Warning: Falling Subtext

We got a bomb threat at work yesterday and cleared the building. Then, because the bomb was supposedly in the library, the cops asked me if I would come in with them to look for anything out of the ordinary. They gave me a chance to say no, but I didn't even think about it. "No problem."

Of course, I knew there was a thousand and one chance of there really being a bomb, but still not my brightest moment.

Three people asked me real reference questions today. I was shocked. I even checked out books to two of these people and started an inquiry to help the third. I nearly got choked up. How library like!

Wow. So today a student was having trouble getting her id out of her bag. When she finally produced it, she smiled at me and said "I'm sorry, I forgot to ask how you are doing." As if we were friendly.

I swear it's such a foreign concept here that I almost shed a tear or two. She was polite, smiled and read the newspaper.

To truly understand why this is a phenomenon, you have to realize that already this morning I'd received at least three annoyed eye rolls and four of those tongue clucking sounds followed by a 'pssss' like a tire slowly deflating, all this for me asking for ID. Which they have to show every time they come in. I mean, how hard is this? Truly.

So thank you Newspaper Girl. Have a nice day.

Good morning me loves. Realized I haven't posted in a bit, so what better time then first thing at work when my eyes are still bloodshot and the silence of the empty library. But, I hear you cry, surely the library would not be open if there was no one there to use it!

Au contraire! We are open all this week, despite there being no day classes, and all next week when there are no classes at all! We are a full service, twelve hour a day library! Watch us keep all our computers on, employ three work studies and myself for a week in which there is only a powerful silence! Good thing I have projects for the work studies or they might go all Hal on me.

"We are the workstudies, Dave. We do not wish to do that, dave..."

Any whose'll. For those of you out of internet range for the hols soon, have a very merry winter celebration of any kind your pagen little hearts desire. I'm looking at you Pennys. I am fortunate to be celebrating christmas and hannakah this year, just like the child of a mixed marriage I always wanted to be! J/K Matt's parentals invited me over which was quite sweet, so I'll be doing the christmas thing. And New Year's is a Penny Party! And somewhere in there, I will force my sole Nyackian friend to work me into her schedule. You know who you are, busy finals girl.

So God(s)(ess) bless us one and all with a happy and sweet new year!

So I bought myself a present with my raise. It was small and something I've been thinking about for....six years give or take. I finally bought a paid subscription to Livejournal. I feel silly, but happy about it. Huzzah for the small stuff.

One of my interns: "Sorry I wasn't here on Tuesday, my girlfriend had a baby. So do you have any work for me to do today?"

A student just told me that I speak too softly and that I should speak up.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!! If ever there was a sign that I act diffrently at work then I do with others...

Update on health: I suspect it's allergies as I am responding well to Claritin-D. Thank you all for being wonderful responsive friends. ::hugs you all::

BTW my response to said student, "But then I wouldn't be a librarian."

And he nodded like this was perfectly logical and walked away.

So I didn't get to dress up for the big H this year which made me sad, but then again I haven't gotten to dress up for a few years. Then I happened to stumble on this picture of me and Hilary in our Sophmore year at Stony Brook.

So here I am at age 19 dressed as Aragorn with Hilary as my lovely Eowyn.


and the backdrop is my closet in my dorm room of two years

I'm not entirely sure anymore who took this.