If you're bored, you must check out this site:
http://www.jenw.org/home.htm
My personal favorite is Kitsy Babcock : Library assistant.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Thoughts on a book
Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman.
Excellent! By far, one of my all-time favorite authors. This book changed the way I look at spiders. Lots of fun and very interesting to think about! It's always hard to classify Gaiman's books, he's very...unique. He's written everything from graphic novels to young adult novels to adult novels. There is a very thin line between young adult and adult novels.
Excellent! By far, one of my all-time favorite authors. This book changed the way I look at spiders. Lots of fun and very interesting to think about! It's always hard to classify Gaiman's books, he's very...unique. He's written everything from graphic novels to young adult novels to adult novels. There is a very thin line between young adult and adult novels.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Happy happy happy!!!!!!!!!
I woke up today with a smile on my face because it's basically Friday, it's snowing, and tomorrow is my favorite holiday of the year: Thanksgiving! I am still like a kid when it comes to snow. I just adore it. I especially love the first *real* snow of the year. I love wearing sweaters, scarves, mittens, long coats, I love bundling up and cuddling with my little furry guys. Sometimes I don't even need a blanket if I've got the boys keeping me warm.
Where I work, we have casual Fridays. Most of my co-workers wear jeans, comfortable shoes, etc. So today, I treated it like Friday thinking I wouldn't be the only one. ...I'm the only one. Oh well. Worse things have happened in the working world. At least I didn't come dressed in a Halloween costume cause that would be quite unfortunate.
I don't really have too much else to add to this post except I'm thankful for everyone in my life!
Where I work, we have casual Fridays. Most of my co-workers wear jeans, comfortable shoes, etc. So today, I treated it like Friday thinking I wouldn't be the only one. ...I'm the only one. Oh well. Worse things have happened in the working world. At least I didn't come dressed in a Halloween costume cause that would be quite unfortunate.
I don't really have too much else to add to this post except I'm thankful for everyone in my life!
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
A smattering of semi-boring material
Well I almost put Sammy up for adoption today. Okay, not really, I just had a bad moment with him. (Ultimately, I am so attached to him, it would take a LOT for me to part ways) Truth be told, it was my fault. I was playing with him, moving my hand underneath a chair cover and he was chasing it around. Unfortunately, my cat-like reflexes are not, in fact, cat-like at all. He scratched me REAL good on the palm of my hand. You know, the kind of scratch that makes your finger go numb and the skin around it very sensitive. It hurts! No, Sammy's a good boy. Crazy, but good. Such is the price to pay for sharing your house with a lion.
Work has been very challenging the past week, but challenging in the good way. I've been going through a "standards and assessment" work book published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) because my boss asked for me to evaluate the library now that I've been here for about 6 months. It has been quite an eye-opening experience. Remember how I never thought I'd write a mission statement? Well this is similar. One of the required courses in school was "Evaluation of Library and Information Centers" or something to that effect. That was actually one of my most valuable classes and taught by one of my favorite professors.I re-arranged my apartment which I think has helped me de-clutter a lot in my life. I go through phases where I just throw a whole bunch of junk away and I'm in that phase this week. It's pretty liberating but I still have a lot of work to do.
Work has been very challenging the past week, but challenging in the good way. I've been going through a "standards and assessment" work book published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) because my boss asked for me to evaluate the library now that I've been here for about 6 months. It has been quite an eye-opening experience. Remember how I never thought I'd write a mission statement? Well this is similar. One of the required courses in school was "Evaluation of Library and Information Centers" or something to that effect. That was actually one of my most valuable classes and taught by one of my favorite professors.I re-arranged my apartment which I think has helped me de-clutter a lot in my life. I go through phases where I just throw a whole bunch of junk away and I'm in that phase this week. It's pretty liberating but I still have a lot of work to do.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
The lunchtime poet
So I seem to have developed a new hobby. Poetry. Hold on, it's not as impressive as you think. You see, I come home for lunch just about everyday. I save on money (theoretically) and I get a chance to let out Levi and let him run around a bit. The past week or so, I've noticed that I have begun making up little poems while I fix myself lunch. Usually, they're about Levi and Sammy, maybe out upcoming plans, perhaps a strange happening from the day. Entertaining? Absolutely. Funny? You bet! Slightly crazy? Um...
I would recite some to you but most of them involve not-so-nice words and sometimes disagreeable themes. But take my word for it, they make me laugh!
I also did something today I thought I would never do. I remember like it was yesterday. I was in grad school and our assignment was to write a mission statement/goals and objectives for a fictional library. I hated this assignment and truthfully did not see the relevance in it. I never believed I would be in a director position ever, let alone my first job out of grad school. So you guess it, I wrote my first mission statement. And you know what? It wasn't that hard. It shocked the socks off of me. One important thing I learned from getting my MLS is there's no need to re-invent the wheel. Library science is all about sharing. It helped a lot to read the words of my predecessors.
And you know what? I am truly proud to say, "I am a librarian." It's a nice feeling. I've never felt it before in terms of what I do with my time.
Gotta go...I think my refrigerator's gonna blow up...
I would recite some to you but most of them involve not-so-nice words and sometimes disagreeable themes. But take my word for it, they make me laugh!
I also did something today I thought I would never do. I remember like it was yesterday. I was in grad school and our assignment was to write a mission statement/goals and objectives for a fictional library. I hated this assignment and truthfully did not see the relevance in it. I never believed I would be in a director position ever, let alone my first job out of grad school. So you guess it, I wrote my first mission statement. And you know what? It wasn't that hard. It shocked the socks off of me. One important thing I learned from getting my MLS is there's no need to re-invent the wheel. Library science is all about sharing. It helped a lot to read the words of my predecessors.
And you know what? I am truly proud to say, "I am a librarian." It's a nice feeling. I've never felt it before in terms of what I do with my time.
Gotta go...I think my refrigerator's gonna blow up...
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Another failed attempt
Contrary to popular opinion (meaning mine), Rice Chex not only can but will burn in the microwave. Yes folks, I have once again failed an attempt at "cooking." Which I suppose is an accomplishment in itself now that I think about it.
The reason I put the term cooking in quotations is because I use it very specifically. Basically, I determine "cooking" as any act which requires more than the most minimal of efforts as well as using some sort of heat source. Although with this definition, I suppose vacuuming could also be considered cooking. So be it.
In my defense, when I follow a recipe and when I have all the necessary ingredients, I am actually not a bad cook (unless chicken is involved...that's always a disaster). It's just that those two things very rarely happen in the same instance. Hence, burning Rice Chex in the microwave.
The reason I put the term cooking in quotations is because I use it very specifically. Basically, I determine "cooking" as any act which requires more than the most minimal of efforts as well as using some sort of heat source. Although with this definition, I suppose vacuuming could also be considered cooking. So be it.
In my defense, when I follow a recipe and when I have all the necessary ingredients, I am actually not a bad cook (unless chicken is involved...that's always a disaster). It's just that those two things very rarely happen in the same instance. Hence, burning Rice Chex in the microwave.
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