Ingrid Burrington @ingrid@everything.happens.horse

For the last week I've kind of been holding it together out of shock and because I've focused on supporting Ramsey bc she was his first dog, but it's starting to really hit me how big the hole in my chest is without my dog around

The vet's office sent a card about Kitty and it made me cry because seeing all the vet techs and the receptionist's notes about how special Kitty was made me think about how many lives she touched

Exams update: doing Julie's questions last and they're good but they're annoyingly hard so I am trying hard to not give into anxiety about getting it wrong lol

@inquiline one of my exam questions is about animacies in infrastructure studies--which means I am going real hard on infrastructural vitalism rn, thank you for that framing!!

Final round of riddles (PhD exam questions) today

i made a scorpio angry nearly a decade ago and sometimes i think that the general acceleration of societal collapse is because of that person's rage at me, specifically

honestly, bad move on my part i apologize

i know it's only been like a week so it's normal that i'm still grieving my dog a whole lot but god, it is such an intense thing

this set of questions was way more generative, like I laid down some foundations for parts of my dissertation over the last 48 hours which feels really good

second set of riddles (phd exam questions) complete

phd exams update: once again I am explaining why the global financial crisis and the war on terror set the stage for so much bullshit we're still dealing with and it makes me feel so fucking old

But doctor, I am Lexapro

received my second set of wizard riddles (qualifying exam questions), wish me luck

https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-95/ this week in sentences: ghosts, born and born and born, tempts, boxed in

quals update: working on an essay section titled "The poverty of economics in understanding the economics of poverty" this must be how Karl Marx felt after putting a sick burn on Proudhon

Wizard riddles update: I requested questions from my most annoying committee member first and they are pretty goofy but not actually hard?

Today the council of wizards (my committee) will send me my first set of riddles (exam questions), please send vibes

i understand why a pet insurance company would make their hold messaging emphasize working with you to avoid canceling the plan, but for the recently bereaved it is a bit harsh

it feels sort of insane that I'm doing my quals the same week my fucking dog died but realistically I won't be less devastated in a week and it's more tiresome to have it hanging over me. but god, what a bleak time.