Anyway if my first grade teacher Miss Stewart could come pull the bug out of my pocket and tell me it's actually a leaf and it's not that bad, that would be GREAT.

When I was little I reached into my pocket and thought I felt a dead bug in it. I didn't want to pull it out and look at it because I knew it would be awful and if I looked, the grossness would be real. That's how I feel about looking at the conclusion section of my diss that I wrote in November.

Spring 2025 Writing Favorites Playlist · Daphne Daugherty · 116 items

Every semester, I ask my students for music recommendations and create a playlist with their favorite songs. Here's this semester's playlist, from my WRA 101 and ENG 100 students!

In her final reflection, a student ended the essay with "Thank you so much for a semester!" and while I know she most likely omitted an adjective unintentionally, she did nail it anyway. It definitely was a semester lol

Anyway Happy Holidays to everyone except the other 7 members of my 2001 Secret Santa group and also that pastor.

Everyone else got a nice gift. My SS was a rich kid so it wasn't a price issue. It was even wrapped. Anyway later my pastor humiliated me in front of the whole church because I hadn't made friends with the other teens. I was trying. And I was getting used chapstick on purpose in return.

I saw a post somewhere talking about the worst friend-Christmas gift they'd ever gotten, and it reminded me of the time my small (~10 people) church youth group did a Secret Santa and I received... a used tube of chapstick.

Anybody else worried that their Spotify Wrapped is going to come with a personalized note saying “You’ve listened to ‘Blood Sport’ by Sleep Token a frankly upsetting number of times, are you okay?”

I just went back and re-read your piece and it is AMAZING 💕💕

Thank you so much, @mooncityreview.bsky.social ! This is my first nomination and it's such an honor!

I used to (unfairly) scoff at people who paid others to format their dissertations. Now, after spending 20 minutes trying to make Word let me insert a caption without causing a nuclear meltdown in the entire document, I can finally admit how wrong I was.

Just got my copy of @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2024, with two of my poems in it. What a great start to spring break!

Anyway I loved it. Also not for nothing but now if I were to die today, the answer to the question of “what was the last movie she saw in theaters before she died?” is no longer “Cats” and that allows me to sleep better at night.

And it doesn’t go too far the other way either. He had a crossroads and he chose the villain path. You know why he picked it and his reasoning makes sense, but he’s still wrong and you still get to hate him. But he feels REAL.

It’s a wonderfully deft villain origin story that makes you understand WHY the villain became such a bad person without apologizing for him. You understand where he came from without feeling like you’re supposed to pity him.

It’s probably going to get incredibly overlooked because it’s a fifth-film prequel to a YA series but seriously, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is incredible. I wish it didn’t have all the series baggage because it truly deserves more hype on its own.

Gave Lucy a gabapentin before the vet and now she is both Eepy and Angry.

The past few days were kind of awesome. Had probably the best class discussion of my ten-year teaching career, did two interviews for my dissertation, had two poems selected for publication, and read at this month's United We Read creative writing showcase. It doesn't get better than this.

It's getting to be that time of year when I just really need someone to make a list called "Gifts for Men Who Don't Need Beard Oil and Who Already Have Plenty of Whiskey Stones"

Academic folks--I'm preparing my job market materials. Do I need to use a service like Interfolio? Is it a red flag in applications if I just include, say, letters of rec in my own materials? Is it worth the fee to use Interfolio, regardless?

I have plenty of stuff to do with my actual dissertation and job search, but instead I spent the evening submitting poetry to dream publications. Tomorrow is another day, I guess.

Also, "grammar, and only grammar, always."

My IRB was approved for my dissertation! Now to just. You know. Actually do this.