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<time datetime="2024-10-20T00:00:00&#43;00:00">October 20, 2024</time>
<h1>spend my days running in circles (week notes 013)</h1>
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<li>I presented to pre-service teachers at my alma mater with a colleague! Emotionally, I still feel like I was in their spot not that long ago — and then I remember I graduated over six years ago (and into a vastly different world and job market).</li>
<li>I&rsquo;m finding myself using ellipses a lot and I do not like it. Is this growing old? Am I becoming a boomer?</li>
<li>I&rsquo;m thinking about maintaining some kind of daily log — just simple, passing notes on what I did, what I thought about. Obsidian has this feature built in and it might be a good way to start. I like the idea of it being searchable and (theoretically) infinite in size, but I also want an excuse for another notebook.
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<li>I used to do daily reflections at the end of my work day. Slowly, those became every few days, then every week, then rarely. It was a good practice that I wish I had maintained, but there&rsquo;s already so much I&rsquo;m packing into my work day — and my goal in daily notes is to be more mindful about what I&rsquo;m doing and thinking in my free time.</li>
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<li>I attended my state-wide English teacher conference; this is something like my sixth or seventh time attending and I still find it valuable. I left with a lot of great ideas on how to diversify my practice and better empower my students.</li>
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<li><strong><em>Percy Jackson and the Olympians.</em></strong> Joe and I have watched a few episodes. I liked the book fine, but the TV show has yet to grab me. It lacks Percy&rsquo;s narrative voice (and personality), and while it&rsquo;s good that Percy is played by an actual child, his pre-pubescent voice freaks me out.</li>
<li><strong><em>Broad City</em></strong>. Joe and I watched a lot of <em>Broad City</em> early in our relationship, but we never finished it. We are starting it over from the beginning. Still funny!</li>
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<li><strong>Charli XCX, <em>Brat and it&rsquo;s completely different but also still brat</em>.</strong> Every re-release and new drop for <em>brat</em> innovates, co-exists, and complements. The features on this remix album feel like an ode to the remarkable original release and a statement of how pivotal the album has been personally and for the industry writ large. This version of &ldquo;Everything is romantic&rdquo; is as much a remix as an iteration; the original captures a single moment in beautiful, mimetic detail, and this one is another artist following the theme and form with their own experiences. <em>brat</em> is undoubtedly a project we&rsquo;ll all be talking about when we discuss the music of the 2020s; I love witnessing its creation in real time.
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<li>For the haters, a friend of mine said the mixing was bad and that it &ldquo;just sounds like noise.&rdquo; I still like her (Charli and the friend, in that order<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup>).</li>
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<li><strong>Foxholes, <em>Foxholes</em>.</strong> I found &ldquo;Alligator&rdquo; while going through Daytrotter archives and loved it; the rest of the album is pleasant listening, but &ldquo;Alligator&rdquo; is the stand out.</li>
<li><strong>Yung Lean, <em>Stardust</em>.</strong> I loved Yung Lean&rsquo;s feature on <em>Brat and it&rsquo;s completely different but also still brat</em>; imagine my surprise when I discovered that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stgrSjynPKs&amp;pp=ygUJeXVuZyBsZWFu">the esoteric bullshit (or so I thought) I was listening to ten+ years ago as a joke but not really</a> went on to be a critically recognized artist. I thought it was just a weird fucking song.
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<li><em>Stardust</em> is a much more polished and, dare I say, coherent and digestible<sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup> product than &ldquo;Hurt&rdquo;; I like it, but I&rsquo;m not sure any of the songs will earn the coveted ⭐ on Plex.<sup id="fnref:3"><a href="#fn:3" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">3</a></sup> It&rsquo;s music I&rsquo;d have to be in a mood for — although the mumble-y nature of it makes it good background music while working. Maybe it just needs to sit with me a little more.</li>
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<p>just kidding :-)&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
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<p>but the contrary is maybe more fun&#160;<a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
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<p>maybe I should do a write up on how I organize my ridiculous music collection (18191 tracks and growing every day)&#160;<a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
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