'til you died, 'til you died, but you're still alive!

Today was a big day of sorts.

Not like mega, but in comparison to this week it was big.

Went in early for scheduling purposes, had my TAB meeting this afternoon and then finished the day with class.

I love my teens, they're wicked awesome. Whenever I'm feeling like maybe I need a break from libraries I have a meeting with them and then I'm completely re-motivated.

Today's meeting was all about the Catching Fire party next week and our upcoming web series.

We came up with possible activities for the afterparty - thinking obstacle courses, crafty stuff, and food.

The web series was the really fun discussion. My teens have decided that they want to do a web series about our library publicizing aspects of its collection, upcoming events, and fun behind-the-scenes stuff.

We have a host - Mr. Sparkles, don't ask - so our December meeting is going to be spent coming up with a theme song and taping it, along with developing scripts and brainstorming ideas for the series.

One of my teens is really good with digital media so the videos might actually turn out pretty cool. I may even post one on here, we'll see.

I think the behind-the-scenes @ your library will be a fun place to start, but I'll have to clear it with my bosses - and coworkers - first. Then go from there to introducing areas of the collection and then talking to staff about upcoming programming.

It'll be a monthly thing and I think there should be regular segments like book reviews, guest panelists, etc. to go along with our other stuff.

A coworker thought it might be cool to have our host interview our 93-year-old volunteer about why she loves the library.

Just fun stuff like that.

I'm interested to see what they come up with for a theme song.

Especially if it has anything to do with Mr. Sparkles.

Don't ask.

You asked.

There was a craft thing and a bottle of glitter was thrown. He was covered and became Mr. Sparkles.

Actually it was Cod Sparkles but I had to nix the Cod part so his first name is currently up for debate.


Speaking of debates - the boyfriend and I talked more about our music debate this morning - the one in which we came up with no current top 40 artists we'd really like to see live - minus Karmin.

Cause something's up with radio.

But then we thought of Bruno Mars.

He wouldn't be bad. I like some of his stuff, and the clips that I've seen of him live are actually decent, which is a testament in itself cause some people are just not good live.


There's another debate going on at the moment. I want to get him something big for Xmas. Last year he got me the Maroon 5 tickets and a blu-ray player so I was thinking maybe a PS4.

He mentioned wanting one in the past, plus if other people were looking for presents for him they could get him games. But he maintains that it's too expensive.

But the thing is, I'd rather spend more money on something that he actually wants than less money on something he would lose interest in a day later.

You know?

Now, I may regret that statement later if he decides he wants to play it all the time and that's all we do.

But we'll see.

I don't know, what are you buying for Xmas this year?

And what's the best way to buy it? Online? In-store?


Anyway, so there was a lot of Xmas talk today at work. After work came my last graduate school class.

I still have homework, but tonight was my last class for my Master's program.

All that's left is an outreach project due Sunday, a collection development project due next Sunday, and then a program summary due the Sunday after that.

Plus my practicum and its reports. Right now I'm at 77/90 so I should hit 90 right at the deadline.

Oh, that reminds me, I should send him my evaluation form.

Will do that right after I post.

Class was good, we talked about intellectual freedom, and review journals.

Kind of review stuff, but it's nice to have class with your adviser cause you're able to ask her graduation questions about things like caps and gowns and all that.

I ordered mine.

It's boring black and white - or classic black and white depending on how you see the world.

I'll go with classic.

Libraries are classic.

No, they're not boring.

Take that back.

It's so strange to be at this point. When I first started the program it seemed huge, now it's almost over and I'm still like, wait, already?


Alright, on to the music:

You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette


Okay, I'm slightly obsessed with this song. Again.

Kat brought it back full force.



Did you hear they're turning Jagged Little Pill into a musical?! Gonna be awesome.

If she were touring I would go see her.

Oo, is she touring?

i'm out. legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.

"It was like chloroform but she did it wrong."

On the 11th my dad turned 70 so today myself and all my siblings went out to the cabin to help him celebrate.

Many pictures were taken.

Most against our will.

I'm sure it will be all over Facebook eventually. Mom races everyone to put her pictures up first.

It was a lot of fun. I worked all day - started off at the home branch with Joe Studley then got off early so I could go to the farm. Picked up the boyfriend on the way. We had steak and hamburgers, corn, potatoes, smores, cake and all that. It was awesome.

And since it was my particularly snarky and sarcastic family many memories were made.

I don't know why but every time Bubby and I are at the cabin we have a tendency to quote Finding Nemo.

Not the whole movie, just two lines. "You touched the butt." and "You guys made me ink."

Pretty sure I covered that here: I Speak Whale

So that was constant.

And then of course, the boyfriend likes to tease me.

And there's this freaking electronic horse that Dad has at the cabin that moves and like looks at you and stuff.

Here.



Anyway, I'm convinced that it's eyes just follow me around. Like literally, I'll walk in front of it and its head will follow me.

So I shared my creeped-out-ness with the boyfriend and then when I'm not looking he picks up the freakin' horse from hell, stands behind me and waits for me to turn around. I, not realizing this, turn around and come face to face with it and scream bloody murder.

It was not very ladylike.

But it was censored.

Which is rare in terms of my screaming.

So there was that.

Also, the boyfriend has decided that since I make more money than he does that he's going to quit his job and become a stay-at-home dad.

I'm fine with that. He can stay home and clean the house and change all the diapers.

Though when he starts using the phrase, "hey kid, bring me another beer and i'll give you a candy bar" that may change.

Oldest Sister says there aren't enough candy bars in the world because he would also be eating them.

One day I'll come home and he'll have gained 100 pounds.

Maybe I should reconsider that offer.

Also, Mom has decided we need to take new family pictures cause the last ones we had professionally done were when Bubby was 2.

He is now 13.

We are supposed to pick different colors for our sub families.

So like the boyfriend and I are supposed to wear a color and then Oldest Sister's family will wear a different color and then Second Sister's family will wear a different color, etc. etc.

So the debate is who gets what color.

The boyfriend wants pink.

Remember how much I hate pink?

And how he likes to tease me?

At least I hope he's teasing, otherwise I'd be worried.

Brother has black.

Mom has red.

Bubby says he wants his family to wear rainbow wigs.

I'm thinking blue.

Or green maybe.

I don't know, suggestions?

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Dad got some cool stuff. I gave him a Duck Dynasty book and some snacky food. He loves snacky foods.

And yesterday was Oldest Sister's birthday so I brought her present as well. Couple of books - "Why Mommy Drinks" is my favorite of the two cause it includes drink recipes along with parenting horror stories - and then Ripper Street on DVD.

Quotes of the Day:

Bubby: "It was like chloroform but she did it wrong."

Brother: "It's not made for this. Neither are my shoes."

Boyfriend: "Showing a lot of leg there."


and one overheard at work:

"See, doesn't that remind you of bondage?"

not even gonna try to explain that one.


Song of the Day: Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morissette


heard this one on the way back and jammed out.

and then one played at the cabin

Four Wheel Drive - CW McCall



don't hit that fella with the banjo.

Good morning, Team Awesome! So good he had to catch it twice.

Ah, church league softball.

Today was the 2nd Annual WELS Area Softball Tournament, and we dominated.

Last year's was a lot of fun - Unhook the Plow - but this year was extra special because we beat the team that beat us twice a month ago.

Sort of.

I mean, we did beat them.

In the morning.

However, we tied them in the afternoon.

But that's more of a longer story. I'll get there.

So, morning game against Plymouth - a developing rivalry - as mentioned, they beat us twice last month but this was our turf, our field, our team, our... whatever, you get the point. So it was on. And you knew it was on when Pastor showed up and greeted us with, "Good morning, Team Awesome!"

Homey G and I had planned to go early to warm up so I was there half an hour early followed closely by Megz and Tyler.

We threw the ball around for a while until the rest of the team joined us then headed in for the big game. A few changes to the lineup, this time Scuba Steve-O was working so he couldn't make it but we were joined by Tash - one of my old play kids - and Jordan who's Pastor's brother-in-law.

Both were welcomed and both showed some serious skills throughout the day so we're keeping them.

Our first challenge of the day?

The lineup.

We didn't have paper, so what do I flail to when I don't have paper?

That's right, my phone.

Make fun all your want, real life big brother, it was the ONLY PAPER WE HAD!

Until Tyler went to his car, got an old bill and we wrote on the back of that.

We switched it up a bit. I realized that we were putting most of our power hitters in a row so we spaced them out and it turned out really well. We won the first game like 9-5 or something like that. I should have written it down on my electronic paper, sorry.

All I cared about was that we won, which sounds horrible, but when you're playing your rivals that's all you would care about too.

After that victory they played Kearney/Grand Island. Two churches who had formed into one team, cause they didn't have enough people interested. Plymouth won like 19-10 and then we took a lunch break.

Jim O makes a mean burger, especially when you top it with sauteed onions and surround it with chips, watermelon, potato salad and deviled eggs.

I ate far too much which I didn't realize until we were out on the field again.

We were worried because the K/GI team had 7 guys and only 4 girls, but it actually worked out okay cause we won our afternoon game against them as well. We're nice and didn't make them take an out every time two men batted in a row.

That's the rule for our slow pitch league, you have to alternate boy/girl when you bat, along with each man can only hit one home run per game, however a woman can hit as many as she wants.

This game had a bit of a bigger spread than the morning one. They were up 2-0 after their first bat but then we batted all the way around the order right after that. Becky being the first out then someone else being the second and then around to Becky again who claimed the third out.

We gave her crap about that for the rest of the day.

But it's okay cause she gave us crap right back.

After that it was Plymouth again for the re-match.

We were zonked from our previous game, but knew that this would be the game of the day so we put our game faces on.

We were ahead for most of the game but they made a comeback around the 5th inning. Then it was tied 9-9. Until around the 11th inning when it was tied 10-10, until around the 15th inning when we said, um, okay. Let's call it a draw.

We're only supposed to play 7 innings.

But we're competitive so we had to keep going until there was a winner.

However, 4:15 rolled around and Pastor had to leave at 4:30 and when the other team's pastor wouldn't agree to a footrace against our Pastor to determine the winner we decided to leave it as a tie.

Which means next year it's gonna be even more of a rivalry.

But I claimed us the champions since we had beat them that morning.

I had some good hits throughout the day. Getting on base more than getting out, which is always the goal. Actually, I think the entire day I only got out three times. Which is pretty good since we played three games and they had some wicked good fielders on each team.

But so did we. And I got to be in the outfield with Pastor, Tash and my brother. I switched off innings with Megz until I was sidelined for an injury, though I still batted.

An injury which I'm sure you all expected.

The obligatory "I slid and broke my leg open again" one.



Woops.

6 years and counting.

Or is it 7?

Same spot, same leg, 7 years and counting.

And usually the same base - stupid second.

The problem with this year's though was that when I broke it open it wasn't all that bad. Jim O cleaned it and I went back in the game.

But you know me, I slid again, breaking it back open and then it was just gross.

Instead of having him clean it again, cause it hurts, I went home to take a shower.

Which ended up hurting even worse.

But now it's clean and all wrapped up.

Though tomorrow I'll have to wake up early to re-do it I'm sure.

Ugh.

I know, I know, I bring it on myself. And I'll get yelled at tomorrow by not only Sketch - who I'm surprised hasn't "middle-named" me yet, but also Queen of the Known Universe and the Queen of Awesome.

Who's exact words when I told her I'd be playing softball this weekend were "try not to rip open you leg again."

Sorry.

My bad.

To be fair it is tradition.

You'd think I'd have enough scar tissue built up by now.

Anyway, it was a great day.

"Who's Steve" dominated. Go here for the team name explanation if you don't already know.

And we're having t-shirts made for our regular season which hopefully starts soon.



Quotes of the Day:

Pastor: "Good morning, Team Awesome!"

Me: "It's the only paper we had!"

Mike: "Anything that can move without feet freaks me out."

Pastor: "So good he caught it twice."

and then a completely unrelated one,

Me: "Your couch is unplugged?"

ask Mom about that one.


Song of the Day: Song You Know But Forgot You Knew It

All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette


heard this one on the way there this morning and have been singing it ever since.

classic Alanis.


Now I'm off to re-wrap my leg before crashing and hard. I'm exhausted. Half and half day tomorrow which means I'll be on my feet the whole afternoon. Gonna need all the sleep I can get.

Legitimate pre-midnight post. Holy crap tag in use.

Thank you frailty. Thank you consequence. Thank you, thank you silence.

I feel like I should be doing homework.

Granted the only assignment this week isn't due until Friday, but still.

It feels weird to actually have time to sit around and watch TV.

No discussion boards, plus I finished the newsletter and sent it to the Library Goddess, so the only pressing matter on mind is that Bosley's gone missing and is in big trouble.

He was trying to be spontaneous cause he felt the Angels knew him to well so he disappeared, sending them clues to see if they could figure out where he went and now he's been drugged and kidnapped.

See what happens when my boyfriend works second shift?

I watch like 3 discs worth of 70's awesomeness.

And apparently my theory of no one wanting to be Sabrina was false, no matter how many TV interviews I'd watched about the series, two of my library friends still say she was their favorite.

I also neglected to mention yesterday that my ex boyfriend's mother was Kate Jackson's stunt double.

Which was awesome.

It's interesting to see how many big-named actors have made guest appearances on the show and to see where they are now. Dennis Cole - dead - appeared in three different episodes as three different characters but they kept casting him because he was married to Jaclyn Smith.

I find it amusing when spouses make cameos, like Jason Sehorn on WMC appearing as basically himself. He walks out of a room right as Angie Harmon's character walks in claiming, "why can't I get a guy like that?!" Though according to the awesomeness that is Demi he has no interest in appearing in Rizzoli and Isles.

Bummer. I might actually watch that episode.

I'm so far behind, I watched the whole first season, bought it plus the second but have failed to watch any of the third...or the second that I already own.

Oldest Sister took advantage of that and watched it whilst babysitting my apartment waiting for the mattress men.

Speaking of Oldest Sister, totally missed out on a family thing at Second Sister's house today cause I had to work. Bummer. Oh well, I shall hopefully see them at some point this weekend since I'm off for three days.

And then have to go back to work on my birthday, but the three days before it make up for that.

I think.

Ah, she does believe you John Bosley. And she's sorry for drugging you, kidnapping you, and for shooting at your friends.

She's a keeper.

Carter is less than enthused about this show, he fell asleep on my lap about 5 minutes in, then glared at me every time I've gotten up to switch out discs.

But really it's either this or Storage Wars as that is currently filling up my DVR.

Don't judge me.

It's good to fall asleep to.

Interesting, yet not interesting enough to keep me awake for three hours after I should have fallen asleep.

Speaking of sleep it's getting late. Big day tomorrow, gotta finalize my TAB agenda for the meeting on Tuesday cause I only go in for two hours Monday.

Finally found a bunch of fun ideas for Summer Reading Events - aside from the golf, which I got my official approval email about, woohoo!

All thanks to the rebuttal email that took me 2 hours to write and drove BossLady nuts cause I kept making her proofread it.

But the other stuff sounds fun too, bring your favorite book and make a board game about it - found some fun templates - paper lanterns, painting glass, sand bowls, making masks, homemade bracelets, etc. I'll post more about them after they make their decision on Tuesday.

Alright, on to the music. 

I'm slowly running out of songs to recommend, but I guess that happens after 725 posts. I didn't do music recs until about 3 months in, but with 2 per post after that that's still over 1000 songs rec'd.

Geez.

So I'll hit you with some classics.

The song that never dies:

Footloose - Blake Shelton

reminds me of him on The Voice. "I don't wash my truck. Ever."

haven't seen the new movie cause i figured it'd kill the original.

And one I sing often at work:

Thank You - Alanis Morissette

too catchy for its own good.

and i'm out.

You've already won me over, in spite of me.

Sometimes on the way to your dream you get lost and you find a better one. - Jack Gallo

We learned all about subject headings today in cataloging.

Which is nothing like scrapbooking, sorry to disappoint.

Along with listening to presentations on various cataloging topics, we also conquered the Dewey Decimal System and it was pretty cool.

Which sounds both shocking and nerdy, but I'm used to it.

Anyway, they taught us how they come up with the call numbers and what the numbers after the decimal stand for. It was actually cool and useful.

I just gotta remember how to access it for the homework assignment.

It's a whole process, dividing everything after the decimal into tables, 09 is for geography and then the rest go after that, or if it's just a subject you gotta lower it down to a specific catagory then take that number so really there are more than three numbers after the point but with the abridged version they cut it down...

Yeah I lost you. Sorry. I'll gain you back.

So I'm back to Just Shoot Me.

I go in spurts with it, it's like Charlie's Angels or Big Bang Theory. It comes and goes.

"just don't ask him to kill a turkey!"

Elliot's girlfriend just did a commercial for hemroids and Finch is giving him crap, then Maya hit on a free-lance writer and he accused her of sexual harrassment because of Nina's advice...

"this is insane, someone makes a completely unfounded accusation and I just have to sit back and take it?"
"welcome to all three of my divorces."

I'm exhausted.

And it's a long day tomorrow so I'm out.

"Head Over Feet" Alanis Morisette

you're so much braver than i give you credit for...

OUT!

I couldn't help it, it's all your fault!!