Exhausted.

Did a full day of reference at my FILL site today. This internship is super cool, but I was freaked out for the first half of the day. I had about a hour of training on the database, and then I went on desk with two other librarians to watch my back. Well, if Mondays are this crowded then I don't think I could take a Saturday just yet.

I helped a WWII vet today. He was 88 years old, and his doctor has just given him clearance to travel to see two of his best friends, one in Ca and one in NV. He said he was the veteran of two world wars, so I am guessing WWII and Korea? He was one of three brothers, and they all went into the Army and they all came back healthy and whole. All I could think was that doesn't happen anymore. I mean, I was happy for him, and he was clearly proud that he was still capable of doing what he wanted. He came up and asked for the Thomas Guide, and I showed him the routes, but then I pulled up Google Maps for the NV trip, and it was pretty amazing. He was like, "why would you need a thomas guide if you had this?" So I printed out a bunch of maps and highlighted the routes for him, and he was pretty happy. But in the back of my mind I was thinking of the Washington Post stories of Walter Reed hospital and just trying to keep a smile on my face. I hope those Google Maps get him where he wants to go.

I also saw Pan's Labyrinth last night. Sad but beautiful done.

tutorial on making your own duct tape dressform

it's a video: http://whipup.net/2007/06/14/create-your-own-dress-form/#comment-134045

hmmmm.... a media oportunity

they take submissions on how to do crafty stuff.... perhaps we should document something that we do during one of our craft days?

http://www.threadbanger.com/

SWEET!

It looks like part of my YA services/Reference internship might be helping with the Teen Knitting Club. SO PERFECT.

More info to follow....

To wear at the reference desk

http://www.threadless.com/product/696/Interpretive_Dance

Wow, I think that I could be done

with my Spring quarter. I finished my paper on Subject Classification... I'll proof in the morning, but I think I'm done.

Some things I've learned:

1. No matter what, I will NEVER EVER take four classes at one time. NEVER. EVER. Plus a part time job and volunteering. Enough!

2. My health is more important that school. I'm going to stop abusing my body with caffiene and lack of sleep. Although, I have learned to appreciate Peet's coffee.

3. If I want, it is now possible for me to graduate early. I really want to take collection development though, and it is only offered in the Spring. *sigh*

Now to do some laundry and sleep. Peace out.

Midnight yell

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

my upstairs neighbor

likes to dribble a basketball back and forth across his floor.

He also likes to do this late at night. Like now.

Hubby went up once to talk to him. Apparently he has no furniture in the apartment, only a big screen.

Hubby said, "Are you playing basketball up here? Could you stop, it is really loud."

To which neighbor responded, "What, no, there is no one here," and then shut the door.

There was about a hour of silence, and then it resumed. That was a couple of months ago.

I've learned how to block it all out, but tonight he is doing it right above my head. Fabulous. Someone call the NBA, I've got their next dribbling maniac.

Baby Got Back!

Congrats Robin!

Wardrobe Refashion

Cool Idea. I like the pledge aspect.

http://nikkishell.typepad.com/wardroberefashion/

keep on truckin'

turned in my last paper of the quarter. 4 of 4.

now I just need to finish up my reflective journal.

I have two take homes that I won't get until next week.... so maybe this weekend will be fun-filled for once.

After being made justificably guilty for not always having some knitting in my backpack (thanks FLiCKs gals) I am now carrying around the hat I am making for Justin. I pulled it out during an informational panel on the thesis process yesterday, and distracted one of the presenters from what she was saying. People around me were looking, and I was like, yeah, that's right, I'm knittin'.... I wasn't making any noise or anything, but I guess it is still considered odd to knit in public? I'm glad I did it though. I'm using 100 percent alpaca and it is so soft and soothing. Actually helped me concentrate on the presentations because I was so relaxed.

So, so far for craft day the suggestions are:

Ultimate Knitting Machine
Travel Wallet
Unravelling sweaters

Well, I'll bring my knitting, no matter what.

Another thing I want

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190117737246&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:12

Papers

Three down, one to go.

Craft in America on PBS

I don't have time to watch, but I'm going to record these for later.

Craft in America: Memory
Sunday, June 03, 2007, 9:00 PM

Craft in America: Landscape
Sunday, June 03, 2007, 10:00 PM

The third installment is about community, with a highlight on quilters, so I am looking forward to that one. These other two deal with metalworkers and potters. Anyway, here is the lowdown: http://www.craftinamerica.org/

Another idea for craft day

I forgot to mention that I had another project idea for craft day.

I bought Adorn magazine to read on the plane, and fell in love with their "travel wallet" seen in the middle pic.

I thought we could pool our resources and we could share out the cost when we buy the plastic for the id and the snaps and things. Maybe even go in for some super-cool Japanese fabric.

Anyway, just a thought.

Here is the template from the Adornmag website.

this one goes out to Ivy

It was nice to have lunch with my knittin' ladies. Thanks for meeting me. I was really touched that everyone came out.

I'm researching resources for one person/rural libraries for one of my papers, and I decided to see if any of said librarians have blogs, when I came across this blog, which of course I had to post:

http://www.sonic.net/~erisw/bdlib.html

Enjoy.