i finished my paper. I wrote about the mission of a local academic art library. nothing too exciting. i have a bigger paper due in two weeks, but I want to finish it a few days early so I can go camping without the worry of completing that.

this paper is similar to the bibliographic paper I had to do earlier this semester--dry and boring.

tuition is due. $1000 this time. I'm taking 5 hours. One of that is a ya lit update so that should be fun. two hours of more global information. i know I complained about the class this sememster, but I've got a good idea for a paper. i think i can work that in. Besides, it's all online. also taking a visual archiving type class. sounds cool. i hope it's not a pain.

I'm in the midst of writing a paper. It should be an easy one to knock out, but I can find so many distractions--from housework to blog-reading to daydreaming about road trips.

and here I am meeting my group at the library...where I work. ick.

i've been playing snood instead of doing my homework. don't tell my teacher. but I've gotten a lot of TV watching done. I'm sure that can be used in my papers.

My presentation went well--book talks for teens. There were about 40 people in attendance.

I goofed and read the wrong chapter for my group assignment. Good thing I realized that now before we met. I had to go to the library on my day off to get a couple of books for a paper for the same class. So bothersome to go on my day off, but it was on the way to the coffee shop...

Unfortunately, I was not offered the job. Ah, well. Like I said I've got a good thing going. This experience has made me aware that I should be open to possible job opportunities, especially those outside my library system.

My group is meeting next week--a good sign. I have yet to work on those papers that are due...

I'm presenting at my state's library conference on Thursday so I have to buckle down and finish my booktalks. They involve a Ouija board so that should be fun :)

I'm on hiatus from schoolwork for a little while. I tried to schedule a meeting with my group for my print resources class, but I've had no luck yet. There's another paper due at the end of this month. It'll be an easy one to knock out. It's the final paper that unsettles me. It's a review of reference materials for a collection. It's akin to the bibliography I had to do for my previous class. Not fun.

I e-mailed and phoned my advisor a few times trying to get enrolled for summer classes. She finally called me the other day. Turns out that she hadn't even opened one of my e-mails. Dear god! If I have to spend this much time trying to enroll myself, do they really want me graduating from their program?

No job news. I wish I could say one way or the other, but I'm relishing in the in-between moment. It's so much like a new relationship--"Do they want me?" and "Are they interested?". That sort of stuff that's sooooo cutesy and sickening. I want the job. I wouldn't have gone to the trouble to send in my resume and interview for it, if I didn't. Just let me know. Quit playing games with my heart. Ah, well. I'll let you know. No worries.

S reminded me that I hadn't posted here for awhile. The following is an update.

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After many long grueling dreaded hours, I called it quits on that stupid bibliography I had to write. Yes, the topic I picked was interesting to me--drug trafficking, but that didn't make up for the tedious work it took to finish the sucker.

Last week while IMing with a friend from school, he admitted that he'd heard that our professor doesn't even read our papers. The GA checks to see how many entries we have on our bibliography. Then assigns grades accordingly. Really? Really?!!! This is graduate school. There should be some quality control here. I admit that I only wrote 12 out of the 15 entries assigned, but I just couldn't hack it. I know the professor's GA fairly well so I'm hoping she'll have mercy on me and give me a decent grade.

How many more years of this???

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With my other class, I observed a local academic library which led to a job tip off. More about that later. So, I sat through an instructional class taught by the director on online databases. Nothing too exciting. I finished my paper for that yesterday morning. Ahhhhh...feels good.

I have a group project for this class which usually isn't a problem, but I've had one of the group members in a group for another class. She didn't participate until the very last second. Frustrating, but this assignment shouldn't be too hard to pull off. It's a presentation and a two page paper. I could do it myself in my sleep.

The cruddy thing about this class is that the above is not all the work. I've got two more papers to write! It's endless. Really, it is. This semester I have been the least motivated.

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job: I applied for a job at the library where I observed because it's a totally awesome library. I'd applied there before when I was last looking for a job about two years ago--same position which is now open. When I observed, the director asked me how I liked my current job. I told her I like it. I do. It's a great job. I am so comfortable here. The director mentioned that the job I'd applied for before was open again. She'd noticed I'd applied when the position was open before.

I gave it some thought. Updated my resume. Sent if off. Now I'm past the interviewing and waiting for an offer or rejection. Wow! Completely new direction. We shall see. Like I said, I totally love my job now so it would be a difficult decision if I were to get an offer.

Anyway, wish me luck. I am feeling great. I am in an excellent position.