Dr. Paula R. Curtis

@paularcurtis

Medievalist. Historian. Japan. Project Juggler. DH. Extremely Tired. Good & Bad cats. 🐾 Rock art. 🎨 Operations Leader @jppinfo.bsky.social, UCLA Support open-access projects:

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· 28d

Happy to share the AAS Diversity & Equity Committee is sponsoring an @asianstudies.org Digital Dialogues session 8/19 "Academic Job Market 101: Becoming Familiar & Planning Ahead"! I'll introduce fundamentals & what to expect when you're expecting (to graduate)! www.asianstudies.org/jobs-profess...

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· 29d

Today's spider: hiding aboard the Nostromo

A spider made of beads in various shades of shiny black and metal, making it look like something out of the Alien franchise.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· 29d

Unphased by the window opened for her, her Bird TV, the electric ball rolling on the floor, and the basket of toys behind her, my goblin child knocks everything off my desk, erases my whiteboard, and bites electronics for attention.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· 29d

Absolutely must find a reason to get to Princeton before January 3!! 😍 So so excited about this upcoming exhibit curated by the incredible @ippikiookami.bsky.social on contemporary visions of Tale of the Heike. This art is like nothing you've ever seen. artmuseum.princeton.edu/exhibitions-...

A print by Takeda Hideo titled "The Final Illness of Taira Kiyomori." It depicts Taira no Kiyomori as a naked white hairless figure sitting cross-legged and leaning on his courtier's baton. Illness, or perhaps madness, is depicted as an androgynous red demon with large breasts covered in tattoos of demons having sex. The demon sits on Kiyomori's back, its toes and dingers digging into his shoulders and skull. The background is a swirling gray, black, and orange design with figures fighting and fucking.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· 29d

who could have possibly repaired this

A tree with a wedged opening where there is one googly eye

Closeup of the tree wedge hole with two googly eyes inside that look cozy

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 14

I turned on live stream of a bird bath for Rigatoni but came back to find she’d somehow changed the video to a virtual game. Kids these days.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 14

who could have possibly done this

A red metal box that soooooomebody put tiny googly eyes on. Who knows who. A mystery.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 13

when there are two too-accurate Monday Moods in your music station themes

Album covers side-by-side in Apple Music. On the left is the Nine Inch Nails-themed "The Hand That Feeds Station," a vibe encompassing all my anxious energy and irrational screaming rage at receiving new emails every 2 minutes. On the right is the Beck-themed "Guess I'm Doing Fine Station," reflecting my eventual need to stare into the void and contemplate an existential crisis.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 13

Today's spider: hungry 🐞

A spider made of beads in white, light pink, and black. Its front two legs are holding a white ladybug.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 12

Today's spider: cute, but threatening

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 11

My speaker finally bit the dust after all the hardship I put it through, so we say goodbye to one googly friend and make good use of the stash.

Two rectangular Soundcore speakers side by side, each with a pair of googly eyes on it and one appearing to cry because he’s getting recycled.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 10

@bsky.app vs. Twitter, as seen via your AdBlock Plus add-on

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 10

Rigatoni, of course, in her element.

A tortie cat named Rigatoni lounging on top of a puzzle, prepared to destroy hard-won progress, as is her nature.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 10

If I was a serial killer I wouldn’t tell anyone, but there would be signs.

An overhead view of a puzzle in progress on a black living room table. All the pieces are entirely white, with no other patterns. It’s a perfectly normal puzzle I swear.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 8

Me: (finding a gigantic spider I would normally smash) ok, we can adopt a live-and-let-live policy, but only because I am being eaten alive by rogue mosquitos. 🦟 Rigatoni: (literally 5 minutes later) LOOK MÖTHER I KILLED THIS BIG SPIDER I FOUND I CHOMPED IT SO GOOD 🕷️

A tortie cat named Rigatoni gazing proudly up with an expression that says she has completed her hunt and would like recognition now.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 8

Today's spider: spindly

A spider made of beads in shades of white and purple. The legs are long and spindly with sphere beads at the joints.

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis· Jul 8

Our apartment complex may be old and janky, but building it into a community means when Frankie is howling mournfully and his mumma is still at work everyone gets worried and goes to hang out with him for a bit. 🥲