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As of right now, revised thesis has been sent for review and graduation application has been submitted. I am now actually, genuinely free.

As of today, I am no longer working on a PhD, because it’s finished and also submitted.

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As of a few days ago, I received the best possible reviews a candidate can receive from both my thesis examiners, including recommendations from each that I receive a special commendation and for my work to be printed as a monograph professionally...

As of today, I am no longer working on a PhD, because it’s finished and also submitted.

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*sighs, visibly frustrated* let me put this in words you can understand: meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

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NYR: January in review

Post-January horoscope: “this is life, I'm learning how to live it!"

Hard to understand why January every year is so long, and so demanding. Takes me by surprise every time. I keep expecting a slow, quiet return to the world, and it just isn't that.

Some of what's been happening in this first month of 2025:

Appreciated at work. Which is good, because a lot of this month's demands were from work. But it does feel very satisfying to have handled everything so well while my manager was away, and to have gotten praise from the CEO sent company-wide so everyone saw it. .

listened to full albums. I didn't get as much time as I'd intended for this, with work (see: above) being as full-on as it was. But I did start and I am enjoying the process. .

spending more time with friends (and family). We did a weekend away with the gang, and caught up with a lot of family and friends for various birthday things. .

read a book a week. Destroying this one so far. I've read about nine books (including the week between Christmas and New Year) and it's been a delight. .

cooking more. Not much to say about it except that it's nice to do. .

fun day trip! I went to see the Magritte exhibition and some parts of the Botanic Garden that I'd been really wanting to visit. By chance, it happened to be the same day Putricia was flowering, so I got a whiff of that going by (but wasn't going to join the 3+ hours line in broad daylight to view in person).

In February, I will:

do an art challenge. Starting today I'll be attempting to draw something every day to get back into making art. .

write a new poem. There's a call for submissions out at the moment that moves me, so I want to send something in for that. .

visit local art gallery. Related to above due to the theme subject, but mostly it's been on the list for ages and I just keep not finding the time. .

book next year's holiday? We've found a compelling option so it might be time to put it in the calendar. .

generic house stuff. There's so many annoying things on the to-do list. Promising myself that once it's done I will be free and won't have to think about it anymore (this is lie). But it will be better when it's done.

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Basicaly lately im trying to use serenity to accept the things i can't change & other shit such as that

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Kaveh Akbar, from "wild pear tree"

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One of my favourite parts about autistic people is how you can use other peoples' reflections of them like an echolocation bullshit detector. Like they personally do not need to do shit for this to work, they just passively emit their own autistic vibe that bounces off every surface around them, and you can assess another person's level of self-awareness by how they reflect it back.

"Autistic people do not understand social hierarchy" nope, they understand you're supposed to be an authority here, but they won't politely pretend to respect you if they think you're incompetent.

"Autistic people do not understand humour" nope, they just don't politely pretend to laugh to humour you, and you are simply not funny.

"Autistic people are rude" nope, they just don't think it's polite to lie to you, and don't care about trying to tell you what they think you want to hear instead of telling you what they think.

"Autistic people sometimes have emotional meltdowns for absolutely no reason" nope, you're just insufferable to be around and the person with the lowest tolerance of your shit is simply the canary in the coal mine who breaks first.

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"that's oddly specific!" i live in a world of such detail it would melt your mind

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hey sexy what time do you plan on being done grieving

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Original post was made unrebloggable so I'm reposting the link. Click through for the whole thread.

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Microdosing friendship by liking each other's posts and sending a single dm back and forth every 6 months.

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grieving as an adult is so funny it's like. im sobbing my eyes out i'm laughing like a maniac im pondering the mortality of everything around me. ok glad thats out of my system because i have a dentist appointment in an hour

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I could never be a protagonist because I'd just never move the plot along. "You have free reign of this castle, but don't go into this one area" Okie dokie. I mind my own business and hang out in the library. Queen of staying in my own lane. I'll never discover your magic curse.