I'm about to go to my friend's apartment for a surprise birthday party/viewing of the Royals. It's going to be a long and interesting night. I also work at nine o'clock in the morning, then class, and after class I have to drive all the way to Des Moines (WA not IA) to have an awkward lunch with my grandma, her sister and her daughters. People always want to have lunch in Seattle, but somehow it never actually is in Seattle. Traffic's going to be a bitch. But back to tonight, we're going to have scones, champagne, cake, strawberries, digestive biscuits, perhaps a spot of tea (to stay awake): it's going to be brilliant!
Anyway, on a different note, have you seen this TMC Megamix of P!nk's dance hits? It's pretty much awesome. I've never been a huge P!nk fan, but I've always liked her songs when I heard them on the radio. But the more P!nk I get, the more I like her. Enjoy and have a lovely weekend!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Library Week
This whole week has been library week, and I just love that! The public library may just be the last democratic institution that we still have, for the moment anyway. So, show your love for your library by popping in this week--find a new book to read, check out the displays, even talk talk to a librarian. And why don't you read some of these articles:
Celebrate Our Nation's Libraries!
The Library Card as a Pop-Culture Fiend's Ticket to Geek Paradise
Librarians: Master of the Info Universe
You know who else loves libraries? Arthur and his friends from the wonderful PBS kid's show Arthur (one of my favorite shows as a child. and teenager. and adult):
Having fun isn't hard! (However, I'm not so sure about the friendliness of the Dewey Decimal System.)
In other news, I just ordered a new Pilates workout system and finished my first workout today. *ouch* In the two or so years since I last did Pilates, I have lost what little core and leg strength I had. This will be fun. Anyway, I decided to do this because my "Situation" is out of control, what with my love of cooking with butter and salt. It's tasty, but wreaks havoc with my waistline.
Celebrate Our Nation's Libraries!
The Library Card as a Pop-Culture Fiend's Ticket to Geek Paradise
Librarians: Master of the Info Universe
You know who else loves libraries? Arthur and his friends from the wonderful PBS kid's show Arthur (one of my favorite shows as a child. and teenager. and adult):
Having fun isn't hard! (However, I'm not so sure about the friendliness of the Dewey Decimal System.)
In other news, I just ordered a new Pilates workout system and finished my first workout today. *ouch* In the two or so years since I last did Pilates, I have lost what little core and leg strength I had. This will be fun. Anyway, I decided to do this because my "Situation" is out of control, what with my love of cooking with butter and salt. It's tasty, but wreaks havoc with my waistline.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
School and Sushi
So this is the end of the first week of my last quarter of school. (Well at least of library school--maybe one day I'll want to get another Master's.) It's scary because I need to start looking for jobs NOW, and I don't want to. However, apart from that, I think I'm going to really enjoy my last quarter.
I'm taking Library Technical Systems online this quarter. I should have taken it last quarter in person instead of Government Publications, but live and learn right (and then get Luvs). The word "technical" scares me, but I think it's going to be a very good, practical course and perhaps help ease my technophobia. I don't want to be a systems librarian (the people who run the technological back-end of libraries), but any and all technical skills can only help me in the job search. So far the work load is not too bad, and the online discussions have been interesting.
I'm taking The History of Recorded Information which is a humanities-style class on information coupled with special collections. It may be one of my favorite classes ever. I've never been that interested in special collections, but now I'm thinking that maybe I should have taken more classes in that specialty--it's much more interesting than I thought. It's one of the few classes in the Information School where it's okay to say that we actually like books and have concerns over the exponential growth of technology--concerns I've had since starting this program. There's going to be a lot of reading for this course and a very long research paper due at the end, but I've very excited.
My last class is Nancy Pearl's reader's advisory class. In the fall I took her Genres for Adult Readers. We haven't actually had class yet as we meet every other Saturday. I'm also excited for this class. We have to read three books--the whole class is reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, then we each get to choose a narrative nonfiction from an approved list (I'm considering The Liar's Club, The Tender Bar, or The Devil in the White City), and finally a book suggested by an reader's advisory peer--we'll see what I get. I think my favorite part of her classes is that every week I get to send the Nancy Pearl a journal entry on reading and books, and she actually reads it and responds with comments! Awesome.
Being at work every day by nine o'clock is kicking my ass. I do not care for this going to bed and walking up early thing. It is absolutely no fun. And I'm realizing that life is going to be very long and tiring as a responsible adult.
Yesterday, my friends and I decided to make sushi and watch The Lost World. Jason, Meagan, and I drove down I-5 on a Saturday (which is something I never recommend) to go to the Asian market downtown in the International District. Then we picked up Susan, consumed Dick's, and headed back to Megan's to make sushi which is a very involved process. We consumed a lot of Bourbon and made California rolls, Philadelphia rolls, and spicy tuna rolls. They were all very good, and we did not die (well, at least I didn't). We also had mochi, miso soup, and Riesling (which of these is not like the others?). Then we watched The Lost World--we had watched Jurassic Park a few weeks earlier--which I had never seen before. Since I didn't see these movies growing up, I was not all that attached. It was fun, but it made me miss my dinner/movie nights with Whitney, Dain, Elise, and Alex. Those were good times.
I'm taking Library Technical Systems online this quarter. I should have taken it last quarter in person instead of Government Publications, but live and learn right (and then get Luvs). The word "technical" scares me, but I think it's going to be a very good, practical course and perhaps help ease my technophobia. I don't want to be a systems librarian (the people who run the technological back-end of libraries), but any and all technical skills can only help me in the job search. So far the work load is not too bad, and the online discussions have been interesting.
I'm taking The History of Recorded Information which is a humanities-style class on information coupled with special collections. It may be one of my favorite classes ever. I've never been that interested in special collections, but now I'm thinking that maybe I should have taken more classes in that specialty--it's much more interesting than I thought. It's one of the few classes in the Information School where it's okay to say that we actually like books and have concerns over the exponential growth of technology--concerns I've had since starting this program. There's going to be a lot of reading for this course and a very long research paper due at the end, but I've very excited.
My last class is Nancy Pearl's reader's advisory class. In the fall I took her Genres for Adult Readers. We haven't actually had class yet as we meet every other Saturday. I'm also excited for this class. We have to read three books--the whole class is reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, then we each get to choose a narrative nonfiction from an approved list (I'm considering The Liar's Club, The Tender Bar, or The Devil in the White City), and finally a book suggested by an reader's advisory peer--we'll see what I get. I think my favorite part of her classes is that every week I get to send the Nancy Pearl a journal entry on reading and books, and she actually reads it and responds with comments! Awesome.
Being at work every day by nine o'clock is kicking my ass. I do not care for this going to bed and walking up early thing. It is absolutely no fun. And I'm realizing that life is going to be very long and tiring as a responsible adult.
Yesterday, my friends and I decided to make sushi and watch The Lost World. Jason, Meagan, and I drove down I-5 on a Saturday (which is something I never recommend) to go to the Asian market downtown in the International District. Then we picked up Susan, consumed Dick's, and headed back to Megan's to make sushi which is a very involved process. We consumed a lot of Bourbon and made California rolls, Philadelphia rolls, and spicy tuna rolls. They were all very good, and we did not die (well, at least I didn't). We also had mochi, miso soup, and Riesling (which of these is not like the others?). Then we watched The Lost World--we had watched Jurassic Park a few weeks earlier--which I had never seen before. Since I didn't see these movies growing up, I was not all that attached. It was fun, but it made me miss my dinner/movie nights with Whitney, Dain, Elise, and Alex. Those were good times.
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