Dr. Boo
@jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
Boo! (she/her) medievalist, Old and Middle English LITERATURE, medieval medicine; job seeker; educator; I love LONGFORM fiction: Beowulf, SGGK, Borgen, Supernatural (Destiel), Foundation; HATE FREE ZONE, unless you hate the patriarchy: I support that!
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Dr. Boo
@jennyflyrocks.bsky.social
· Apr 6
I did a similar thing with the Book History club at Texas Tech recently! I love the student involvement with experiential learning.
If I write to Santa, is there still a chance for a dog in my stocking?
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If I write to Santa, is there still a chance for a dog in my stocking?
When the people at work are sitting around chatting or laughing it up in the hallways,
are they just
NOT in pain?
What is that even like?
are they just
NOT in pain?
What is that even like?
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When the people at work are sitting around chatting or laughing it up in the hallways,
are they just
NOT in pain?
What is that even like?
are they just
NOT in pain?
What is that even like?
Can we talk about the fact that at the high school where I currently teach in central Texas there has been 2 instances of N*zi vandalism in the last 2 weeks that I know of? Bless the kid who crossed it out, but my class set of annotation instructions:
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Can we talk about the fact that at the high school where I currently teach in central Texas there has been 2 instances of N*zi vandalism in the last 2 weeks that I know of? Bless the kid who crossed it out, but my class set of annotation instructions:
I’m a complete failure: I earned my PhD in 2024 and the job I was able to get is in secondary (not higher) education. I continue to present at conferences and revise an article for publication while working 60 hours a week for teenagers who can barely write a paragraph.
It’s not the only field that does this to people — my research shows me that daily — but academia does it extraordinarily well.
(I definitely feel like I have not done much of note, dread my annual review & teaching evaluations, worry about my promotion dossier, among other things)
(I definitely feel like I have not done much of note, dread my annual review & teaching evaluations, worry about my promotion dossier, among other things)
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m a complete failure: I earned my PhD in 2024 and the job I was able to get is in secondary (not higher) education. I continue to present at conferences and revise an article for publication while working 60 hours a week for teenagers who can barely write a paragraph.
FINISHED MY GRADING TODAY!
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
FINISHED MY GRADING TODAY!
Why does my depression always come at me when I have days off? I can't handle the slightest change to my routine. I'd rather be at work than have all this time to myself. I lie here thinking about all the things I need to do, and I fail at all of them because I cannot DO them. I'm frozen with dread.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Why does my depression always come at me when I have days off? I can't handle the slightest change to my routine. I'd rather be at work than have all this time to myself. I lie here thinking about all the things I need to do, and I fail at all of them because I cannot DO them. I'm frozen with dread.
Let the grading commence.
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Let the grading commence.
The incessant lower right abdominal stabbing pain, which had admittedly ceased (or at least reduced) for about 15 days, is back to full-time stabbing.
At pre-op appointment for scheduled post-Thanksgiving biopsy, I was told that at no point will the doctors be able to visualize the stabbing region.
At pre-op appointment for scheduled post-Thanksgiving biopsy, I was told that at no point will the doctors be able to visualize the stabbing region.
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The incessant lower right abdominal stabbing pain, which had admittedly ceased (or at least reduced) for about 15 days, is back to full-time stabbing.
At pre-op appointment for scheduled post-Thanksgiving biopsy, I was told that at no point will the doctors be able to visualize the stabbing region.
At pre-op appointment for scheduled post-Thanksgiving biopsy, I was told that at no point will the doctors be able to visualize the stabbing region.
went to the ER again after going to urgent care this morning.
why do doctors refuse to look at ALL of my symptoms together?
why do doctors refuse to look at ALL of my symptoms together?
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
went to the ER again after going to urgent care this morning.
why do doctors refuse to look at ALL of my symptoms together?
why do doctors refuse to look at ALL of my symptoms together?
@effinbirds.com is there a ptarmigan?
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@effinbirds.com is there a ptarmigan?
There are 4 AP-medieval positions to apply to this weekend.
Tomorrow and Friday are both dress-up days at the high school where I currently work. I'm trying to make this oppressive job as joyful as it can be, so I'll dress up.
Exhaustion.
But there are 4 positions I can apply to for next year.
Tomorrow and Friday are both dress-up days at the high school where I currently work. I'm trying to make this oppressive job as joyful as it can be, so I'll dress up.
Exhaustion.
But there are 4 positions I can apply to for next year.
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
There are 4 AP-medieval positions to apply to this weekend.
Tomorrow and Friday are both dress-up days at the high school where I currently work. I'm trying to make this oppressive job as joyful as it can be, so I'll dress up.
Exhaustion.
But there are 4 positions I can apply to for next year.
Tomorrow and Friday are both dress-up days at the high school where I currently work. I'm trying to make this oppressive job as joyful as it can be, so I'll dress up.
Exhaustion.
But there are 4 positions I can apply to for next year.
Dear Internet,
Does drinking fizzy water work like scrubbing bubbles in my guts?
Sincerely,
person who keeps burping
Does drinking fizzy water work like scrubbing bubbles in my guts?
Sincerely,
person who keeps burping
October 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Dear Internet,
Does drinking fizzy water work like scrubbing bubbles in my guts?
Sincerely,
person who keeps burping
Does drinking fizzy water work like scrubbing bubbles in my guts?
Sincerely,
person who keeps burping
Hi
The job market is really grim.
Also it's too damn hot for October.
The job market is really grim.
Also it's too damn hot for October.
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hi
The job market is really grim.
Also it's too damn hot for October.
The job market is really grim.
Also it's too damn hot for October.
Murder, She Wrote
Next Gen Chef...well I know how to cook.
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Murder, She Wrote
My 11th grade class is preparing to read "The Crucible" & I've had student group do background work on Arthur Miller, The Red Scare, the Witch Trials, Cancel Culture vs Backlisting & after each presentation I ask, "Does this feel relevant to our world now?" So far not a singler teenager sees it.
October 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My 11th grade class is preparing to read "The Crucible" & I've had student group do background work on Arthur Miller, The Red Scare, the Witch Trials, Cancel Culture vs Backlisting & after each presentation I ask, "Does this feel relevant to our world now?" So far not a singler teenager sees it.
I got “selected” at work to be among the early adopters of an AI app for student writing & I stopped myself from saying “The house is unliveable because people have been tossing cookie dough at the walls all year. Your solution is to THROW MORE COOKIE DOUGH?! HOW IS THIS MEANT TO FIX ANYTHING? HUH?”
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I got “selected” at work to be among the early adopters of an AI app for student writing & I stopped myself from saying “The house is unliveable because people have been tossing cookie dough at the walls all year. Your solution is to THROW MORE COOKIE DOUGH?! HOW IS THIS MEANT TO FIX ANYTHING? HUH?”
Lower right abdominal gnawing, ceaseless pain.
Go.
Go.
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Lower right abdominal gnawing, ceaseless pain.
Go.
Go.
Great news!
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October 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
today I applied for a job.
tomorrow i have a biopsy.
tomorrow i have a biopsy.
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
today I applied for a job.
tomorrow i have a biopsy.
tomorrow i have a biopsy.
I have constant left-side-of-head pain, and doctors have ignored me about it for SO LONG that I normally just go about my day with this horrible pain. I once took Tylenol or Advil to take the edge off, but it never made the pain go away. Now I'm not allowed to take NSAIDs or Tylenol, so I just HURT.
September 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I have constant left-side-of-head pain, and doctors have ignored me about it for SO LONG that I normally just go about my day with this horrible pain. I once took Tylenol or Advil to take the edge off, but it never made the pain go away. Now I'm not allowed to take NSAIDs or Tylenol, so I just HURT.
in health news:
I slept 18 hours on Saturday- Sunday
I graded for all my waking hours and I still have 100 essays to go
I have been "urgently" referred for a temporal artery biopsy
I think my job is literally killing me
Necrocapitalism IS ME
I slept 18 hours on Saturday- Sunday
I graded for all my waking hours and I still have 100 essays to go
I have been "urgently" referred for a temporal artery biopsy
I think my job is literally killing me
Necrocapitalism IS ME
September 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
in health news:
I slept 18 hours on Saturday- Sunday
I graded for all my waking hours and I still have 100 essays to go
I have been "urgently" referred for a temporal artery biopsy
I think my job is literally killing me
Necrocapitalism IS ME
I slept 18 hours on Saturday- Sunday
I graded for all my waking hours and I still have 100 essays to go
I have been "urgently" referred for a temporal artery biopsy
I think my job is literally killing me
Necrocapitalism IS ME
I've been to urgent care and the Er twice in a week, and I have 2 biopsies forthcoming.
I feel like garbage, and although I have a stack of papers to grade that could construct a lifesize papier mache Empire State Building, I am going to take a nap instead.
I feel like garbage, and although I have a stack of papers to grade that could construct a lifesize papier mache Empire State Building, I am going to take a nap instead.
September 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I've been to urgent care and the Er twice in a week, and I have 2 biopsies forthcoming.
I feel like garbage, and although I have a stack of papers to grade that could construct a lifesize papier mache Empire State Building, I am going to take a nap instead.
I feel like garbage, and although I have a stack of papers to grade that could construct a lifesize papier mache Empire State Building, I am going to take a nap instead.
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Whoever at Texas Tech is reading this right now: Join your #AAUP chapter: www.ttuaaup.com.
WALKOUT. PROTEST. STRIKE.
Whoever at any other university is reading this right now-- Join YOUR local AAUP chapter and get ready. www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
#edusky #academicsky
WALKOUT. PROTEST. STRIKE.
Whoever at any other university is reading this right now-- Join YOUR local AAUP chapter and get ready. www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
#edusky #academicsky
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Whoever at Texas Tech is reading this right now: Join your #AAUP chapter: www.ttuaaup.com.
WALKOUT. PROTEST. STRIKE.
Whoever at any other university is reading this right now-- Join YOUR local AAUP chapter and get ready. www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
#edusky #academicsky
WALKOUT. PROTEST. STRIKE.
Whoever at any other university is reading this right now-- Join YOUR local AAUP chapter and get ready. www.aaup.org/chapters/fin...
#edusky #academicsky
pain pain pain
trying to fall asleep but stabbing
staggering pain
trying to fall asleep but stabbing
staggering pain
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
pain pain pain
trying to fall asleep but stabbing
staggering pain
trying to fall asleep but stabbing
staggering pain
spent the evening in the ER
going in for a biopsy tomorrow
going in for a biopsy tomorrow
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
spent the evening in the ER
going in for a biopsy tomorrow
going in for a biopsy tomorrow