After much debate (okay, not that much debate), I am moving Katie's Adventures in Library Land to a new home ( Read more... )

At the Astronomy Library, we generally get about two patrons a day... if we're lucky. Five patrons a day is considered busy. Right now, there are NINE undergrads studying at the front table and four other people have stopped in AND ASKED QUESTIONS!!!! I feel like my entire understanding of reality is being turned upside down....

To quote Leah, I am now officially 3/4s of a real librarian. Thank god because I'm really getting sick of this whole library school thing. This semester was... frustrating and overwhelming. The classes were fine and the homework was fine and the professors were fine but I was not fine. I'm just burnt out and stuck between a rock and a hard ( Read more... )

So far, this blog and I have been together for a little more than a year and I think it's time we had the talk. The "Where is this going?" talk. This blog and I have a love-hate relationship. I don't like livejournal--when I decided I wanted a blog, I didn't check out my options fully and now I have more than a year's worth of archives in a ( Read more... )

About two months ago, I met this asshole MBA student named Kevin at a grad student social. I met him and thought, "Wow, this guy is a dick. A disdainful, sarcastic, rude dick. Can I please stop talking to him?" Our conversation lasted all of 10 minutes, and I thought that was the last of him. Sadly, it wasn't. While out with the librarians on ( Read more... )

Currently, as in the right now, everything in my life that is even remotely interesting and post-worthy revolves around my upcoming trip to Target. I am really so amazingly exciting. Anyway, I like Target... a lot. I am slightly addicted to it and make lots of trips there. Generally, I go to Target when I "need" things like a cute new shirt or ( Read more... )

A few years ago, after a recommendation from my friend Laura, I read He's Just Not That Into You. Laura loved it and made it seem like a hilarious book about relationships. I had never read a self help book before but for some horrible reason I decided to check it out from the hometown library and read it. HUGE MISTAKE. That book fucked me up ( Read more... )

Oh that's right, I have a blog! Weird! I guess that means I should be posting something. But here's the thing. This should be the "I turned 24 and had a really fun birthday weekend" post but for some crazy reason I hate posting about my birthday. I was going to post on my actual birthday (Nov. 8) and then that didn't happen. And then I was ( Read more... )

I first met Eric at a BBQ at his mom and dad's house when I was ten years old and he was eleven. His mom and his aunt lived with my mom back in the 70s, became best friends and when they all got married, the husbands became friends. Thus, at this BBQ, I was expected to make fast friends with Eric and his brother and sister. The only thing I can ( Read more... )

First of all, thank you for all of your comments re: Midge the iPod. We are very very happy together. And second of all, who knew that ear buds were so universally uncomfortable? You'd think the lovely people at Mac would look into this... Well, anyway, taking Kirstin's advice, I went out searching for a pair of comfy headphones and I found a ( Read more... )