Day 345: Another conference day, and some more exploration of the Green River College campus. Today I found a neat little pottery sculpture garden. Lots of neat pieces tucked away here!
Year 50 Day 344
Day 344: Day two of conferencing for the week. Green River College’s sports teams are the Gators, and I spotted their mascot on the way in! Good thing that cage is securely locked.
Year 50 Day 343
Day 343: Hanging out at Green River College for most of the week for the spring Disability Support Services Council (DSSC) and Washington Association on Postsecondary Education and Disability (WAPED) conferences. Good to connect with my colleagues in person, and was even elected to the DSSC board as tech advisor for the next two years. Not a bad day.
Year 50 Day 342
Day 342: Just a quick word of thanks to those people I’ve seen making snarky comments or sharing snarky memes about Beyoncé’s new album. I’ve been so wrapped up with Norwescon that I was only vaguely aware that it had come out, but I saw enough grumbling that it got me curious. Gave it a listen today, and it is a really strong album, absolutely deserving of the accolades that (as I now know, after doing a little reading today) it has been getting. So, thanks for being vocal about your disdain! You helped her make another sale!
Year 50 Day 341
Day 341: Another quiet weekend day. Finally got a chance to watch the first two episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Discovery, and the season looks to be off to a good start.
📚 Star Trek II Short Stories by William Rotsler
25/2024 – ⭐️⭐️
Six mediocre short stories set between the first and second films, each focusing on a different primary character. Nothing astounding here. The upside-down shot of the Enterprise on the cover is amusing, though.
🎥 Lisa Frankenstein
Lisa Frankenstein (2024): ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Delightfully, adorably dark and weird. Oddly paced from time to time, but a lot of fun, with a great soundtrack, and it’s good to see something from Diablo Cody again.
🎥 Trolls Band Together
Trolls Band Together (2023): ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Continues to be a very enjoyable series. It’s bright, colorful, and cheerful, it has a lot of fun music, the humor covers the gamut from simple stuff that kids will enjoy to jokes for the adults that will fly right over the kids’ heads, and the animation and creature design is wonderfully cute (and occasionally amusingly horrifying; the RV in this one is a thing of hilarious nightmares), and the whole package has an ongoing current of hallucinogenic weirdness that I love. Particularly enjoyed the design of the antagonists and their entire part of the world, which was a clear homage to the art and animation styles of the ’30s, and whose clean balloon-like designs contrasted nicely with the everything-is-just-slightly-fuzzy world of the trolls.
Year 50 Day 340
Day 340: Not much to say about today. A quiet Saturday at home. Watched a couple movies. Not a whole lot else.
📚 Clarkesworld Issue 211 edited by Neil Clarke
24/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A particularly strong issue this month. I really enjoyed “The Lark Ascending” by Eleanna Castroianni, “An Intergalactic Smuggler’s Guide to Homecoming” by Tia Tashiro, “The Indomitable Captain Holli” by Rich Larson, “The Rambler” by Shen Dacheng, translated by Cara Healey, and “Occurrence at O1339” by Kelly Jennings.
