Stuck in the Krakoan Age

I've been working my way through the Krakoan Age of the X-Men comics. I got through all of Dawn of X and Reign of X. I went to start Destiny of X and found no books on my Kindle. I was at work, so I just switched to Ultimate X-Men since I really should read…

Onward and backward?

My dissertation chair has the first complete draft of my dissertation. Most of it has been revised according to his feedback, so I'm feeling good about it. I think we're both hoping that whole thing will be done this semester. That means I can start working on other things. Like going back to my master's…

Working *with* my ADHD

Late last year I was finally able to be diagnosed with ADHD. Which also meant being able to start taking medication for it. Yay! Seriously, I've known that I've needed outside chemical assistance for my brain. And this medication is helping. It's also helping me see where I still need to work on things. One…

Finding my voice

One podcast I used to listen to religiously, when I listened to podcasts regularly, is Waking from the American Dream. It is Kelly Carlin's podcast. She has amazing guests on that end up having these amazingly deep conversations. My favorite episodes are the "Octagon Table"s, where she has a bunch of friends (many of whom…

Overthinking Definitions

I have been focusing on writing one article because it's what I'm presenting in a few weeks at PCA. I got to the point yesterday where I was ready to submit it to the journal, and after hours of tweaks so it fit the requirements of the journal, I did. Eek! But I've been working…

Interdisciplinary sites of Deviancy

In working on getting ready to really start my dissertation, I am pleasantly surprised to find myself interested in musical theater as a site of research. That means I am finding interesting topics to look at within musical theater productions, but I am not a theater or performance studies scholar. It's the same way that…

Scrivener. It’s actually useful!

Way back during my first semester of graduate school (Fall 2015), one of my professors told us about this program for writers, Scrivener. It had been available for Macs for a while, but had more recently come out with a version for Windows. It looked really neat. It allows you to save a ton of…

Refocused. Re-energized. Restarting.

I am currently reading The Craft of Research, 4th edition. Actually, I'm doing my first skim through, as suggested by the authors, before I give it a thorough read-through. But what I'm reading is already getting my brain going on multiple projects. I finally picked it up for a couple of reasons. One, it's summer! While…