Hot Library Smut

No, seriously. It is totally hot library smut.
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Yeah... I'm a freak

And now, follow the link...

This is why I cannot be a reference librarian...
http://tinyurl.com/6bol9k

life

It has caught up to me. I have been busy. Work, school, life. I haven't posted in a while. I know I said I would post about the big dinner I made for my brother, which was wonderful. I have pictures of the fabulous cake I did for my dad's birthday- still on my camera- I also made an awesome cake for my Baby Goose for his 7th bird-day. Its hard to believe he has been with us for 7 years. I just haven't had the time to put the up. It will happen eventually. I have school 2 nights a week. I still am working full time as well. I don't think there is a single week this semester where I don't have at least one paper due. Its very busy. I also signed up for a book club at work. I am excited about that. Other literary minded folks at work. After much debate we finally settled on a book for the first discussion, to take place at the end of October. We will be reading "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. I also am now a member of the ALA and have a subscription to Library Journal.

Yes, I am going to be a librarian. I am excited about being a librarian. Although I have to do something about the stereotype. When I told someone at work about it, she said I should dress up like a librarian for Halloween. I said, 'what, I should wear this?' she replied, stating that I don't look like a librarian. She said that I need glasses and have a bun, and shush people all the time.
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i just found out Paul Newman died. I have to go be sad now.

Registration...

So, today I went to register for school. Graduate School. It is actually happening. Everyone on campus was REALLY nice. I will have an email that ends with .edu again. I won't be attending classes down there though... thank goodness, because getting there was a pain. Traffic makes me twitch. Although the campus was really beautiful. It looked like a college should. Ivy covered walls, old buildings, stately staircases, I wandered around a bit and there was one room, I think it was part of a dining hall, that looked right out of Harry Potter. It was beautiful. I am officially a student. I have the card to prove it.

I am also starting to get some school supplies together. I am not sure what all I will need. Post-its were on clearance at Target so I stocked up- this should last me through the semester- I hope.

Graduate school- here I come. Gulp.

Bottom of the totem pole when it comes to aid.

I have been reading these news stories come out of Iowa the past few days and it breaks my heart. The flooding is horrific. People are trying to get their lives put back together. After all of that, finally the library will get rebuilt.

From the Des Moines Register
"The library is not that important right now, I must admit. The most important thing is to get people into houses and back at their jobs and get the essential services that government provides," said Kay Halloran, Cedar Rapids' mayor.

"As far as I'm concerned, personally, I want to have the water treatment plant back to its normal operation. All the other stuff can wait. They've got people working on whatever can be salvaged from the library, and that takes care of things for now."

And so the libraries wait. They shovel through the soaked books. Salvage what they can. Decide what is worth restoring, what needs to be replaced. Finding the money to replace it.

If you can find a few bucks to send their way:
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation, 500 First Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. The CRPL Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Contributions are tax deductible. Donors will receive a letter of receipt.