Andrea Shockling

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

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@jeremytache.bsky.social 😂😂😂 I went to Carnegie Mellon and my son is a sophomore at Case Western 🤣🤣🤣 what a delightful pair of OLIs 🏈🏈

I love this.

Inks detail

I read an adorable student newspaper from the local school district. So far, so good.

But here you are doing it, and here I am just coincidentally opening up this app while killing time at the doctor with dad. And we found each other! 💕

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

@jeremytache.bsky.social watching you grinning, rapt at every Tim Kurkjian story tonight has been truly delightful ⚾️

Thank you!!! 😊

I was faster! 🤣

@aaronmeyers.bsky.social ⏳⌛️

…this is the second show I’ve seen by this director where a dude is covered in something in his underwear at curtain call

Hiiiiii. In today’s Pirates/Cubbies game, Boyd picked off Tommy Phan. He now leads in pick off outs (6). Baseball Savant doesn’t seem to have a search for ‘pick offs’, but all 4 of Boyd’s highlights on the site range from ‘seemingly questionable’ to ‘letter of the law balk.’ Any insight on this? 🙃

Transplant #1:
- lots of goo, but no eye pain
- pretty sure the worst is over
- my vision has already improved
- corneas are super complex organs
- laying flat on my back for 3 days isn’t fun

For #2 in July, I bet I forget the goo & back pain and remember only the shockingly fast recovery. LFG!

Worst pirate 🏴‍☠️

More details mañana, but everything went great. (Avi is the best.)

Thank you to everyone who has reached out, checked in, ordered food, sent surprises, etc. Love you all. See you soon 😎

Are you an organ donor yet? Please consider registering to be one if you aren’t already 💙

Thank you 😊

This piece about you from IU was exactly what I needed to read 😭🥹🥰 I’m thrilled you’ve had such great results. Thank you. Sincerely.

Thank you THANK YOU ohhhhhhh I feel so much better now!!!!!! You’re the best 💛

AMAZING!!! Phil, this means the world to me to hear this from you. Thank you for sharing - I haven’t talked to any artists about the results of the transplants from that unique perspective. Thank you so much 💛

I had no idea about this - what an incredible story about science improving quality of life!! Thank you, John. Appreciate your insight & well wishes as always 💛

Thank you!! I assume I will still think the whole thing is bonkers on Friday, but just be glad that 1/2 of the worst is over (??) What a life, indeed!!! 💛

A patch or shield, apparently. And no driving, obvs. Avi is going with me, and I truly have no idea what to expect. It’s also apparently local anesthesia only, which is terrifying. I hope I can wear ear plugs or ear pods or something. The whole thing is still pretty surreal.

It’s outpatient (!!) and only takes an hour. Science is cool! Then I’m on my back for like, 48 hours? One day, one week, one month checkups before we repeat it for my left eye. Full recovery of both by early fall, when I can finally get new glasses!! 🤓

5/5 calling this one Precocious Diagnosis for now. See ya on the flip side 😎

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Hard launch: cornea transplant edition. It’s haaaaaappening! 1/

I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.