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Last night I dreamt that men gifted me flowers and pudding cups lol. I also dreamt that I chased a group of men into a theater and screamed at them about the patriarchy. Today’s gonna be a good damn day. 💫

Me to my therapist this week: “So I’m in my era of talking to men in ways I’ve never spoken to a person before.” (Pauses and smiles in feminine rage). Therapist: “Love this journey for you.”

“So, yeah, I just came from a symposium where I got zapped by an energy worker, practiced my quantum consciousness and learned how to mentally time travel and this is the first time I’ve been able to fly without any anxiety meds. Cheers.” (clinks Diet Coke) ~ me to the 2 guys in my row ✈️ 💫

Slept decently for the first time in a week last night and dreamt of the phrase - “the trees will save us, they’re absolutely nuts.” 10/10 on all counts. Thank a tree today. 🌳 💫

“And every once in a while, when I’m riding alone in the car, and whenever and always that I hear music…I think of you.” - in a letter from Rhea to Margaret on June 19, 1956.

Me during an info lit class today: “Yeah so Google’s gonna take what it knows about me and my penchant for searching David Tennant and Michael Sheen at 2am and show me what it thinks I want to see. And it’ll take what it knows about you and do the same (points @ random student).”

One time my therapist told me when she was taking night classes she’d walk around openly carrying a hammer to and from her car. “Nobody fucked with me,” she said. Anyway. I’m very close to adopting this tactic but my Cancerian Baby Rage ™️ would prefer a flamethrower.

Sometimes the knowledge that I’ve written three books hits me out of nowhere and I genuinely think to myself, “How? How did I do that while also doing everything else?” It almost becomes this vague, ephemeral memory. Anyway. My writing process? Entering a trance state.

Rhea White once wrote to Margaret Anderson and asked, “Buddy, did you breathe me into being?” and I come back to that sentence time and time again when I try to explain the impact Rhea has had on me. 💫 📝

My gift to myself for my 40th will be boudoir photos incorporating my books. 😏 🤓 📚 🤫 But the real question is, should I also incorporate my Macho Man t-shirt?

Update: managed to sleep. Also dreamt about sitting in the living room at my grandparent’s old house while a random guy did push ups in the corner. Connected? Obviously.

Courtney Block@liminallibrarian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Wearing my Macho Man t-shirt helps with anxiety, so……do we think it will also help with insomnia? (Checking laundry basket, will report back later).

Wearing my Macho Man t-shirt helps with anxiety, so……do we think it will also help with insomnia? (Checking laundry basket, will report back later).

I get these little pockets of weeks where I dream intensely of numbers/letters. Last night it returned and I dreamt of “5742, 11, and 12.” I also tried to write the letter “g,” but wrote “f” and had to fix it. F,G - effigy?? I can’t help but wonder how to weave these dreams into ritual. 💫

“I can do all things through (Macho Man Randy Savage) who strengthens me.” 💫 🙏🏻

Subtitled: “Eldest Daughter with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and a Molten Core of Rage.” 💫 👻 ✌🏻

Why, at the exact moment I ended my livestream discussing Exceptional Human Experience, did something in my kitchen fall over? Coincidence? Orrrr was it a test?? Hehe. I see you, Rhea. Stick around as long as you’d like, you’re always welcome here ✌🏻 🫶🏻 💫

Also, b/c I’m more unhinged here than elsewhere I’ll also admit that sometimes I sit in bed with my Diet Coke and a little snack and cry a tiny bit about how I’ll never be able to ask Rhea White her thoughts on David Lynch or Max Medina (adding this to next week’s therapy list). #CancerianThings

Real talk: my therapist today also said, “I think it sounds like you’re burnt out.” Anyone else who’s been professionally (and even a smidge personally) burnt out, what helped you?? 💫 🙏🏻 (Of course this will also be ongoing chats with my therapist, and happy to share if it can help folks).

Today my therapist said, “So if you have this magickal mindset, does that mean there isn’t anywhere that you aren’t meant to be?” If you need me, sorry, my brain has melted 😳 🤯 💫 🔮

From the acknowledgments of ‘Inside the World’s Haunted Libraries:’ “Thank you to the library ghosts who remind us that the echo of human connection is a palpable thing.” 👻 📚 ✍🏻

Writing the dedication and acknowledgements for my third book tonight, so if you need me I’ll just be crying over my emotional-support Diet Coke ✍🏻 😭 🥤

When you’re being mean to me, this is who you’re being mean to. This is mostly a note to self. 💫

Resisting the chaotic urge to ask “so what’re you in for” to the other folks in the therapy waiting room. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😆 🙃

Sad Girl Magic Spell ™️: upon concluding an ugly cry and wiping your tears with the nearest takeout napkins, open IG and the first thing you’ll see is Michael Sheen. Worked for me. Maybe it’ll work for you. For extra magickal flair, whisper ‘saddle up, Sheenie’ just before opening the app. 💫

Me trying to describe my 3rd book and the connections I draw among libraries, haunting, and the spectral natures of community, memory, service, and gathering. 💫 📚 👻 🤓

I just…….umm, sent this to the wrong number on accident. Holy smokes. Do I follow up with an ‘omg I’m so sorry,’ or do I just hope it lands in the hands of a fellow Swiftie?? 🫣 ☠️ 💃 🙃

As an academic who also super loves pop culture, I spend a lot of time thinking things like: “Nandor Fodor’s top 2 Taylor Swift albums would absolutely be Tortured Poets Dept followed by The Life of a Showgirl.”

The chopsticks wrapper at this sushi place is bringing me so much joy. 😂

Cousins and aunts today asked about my upcoming book with smiles on their faces and excitement in their eyes, and I mentally catalog and archive every single one of these (not-so) little reminders that this too is love.