stereotypical single woman

So far I love working at a library. I love getting to wear business/business casual clothing* (at my last job you dressed simply to stay warm.) I love working with people who like learning new things. I even like watching the weirdos that come in and are so meticulous that they have to put a paper down before sitting on the chair and then wear latex gloves so they don’t get germs from the computer’s keyboard. But what do I love most? The “no fines ever” staff library card. And oh, how I’ve been using it.

This weekend I’m setting aside the school work and doing a lot of holiday knitting. Not for me, I’m afraid NaKniSweMo was a complete and total failure and Tubey has been frogged, but I am making a few things for my nieces (from books that I’ve also taken out of the library.) So I needed some interesting but not totally engrossing DVDs. Luckily for me the library has tons of PBS Documentaries, and, well, I hate to say it and out myself as a world class geek just asking for a wedgie, but I adore them. Even as a child I would be practically jumping up and down in excitement when the teachers said we were watching a class-related video (so were the teachers, but that’s just because it meant they had 45 minutes to slip down to the teacher’s lounge for a drink.) And it really doesn’t matter on what, my interests are varied and changing. For example this weekend I will be watching

• In search of Ancient Ireland
• The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance
• La Belle Epoque 1890-1914
• A Flea Market Documentary
• The Queen Family, Appalachian Tradition & Back Porch Music
• Queen Victoria’s Empire

I almost got Tupperware! A Documentary, but it was checked out already (seriously, how can you not be intrigued with that exclamation point? if nothing else the cheese factor would have been great.) I know you’re jealous and all, but if come visit me you can watch them too.

Oh! - I almost forgot, I also love working in the library because I get to peruse the free book shelf every time I’m there. I do have to be selective about what I pick up because I already have 14+ boxes of books at my parents house, but sometimes you find something so great you just can’t pass it up. Look what I found today!

The inside jacket reads:

Jane Dutton and Edith Vanocur are a couple of attractive housewives with an uncommon background in booze. Both have husbands who are deeply involved in the social madness of Washington, D.C. politics. Making the nearly nightly rounds of Washington parties, receptions, balls and the like they became increasingly aware of the need for a sound, selective, concise compendium of interesting, workable drinks. June and Edith didn’t just cry into their cups about it. They wrote a book and here it is.

If the cover and jacket hadn’t already clinched the deal, this would have - the recipe looks remarkably similar to that of the best Mai Tai I’ve ever had.

So this weekend I’m not just going to be gettin’ my geek on, I’m going to be gettin’ my drunk ass geek on, hell yeah!

(that’s okay, you can say it. the cats think I just need to get laid too….)

*I’ve also promised myself that no matter how tight my budget, I will dress better than the average librarian. Unlike 95% of them I actually care enough to keep up with fashion trends, and I can do it on a budget. I mean, seriously, hasn’t anyone told these people that the 80’s are over? Haven’t the seen even one Project Runway? (oh, how I get sucked into that show every single season…) And it may be all right for children’s librarians, but you wouldn’t catch me dead in a seasonal embroidered top.