Finally Ph(inishe)D
I’d done a virtual run through of the presentation (so called, I like to think, because it’s the part of the process that most feels like being run through with a sword)
Thoughts on Public Transit While on Amtrak
Being able to go to a bus stop or a metro stop and knowing it will get you where you want when you want shouldn’t be a luxury afforded to residents in a few U.S. cities.
Chappell Roan Made Me Gayer
What I will say is that it’s very gay and very tragic. But not tragic because they’re gay.
‘The Tortured Poets Department’: Why Is Taylor Swift So Good at Writing Girlhood?
Overall, the album works, especially as an examination of what it means to outgrow a person, a place, a dream—bittersweet.
Loneliness, Aging, and Cryptids: A Typical Spring
I’m afraid of aging, but I’m determined to enjoy it as it comes, if I can just figure out how.
I’m Obsessed with ‘The Lighthouse’
I felt alive when I thought about Willem Dafoe’s craggy face and Robert Pattinson’s bristly mustache. I knew I would love this movie.
On Decision Fatigue
Streaming services offer more choices than I’m ever going to be able to watch, there are too many excellent restaurants in Chicago to try, and Instagram serves up too many aesthetics for me to commit to in one lifetime.
Pride and Preju-dress
I tried to make dresses one summer, but I mostly massacred innocent bed sheets
Out of Season
Three days after the 2024 spring equinox, I shoveled snow off of my sidewalks.
Ten Stephen King Books and What I Thought of Them
Every turn in this book is a left.
