Never mind the jobs you've had, tell me five classes you took in college. (None of these are from my major, and I loved all of them) 1. History of Astronomy: Stonehenge to Hubble 2. Intro to Archaeology 3. Colonial Latin America 4. Medieval Government and Society 5. Racquetball I

I missed the opening for the faculty & staff art show at my university (it was 2 days after my mom died; I wasn't ready to go back to work, let alone to an event) I walked over to see the exhibit today... My drawing is displayed almost in the center, right in front of the doors, and y'all 🥹😭

Hi, I am just barely holding shit together and I would like for people to stop making me cry today, please and thank you

As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪

The important question is: did I goth enough for an Edgar Allan Poe-themed speakeasy event, given that I don't really know how to goth?

Wearing weapons in public ⚔️

This story is absolutely wild and I love it so much Mushrooms, and also brains, are so fucking weird and wonderful (h/t to @pseudochamp.bsky.social for sharing this)

Update: they have announced that campus will be closed tomorrow I will still have 4 consecutive hours of zoom interviews, but at least I can do them in comfy pants from a room that actually gets real sunlight 👍

Work should be cancelled today, nobody should have to go outside even for a minute in this 🥶

Trying to schedule a call to catch up on a meeting I missed on Friday, and I explicitly said I could be available any time after 1:30 pm today So of course the person said they could call a little before 1:00 😐

I was out for three days last week, and it has become abundantly clear who meant it (and who didn't) when they told me not to worry, that they had things covered

Sorry, I can't do laundry, there's a cat on my feet

Post a car picture you took

Being home and hugging my kittens is the best

My hair is frozen solid I was outside for 5 min

The only thing in this bar that's louder than the music (Doors, Bowie, The Who, CCR 👍👍) is the patrons cheering and/or shouting at football on TV, and tbh I'm here for it.

We worked hard today. I cried an entirely reasonable number of times. We deserve whiskey.

Pretty sure this one is my mom's senior photo

My senior photo

Glamour Shots, 1995 🫣

Drawings from my mom's sketchbooks

Mother's Day, 1987

This is a block print that I made in my 8th grade art class

We're at my mom's apartment in Cleveland today, cleaning and packing things... Sharing a few gems that we've found 🧵

I barely slept last night Then, when I got to work, I found that cleaning staff had erased the whiteboard in my office, which had a list of things I need to order and notes on tasks I need to complete written on it All I'm saying is, it'd be pretty cool to have a good day again sometime soon

Well I had plans of getting productive things done tonight, but then that didn't happen

My boss, who lives a few houses down the street from me, dropped off a giant bag of food from the Indian supermarket I don't know what most of it was, but I've barely eaten today... I didn't expect that setting my face on fire would be therapeutic, it actually kind of was? Good to know 🥵🥹

I'm not entirely sure that I'm ready to post through this, and I may be away for a little while. I spent the first half of my day on the phone, making emergency healthcare decisions for my mom. Her doctors did everything they could, but... She didn't make it.

Not a big fan of the anxiety turning out to be well-founded

Is it bad if I already have Sunday Scaries?

Mays is being all cute and snuggly for Caturday - she came up onto the table and yelled at me, then flopped over for skritches 🥹

Happy Whiskey Friday, Special Birthday Edition™️

Yeah, I'm reposting this. What? 😁 🥳🎂🎈

It's extremely rude that I have to put on hard pants and go to work today

But the question is HOW MANY art supplies should I buy during my trip to the art supply store tomorrow? 🤔

There are a couple of maintenance guys down the hall working on a broken door Clearly they don't think anyone is in their offices this week, as there is a LOT of ✨colorful✨ language happening I have to keep my door propped open to keep my office under 80°F, and this is ... definitely something 😅

🎶 I used to feel alone I used to not belong But little did I know I had the power all along The only thing to fear Is never being scared This one goes out to all the dreamers at sea This life is only what you want it to be And I want more, I want more 🎶

Anyway, if a request seems surprising or ridiculous to you when you read it at 3am, maybe read it again before responding Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

Woke up to a very long email from an instructor about why they can't attend a mandatory 3-hour lab safety meeting (and telling me that this seems excessive, btw, as they taught labs for us a couple of years ago) Friends, it's a 45-min refresher that we do once per year Not a great start

Idk who needs to hear this, but If it's YOUR OneDrive folder that you shared, go ahead and reorganize it If it's MY OneDrive folder that *I* shared bc I need documents from you... Please don't add/move/rename folders - I had them organized the way I wanted them, tyvm 😒😒😒

Ok it was also kind of ridiculously foggy, which helps explain why it seemed super extra dark. Street lights were doing nothing to break through this...

It is still WAY too dark outside for it to be 20 min until I need to leave for work 😴

I would really love to have one semester start where my key card access to all of the labs has not been revoked. But apparently that will not be this year...

Also I would like to state for the record that changing the passenger-side headlight in a 2010 Prius is a GIANT pain in the ass (But since I know it costs me about $35 to change both, and I'll pay closer to $100 each at the dealership, it is one I will deal with. With many swears.)

New year, same office temperature problems (83.5°F/28.6°C) 🥵🤢

Oh noooooo I still have Basque cheesecake that needs to be finished, what a tragedy...

I got mauled by a vicious creature* I survived the encounter and managed to trap it in a box (*disassembled an artificial Christmas tree)

Coyote spotted! It was just hanging out in the yard across the street from my house 😍

Just need to say that trying to help coordinate a parent's medical care from multiple states away *fucking sucks* And also that dealing with a parent's poor health when you and said parent have at best a complicated relationship *also sucks*

UGH and now I need to go to sleep and remember to set my way-too-early alarms for a one-day practice week of work before all hell breaks loose on Monday