Meg Alcazar
@megoftheworld.bsky.social
Professional reader/arranger of words, non-practicing librarian, and serial comma lover. Recovering NYer, ex-expat of Istanbul & NZ in Durham, NC. Always thinking about travel.
Difficult and cathartic to write an obituary for my love, to sum up someone’s spirit rather than their accomplishments. My mom always shares obits of strangers, I hope someone reads this and wishes they’d met him. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
Joshua Quirk Obituary (1974 - 2025) - Legacy Remembers
View Joshua Quirk's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
www.legacy.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Difficult and cathartic to write an obituary for my love, to sum up someone’s spirit rather than their accomplishments. My mom always shares obits of strangers, I hope someone reads this and wishes they’d met him. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
My partner and favorite person Josh Quirk left this life last night with his brothers and the women who loved him most by his side. He fought like hell for three weeks to get back to this beautiful life we built. I told him he’d still live to be 100, just not in this body.
April 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My partner and favorite person Josh Quirk left this life last night with his brothers and the women who loved him most by his side. He fought like hell for three weeks to get back to this beautiful life we built. I told him he’d still live to be 100, just not in this body.
I’m on day 4 at the ICU with my partner who is fighting multiple organ failures, infection, bleeding, and very low blood pressure as a result of everything else. Life has become fragile, surreal, painful, and sometimes shockingly boring. My only solace is that he’s a stubborn motherfucker.
March 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I’m on day 4 at the ICU with my partner who is fighting multiple organ failures, infection, bleeding, and very low blood pressure as a result of everything else. Life has become fragile, surreal, painful, and sometimes shockingly boring. My only solace is that he’s a stubborn motherfucker.
Spent some terrible time on LinkedIn, learning about how I need to "quantify" everything on my resume. Most of my job involves noticing things that no one else will see or care about unless I *don't* spot them and it ruins someone's experience. Is this anything?!
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Spent some terrible time on LinkedIn, learning about how I need to "quantify" everything on my resume. Most of my job involves noticing things that no one else will see or care about unless I *don't* spot them and it ruins someone's experience. Is this anything?!
Me, having to write a cover letter for a job: takes days, agonizes over every word and the very concept of a cover letter.
Me, seeing an opportunity to run for the board of a local bookstore: cranks out a candidate bio and headshot in ten minutes.
Me, seeing an opportunity to run for the board of a local bookstore: cranks out a candidate bio and headshot in ten minutes.
March 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Me, having to write a cover letter for a job: takes days, agonizes over every word and the very concept of a cover letter.
Me, seeing an opportunity to run for the board of a local bookstore: cranks out a candidate bio and headshot in ten minutes.
Me, seeing an opportunity to run for the board of a local bookstore: cranks out a candidate bio and headshot in ten minutes.
I have been a fan of Target for decades, going out of my way to shop there even when Walmart was much more convenient. But their choice to turn away from DEI tells me they care more about their shareholders than their staff, so I won't be shopping there until they adjust their priorities.
March 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have been a fan of Target for decades, going out of my way to shop there even when Walmart was much more convenient. But their choice to turn away from DEI tells me they care more about their shareholders than their staff, so I won't be shopping there until they adjust their priorities.
It my annual “disappointed in the Durham magnet school lottery results” day, as my kid didn’t get into the school 1/2 mile away from us. She is glad to go to Riverside but I am still hoping to win the DSA lottery one day.
March 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It my annual “disappointed in the Durham magnet school lottery results” day, as my kid didn’t get into the school 1/2 mile away from us. She is glad to go to Riverside but I am still hoping to win the DSA lottery one day.
Finally removed my Twitter handle from my email signature, which feels bittersweet to say goodbye the optimistic 2007 NotoriousMEG. My last update was about the Fonz and I think I'll leave it there. Will enjoy this GIF again.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a mirror in a bathroom .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a mirror in a bathroom .
media.tenor.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Finally removed my Twitter handle from my email signature, which feels bittersweet to say goodbye the optimistic 2007 NotoriousMEG. My last update was about the Fonz and I think I'll leave it there. Will enjoy this GIF again.
Reposted by Meg Alcazar
This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests
This is "We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests" by MediaTank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
I’ve been feeling like watching Severance is more of a puzzle that I struggle to get through than a pleasure I look forward to—it’s brilliantly original, beautifully shot, etc but I lack an emotional connection to it. But then Merritt Wever showed up with a glimmer of hope I might get back into it.
a woman says okay who is that child in a blue room
ALT: a woman says okay who is that child in a blue room
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’ve been feeling like watching Severance is more of a puzzle that I struggle to get through than a pleasure I look forward to—it’s brilliantly original, beautifully shot, etc but I lack an emotional connection to it. But then Merritt Wever showed up with a glimmer of hope I might get back into it.
Jeers to getting a generic rejection to a dream job I applied for 8 weeks ago. Cheers to finding two minor errors in the large print edition of a book I just proofed (that were also in the final trade edition!). Hopefully this year I find a FT job that fits.
January 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jeers to getting a generic rejection to a dream job I applied for 8 weeks ago. Cheers to finding two minor errors in the large print edition of a book I just proofed (that were also in the final trade edition!). Hopefully this year I find a FT job that fits.
Finished reading Integrated by @nrooks.bsky.social, an eye-opening look at how desegregation has failed Black children. I didn't expect to be so shocked by the craven and greedy behavior of white parents & politicians in the past 20 years. As usual, community is our only hope. tinyurl.com/3m6pcphn
Integrated by Noliwe Rooks: 9780553387391 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation that traces four generations of the author’s family to show how the implementation of integration decimated Black school systems...
tinyurl.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Finished reading Integrated by @nrooks.bsky.social, an eye-opening look at how desegregation has failed Black children. I didn't expect to be so shocked by the craven and greedy behavior of white parents & politicians in the past 20 years. As usual, community is our only hope. tinyurl.com/3m6pcphn
On the constant roller coaster that is having an old dying dog. In the morning, she refuses food and I sneak in a pill in milk or a spoon of baby food. By afternoon she has perked up, regained her appetite, even jumped on the couch. But is today the day the bad morning lasts all day?
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On the constant roller coaster that is having an old dying dog. In the morning, she refuses food and I sneak in a pill in milk or a spoon of baby food. By afternoon she has perked up, regained her appetite, even jumped on the couch. But is today the day the bad morning lasts all day?
I've used GoodReads forever and it sucks, but I keep trying & failing to like StoryGraph. Mostly because I don't want to do your metadata, and will totally overthink how to categorize the pace or mood. My reading experience depends more on: did I learn from it? Did I relate to it? Was I transported?
December 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I've used GoodReads forever and it sucks, but I keep trying & failing to like StoryGraph. Mostly because I don't want to do your metadata, and will totally overthink how to categorize the pace or mood. My reading experience depends more on: did I learn from it? Did I relate to it? Was I transported?
I’ve seen a couple of amazing job opportunities (editor at NYPL!) come up in NYC recently, and it got me fantasizing about moving back. What stops me is the idea that I already solved that problem years ago when I left; it would be like going back to a bad boyfriend.
December 14, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I’ve seen a couple of amazing job opportunities (editor at NYPL!) come up in NYC recently, and it got me fantasizing about moving back. What stops me is the idea that I already solved that problem years ago when I left; it would be like going back to a bad boyfriend.
These words flashed in my head as I tried on a Madewell final-sale sweater so cut as to show my entire bra, and pants that offer the choice of buttoning or breathing, but not both. 😬
My superpower is I can look at any Black Friday fashion ad and in 30 seconds flat tell you exactly why not enough people bought that thing and it's now being offered on deep discount.
December 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM
These words flashed in my head as I tried on a Madewell final-sale sweater so cut as to show my entire bra, and pants that offer the choice of buttoning or breathing, but not both. 😬
One of the worst parts of adulthood is suddenly having to devote a large amount of time, money, and research to something you have no training or special knowledge of, just to get it back to how it was before it was a problem.
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
One of the worst parts of adulthood is suddenly having to devote a large amount of time, money, and research to something you have no training or special knowledge of, just to get it back to how it was before it was a problem.
As I get older, I appreciate the pie crust or cake more than the filing or frosting (too sweet). My platonic ideal dessert is a chocolate croissant, would like a pie with that ratio of sweet to savory.
November 29, 2024 at 12:29 AM
As I get older, I appreciate the pie crust or cake more than the filing or frosting (too sweet). My platonic ideal dessert is a chocolate croissant, would like a pie with that ratio of sweet to savory.
We’re heading to Blowing Rock—one of the WNC towns ready and wanting visitors—for Thanksgiving. The teen has just discovered hot dogs so we’re having a weenie roast over the fire pit, plus roast potatoes and s’mores. Other ideas for cozy mountain food? It might snow!
November 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
We’re heading to Blowing Rock—one of the WNC towns ready and wanting visitors—for Thanksgiving. The teen has just discovered hot dogs so we’re having a weenie roast over the fire pit, plus roast potatoes and s’mores. Other ideas for cozy mountain food? It might snow!
Settling in a bit here: I’m an editor and sometimes writer based in Durham, NC after many years in NYC. I love travel (planning Copenhagen & Hamburg in spring), books (95 this year so far), libraries (have an unused MLS), and puzzles (crossword & jigsaw). Was TheNotoriousMeg in the Bad Place.
November 15, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Settling in a bit here: I’m an editor and sometimes writer based in Durham, NC after many years in NYC. I love travel (planning Copenhagen & Hamburg in spring), books (95 this year so far), libraries (have an unused MLS), and puzzles (crossword & jigsaw). Was TheNotoriousMeg in the Bad Place.
Here for the promise of someone going viral for just writing a really good sentence.
November 15, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Here for the promise of someone going viral for just writing a really good sentence.