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account musings
Wow... my paid account expires in 5 days and I don't spend enough time on this site to think it's really worth renewing. The me of a decade ago wouldn't have seen this coming ( Read more... ) -
turning 31. goodness.
Today's my birthday! And... where did the last year go? I feel like being 30 was pretty awesome, but I'm not sure how to approach being 31. It's a different thing to turn 30 than to be in one's 30s, if that makes any sense ( Read more... ) -
ah, the holidays...
It is difficult for me to navigate the commercialization of the holidays (ick), the religious nature of the holidays (every religion is a social construct, dammit), and the family-intensive nature of the holidays (love my family, but not used to spending this much time around them anymore). Plus the food traditions of the holidays (tons of ( Read more... ) -
moar life changes
I didn't get the postdoc that would return me to Estonia for 2-3 years paid research. That means at least another year in Indianapolis; possibly more if my attempt to hit the job market this year isn't successful ( Read more... ) -
thoughts on gun control
This is not an exhaustive attempt at stating my opinion, in part because I'm still figuring it out ( Read more... ) -
travel; here and there
I'm still caught between traveling and settling in; wrapping up old projects and starting the new; processing the parts of my life that have changed and adapting to the conditions that I get to help create ( Read more... ) -
turning thirty
A week and a day ago, I turned 30. It was not such a momentous occasion, although I certainly enjoyed celebrating in Vilnius (Lithuania) with friends and colleagues at an international folklore conference ( Read more... ) -
brief link round-up
First, zomg, naamah_darling quoted me! Her writing on sexuality, gaming, mental health, feminism, and all kinds of other stuff is really awesome so I totally recommend reading her journal (and her FABULOUS online erotica).
Here is why I'm not having detailed discussions of women's sexual health in the news right now. It's simply undoing me to feel so subhuman ( Read more... ) -
call me doctor
Yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation. Pending minor revisions, I am now a doctor. Hell yeah ( Read more... ) -
recent happenings
Long time no update. I went to India to present at a conference, give university lectures, and do some preliminary fieldwork. In other words, it was a "working vacation," so while it was lovely, it was also tiring ( Read more... )