#emocon2026

[continuants]

I keep forgetting to ask: how did your survey results and presentation at emocon go?

HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR CHECKING IN!!! I've been just a little busy......

Since I presented my paper I went to Japan, did two weekends of markets with Julia, made a zine, introduced Tim Kasher to Magic Grill, hosted a ton of friends in Jersey City, saw Tim again with Thursday on a boat, learned a LOT about bars and this what feels like the first time I've been able to have Fun on my laptop since early April???

The presentation was incredible! My thesis ended up changing a LOT. The final slides were inspired by the other talks at the conference as much as from talking to the other academics. I learned a LOT and it really lit my fire. It'd been a VERY long time since I presented in person and I felt a spark come back (hi, i'm available for speaking gigs!)

yes i had to stuff as much timkcord in as possible

Then all that busy stuff happened and instead of relaxing in between, I was rewriting my abstract to submit for publication consideration!!! i love to give myself homework!! but it's evolved like a pokemon into it's latest form and now i'm entering my Summer of Reading.

(if anyone has good reading recs on memetics, emo, or internet linguistics pls email me [email protected])

This fall, v2 of the survey so STAY TUNED.

I started writing a book late last year and this sidequest has really shown me:

i am a real writer with a writing practice!!!!

i MISS RESEARCHING. i feel like i keep unlocking all these versions of myself and the pursuit of learning things and putting thoughts together. a chef's kiss.

if my day job's not bringing me joy, giving myself homework is actually a pretty good option

i LOVE NOTION

anyway, i can't decide if i want to do a post of the slides in their current state or just wait until i get to the Final Form, or say fuck it and make a tiktok? ugh. idk. suggestions welcome!!!

[xxdespairfactionashtonxx]

Theres gonna be an emo conference at a St Louis college next week and its gonna go all into the history of emo and emo songwriting and whatnot and Im really interested in going.

Idk if my scene style will give me weird looks in that environment or not. These are real deal emo historians and I wonder if they embrace third wave or reject it. I hear the drummer of American Football will be there on Friday. I would love to listen and add in some first hand accounts from my cousin who was the drummer of Die Kreuzen, a hardcore band that often played shows in the Midwest with early DC emocore bands, ESPECIALLY with Dag Nasty. They were all friends since before Minor Threat even broke up. Emocore was a rejected label by many DC hardcore bands and theres videos of Ian MacKaye famously mocking it. But I'm glad it happened. My look will probably throw them off but I really do love most eras of emo.

[sadcroissant]

Emocon2026 reflection for the 'blr:

Homestuck day after the most important conference I've ever been to feels like being pistol whipped with my own 12 year old hubris