KIRSTEN / ELSEWHERE / OCTOBER 2026

ELSEWHERE

A running list of things that have absolutely nothing to do with my PhD. And a reminder to myself that not everything I write needs to be academic.

14RAMBLES
AND COUNTING

Looking out over Tokyo from a high-rise window — TOKYO, SOMEWHERE ABOVE STREET LEVEL ↗

FONTAINES D.C. ✶ DIET COKE ✶ PESTO ✶ JAVA ✶ KNITTING ✶ F1 ✶ AIRPORTS ✶ OLD CLOTHES ✶ NEW BAGS ✶ BOOKS WITH MURDER IN THEM ✶ FONTAINES D.C. ✶ DIET COKE ✶ PESTO ✶ JAVA ✶ KNITTING ✶ F1 ✶ AIRPORTS ✶ OLD CLOTHES ✶ NEW BAGS ✶ BOOKS WITH MURDER IN THEM ✶

STATUS REPORT

CURRENTLY
IN ROTATION.

01 / LISTENINGRibbon Factory — Madra Salach

02 / WATCHINGLove in Disguise

03 / READINGControl Revolution

04 / WANTINGSongmont H Yore Bag

05 / EATINGWhite Cheddar Cheez-Its à la vending machine

06 / CONSTANTDiet Coke

START HERE

SELECTED
RAMBLES.

things I have had too many thoughts about, put here so I don't inflict them on innocent bystanders.

ENTER THE ARCHIVE →14 RAMBLES AND COUNTING

UNLIKELY TO CHANGE

PERMANENT
FIXTURES.

The things that have survived enough phases to qualify as core lore.

01 / HANDS BUSY

KNITTING

Proof that I am apparently capable of sitting still if you give my hands a sufficiently complicated task.

02 / CONSTANT

DIET COKE

Not currently obsessed. Permanently institutionally committed.

03 / DEFAULT STATE

TRAVELING

I will tolerate an extraordinary amount of inconvenience in exchange for being somewhere I haven't been before.

04 / HOUSEHOLD AUTHORITY

JAVA

Toy Australian Shepherd. Very small. Disproportionate influence over household decision-making. Kinda mean.

05 / THE ACTUAL THROUGHLINE

MUSIC

The actual throughline. No pattern in listening behaviors.

CORE LORE / DO NOT ARCHIVE

END OF TRANSMISSION / FOR NOW