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Marianne
I'm sure I must be up to something, and I will not stop until I find out what.
I was just enthusing with a coworker about the spam email I got from Gov. Hickenlooper thanking me for my support of Colorado Civil Unions (I sent them some money last year), and letting me (us all) know he just signed the bill. I was telling my coworker that I am pretty sure this is the first time I have ever influenced public policy in Colorado...
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... for the better (even in the pebbles-in-an-avalanche sense). WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
- Marianne
Funny how much more welcome I feel in this state just from this law having passed, even though Jay is on notice that he isn't allowed to die until we are very very old, and hence it will probably never affect me in any legal sense.
- Marianne
I just found a mistake^H^H^H thought I found a mistake in the LoC authority file. I squeaked aloud in excitement that I would be able to talk about it in my ungraded assignment for org of info this week. #walkingonthedarkside #dorkitude Please feel free to share your own example of disproportionate enthusiasm in the comments.
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Dammit. It wasn't ACTUALLY a mistake. Still, I did squeak. And also, I would still love to hear y'all's examples. That was kind of the real point of posting.
- Marianne
Finding a dewey number without a decimal point. I was giddy laughing and thinking about what Borgesian library that might be found in. It was 6 digits long.
- Katy S
It's not quite the same thing, but I was pretty excited to find a book in our library, Marianne, with a bookplate stating it was a gift of the Third Reich, swastika and all.
- Steele Lawman
I would guess that that is a different but equally mindboggling feeling. Show it to me sometime?
- Marianne
I've been cross-stitching so much lately I've developed a blister on my needle-pushing finger. Not sure yet whether I will get a thimble or grow a callus.
t-ra: not givin up, MoTO #TeamMonique and Kirsten liked this
Callus! I can't get the hang of thimbles ;-)
- Heleninstitches
"That ain't woikin, that's the way you do it!" #maybegetablisteronyourthumb
- MoTO #TeamMonique
You can start collecting thimbles!!
- Hedgehog
Thing that makes me go hmmm: when I make multiple consortial requests for a relatively obscure book from 10 years ago, and Every Time, it ends up getting checked out at the owning library, and canceled on me, instead. Yes, consortial friends, I agree, it DOES look really good.
Kirsten liked this
(The RA side of my personality is so far winning out over the reader side, so I'm not actually bothered. More amused.)
- Marianne
What book is it? Maybe I can do something?
- Joe Boone
Nah, Joe, thank you, but y'all don't have it. I ILL'd it instead.
- Marianne
Oh well, thought you were prospectoring it.
- Joe Boone
I *was* but after the 3rd try, went to ILL. :)
- Marianne
So we need more copies in the system, I guess. If it's lit and we don't have one, I'd buy it.
- kaijsa
I appreciate (and should've anticipated) consortial librarian helpfulness, but I'd rather not say what the book was, or I would've in the first place (here the reader side takes over from the RA side). And if I thought there should be more copies in the system, I'd make sure we bought one at CC. (I might, later, when it's more affordable - it's out of print and expensive, and reprints...
more...
- Marianne
The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species by Ken Liu | Lightspeed Magazine - http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction...
Headless Gnad Kicker and Steele Lawman liked this
As obvious homages to Calvino go, this is rather lovely.
- Marianne
from Bookmarklet
also, how did I not notice that Orbit had a webzine? Oh, right, graduate school, head under rock, etc.
- Marianne
Harlem Shake v1874 (Colorado College) - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Other than the obvious, what delights me about this video that was filmed in the CC library tonight is that the students who set it up asked us first (it's finals night here), AND that our wonderful admin said it was fine. :) It's the little things, sometimes.
- Marianne
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Also, I think that's > 10 percent of our entire student body...
- Marianne
OH SHIT. That's so much more awesome than I thought it would be.
- Steele Lawman
INORITE?
- Marianne
I love CC
- Megan loves summer
Oh, that should go on the library's home page!
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
This bangs so hard.
- Derrick
This is my favorite one yet!
- Marie
awesome!
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Wow.
- kaijsa
we were debriefed on the Harlem Shuffle today in our reference team meeting, in case one happens in our information commons. :)
- Elizabeth Brown
Heh. My student supervisor yesterday was all "so... uh... if something like this ever happens again and I'm in charge of the building, and it ISN'T pre-approved, WHAT DO I DO???" :D
- Marianne
"You go on break."
- Steele Lawman
I am still not entirely sure whether that person in the lower right corner who's bashing a ... beach ball? ... over someone else's head is buck naked or not.
- Catherine Pellegrino
What to do? Join in. Keep your clothes on.
- barbara fister
^^^ good advice for life in general.
- Marianne
i am ridiculously in love with this
- jambina
I am trying to decide which I love more: this, or Barbara's advice.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Now I know about this meme. Crappity. *scrubs brain*
- maʀtha
Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies: I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing) - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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I usually try not to share things all over the place, so sorry for the repetition if you're seeing me put this everywhere... but DUDE. Teenagers on earth singing with an astronaut in orbit! #livinginthefuture
- Marianne
from Bookmarklet
Monday morning bump.
- Marianne
Chris Hadfield answers questions live from space with the Governor General of Canada - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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I don't remember the rest of the dream, but just before I woke up this morning, I was emphatically trying to explain to the okapi's keeper, as I petted said okapi, that just because the okapi lurrrrrved me enough to act like a domesticated goat, did NOT mean that I was in any way equipped to look after it for the next week.
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She kept explaining how easy it was. The okapi seemed rather emphatic in its agreement. I was Not Having Any of It.
- Marianne
Funnily enough, if someone ACTUALLY tried to get me to look after a friendly okapi, I would have a MUCH harder time saying no. :D Good thing that's' never gonna happen.
- Marianne
Okapi always make me laugh because of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Catherine Pellegrino
^^^hee. I had forgotten that sketch.
- Marianne
It pains me to admit that anything can top the Muppets, but I really think John Lithgow did a much better rendition on his "Singin' in the Bathtub" album: http://amzn.com/B00000I8A3
- Catherine Pellegrino
It is disturbing how much I enjoy making Excel add things up for me. The funny part is I never remember that I like it until I'm actually in mid-function. #onceabiostudentalwaysabiostudent
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Fridaynotquiteabrarian:
Kirsten, Galadriel C. and Sir Shuping is just sir liked this
I have had TWO actual reference questions tonight. TWO!!! This is unprecedented (which is why we don't actually staff the ref desk on Friday nights).
- Marianne
how late are y'all open on Friday's? we close our ref desk at 4 and the library at 6
- Sir Shuping is just sir
(apparently on our new evals we are only supposed to write down "other accomplishments" if they are unprecedented. i somehow don't think this is what they meant, though.)
- Marianne
We close the ref desk at 5, the library at 10 pm. There are generally a few hardy souls who need to study on Friday nights, but they don't often want assistance.
- Marianne
I'd count that as "other accomplishments." sell it as they asked two because it was you there :)
- Sir Shuping is just sir
heh.
- Marianne
That was kind of interesting; half the campus just had a power outage and the other half didn't. Which meant half the library had a power outage and the other half didn't. (< 60 seconds). Reassured baffled patrons.
- Marianne
that seems weird that the library would be on two different systems
- Sir Shuping is just sir
I've not been in an academic library building yet where the electrics weren't a total tangle.
- RepoRat
that's definitely the case here. and the 2 halves of our building were built about 20 years apart, so...
- Marianne
SuperBowlSundayBrarian here, All's quiet until Monday... when I get in trouble for hacking in and splashing the game on the digital signage...
- awd
:D. Aaron, that's awesome.
- Marianne
Studying internet governance. Death by acronym.
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I was too quick to respond to the twitter hackage, so twitter thought my password change was worrisome evidence of possible hacking, and forced me to change my password AGAIN (no, I didn't click on any email links). There's gotta be an xkcd about recursions somewhere that applies to this.
Russian Space Lizard, holly #ravingfangirl and Sir Shuping is just sir liked this
this may come closest: https://xkcd.com/792/
- RepoRat
'fraid so. http://arstechnica.com/securit...
- RepoRat
One of the tests my computer is running on itself right now is called the "nibble move" test. How can anyone not be fascinated by these things? :D
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(turns out a "nibble" = 4 bits = half a byte. I also love logical funny names.)
- Marianne
How to Host A Card Catalog Contest - http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012...
Sir Shuping is just sir liked this
There is some beautiful art at this link. Which incidentally tends to work itself around the existing text of card catalog cards. Nifty!
- Marianne
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Mister Baseball, 199?-2013. The calmest, most patient cat I've ever owned, and the most delighted to be inside, well fed, and well loved. We will all miss him very much.
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Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, SteVe C, Scoble, Alex Scoble and 5 other people liked this
I'm sorry. He looks like he was an excellent cat.
- Katy S
I'm sorry. :(
- RepoRat
:( Sorry for your loss.
- Anne Bouey
:-(
- John (bird whisperer)
I am so sorry, Marianne.
- Meg V. Meg
oh babe, big hugs.
- jambina
:-(
- Betsy #TeamMonique
So sorry to hear this, Marianne.
- Derrick
He had a long and happy life.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Boy did he luck out when he adopted you two. Much love to you both. *hug*
- lris
So sorry for your loss. He looks like he was amazing.
- Jennifer Dittrich
So sorry to hear bout Mr. Baseball. He was so fortunate to have found you and vice versa.
- maʀtha
:( *hugs* and good thoughts
- Sir Shuping is just sir
*hug* I'm sorry
- Soup in a TARDIS
:(
- holly #ravingfangirl
Im so sorry Marianne
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
RIP, Mister Baseball. (((Marianne)))
- Kelli H.
Aw. I'm so sorry about your friend.
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
from Android
I'm so sorry, Marianne. Baseball was a smart dude to pick you guys.
- Catherine Pellegrino
So very sorry for your loss.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
*hugs*
- Kirsten
I'm sorry for your loss.
- Marie
sorry, sweetie. hugs to you.
- t-ra: not givin up
I spend a lot of time grumping about scholarly societies who suck (ESPECIALLY THAT ONE), so I wanted to take a second to give the American Society for Cell Biology some props. They are distributing a CRAPLOAD of free lectures and short educational clips (including a monthly magazine). http://ibioseminars.org/ Nifty.
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Best of Book Riot: Everything I Need to Know About Teaching Literature I Learned from Winnie the Pooh - http://bookriot.com/2013...
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<3. Applies more broadly than just to lit classes, too.
- Marianne
from Bookmarklet
my qoute, “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time."
- chaz2b
"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”"
- Eivind
FF ate my very old ani difranco lyrics thread and I am Resting Up, which as always involves a lot of ani difranco. So I am putting this here for the next time I want it. Feel free to chime in with whatever ani lyrics you want, before that. (You can chime in with other things, but I will ignore them. Unless they are too awesome to ignore.)
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<3 ani
- Kelli H.
Buildings and bridges / are made to bend in the wind / To withstand the world that's what it takes. / All that steel and stone / Is no match for the air, my friend; / What doesn't bend breaks, what doesn't bend breaks.
- Steele Lawman
Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.
- Royce's favorite Anna
from Android
Love is like falling / and falling is like this.
- laura x
If you don't ask the right questions, every answer feels wrong / I was a terrible waitress, so I started to write songs / and I don't know how you feel / but I wonder if you feel like me / [apparently the rest of this verse is different from what I thought]
- laura x
Standing on the corner, waiting for the light / when you're around, I always feel alright.
- Marianne
oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon/ well everyone is a fucking napoleon
- SteVe C
some days the line i walk turns out to be straight/ other days the line tends to deviate/ i've got no criteria for sex or race/ i just want to hear your voice/ i just want to see your face
- SteVe C
Maybe you don't like your job / Maybe you didn't get enough sleep / Well, nobody likes their job / Nobody got enough sleep / Maybe you just had / The worst day of your life / But, you know, there's no escape / And there's no excuse / So just suck up and be nice
- Steele Lawman
I am not an angry girl / but it seems like I've got everyone fooled / every time I say something they find hard to hear / they chalk it up to my anger / and never to their own fear
- RepoRat
I may get pissed off sometimes / But you seem like the type to hold a grudge / and in the end I just let it go / in the end I just let it go.
- Steele Lawman
Well you know, art is why I get up in the morning / But my definition ends there / You know it doesn't seem fair / I'm living for something I can't even define / and there you are right there in the meantime / Well you know I don't want to play for you anymore / Show me what you can do / tell me, what are you here for?
- Steele Lawman
i opened the fire door / to four lips / none of which were mine / kissing / tightened my belt around my hips / where your hands were missing
- Royce's favorite Anna
i am walking out in the rain/ and i am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again/ and i am getting nowhere with you/ and i can't let it go and i can't get through...
- SteVe C
some chick says / thank you for saying all the things i never do / i say / the thanks i get is to take all the shit for you / it's nice that you listen / it'd be nicer if you joined in
- Jenica
I used / to be a superhero / no one could stop me / no, not even myself
- Marianne
there's an art to the laughter / there's a science / and there's a lot of love / and compliance
- Marianne
that I can jump ship and swim / that the ocean will hold me
- Marianne
tell me boy boy boy / are you tending to your joy ... when you sit right down in the middle of yourself / you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair
- Marianne
as I look at you this morning / you are by far the cutest / but be careful getting coffee / I think these people want to shoot us / or maybe there's some kind of local competition here / to see who can be the rudest
- Bren
and i will go singing / as the solitude sets in / in time with the rhythm / of everywhere i have been
- Marianne
it all just slips away so slowly, you don't even noticed that you've lost a lot. I'm like one of those zombies in Vegas pouring quarters into a slot. Now I am tired, and I am broke, and I feel stupid and I feel used. And I'm at the end of my little rope, and I am swinging back and forth about you.
- t-ra: not givin up
now Mr. Limp Dick is up to his old tricks and thought that he'd call me one last time. well I'm just about done with the "oh woe is me" shit, and I want everything back that's mine.
- t-ra: not givin up
this may be G-d's country, but this is my country too. so move over Mr. Holiness, let the little people through.
- t-ra: not givin up
Good night, and joy be with you all.
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Little Fire - Patty Griffin with Emmylou Harris Live 2010 - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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So I have two final projects to do by Friday and Sunday respectively, and an exam to take by the Friday after that. It wouldn't be accurate to say I haven't started them yet, but it would be hard to prove I had. Add in visiting people and holiday events and early morning meeetings and some family things I'd rather not talk about here, and well.
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Don't be surprised if those of you who see me often don't see me so often, for the next week or two. I still adore you. *cheek kisses, scuttles off to bed*
- Marianne
Best of luck!
- Soup in a TARDIS
*sets light in window*... what Soup said.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
So how's the final push on the Friday project going?
- Heather
Um. My brain gave up on my family things and I went to urgent care last night with the worst case of pinkeye the urgent care doc had seen in years (on its first day!). Sometimes the best way to push through is to let things go? I'm going to be okay, but I had to reprioritize. Heal first, Do All The Things some other day.
- Marianne
All The Things are less important and will wait on you.
- Heather
My favourite "I'm Scared" responses - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/playlis...
This is something very good.
- Marianne
from Bookmarklet
daytime bump. particularly because even though they are all good in different ways, the last one is my favorite.
- Marianne
The Civil Wars - Billie Jean (Live) - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Of course, watching talented musicians in the opposite-but-equal inebriation condition (grounded, joyful, kicking up their emotional heels) can be equally compelling....
- Marianne
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this too: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Marianne
Amy Winehouse - Les Eurockeenes de Belfort - Malsaucy, France full concert video - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Live performances by talented musicians walking the razor edge of self-destruction are both beautiful and painful. I never go out looking for them, but I can never keep from watching them either.
- Marianne
from Bookmarklet
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Rita Meade is wise.
- Marianne
from Bookmarklet
(Although really, one doesn't have to choose. But on the days when one feels like one does...)
- Marianne
bump because it's not the middle of the night anymore.
- Marianne
You know what I love? That moment where I *finally* have some idea how to start tackling a formerly impossible-seeming project.
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And today, I finished it. Go me!
- Marianne
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