#i'll be starting s3 today or tomorrow idk

[inkofamethyst]

September 21, 2023

Wednesdays, I think, are going to be the days that suck. Thursdays will also be tough. I start Wednesdays pretty early and have a lot to complete for Thursdays. I suppose Wednesdays will suck significantly less if I do a better job with spacing out my preparations. I should look into that. Thursdays this semester will always just require a lot of stamina.

Today (one of those dreaded Thursdays), I wanted to get another one of those synopses submitted, and I'd mostly finished it yesterday (with significantly less frustration) but didn't have a critique until midday today. I did end up submitting a synopsis that I was somewhat happy with. I took notes during today's discussion on some of the critiques and experimental methods suggested (I learned that the experiment I proposed in my synopsis is currently impossible lol) so I could use them when coming up with ideas for future synopses (I have to write six for this class). I also had a quiz today which I didn't study enough for (took for granted that I'd learned most of the content previously--will not be making that mistake again). I had a meeting with my PI late this afternoon, my first one since the semester began, it went well.

I still find that I'm settling in. Settling back into schoolwork (totally underestimated the difficulty of the quiz I took today (my first quiz in grad school (the part that sucks isn't going to be the grade or even knowing that I could've done better, but that my PI is the prof and there aren't tons of students in the class so I'm def not just a number and he could probably surmise that I didn't do my best on it (in our meeting today he asked what I thought of the quiz and I told him that I prob screwed up a bit and he was basically like "no worries that happens" ugh what a man)))), settling into my space (gotta admit, walls are still pretty barren (it's difficult for me to really think about putting things up because I'm fairly certain that I wouldn't like to live here next year (it's okay but that's really all it is, just okay, and I, naturally, have illusions of grandeur and high-roller living), but I also don't really vibe with the totally blank walls when I spent so much time thinking about my theme,,,, maybe I'll use this space as practice? idk)), settling into this city (still haven't gotten my library cards), settling into my role (gotta email my postdoc tomorrow). Settling, settling, settling, settling.

I met up with those three girls today for a free dinner at an event they were invited to. I'm glad I decided to go to that with them instead of going to the kickoff event for another club. I'm sure the kickoff would've been great and informative, but I'm really trying to put effort into community-building. We went to the nearby art museum for a free event to just kind of hang which was also nice. Might go out tomorrow night, too. Gotta rest up for that.

Currently binging Young Justice, started last Friday, it is very good. Extremely well-written. I watched the first season way way back when it came out originally with my dad, and it went off the air suddenly. It came back with a third season in 2019 which I didn't know about, then a fourth in 2021 which I also didn't know about. There's a very clear shift from the TV-Y7 rating in the first two seasons to the TV-14 rating immediately in S3E1 which was very interesting. I'm hooked for sure, it's a good time. Action-Adventure + Science-Fantasy is totally my favorite entertainment genre. I hope S3 can adequately follow how well S1 and S2 were plotted.

Today I'm thankful for my PI, he's great, he seems like he really does care. I'm also thankful for the free tote bag I got at the art museum tonight. I didn't need another tote. What I want is a tee shirt, honestly. But alas.

One actual negative thing: discovered that my favorite jeans of all time (Hollister High Rise Crop Boyfriend (vintage stretch)) which I purchased four years ago and loved immediately out of the package are developing a hole in the crotch. I've never mended jeans at the crotch before, but I must try to save my baby (perfect relaxed fit at the natural waist, perfect length, perfect button closure, perfect neutral light wash, perfectly big pockets in the front and back, perfectly soft fabric). I love these jeans so much that I haven't bought a single additional pair since. Taking a trip to a fabric store sometime soon to gather my arsenal.

Today was a (net) good day, despite the little annoyances. A long one, but a good one.

[vathru]

sensors confirm no one has been before. permission to boldly go? 

[hawkinslibrary]

i’ve got my final exam wednesday at 8 in the morning and then i graduate on saturday. i’m about to be on here sooo much more than i have been. i can’t wait to update my blog and my tags and make lots more gifs and maybe some icons and edits and countdown the time remaining until the season is here with all of you

[yibo-wang]

awww he's so cute 🥺👉👈 what a good boy 🤧 you shouldn't disturb his napping time, naps are very important! but thank you ❤

aksks it's like. a world quest i think? which yeah they're basically background quests! i think this one is split into multiple parts, chai played the second part, but i haven't gotten around to do the next part. honestly i'm like really scared of that island lmao.

i hope i can get itto! yesterday i got the jade spear (which actually belongs to xiao) so i'll probably roll for hu tao and just pray i get itto early lmao.

i visited the beach today 🥺 it's pretty cold but i like it anyways i'll go home tomorrow tho, so that's good ig. ALSO LAST DONGHUA EPISODE AHHHHH pls i haven't even started this season because i was like "if i don't start s3 then it can't end for me" 🤧🥺❤

i hope you had a great day aamna 🥺 i love u ❤

I really shouldnt actually poor guy let's me do anything 🤧

the island sounds very cool, lmk when you get around to playing it and how the time thingy works. for some reason it reminds of of Luigi's mansion idk why it just gives the vibes lmao

💫 💫manifesting itto for you 💫💫

ahhh the beach, how did it go? it's been a while since I went there. hopefully we'll be able to go in the winters which is not the perfect time ik but there's just something about going to the beach when it's literally freezing lol. I hope you had a good time 💛

I'm on the 'everyone should watch the donghua agenda' so like watch the donghua!!! I still havent accepted that it's finished I think it'll hit me on saturday when i wont have anything to watch during break time :( but I genuinely loved it so much, they gave us the best ending with wangxian 🥺

today was tiring but productive so it was a good day <3 hope you're having a good one too!! Ilyy💛💛💛