Yep, that's about the extent of this entry - I think this my first this year. I only have one class this semester but I'm also doing my practicum (internship) and, while I have much less homework, I also have much less free time. Haven't been on LJ in a couple of weeks and I know I haven't commented in ages. This weekend, I hope I can find some ( Read more... )

I'm nearing the end of another semester (just about a month) and nearing the end of library school (maybe another semester, maybe two, no more than three - that's counting the summer session, so no more than a year). I had originally planned on adding an information management certification to my degree, but now I'm thinking about dropping it. If ( Read more... )

Several to go. Since I'm going half time, I guess it'll take about forever ( Read more... )

It was my senior year in high school. I stayed up all night that night to write a research paper that was due the next day. (Procrastinate? Me?) Earlier in the evening my mom poked her head in to tell me that my cousin E. had just been born. I heard the news about John Lennon a few hours later on the radio. Oddly, I don't remember anymore talk ( Read more... )

Submitted, with an hour to spare. I think it'll be ok - just wish I'd modified my topic a week ago. This week would've been a lot better if I had! No damage done, though. Sometimes it just happens that way.

Well, the narrated PowerPoint presentation is done and turned in. (Forgot to mention that, didn't I? That's because it was pretty short and easy. Although I hate listening to it - my headset picks up every single breath; I feel like I'm listening to myself make an obscene phone call ( Read more... )

- and not only will it not come together, I'm beginning to think my topic is not as good as I thought it was, and I'm not coming up with good search terms, so am not coming up with good sources. I have two. I need six. At least this is only worth 10% of my grade and right now I have all the points available at this point in the class, plus an ( Read more... )

We went and saw this at the second-run theater this evening. It's one of those movies that I didn't feel strongly about either way - if I got to see it, fine, if not - no big deal. I've seen chunks of the original and was not impressed. Turns out I really enjoyed this. It's much better than the original - no stupid robotic owl, for one thing ( Read more... )

In one of my lectures, the instructor was talking about various thesauri, including some found online. One of the ones he mentioned is BZZURKK! The Thesaurus of Champions and includes entries for things such as "bouncing sounds," "chewing sounds," and "weapon sounds." There is a thesaurus for everything!

Or will be in January. (SLIS = School of Library and Information Science.) I think I need to print that out a few times and tape it up anywhere I might do my normal procrastinating. School has always come very easily to me and as a result I developed lazy study habits over the years. In fact, the only classes I didn't get easy As and Bs in - ( Read more... )