Category: Personal

Still early, but I’ve already been over to the Job Placement Center. Score was 78342695 public libraries from California, useful job information, 0. But it was good to see…people keep telling me that the center at Annual is much better and more useful, but it’s in June, in Orlando, and I’m just not sure I’m going to be up for it. But we’ll see.

Blogging this time from the 2nd floor of the Convention Center, at the Canon Internet Cafe. Free access for Con goers, but the line is 20 minutes long. So I’m gonna head out, and let someone else have the seat.

Miss everyone, and I’ll be back soon! (Love ya, Bets!)

Cooler, but still over 50 degrees F. Took time today to go to the San Diego Zoo; fabulous photos to follow upon return to safe haven. Blogging from Internet Terminal in Hostel, very interesting interface and technology, but it works.

Tomorrow = ALA Placement Services to attempt to discover new and wonderful jobs that haven’t come to my attention yet, another session or two to attempt to network like mad, and the Exhibition Hall to attempt to get as much free shit as possible. Details when available.

Hey gang! Just a quick note from sunny SoCal for you. Just finishing up the day here…lots of good stuff. Mostly, the weather. For those of you caught in the chill, it’s 70 and sunny here. Just beautiful.

Overall, lots of good sessions at the conference. Got my fingers into the “Info Commons” discussion today, which was good. Other than that, just enjoying the fine company.

Oh, and doing a LOT of making fun of librarians. Jeez, you’ve never seen so many cardigans in your LIFE!

Ok guys, I’ll be off tomorrow morning for San Diego for the ALA Midwinter meeting. Expect updates from the convention floor, and pictures when I return. I plan on taking lots of photos (would photoblog if there was going to be 802.11 access on the con floor), and I’ll throw them up when I return.

See you all next week!

older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.
the dwarfish natives of the arctic caverns did not speak his language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue, conducted incomprehensible rituals, when they were not actually working in the factories.
Once every year they forced him, sobbing and protesting, into Endless Night. During the journey he would stand near every child in the world, leave one of the dwarves’ invisible gifts by its bedside. The children slept, frozen in time.
He envied Prometheus and Loki, Sisyphus and Judas. His punishment was harsher.
Ho.
Ho.
Ho.

–Neil Gaiman, from his collection Angels and Visitations

Just a little happy christmas note from one of my favorite authors!

Or whatever the appropriate Winter Solstice celebration is for your particular religion/belief.

🙂

Hope to see everyone safe and back in Chapel Hill soon!

Finally down to ONE assignment: INLS201 final paper. Getting that done after the two weeks I’ve had will be a major undertaking of effort, since now all I want to do is goof off.

Good luck on finals and such to all my SILS guys, esp: Jean and Trish (looking forward to the day when you’re both reasonably healthy again), Justin (Happy Birthday!), and Tracy (the coolest word I know).

Via my referal logs, I’ve determined that I’m the 5th result on google for “naked women free access”

Now there’s something to be proud of.

In other news: INLS 201 test = done.

Next up, paper for Chuck Stone = in progress, as we speak.

And, as Bets pointed out, 10 hours in a car = no fun. Next year, with real jobs under both our belts, hopefully we fly.

Great time was had…much laughter. More food, though. I won’t enumerate either, but it was nearing grotesque and all of it amazingly delicious. My mom’s mashed potatoes really are that good, but nothing comes close to her peanut butter fudge (which comes to us in just a few weeks via Xmas). Mmmmmmm the taste of the holidays.