'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.

you, you, you oughta knoh-oh

So weird going back to work like a normal person.

It was nice doing things on my own time last week. Now I'm back to getting up early and schedules and you know people and books and stuff.

I was expecting the day to drag but I looked up and it was 4:30 so it wasn't too bad.

Much calmer than the incident reports I came back to.

Madhouse this weekend, kinda glad I missed out on that, but feel bad for them at the same time.

Something to scrapbook for sure.

Today didn't have much to scrapbook. There was a lot of supply stockage and the Little Shelver Boy made a reappearance. Everyone wanted to know all about my exams but since I'm in limbo there's not a lot I can say about them.

Came home and watched The Voice, The Blacklist, Castle, 2 Broke Girls, and Mom in that order.

Why yes, my Monday nights are pathetic, but see this is what happens when the boyfriend is busy. I'm hoping to see him tomorrow so it's not more of the same. Wednesday is class, Thursday will be date night with no excuses and then he leaves for the weekend on Friday so that's when I'll be doing homework.

Yeah, forgot I still had to do that. Even if I do pass comps I still have a few more weeks left of homework before I officially graduate. Which will be an adventure I'm sure.

That's all I got for today. Back to the boredom. You'd think staring at a screen for hours on end would be the boring part but I broke it up with naps.

Naps rock.

So it wasn't completely awful.

Carter has decided it's time for sleep. He's sitting on the couch giving me the death stare. Mostly cause I made him get off my lap so that I could post this.

He's probably thinking, really? You woke me up for this? And why do you always read out loud when you type? Do you even hear yourself?

No. Not really.

So I'm out. Hope you all had rockstar days. It's back to the halfdays tomorrow, huzzah practicum!

Song of the Day:

You Oughta Know - Kat Robichaud/Hit the Road Jack - Monika Leigh


she's a force of nature that one. glad she's in my top five.

...monika was good too but it's hard to follow that.

Here's my top 20 after tonight's knockout rounds.

Here's my Top 20 after tonight's eliminations.

Red - Adam
Pink - Xtina
Green - Blake
Grey - CeeLo

Tessanne Chin

Matthew Schuler

Holly Henry - ELIMINATED in knockouts

Kat Robichaud

Grey

Brandon Chase

Michael Lynch - ELIMINATED in battles

Timyra Joi - ELIMINATED in battles

Briana Cuoco - Lost battle, stolen by Blake ELIMINATED in battles

Jacquie Lee

Tamara Chauniece

Ashley Dubose - Defeated Justin battles ELIMINATED in battles

Monika Leigh - Lost battle, stolen by CeeLo ELIMINATED in battles

Shelbie Z

James Wolpert 

Josh Logan 

Caroline Pennel

Johnny Gray 

Olivia Henken

Ray Bourdeaux

Mostly still intact though I did lose Holly but she went up against Nic in his remake of Genie in a Bottle. which was just cool so anyone would have been doomed.

followed that with The Blacklist which is my favorite of the new shows. after every episode i literally just sit there and say "wow that was good" which you can't say about a lot of stuff nowadays.

but i'm a nerd so what do i know?

Alright, I'm out.

There were kicks? I missed the kicks?

Okay, I have to warn you, I'm watching Castle as I type.

Best proposal scene ever.

Okay, what the hell happened to Alexis in Costa Rica?! She went from Ashley to that?!

I want a cardboard cutout to talk to.

Yay for DVR, fast forward.

Okay, sorry. Focused.

Today was dead for no reason whatsoever. I was asleep on my feet as was the library itself, we had a mad rush at closing but that was about it for the whole day. Don't know if it was the weather or if this will represent times to come...I'm hoping it's the former rather than the latter.

But again, was able to get some projects and supply stuff done so it was okay.

THEN! - and I was super proud of myself for this one - I finished one of my MAJOR EDITING PROJECTS before I let myself watch The Voice premiere.

The freakin' premiere, I am a rockstar ninja of awesome, take that world!

And you've read my ramblings about that show for years so you know how hard that was.

I did watch it - commercial free is so much better by the way - and then went on to Castle. I'll save Blacklist and 2 Broke Girls for tomorrow since I have to go in early.

Which means I'm out early too. Training in the morning, grabbing coffee and I'm on the road.

Here are a couple of my favorites from tonight. I'll attempt to keep my ramblings to a minimum.

I've Got the Music in Me - Kat Robichaud


"there were kicks? i missed the kicks?!"

i really like her. she is badass. definitely going in my top 20. kinda reminds me of juliett simms later on in the season. man's man's world with the rasp, you know? but with the attitude of jordis who was my favorite from that season so...she could go far. Team Cee-Lo!

Here for the Party - Shelbie Z


this one blew me off my feet, seriously was not expecting this from a beauty pageant coach.

and that's what the show is about no bias whatsoever. and she deserved to be on Team Blake. as did liz davis who sang it a couple of seasons ago but shelbie did it better.

I'm slowly assembling my top 20. These 2 are on it, along with a couple of others from tonight which I will post later this week. Right now it's looking like Xtina has the strongest team with 2 really crazy talented guys, which is really surprising cause usually at this point that's more of Adam's territory. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

really should be sleeping, training tomorrow so i'm out. hope you had a good one!