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i suppose i suddenly realized during my semester off that paying for school and not reading the books or paying much attention at all is utterly stupid. so i entered this brand new semester with a brand new outlook on my college experience and have been taking an avid interest in keeping up with the work! WHAT A CRAZY CONCEPT. i like it, despite my serious lack of a social life. i've also sort of been obsessing about my future lately, planning things out when i still have at least 2.5 years before i even graduate, getting super excited about going into some sort of science field at the conclusion of my school career, but also fearing that i am headed down the professional, yuppie path sometimes...brownstones are pretty tempting sometimes.
however, i attended two amazing shows this weekend and have been just generally quite happy to be alive these days.
on another note, the people who work in the tamiment are crazy wingnuts. i suppose most archivists/librarians are...it's difficult not to be when you're surrounded by the most obscure books and thousands of feet of convention proceedings all day long. for example, we have more than fifty huge file cabinets filled with photographs from the united federation of teachers...all photos of teachers going about their business, teaching, going to meetings, hanging out with kids, sometimes protesting things. occaisionally there will be an interesting photograph of something random, like a dachshund or salvador dali...but other than that, it's just teachers. HOLY SHIT. i have to go through every single photo and consolidate this mess of boring. i really can't even imagine the type of person who would actually use this certain archive...and i'm sure it hasn't been used in decades. my life is meaningless. i think i might go on some dates to make it less so. and knit leg warmers.
however, i attended two amazing shows this weekend and have been just generally quite happy to be alive these days.
on another note, the people who work in the tamiment are crazy wingnuts. i suppose most archivists/librarians are...it's difficult not to be when you're surrounded by the most obscure books and thousands of feet of convention proceedings all day long. for example, we have more than fifty huge file cabinets filled with photographs from the united federation of teachers...all photos of teachers going about their business, teaching, going to meetings, hanging out with kids, sometimes protesting things. occaisionally there will be an interesting photograph of something random, like a dachshund or salvador dali...but other than that, it's just teachers. HOLY SHIT. i have to go through every single photo and consolidate this mess of boring. i really can't even imagine the type of person who would actually use this certain archive...and i'm sure it hasn't been used in decades. my life is meaningless. i think i might go on some dates to make it less so. and knit leg warmers.