Author Archives: Meg
Imposter Syndrome, Part 84,751
The last few sessions at school, I felt like I was struggling in most of my classes, especially my craft classes. Fortunately, I read insanely fast, so I didn’t have trouble keeping up that way, but when we responded to … Continue reading
Dual-Classing, or Why I Am Not Good At Casual Chats
Teaching Coworker: How long do you think my bowling activity should be? Two hours? Me: First, you need to define the game’s parameters. How many students are coming? Are you planning to reserve lanes? With 10 students and two lanes, … Continue reading
The Even Better News
First, the good news. My game, Takeout, is now available on Amazon! So, if you played the game at BostonFIG (or in our living room), we could really use a review on Amazon. Second, the even better part of this … Continue reading
Five Star Billionaire
Rereading Five Star Billionaire, and I found a line I highlighted last time. China was at once lawless and unbending in its rules. Tash Aw, Five Star Billionaire Still so accurate.
Reactions I’m Not Interested In Hearing
I worked with him and I never noticed anything. He can’t be bad. This is such a wilful denial that codeswitching exists. We all behave differently around different people and in different situations, and it’s not reasonable to assume that someone … Continue reading
I like The Orville
J’aime l’Orville! Ich mag die Orville! Me gusta el Orville! No matter how you say it, I like the stupidass show, The Orville. Via I like The Orville – Recollections of Play Pretty much, man.
What You Need For a Road Trip
Sponsored post in partnership with Cars.com. I tend to be a passenger, not a driver. My commute is by train, I run errands on foot. So, when we pick up a car, we’re usually taking a road trip or at … Continue reading
Indie Dev Life
A post shared by Meg (@simpsonsparadox) on Nov 22, 2017 at 11:13am PST
Shanghaist and Gothamist Are Over
A week ago, reporters and editors in the combined newsroom of DNAinfo and Gothamist, two of New York City’s leading digital purveyors of local news, celebrated victory in their vote to join a union. On Thursday, they lost their jobs, … Continue reading
Scenes From An MFA, Part 2
My assignment schedule: This week you have a major assignment due on Wednesday, and a minor journal due on Thursday. Me: Ok, so means I’ll submit my minor journal on Wednesday and turn in the major assignment on Thursday. Got … Continue reading
