Stef, don't hate me!

But why is it so difficult to get to Pittsburgh? It's such a long drive and flights are wickedly expensive. I'm trying to get a friend of mine out for the week after the oncampus session, but he's in Boston. There's no good way to get there. The train (although relatively cheap) is longer than the 11 hour drive.

It should be easier to get to Pittsburgh!

Local News

Here's an article from my local paper about Internet usage in the libraries.

I found it interesting.

It was a dark and stormy night

In the darkness, yellow leaves are strewn by a violent wind punctuated by rain drops. Jazz plays softly in the background. Required readings are being ignored in favor of my new favorite web comic, Unshelved.

Hot apple cider, apple spice bread, jazz, a library web comic. What more does a girl need?

Conferences

I know Bill goes to a lot of conferences. I'm wondering if it's time to start, and if it's worth going.

Right now, I'm contemplating ALA in June.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Grab your spandex!

Library Closing

Perhaps you have already seen this, but I thought I'd throw it up here for your reading pleasure.

EPA Closing its Headquarters Library October 1

Cali-what?

I've been catching up on the nearly 500 DB postings. I would just like to say that I am tired of hearing about California! Obviously it is Eden. It is the magical world of the perfect library. We should all move to Silicon Valley and hang out with the tech savvy library patrons.

Come on. Let's all move. NOW!

Grr the second

Now it looks like the 9am start is only for Cohort 6.5. They're "sorry" for the confusion.

These seemingly small details are important for those of us on a budget and with limited vacation days.

So now I'm torn. Do I keep the extra day as a well-earned vacation or do I drive out on Friday?

GRR!

I just found out that we have to be in Pitt at 9am on Friday! That means an extra day off work and an extra night in the motel. At least there's a discount at the Residence ($109 for a studio.)

But I like the city, so I guess it's not that bad.

How's everyone getting there? I'm planning to drive. Probably through Harrisburg. My family's route of choice is the 81 to Carlisle, then the turnpike.

Resolutions

End of term resolutions carry about as much weight as New Year's Resolutions. I prmised myself that I would not procrastinate so much and that I would keep up with the readings.

That lasted all of half the first day of class.

Just submitted the first paper for Tomer. What's with IR theory, anyway? Seems like something computer geeks worry about. It's beyond my math skills.

But at least it's finished.

At some point, I will tell you all stories of my theatrical exploits. (Not that you really care.) But now is time for bed.

I'm not dead!

At the end of summer term, I promised to keep up with my blog. Well, here I am, back and typing. It's been a crazy few weeks. Despite the fact that school has started, I haven't really gotten into the swing of things. I think I need to steal a page from Megan's book and head out to coffee bars to work. Damn NEPA for having so few!

Even though I haven't commented, I have been keeping up with blogs. So I do know what's going on in your lives! Ha.

I'll spare you all the gory details of my break. The highlights are:

~ My boyfriend moved to Boston. (He's in the MFA program in poetry at Emerson.)
~ I've been working on The Crucible at my community theatre. Crazy hours!
~ My new MacBook has arrived, and I'm still trying to figure out how to use it! I'm good with PCs, but I feel like a novice user again.
~ As much as I love my Mac, I hate iChat. I can't get it to work properly.

Back to work. Yay.

Party alternative?

Since I had no one to take me for a drink when I concluded my coursework, I spent my time in a productive manner: surfing the web.

And what did I find? A study of the nature of bubbles in Guinness. No. This was not done by graduate students with too much time on their hands. These men are "professional scientists" with real degrees from real schools.

Why don't librarians spend more time studying alcohol?

Let's start a club!

It is finished!

I have finally finished all the assignments for my classes. Everything is posted, turned in, digitally dropped.

And no one's around to take me for a drink.

I've finally found the biggest flaw in online education. We can't have an end-of-semester party because we are so spread out.

Oh well.

Numbers

No. Not the CBS show with David Krumholtz. Sorry.

Has anyone counted how many entries we are supposed to have? I don't trust my math. I leave it to Charlie:

Tags

The Connotea assignment is too long. Who needs 100 links? And of course the bookmarking tool I don't prefer is the one requiring the most links. Why can't it be del.icio.us?

Grrr.

Writer's block?

I am an English major. I edited my college's literary journal. I love words and books.

I cannot get enough words for the paper on the making of the book that catalogs ALL the words in the English language.

Something must be wrong with me.

Oh well. Whoever reads my review will get finished early. That has to be worth a few extra points, right?

You like me!

Someone actually thinks my blog is interesting! I feel so loved.

I guess that means I'll have to keep some content flowing.

Thanks, Johnnie!

What book review?

I am such a procrastinator! I've read every discussion board comment. I've checked my e-mail a dozen times. I've done everything I can think of to avoid working on that last book review.

Maybe I just don't want it to end.

Yeah, right. If you believe that, I've a bridge I'd like to sell you.

Actual content.

Oh. No. Sorry. No real content here.

Got you!

In my mind, I am drafting a brilliant post about the oncampus experience.

I promise to post it.

Some day.

Really.

"Delayed -- see agent."

That is the phrase displayed on the computer screen showing details for my flight this morning.

Despite two cancellations, one delay, and one extra city, I have arrived for the oncampus experience.

I expected to be on campus by 9. I didn't get here until 4.

But I am here. Now I'm going to bed.