I'll make a note of it.

So apparently it's a crime against humanity that I've never seen the Jurassic Park movies.

So the boyfriend is taking me to see it in 3D this weekend.

Speaking of movies, I'm changing my Scale of Awesome rating for Warm Bodies to 8/10.

I liked it.

And upon further inspection, it deserves a higher rating.

Plus I was like rambling about it today to the New Girl - who has similar taste and we rec shows/movies back and forth all the time, got her hooked on Warehouse...well her, Queen of the Known Universe, Wordie, Infoman, the Wordsmith, etc.

It was good.

And I like the blonde chick - Teresa Palmer, had to look that one up - and then the main dude was the boy in About a Boy.

Rachel Weisz, Hugh Grant, if you haven't seen it look it up, it's amusing.

So today was good.

Much less stressful than yesterday's mass hysteria.

The Favorite Aunties and their husbands stopped by to pick up a book.

Gave them a tour, well of 2nd floor at least.

In the limited time I had before I had to move to the next desk.

But it was good to see them.

So that was the highlight of the workday.

Actually started the workday early, went in for training in the morning - constant software updates with our new system so we learned new search stuff.

Which I understood more about because of my cataloging class, huzzah.

Dig it.

And then of course the papers I wrote on Koha for my Info Tech class.

Coincidentally, the professor for that class is now our Assistant Director.

aka my Boss's Boss's Boss's assistant.

But it was good, learned some new stuff, wasn't a fan of it being so early but had to do it before opening.

And going in early meant I got to get off early so I did my fair share of errands tonight before crashing on the couch and watching The Voice, Castle, Bones - holy crap Claudia Donovan alert! sorry, Warehouse 13, I thought for sure they were going to make her the killer. I was like nooooooooo!!! not Claudia!! - and then Splash.

That show is getting even more interesting - I know, isn't it awful - but seriously, tonight they did team diving and dude, Drake Bell I love and Katherine Webb is cool so they did this synchronized dive called the "javelin". You gotta see it for yourselves...



I know, I know, it's ridiculous.

But I like him.

And I like Rory Bushfield - good god, they stuck him Kendra what's her name who *spoiler alert* chickened out on their dive and forfeited.

Which meant everyone moved on but her.

I would have been pissed if it effected him too.

Anyway, so I'm rooting for Rory and Drake.

And now Katherine, cause that was badass.

I was also productive tonight, in case you were like, holy crap that's a lot of TV, cause I did homework.

And made plans with Chief - an old friend - we're gonna get dinner on Thursday.

Tomorrow I'm going out to see the boyfriend.

Friday he's coming here.

Saturday is the music mentor's benefit thing.

Oh, and have I mentioned that I'm going on a motorcar ride with the boyfriend end of April?

Remember how I mentioned he has a slight obsession with trains?

Nothing I'm not used to.

If you know my dad you know what I'm talking about, I grew up surrounded by trains.

But the boyfriend - and his dad - have taken it to a whole new level, living next to the tracks and also buying, they're called Speeders.

Go here.

It's basically a big box that rides on the tracks.

He owns like 7 now.

Though in a couple weeks there will be more.

He's riding a train all the way out to Seattle to get more actually.

But that's more of a long story.

Anyway, so end of the month we're going to Iowa to ride one of them.

Am actually pretty excited about it.

Should be fun.

And I get to meet all of his railroad friends - which means he has to introduce me to one in particular.

Which I think he's avoiding, mostly because the friend gives him crap for dating me.

See, he knows my dad.

Well, everyone knows my dad - it's a whole train community thing - but anyway, he knows my dad (and refers to me as his daughter) and he knows that me and the boyfriend used to date.

I did mention that right?

We dated in high school?

And in college?

He took me to prom.

Reconnected after we'd both grown up a bit.

Yeah, yeah, I know aww.

Don't give me that girly crap, I'm already giddy enough at the moment.

Legitimately. Deliriously. Happy.

Which does not happen often for me.

So I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

But enough of that, has anyone watched the 100th episode of Psych?

Much better than the 100th episode of Castle I just watched, what was that? Seriously?

Anyway, Psych is basically a tribute to Clue.

Which is one of my favorite movies of all time.

And we've watched it at Teen Camp like 3 times, kind of a tradition much like Cosmo's War of the Planets.

There are so many great references, I love it!

If you're a Clue fan, check out this episode! It's probably up on USA's website by now since it actually aired like Wednesday.

Yep. It's up.

Has Scarlet and Green and Plum in it.

Plus Earl from 2 Broke Girls.

So many references, I love it!

Aww, a tribute to Madeline Kahn.

That makes me sad.

Mrs. White was my favorite character.

Funny story, my family used to play Clue and when you're not playing you pick the cards of the who, with what and where, you know?

And so I always picked the ones from the movie, like Mrs. White in the Billiard Room with the rope, etc.

So it was either Oldest Sister or King of Useless Knowledge, but they figured out that system and so they went around guessing the movie 'til they got it right.

Geez, I haven't played that game in forever.

Actually, there's an extended version that's even better.

Oldest Sister and King of Useless Knowledge actually own it and we used to play it all the time, me and the neighbor girl, whom I still talk to cause she's awesome. And she's getting married. And so is her brother. Which reminds me I need to RSVP for that online.

Anyway, the game was called Master Detective and it had more characters, like there was a Miss Peach and Madame Rose and Sargent Grey, and then there were more rooms like a Carriage House and all that.

I can't remember if there were more weapons too, but some of the weapon game pieces were missing so instead of Master Detective, we used to call it Master Defective.

"I'll make a note of it" was common reference.

Alright, on to the music before I find something else to ramble about.

More Blind Audition highlights.

I'm the Only One - Karina Iglesius


love adam and blake at the end.
and then telling shakira to shut up.
there's been a mega amount of spanish singing this year since Shakira joined the cast.


Seven Nation Army - Garrett Gardner

like this guy cause he came back after not making it last season.
loved adam's arm raise.
he'll make my top ten. probably won't win it but takes a lot of courage to come back.


To Make You Feel My Love - Holly Tucker

she's fantastic. def in my top ten.
"i think cowboy boots are great."

and it feels so good to hurt so bad and suffer just enough to sing the blues...

Just lyrics, don't worry. Love that song, see below.

Alright, assignments are announced so now I'm allowed to freak aloud.

Or, in writing.

Well, I guess aloud as well, but there will be none of that.

I can handle this.

Totally.

I can totally handle this.

Totally.

Ha.

Alright, new responsibilities include Supplies which is basically a job in itself. Not so much at the home branch, but the work branch, geez. You know how many printers and copiers and stockpiles of supplies are in a 4 story building?

At least most of the units fend for themselves so it's not like every room needs to be supplied. Just mostly floors one and two. And a little in the basement.

I can handle that.

But add to that I got backup to Fearless Leader in Damages.

Again, fine.

I was already doing that anyway at the home branch. There is about double the amount of items to worry about from there to here, but it's still the same process. Mostly. Except here we can just run down to the basement to TPD and retrieve a part that was missing instead of sending it over through delivery and wait for it to be processed.

Whatever, those are cake compared to this next one.

Okay, how do I explain this really without the nervous ramblings. I'll save those for later.

Pretty much the Young Adult Librarian for the work branch. Except without the title.

They gave me the Young Adult Section and TAB.

aka Teen Advisory Board.

Which is filled with teenagers.

Who plan events.

Like a prom.

At the library.

Yes, a prom.

At the library.

No pressure.

Can I just say how much I'm loving having a mentor on this one? She's fantastic! Youth librarian and has been doing this for years, and although I'm sure she'd love to dump it all on me, she's graciously sticking with me for a few months until I'm alright to take over.

Aaannd, along with all that goes with joining the Youth Services crew, aka getting the emails and going to the meetings.

Today was some prime real estate in that department. Never did I ever realize how important something such as a start date is.

Summer Reading Program.

Does it start the day after school ends, or do we wait until June 1st like always?

Kids come in the day after wanting to start.

Do we tell them to wait a week and come back on the 1st?

It's always been June 1st to July 31st.

Super easy to remember that way.

But do you really want to tell a kid to come back next week because we're not ready for them?

That was the debate today. It got heated enough to be interestingly humorous.

I sat back in awe.

I knew librarians were passionate and anti-stereotype, but this was a whole new experience there.

Apparently that's serious business.

And it is. I'm sure there will be more heated opinions when it's brought up again.

But there's time for that later. Today was pretty cool, getting to meet people involved in the whole process and listening to them promote picture books.

And "volunteering" (I use that word loosely as it was more like my mentor and Girlscout aka my two supervisors in this thing pointing to me when they asked for one) to help out with some stuff.

It was a cool changeup from the norm.

I'm looking forward to the challenge actually.

I don't want to shake things up though, things run pretty smoothly as they are.

I do, however, want to take stock of supplies and come up with some sort of spreadsheet of everything and where it's stored. Cause that would be a good thing to have. But I'll get to that later.

My current project is the YA area, aka going through and weeding older books because we're out of space. So I get to do that while I pull every book from the shelf, scan it and change the status, meanwhile watching the last checked out date and how many circ stats it has so I can weed properly.

That'll take me a few days purely because I'm still working at the desks and the lab through the day. I only get to work on those projects and assignments when I'm "off-desk" or scheduled to check-in in the back if there's nothing to check-in.

Gonna be a wild ride.

But like I said, I'm stoked for the challenge.

I think I can handle it.

I'm sure there will be some bumps in the road. A lot of freak out moments.

But I've got some great people to look up to in these areas so I'm not too worried.

At this moment anyway.

Ask me in about a month when things are in full swing.

So that was my day.

At work.

There was more after.

Headed out to Barnes and Noble to support Squirt and Bubby as they sang and played piano there. It was a fundraiser of sorts where part of the proceeds went to the school and all that. Kind of a cool deal. So I got a lot of Christmas shopping done.

Although I'm still clueless on a few people.

I'm gonna look for some more stuff tomorrow when I go grocery shopping.

Originally I was gonna go to the farm tonight but the roads suck again, and with my luck on the roads lately I'm putting nothing to chance in that category.

So, I'll sacrifice all that by sleeping in and watching some more Leverage. I'm caving and gonna start season three tonight.

Season two will get here, eventually.

Freakin' snow.

While some of us are living it up in Hawaii!!! Yeah, enjoy your beaches and drinks with the umbrellas in them. The rest of us will jam here in the snow. Just bring me back something nice.


Alright, Alphabet Rec's before I overload you. What am I up to? S? right cause there was some Run Joey Run-ning last night.

Let me see what I got.

Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John

listened to a lot of his music growing up. he's quite the character in this video...
i think this is my favorite of his although he has a lot of great ones. he even did a duet with Eminem of all people on a music awards show. that was interesting.

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

i love this video and the random skeletons that parade through it.

Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club live

i've posted the radio version of this multiple times, but i just found this one and loved it. there are two video videos of this song, one whose graphics will make you dizzy and the other in which they walk through places like a forest and the desert. and there's a lot of underwater camera work. and spinning. which i guess could make you dizzy as well. so i'll give you this one. it's a fantastic group, they're not american so you probably haven't heard of them. i find them delightful.

Alright, there were too many good ones, I feel like I should do a S part one and part two...or three.
So you'll get some honorable mentions. Or maybe I'll just go through the alphabet backwards after the 12 days of Xmas thing.
Who knows.
We'll stick with the honorable mentions for now.

-Safety Dance - Men Without Hats i just always found this one amusing, and loved the remake on glee
-Second Chance - Shinedown this one was the first song that came on the radio on my way to my first real day of real work. driving from my sister's to the home library. very memorable and ironic for the lyrics
-The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher there's a lot of karaoking to this one
-Short Skirt, Long Jacket - Cake aka the themesong to Chuck, but I love it
-Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder another classic jam song
-Since You've Been Gone - Theory of the Deadman was my first music rec on here and I still love it.
-Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald Mak made me sing this one for voice lessons.
-Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt, just always had a thing for this song, no idea why. but it makes me laugh.
-Strangers Like Me - Everlife the original version is good but i like this one better
-Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter this one comes with a long story and some good inside jokes, mostly revolving around Jess and me singing it on camera - yes much like our remake of "Leave Get Out" by JoJo, except there was no remake, just a different interpretation. Which I would totally post but similar to the other video, she'd kill me.

Alright. Big day tomorrow of sleeping in and Christmas shopping.

Plus I should probably do some paperwork I've been putting off as well.

OUT!