February 14 is a special day for many, but especially for Capt. James Cook, British colonizer, who got himself killed by the Hawaiians for taking advantage of their hospitality, overstaying his welcome, and attempting to kidnap and ransom King Kalaniʻōpuʻu.

Apparently we are getting a new Prime Minister today. I'm looking forward to the next round of strikes!

If anyone needs me, I'll be consoling myself with cat videos. They can't take that away from me.

Your Name. is still a beautiful movie.

Why is applying for postdocs more stressful than actually writing my dissertation?

If any university or institution in the Netherlands is looking for an Asian Studies scholar specializing in Indonesia and Japan, I'm interested and available.

Jellyfish. Weird, right?

The most fulfilling happiness found in this world is that obtained from when a cat chooses to sleep on you

While facilitating a discussion about AI in IP law with my students, I realized that those sci-fi books I read as a kid are now text books and the story bits are just hypothetical case studies

Wait... you mean I'm not supposed to use my English class students to workshop my tight five?

Taylor Swift's music is pleasant enough but why is it every time there's a discussion about poverty she insists that we eat the Irish?

Half way through The Silmarillion and the book has abandoned story in favor of just describing places and people who lived there. It's turned into a Lonely Planet guide that wants me to draw my own map. Also it feels like there's going to be a quiz at the end.

Everyone is the US (or at least those in my social circles) is worried about a second Trump presidency. Meanwhile, I'm in
France watching the president everyone was indifferent about pander to the right so his party can do its one job: not let Marine Le Pen become president. It's not looking good.

I spent approximately 2 years writing my dissertation, and my biggest accomplishment since completing my PhD last December is that I have found every lightroot and, therefore, mapped the entire underground in Zelda: TOTK.

Tonight's unsolicited movie review: Mirrormask

A surreal reminder that self- important people have towers

Points deducted for including a town of masked people and not one Batman joke

I give it 8 despondent floating books returning to the library

Step 1: Complete dissertation and get PhD ✔️
Step 2: Look for work in academia... in progress
Step 3: Realize your youth was spent completing a PhD and that you are entering the job market as a (borderline?) middle-aged person ✔️
Step 4: Try to find a job in a non-English speaking country...

It's been a while since I used social media. Are we still just using it for cat pics?