800-plus words. a marathon achievement for me.
started winter session today. many graduate students returning to get new degrees, which is a sad, but compelling twist to the low-college enrollment narrative.
the lethargy of December seems to have lifted.
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today I enjoyably pecked out 619 words, a record given my tepid attempts to write of the past three months.
aiming for 700 words tomorrow. determined to find pleasure again in drafting.
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a pure data patch with a reimplementations of parts of Mesa's signal processing routines
poster for concert at Casa del popolo on jan 6th
I prepared the slides for the presentation I have to record and I made a new version of the patch which we rehearsed pretty successfully this morning
I'm excited for the show on the 6th and the presentation about this on the 14th!
goodbye #acadecawriteathon
Made it to 6500 b4 dinner, gonna work on mesa and my presentation for Electronic Luthérie tomorrow #acadecawriteathon
good news this chapter is now 13k words long! #acadecawriteathon
the regulars are not here at the cafe. the music is still nauseatingly loud in a hostile architecture kind of way. even so, stayed and polished a few thousand words.
200 new words at best. after the holiday pause, not so bad.
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Dec 27, woke up early and got in 304 book words and it felt so good, like hey, yeah, this thing I’m working on, it’s really happening in my head somewhere
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I may be slow to arrive, but I’m pedaling hard to catch up. 1400 words today! #acadecawriteathon
i found my ideal work space away from home & share it with a recently laid off laptop warrior whose computer sports the admirable sticker: "I ❤️ grieving"
i feel honored and can't wait to return to the same cafe tomorrow.
today 250 words, maybe more. #acadecawriteathon
since "events" syllabus is the only new words for #acadecawriteathon but still cheering and wagon-aspirant bsky.app/profile/anna...
268 words today completing a section of the chapter. The kid who was puking has ceased, thankfully.
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shout out to my coauthor, I've been running around feeding cats and attending meetings but they got the draft over 4k words
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No writing today. One of my kids has some kind of puking virus. Blech!
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Dec 19, 425 essay words, and proofs and copy-edits for two other essays. Going to squeeze in a little reading for the book before getting back to reading.
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It’s not pretty and it’s not good, but a full draft of the conclusion chapter now exists #acadecawriteathon
Dec 18, 412 essay words and some reading and note-taking for book
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No writing today because I had to drive 8 hours round trip to Birmingham for a doctor's appointment.
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started editing my collaborator's notes into mine and now the draft is a healthy ~2500 words while feeling roughly half way to a first realization which seems encouraging?
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#acadecawriteathon December 17: Oof it's been a week. Today I wrote 100 words, which is actually two new citations, but one of those citations was bell hooks.
Dec 16, no words, but I did drive 670 miles.
Dec 17, 283 book words, 450ish essay words! #acadecawriteathon
I managed 420 words today despite feeling rather foggy. Maybe have the stuff ready to link up to the first bit I tried to write for this section.
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a pure data patch with two ring modulators, a live stereo input, and some logic to route midi controller input to the switches and faders
it's not pretty but it sounds pretty good if you don't miswire your output channels
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Wrote 1000 or so new words on the essay about university as infrastructure? They feel good and my coauthor is also doing well. I think we can meet this deadline
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tomorrow I have to do some pure data patching so there will not be word count but it is very much inscriptional labor
("events" away from home have tragically dislocated #acadecawriteathon - but cheering you all on and will get back there asap)
the walk ended as promptly as it started
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Got 436 words today with a lot of citations. Still trying to stay as concise as possible so I don't overwrite.
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day 16: draft done. Thanks for the motivation and accountability. #acadecawriteathon
it is sometimes true that when you return to a draft after having to step away for a few months, it doesn’t suck quite as much as you remembered
#winning
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day 15: 300+ words. Rounding home. #acadecawriteathon
