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You know, I do deserve this PhD; I can spell Koyaanisqatsi and operate heavy machinery at the same damn time 😏

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I’m defending my dissertation on March 18

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All temperaments are inherently unjust, much like the cruel, cruel world we live in. We just do our best to create structures that make it artificially seem more just. “Just” intonation is like the “justice” system.

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Had one of the most infuriating days of my PhD today. Yet I also wrote 10 pages (at least some of which were decent) and maintained my statistic of zero (0) murders committed. Suck on that, universe. 🖕🤓

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Friend sent me a TikTok of a pet pig whose humans are empty nesters & love him so much. I suggested we get a pet pig for my empty-nesting Wagnerphile dissertation advisor.🐷

He could name him Das Schweingold.🥹

I want this entirely fake scenario to happen for real so badly now.

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All I’ll say right now is that I see a light at the end of the dissertation drafting tunnel. 🫡

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Accidentally cut my frozen pizza dinner about as uniformly as the lengths of my various dissertation chapters 😬

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Just saw this ad on Facebook and they had me at “🔱 crunchy decisions”

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“Live by the Sword” by the Rolling Stones bangs just a little bit harder when you’ve spent the day writing about Bourdieusian habitus.

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It’s a trap.

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Actual footage of my last two brain cells trying to draft a proposal for the 2024 Music and the Moving Image conference

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So, what do y’all think—am I going to hell for naming a group chat “Grinding Nemo” or not? #groundbass

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whatever

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When your advisor refuses to meet with you about anything other than full dissertation chapter drafts

It’s like some faculty think they’re paid to waste your precious, expensive time.

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just a casual art/life meme I forgot to include in my AMS presentation

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Having a great time.

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Overstimulated at AMS/SMT