Or Ellie Has A Lot to Share About Her Recent Journeys The semester is nearly over, and I feel more time being freed up. I’m going to try to enjoy the summer because the fall semester is going to be my busiest, what with two courses and an internship. But if I could survive the…
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78 Little Secret Weapons
Or Tarot for Me, All for Me I was asked recently if I still do tarot as a practice and not just for zine material. Of course I do. It’s one of the ways I know I’m on the right path. It’s not that these little cardboard pieces decide what’s right or wrong for my…
Look, Ma, I’m a bonafide grad student!
Or Ellie Finally Sets Out to Do Something Besides Writing Papers for Grades Make a sandwich and strap in. This could be the last post I make for a while, though I’m starting to make more micro posts, as you can see in the Bluesky widget (to your right… or near the bottom, depending on…
Conventure ’25: The Preppening
I thought this was going to be an easy semester, at least until things started ramping up towards May. Turns out I miscalculated. It hit this week, starting with a Zoom meeting I hadn’t even known was scheduled. This university loves its Zoom meetings (part of that “new normal” privileged people feared during the pandemic…
Twitch Spectating: February 8, 2025
Sometimes chatters say the darndest things. I’m a regular in Rev’s chat, so I’ve seen some shit—but this blew my mind. I was hanging out in a chat of fewer than 10 when the streamer started reading messages from a chatter seeking advice. This person and their friends had apparently been dealing with a stalker…
YouTubing: Dr. K, Regrets, and Doing Shit to Improve Your Life
Or I’ve Been Doing These Things Before I Knew These Videos Existed, So I’m Ahead of the Game A few days ago, the YouTube algorithm presented Dr. K and his Healthy Gamer videos. I’ve taken a cue from Noble Knight and have started calling myself a hardcore casual gamer, so I don’t really consider myself…
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It’s my first headache of the year. I must be doing something right if it came so late in January. Schoolwork has been merciful… so far. I’ll enjoy this relative peace while I can because I have a distinct feeling things are going to start getting messy—both offline and online. To keep myself grounded, I’m…
The Plot for a Peerless Portfolio
For my MLIS program, we have to create a portfolio. It’s a project that many students tend to leave until the last few weeks before graduation, flying into a foaming panic as they tear through a checklist of required documents and mangulate Wix templates. (Note to self: Fight for the privilege of designing my own…
One-Year Anniversary
On January 9th, I was in an awful mood. The kind of mood where I wish ill upon others—careers crashing, nightmares, a sense of impending doom, incurable halitosis—and want to get lost in books or tactile projects until the day is over. The feeling persisted until I got the notion to look through my 2024…
Joining Professional Cliques
Or Attempting to Gamify My Future Our ALA Student Chapter held its final Zoom meeting of the year in mid-December. It was held on short notice, but the agenda was light—no guest speakers, no pressing issues. This was an informal gathering to reflect on the past semester and share our plans for the coming one.…