stabilized, motorized, insecure or fableized, curious or furious, picked apart like prometheus, legalized, penalized, don't you cry, dry out your eyes

So today was suckish.

Morning started out bad.

Afternoon I felt like I was gonna fall over.

Just nauseous and tired. And was burning up earlier. And my coworkers felt weird today too so I'm interested to see how we feel tomorrow.

Tonight I had absolutely no motivation to do anything of substance whatsoever cause I still feel like I'm gonna fall over.

But the difference between falling over at work and falling over here is that here I have a nice couch to fall upon.

And then just not get up from until I have to let the pizza delivery dude in.

I have no food in my fridge.

And I'm slightly obsessed with these spinach and feta breadsticks, they're fantastic.

Which is saying something because I am the breadstick queen, ask Sketch.

I'll order the pizza but I won't eat it. It's all about the breadsticks.

Plus, for some reason, I'll be starving and then when it gets here I'm not hungry for it at all.

I don't know, I'm weird like that.


So I really don't have a lot to say about today other than it drug on and I'm glad tomorrow is back to a halfday and more practicum work. We'll be on to the men's library, probably for a couple of days, they have about double the material and space than the women's.

I should take before and after shots. I just took after ones for the women's.


Carter is mad at me.

I kicked him off my stomach so I could sit up and post this. He was so happily sleeping on me as we finished Elementary season one.

I'd like to say that I predicted that ending, but I really didn't.

I do like this version's twists and turns, however I also enjoy Benedict Cumberbatch's version of the series as well.

It's hard to choose between the two cause I really like both of the Watson's.

Though I do find it amusing that Sherlock Holmes has been around for decades and it's like all of the sudden he's all over the place media-wise.

You've got Sherlock on BBC, you've got Elementary on CBS, you've got the Robert Downey Jr. movies, and there's also a web based series called No Place Like Holmes in which they are frozen in time and emerge in 2010. Along with many other standalone projects.

I'm wondering what the next big thing will be...

Oooh, they should make a series about Miss Marple. But like younger. That'd be cool.

Alright, those are all my sane-sounding-thoughts and some of my not-so-sane-sounding-ones at the moment.

Feel as if I'm gonna pass out so perhaps if I continue to lay on the couch and it happens I can call it sleep.

Sadly, it wouldn't be the first time.

Not even on this couch.

Music.

How Am I To Be - Watson Twins


hard to talk about two Watson's and not jump to The Watson Twins. unless you're not an indie fan like i am.

in which case you're severely missing out.

i really like when they collaborate with Jenny Lewis.

here's one of my favorites. the other favorite i've already posted here and here.

Fernando


awesome dance moves.

legitimate pre-midnight post. holy crap tag in use.

I think that was a compliment, buried in a double negative, so… thanks.

Have you ever noticed how when you're only scheduled to come in half a day, that the day before that half a day is eternal?

That was today. 

For some reason it felt like I was there much longer than 9 hours. 

Which is confusing because we were quite busy. 

And I had a teen experience meeting. 

And I had 4 volunteers come in at once. 

Actually there were more there at the moment but those are the ones still in training. 

I have two others that were supposed to be there but weren't. 

Interested to see if they will come back. 

Teens. 

Anyway, at least the meeting was fun. 

Well, entertaining, not so much fun from the topics of discussion. 

But that's more of a longer story. 

Involving snackage at TAB meetings. 

Lots and lots of talk of snackage at TAB meetings. 

BUT I was able to plug my Catching Fire party and this afternoon Queen of the Known Universe and I had fun picking out her Hunger Games name. 

Here is a simple formula for those of you who are curious - yes, I found it online, go here for the longer (and funnier) version. 

1. Write down the second syllable of your middle name.
2. Write down the name of a plant.
3. If you are a female above the age of 30, write down the word "less." If you are a female under the age of 30, write down the word "met." If you are a man of any age, A) welcome! and B) write down the word "petra." see it's amusing. 
4. Write down the first initial of the last name of your favorite English teacher from school.
5. Write down one simple action verb (i.e. "run," "jump," etc).

AND DON'T CHEAT, WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWERS BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THE FORMULA BELOW

Combine the answer from #1 with the answer from #3. That is your first name.

Your middle initial is the answer to #4.

Your last name is your answer to #5 with your answer to #2 added to the end.


Call me Garmet H. Climbcactus.

Think I could get that on a business card?

Anyway, I'm excited about the Catching Fire Party. It'll be the Saturday after the movie comes out in theaters. We'll have a costume contest, there will be obstacle courses set up in our "arena", have some Panem-themed snacks, we'll make bows and arrows out of licorice and pretzels sticks (a coworker asked if they would be sugar free licorice sticks to which I smirked. but that's another snackage meeting reference) and we'll have the first movie playing in the background for those that want to watch it.

After the eternity that was today I'm looking forward to the half day that is tomorrow.

Final prep for my TAB meeting on Wednesday and then I have the afternoon off because Mr. Bossman Tom has a meeting so he's letting me work from home.

Huzzah for more practicum count-up hours.

I get to make cool looking rule signs for our libraries.

I'm really getting excited for these ones. We're thinking of manning - sorry, staffing - staffing the desk at the women's library on Tuesdays and then the men's on Thursdays.

That way we'll be able to cover both places, though we're still looking at ways to keep track of stats since we're not barcoding things.

I'm thinking spreadsheet. Or maybe a box of cards they fill out.

But that's another thing I'll research tomorrow after I finish my signs.

Told him I would make a few and he could choose.

No pressure, right?

But more on that tomorrow.

At the moment I'm all about Elementary.

It's bad timing really to be obsessed with this since I have multiple DVDs checked out from the library due next week and they keep piling up.

But this isn't the first time that's happened.

There was Lie to Me, before that it was Leverage, before that it was Chuck, before that it was any of the following: Big Bang Theory, Castle, Charlie's Angels, NCIS, NCIS:LA, Major Crimes, The Voice, Wipeout, Burn Notice

I can't believe that one is ending.

They're slowly cancelling all my favorites. Burn Notice, Warehouse 13, and all of those mentioned above before the word "following".

What's next?

Sorry, tangent.

Where was I?

Oh yeah, Elementary. It's fantastic.

Love the female Watson twist. And Lucy Liu is one of my favorites anyway. Loved her in Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, plus she voices one of the characters in my favorite video game of all time - SSX Tricky.

Elise.

Granted I never play as Elise, but still, she voices her.

A lot of famous people voice in that game, David Arquette, Macy Gray, Bif Naked, Billy Zane

Tempted to play it now.

Actually might before I go to bed. But gotta finish this episode first.

Sorry, more tangents. I should stop before I find more.

Clip of the Day:



good to know if i ever needed to fake a coma that i need to smack myself when prompted.

and i'm out.

legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use. 

Rootbeer Floats = Best Practicum Ever

I'm really liking these half and half days.

They don't drag on and I'm able to escape after getting yelled at by crazy old ladies.

They're the worst because they belittle you.

With men they're just mad and yell, but women calmly hurl insult after insult making you feel like a tiny defenseless being.

So that was fun.

Not.

Reference Questions of the Day:
Question: What's a five letter word for small silvery fish? 
Answer: Smelt

Question: Do roaches lay eggs in books?
Answer: Dear God, I hope not. 

So I'm at the practicum right, and we're doing more sorting and stamping when all the sudden this bug crawls out of a book.

And not just any bug, a big huge roach bug creature thing that's all crawling and disgusting and just blah.

Needless to say we put that book outside - and when I say "we" I mean "he" cause clearly I wasn't going to pick it up - and then when we left it was gone.

So either someone stole it or roaches ate it.

Either way I want nothing to do with it.

Other than that the practicum is going awesome. We were in the women's building today going through our collection. We're actually out of a shelves - which is a good problem to have in a smaller library - so we're going to have to do a bit of shifting.

Practicum Count-Up: 17/90

We got done a bit early so we went back to the main building and he asks, "do you like rootbeer?"

Heck yeah I like rootbeer.

Apparently he had brought rootbeer and icecream for some event earlier and there were leftovers.

So we ate rootbeer floats as we made plans for Thursday.

Which will put me at 20 of my hours, woohoo!

Is flying by and I'll miss it when it's over.


Tonight I had a meeting with the Library Goddess plus Comrade and then another classmate/former coworker. He did a stint in our music library for his practicum and the three of us will be taking Comps in October.

Even though I've been to 2 of these review sessions and led 1 myself it's a rule that I attend the one right before I take them.

So I got to review all the tips and rules for The Week From Hell.

Or so I'm calling it.

We get our questions on a Saturday so we're thinking of meeting up - the three of us - on Sunday to brainstorm.

It's allowed. So long as we don't copy each other's papers.

Which would be stupid because then we would both fail - they go to the same person.

Having someone proofread your papers is also allowed so I'm thinking of asking Superwoman - cause she knows all about the subjects - or The Cool Aunt or Oldest Sister because they're accomplished writers.

Or perhaps a combination of the both.

I don't know. I have a month and a half to figure that out, but the hints and tips are already online so I should really get started on researching those early.


So that was my day.

That lady calling and yelling shadowed everything else from work - except for that fish thing - so I don't have any other highlights from this morning. Afternoon was practicum, evening was meeting, after which I went grocery shopping and picked up Elementary Season One.

Cause I love Lucy Liu, and Sherlock Holmes, and think the twist that Watson is Joan instead of John is intriguing.



It's actually quite lovely.

And the cause for this entire post being written with a British accent.

But you know all about that quirk.

I hear someone speak in an accent and I speak back in that accent.

Which is why I have to pause at work whenever I hear someone talk in an accent. Because that would just be disastrous.

So, tomorrow, full day at work, volunteer training in the afternoon and then I get to switch cars with Mom.

Oh yeah, been driving her car this week since mine is in the shop getting new tires.

It's nice to have a boyfriend who notices things like the need for new tires so I don't get stranded somewhere in the middle of winter.

Lord knows I know nothing about cars or tires or when they need changing. Or how to change them.

Sorry.

Not a skill I possess I'm afraid.

On the music:

American Girl - Bonnie McKee


because I know that whenever my car explodes i use the fire to roast marshmallows.

it scares me that she's 29.


Now back to Elementary.

You should really watch that clip, it's delightful.


Plus I should you know, do something with these bandages. For the fourth time today.

This one hurts a lot more than previous years. Perhaps breaking it open twice was a bad idea.

You'd think I'd have enough scar tissue built up by now that it shouldn't even bust open.

The classmate/former coworker says soon it'll just turn into zombie-mode and stay that way.