05/30/2024

05/30/2024

where have i been, you ask? bar prep 24/7, baby!! well more like 24/7 dread about bar prep and only several hours of studying after calming myself down....... the only thing getting me through this tumultuous time is wearing cute shoes, drinking coffee, and using my cute new planner🌼

monday may 20 | day 6

i haven’t been able to post bc i have been so busy playing catch up! my registration got straightened out finally, so i’m only a week behind in classes but i’m catching up fast. the past 4 days have been CRAZY busy trying to get my work schedule adjusted too. but i did it!!

anyway, i got to go to my first lab today! it was so exciting to be back, & i felt really smart for once in a long ass time.

today i:

got up at 05:30 for school w/ little hesitation! almost normal sleep schedule let’s go

went to my first bio lab & completed my lab experiment! super fun using spectrophotometer

scheduled meeting w/ lab TA to make sure i’m fully caught up by tomorrow

got missed assignments for philo reopened & completed 2/6

completed 2/3 missed chapters for bio + homework assignments for 1/3

planned out semester & reorganized my calendars

ate 3 meals, took my meds, & drank 1.5 bottles of water

went for walk w/ olive bc it was so nice out. found 3 bird feathers !!!

found cool study spot in science building

went to bed at somewhat reasonable hour.

here’s to an even better tomorrow!!

PSA: journalists aren’t supposed to put names in the headlines if the person isn’t a public figure. It’s not a matter of maliciously not giving credit

The 2024 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 11th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th June 2024.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

Image credit: Malachite and rhodochrosite.

24/05/2024

Today I had a different bioethics class! We had a coffee break and watched a movie. Then I had a dental materials exam and went on a walk around the campus.

Trying to survive the last semester, catching up on journaling, drinking coffee, and petting the cat.