I was typing up a response to someone's discussion post for class today (mentally checks that part of this weeks assignment off my to do list) and - for reasons that aren't really important - I ended up talking about a former classmate and using the word alumnae.*

Alumnae isn't a terribly common word, as even one guy in the mix makes it alumni.  Yet ( Read more... )

:)

It is - finally! - a gorgeous, sunny day here in SoCal.  The kind of nice weather that means one can actually go outside, not the hellish, energy-sucking, plant-killing heat we've had lately.

Which means that I so wish I was outside and not at work.  ESPECIALLY BEACUSE IT IS MOUNTAIN DAY!!!!!!!  I was very tempted to call out sick, but as I was ( Read more... )

I am doing some of my readings for Library 200 - what amounts to a history of (mostly American) libraries, and I keep running across all kinds of phrases that are driving me batty.

The latest is: "A decade or so later Marc Antony had his turn with Cleopatra."

o_O

I just have nothing to add to that.

Lionel Casson, however, apparently feels the need to ( Read more... )

 I never really talked much about my reunion trip when I got back, did I?

Maybe I should just show you?  :)

( But first! some music.... )

Reunion has come and gone. Massive amounts of alcohol was consumed and very little sleep was had by all. I did stuff that would not look good on my resume (read: the firstie reunion workers crashed our party and we let them), had tons of fun, and didn't take nearly enough pictures ( Read more... )

Reunion is in less than a week ( Read more... )

Things I Did Not Want to Do Today:

1) wake-up

2) get out of bed

3) get dressed

4) go to work

5) write schedules...and then more schedules, and then some more...and then even more schedules

6) rove

7) talk to real people, in person

8) about money they owe the library

9) about why we do not own any college level books on Karl Marx or communism

10) about ( Read more... )

Tickets Bought/Booked:

1 seat each @ the 3 YA panels and 1 comics panel @ the LA Times Festival of Books

1 round trip flight to S. Hadley by way of Boston (and Houston)

Need to:

find places to eat near UCLA after the festival

order a hc copy of Speak. pray it gets here on time ( Read more... )

I have decided that the worst thing about Jury Duty is that is the the anti-Mountain Day.

Mountain Day, for those of you not lucky enough to go to my alma mater, is a very special type of holiday. "What makes it so special?" you say. "Glad you asked," I reply.

Mountain Day is the absolute best because you never know when it's going to strike. ( Read more... )