To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

I really have some crazy dreams...I have told a few on my blog, the most vivid being the drum corps tech Andria/Voldemort baseball thing (too lazy to search through the archives to link to it). I also had a dream about marrying my ex (twice around), where after the ceremony, he informed me that we were moving to LA, and I was furious because I didn't want to move there (in the dream). I started talking to him again because of that dream (we had lost touch), which resulted in another brief rendez-vous. I really should have listened to my dream with that situation...perhaps it was a warning?

Last night was no exception to the crazy dreams. The parts that I remember didn't connect very well, but I do recall a few main points. I was teaching color guard for Brookwood and I took some of the kids (who weren't really Brookwood kids, besides Lindsay Connor...they were prep school girls from A Little Princess) to lunch at the Varsity. Well, we saw some Northview color guard girls there, and they all met and such. After a while, everybody slowly began to trickle out very quietly looking petrified. There were two rooms to the restaurant and stuff was happening in the other room. We had to escape the restaurant because something dangerous was going down (it reminded me of a bank robbery). So we did, and the girls were hyper and I had a difficult time getting them in the car...plus, a bunch of other people were stranded in the parking lot because their drivers left in panic. I had to fit them all in my trunk, which I don't really have because I drive a CRV (because the people from the ghetto and the police, which we were scared of, were coming) and take them to my house.

Well we get to my house and when we walk inside, it's this Wall Street-esque collection development department, with books and papers flying everywhere. I then go by myself to the backyard and there's the pool at my parent's old house. My parents are out there and the pool is covered. I open the cover by myself so the kids can swim, and there are tons of violets in the water...so many that the water is tinted violet in places. There was more to the dream, but the NPR radio station woke me up at 8:30am.

I don't take dreams that seriously, but I do consult a dream dictionary when they are vivid (the violets in the water were strange but absolutely the most beautiful image that I have seen in a dream thus far in life). I looked up the terms "pool", "violet" (color and flower), and the idea of "escaping". The pool and flower told me that I would have a happy marriage (ha sure) and the escape signifies prosperity and good health. Now I'm not going to take this as truth, but it sure is a fun way of making sense of the complete mess that is the back of my mind.

Don't you just love your subconscious?

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. -Ovid

So I found out that I start my job on Tuesday the 15th. I was pretty excited about it because I knew that I would have an entire week off to relax by myself (well, with my dog) and become mentally prepared for what's to come. I'm finally tan now after a week in South Carolina, and will work to progress that as well this week.

My ranking is apparently faculty, assistant professor, so my first day will basically be this huge meeting for all faculty and staff with different breakout sessions and orientations ranging from 8:30am to 5:30pm. I also have a new faculty orientation that Friday, with pictures and the like. I also have to order regalia for convocation and graduation ceremonies, get my transcripts from UGA and IU, and do a ton of other stuff before next Tuesday. It will all work out though.

Don't worry though...you definitely won't be reading about my new job all the time (it must get boring if you have no clue what I am talking about), because somebody could or has already found this blog, and writing about my day to day activities is potentially dangerous. Just know that I am super excited and honored.

I finally got my degree from IU. Yay.

My mother's birthday is this week. I am making her a super nice cheesecake (that is going to take me forever) for the celebration tonight. She'll be 54. The cabinetry was installed for the built-ins yesterday (kitchen, family room, parents' bathroom). It looks great and I can't wait to see the new LCD tv when it is installed. The house is totally coming along though and it will be even more amazing after the week of the 14th when all of the new kitchen appliances, countertops, and backsplashes are installed. It definitely feels like a home now.

More later I suppose.

Working Girl

Hello all.

I have news.

I received a job offer today!

As a result of my own perseverance and a few twists of fate, I will accept the job position of Collection Development Librarian at a university in Gainesville, Georgia tomorrow. My job description sounds crazy, but I think it will be a great experience for me. I love the small academic environment.

More to come later...

B-O-R-E-D

A silly stupid survey to begin...

1. Do you drink milk? Yes

2. Do you prefer apple or orange juice? Orange Juice…I’ve given apple juice multiple chances and it just doesn’t do it for me

3. Do your computer speakers plug into the back of your computer or your monitor? I have a laptop, so neither

4. How many clocks are in your house? Not sure

5. How about the room yer in right now? Two

6. How often do you check your email? At least once a day

7. Do you live by yourself? No

8. What's the most you've ever won on a scratcher? What is a scratcher? Is that one of those toy grabber things that you put a quarter in and you can try to claw the items out? I won a few stuffed animals from those…

9. What's the nearest food to you right now? Animal cracker jar across the room

11. Do you know what a plecostamous is? No, but google says it’s a catfish

12. Have you ever watched a sunrise rise over the ocean? no

13. How many messages are in your inbox/outbox on your phone? Not sure

14. Do you prefer wooden or mechanical pencils? mechanical

15. What's on your feet right now? nothing

16. Do you have one best friend, or a lotta good friends? A few best friends

17. Snapple or SoBe? water

18. Where do you buy birthday/christmas cards? Um, hallmark?

19. What's your take on "puppy love"? I love puppies! haha

20. Do you enjoy breaking hearts? Break hearts?

21. What date/time was the last text you recieved? Not sure

22. When's the last time you sent a text? Not sure

23. Do you believe there is only one "right" religion? Not at all

24. What's your favorite planet, besides this one? Neptune…it’s so pretty

25. Does anything special happen for you on March 15th? Ides of March

26. If you could get back in touch with one person you've lost touch with, who would it be? My best friend from freshman year of college

27. What type of internet connection do you use? DSL…boo

28. Do you vote for city-related issues? no

29. Do you say 'ya'll', 'you guys', 'dudes', or something else when addressing more than one friend at a time? Well dude is awesome, but I say both y’all and you guys

30. Would you want marijuana legalized if it meant alcohol would be illegal? I don’t really drink or smoke, so I wouldn’t care

31. Have you ever been to the Vatican? no

32. Have you ever waved at someone who was waving at you, only to realize they were waving at someone else? Yes, hasn’t everybody

33. What did you do? Get over it

34. How many remote controls are in your house, and what are they for? A lot…TV, ceiling fan, stereo, etc.

35. Do you mainly use use your house phone or your cell phone? cell

36. How many 2005 calenders are in your house? none

37. Do you take baths or showers? both

38. Do you take quizzes in magazines? Not really

40. Do you buy bananas when they're green so they won't go bad as fast? Yes, they are only good that way anyways

41. Do you do anything for a bad sunburn? I rarely get sunburnt

42. Do use mouthwash? If so, what kind? Yes, Listerine whitening

43. What noises reach your ears right now? My TV and the one downstairs as well

44. Have you ever been to Grand Canyon? No, but I really want to go

45. Have you ever been to a national park (i.e. Yellowstone, Yosemite, etc)? Lots…I have a goal to visit all the Nat. parks in the country

46. How old are your parents? 54 (both)

47. Does anyone have the keys to your heart? no

48. Have you ever had to run for your life? no

49. Is there an empty place in your heart? sure

50. Have you ever been to a family reunion? yes

51. Have you ever scraped a pipe? Um no

52. Do you prepare soup in the microwave or on the stove? both

53. Is it sunny out right now? yes

54. Do you have a catnip plant in your house? no

55. Do you use surge protectors? yes

56. Do you pay attention to the stock market? no

57. Do you take precautions against contracting West Nile Virus? no

58. Do you meditate? no

59. If your lover cheated on you and profusely apologized, would you accept them back into your life? Not sure

60. Do you eat carbs? yes

61. If you could be one animal for the rest of your life, what would you pick? dog

62. Are you the kinda person who will search the entire room for the remote because you don't wanna change it on the TV? no

63. Has your insurance gone up because of something on your DMV record? no

64. Have you ever gone too work/school drunk? no

65. Is it all about YOU? um right

66. Are you allergic to any insect bites? no

67. Are you allergic to any kind of food/medicine? Pumpkin seeds!

68. Have you ever swam in Lake Tahoe? no

69. If you could hug one person right now, who would it be? Not sure

70. Are you in debt? From grad school, but that’s it

71. When you say "often" do you pronounce the "T" or leave it silent? Say the “t”

72. If you could have a plane ticket to anywhere right now, where would you go? Greece

74. How many pairs of socks do you own? Like 15 or something

75. How often do you do laundry? Once a week

76. What do you think of Arnold Schwarzenegger? eh

77. Do you own your own car, pink slip and all? Not yet…will soon though

78. Has anyone ever given you jewelry on Christmas? yes

79. Do you count down the days till anything? Not now




And a couple of other things...

-I'm going to Brookwood's Band Camp at the end of the month (I know I said I would stop doing color guard, but Brookwood is well worth coming out of retirement for just this once...plus I get to spend the week with one of my best friends, and I don't have to choreograph or make design decisions because I'm not really on staff, yay!). And don't forget hanging out with Brett!

-My room is painted. It is an awesome green apple color. I totally proved my mother's insecurities about the color wrong, because she loves it. I now officially feel settled.

Doctors Remarks

Some of these are too funny!

1. A man comes into the ER and yells, "My wife's going to have her baby
in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the
lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed
that there were several cabs -and I was in the wrong one. Submitted by
Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX.


2. At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and
slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall. "Big breaths," I
instructed. "Yes, they used to be," replied the patient. Submitted by
Dr. Richard Byrnes, Seattle, WA


3. One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that
her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five
minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he
had died of a "massive internal fart." Submitted by Dr. Susan Steinberg,
Manitoba , Canada


4. During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his
cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble
with one of his medications "Which one?" I asked. "The patch. The nurse
told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I'm running out of
places to put it!" I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped
I wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now,
the instructions include removal of the old patch before applying a new
one. Submitted by Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, Norfolk, VA


5. While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked, "How
long have you been bedridden?" After a look of complete confusion she
answered..."Why, not for about twenty years - when my husband was
alive." Submitted by Dr. Steven Swanson, Corvallis, OR


6. I was caring for a woman and asked, "So how's your breakfast this
morning?" "It's very good, except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem
to get used to the taste" the patient replied. I then asked to see the
jelly and the woman produced a foil packet labeled "KY Jelly." Submitted
by Dr. Leonard Kransdorf, Detroit, MI


7. A nurse was on duty in the Emergency Room, when a young woman with
purple hair styled into a punk rocker Mohawk, sporting a variety of
tattoos, and wearing strange clothing, entered. It was quickly
determined that the patient had acute appendicitis, so she was scheduled
for immediate surgery. When she was completely disrobed on the operating
table, the staff noticed that her pubic hair had been dyed green, and
above it there was a tattoo that read, "Keep off the grass." Once the
surgery was completed, the surge on wrote a short note on the patient's
dressing, which said, "Sorry, had to mow the lawn." Submitted by RN no
name


AND FINALLY!!!............. ..

8. As a new, young MD doing his residency in OB, I was quite embarrassed
when performing female pelvic exams. To cover my embarrassment I had
unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly. The middle-aged lady
upon whom I was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing and
further embarrassing me.

I looked up from my work and sheepishly said, "I'm sorry. Was I tickling
you?" She replied, "No doctor, but the song you were whistling was, "I
wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener." Dr. wouldn't submit his name

Travels

Well after a week of crazy amounts of driving and riding in a plane, I am safely home and ready to enjoy the quiet life again.

Quincy/St. Louis was great. I got to see a good portion of my mother's family. I went to the fairly new Lincoln library and museum in Springfield, Illinois on Monday. It was pretty cool and engaging, especially for people like me, who don't exactly enjoy the Civil War time period. On Sunday evening, we had a traditional fireworks show out at the farm in which both my father and brother (and myself I guess) will eventually inherit portions. My brother used to lead the fireworks shows, but since he hasn't attended in a while, a friend of the family spends around 400 dollars on fireworks, and sets off some amazing things. The fireworks which are now considered "dinky" were once our grande finale. It's pretty cool. On the 4th, my parents and I stayed in a hotel in St. Louis and watched around 10 different professional shows at different points on both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, which was also cool.

DC was also fun. Adrian and I did a ton...a tour at the White House, two Smithsonian Museums, Jazz in the Park, followed our friend to various bars and restaurants with senate workers, the Holocaust Museum, Library of Congress (see my favorite quote below) Howard University, Georgetown, and a melodramatic, but highly amusing ghost tour in Old Town Alexandria. I also got to briefly see an old college buddy...dating way back to freshman year (yay Hagan!). Parts of the trip were stressful, but things came together in the end and we're back in one piece.

Overall, I'm glad to be back, not eating out so much, and finally beginning to put stuff together at the new house (painting and carpeting the room this week!).

And yay for Lauren finally being in Gwinnett!

Bulleted Post of Upcoming Events/Current Happenings

So...

• I will be in Quincy (Illinois) from the 1st through the 5th visiting various family members and friends...it's pretty typical that I go there for the 4th.
  



• I will be in Washington D.C. from the 6th through the 9th with my friend Adrian, to visit my other friend, Susan...and to complete a whirlwind tour of the city (I've been before, but it has been a while). Super excited!
  



• I got a second interview for a collection development position at a university in which I had interviewed earlier in the month (I had interviewed for another position, and this one came up). Collection development seems exciting, especially since I worked for the department at IU. Pray that I do well (at the end of July), especially since I have to schmooze with the VP of the university. Regardless, I really like the place.
  





• Things are starting to settle down from the move...I even have a super sweet 1950s turquoise bathroom (my choice of course).
  



• One of my best buddies, Lauren Patricia, has joined blogspot. Slowly but surely, people are realizing the greatness of this non-xanga/lj-dom (edit, 6/29).

Okay, expect an update Post-D.C. Oh and check out one of my recent books...amazing.

Where Everybody's Somebody

After years of longing (right), I am now officially living in Snellville city limits (not the outer limits of Lilburn)..."where everybody's somebody" (although I think the motto has changed in recent years).

This past week has been emotionally draining. I apologize for any e-mails left unanswered and phone calls not returned.

The new house is a mess right now, but has a lot of potential (my mom is making many changes). I bet my parents are honestly glad to have me around since there was so much stuff to move.

Parting with the old house wasn't bad. My brother took it the worst of us all...his tolerance for change being much less than the rest of us. My dog also didn't take it well...to the point of where we thought he was dying last night. I've never seen his eyes glazed over like that, nor the complete unresponsiveness to food before. I became a complete mess over the thought of losing him. I worried so much that I made myself sick multiple times during the middle of the night last night. Today was much better though and I think he still has some time with us. Needless to say, I am going to be a wreck when he leaves us.

The room I will be staying in is basically the size of my apartment in Indiana, which is great (if only I had a kitchen).

So what's weird about this place? To be as nice as possible, we are living in a neighborhood of around 60-70% old people. There are two children in the neighborhood, nobody my age, and around 20% my parents age. I go outside to walk the dog and I know I am being watched by 20 pairs of eyes. At least it's quiet!

Life is alright...slowly gaining my social life back. I'm going to a drum corps show on Friday, which I am excited about and have a dinner party to go to on Saturday.

Anyways, more later.

Because the move is happening on Saturday and I won't be able to post for a while...

A quiz. or two. or three.

You Are 65% Left Brained, 35% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

You Will Die at Age 82

Congratulations! You take good care of yourself. You're poised to live a long, healthy life.

What Age Will You Die?

Are You Right or Left Brained?

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Can we say moderate?

Outraged

Begin RANT

As much as I love living in Georgia again, I have to report the following news.

Gwinnett library board fires director

By DUANE D. STANFORD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/13/06

The Gwinnett County Library Board fired its executive director of 15 years Monday night, enraging a crowd of patrons who wanted her to keep her job.

Sparking cries of "Incompetent!" and "Fire the Board!" from the audience, three of the library board's five members voted to oust director Jo Ann Pinder without cause. The panel's majority also used a parliamentary procedure to block the board's only dissenting member, Brett Taylor, from speaking on the motion.

Phyllis Oxendine, who sponsored the motion, was joined by fellow board members Dale Todd and Margaret Tiller in the vote to fire Pinder. Board Chairman Lloyd Breck abstained but said prior to the vote that he would cast a tie-breaker, if necessary, in favor of the firing.

More than 100 library patrons, many of them wearing red to show support for Pinder, packed into a small conference room at the Five Forks Trickum library branch south of Lawrenceville to witness the vote. The board's decision set off an eruption of angry shouts.

"I hope y'all get fired in public like this!" one man yelled.

Police were brought into the meeting to keep order.

Pinder's attorney then escorted her out of the room as people gathered in the hallway cheered her and patted her on the back. Some wiped away tears.

As Pinder walked to her car, she said she was proud of her work at the library. "I'm just appreciative of all the support of the staff and the people," said Pinder.

She declined comment whether she was considering taking legal action.

"I'm going to go home," Pinder said.

Minutes before Pinder's firing, the board took public comment from about 21 citizens. Most of them spoke in favor of Pinder. Two men in the audience held up manila envelopes scrawled with the words, "Pinder Yes."




This director is in charge of a whopping 15 libraries. She brought the system to its pinnacle in 2000, when they earned the Library of the Year Award (from Library Journal). From what I have been reading in the paper, the most offensive thing she has committed is a skimpy geneaology collection (important in public ibraries).

So this woman had to suffer this act of public humiliation because she yelled at some home-school parents? What is this, the Scarlet Letter? I wonder if she'll have to go around town sporting a big red letter on her chest.

People have way too much time on their hands. Terrible things and people are ignored, and others are condemned. Maybe there is a lot more to this particular situation, but I bet all of that energy could have gone toward choosing some cool books or trying to figure out their confusing computer system (it' s way too difficult to access even the OPAC).

I love the bolded statement in the article. So Georgia, but straight and to the point.



/RANT

Sigh

Moving, my friends, is crazy stuff.

Memorial Day...my apartment ceiling leaks...results in no air conditioning on move-out day. It was hell.

I get to see the new house for the first time later today. I am so pumped. I am ready to move now, if only to quit living out of boxes.

I had an interview today...I really liked the place (fingers crossed). More info to come later.

Has anybody (and by anybody I mean Harry Potter fans) heard about this new Wizard Rock phenomenon? They are all over myspace...I totally recommend the electronic stuff. Too many bands are coming out though...I mean Harry and the Potters, the Remus Lupins, Dumbledork, the Whomping Willows, and the list goes on and on. They should regulate or something.

So this was a pretty pointless entry and I was too lazy to link to anything, but at least you have an update!

Moving and J-O-Bs (well postings at least)

Hi all!

My work days at IU are over...well I work Saturday, but nobody will be there so it doesn't count. I got a small pizza party today...all five workers filled out a card and Charla and Misty gave me a very pretty necklace. I'm sad to leave these people, not only because they have been the most consistent part of my life this year, but also because they're just good people in general. Sigh.

I keep putting off all of this packing because I know that my life will be consumed by it over the next few weeks. First the apartment, and then the house, then everything will be different. I can honestly say, though, that this marks the first time in my life that I am NOT afraid of change.

I've been a job-applying maniac lately. I've had one phone interview and was invited today to an in-person interview at a different school (I have to prepare an instruction session...yikes).

I think that's all I got...I'll probably write next from Georgia!

Stolen from Andrew...

...because I thought it would be fun!

Accent: I'm one of those weird people who can pick up accents very easily (I'm a language person). So right now, I have a little Indiana accent...when I go to Georgia, I'll sound like everybody else in Gwinnett County (I.E. a northerner that says "y'all"...not everybody in the south has a southern accent)
Booze: If I had my choice, I'd say none. I just don't like it. But if I had to, I would say beer over wine (I know, crazy), and a long island for a mixed drink.
Chore I Hate: Scrubbing the tub and yard work
Dog or Cat: I am definitely a DOG person
Essential Electronics: My computer, ipod, and cell phone (even though I rarely answer it)
Favorite Cologne(s): I don't know...the cologne has to react well with the guy. It's funny, I have never liked the cologne on any of the guys I have ever dated, although there was my friend from high school Joey, who always smelled great. If I could ever find the name of the cologne....
Gold or Silver: I think Gold looks best against my skin tone, but I own more silver
Hagiography: Well, I am catholic, and my confirmation saint is Bridget...so we'll go with her
Insomnia: I have trouble falling asleep sometimes, but I can sleep every night
Job Title: Unemployed? oh wait, I still work at wells, so Gaidoz Project Assistant
Kids: Hopefully some day
Living arrangements: For the next week and a half, a small two bedroom apt...by myself
Most admirable trait: work ethic
Number of sexual partners: "What is this, a physical?"...my thoughts exactly Andrew
Overnight hospital stays: None
Phobias: Social Dancing and Bugs...I would say needles, but that's more of a control issue
Quote: I really don't feel like searching for one right now
Religion: Catholic
Siblings: Older brother
Time I wake up: Depends...earliest is 6:30am, latest is 9:30am
Unusual talent or skill: Flag spinning
Vegetable I refuse to eat: Cooked carrots
Worst habit: I open things with my teeth because I am too impatient to tear them apart with my hands or use scissors.
X-rays: I've a had a few
Yummy foods I make: Chilli, Cakes (Chocolate Cake!), Cookies, Chicken Tenders, lots of stuff
Zodiac sign: Aries...rawr

Living the 'Proactiv' life

I'll admit it...I am a 24 year old "woman" still suffering from the socially painful woes of acne. Alright, it's not that bad, and never really has been. I've just inherited my paternal grandmother's extremely large pores, which result in permanent black heads and the occasional inflammatory break-out. They somehow miraculously disappear in photographs though...very thankful indeed.

As an early-bird in the puberty (I still hate that word) portion of my life, I began suffering from this affliction at the ripe age of 9. In high school, my mother decided to do something about it (rather to shut me up) and take me to the dermatologist. I tried the benozoyl peroxide washes...they only resulted in a red neck (haha) and the rude morning wake up call of not being able to open my eyes (puffiness). I also tried other topical medicines, which were terrible when I started doing color guard, as they resulted in sun poisoning at band camps.

So I gave up throughout college...I made sure that I took care of my face. It would all go away during drum corps summers...although if you spend more than 3 weeks of 11 hours per day in the sun, your nose begins peeling off in chunky pieces. I would get home though, and the zits would be back for more (the disease that keeps on giving? oh wait, that's something else).

So here I am, in what is technically my mid-twenties (yikes!) and I'm still suffering. One day on a whim I decided to try Proactiv (because if it works for Jessica Simpson...haha). I get the package and realize that a lot of their products contain the lovely benzoyl peroxide, which isn't so lovely to me. I realized that if I use it once every three days (way under the recommendation) , I'm not affected by the benzoyl peroxide, and it helps clear things up.

Last week though I had a terrible break-out. It was quite possibly because I was finished with school and all of the stress within me combined with a job interview, had finally surfaced in the familiar red mound-like form.

I will continue to live the 'Proactiv' life because I do think it works, especially if your skin isn't sensitive like mine. But I do realize that stress can have far more influence on my looks than a miracle medicine can.

What's up doc?

Reality is setting in...I got my first invoice for student loans...I miss the undergrad days of HOPE scholarship. Georgia is awesome.

I ended up doing very well this semester...completely makes up for all those weekends stuck in my apartment glued to my computer and praying that ella wouldn't go out.

Somehow my key to the office at work slipped off of my key ring...HOW DID THIS HAPPEN, and why now when my days are already numbered?

My friend Adrian recently got an internship at a radio station in Sandy Springs. She gets some on-air time on Fridays at around 6pm. I'm totally excited for her.

Mother's Day is Sunday...don't forget to tell your mom or other women in your life that you love them!!

Faster than a speeding bullet...

I'm pretty sure I mentioned in earlier posts that my parents are selling their house...the only house I have ever known.

This might be a whirlwind record. One week on the market, they sell their house...three days later, they find a new one. We are out as of June 15th.

We will still be living in Brookwood district (like 7 minutes from the old house), not that it matters because us kids are in our mid to late twenties. The lot is way smaller than the old one, but that's what they wanted. I will also miss the pool, which I totally haven't taken advantage of in a long time. But life goes on and the neighborhood was truly becoming get-tro. It's still sad to give up your first bedroom, the place where you learned how to swim, had your second kiss (and third, etc.), made your first cake, etc. It's all happening so fast, but it's better than it dragging out throughout the summer. I'm going to miss that place.

Anyways, I'm working a lot...going in on Saturdays too! Making money is good, but finishing the Gaidoz project will be even better. I would like to do something like it again in the future. Mmmm moldy books. I love it.

As for tonight, I get to hang out with my girls at Lennies! wOOt

CHANGE!!!

Well folks, the torture known as graduate school has FINALLY come to an end for me!

I wanted to show you guys the projects I have been working on for a while now.

I mentioned in an earlier (I'm to lazy to hyperlink) post how I have been working with the Wyoming State Library System on one of the 7 or 8 re-designs of the small public library web sites. The libraries were supposed to fill out surveys, but mine never got around to it. So I had to make up information in many areas. I was going for something very simple and with clear navigation.

Here is the FORMER site (I did not do this).

Here is my revision.

This project was super fun and I hope that they'll actually end up using it.

I also mentioned in the previous post about my social tagging project. It's not completely finished, but you can find it here.

I'm not the best web designer, but I like doing it and it's leaps and bounds beyond where I was when I entered this program. I love technology!

I still think social tagging is a mess, but it makes for an interesting study!

Susan gave me the idea of revamping my previous pathfinders from my reference and information in the humanities classes. I'm so excited to make these look better. Ella is my best friend (only SLIS people will understand this). I also need to request to continue to use some space after graduation, or else my potential employers will not see the work I have done. Also expect a new layout for this blog soon with added bonus features...something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

I'm so happy to be finished with school. I will be up here working until the end of May and concentrating on the job search, which is finally receiving some results, even while searching within a very specific geographic area. I have to FOCUS.

I'm super excited about being able to read for pleasure again, to be free from my past demons (boys/former bad stuff from Georgia), to be able to go out with friends, to be outside (it still needs to get a little bit warmer), and to have a giant weight of school lifted off of my shoulders.

More non-self-centered posts to come!

Blast from the past

Since everybody is talking about vanity googling or self-googlization, I must relate a recent discovery.

For some reason or another I was in Google Images, when I decided to search "Carolina Crown" (the corps in which I marched for a couple of years during the summer).

On the second page I see a picture of a guard member from 2003, so I had to investigate...turns out, it was me!


I didn't recognize myself because I looked quite different back then, in MANY respects (mainly, I don't wear metallic unitards on a daily basis...the show was about bells, so it was appropriate). I remember the show too...the astro turf was all soggy, so the flag was difficult to spin...and why do photographers always catch you in awkward moments...my hands were going towards the catch, and they look terrible. I am on the front 50 though, which is a good thing in the marching arts world.

The biggest reason that I don't do color guard anymore...being a perfectionist.

Seeing the light

I had to turn on the air conditioning this weekend...there were moments where I felt like I was sitting in my apartment on a summer afternoon. We're back to spring weather though, so at least I can save on my electric bill this month.

I officially have four class periods left of graduate school. I have finished my web site for L-571...conducting the usability testing yielded a few changes and I'm sure I'll obsess over it this week still before it's "turned in" on the 24th. I still have to finish the report and make changes to another assignment, so there's plenty to do. I have also been working on a web site for my Library Automation class concerning Social Tagging...an interesting topic, since it is so new to the field. Part of me thinks it's really cool, and another part of me thinks it's going to be a big mess...but most people don't know what I'm talking about anyways.

It's nice to know that the end is near.

Oh, and Happy Easter!

Potpourri

Just a few things:

Oscar Wilde's LAST words were :

"Either that wallpaper goes or I do"

I guess the wallpaper stayed.

Two things I love about America (there are more, but these are just a sample) :
Heinz Ketchup
Barefoot Contessa

Fantasia won WGI this year...see, they are great when they do a pretty show (I've only seen a clip).


That's all for now...16 days until I don't have to worry about school.