Last day of my internship.
No more half and half days.
Went in with a pen and marker in my pocket - some patients aren't allowed to use pens but they can use markers - notebooks under my arm, and chocolates for Mr. BossMan Tom.
The good ones. If you haven't had Baker's chocolates made in Nebraska you are missing out on life.
He got me a gift too. A copy of Leaves of Gold with a Catching Fire bookmark.
Now I have fancy quotes to use in my blog like...
Poor indeed is the man whose mind is not enriched by some phrase of lasting truth and beauty which serves to restore his soul in the exigencies of life.
Take that!
No, I love it, it's got fancy binding and everything.
Yes, that's my librarian jargon. Fancy binding.
One of my favorite library memories is actually about binding - my coworker was looking at the cover of this giant Lana Turner book. So me - trying to make conversation - was like, "hey, is that Lana Turner?" and she was like - "oh, I didn't even notice I was just admiring the binding." Giant - like giant - picture of her face on the cover and like 3 minutes of staring at the book.
We're nerds, have I mentioned that already?
Anyway, after practicum I came home and wrote up my monthly report, submitted it, updated the spreadsheet and then sent everything to Mr. BossMan Tom. So I'm officially done with practicum.
Final Count-Up 90:20/90.
I'm sad it's done. And just when we were making progress with our internet policies. Will have to stop by and check in every once in a while. Gonna miss it.
Back to 9-6 every day.
Which used to be exciting.
Gonna have to reinvent my 9-6.
Actually started that today as I shifted and weeded the entire Young Adult collection.
Took me 3 hours to shift everything - I started weeding it last week but finished this morning - but now there's more space cause I talked Superwoman into giving me another unit, and I also added a nonfiction section cause before it was just thrown in with the fiction and if you weren't looking specifically for it you wouldn't even know it was there.
We'll see how long it lasts.
So that was my day. Good but sad. Glad we're closed Thursday and Friday. Gives me some time to finish up my final homework assignment EVER and set up the Christmas trees.
Or at least get started, we'll see.
Song of the Day:
Radioactive - Pentatonix feat. Lindsey Stirling
awesome cover. i posted an xmas video of these guys last year, they're crazy good.
the song's been stuck in my head all day. am i the only one that thought the words were "ready to rock you"? i mean, i figured it out after they sang it twice on the voice but on the radio that's what it sounds like.
welcome to the new age, to the new age.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
You know it's a fun-filled Halloween when you cheer cause a second cop pulled you over.
I'll get there.
So here was my Halloween.
Home branch in the morning. Wore my Nerd Herd t-shirt which the alarm guy recognized and called out.
Go Team Bartowski!
On the desk when who should make a surprise visit but the Space Cadet! After being gone a month - or more - due to injury she hobbled her way in to pick up some holds.
I got a hug, I felt special.
Apparently, due to her injury, we are no longer allowed to use the back door as that whole area is just prone for disaster.
After two hours at the home branch I went over to the work branch for another two, one of which was spent weeding our youth collection, the other was on the front desk with the Queen of the Known Universe. I had like 6 stats total. Rockstar huh? Not so much but not my fault.
Hamburger for lunch from the usual place across the street.
Off to practicum - Practicum CountUp 67:20/90 - where Mr. BossMan Tom had homemade eyeballs for treats.
Frozen grapes rolled in cherry jello powder. The strategy is to freeze the grapes so it creates condensation then roll the grapes in a pack of jello powder - you can pick the flavor - then put them in the fridge. They were awesome. He sent me home with a cup full since he had half a tupperware thing leftover.
Oh the pains of being an intern, leftover food, my life is so rough.
Practicum was good, a lot of more interest in the libraries now that we have the internet computers up and running.
After practicum I headed out to see the boyfriend which is when I checked my email and did a slightly embarrassing jump for joy. Actually it was more of a jump out of shock cause I PASSED MY COMPS!
Of course they don't give you any feedback it's just pass or fail. Which is both bad and good. Bad because I put hours and hours of work into those and I'd like to hear something, but good because if they were crap I don't want to hear, "well, they sucked but we felt bad for you so..."
One of my comrades also passed, I'm still waiting to hear back from the other. If all three of us succeed there will be drinks in our future.
Though that's probably true if the other one fails too.
All I have left is the rest of my 90 hours for Practicum and a few more assignments for Youth Services and then I'll graduate and get my Master's in Library Science at the graduation ceremony in December.
Called my mom, then the Cool Aunt since it's her fault I'm in the program in the first place, then sent out a text to the rest of the family and the Library Goddess. The consensus is good.
Second Sister called me a big stud, I wasn't sure how to respond to that.
After all that calmed down the boyfriend and I got Runza for supper - if you're not from Nebraska Google it - then watched The Skeleton Key.
That was messed up. He was shocked I'd never heard of it. I'm a fan of hers but not diehard so must have slipped by. Scale of Awesome says 5/10. I told him if it gave me nightmares it was his fault. Of course he's at work now so he's preoccupied anyway.
So I left his place and I'm almost to the interstate when suddenly this car speeds up and pulls behind me and then I see the lights turn on. I was totally confused, I had my seatbelt on, I wasn't speeding, I'm not drunk. I pulled over - on the on ramp btw not cool - and he comes up and is like, "your headlight is out."
What?
In my head I'm like "it is not, my mechanic boyfriend has been driving this car around all night he would have noticed something like that."
Apparently not so much.
I'll take it as a compliment actually he must have just been too focused on the awesomeness that was me and missed out on the whole missing line of sight deal part thing.
Or maybe it went out after he stopped driving it.
Either way he gave me a fix-it ticket and said keep it with me in case I get pulled over again.
Me, being the sarcastic person that I am, was like okay, how many cops can I get to pull me over and give me the same ticket?
Now, there are rules to this pursuit.
First rule, don't speed. You don't want to get an additional ticket.
Second rule, remember to use your turn signal. You don't want to get an additional ticket.
Third rule, continue to wear your seatbelt. You don't want to get an additional ticket.
Fourth rule, watch the road. You don't want to get into an accident because of your effort to get a replicate ticket.
I passed tons of cops and I was getting sad cause no one was pulling me over.
Slackers.
There was one a few miles from where I got pulled over initially that had its lights on when I passed him but then they turned off so I think the initial patrolman actually cleared him for me.
Bummer.
So I'm driving and I make it to town and I'm about to turn off of the highway when I see a cop in the median - or the grass thing is it still called a median when there's grass on it and cops park on it? Anyway, I see the brake lights come on and I started to cheer.
Oh come on, you would too.
He walks up, I roll down the window and hold up the ticket. He's like, "oh. so you already know." "yep. had that conversation already tonight."
He was nice enough to let me go without running all of my information again, shortest cop-pull-over ever I'm calling it.
Now I'm back with my big fat cat about to watch some more Blacklist. It's amusing to rewatch them and then count the times you yell "Run Lizzy Run" at the screen. I'm at 5.
So there, that was my Halloween. It made up for the semi-boring days that preceded it.
And now I give you the Spell Block Tango cause I think it's amusing.
Disney plus Chicago, two of my favorite things.
and yes that is Amber Riley.
i'm out!
So here was my Halloween.
Home branch in the morning. Wore my Nerd Herd t-shirt which the alarm guy recognized and called out.
Go Team Bartowski!
On the desk when who should make a surprise visit but the Space Cadet! After being gone a month - or more - due to injury she hobbled her way in to pick up some holds.
I got a hug, I felt special.
Apparently, due to her injury, we are no longer allowed to use the back door as that whole area is just prone for disaster.
After two hours at the home branch I went over to the work branch for another two, one of which was spent weeding our youth collection, the other was on the front desk with the Queen of the Known Universe. I had like 6 stats total. Rockstar huh? Not so much but not my fault.
Hamburger for lunch from the usual place across the street.
Off to practicum - Practicum CountUp 67:20/90 - where Mr. BossMan Tom had homemade eyeballs for treats.
Frozen grapes rolled in cherry jello powder. The strategy is to freeze the grapes so it creates condensation then roll the grapes in a pack of jello powder - you can pick the flavor - then put them in the fridge. They were awesome. He sent me home with a cup full since he had half a tupperware thing leftover.
Oh the pains of being an intern, leftover food, my life is so rough.
Practicum was good, a lot of more interest in the libraries now that we have the internet computers up and running.
After practicum I headed out to see the boyfriend which is when I checked my email and did a slightly embarrassing jump for joy. Actually it was more of a jump out of shock cause I PASSED MY COMPS!
Of course they don't give you any feedback it's just pass or fail. Which is both bad and good. Bad because I put hours and hours of work into those and I'd like to hear something, but good because if they were crap I don't want to hear, "well, they sucked but we felt bad for you so..."
One of my comrades also passed, I'm still waiting to hear back from the other. If all three of us succeed there will be drinks in our future.
Though that's probably true if the other one fails too.
All I have left is the rest of my 90 hours for Practicum and a few more assignments for Youth Services and then I'll graduate and get my Master's in Library Science at the graduation ceremony in December.
Called my mom, then the Cool Aunt since it's her fault I'm in the program in the first place, then sent out a text to the rest of the family and the Library Goddess. The consensus is good.
Second Sister called me a big stud, I wasn't sure how to respond to that.
After all that calmed down the boyfriend and I got Runza for supper - if you're not from Nebraska Google it - then watched The Skeleton Key.
That was messed up. He was shocked I'd never heard of it. I'm a fan of hers but not diehard so must have slipped by. Scale of Awesome says 5/10. I told him if it gave me nightmares it was his fault. Of course he's at work now so he's preoccupied anyway.
So I left his place and I'm almost to the interstate when suddenly this car speeds up and pulls behind me and then I see the lights turn on. I was totally confused, I had my seatbelt on, I wasn't speeding, I'm not drunk. I pulled over - on the on ramp btw not cool - and he comes up and is like, "your headlight is out."
What?
In my head I'm like "it is not, my mechanic boyfriend has been driving this car around all night he would have noticed something like that."
Apparently not so much.
I'll take it as a compliment actually he must have just been too focused on the awesomeness that was me and missed out on the whole missing line of sight deal part thing.
Or maybe it went out after he stopped driving it.
Either way he gave me a fix-it ticket and said keep it with me in case I get pulled over again.
Me, being the sarcastic person that I am, was like okay, how many cops can I get to pull me over and give me the same ticket?
Now, there are rules to this pursuit.
First rule, don't speed. You don't want to get an additional ticket.
Second rule, remember to use your turn signal. You don't want to get an additional ticket.
Third rule, continue to wear your seatbelt. You don't want to get an additional ticket.
Fourth rule, watch the road. You don't want to get into an accident because of your effort to get a replicate ticket.
I passed tons of cops and I was getting sad cause no one was pulling me over.
Slackers.
There was one a few miles from where I got pulled over initially that had its lights on when I passed him but then they turned off so I think the initial patrolman actually cleared him for me.
Bummer.
So I'm driving and I make it to town and I'm about to turn off of the highway when I see a cop in the median - or the grass thing is it still called a median when there's grass on it and cops park on it? Anyway, I see the brake lights come on and I started to cheer.
Oh come on, you would too.
He walks up, I roll down the window and hold up the ticket. He's like, "oh. so you already know." "yep. had that conversation already tonight."
He was nice enough to let me go without running all of my information again, shortest cop-pull-over ever I'm calling it.
Now I'm back with my big fat cat about to watch some more Blacklist. It's amusing to rewatch them and then count the times you yell "Run Lizzy Run" at the screen. I'm at 5.
So there, that was my Halloween. It made up for the semi-boring days that preceded it.
And now I give you the Spell Block Tango cause I think it's amusing.
Disney plus Chicago, two of my favorite things.
and yes that is Amber Riley.
i'm out!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Look ma, no staples!
So, it's official.
I've joined Pinterest.
Not my fault, Second Sister pushed me into it.
Right after Oldest Sister forced me into joining Instagram.
They're the cool mom's on campus with all the new fancy apps.
Speaking of cool people on campus Mr. BossMan Tom is the cool kid on campus for serious.
We walked across campus today and everyone was greeting him by name - there were even people flagging him down in the parking lot!
That's the kind of librarian I want to be. Someone who is so helpful that people actually remember your name.
Though I could do without the flagging me down in the parking lot aspect, that might be creepy.
Where was I?
Oh yeah, Pinterest. We'll see how it goes. Which reminds me that I should post something to Instagram at some point soon. I always forget and then do like 5 in a row.
Hey it works...
Yes, I am a nerd, but apparently one who needs to brush up on her tech-fads.
Especially if I intend to work with teenagers, that's basically all they do.
And, speaking of teens, I now have 18 of us - 3 of which are adults - that are attending the Catching Fire party. It's so handy having them RSVP for movie tickets, makes planning the afterparty so much easier.
I should do that all the time...
Oh, have I mentioned the epic Catching Fire party upcoming in November? We're gonna go see the movie then come back to the library afterward for themed snackage and obstacles in our 4th floor "arena". It's gonna be wicked.
Did I mention I'm a nerd?
Today was good. Flew by as most half-days do. Got to work with 2 people I never get to...explains the weird weather...and then more supply stuff before heading off to practicum.
Practicum Count-Up is 64/90 December is coming up fast but I should have almost exactly 90 hours by the due date. Actually it'll be like 90:15 or something to that effect. Whatever I'll take it.
After practicum I went out to see the boyfriend. We got supper then watched a few episode of Big Bang Theory - yay TBS - and the last half of Pitch Perfect - yay Fat Amy. or Fat Patricia that is. She's the only one officially signed on to do the sequel but the others are listed as rumored and it's the same writer as the original so I'm hoping it'll all work out.
Especially since that ending was so sudden, they need to start right where they left off.
And that's all I got for today. I'm posting this before watching The Voice cause I knew I wouldn't be able to focus fully on either.
You should take that as a compliment, not a lot can do that when in comparison to the Voice.
Have I mentioned it's awesome and I'm a fan?
Yep nerd.
Alright, on to the music and then I'm out.
Song of the Day: Turn it back Tuesday - 90's
Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
love the retro vibe of this one, song and video very cool. i know you secretly want that suit.
oh, the staples line is because we have to take staples out of magazines before we can put them out.
something about swallowing them or stabbing something, i don't know.
but there are apparently some magazines without staples, which brings us such joy.
i know, nerd out.
I've joined Pinterest.
Not my fault, Second Sister pushed me into it.
Right after Oldest Sister forced me into joining Instagram.
They're the cool mom's on campus with all the new fancy apps.
Speaking of cool people on campus Mr. BossMan Tom is the cool kid on campus for serious.
We walked across campus today and everyone was greeting him by name - there were even people flagging him down in the parking lot!
That's the kind of librarian I want to be. Someone who is so helpful that people actually remember your name.
Though I could do without the flagging me down in the parking lot aspect, that might be creepy.
Where was I?
Oh yeah, Pinterest. We'll see how it goes. Which reminds me that I should post something to Instagram at some point soon. I always forget and then do like 5 in a row.
Hey it works...
Yes, I am a nerd, but apparently one who needs to brush up on her tech-fads.
Especially if I intend to work with teenagers, that's basically all they do.
And, speaking of teens, I now have 18 of us - 3 of which are adults - that are attending the Catching Fire party. It's so handy having them RSVP for movie tickets, makes planning the afterparty so much easier.
I should do that all the time...
Oh, have I mentioned the epic Catching Fire party upcoming in November? We're gonna go see the movie then come back to the library afterward for themed snackage and obstacles in our 4th floor "arena". It's gonna be wicked.
Did I mention I'm a nerd?
Today was good. Flew by as most half-days do. Got to work with 2 people I never get to...explains the weird weather...and then more supply stuff before heading off to practicum.
Practicum Count-Up is 64/90 December is coming up fast but I should have almost exactly 90 hours by the due date. Actually it'll be like 90:15 or something to that effect. Whatever I'll take it.
After practicum I went out to see the boyfriend. We got supper then watched a few episode of Big Bang Theory - yay TBS - and the last half of Pitch Perfect - yay Fat Amy. or Fat Patricia that is. She's the only one officially signed on to do the sequel but the others are listed as rumored and it's the same writer as the original so I'm hoping it'll all work out.
Especially since that ending was so sudden, they need to start right where they left off.
And that's all I got for today. I'm posting this before watching The Voice cause I knew I wouldn't be able to focus fully on either.
You should take that as a compliment, not a lot can do that when in comparison to the Voice.
Have I mentioned it's awesome and I'm a fan?
Yep nerd.
Alright, on to the music and then I'm out.
Song of the Day: Turn it back Tuesday - 90's
Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
love the retro vibe of this one, song and video very cool. i know you secretly want that suit.
oh, the staples line is because we have to take staples out of magazines before we can put them out.
something about swallowing them or stabbing something, i don't know.
but there are apparently some magazines without staples, which brings us such joy.
i know, nerd out.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Someone told me long ago, there's a calm before the storm, I know it's been coming for some time.
Should I be worried that someone got to my blog by Googling someone's name with the subtitle "the KFC slut"?
What kind of stuff am I posting on here?!
So my dad got struck by lightning today.
Dead serious.
I'm just glad he's not dead period.
Apparently being on the four-wheeler saved him cause of rubber wheels. I don't know if that's true or not - science was never my strong-point.
I do know that usually when someone is struck by lightning they go to the hospital to get checked out.
My dad on the other hand refused. Even after his favorite/pharmacist daughter told him that was a bad idea.
Not all that surprising. Remember the months and months of white walls and sterilized equipment posts? He seems to go to the hospital once a decade and then gets stuck there to fix everything that he neglected to go there for through the years.
This time there might be long term damage. Oldest Sister said the effect was immediate cause he went home and told Mom to stop mowing - you know, before he went back to work - and he never tells anyone to stop working so something must be wrong. She thinks his next hobby will be flower arranging.
It was interesting because I found out right before practicum so I walk in in this weird state of shock, not fully believing that he actually got struck by lightning.
Cause c'mon, who of you knows someone who was struck by lightning? Show of hands? Granted I can't see you raising your hands, but I'm guessing it's slim to none.
Besides my family who can now raise their hands of course.
Anyway, so I tell Mr. BossMan Tom and then go on to explain his other famous injuries.
Drill-bit through the hand, falling out of a tree while chainsawing, and my personal favorite running himself over with a car.
Which also, show of hands on that one? Anyone? Anyone? Nope, didn't think so. I mean, people get run over all the time, but do they ever run themselves over?
He was washing it and he put it in neutral and tried to walk it and his foot got caught and- it's a whole long story, whatever, the point is I'm listing all these things out to Mr. BossMan Tom and I finally realize where I get all my klutziness from.
I mean, Mom has her blonde moments every once in a while - "what's the abbreviation for 'no'?" "Um, no?"
But Dad truly takes the cake on injuries.
Though I'm not the only sibling in my family with klutzy injuries, I mean Oldest Sister blew out her knee doing laundry so...
Aside from that the day was interesting on its own. Worked at the home branch this morning. Listened to their new supervisor do a Toddler Time where she sang a song from Barney.
Which was then stuck in my head all day.
I hate Barney.
With passion.
Stupid purple dinosaur.
Queen of the Known Universe tried to fix it with her own headphones, thanks for that.
Plus, I made up these posters for the libraries we're building for practicum and had them laminated by the place across the street. It was funny cause I uploaded them last night then got this phone call from the lady all frantic this morning saying she's not going to have them done. Then when I go over there on my break I'm like right outside their door when she calls to say they're done. AND I KNOW HER! Cause she comes into the work branch all the time so that was amusing.
It decided to rain today, but only when I was outdoors walking to my car to leave for practicum and then when arriving at practicum - stopping in between while I was driving, which was crap cause it started again right as I was getting out of my car to go in.
Practicum Count-Up 32/90. Flying by. Today I made our check-out slips and decorated the boxes they'll go in. We put up the signs in the women's library and then went over to the men's to work more on that. Still not finished shelving, but the slips and box are there if they want to start checking stuff out.
We listened to a rain playlist today instead of the Beach Boys. It ranged from Jack Johnson to Gun-N-Roses. Huzzah for YouTube.
After that I came home to do homework. The boyfriend is still sick which means I haven't seen him since like this weekend.
Was it this weekend? I can't even remember I just know it's been too long.
When did I turn into one of those girls.
Seriously?
When did that happen?
I used to be so independent.
I still am mostly, but I do like spending time with him and wish he would just propose already so we can stop driving back and forth!
I know, it's not romantic at all, but it would be practical!
Which is sort of quasy...ish romantic.
Right?
Okay maybe not.
BUT I did get a lot of homework done tonight. Which is good cause it's done Sunday night. I wrote the paper, all that's left is citing and graphs. Which I may or may not do after I post this depending on my energy level.
Oh and I watched the new Star Trek movie.
I love Benedict, he's awesome.
Oh, I mean, go Starfleet!
Or whoever it is you root for in Trek... I'm sorry, not a Trekkie, more of a Wars girl.
Speaking of Wars, that whole "we'll fit" thing, total Millenium Falcon reference.
Just saying.
But it was good, I'd say 8/10 on the Scale of Awesome. Worthy of purchase, though I don't have the first one so there's one for the Xmas list.
On to the Music:
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR
also on the playlist and the one that stuck with me as i drove home.
you know, after it had stopped raining cause i wasn't outside.
What kind of stuff am I posting on here?!
So my dad got struck by lightning today.
Dead serious.
I'm just glad he's not dead period.
Apparently being on the four-wheeler saved him cause of rubber wheels. I don't know if that's true or not - science was never my strong-point.
I do know that usually when someone is struck by lightning they go to the hospital to get checked out.
My dad on the other hand refused. Even after his favorite/pharmacist daughter told him that was a bad idea.
Not all that surprising. Remember the months and months of white walls and sterilized equipment posts? He seems to go to the hospital once a decade and then gets stuck there to fix everything that he neglected to go there for through the years.
This time there might be long term damage. Oldest Sister said the effect was immediate cause he went home and told Mom to stop mowing - you know, before he went back to work - and he never tells anyone to stop working so something must be wrong. She thinks his next hobby will be flower arranging.
It was interesting because I found out right before practicum so I walk in in this weird state of shock, not fully believing that he actually got struck by lightning.
Cause c'mon, who of you knows someone who was struck by lightning? Show of hands? Granted I can't see you raising your hands, but I'm guessing it's slim to none.
Besides my family who can now raise their hands of course.
Anyway, so I tell Mr. BossMan Tom and then go on to explain his other famous injuries.
Drill-bit through the hand, falling out of a tree while chainsawing, and my personal favorite running himself over with a car.
Which also, show of hands on that one? Anyone? Anyone? Nope, didn't think so. I mean, people get run over all the time, but do they ever run themselves over?
He was washing it and he put it in neutral and tried to walk it and his foot got caught and- it's a whole long story, whatever, the point is I'm listing all these things out to Mr. BossMan Tom and I finally realize where I get all my klutziness from.
I mean, Mom has her blonde moments every once in a while - "what's the abbreviation for 'no'?" "Um, no?"
But Dad truly takes the cake on injuries.
Though I'm not the only sibling in my family with klutzy injuries, I mean Oldest Sister blew out her knee doing laundry so...
Aside from that the day was interesting on its own. Worked at the home branch this morning. Listened to their new supervisor do a Toddler Time where she sang a song from Barney.
Which was then stuck in my head all day.
I hate Barney.
With passion.
Stupid purple dinosaur.
Queen of the Known Universe tried to fix it with her own headphones, thanks for that.
Plus, I made up these posters for the libraries we're building for practicum and had them laminated by the place across the street. It was funny cause I uploaded them last night then got this phone call from the lady all frantic this morning saying she's not going to have them done. Then when I go over there on my break I'm like right outside their door when she calls to say they're done. AND I KNOW HER! Cause she comes into the work branch all the time so that was amusing.
It decided to rain today, but only when I was outdoors walking to my car to leave for practicum and then when arriving at practicum - stopping in between while I was driving, which was crap cause it started again right as I was getting out of my car to go in.
Practicum Count-Up 32/90. Flying by. Today I made our check-out slips and decorated the boxes they'll go in. We put up the signs in the women's library and then went over to the men's to work more on that. Still not finished shelving, but the slips and box are there if they want to start checking stuff out.
We listened to a rain playlist today instead of the Beach Boys. It ranged from Jack Johnson to Gun-N-Roses. Huzzah for YouTube.
After that I came home to do homework. The boyfriend is still sick which means I haven't seen him since like this weekend.
Was it this weekend? I can't even remember I just know it's been too long.
When did I turn into one of those girls.
Seriously?
When did that happen?
I used to be so independent.
I still am mostly, but I do like spending time with him and wish he would just propose already so we can stop driving back and forth!
I know, it's not romantic at all, but it would be practical!
Which is sort of quasy...ish romantic.
Right?
Okay maybe not.
BUT I did get a lot of homework done tonight. Which is good cause it's done Sunday night. I wrote the paper, all that's left is citing and graphs. Which I may or may not do after I post this depending on my energy level.
Oh and I watched the new Star Trek movie.
I love Benedict, he's awesome.
Oh, I mean, go Starfleet!
Or whoever it is you root for in Trek... I'm sorry, not a Trekkie, more of a Wars girl.
Speaking of Wars, that whole "we'll fit" thing, total Millenium Falcon reference.
Just saying.
But it was good, I'd say 8/10 on the Scale of Awesome. Worthy of purchase, though I don't have the first one so there's one for the Xmas list.
On to the Music:
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR
also on the playlist and the one that stuck with me as i drove home.
you know, after it had stopped raining cause i wasn't outside.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Underwater Basket Weaving in Mesopotamia
So, Mr. Bossman Tom must be the cool kid on campus cause today not only did he have an entire tour of new employees come through, but also two of what seem like his "besties" stopped by after.
Checking out our piles heading to the other buildings.
I call them his "besties" because they seem to be the only people to keep reappearing throughout our process. They're cool guys, actually everyone there is really nice. I'm diggin' it.
We're still debating the best process of keeping stats over books we really have no control over. We expect them to disappear so we're not barcoding them, but we still need some way of keeping track of what gets checked out. One of his besties says one day we're only going to have one book left.
"Underwater Basket Weaving in Mesopotamia"
Cause who would want to steal that?
Although apparently people do weave baskets underwater.
There are pictures of it online so it must be true.
So says my brother-in-law, the King of Useless Knowledge.
Actually that's not the exact quote he uses, it's more like "I read it on the internet so it must be true."
Where was I? Oh right, practicum, yes more sorting and stamping. I don't know where these books keep coming from. I don't think he does either. But it was fun. And now the Practicum Count-Up is at 20/90.
Yay!
But that was this afternoon.
The morning started with a staff meeting. Then it was off to the desk, some off desk time to work on TAB stuff - so not ready for our first meeting next week - and then upstairs to the lab to answer reference phone calls.
Reference Question of the Day: What is the average temperature of March in Dublin, Ireland.
I actually found it online. Huzzah for Google!
After work was the practicum, after practicum the boyfriend came up and we went out to dinner.
Lazlo's for rainbow chicken, fries, apple sauce, and The Situation.
It's a fruity drink that tastes like orange juice. With a kick. Of, you know, liquor.
Half of the chicken and fries are in my fridge. Love leftovers from that place. They even gave me a special container to put my honey mustard sauce in so it wouldn't get all over everything.
After dinner we walked around the new arena.
Or as we call it "the spaceship".
Have you seen that thing?
We walked all the way around it, it's gigantor.
Though apparently from the inside it seems much smaller. And since it can't be bigger than the Quest Center it has exactly one seat less.
Congratulations Omaha.
You win.
Was nice to go out and do stuff. Dinner was good. Walk was fun.
Came back and did my homework while he went off to work.
But now it's done so after this post I can go directly to bed.
Much more relaxing than going "directly to jail."
That was a Monopoly reference for those of you culturally challenged.
On to the music:
Song You Knew But Forgot You Knew It
All Around the World - ATC
Remember this one? I think I was in grade school at this point but I still remember jamming out to it at the time.
Check out that choreography, or more specifically the dance sequence starting at 1:45.
I really like it when the guys sing but all you can hear is her voice.
Alright, off to bed.
Or to watch some Elementary.
Whichever happens first.
Legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Checking out our piles heading to the other buildings.
I call them his "besties" because they seem to be the only people to keep reappearing throughout our process. They're cool guys, actually everyone there is really nice. I'm diggin' it.
We're still debating the best process of keeping stats over books we really have no control over. We expect them to disappear so we're not barcoding them, but we still need some way of keeping track of what gets checked out. One of his besties says one day we're only going to have one book left.
"Underwater Basket Weaving in Mesopotamia"
Cause who would want to steal that?
Although apparently people do weave baskets underwater.
There are pictures of it online so it must be true.
So says my brother-in-law, the King of Useless Knowledge.
Actually that's not the exact quote he uses, it's more like "I read it on the internet so it must be true."
Where was I? Oh right, practicum, yes more sorting and stamping. I don't know where these books keep coming from. I don't think he does either. But it was fun. And now the Practicum Count-Up is at 20/90.
Yay!
But that was this afternoon.
The morning started with a staff meeting. Then it was off to the desk, some off desk time to work on TAB stuff - so not ready for our first meeting next week - and then upstairs to the lab to answer reference phone calls.
Reference Question of the Day: What is the average temperature of March in Dublin, Ireland.
I actually found it online. Huzzah for Google!
After work was the practicum, after practicum the boyfriend came up and we went out to dinner.
Lazlo's for rainbow chicken, fries, apple sauce, and The Situation.
It's a fruity drink that tastes like orange juice. With a kick. Of, you know, liquor.
Half of the chicken and fries are in my fridge. Love leftovers from that place. They even gave me a special container to put my honey mustard sauce in so it wouldn't get all over everything.
After dinner we walked around the new arena.
Or as we call it "the spaceship".
Have you seen that thing?
We walked all the way around it, it's gigantor.
Though apparently from the inside it seems much smaller. And since it can't be bigger than the Quest Center it has exactly one seat less.
Congratulations Omaha.
You win.
Was nice to go out and do stuff. Dinner was good. Walk was fun.
Came back and did my homework while he went off to work.
But now it's done so after this post I can go directly to bed.
Much more relaxing than going "directly to jail."
That was a Monopoly reference for those of you culturally challenged.
On to the music:
Song You Knew But Forgot You Knew It
All Around the World - ATC
Remember this one? I think I was in grade school at this point but I still remember jamming out to it at the time.
Check out that choreography, or more specifically the dance sequence starting at 1:45.
I really like it when the guys sing but all you can hear is her voice.
Alright, off to bed.
Or to watch some Elementary.
Whichever happens first.
Legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
"Have a good weekend. Catch a wave." "I'll try."
Ah, today.
I'm really digging these half days.
Work branch from 9-1, lasagna for lunch - huzzah for Thursday specials across the street - then headed over to the practicum from 2-5.
Work was interesting. Opened first floor, worked more on my booklists. I actually finished the nonfiction banned books one, so now I can work on my Ornery Old Men and Million Dollar Crazy booklists without feeling guilty.
Cause that one had a due date while the others I'm clear until February.
I'm coming up with some interesting characters for both lists, and there's a lot of crossover.
Perhaps I will post them on here.
When they're finished.
Right now I'm having fun coming up with names and then researching why they fit in each booklist.
After that it was back to the desk and then I covered second floor by myself. Which inevitably meant there would be computer issues. But it was fine, our IT was all over it but I had to leave before they resolved the issue.
The afternoon was the real fun. We finally made it through all of our boxes of books and now we went over to the men's building because it has bookshelves in it with books on them. So, we went through and decided what to keep, what to toss, and then stamped the ones we kept.
So we're stamping and chatting and all the sudden Mr. Bossman Tom starts singing Beach Boys.
And I was like, hey! I love the Beach Boys! I grew up listening to their music along with the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, etc.
So we keep stamping and he keeps singing and we have these two internet computers and all the sudden he's like, we should test these so he pulls up YouTube and plays this video here:
So for the rest of the afternoon we had this playing in the background as we stamped and sorted.
It was highly entertaining and as I was leaving he told me to "catch a wave" this weekend.
Like I said, Mr. Bossman Tom is awesome.
Practicum Count-Up: 14 hours
After practicum I headed out to see the boyfriend cause he's headed off to South Dakota for the weekend. I basically watched as he packed up his motorcar stuff and then we went out to dinner. But it was good to see him before he left.
Quote of the Day:
Aside from "catch a wave" of course.
We're driving to dinner and there's this big dude walking through the parking lot and the boyfriend is driving and we're waiting on this dude to walk faster - and he doesn't - and I'm like, "don't hit him". He responds "I won't hit him with your car. Bubba would end up in your lap."
After that headed home, wrote up my practicum report for August, submitted it and now I'm out. Early morning tomorrow taking Bubby to school.
But at least I'll have time to stop for coffee. I hope.
I'm really digging these half days.
Work branch from 9-1, lasagna for lunch - huzzah for Thursday specials across the street - then headed over to the practicum from 2-5.
Work was interesting. Opened first floor, worked more on my booklists. I actually finished the nonfiction banned books one, so now I can work on my Ornery Old Men and Million Dollar Crazy booklists without feeling guilty.
Cause that one had a due date while the others I'm clear until February.
I'm coming up with some interesting characters for both lists, and there's a lot of crossover.
Perhaps I will post them on here.
When they're finished.
Right now I'm having fun coming up with names and then researching why they fit in each booklist.
After that it was back to the desk and then I covered second floor by myself. Which inevitably meant there would be computer issues. But it was fine, our IT was all over it but I had to leave before they resolved the issue.
The afternoon was the real fun. We finally made it through all of our boxes of books and now we went over to the men's building because it has bookshelves in it with books on them. So, we went through and decided what to keep, what to toss, and then stamped the ones we kept.
So we're stamping and chatting and all the sudden Mr. Bossman Tom starts singing Beach Boys.
And I was like, hey! I love the Beach Boys! I grew up listening to their music along with the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, etc.
So we keep stamping and he keeps singing and we have these two internet computers and all the sudden he's like, we should test these so he pulls up YouTube and plays this video here:
So for the rest of the afternoon we had this playing in the background as we stamped and sorted.
It was highly entertaining and as I was leaving he told me to "catch a wave" this weekend.
Like I said, Mr. Bossman Tom is awesome.
Practicum Count-Up: 14 hours
After practicum I headed out to see the boyfriend cause he's headed off to South Dakota for the weekend. I basically watched as he packed up his motorcar stuff and then we went out to dinner. But it was good to see him before he left.
Quote of the Day:
Aside from "catch a wave" of course.
We're driving to dinner and there's this big dude walking through the parking lot and the boyfriend is driving and we're waiting on this dude to walk faster - and he doesn't - and I'm like, "don't hit him". He responds "I won't hit him with your car. Bubba would end up in your lap."
After that headed home, wrote up my practicum report for August, submitted it and now I'm out. Early morning tomorrow taking Bubby to school.
But at least I'll have time to stop for coffee. I hope.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
All aboard the Babe Wagon!
You know how there are blah days and then there are really exciting days?
Today was one of the latter.
It all started with the Babe Wagon.
So the NLA - Nebraska Library Association - conference is coming up in October and Queen of the Known Universe and I have decided to carpool.
Since we need to be there by 8AM we'll have to leave at 5AM which means she's driving, cause clearly anything with me before 10 is questionable.
And, instead of driving her van 3 hours to the middle of nowhere, she has decided we should rent a pickup.
And not just any truck, a nice fancy one.
She's semi-obsessive about trucks, it's highly entertaining.
Combining this stylin' rental truck and our experiences this past week - aka getting hit on more than usual - The New Guy has dubbed it the "Babe Wagon".
Which we enjoy and have decided to chronicle our adventures with the Babe Wagon.
So look forward to that in October. I know I will.
The working title is "Adventures of the Babe Wagon" because if we were to call it "Adventures in the Babe Wagon" it might be taken as something else entirely.
We're thinking about getting t-shirts and having random men sign them with fake phone numbers.
1-800-CALL-ME!
and the like.
I'm sure Superwoman would LOVE us for that.
So most of the day - when we weren't swamped - we joked about the Babe Wagon.
Which made it quite the exciting day.
Add to that Mom - who is determined to remain the favorite staff mom - stopped by with cookies and fruit for the staff. We put them in the circ workroom and they were gone soon after.
So they were all thankful and she remains the favorite.
Plus the Library Judge and I had a conversation about the stereotypes of retired librarians.
We couldn't think of anything other than they get bored and become volunteers.
Which is true of one such retired librarian. :)
After work I came home, showered and vacuumed for reasons at work that will remain unexplained.
Then attempted to log-on to my online class for half an hour with no success.
Me, thinking it was just me having computer problems, started freaking out. Attempted calling both professors - to no avail - emailed them - to no avail - and then I thought, when in doubt, call the Library Goddess.
Cause she always knows what to do.
And yet again, she was the voice of reason saying: it's probably the site not your computer, give it time, don't freak out, you'll be fine.
And when the Library Goddess declares it to be fine then all is fine.
And she was right, it was the site not my computer, and the professor was able to email us a link that worked and we went from there.
It's so weird not having an assignment due for that class until September 22nd.
I'm too used to Summer classes when everything is due right away cause we only have a month.
Next up for me though is practicum paper #1 - we have one due at the end of each month - which is more of a progress report really. And then I think there's like a final final paper to sum it all up.
I'm sure I'll have even more to say after tomorrow.
And he came in today - which he does pretty much daily - and joked around with Superwoman.
I was helping a patron but I could hear my name and them laughing.
Which she does just cause I'm gullible.
Apparently cause I'm "sunny and happy" at the practicum I need to be "sunny and happy" at 9AM at work.
But, as previously mentioned, anything before 10AM is questionable. Which is why BossLady always schedules herself to be around if I'm scheduled to count money.
Just cause she knows about every 10 minutes she'll hear me yelling for her.
But I can't help it if it doesn't add up right.
So work was fun and class turned out okay, now Carter and I are watching Robin Hood.
The original animated movie from the 70's.
"Hiss! You're never around when I need you!"
This was always my favorite of the Disney movies.
Though I don't remember it being this depressing.
I've been watching a lot of Disney movies lately.
That clip from Little Mermaid over and over - scroll down a few posts, you'll find it - plus Sword in the Stone which is under-rated and awesome.
Though they all remind me of this particular Sketch and Edit.
Sketch and Edit Watch a Movie
Based off a speech by one of my friends in college and then expanded upon.
"Seize the fat one!"
Oh, well that's PC.
What's "Corpulent"? Searching Google.
Ohh, I like it.
I'm gonna use it.
Alright, off to bed after this.
The Phony King of England - Robin Hood
"Who's driving this flying umbrella?"
Today was one of the latter.
It all started with the Babe Wagon.
So the NLA - Nebraska Library Association - conference is coming up in October and Queen of the Known Universe and I have decided to carpool.
Since we need to be there by 8AM we'll have to leave at 5AM which means she's driving, cause clearly anything with me before 10 is questionable.
And, instead of driving her van 3 hours to the middle of nowhere, she has decided we should rent a pickup.
And not just any truck, a nice fancy one.
She's semi-obsessive about trucks, it's highly entertaining.
Combining this stylin' rental truck and our experiences this past week - aka getting hit on more than usual - The New Guy has dubbed it the "Babe Wagon".
Which we enjoy and have decided to chronicle our adventures with the Babe Wagon.
So look forward to that in October. I know I will.
The working title is "Adventures of the Babe Wagon" because if we were to call it "Adventures in the Babe Wagon" it might be taken as something else entirely.
We're thinking about getting t-shirts and having random men sign them with fake phone numbers.
1-800-CALL-ME!
and the like.
I'm sure Superwoman would LOVE us for that.
So most of the day - when we weren't swamped - we joked about the Babe Wagon.
Which made it quite the exciting day.
Add to that Mom - who is determined to remain the favorite staff mom - stopped by with cookies and fruit for the staff. We put them in the circ workroom and they were gone soon after.
So they were all thankful and she remains the favorite.
Plus the Library Judge and I had a conversation about the stereotypes of retired librarians.
We couldn't think of anything other than they get bored and become volunteers.
Which is true of one such retired librarian. :)
After work I came home, showered and vacuumed for reasons at work that will remain unexplained.
Then attempted to log-on to my online class for half an hour with no success.
Me, thinking it was just me having computer problems, started freaking out. Attempted calling both professors - to no avail - emailed them - to no avail - and then I thought, when in doubt, call the Library Goddess.
Cause she always knows what to do.
And yet again, she was the voice of reason saying: it's probably the site not your computer, give it time, don't freak out, you'll be fine.
And when the Library Goddess declares it to be fine then all is fine.
And she was right, it was the site not my computer, and the professor was able to email us a link that worked and we went from there.
It's so weird not having an assignment due for that class until September 22nd.
I'm too used to Summer classes when everything is due right away cause we only have a month.
Next up for me though is practicum paper #1 - we have one due at the end of each month - which is more of a progress report really. And then I think there's like a final final paper to sum it all up.
I'm sure I'll have even more to say after tomorrow.
And he came in today - which he does pretty much daily - and joked around with Superwoman.
I was helping a patron but I could hear my name and them laughing.
Which she does just cause I'm gullible.
Apparently cause I'm "sunny and happy" at the practicum I need to be "sunny and happy" at 9AM at work.
But, as previously mentioned, anything before 10AM is questionable. Which is why BossLady always schedules herself to be around if I'm scheduled to count money.
Just cause she knows about every 10 minutes she'll hear me yelling for her.
But I can't help it if it doesn't add up right.
So work was fun and class turned out okay, now Carter and I are watching Robin Hood.
The original animated movie from the 70's.
"Hiss! You're never around when I need you!"
This was always my favorite of the Disney movies.
Though I don't remember it being this depressing.
I've been watching a lot of Disney movies lately.
That clip from Little Mermaid over and over - scroll down a few posts, you'll find it - plus Sword in the Stone which is under-rated and awesome.
Though they all remind me of this particular Sketch and Edit.
Sketch and Edit Watch a Movie
Based off a speech by one of my friends in college and then expanded upon.
"Seize the fat one!"
Oh, well that's PC.
What's "Corpulent"? Searching Google.
Ohh, I like it.
I'm gonna use it.
Alright, off to bed after this.
The Phony King of England - Robin Hood
"Who's driving this flying umbrella?"
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Where the hell is Matt?
Okay, so this is a nightly occurrence and it still makes me laugh.
It'll be late and I'll be distracted and not realize what time it is cause I'm watching TV or reading or whatever, and suddenly Carter will come, sit on my lap and just stare at me.
Like a hostile takeover.
And I just know that he's saying Do you realize what time it is? Why aren't we sleeping? in that Garfield voice.
He did that about an hour ago, but I was enjoying Hollywood Gamenight on my DVR so I finished the episode while he fell asleep on my lap.
Then, when I actually made an effort to get up and get ready for bed he was mad cause he had already given up on me and fell asleep.
Now he's sitting on his side of the couch giving me the dirty look so I'm gonna make this quick.
Today was cool.
Am liking these half and half days.
Spent 4 hours at the work branch - nothing too exciting - took a lunch break and then headed over to see Mr. Bossman Tom for my practicum where we sorted and stamped even more books.
And uncovered bookshelves to pilfer, huzzah!
Practicum Count-up 8/90
He gave me a tour of the main building we're in - when we needed a break from all the stamping - so I got to check out the canteen and the break room and the tunnels that connect all the buildings.
There was some seriously cool artwork down there.
And on my way out he showed me this video and told me to share it with friends.
So I'm doing more than that and sharing it with the world because I like it.
Where the hell is Matt? the 2012 version
So you should all watch it because I think it's kind of awesome and unique...and c'mon it's dancing all over the world people.
I was informed that the ones where the faces were blurred out are places that dancing is not allowed.
That's right, it's like Bomont all the time.
You're welcome, people who get that reference.
If not look it up.
After the practicum I met up with the boyfriend in his favorite hardware store. He fixed his sister's car then we went out to eat.
Huzzah for greek salads! half of which is in my fridge.
Then he headed back to go to work and I watched Hollywood Gamenight and now have moved on to Wipeout.
I know, I know, but it's filling up my DVR so I have to watch it.
Besides, I love it.
"Life's a beach and then you dive."
Ah Henson, okay I'm out.
That was your music and clip of the night rec. I hope you all enjoy your weekend. Mine starts tomorrow cause I have the day off and am spending it sleeping in, shopping with Oldest Sister and then date night with the boyfriend.
Don't call me before 10AM!
out!
It'll be late and I'll be distracted and not realize what time it is cause I'm watching TV or reading or whatever, and suddenly Carter will come, sit on my lap and just stare at me.
Like a hostile takeover.
And I just know that he's saying Do you realize what time it is? Why aren't we sleeping? in that Garfield voice.
He did that about an hour ago, but I was enjoying Hollywood Gamenight on my DVR so I finished the episode while he fell asleep on my lap.
Then, when I actually made an effort to get up and get ready for bed he was mad cause he had already given up on me and fell asleep.
Now he's sitting on his side of the couch giving me the dirty look so I'm gonna make this quick.
Today was cool.
Am liking these half and half days.
Spent 4 hours at the work branch - nothing too exciting - took a lunch break and then headed over to see Mr. Bossman Tom for my practicum where we sorted and stamped even more books.
And uncovered bookshelves to pilfer, huzzah!
Practicum Count-up 8/90
He gave me a tour of the main building we're in - when we needed a break from all the stamping - so I got to check out the canteen and the break room and the tunnels that connect all the buildings.
There was some seriously cool artwork down there.
And on my way out he showed me this video and told me to share it with friends.
So I'm doing more than that and sharing it with the world because I like it.
Where the hell is Matt? the 2012 version
So you should all watch it because I think it's kind of awesome and unique...and c'mon it's dancing all over the world people.
I was informed that the ones where the faces were blurred out are places that dancing is not allowed.
That's right, it's like Bomont all the time.
You're welcome, people who get that reference.
If not look it up.
After the practicum I met up with the boyfriend in his favorite hardware store. He fixed his sister's car then we went out to eat.
Huzzah for greek salads! half of which is in my fridge.
Then he headed back to go to work and I watched Hollywood Gamenight and now have moved on to Wipeout.
I know, I know, but it's filling up my DVR so I have to watch it.
Besides, I love it.
"Life's a beach and then you dive."
Ah Henson, okay I'm out.
That was your music and clip of the night rec. I hope you all enjoy your weekend. Mine starts tomorrow cause I have the day off and am spending it sleeping in, shopping with Oldest Sister and then date night with the boyfriend.
Don't call me before 10AM!
out!
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Dancing slowly in an empty room, can the lonely take the place of you?
I'm instituting a new segment to the blog.
It's called the Practicum Countdown.
Today's number is 5/90.
I guess that's more of a Count-up.
I have 85 hours left to go that must be completed by December 1st.
Hit the ground running...
Okay let's go with Count-up, I like that better.
Today was fun. 9-1 at the work branch - nothing super memorable aka bats on the ceiling, crazy stalker patrons, fire drills, etc.
Worked the desk, checked in, worked the desk some more and then ate lunch and headed over for my first official day of Practicum.
2-5 but he let me count my interview and research hours from yesterday so I'm up to 5, huzzah!
Mr. Bossman Tom gave me a tour of campus - there are three main buildings I'll be working out of. The main library and then we're setting up remote libraries in the mens' and womens' buildings for those who aren't allowed to leave those buildings.
After the tour we sorted and stamped books.
Every single stamp all I could think of was this:
Indiana Jones - the good one.
I know, I'm such a nerd.
But you knew that already and you're still here so....
Anyway, we stamped mega amounts of books. Mostly fiction but it's a work in progress. These were all from the booksale our library hosted last year and there were like 10 boxes of them. No, probably more, more like 15.
But it was good cause it gave me stuff to do for hours.
Basically we divided what was going to go in the womens' and what was going in the mens'. And then he had special stamps for each.
The maintenance staff has volunteered to deliver the boxes to the buildings - yay golf carts - and then Thursday we get to spend sorting and shelving.
Meanwhile we'll be coming up with lists for subject headings we've included and stuff we're short on.
I'm so excited, I'm such a nerd.
But again, you knew that.
It's a lot of fun, starting a library from scratch. And he mentioned going to the booksale again this year so we'll get even more to add to the collection.
Speaking of items in the collection, I discovered this one today and was super excited.
Keep the whole nerd thing in mind.
"William Shakespeare's Star Wars" by Ian Doescher go here: If Shakespeare Had Written Star Wars It might have looked a bit like this.
Yay Buzzfeed.
Totally putting that one on hold for myself. Shakespeare + Star Wars = How can you go wrong?
OH! And Mr. Bossman Tom took my side and chose Star Wars over Trek so I like him even more.
I'm feeling better about the practicum now that the first day is over. I was nervous before, but not so much anymore. Once we get the collections sorted out I get to man the desk every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon until December so I should pick up a lot of hours through the next couple months.
I was told today by two different people - Queen of the Known Universe and The Cool Aunt - that I shouldn't say "man the desk" as I am not a man. QoftKU says I should use "staff the desk" but I'm going with the Cool Aunt who said I should say "woman the desk" cause I find it amusing. And true.
After the stamping of awesomeness I met up with The Cool Aunt for some jalapeno margaritas.
I know you're all jealous. Well, the majority of you were on Facebook at least. Though Slim Shady is still not a fan of them. Missing out on life woman, missing out on life.
Dinner was good, though she wouldn't let me pay!
"You said last time I could pay this time."
"I know, I lied."
Thanks.
You should see her and Mom duke it out whenever they go out for lunch, it's highly entertaining.
I don't even try, though I was successful the one time when Mom left her wallet at the store and The Cool Aunt was too distracted by ice cream to grab the check before me.
Take that!
Both had our fajitas. We don't even look at the menu anymore, it's always just jalapeno margaritas, veggie fajita for her and steak fajita for me.
Half of which is in my fridge. I'm sure I'll pull it out around 3AM.
Was good to catch up as we haven't done that in a while.
Our next dinner will take place after comps - I'm also not allowed to say "if I pass comps" according to her and Superwoman it's "when I pass comps".
We shall see.
Am I the only one who has absolutely no desire to watch the show Deal With It? Not a Howie Mandel fan in the first place, but that's just weird.
Sorry. TV on in background. It was Wipeout but it's not anymore. Oh Conan.
I enjoy this segment.
Yay Neal Offerman.
Alright, on to the music.
Uprising - Muse
you have no idea how many times I had this blasting in my headphones today. at least 20. if you listen to it you'll understand why. it's just that awesome.
but i was the same way on my first day of work with Shinedown's Second Chance, go here.
the name is matt bellamy. not what's-her-name's boyfriend.
The Lonely - Christina Perri
super cool lyric video to a great song.
and i'm out. back to work tomorrow. along with my first online class session.
legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
they will not control us, we will be victorious.
It's called the Practicum Countdown.
Today's number is 5/90.
I guess that's more of a Count-up.
I have 85 hours left to go that must be completed by December 1st.
Hit the ground running...
Okay let's go with Count-up, I like that better.
Today was fun. 9-1 at the work branch - nothing super memorable aka bats on the ceiling, crazy stalker patrons, fire drills, etc.
Worked the desk, checked in, worked the desk some more and then ate lunch and headed over for my first official day of Practicum.
2-5 but he let me count my interview and research hours from yesterday so I'm up to 5, huzzah!
Mr. Bossman Tom gave me a tour of campus - there are three main buildings I'll be working out of. The main library and then we're setting up remote libraries in the mens' and womens' buildings for those who aren't allowed to leave those buildings.
After the tour we sorted and stamped books.
Every single stamp all I could think of was this:
Indiana Jones - the good one.
I know, I'm such a nerd.
But you knew that already and you're still here so....
Anyway, we stamped mega amounts of books. Mostly fiction but it's a work in progress. These were all from the booksale our library hosted last year and there were like 10 boxes of them. No, probably more, more like 15.
But it was good cause it gave me stuff to do for hours.
Basically we divided what was going to go in the womens' and what was going in the mens'. And then he had special stamps for each.
The maintenance staff has volunteered to deliver the boxes to the buildings - yay golf carts - and then Thursday we get to spend sorting and shelving.
Meanwhile we'll be coming up with lists for subject headings we've included and stuff we're short on.
I'm so excited, I'm such a nerd.
But again, you knew that.
It's a lot of fun, starting a library from scratch. And he mentioned going to the booksale again this year so we'll get even more to add to the collection.
Speaking of items in the collection, I discovered this one today and was super excited.
Keep the whole nerd thing in mind.
"William Shakespeare's Star Wars" by Ian Doescher go here: If Shakespeare Had Written Star Wars It might have looked a bit like this.
Yay Buzzfeed.
Totally putting that one on hold for myself. Shakespeare + Star Wars = How can you go wrong?
OH! And Mr. Bossman Tom took my side and chose Star Wars over Trek so I like him even more.
I'm feeling better about the practicum now that the first day is over. I was nervous before, but not so much anymore. Once we get the collections sorted out I get to man the desk every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon until December so I should pick up a lot of hours through the next couple months.
I was told today by two different people - Queen of the Known Universe and The Cool Aunt - that I shouldn't say "man the desk" as I am not a man. QoftKU says I should use "staff the desk" but I'm going with the Cool Aunt who said I should say "woman the desk" cause I find it amusing. And true.
After the stamping of awesomeness I met up with The Cool Aunt for some jalapeno margaritas.
I know you're all jealous. Well, the majority of you were on Facebook at least. Though Slim Shady is still not a fan of them. Missing out on life woman, missing out on life.
Dinner was good, though she wouldn't let me pay!
"You said last time I could pay this time."
"I know, I lied."
Thanks.
You should see her and Mom duke it out whenever they go out for lunch, it's highly entertaining.
I don't even try, though I was successful the one time when Mom left her wallet at the store and The Cool Aunt was too distracted by ice cream to grab the check before me.
Take that!
Both had our fajitas. We don't even look at the menu anymore, it's always just jalapeno margaritas, veggie fajita for her and steak fajita for me.
Half of which is in my fridge. I'm sure I'll pull it out around 3AM.
Was good to catch up as we haven't done that in a while.
Our next dinner will take place after comps - I'm also not allowed to say "if I pass comps" according to her and Superwoman it's "when I pass comps".
We shall see.
Am I the only one who has absolutely no desire to watch the show Deal With It? Not a Howie Mandel fan in the first place, but that's just weird.
Sorry. TV on in background. It was Wipeout but it's not anymore. Oh Conan.
I enjoy this segment.
Yay Neal Offerman.
Alright, on to the music.
Uprising - Muse
you have no idea how many times I had this blasting in my headphones today. at least 20. if you listen to it you'll understand why. it's just that awesome.
but i was the same way on my first day of work with Shinedown's Second Chance, go here.
the name is matt bellamy. not what's-her-name's boyfriend.
The Lonely - Christina Perri
super cool lyric video to a great song.
and i'm out. back to work tomorrow. along with my first online class session.
legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
they will not control us, we will be victorious.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Some are reaching, Few are there, Wandering from a hero's chair.
Today was one for the record books.
I broke a door.
Not on purpose.
I'll get there.
Staff meeting in the morning. Presented on the conference I attended before camp at the boyfriend's library.
Huzzah for new teen material. I bought two of the books tonight - I'll get there too.
I learned a lot at the conference but the highlights I relayed were: "make your fiction seem like nonfiction. if it's not believable then no one will finish it," and "if your characters say 'do it my way' you do it their way or you'll have a crappy book", but I forgot "writing is the next best thing to napping". woops.
I enjoy writers. They are highly entertaining.
After the meeting I checked in magazines, trained a volunteer on how to scan media, worked the desk, got a hamburger for lunch, and all was fine and boring until I broke the door.
Okay first off, it wasn't my fault. I was going into the bathroom and the stall door just fell off.
Like literally fell off.
Dropped and bounced.
I screamed like a teenager, so loud that a coworker busted in freaking out.
We looked and there were metal shavings on the ground. Apparently the door hinge had been on its way out for a while, it just happened to officially fall when I was there to take the blame.
The best part of the whole situation was having to explain it to my supervisor cause he had to call to get it fixed.
Of course Superwoman was gone, Girlscout was in a meeting, BossLady was at lunch, so I went downstairs to Supervisor Alley and there was the Old New Guy sitting innocently at his desk...
He found it entertaining.
I did too.
After the whole shock factor wore off.
It literally just dropped and bounced.
And what would you have done in that situation other than scream and attempt to catch it?
Let it drop I guess.
It was a lot heavier than I thought it would be so I just ended up leaning it against the wall.
And then of course I had to take a picture.
Woops.
Door Killer.
Don't know my own strength.
Anyway, after that disaster things calmed down a bit 'til Mom showed up and scared the crap out of me at the desk.
But she brought zucchini bread and catfood so it's okay.
Shouldn't mix those two up, that'd be bad.
Saving the bread for breakfast tomorrow, yay for food in my fridge!
After things had calmed down I took a break to call another librarian. For my practicum we're setting up that remote library and we're going to use BISAC instead of Dewey so on Monday - my day off - I'm going to go visit a library using BISAC and talk to their librarian.
It's the one in my college town so maybe I'll swing by campus just for fun.
Not.
And Mr. Tom aka my Mr. Bossman Sir for my practicum says it will count toward my hours as it is for research purposes.
Huzzah!
Should be fun.
After work I met up with the Queen of Awesome for supper and a trip to Barnes and Noble.
Bought far too many books, but who doesn't while in Barnes and Noble?
I need to just go in there with a set list and not sway from it.
But that won't happen.
Got Second Sister's birthday present - which was the original intent - ate some good food, talked some girl talk, it was good to catch up as we haven't in a while.
And then of course ran into Oldest Sister, Squirt and Squirt's BFF in the parking lot.
They were headed where we ate supper, but as it was freezing in there we had left and were headed back to Barnes and Noble to jam in the much warmer cafe area.
"My cat weighs 23 pounds and 6 ounces."
"I have a child who weighs less than that."
Should really turn this dinner out thing into a monthly deal just for sanity purposes.
Bought another novel while we were there cause I had forgot about it until I saw something like it.
Huzzah for Richard Castle.
He is wicked awesome.
After our night out on the town I hit up Target for groceries. Cause for some weird reason I buy them there instead of an actual grocery store. Probably because I get my media, shoes, and all that there too, I'm all about one-stop shopping.
Came home, fed the cat, now I'm jamming out and watching Wipeout re-runs cause my DVR is full.
Gonna post this and crash.
No Envy, No Fear - Joshua Radin
posted this back in 2011, the night before my last day at the home branch.
sad sad day.
really like his music.
Legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
I broke a door.
Not on purpose.
I'll get there.
Staff meeting in the morning. Presented on the conference I attended before camp at the boyfriend's library.
Huzzah for new teen material. I bought two of the books tonight - I'll get there too.
I learned a lot at the conference but the highlights I relayed were: "make your fiction seem like nonfiction. if it's not believable then no one will finish it," and "if your characters say 'do it my way' you do it their way or you'll have a crappy book", but I forgot "writing is the next best thing to napping". woops.
I enjoy writers. They are highly entertaining.
After the meeting I checked in magazines, trained a volunteer on how to scan media, worked the desk, got a hamburger for lunch, and all was fine and boring until I broke the door.
Okay first off, it wasn't my fault. I was going into the bathroom and the stall door just fell off.
Like literally fell off.
Dropped and bounced.
I screamed like a teenager, so loud that a coworker busted in freaking out.
We looked and there were metal shavings on the ground. Apparently the door hinge had been on its way out for a while, it just happened to officially fall when I was there to take the blame.
The best part of the whole situation was having to explain it to my supervisor cause he had to call to get it fixed.
Of course Superwoman was gone, Girlscout was in a meeting, BossLady was at lunch, so I went downstairs to Supervisor Alley and there was the Old New Guy sitting innocently at his desk...
He found it entertaining.
I did too.
After the whole shock factor wore off.
It literally just dropped and bounced.
And what would you have done in that situation other than scream and attempt to catch it?
Let it drop I guess.
It was a lot heavier than I thought it would be so I just ended up leaning it against the wall.
And then of course I had to take a picture.
Woops.
Door Killer.
Don't know my own strength.
Anyway, after that disaster things calmed down a bit 'til Mom showed up and scared the crap out of me at the desk.
But she brought zucchini bread and catfood so it's okay.
Shouldn't mix those two up, that'd be bad.
Saving the bread for breakfast tomorrow, yay for food in my fridge!
After things had calmed down I took a break to call another librarian. For my practicum we're setting up that remote library and we're going to use BISAC instead of Dewey so on Monday - my day off - I'm going to go visit a library using BISAC and talk to their librarian.
It's the one in my college town so maybe I'll swing by campus just for fun.
Not.
And Mr. Tom aka my Mr. Bossman Sir for my practicum says it will count toward my hours as it is for research purposes.
Huzzah!
Should be fun.
After work I met up with the Queen of Awesome for supper and a trip to Barnes and Noble.
Bought far too many books, but who doesn't while in Barnes and Noble?
I need to just go in there with a set list and not sway from it.
But that won't happen.
Got Second Sister's birthday present - which was the original intent - ate some good food, talked some girl talk, it was good to catch up as we haven't in a while.
And then of course ran into Oldest Sister, Squirt and Squirt's BFF in the parking lot.
They were headed where we ate supper, but as it was freezing in there we had left and were headed back to Barnes and Noble to jam in the much warmer cafe area.
"My cat weighs 23 pounds and 6 ounces."
"I have a child who weighs less than that."
Should really turn this dinner out thing into a monthly deal just for sanity purposes.
Bought another novel while we were there cause I had forgot about it until I saw something like it.
Huzzah for Richard Castle.
He is wicked awesome.
After our night out on the town I hit up Target for groceries. Cause for some weird reason I buy them there instead of an actual grocery store. Probably because I get my media, shoes, and all that there too, I'm all about one-stop shopping.
Came home, fed the cat, now I'm jamming out and watching Wipeout re-runs cause my DVR is full.
Gonna post this and crash.
No Envy, No Fear - Joshua Radin
posted this back in 2011, the night before my last day at the home branch.
sad sad day.
really like his music.
Legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.
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