why are we here? Only to suffer? Every day in SF I see people with n95s but only using one strap

[0dense]

yoooooo hello internet it's been a hot minute, how're folks? This week has been quite proximally terrible, like stress nosebleeds level, because sometimes everything just is like that. Like, I love my job, but monday morning I got in and promptly heard about a young man dying and you'd think it would have to get better just because it can't get worse, but mercury is in gatorade, I guess. And it's only the third week of the semester, I can't burn out yet! But the department sent around some of those 'guidelines for thriving' and according to my work and life commitments, the chairs think that people like me should be taking about two departmental commitments. I, in my infinate interdisciplinary wisdom, am taking .........five, all told. I had thought I would take six, though, because I'm certifiably nuts. My MA track still isn't fixed from when Dr MedEth died last year, so I've got plenty to do. Did find out I made the dean's list last semester tho, so that's totally motivation to keep pushing myself again actually.

 

So it's taken me a bit to get sorted, but @bewareofdragon on tumblr has tagged me for five fave fandoms, which was a highly welcome diversion! (Man, when you're so stressed you can't think of five fandoms, you know it's time to take a break 😷. uhhh in good news, we've onboarded interns to help share the work???)

1. Nirvana in fire! I don't think it's contractually possible for me not to be so psyched for justice? 🔪🔪🔪!
2. Chernobyl HBO. Remember when Carlos said "I'm not a hero. I'm a scientist"? I can hear the cries of 'poshlost!' from here, but I mean, we're both right. 
3. Star Wars. My forever fandom. As of 2007 or so, for simplicity's sake. 
4. Discworld. If I do anything in this life, I'll know it's worth it when Phil reads PTerry. 
5. The Martian. because it has been A Week, and this is my comfort movie.
   1. Mark Watney: If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it’s found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don’t care, but they’re massively outnumbered by the people who do. And because of that, I had billions of people on my side.
   2. Me: 

 

Do people @ each other for ask memes on dreamwidth? do people mind if I do?? @yuuago , @brewsternorth !

Comments

[yuuago]

Sounds like you have a lot on your plate! Congratulations on making the dean's list, though, that takes a lot of hard work.

Have you read the novel of The Martian? From what I remember it was a little bit different from the film, but I enjoyed both versions.

re: ask memes, yes people @ each other. :D
Note: when you @ someone here, it's not tagging them like it is on tumblr/twitter; it doesn't give them a notification that somebody mentioned them. It just makes a link to their name. Maybe you already knew about this, but some people don't, so figured I'd best mention it.

[0dense]

ah I didn't know that! thank you :D lol I thought I'd give it a shot, but each platform is a bit different!

I have read it! I love it too :D I don't know why I haven't also been re-reading that lately, it's a great time. I think the book and movie each did things that the other medium couldn't've, though, right? so they don't conflict strongly, iirc. So we can enjoy it just as much both times! I think that's the mark of a good adaptation, right?

[brewsternorth]

Remember when Carlos said "I'm not a hero. I'm a scientist"?

I'd forgotten that line from WTNV, but it is *very* Valery.

Also curious to know if you've read the book of The Martian. It is a somewhat different animal from the movie.

<3 re: work stress.

:_D work is hopefully lightening up thank goodness <3!

[0dense]

Lol isn't it just him? I'm just still so fascinated by having a protagonist who isn't "heroic" in the classical sense of altruistic sainthood, but still finds his integrity when push comes to shove.

I have read the book! I love it too :D it does feel different than the movie, but I think they don't compete for my entertainment. Actually, it's one of the very few times I've gotten so sucked in to first person singular narration; usually it just doesn't click for me. But I like how engaging it is with his more technical processes and more of his sense of humor that the movie doesn't go into quite as much detail on - but the movie also got to tug different emotional strings with the other characters and also the soundtrack. Win-win, to me! How do they add up to you??

Re: :_D work is hopefully lightening up thank goodness <3!

[brewsternorth]

Much the same as you in all cases - I've got a WIP that's been WIPing since shortly before the movie released (facepalm) that is strictly bookverse. But there are aspects of the movie that I love (and yes, the soundtrack in particular - I got the album as a present)