Last edited 2 months, 1 week ago || Written on 1.26.26 🌓

So, what are you up to?

I’m finally back in the classroom, both teaching and finishing up my degree at community college. Both have been pretty chill so far. This is my second year teaching the same program, and this semester almost all of our students are “returners” which is pretty cool. Not every educator gets to watch their students grow up in that way, and I feel very grateful and moved by the experience.

The other day I had to interview for my old position at the school paper because bureaucracy, but just talking about journalism was getting me so hyped.Things have changed a lot in the semester I was away - all for the better. I had to leave pretty unexpectedly right as a new chapter was starting for the paper, so I’m super excited to be part of the team again. I love having such an exciting and fast-paced job! I start next week!

The Basics

Season: Frigid Winter | Getting real sick of all this i c e
Color I feel like lately: #54805e
Current Mantra: Don’t run from something just because it’s scary; don’t run to something just because it’s familiar.

Goals

Personal: Things have been really hard lately and I’ve reverted back to my factory settings of in turn being really hard on myself. I’m doing my best to get in the way of that and engage in positive self-talk etc.
Academic: Take deep breaths while I make it through this last little bit of my Associates degree
Artistic: Taking an art class on color, teaching, and learning to knit. Next up is learning how to purl!

Media

On Repeat: Been listening to Tierra Whack religiously. I discovered her project Whack World, a series of fifteen (the EP from front to back) one-minute songs and music videos, around the time it came out and it changed my life. It helped me rethink how I show up as a woman and artist. Her music is lyrically dense but easy to feel good listening to because it’s so goofy at the same time. Shower Song is a great example of how silly her music and artistic vision can be.
Reading: learn to knit in 50 squares by Anna Pantelous | I’ve also been making my way through this study I discovered in a Popular Mechanics article on a possible unified theory of physics. Most of it is above my head but also it’s fascinating.
Hyperfixation: Every second I’m not knitting or doing something productive is spent sleeping or playing Balatro

Big picture to-do list:

Actually make all the squares from the learn to knit book (plus a few extra) to make a big poncho!
Continue backlogging finished art pieces on my “Portfolio” site and poetry here on the blog
Pick a bedtime. . . any bedtime. . . hopefully a responsible one. . . and stick to it

Last Big To-Do List:

~~Find a new therapist~~ Therapist secured!
Create and submit zines for LICZ Life got too crazy, this will have to wait till next time
~~Make a separate page on Bear as a dedicated Art Portfolio~~ Tada!

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