequences that follow

Day 1 of no sugar down. An eternity to go. Or 31 days. But that feels the same, tbh

That penguins-Red Wings game made me madder than I’ve been at a hockey game in awhile. I usually don’t care about officiating because bad calls even out, but that was not even.

Oh boy. I got to the tower and the clouds parted and sun came out. But by the time I turned around at Yerba Buena, the next wave seems to be blowing in. It’s gonna chase me the whole way back. With this pace being chased by rain, it may be my fastest bridge walk yet.

At 10 lanes of traffic (plus tower space, emergency lanes, and pedestrian/bike path) this is apparently the widest bridge in the world. At least according to the plaque. #alwaysreadtheplaque

Well now you’re just showing off!

Hello there, beautiful. Good to see you again.

Guardian

I checked the radar and found a window to get my bridge walk in dry. I’m .5 miles into the 5 mile round trip and radar lied.

Happy new year, y’all. I’m going to bed. Sorry, you’re on your own Alaska and Hawaii.

Watched an hour of pop star lip syncing, so time to pull out this really truly live masterpiece. Happy 26th anniversary to performance youtu.be/OI0CihEAdhE?...

2025 in the world was pretty awful. Personally, I had some great experiences and adventures. Fall semester was rough and I’m still recovering, but I survived it. So that’s a win. I don’t have a ton on my “to look forward to” list in 2026, so hesitant to go into this new year

I started walking the Bay Bridge on New Year’s Day. Look forward to it every year. This will be the first in the rain. Still gonna do it.

And if you’re a lady-type person in the SF area…. You’re welcome for the recommendation. www.pearlspasf.com

I miss my Korean aunties getting all up in my nooks and crannies at the spa in SF, but in a pinch, these are worth their weight in gold. I feel like I just lost 10lbs of dead skin www.iherb.com/pr/goldsangs...

What is it, like 6 more hours of 2025 on Earth? Timezones are weird and I suck at math. But I’m anxious about 2026. 2025 was personally pretty decent. Gonna be hard to live up to.

God gave us two hands to pet two dogs at once. And he gave us rulers so we could set up BuJo spreads half a bottle of Chardonnay deep

I used wine for dinner tonight and, I mean, I can’t let the rest of the bottle go to waste. So now I’m way too, uh, unable to draw the straight lines I’m needing to draw to set up the next month’s BuJo spread

I can not figure the Penguins out. They are a mystery. And Letang continues to be… uh, nice to look at.