In a little over an hour I can read 120 pages of David Sedaris’ Naked, while drinking a gin and tonic, and remember everything I’ve read.
It took me over three hours to read 120 pages of The Organization of Information. I have six pages of notes and a headache. A cup of coffee replaced [...]
Did you know that the Library of Congress has determined that approximately 1/3 of it’s collection would be irreversibly damaged if read? Because most publications were printed on paper made from wood pulp after 1870, and it’s so acidic that it disintegrates quickly (relatively), that after 100 years the pages have become so brittle that [...]
I knew it was coming. In fact I’ve been checking every day to see if they had reached a decision yet. While waiting I had tried to prepare myself for how bad it was going to be. But all the emotional preparation did absolutely no good because it still feels like I just got a [...]
I’m sitting here, signing over my first through third born children to the federal student loan people, and while they keep telling my how much I’m paying for what is in my brain (a LOT), I decided to sit down and figure out the actual advertised value of it. Here goes nothing.
Canisius College - undergraduate [...]
I just got an email that I’ve been waiting for since February - the people in the Financial Aid office have finally been able to put together a student loan package for me, which means I can definitely go back to school. I was getting very very worried there for a while, because while taking [...]
(please not the gratuitous cat photo - it just makes me giggle)
In three months I’m moving to Detroit. I’m going to do the MLIS program at Wayne State in one year if it kills me (it is in downtown Detroit so that is a very real possibility.) The decision and plans were made in [...]
I received this email today:
Dear Fine and Performing Arts Librarian Student:
Congratulations! This letter provides you with important information regarding your enrollment in the Wayne State University, Library and Information Science Program (LISP), Fine and Performing Arts Librarian cohort (FPA).
You have been admitted as a student in the FPA cohort with the following [...]
There’s actually been a lot going on in the last week or so that I could have been writing about - horrible doctor’s office experiences and a possible ruptured ovarian cyst (ultimately not that serious, just painful), a clean house (for once), moderately nice weather (it’s about damn time), lots of stuff growing in the [...]
