This weekend I went to the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Assoc.) Literature Symposium. It was, essentially, three days of hanging out with librarians and YA authors, talking about teens and books. One of the panels I attended was called "YA Literature and Fan-Created Work." I knew I wanted to attend that one more than anything else but I was ( Read more... )

01. I'm aliiiiiiiiiive.

02. LOL, let's see, the last time I posted Casey was coming to visit. She made it out and we had such a great time. I'd been missing her - everyone in Intensity really, but her in particular - a lot lately and feeling really lonely in general so it was awesome to have her out here. I showed her where I work and where I go ( Read more... )

As of 2:30am on May 11th, I AM DONE WITH MY SECOND SEMESTER OF GRAD SCHOOL. *flail.gif ( Read more... )

Still a little stressed about my last three papers of the semester but I had a pretty impressive breakdown yesterday that actually helped a bit.

OH YEAH, AND I GOT 100% ON MY SEMESTER-LONG SHERLOCK HOLMES REFERENCE PROJECT. 100%. A PERFECT SCORE. WITH A 'GREAT JOB' IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF THE RUBRIC. I'M A LITTLE EXCITED.


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And so, Spring Break comes to an end. Well, it came to an end a few days ago. Alas. But I only have, lik3, 6 weeks left in the semester. INSANE. I had planned to finish a book or two over Spring Break but then cross-stitching ate my brain and I made a Castle bookmark for my mom and a Harry Potter bookmark for crawley. And now I'm making a TARDIS bookmark ( Read more... )

This is my "I just turned in my last midterm and so I'm officially on Spring Break" dance of joy.


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I'm about to leave to go see HUNGER GAMES AT MIDNIGHT WOOOOO with two of my coworkers but I have two things to say first ( Read more... )

01. Midterms: still kicking my ass. My Reference midterm is due by midnight tonight and I'm almost done. I have a History paper due on Wednesday and my Collection assignment is due on Saturday, and then I'm DONE and Spring Break starts! :D I'm still working during Spring Break, obvs, but at least I don't have schoolwork to worry about for one whole ( Read more... )

It's time to put the midterm away and go to bed when:
• you try to use your undergrad student ID to sign in to the grad website
• you're only halfway done making your point and already over the word limit
• your study break = looking at pictures of Hogwarts and trying not to cry
Grad school is so glamorous.

I feel like I complain about grad school a lot so I thought I should make a post when something good comes along. We have to make a "pathfinder" for my Reference Sources and Services class; basically if someone goes to the library and says "I want information on ________" and we have a pathfinder on ______ we can just hand that over and it has all ( Read more... )