My Strange Life

Oy!

2009-09-06T17:20:01Z

Did you know that just because something is Cappuchino Flavored, like chocolate, it might...grr...DOES have Caffeine!
Now this wouldn't be a problem, except I haven't been able to sleep for a couple of nights, and just put the pieces together this morning. SO here I am at work, trying not to nod off, the local Dunkin Donuts coffee coolatta machine is broken so I wound up with a non-caffeinated version....Grr. Not my early afternoon. I have a bagel and a donut for sugar, but want to put that off until around 2:30. I'm just gonna chill with my vanilla coolatta, consider doing some checking for site viability and reading a little fanfic. I might be going to a bingo game tonight, that's always fun. Last time I went I split at $25 pot, so that's pretty cool...Okay back to trying to stay up. Have a good day all!

Indian food (India)

2009-08-29T19:02:03Z

Okay, Don't get me wrong. I'm sure there is some wonderful Indian food out there...I just haven't had any yet. We started our meal with a Lassie, not the dog, and it was yoghurty, banana flavored with granola on top and a cherry in the bottom. Talk about conflicting flavors. Then I bit into something that looked like an apple dumpling, only to find out that it was filled with spiced potatoes, and peas, now that wasn't too bad. So I put a little bit of a green chutney on it thinking that the red was hot so the green would be mild..WRONG. So after a quart of milk, I bravely soldier on and try a miniscule amount of the red chutney, only to find it sweet, though it doesn't really go with the dumpling thingy. I find out throughout my sampler platter several things.

Let me share them: If anyone ever told you a chickpea will not kill you feed them these chickpeas...then when they can talk again they will apologize. The chicken looking thing in the creamed spinach looking thing is most likely tofu. The flaky pastry looking thing is chicken, the flat floppy thing is bread. The things that look mild are hot, the things that look like they are hot and spicy are probably mild. Most important of all, know where your bathroom is, that's where I'm writing this from. I'll probably still be here in the morning, I might get off the toilet to go to church at 9 in the morning, but I'm not sure yet. Later.

OMG

2009-08-29T16:23:42Z

WTFrick! I was trying to find more information about a movie on Movies.yahoo.com...the movie is called Transylmania. They had a brief clip, which I couldn't watch since I'm at work. So I did a search through the search engine and the first site that I found that wasn't a gaming site, or something that looked childish and had transylmania in the url, was PORN! Gay porn at that! OY! I hope they don't check out the cache about today! Jeez, it's supposed to be a movie about a professor or student that wants to attend/teach at a Univeristy filled with vampires...pretty cool yeah? No wonder parents are afraid for their kids. I'm afraid to keep looking for a release date. On the other hand this fall looks pretty good for funny vampire movies.
October has Cirque Du Freak: The Vampries Assistant on the 23rd, and Zombieland the 2nd. Not that I'll really see either in theaters....but whatever. I May see them eventually. After work I should be able to make Zucchini Bread...oh joy, oh wonder, oh bother. K, must pretend to work now, just 38 more minutes until freedom...not that anyone would notice if I closed now...hmmm.

Later all!

Summer Book Club Party

2009-08-14T02:19:45Z

Finally back from the summer book club party, it was a ton of fun. Got a bag that I can use to haul my stuff to work. Need to be up @ 4 tomorrow for 'library retreat' tomorrow. Hopefully they will be interested in the presentation I put together about how Facebook
can benefit libraries. I have to get to bed before I'm up all night. Have fun all!

What Am I Doing UP?

2009-07-31T06:07:09Z

Yeesh, I didn't even have that much caffeine yesterday! I'm hoping to fall asleep soon, thank goodness I don't have work tomorrow. I'm getting excited for the end of the month when I'm working Sundays again. Night All!

Updates

2009-07-31T02:23:23Z

Well it's been forever since I've updated this thing...for a very good reason. As my one, it used to be two, reader knows, My dad died. Instead of going to Erie, we called the ambulance, it was quick, he didn't suffer. Anyway that was four months ago now...it feels like forever and never at the same time. I'm trying to get back into this and...not move on...but trudge forward.

Last week I attended a conference on creating a Facebook page for libraries. It's really cool, Facebook can be used for a ton of different applications. Okay, so I use mine to play a ton of games. I'll get into the real thing sometime.

I listened to an audiobook through ITunes, I love my IPod. I'm contemplating getting an IPod touch...still in the thinking phase. I'm mostly thinking about IPod Touch because of the Barnes and Noble EBook reader function. Some patrons are getting e-book readers and not knowing how to use them, I'm trying to catch up on the tech.

I subscribed to Netflix, and am finding it suprisingly useful. I'm catching up on True Blood, mom watched the Hamish MacBeth TV Series from the Scottish BBC. Okay, so she didn't like it because of the thick accents, and it was completely different from the books. She also saw the last season of Waltons, and figured out she had already seen it before. I got to catch up on the Red Dwarf series...haven't watched that in forever. It was really great, okay the last season sucked.

I've gotten some tea stuff. I finally broke down and picked up a cast iron tea cup, and saucer. LOVE the saucer, too cute. The Teacup is pretty good a nice size for how much I drink at a time, but it gets a little hot. I also picked up a thing of Tueplo Honey, I don't usually go for the fancy honey's but this was a very nice honey.

I'm going back to Buffalo for Monday. That's going to be a book repair workshop, I'm taking a couple of new paperbacks I bought, and a hardcover of mine. A couple of either magazines or maybe one of mom's craft magazines. I have an e-mail into one of my workplaces to see if I can get a couple of books that need repaired..not the place that is paying for the seminar because the person that does the minor repairs is getting a bit defensive about her job. This same (second) workplace is having a big get together with our counterparts at another campus, and that should be interesting too. We're going to discuss the APA and MLA manual changes. Everyone is SO excited about this. At the end of the month I'm going to head back to Buffalo to hit the conference for making interesting posters.

Today I went to have a mental health day at the Casino. Mom and I didn't spend too much, but we had a ton of fun, then hit a chinese buffet for dinner. It was really great, we picked up a Watermelon Coolatta, and a Frozen Cappucino...and I would not recommend either. The frozen capp. needed more milk, we brought it home and added some creamer, and it turned out decent. The watermelon was just pure sugar and not in a good way.

Ah well, I should get to bed soon. I have another episode of TrueBlood to watch, and I'm enjoying Ace of Cakes on TV. So night all. The world turns, and hopefully so do I.

Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-14T11:16:13Z

Morning all.

I have to leave for work in a couple of hours and I just got up, so forgive the grogginess. Things are a little strange here. My BFF's first wedding shower is next week, and I'm not going to make it. Since I just got the colour scheme a couple of weeks ago I need to head to Erie and see if I can find clothes to match it! I'm also going to meet up with my brother, I haven't seen him since thanksgiving so I'm pretty excited. YAY...That's it. That's All that going on with me. Have a good day all!

Alumni

2009-02-11T01:57:22Z

Okay, So you graduate from a school...well if you're me you graduate from four. High School, Associates, Bachelors, and Masters. Then years later the Associates college calls you up and wants an update, where are you, what are you doing, what are you up to...then they want to know if you want to buy a copy of their book that they're putting together...only a hundred dollars. Fortunately this prepares you for when the Masters degree calls, we have your address, do you want to give us your e-mail? NO, okay, do you want to give us an employer? NO, Do you want to give us $30? NO...our budget was cut 2mil, our students are looking at a 1k tuition hike.

Okay, Yes. I feel sorry for you, but I'm working my butt off to make my school loan payments. When I have it, I'll give it. I'm probably going to scrounge up something to give to them. I do feel sorry for the students, I know how tough it can be. And now with loans being thin on the ground it gets harder.

Ah, Well. Work wasn't too bad, things are going okay.

Night all!

Morning

2009-02-09T10:56:38Z

Work last night wasn't too bad. It was kinda one disaster after another. The copy machines both needed new toner, and didn't want to hook up with the new cartridges no matter how I put them in. A couple of research papers were coming due so the kids had questions on how to research etc. Some were just getting an early start, but boy did it make for a non-stop day. I was able to make some progress on the assignment I had but not a lot. Today should be interesting, Hopefully some of these dang tax forms will come through. I've got just about everything re-ordered it's just a matter of waiting for them to show up! Grrr....Ah well. The new guy that was hired instead of me should be showing up either this week or next. grrr....Ah well. Have a good day all!

Morning

2009-02-07T14:23:47Z

I had a little shopping trip yesterday. I was able to pick up a few things I needed along with some extra loose-leaf tea in a half dozen flavors I've never tried before. I also picked up my first LifeWater by SOBE, Goji Melon. Boy it doesn't have a lot of flavor.

Speaking of Flavor my father's entering a local chili competition today, so good luck to him! It's great chili!

Have a good day all, I'll post results later!

Working

2009-02-05T13:28:02Z

If you get hired to work Wednesday night, and thursday night, for the rest of the semester. Do you think it's appropriate to ask for thursday nights off? Then to mention to the person training you on the first day of work you're planning on going down to a camp in Florida for the last part of this month and the first part of next....yeesh. There's no sense of responsibility! The kid is good at their work, but has no feeling of responsibility to the job! GRR.
Have a good day all! I've got work this afternoon until tonight.

Hello All

2009-02-04T01:56:35Z

The way I figure things, they could be worse...I'm still working out how...but I'm sure they could be worse. I entered the competition on CBS.com for the signed NCIS promotional poster...here's hoping I get it. okay, that's it for tonight. 50 mil on the Mega Millions. That means that if someone wins and chooses the one time payment option they will get 32.6 million dollars. If they choose payments then they get 1.25 million right away, another at the end of the year and each year for the next 25 years! Then I wouldn't be too worried about a job...ah well. Work at noon tomorrow...woe is me.
Sleep tight all. I need to get the shower invitations done sometime this weekend, and probably send them out next week. I've got some time though...

Well

2009-02-03T02:13:16Z

I didn't get the full time job. It's being offered to someone with skills they didn't even know they were looking for.
Night all!

Morning Just Keeps Coming

2009-01-31T11:23:14Z

Day after day...Ah Well.
It was the parents anniversary celebration yesterday, and it was a lot of fun.
I saw two or three people I know at the Casino, but it seemed to be okay. I don't get there too often so it was fun.
I got my mother hooked onto the Monster Java Russian, but she doesn't like the Loca Mocha.
It should be an okay day this morning. Work at two different places, then I Have the exact same schedule as I did in January. I get the 7th off but need to do some housework and can't be positive I actually get it off, then I get the 21st off. My BFF is having a shower that day, but since her wedding reception is March 21st and I don't have a thing to wear I'm going to probably go to Buffalo that day to go shopping. It's literally my last Saturday off for a couple of months. I also have a second reception that I'm throwing on my other day off, so I get to work on that too. If I get the full-time then I'm literally going to be working 7 days a week, and might get time off for the wedding. I'm supposed to hear about that around Valentines Day...God I hope my working elsewhere is seen as a necessity and not something to hold against me. My immediate supervisor assured me it would not and she's on the committee so she should know.
Okay, must finish caffeine...must complete order to Sees...should probably shower for work sometime...mmmmmm...caffeine....

Did you Know...

2009-01-30T11:37:12Z

...If an alarm buzzes in the library you should probably stop and prove you aren't stealing anything.
...If you are working on the desk not two steps away from the alarm it PROBABLY IS your job to make sure they aren't stealing
...If you put a big table with food in the middle of the library the 'NO FOOD NO DRINK' policy isn't worth the internet it's written on
...If someone says SEVEN TIMES "I didn't order that form, and I order the forms"...the library MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT FORM!
...If your contract hours double...you only get a 25% increase in pay per check?
...If the internet filter isn't working...and the computer gets reset...and the 'steps to fix' aren't working I CAN"T FIX THE COMPUTER

Yeah, these are just a few of the fun facts I got to learn last night.
Fortunately today is my parents anniversary...well yesterday but the celebration is today...and I got paid. So this should be a pretty good day!

Oh what a...Crappy Morning. Oh what a crappy day!

2009-01-28T22:18:04Z

Haven't had coffee, am out of Mountain Dew.
Found out they have an interview this morning, won't find out about full time for a couple of weeks.
Had a dream about being kidnapped by a cult...it was weird.
Must find caffeine...must work today....mmmmmmmm

Okay, caffine restored...the world is righting itself..then the snow came! The library is closing @ 6PM so I get to go home early...but jeez. I thought the snow might have cleared up by 8 tonight, but it looks like they're not even waiting for that. Because of this development I have to work on closing down the library, but wanted to shoot you off a quick message.
Night and a safe drive for all of you traveling out there! Brrr

Morning

2009-01-28T12:40:44Z

Yeesh

2009-01-26T12:01:36Z

Now I remember why I wanted to start planning the shower in November! The dates are confused, I have to hand my schedule in this morning! I'm happy to do this for a good friend, I would really love to...she's my best friend. Ah, Well. Things tend to work themselves out. This month I didn't get scheduled for the Saturdays that I'm not working at my public college job. If When I get my full-time job I'm going to have to work those odd Saturdays to make up for taking Wednesdays for the public college job. But for one or two I can make it up with hours added onto the beginnings or ends of shifts.
This responsibility stuff is weird. I have to get ready for work.

Have a good day all, I'm sure it will sort itself out.

Well, well, well

2009-01-25T23:02:33Z

Work wasn't too bad. Nothing major, though I did find out I get the pleasure of designing some cards for my BFF's Wedding Shower! It should be tons of fun. I should have some starter designs tomorrow night, hopefully. Yay. Head ache coming...night all!

Well it's not morning any more!

2009-01-24T23:32:08Z

Good Evening all. I have a bridal shower to help plan...Joy. Well, Okay it should be kinda cool, and I can't wait to get it started...ah well. That's my exciting news. I have to be to sleep in four hours at the latest, getting up around 5:30am, working until 5pm...
I'm gonna do some reading, oh chocolate chip cookies got made....not too bad after burning the first couple of pans.

Night all!

Good Morning...

2009-01-23T14:55:31Z

Man I haven't typed that in a journal for a long time. IT"S MORNING! I'm awake and drinking DEW! I found a great comic strip, unshelved.com If you like to read about reference librarians it's very cool. In Places even spookily accurate.
MMM, I might get chinese for lunch...YAY! For my day off this is just about perfect. I get tomorrow off too, but you can never count on anything.
Okay I should be getting dressed now, have to go grocery.

Have a Great Day All, I'll be back!

Chili

2009-01-23T02:53:46Z

Hello All,

Chili is the food of the Gods...ranks up there (though obviously underneath) Chocolate and Mountain Dew. Though 'Dew, OJ, and Mango is really tasty as well...I bet Midori would go well in that...have to try that sometime. Well enough of the culinary innovations.

Bad people are trying to take over the town. They're moving from a higher density population to our little low density population in an effort to expand. It doesn't seem to be working too well, they've been effectively kicked out of the library...though one lingers. He doesn't seem to be causing too much trouble, he spent a couple of hours drawing...I gave him a pencil that changes colours...it was neat and he seemed pleased. I hope he stays little trouble.

I've been reading a few Harry Potter Fanfictions they're pretty cute and the authors are pretty good about updating. I should get back to reading real books, but nothing has presented itself as interesting enough. Though I do have Plum Spooky to read, it might be neat...
Okay I'm slurring words typing, time for beddy by.

Night all!

dragonshellfire @ 2009-01-21T22:05:00

2009-01-22T03:07:09Z

Worked, came home, ate, fixed my printer. Bed now. Night all.

Morning...

2009-01-21T07:05:29Z

Okay really early in the morning. I zonked out last night around 7pm and just got up a few minutes ago. I'm gonna head back to bed really shortly.
I'm a touch miffed. I found out that for 'statistical purposes' and because the director 'really likes the interview process' they might be interviewing people from other tiers of the exam results list...for a refresher I was in the #1 tier! Yeesh, I'm not happy about this.
I was told not to tell mom, she freaks, but she just kept bugging me, it was better to throw her a bone to chew on. She left me alone...though she's going to be fuming from here. Well, I am too.
Okay I'm going to go back to bed and brood for a while. I'm personally hoping that this was a joke. Come on. It would suck to be interviewed if you're from the second tier and then not get it....Notice I'm still thinking I'm going to get it. Realistically why should they hire someone from the second tier when I'm already working there and got the first tier? GRRRRRR.
NIght!

Whoops

2009-01-20T01:51:10Z

Missed a day..it doesn't matter too much. Nothing really happened. I went to work, got a couple of projects to do..found out the coffee shop at that job will open much earlier than it was so I can actually get a cup of Java! YAY! Coffee makes my world go round.
I remembered how in college I lived off of pancakes, fresh fruit, and Chinese food...and some Tunisian things...thin philo type dough wrapped around scrambled eggs, tuna fish in olive oil, and hot sauce...deep fried...strangely enough it was really good. Huh.
Everyone at one job seems to know that I'm going for a full-time position...I don't know if my supervisor there told them or if they learned from one of the people at another job...or both. It's a really close community, that reminds me to keep my nose clean and my head down.
Okay that's all for now. Need bed, early work...mmmm..bed