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Every moment I have the urge to work on something, it's been academically related. Yeah, that's productive, so it's the right thing to do, but consider this - writing for role-playing games seems to exist on the exact same frequency as writing for academia or, at least, it's close enough that by the time I'm done with whatever work I'm able to do, there's very little impulse in me to write for a game. It's this kind of scenerio that prevents me from finishing a campaign (which I was literally supposed to be done with years ago) or starting a new one (which I've wanted to do ever since I put the money down for the Exalted kickstarter - haven't even gotten to read the book that came in yet).
So, despite kind of understanding the inherant bullshittery that comes from focusing on gaming over academia, I'm probably just going to go ahead and take the day to do that, once. In terms of deadlines, I'm much, much later on my gaming work than I am on any kind of paper, anyhow....
I've watched the first season of Daredevil - it took me a while. I don't bing watch. I don't have the patience, really; I get all twitchy after about two hours and have to go do something else, so I just watch one or two episodes before bed. I've segued into Jessica Jones which, as one of my friends has noted, is substantially more grim than Daredevil. Where I go after JJ depends on how I feel. I might watch the next season of DD, or I might not. I don't feel externally compelled by the show itself, as the season ends effectively on its own. That's satisfying for me, and it's the kind of thing that's apt to bring me back for season two, even if it takes me a while to build up the energy. I don't really watch a lot of television, so this has really felt like a huge luxury, but I've curbed a lot of my other bad habits lately in terms of health and time-use, so I consider this to be something of a lifestyle-reward thing.
I've also started re-reading House of Leaves. Despite the density and the academic tone, it somehow parses as light reading to me, so I can get through a few chapters at night, if I'm still feeling like dealing with any kind of words at all. One big upside is that my reading of HoL and even texts like Pattern Recognition feel deeply enriched by my theory reading and academic writing, and I've really enjoyed that.
So, despite kind of understanding the inherant bullshittery that comes from focusing on gaming over academia, I'm probably just going to go ahead and take the day to do that, once. In terms of deadlines, I'm much, much later on my gaming work than I am on any kind of paper, anyhow....
I've watched the first season of Daredevil - it took me a while. I don't bing watch. I don't have the patience, really; I get all twitchy after about two hours and have to go do something else, so I just watch one or two episodes before bed. I've segued into Jessica Jones which, as one of my friends has noted, is substantially more grim than Daredevil. Where I go after JJ depends on how I feel. I might watch the next season of DD, or I might not. I don't feel externally compelled by the show itself, as the season ends effectively on its own. That's satisfying for me, and it's the kind of thing that's apt to bring me back for season two, even if it takes me a while to build up the energy. I don't really watch a lot of television, so this has really felt like a huge luxury, but I've curbed a lot of my other bad habits lately in terms of health and time-use, so I consider this to be something of a lifestyle-reward thing.
I've also started re-reading House of Leaves. Despite the density and the academic tone, it somehow parses as light reading to me, so I can get through a few chapters at night, if I'm still feeling like dealing with any kind of words at all. One big upside is that my reading of HoL and even texts like Pattern Recognition feel deeply enriched by my theory reading and academic writing, and I've really enjoyed that.