tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60627212012-02-02T02:17:33.625-08:00The Illustrated LibrarianTattoos and librarians DO mix! The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-25862019048312343112009-04-12T21:23:00.000-07:002009-04-12T21:26:30.691-07:00Pictures are now up on my Flickr from the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival I attended last week at the Bowers Museum in Costa Mesa (CA).CLICK HERE to view my photostream!The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-6261630494928704012009-03-02T22:45:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:47:30.783-08:00 Jacaranda Vines by Tamara McKinley My review rating: 3 of 5 starsA trashy soap opera of a novel. Fairly entertaining, but trashy.Family drama abounds in this sweeping story of a family running a winery in Australia. Jock Witney, evil patriarch, is dead. Cordelia, his 90+ year-old widow is trying to keep the family business from being divided and sold off. The business is Jacaranda Vines, the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-12275016038058184292009-02-14T19:05:00.000-08:002009-02-14T19:39:32.016-08:00When I started my Flickr account back in the ancient times of 2005, I wasn't very concerned about tags. If I even knew what they were at that point, I certainly didn't care.Unfortunately, I care now.Being the librarian that I am, I now want my photos organized, categorized, and creatively tagged. I do that religiously now, but it's a relatively recent habit. While I'm relaxing on this glorious The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-79447120863708166462009-01-31T16:53:00.000-08:002009-01-31T16:58:44.107-08:00Adorable Strategy More than anything else, Ninjatown is cute. With characters like Ol' Master Ninja, Consultant Ninja, Baby Ninjas and Ninja Droppings, how could it be anything else? The denizens of the game are based on the equally cute Shawnimals toys, and they're ready for action on the Nintendo DS.At its core, Ninjatown is a strategy game. Mr. Demon and his minions, the Wee Devils, The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1320880726258566302009-01-25T19:05:00.000-08:002009-01-26T19:18:20.656-08:00Operation Valkyrie was a plot devised by Nazi officers sympathetic to the German resistance. However, it was much more than merely a plot to kill Hitler. Valkyrie proposed to install a new government in place of Hitler's rule, and quickly surrender to the Allies to save Europe from destruction.Sounds straightforward enough, but there was that nasty little detail about killing Hitler. As The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-76381407797690452142009-01-16T23:46:00.000-08:002009-01-17T13:47:49.797-08:00 Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji NakazawaMy review rating: 5 of 5 starsKeiji Nakazawa, the author, is a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. I saw him in the HBO documentary film, White Light / Black Rain. I'd heard of Barefoot Gen before, but had never read it. After listening to Nakazawa-san speak of his experience, I couldn't wait to read this manga.The book The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-24023937894564766072008-12-30T21:34:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:35:09.067-08:00 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson My review rating: 4 of 5 starsSnow Crash is a truly visionary work, but not an easy read.The surface plot involves two young accidental heroes in a futuristic United States. Y.T. and Hiro attempt to figure out and terminate a mind-destroying virus that is spread through both physical and digital means. The virus is Snow Crash.What makes this book unique is the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-38567175267582737442008-12-22T23:47:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:50:41.723-08:00Christmas Dinner!I'm not much for cooking. I can do it, the food I make is tasty, but it's not something I enjoy doing on a regular basis. Also, Duck is a chef, and he usually makes my dinner for me. That doesn't give me a lot of inspiration to spend time slaving over a hot stove. Just to prove I can do it, I'm going to make Christmas dinner. I haven't done it in years, but it should be fun. It The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-19933157276635835962008-11-07T22:09:00.000-08:002008-11-08T13:21:27.867-08:00Printing @ my library...opinions, pleaseI'd like to tell you about how the public gets their printing at my library. I'm just going to explain it, and I'd like you to give me your opinion. Does it make sense? Is it easy or difficult? How do people print at your library? I do have give one caveat. We are a resort town, so we have lots of visitors. The learning curve is not the same as it would be The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-84709990978238949122008-11-03T22:22:00.000-08:002008-11-04T18:40:03.088-08:00Internet Librarian 2008 I have a renewed inspiration for giving some virtual CPR to my online life. I was finally allowed to attend the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, CA, this year! To me, this is the best conference out there. At least the best one I can easily reach in California. There is no arguing or competition between public and academic librarians there like there is at The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-85442180084715319122008-10-28T20:02:00.000-07:002008-10-28T20:13:53.529-07:00I need tech toys!I'm working on a project for my library Director. There is a location our library is considering taking over as a small branch. It's located in the touristy downtown part of town, and would be frequented by visitors. I'm supposed to think of high-tech devices and displays, etc., that could be put in that location to make it shiny.Here are a few things I've thought of so far: The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-20113091870442632272008-10-03T21:29:00.000-07:002008-10-04T15:59:51.073-07:00Baby kittens!!!1!When my cat of 20 years, Bates, passed away a couple of years ago, I said, "No more cats!" I said that because, A) I didn't think I could ever replace Bates...and B) Brigitte, my dog, has a doggy door to go outside, and I'm a firm believer in keeping cats indoors.These reasons have served me well for the past two years. I have remained cat-free. Until now.While shopping for dog The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-81560202275509617002008-08-21T21:41:00.000-07:002008-08-23T16:51:52.302-07:00What I did on my summer vacation... I've been so lax in writing for this blog, I'm going to have to cop out and act like my Flickr is a photo-blog! Yeah, pretty lame, but I have uploaded tons of pictures from recent escapades. My most recent awesome adventures have been to the AnimeExpo (AX) in Los Angeles, and Comic-Con International in San Diego.July was an extremely geeky month!I'd never The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-55724611552053607062008-07-06T21:24:00.000-07:002008-07-07T14:59:22.838-07:00Follow up to previous post...Some readers of my last post wondered about the list of books posted there.That list came from The Big Read, which is described on their website as:...an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-21292009807511574652008-06-30T21:05:00.000-07:002008-07-01T20:38:13.755-07:00"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.2) Italicize those you intend to read.3) Underline the books you LOVE. 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (4 of them)5. To Kill a Mockingbird -The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-13451384103661556512008-06-24T19:28:00.000-07:002008-06-24T19:36:36.330-07:00Ewww...Ewww...Ewww....I got an ant in my mouth the other day.I'm constantly battling ants in my house. It never fails that there are two or three ant scouts out on my bathroom counter at any given time.When I rolled out of bed the other morning, I was taking a drink of water out of the cup I keep by the sink. I felt something on my tongue--only to find it was an ant.It was spicy.Ewwwwwwwwww!!!!1!The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-19580750534153556322008-06-13T22:07:00.000-07:002008-06-14T16:12:01.856-07:00Death and Toys R Us...connection??This really happened. I was at the Ref Desk the other day, when a loud, angry woman came hustling up to the desk out the back room. She waved a sheet of paper at my face, which I couldn't help but notice was a photocopy of a receipt from Toys R Us. Whilst she was waggling the paper around at me, this is what happened...Woman: I don't need a microfilm to tell me The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-2851370088821500572008-06-06T21:00:00.000-07:002008-06-07T14:18:35.283-07:00Grab your balls...we're going bowling!! Why is bowling a nifty activity? It can be done during the day or night, indoors (no sun!), it requires some physical activity, but you can still drink beer at the same time. How cool is that?Duck has been bowling since shortly after exiting the womb. He comes from a big family of bowlers too. His grandmother is even in the pro bowling hall of fame!He hasThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-13895539024028222762008-05-17T21:34:00.000-07:002008-05-17T21:34:03.807-07:00TIL's Big Hospital Adventure... I just had my first overnight stay in a hospital! I had been lucky enough to have lived this long with only one other surgical procedure--my tonsils removed. They sent me right home after that one. This time I had to have a Uterine Artery Embolization to treat fibroids. Nice, huh?After lots of stress and then a haze of major pain killers, these are some of the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-82554161385481596482008-04-02T20:13:00.000-07:002008-04-03T14:16:47.485-07:00Representing the tiny minority of nice people... An adorable old man came up to the Ref Desk at the library today. He chatted a bit, telling me and XCircMan that he was visiting from South Carolina, etc., etc. He went on his way to use a computer, and I was happy that we'd had at least one nice person in for the day. Things have been pretty hairy around here lately!Pretty soon he came back to The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-57203323722286080082008-03-18T21:03:00.000-07:002008-03-18T16:22:32.281-07:00Don't it make my brown eyes blue...Many readers will recall that we process US Passport applications at our library. I could rant on forever about all the shenanigans we are forced to endure whilst providing this service, but I'll just tell one story for today. A woman was filling out a Passport application for her daughter who was about 7 or 8 years old. After a very lengthy time working on The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-77376869541823985222008-03-12T20:14:00.000-07:002008-03-12T20:54:41.830-07:00Hey look! I'm posting again!Man-O-Man! Twice in one week? It's really because I need more support from all my wonderful friends who commented on the previous entry, and who have emailed me. I love you guys. I've said it here before, and I'll say it again. My friends are awesome, and I'm so lucky and happy to have such great people in my life.Hugs!Now...more about me. I'm sure glad I started The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com90tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-82406160400605781802008-03-08T20:14:00.000-08:002008-03-08T15:32:50.291-08:00Better living through chemistry...Someone pointed out the previous blog entry, below, to me the other day. He asked, pointing at the cookie picture, "NOT YOURS? What's NOT YOURS? The blog?? It must not be, since there haven't been any entries since NOVEMBER!!"I've also received emails from people I've never heard of, asking me if I'm okay. Those were totally awesome. I always say that online The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-67257493940039847302007-11-22T13:00:00.000-08:002007-11-22T13:08:26.658-08:00Fine...keep your dumb cookies... ArmyGuy baked cookies last night. He bakes cookies all the time. Rarely do I get any. He makes them for work, and for various people, and every now and then I might get one or two. Last night it was one. It was a really awesome chocolate chip thing that I noticed he was using lots of brown sugar and rum to create! I think he said he was making this batch for theThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-25304310283428831542007-11-20T23:30:00.001-08:002007-11-20T23:46:06.042-08:00Nightmarish X...I'm having nightmares again. It's a problem that sort of comes and goes. I'll usually go for a long while, then have a phase of terror-filled nights.Last night I woke disoriented and breathless after some horrific episode my mind tried to overcome. It failed. Mercifully, when I woke up again in the morning, I'd forgotten the details.Night before that, I literally woke up screamingThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-43720401547916017782007-11-13T22:10:00.000-08:002007-11-13T11:40:57.306-08:00Ray Redux...The California Library Association held it's annual conference in Long Beach, CA this year. Since that's not too far away from me, I went to a pre-conference workshop. Had plans for the weekend far in advance, so I couldn't go to the full conference.The workshop itself was so-so. It had to do with Next Generation Research Tools, but about the first half of the lecture (1 1/2 hours!) The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-64951776319501789112007-10-24T20:32:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:44:33.884-07:00My will is broken...The horrors of remodeling. They're BACK.Longtime readers will recall a couple of years ago when I was overcoming challenges in my house, painting, tiling, cutting holes in walls...remember?The remodel monster has reared its ugly head once more. I decided over the summer to revamp my master bathroom - the one attached to my bedroom. That, and the kitchen, were the only two The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-86307960450785127602007-10-22T21:29:00.000-07:002007-10-22T19:30:42.206-07:00San Diego wildfires...Have you heard this story in the news? Here are a couple of quotes:Fast-moving wildfires roared across California on Monday and engulfed large swaths of San Diego County, where 250,000 people were told to evacuate as state officials called in National Guard troops.With fire crews and state emergency services overwhelmed, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said 1,500 National Guard The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-66102878648181331442007-09-21T21:13:00.000-07:002007-09-22T11:26:17.551-07:00End of the Ray Bradbury story...If you didn't read the post before last, one of my goals while attending this year's Comic-Con was to meet Ray Bradbury and get my copy of The Illustrated Man autographed. I lovingly hauled the book around the whole time I was there, trying to figure out when and where Ray would appear. That wasn't as easy as it might sound. In addition to the fact that I was also The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-29545944924990348892007-09-13T18:35:00.000-07:002007-09-13T19:00:29.369-07:00Number 34!! No, I'm not going crazy like Jim Carey in that number movie.My library Director sent out an email this morning with a link to an article titled, Top 25 Librarian Bloggers (By the Numbers). I took a look at it, realized I was familiar with most of the blogs listed, and even knew some of the bloggers, and that was the end of that....or was it? The message from Dir had gone out to the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-48220921726632652752007-07-18T21:06:00.000-07:002007-07-18T21:33:31.950-07:00Got a nifty book today...I call myself The Illustrated Librarian as homage to RayBradbury's story collection, The Illustrated Man.The illustrated man's tattoos mesmerized their viewers and told fabulous, dangerous stories. I would like to think that mine do the same.I got this cool edition of the book on eBay and it just came in today. It's a hardcover from 1951. The book is in great condition, The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-42029918026088259712007-07-06T19:46:00.000-07:002007-07-06T16:52:31.666-07:00Fourth Phone Fiasco...I love having a cell phone. I think cell phones are the greatest boon to civilization since the microwave oven. I love being able to communicate, and have data like addresses and my calendar with me all the time. That's cool.I've had a Motorola Razr for some time now. I chose that model about two years ago because when it came out, it was the slimmest thing around. It was a The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-3582537940537787122007-07-03T20:08:00.000-07:002007-07-03T16:27:54.067-07:00Happy 4th - Blow something up!I want to wish you all a happy and safe Fourth of July! ArmyGuy will be working, but I scored a Bar-B-Que invitation with Duck! If that's not nifty enough, fireworks are legal in the neighboring city Duck where Duck lives. I think WiiMan has some plans to blow stuff up. I'm excited about that.I've seen all the big summer movies I had any interest in--1408, Live The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-51930185591386771392007-06-30T18:39:00.000-07:002007-06-30T15:40:05.948-07:00Here it is! The shiny new blog!Yeah, I know, it's just a Blogger template, but I think it's nicer and fresher than what I had. I have neither the time nor the inclination to set up a TypePad or some such page. Blogger is fine.I'm also using Blogger's comment system instead of continuing with HaloScan. The comments were really some of the best parts of this blog, and I'm sorry they are not The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-29226963883660171352007-06-26T15:49:00.001-07:002007-06-26T17:03:46.081-07:00New and improved...coming soon to a blog near you...The time has come to revamp my online presence. Apparently, I'm more popular than I ever thought I was! I want to give all my viewers something fresh to look at.Some of my plans are:Re-do this whole blog template. I want to stay on Blogger, just because I like it, so plan on seeing one of their arrangements showing up here.Change web hosts and The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-42051938430528529152007-06-23T18:23:00.000-07:002007-06-23T13:31:30.001-07:00 My pirate name is: Captain Ethel Rackham Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.part of the fidius.org network The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-47060764565480806212007-06-22T18:58:00.000-07:002007-06-22T17:04:27.704-07:00Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate Faire for me...I am almost always on a quest for adventure. I'm not talking about a trek through the Amazon kind of adventure...I just look for fun stuff to do in my time off. While gallivanting around the Renaissance Faire, meeting people and learning about other like-minded festivals, I happened upon another Ren group in the area. About an hour and a half away from my home,The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-23519137392630885452007-06-05T20:40:00.000-07:002007-06-05T12:46:46.895-07:00Golden Compass MovieThis is my Daemon from The Golden Compass website. It is changeable for 12 days. My friends can click here, offer their opinions on my personality and see if my Daemon changes!When I did it the first time, for myself, it came up as a tiger. When XCircMan went in and played around with it, it became a mouse! Go figure.Get in there and let it know what YOU think of my The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-51600697117847862112007-06-02T20:00:00.000-07:002007-06-02T14:21:28.824-07:00Reliving old times...Back in the mists of time...when dinosaurs roamed the land...when I was but a teenager...I never missed a Renaissance Faire. I would attend religiously every year, scraping together my youthful pennies for gas money, tickets and the obligatory turkey leg. Back then, the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire was held in Agoura Hills. Anyone who has ever watched an The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-35642942573668695222007-05-16T20:30:00.000-07:002007-05-16T16:37:34.694-07:00Curse or Car-ma?? With the price of gas being what it is these days, I have traded in my Toyota Tundra full-size pickup for an adorable little Honda Civic. I really liked my truck, but it did have its drawbacks. Even though it had a back seat, there really wasn't much room back there and my passengers were often uncomfortable. Brigitte, my 75-pound lab/border collie mix doggy, would not jump up The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-77493789204872720922007-05-10T20:41:00.000-07:002007-05-10T16:55:06.706-07:00Movie review...Spider-Man 3Oh what a tangled web Sam Raimi has woven.NOTE: some spoilers might come up here, but you really shouldn't plan on being surprised by what happens in a Spider-Man movie.I enjoy comic book action movies, and I like Spider-Man as much as the next person. I do have to admit though, that I've not spent years reading Spider-Man comics, so this review is written by a The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-21934782773279144352007-04-10T22:23:00.000-07:002007-04-10T14:24:53.665-07:00Nice surprise...When I returned to work from lunch today, I found a wonderful treat waiting for me--a gigantic bouquet of cut flowers! My best friend, Infomatrix, had told me I'd be receiving something from her for Easter. I might have known that some old run-of-the-mill chocolate bunny would not be up to Infomatrix's standards.This is one of the most impressive arrangements I've received in someThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-58743185388363574742007-03-17T20:44:00.000-07:002007-03-17T16:48:23.637-07:00It's all Greek to me...ArmyGuy took me and a friend of his from work, out to a Greek restaurant last night. I'm sure I've had Greek food before, but this was the first time I can recall ever having been to an actual Greek restaurant. It was pretty fun. The service at the restaurant wasn't the greatest,an annoyance exacerbated by the fact that I'm on antibiotics (again), which meant I couldn't The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-7526999819999318612007-03-01T10:09:00.000-08:002007-03-01T10:15:24.095-08:00All new ideas...have Departed...I've said it before, and I'll say it again. There are no new ideas. At least, apparently, in American film making. Case in point: The Departed. Martin Scorsese should have been ashamed to take home that sympathy Oscar he got on Sunday. There. I've said it.The Departed was a fantastic movie. A gritty crime drama set in Boston, Scorsese's Oscar winner tells the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-73323672767019747302007-02-23T21:34:00.000-08:002007-02-24T23:17:40.796-08:00Still among the living!!Hey there everybody!! I'm back!! I hope my loyal readers can still be described as such. I offer my wholehearted apologies to all fans who have not found a new entry here from me in so very long. Also, my thanks to online friends who have emailed me directly asking about my well-being. Thank you for caring about me!I've been out having so many adventures, I simply haven't The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-49517290456947563152007-01-13T12:35:00.000-08:002007-01-13T12:43:56.197-08:00WTF???I'm not sure what happened to me last night. I went out to dinner, then to the movies, came home, read a while and went to sleep.It was cold here last night, so I went to bed in pajama pants, a t-shirt, and a sweatshirt.When I woke up this morning, I was lying diagonally across the bed, the legs of my pajama pants were pushed up around my knees, the sweatshirt was gone, my nose was stuffed The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-76383446507382338332007-01-05T20:21:00.000-08:002007-01-05T14:26:48.178-08:00How NOT to get good service from a librarian...Just some of the ways one can be assured of NOT getting good service from a librarian is by being rude, obnoxious, and/or insulting. Many people patronizing public libraries simply do not seem to understand this. I know everyone is supposed to get the same level of service, but we all know that some are more equal than others.Just now a woman came upThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-689089630455781732007-01-02T11:00:00.000-08:002007-01-02T11:17:45.696-08:00Thanks to Gerald Ford...Thanks to Gerald Ford...well...thanks to the demise of Gerald Ford...a couple of beneficial things have happened to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm sorry that Gerald Ford died, he was the President of these United States, and should be respected as such...but...Upon news of his passing, the Director at work wanted a book display put up. Back in the mists of time, I used to do The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-22716842096907938292006-12-26T09:21:00.000-08:002006-12-26T10:12:24.688-08:00Holiday ink...I sincerely hope that each and every one of my readers is having most wonderful holiday season! Personally, I am having a lovely time! Very low-stress and relaxing. My days have been filled with happiness, fun and wonderful friends and loved-ones. Bliss. Among other treasures, I've also treated myself, and been treated to, new tattoos! Yes, you read that right...tattooS--two of themThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-82978399806528543582006-12-23T20:29:00.000-08:002006-12-23T14:34:47.424-08:00Lame...I am so very lame this holiday season, I'm not even going to write my own blog post.Go over to my dear friend, Infomatrix's blog, Digital Effluvia, and read her post there.It's all about me being upset over sending her poorly-wrapped Christmas presents.Check out my comment over there also, for my further explanation.I do hope you all have a lovely holiday season, whichever holiday you The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-16899430175368126732006-12-13T22:34:00.000-08:002006-12-13T10:36:01.035-08:00Mea Culpa...please forgive me...After being slapped this morning with AVWoman's comment on my prior post, I must make a public apology. I grovel before her, and offer my sincere regret for hurting her feelings. Everything AVWoman said in her comment is absolutely correct. Whatever titles we have at the library--we're all working hard at our own tasks, and we're all putting up with tons of The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-36217402772509410232006-12-11T19:00:00.000-08:002006-12-11T17:08:26.737-08:00Well and truly taken into the fold...In my last entry I told you about some new friends, and how I felt accepted by the pack. If I was unsure at all before, I am unsure no longer. Yesterday, Duck invited me to sit in on his weekly Magic card game. You will recall I said Duck's geeky pals thought it was super-cool that he was friends with a real librarian. Of course, it totally is super-cool, but The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-49717944521613289032006-12-06T21:08:00.000-08:002006-12-06T21:52:42.882-08:00One of us...One of us...We accept her...We accept her...One of us...Allow me to introduce you to a new friend of mine. He's called Duck. Not Duck like, watch out, you're going to get hit in the head...but Duck like, quack, quack. He likes ducks. What can I say? Duck is a geeky goth guy with a mohawk. I say geeky because he's into the whole comic book reading, role playing game loving, Magic card The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-42158502543880873622006-12-02T19:25:00.000-08:002006-12-02T14:38:07.131-08:00It's a tiny, tiny world...Do you all remember me talking about my good friend, Number5? There's one person who remembers, that's EnchantedSue. Ages ago, I had posted an entry talking about Number5, and describing what a fascinating person he is. After writing that story, I got an email from a woman named Sue, all about Number5. She was completely smitten by him. Sue went on and on about how The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-49867585289132737392006-11-25T19:17:00.000-08:002006-11-25T16:19:08.740-08:00Pajama pact...I truly hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving, or Harvest Festival, or just a few days off work...whatever might apply to you. As for myself, I had a pretty nice time.Infomatrix and I were talking about Thanksgiving recently. Infomatrix usually ends up with some gathering of family at her house, for which she has to cook, clean, and keep general mayhem under control. She always does The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-89336904464001747972006-11-20T19:53:00.000-08:002006-11-20T16:59:32.178-08:00Fate smiled upon me...I have had a horror-filled weekend. I mean that in the best possible way. I made the decision to forgo the activity I was going to do this weekend, and Fate rewarded me with a horror movie festival--right here in town!!I'd been planning to go to the Body Art Expo in San Diego this Sunday. The Expo is held a couple of times a year around Southern California. PartyMan and The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-91143539133701111322006-11-13T18:21:00.000-08:002006-11-13T18:25:57.552-08:00Remember when I had good habits?...Remember a while back when I was all dedicated to going to the gym, and I was losing weight like crazy? The last time I had weighed in, I had lost something like 66 pounds since last year.Then it all went to hell. I fell out of all my good habits. I don't want to tell you how long it's been since I've been to the gym. Neither do I want to tell you how much sugarThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1163182326080095062006-11-10T10:07:00.000-08:002006-11-13T18:19:39.877-08:00Stranger in a strange land...Stripperpalooza was held this past Sunday. This was an event hosted by my hot stripper friend, Michael Angelo. He got some other hot strippers together and put on a show at a local resort. This was all fine and dandy until I got there and realized the position I was in. I was the only woman at a pool-side male strip show being held at a clothing-optional gay resort.I The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1162877097658191022006-11-06T21:07:00.000-08:002006-11-13T18:19:39.773-08:00I am still among the living!!Greetings friends! The past couple of weeks have been a big adventure centered around my birthday! Hooray for TIL-Fest2006!The new male review started a week ago Thursday. This strip show is being hosted by my friend Michael Angelo. I've said it before, and I'll say it again--it's good to be friends with the boss. No cover-charge for me, and a reserved table right up The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1161730956492530972006-10-24T19:59:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:39.667-08:00In all my states... It's countdown to TIL-Fest-2006, and I'm in all my states! Technically, TIL-Fest has already started, since I've already received a couple of gifts. Two of them were accidentally received early, but hey, TIL-Fest can never start too early, in my opinion. I'm like a child on my birthday, I just love it, and this year's Fest may become the stuff of legend. Some upcoming Fest The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1161025461768442742006-10-15T19:37:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:39.565-08:00Some random stuff...Here is a message Number5 left on my voice mail at work: Gabcast! Number5 LaughsAlso, I put a few new pictures on my Flickr photostream. I learned how to email pics from my phone, straight into my photostream. How cool is that?The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1160522888593217652006-10-10T19:22:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:39.449-08:00Naughty Librarian...Who will be wearing this costume to my Halloween / Birthday party??It's for sale online right now at Target.The description includes the wording, "You should check out this Naughty Librarian costume..." ((groan))Sadly, it also states that the "pearl necklace is not included."The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1160257024060424922006-10-07T19:36:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:39.351-08:00And today's winner is... I really hate people who think the best way to get what they want is to be rude, obnoxious and abusive. They act that way, then still expect someone to provide a service for them. Today's winner for Snotty, Cranky Bitch Of The Day is...the girl who came in the library to apply for her passport. You will recall that my library is also a US Passport Application Acceptance The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1160105479317949192006-10-05T20:13:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:37.392-08:00Happy Birthday to ArmyGuy...(NOTE: Photos are at the END of this entry...If you're interested in seeing more evidence, go over to my Flickr page. Please enjoy!)In spite of the trip to the Grand Canyon being cancelled, a fabulous time was had by all in Las Vegas. ArmyGuy had a grand trip, even without the Canyon.Friday was spent shopping, casino touring, and relaxing before heading out for the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1159551603895062402006-09-29T10:20:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:37.277-08:00Lame...Tomorrow is ArmyGuy's birthday. His cool birthday gift was going to be a trip to Vegas, and while there, an excursion to the Grand Canyon. It was a tour where you got picked up at your hotel, took a bus trip to the Grand Canyon via the Hoover Dam, rode in a helicopter down to the Canyon floor, then took a boat ride on the Colorado River at the bottom.How was that, you wonder? We'll never The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1159400661057302232006-09-27T19:39:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:37.158-08:00In defense of Wookiees...There is a series of TV commercials on the air right now, hawking the newly-released editions of the Star Wars Trilogy. It's bad enough that George Lucas is boning Star Wars fans for more money with yet another two-disc, widescreen, blah, blah edition of these movies. Now, adding insult to injury, there is this new commercial.It starts out with a dad-type man who's The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1159057509130272202006-09-23T19:02:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:37.052-08:00In search of white chocolate...For many years, each time I would visit Las Vegas, I would visit the Ethel M Chocolate Factory. There were many things I enjoyed about this staple feature of my Vegas trips.One, factory tours are cool. You can walk past a big plate glass window and see all the mysterious machinery from whence the glorious chocolate comes.Two, you get a free piece of candy when you The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1158853467614920022006-09-21T20:40:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.929-08:00I AM special...XCircMan and I were sitting in our office at the library the other day, lamenting the amount of SPAM we get in our email there. He read one particularly amusing subject line from his inbox that was something like, For your granny, or such like, and said he wondered what that was all about.When I told him I'd received the same message, and I could see the first few lines in the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1158623042994617902006-09-18T19:25:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.709-08:00My Horoscope on Yahoo had this to say today:It's all about you, baby! The spotlight turns in your direction, and the stars amp up your magnetism. You're practically irresistible. Some might coast on their charm, but not you -- you're all about action. Wowee!! Farbeit for me to argue with the power of the stars and planets! Now, how do you think I should put this horoscope into the action that I'mThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1158279902216168462006-09-14T19:23:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.491-08:00Still in suspense...I've seen Michael Angelo a couple of times since last week's entry. I thought, by now, I would learn my fate as to what I'd have to pony up for losing that bet to him.No such luck.He's been looking mighty pleased with himself for winning. I figured as much. Not like I wouldn't act the same way! I asked him if he'd decided my penalty yet. He replied, "No...not yet...I think I'mThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1157665235377444582006-09-07T19:29:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.387-08:00I must admit defeat...The fine young man pictured at right is a new-ish friend of mine. Readers may recall seeing Michael Angelo (and his phenomenal rear end) pictured here a while back when Infomatrix was vacationing with me. I see Michael Angelo stripping and go-go dancing all over town, and over the past couple of months we've become friends. In addition to being incredibly hot, he's the The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1157582240667934122006-09-06T19:32:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.285-08:00Urn shopping...I think I'll be able to talk about this now. When I had to put my cat, Bates, to sleep recently, I decided to have her cremated and keep her ashes. I had that cat for 20 years, I want to keep her ashes with me too.Naturally, I went online to shop for an urn. I quickly discovered that urn shopping was a most interesting, yet vile, experience. The vast majority of the websites, and The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1157499003959351102006-09-05T19:25:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.181-08:00Quote of the day...There's a little old lady who comes in the library every now and then. She's totally helpless, and she always has a string of random questions.Today she wanted the following:A copy of the poem IfA copy of the poem TreesA list of Alcoholics Anonymous' 12 StepsA list of Alcoholics Anonymous' 12 TraditionsA list of foods that contain zincA map of secondary roads in CaliforniaI The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1157222036172067022006-09-01T23:33:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:36.060-08:00Can't quite bring myself to write a proper blog entry just yet. Instead, I did this:You Are 50% PsychicYou are pretty psychic.While you aren't Miss Cleo, you've got a little ESP going on.And although you're sometimes off on your predictions...You're more often right than wrongSo go with your instincts - you know more than you thinkAre You Psychic?The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1156977005321945682006-08-29T20:28:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.948-08:00Miss my friend...I am sorry to tell you that I had to put my cat, Bates, to sleep on Friday. She was twenty years old, and I'd had her since she was a baby kitten. We used to say she was my familiar.She had stopped eating very much a few days before I went to Vegas, but she still seemed fine. Didn't seem "sick" --she just wasn't eating much. I didn't want to take her to the vet and stress and The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1156439022974650332006-08-24T09:55:00.001-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.823-08:00Having a WICKED good time!!!Guess where I'm blogging you from! No, not Hell...but Hell's playground on Earth...Las Vegas!! I got into town yesterday, and already have had the time of my life!!Rolling into town about 1pm yesterday, I moved into my very comfortable room at the Stratosphere and cruised down to the buffet for brunch at 2pm. Brunch at 2pm? This is my kind of town. I had a nice lunch..The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1156288631860542922006-08-22T20:10:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.590-08:00I may have just secured my handbasket to Hell...I took a minister's wife to a strip show. Yep, it's true--AVWoman went with me to see Niko perform, to the same show that Infomatrix and I checked out when she was here on vacation.I didn't force AVWoman to do anything she didn't want to do! I always just told her that if she ever wanted to see such a thing, that she should go along with me, and it The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1155784778521588982006-08-16T20:11:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.469-08:00Update on cranky... I'm not so cranky now. Since my last post, some things panned out, others haven't...but I'm just going with the flow. Some things are still not making me happy, but I'm going to be like water. Infomatrix...do you hear me?--I still haven't heard from some of the people I needed to hear from via phone and/or email, but I'm trying to let that go. If things work out the way I'd The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1155500079642177562006-08-13T12:35:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.344-08:00I'm cranky...Now that I've gotten over the couple of days of concern for my military connections, I can go back to fretting over my own daily bullshit. The best laid plans of mice and TIL are going awry...and I'm cranky over it!! Plus, I looked like this picture when I woke up this morning.Events and adventures I had, or think I had, planned, are falling apart at the seams. Here's my cranky The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1155400201898552972006-08-12T09:18:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.234-08:00All boys present and accounted for... I heard from ArmyGuy and PartyMan, and everyone is right where they should be. ArmyGuy is still at school, PartyMan (on the right in the picture) can't be activated because he's already technically on active duty (he works as an honor guard at military funerals), and CutiePie (on left in the pic) isn't out of the state at all--he's doing guard duty at a localThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1155321771290139412006-08-11T06:29:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.139-08:00ArmyGuy might go again...You will recall that PartyMan and CutiePie are Army National Guard buddies of ArmyGuy's. They all went on the 14-month deployment to Cuba together. They were also supposedly non-deployable for three to five years after that service.I heard from PartyMan this morning that he and CutiePie got called yesterday and told they were activated, and on standby to possibly be sent The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1155236249003414002006-08-10T23:57:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:35.036-08:00Bad words and good words...There are certain words I like, and certain words I don't like. There's no rhyme or reason for this, certain words just rub me different ways.I'm not telling you any of the words I can't stand to hear. They just make my skin crawl. It's bad enough that ArmyGuy and XCircMan know all my bad words. ArmyGuy can put them all into one sentence together! Number5 knows a coupleThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1154997104014743562006-08-07T20:15:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.919-08:00Movie Review...The Descent...Due to sheer laziness, I've not reviewed a movie in quite some time. I return to the review realm with the new horror film, The Descent.It was indeed horrible, but not as a horror film. It was just plain horrible. A weak script, poorly executed plot with way too many holes in it, and a pitiful, disappointing ending all made for a substandard movie-going The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1154795136751150632006-08-04T23:59:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.822-08:00Correction... I have to make a correction to the blog post about the Long Beach International Tattoo Festival. I saw Scott Ian being tattooed, and I said he was the lead singer of the band Anthrax. He's not. Scott Ian is the guitar player for Anthrax.I was talking to Number5 on the phone last night, and he was all excited about telling me that, and knowing something I didn't know. He had a big The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1154473905535246232006-08-01T16:03:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.711-08:00Question of the day...A lady called the ref desk today and asked me to explain the above cartoon to her. That's all I'm going to say about it.The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1154390514068703602006-07-31T16:39:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.619-08:00 Sleeping sickness...I've been sick since Friday. It's not really a cold or flu, I don't think, I don't have a sore throat or cough or anything. I just don't feel...right.Friday I went to Disneyland and it was really hot and sweaty. My throat started to hurt, but not like a sore throat--it hurt to touch it on the sides. What is that? Glands? I don't know. I had slept in on Friday morning and we The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1153774721105543452006-07-24T13:43:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.533-08:00You did NOT just do that...I just got shooshed in my own library! I was walking back in from lunch, talking with a coworker. She veered off towards her office, and was just saying that the air conditioning in her car broke--it's well over 100 degrees daily here. I said, "Oh, NO!" and someone sitting at the table I was walking past actually had the nerve to shoosh me!I heard it, and registered it The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1153190768890449882006-07-17T17:14:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.442-08:00Librarians Gone Wild...Infomatrix arrived safely to visit me a week ago Thursday afternoon. She and I met eleven years ago, while working together at the library where I still work. She now lives in North Carolina where USMCman is currently stationed. Being 3000 miles apart doesn't make for easy visiting, so I was thrilled beyond words that she was able to come out to CA.After a shrieking reunionThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1152987703101599232006-07-14T23:03:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.349-08:00International Tattoo FestivalOh how I have neglected this blog. My only excuse is that I've been off in the pursuit of adventure! I've been so busy having adventures that I haven't had time to tell the stories!I will backtrack a little and tell the story of the Long Beach International Tattoo Festival I went to at the end of June. I'll do my best to get caught up after that.I've been to this The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1152203835201072572006-07-06T09:28:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.255-08:00Just stopping in to say hello...Hello all! Hope everyone had a happy Fourth of July holiday! I didn't do much on the actual Fourth, but I did go to two parties the weekend before and had an awesome time. Infomatrix arrives here for her vacation today, and I'm in all my states of bliss!! We'll be left to our own devices for the next few days--she's coming to visit ALONE--leaving Thing1 and Thing2 The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1151776259151515512006-07-01T22:48:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.164-08:00Yesterday a man called and said he'd "heard" that the movie Brokeback Mountain was based on a short story. I explained that yes, we had it, gave him the author's name, blah blah blah.Apparently, the old cooter came in the library this morning looking for the book. We didn't know that until he called again, asking for the book. XCircMan told him yes, we had it, blah. The patron replied that he hadThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1151434175551470102006-06-26T23:40:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:34.039-08:00I'm still here!!!Hey there readers, I'm sorry I've been so neglectful of my blog. I've been busy, and when I've not been busy, I've been tired. So now I'll try to catch up.This entry will be short, I'm firing it off before running out to lunch with XCircMan. This past weekend was an awesome whirlwind of adventure. I try to keep my life like that as much as possible you know. The picture with thisThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1150763334523455182006-06-19T17:28:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.952-08:00 A wicked visitor...Back a few months ago, I blogged about hanging out at the library with Udo Kier. I hadn't seen him for a while, but I know he's in and out of the US a lot.Imagine my thrill this afternoon when none other than Udo himself came sauntering into the library! I saw him come in the door, and come towards the ref desk--giving him a big smile and wave which he happily returned. Udo The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1150648882639176182006-06-18T09:26:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.860-08:00All roads lead to Reseda...I'm going to see a show in LA tonight...or at least I hope I am. This show is in a town called Reseda, which is in the Los Angeles area. While LA is my hometown, I'm not really familiar with Reseda or that part of town, so I hopped on some map sites to get directions.Of course I realize that there are different ways to get to the same place, but the three major map The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1150591751518640242006-06-17T17:32:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.761-08:00Getting My(Space) education...This is the word I learned today, thanks to some comments on MySpace: Emo Kid. I had to look it up, and this is part of what I found in the Urban Dictionary:COOL EMO KID: doesnt care what ppl think, likes a good band whether they are on mtv or not, and won't stop listening to some band just cuz everyone suddenly 'discovered' them. they do nothing to make ppl feel badThe Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1150171972166315692006-06-12T20:17:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.657-08:00Infomatrix cracks me up...I've been best friends with Infomatrix for many years now. I just love her. She's so smart and funny, she never fails to crack me up. She told me this story on the phone the other day and I almost fell off my chair, I laughed so hard.Basically, she was in the PX at the Marine Corps base where she lives, and she got sheepish about buying a thong in front of four jarheads The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1149898120186282172006-06-09T17:05:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.559-08:00What will it take?I was distressed and amazed to hear this story at the weekly staff meeting at my library this past Wednesday.Apparently, a man came in the library asking to get a library card. He wasn't providing the correct required information, so the girl issuing the card was having a problem with him. At some point during the transaction, the man pulled out a knife, flipped it open, and The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1149563835242529202006-06-05T19:49:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.467-08:00Another week at the gym...I like going to the gym, I really do. I feel better about myself when I go and workout. It's all good. However, even though I enjoy it, it's still hard to get myself to get there sometimes. Today was my day to go. I didn't want to. XCircMan encouraged me to go, saying it would "improve my mood," which hasn't been good today.I did it. I got myself together and schlepped The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1149357013579315132006-06-03T22:26:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.351-08:00It is uncanny how spot-on this quiz result is about me. Take the quiz:Which Horror Movie Are You?The CraftYour whole life, you've felt different. You know you're different, and that is why you break away from the norm and don't give a shit what other people think about you. You're you, you're proud, you're a bit... weird might I say? but you're far more interesting than most people will ever The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062721.post-1149206249250337182006-06-01T18:54:00.000-07:002006-11-13T18:19:33.251-08:00A really good day...I was all crabby again this morning, expecting today to be horrible. Mercifully, it was just the opposite--I had a really good day!I found out I'm going to make some cash creating a website for a friend. I wanted to just barter something instead of cash, but couldn't think of what that might be, and I could use some extra vacation-cash right now. She thought that was fine, so,The Illustrated Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209893241852236986noreply@blogger.com0