Log, and dream

You should log the things that happen each day or week, I have decided. I always thought of diaries as cursi but they are meditative, and it’s good. I dreamed of a humiliating conversation at work, the kind that always happens. I’m asked how to improve the program, and I make recommendations based on national … More Log, and dream

Recapture, Restructure, Reform

These are the words Afshan Jafar quoted to talk about the overhaul of certain institutions of higher education in Florida. It’s an important formula. “Those highly partisan appointees vowed to ‘demonstrate that the public universities, which have been corrupted by woke nihilism, can be recaptured, restructured, and reformed.’5“ Axé.

Adventure Quest

I woke up this morning thinking about how my colleagues are measuring out their lives in coffee-spoons and are happy with this, while I always wanted to be involved in a large project of revolutionary love. That is the difference between me and the faculty and I saw it in my first job, where everyone … More Adventure Quest

Research today

I read Spillers and realized that her discussion of Caliban fits with what I want to say about Cecilia Valdés and plaçage. So that realization is a solid advance in terms research. I cannot find my copy of Spiller’s book, our library does not have it, and it is very expensive now. They have it … More Research today

Fire Monkey

My Chinese horoscope describes me in an unattractive manner but also gives me a good year. You should perhaps check yours out. Also, I am Winter in the Forest and I want to find a reference to this. And I’ve been depressed. It’s the lack of self-love–the feeling of precariousness–knowing you have been rejected for … More Fire Monkey