I'm tired!

I don't know, I thought these weeks off would be all about sleep and relaxing, I think I am too optimistic.

I am tired, I picked up my sister from the airport at around midnight so it took another half hour to get home again. And now I am at work and so sleepy. I need to get back on auto-pilot.

This weekend I go home for the first time since Christmas. I finally get to see my cousin Josiah, he will be about a month old. So cute.

Can I go to sleep now?

Well I am tired, last night I just couldn't sleep, now I am falling asleep at my desk. And today one of my co-workers sent his resignation to the entire university, before consulting his boss. Can we say "Oh, my." So it seems that I will be moving downstairs for at least part of my time, because our intern doesn't start until September. I wonder if this means that I will have to start working on ILL? These two cartoons make me think of today... and Dr. Tomer's thing with toasters.

Two days left!

It is really a rather remarkable thing that this semester is over in 2 days. I have a hard time fathoming it. For being such an intense semester, it went incredibly quickly. I had surgery, and still accomplished everything, well I am still working on some of the readings from the weeks time, but they are all downloaded on my computer, so I just have to click on them and then read them. And now when I pick up Library Journal and other Library magazines, I have an actual interest in what is printed on the cover. In fact I am recognizing issues because of these classes. What a remarkable concept. Well, I am preparing for the next semester, and I will continue to try and make sense out of everything that is going on, and try to keep up with the library world. I did joine ALA and the New Member Roundtable, and I am already a member of the PaLA and SEPTLA so I will try to keep up with what is going on.

Almost there

I am almost done, I just need to do make sure I have done everything. I am pretty sure I have, but I just want to be sure. I haven't had internet all weekend, and on top of that my roommates parents came to visit. It was nice seeing them again, but I wish that these last two weeks could have been without all the disturbances and distractions, like construction, and more leaks. Yeah, thats right they replaced everything and now it has mold again. However, due to our coming over to the main office with a digital camera, showed them what it looked like. Annoying things, and we have to put in a request to get any compensation or money off our rent. Anyways, due to the fact that I cooked, and it is like 85degrees in here, I think I am going to close the windows and doors and turn the air conditioning on. Oh, and read something fun.

TGIF

So I finished Free Culture last night, it made me hate Congresses decisions on the whole copyright act thing.

They are still doing construction on my apartment, no one was there yesterday, so I need to call them back, my roommate's parents are suppossed to come this weekend, which means that I would like to reconstruct my bathroom, and get my bathroom stuff out of my bedroom.

I have a new cousin, Josiah Robert as of Wednesday evening, please pray for him. Apparently the new doctor they got when they moved is an idiot and one of the reasons why malpractice is so high in the state of WV. They did a test so late in her pregnancy that Josiah Robert is anemic and dehydrated. He also had the ambilical cord around his neck so they are keeping him until Saturday instead of Monday because he is doing so well.

Now I am reading the Anarchist in the Library I am hoping to fly through it this evening. I want to get the last discussion written. I am ready to read something that I want to read, (aka something with little to no educational value).

Fables

I don't know about you all but I cannot believe that this semester is almost over, I also cannot believe that I still have 3 books that I am working through, I think I am going crazy trying to finish them all. I am tired and I want to go home, however being without a car that isn't going to happen. That and I am working, and will continue to work when I get home. You'd think with the fact that I am all alone since my roommate is once again house and dog sitting this week that I would be getting a lot accomplished, but unfortunately that hasn't been the case. Oh well, everything will get accomplished, it always does.

I need a weekend to myself!

Hello All, I am tired. I got back from Pittsburgh, and my family was here on vacation, so I had little to no time alone, or any ability to work on my homework, there was no where to go, and while I took my books with me everywhere in the vain attempt to get some reading done, it was pretty hopeless until my parents left Sunday afternoon.

And I am tired also because I keep having to dope myself up on allergy medication because of the mold in my apartment. They told me they were coming in yesterday to tear down the walls and fix the pipes in the bathroom, but then I called when they hadn't shown up by 2:00 in the afternoon, and the woman said that it wasn't until today that they were going to show up. Sigh. I was hoping to be there to discuss what the specifics were going to be with the contractor, so I could keep the cats away, and if necessary move them over to the apartment that they had open for us in case we have to be out of our apartment for a day or two. I don't want my cats to get out while they are working.

On more pleasant news, I am going to be an "aunt" again today. My cousin Rachel is being induced since she has been in labor for a week already (can I just say "oww"). So little Josiah will be here shortly or already is here. I also found out what 2 of my other pregnant cousins are having. Kristine is having a boy that they are naming Taylor Donovan, and Jessica is having a girl named Reagan, but they aren't due until November, the same time my boss is due. I feel like I am surrounded by female horomones.

Today is today

Sorry no creativity left....must get sleep...or I will pass out on desk.

Stuck at home

Hello, I hope everyone made it home safely. I am soo tired, however because of all the storms last night. I am at my sister's apartment it is her birthday so my mom is making her favorite biscuits and sausage gravy. There is no power at work so I stayed to help get any and all water removed from around the books and then I got to go home again since they don't know when they will have power again. So I am going to continue reading "The meaning of everything." Bye, bye.

On Campus

I am in Pittsburgh, and I am tired!! It happens, I have walked more in the last 3 days then I did all last year, which is a pity because it means I have been a lazy bum, but now my feet and body are telling me I suck. I am hoping my blisters go away, 5 in three days is a bit much, luckily Judith took me to the store (no we didn't get lost! we decided instead to take the long way to the store) and I got bandaids.

I also went on the Cathedral of Learning Nationality Classrooms tour, and it was lovely, but some of the classrooms smell really weird. I really should take another Allegra D, it works wonderfully well. I am on the internet in the hotel, and unless you are in the lobby it is 10 bucks a day, that is truly ridiculous, but unfortunately I have no "relax" clothes, and so when I took a shower when I got home all I had were my PJ's. So Sunday I am going to take my laptop to Hilman or the Cathedral of Learning and work on some stuff before I come back to my room. I would do it for tomorrow, but it is the baseball game and so I don't want to take my laptop with me. Anyways, talk to you later.

Do not like one book summaries!

I have to say, I hate one book summaries. They just are not my cup of tea. I have such a hard time coming up with an angle. With two or three books it is easy to compare and contrast ideas and philosophies, but one book, especially one that is in no way controversial is a bit of a strain. I always think that the paper stinks. And I have to work on my bibliographies. I have no idea how to site web address and articles that I got off of course web. I only had MLA in undergrad and it isn't very through on those.

Otherwise I am trying to clean and pack for Pittsburgh, I am not at all sure what I am doing. I think I am going to call my cousin and then get started on packing. I need to clean because my parents and brother are coming up to stay with me as soon as I get back from Pittsburgh, and while my roommate does help clean, there are some areas that she never remembers, the bathroom floor and kitchen floor being two examples. However I do have to say she does an excellent job of the living room and bedroom. Anyways I have to go, I also want to get an idea of what I need to do for school while I am away.

Yeah!!!! my site is finished!

I finished the website. Yeah, all the people rejoice!!! I know a little melodramatic, but I am tired, and I am so happy to figure everything out. Though I cannot take all the credit myself. That lovely discussion board and the cohort is what gets me through. Now if only I can finish all my readings for the week. :-) I am so very happy. I am trying to decide now on outfits, this is the first real trip I have gone on in years that doesn't involve going to see a relative, it actually matters to a certain degree what I wear. So now everyone, au revior.

Working and Cold's do not mix

I am still working on NVU I am trying to figure out the last couple of instructions so that I can finish this site so as to move on to the last assignment. I also need to keep reading the books that we have assignments for along with everything else. I am still amazed at how much work there is in Grad school. I knew there was a lot, but most the the grad students around my college don't look nearly as frazzled as the undergrad. I will have to come up with a theory about that later. I am still sick only now I have cold medicine, which is making the world a slightly more funny place.
My nose vaguely resembles that famous reindeer's. Have fun now.

Things to figure out.

-inline formatting
-getting 12pt font
-getting my RSS feed for my blog
-figuring out the Feed2JS link.

Amazing

I just looked at a bunch of people's Nvu projects and I must say I am jealous. They looked wonderful. I am still trying to figure out if I am doing everything correctly. I suppose I will have to ask next week. I can't believe we have our quiz finally. I am going to do it when I get home, now that I know it isn't due until tomorrow.

I have a cold. It stinks. I haven't had one since I moved out of the dorms at school, so about 18 months. Now because I had surgery, I get one just by touching the cough drop bag that the person with a cold touches. That stinks. Also my car is basically dead at this point, which is amazingly exciting.

I have to finish my Access Principle book so I can do the report this weekend. That should be good. Anyways, have a fun day everyone.

Hello 4th of July!

Yes, I know it isn't the 4th of July, however it will be. My car is still in denial that it wants to work, so I get to call AAA. I put off doing it on Saturday because I got my hair cut. And Sunday is supposedly a day of rest. (So in honor of the Lord's day, I try and do things that don't make me want to swear.)

I hear at present the melodious sounds of people setting off generic fireworks, supposedly illegal, but still found in most neighborhoods this time of year. We had a marvelous thunder and lightening storm come through earlier this evening. I keep feeling sorry for all the rain we have been receiving because I know that there have been some heavily hit areas. But I love thunder and lightening storms, they are amazing things. Seeing all that power unleashed, power that scientists have been trying to harness or replicate for eons. Sorry my mind is wandering, and when it wanders it tends to be a bit spastic. Well anyways, if I don't remember to post tomorrow, happy 4th of July!

Nvu equals a New Headache

I really hate learning to use new applications, especially ones that are supposed to be user friendly and aren't. For some reason I just couldn't get it to work for me. I ended up transfering it over using the ftp internet explorer way and copying the file over. I have no clue what it is that I am missing. My boss came to help me and even then we had a problem. [Sigh]

I am now trying to remember that I have to blog. I can only be so consistent for so long and then I stop remembering things. Especially with assignments such as these.

My car decided to try and die on me this morning while I was driving into work. That sucks. Unless the bill is under $50 to fix him, he needs to go to the dump and die, after he has been picked over for parts. There are some good ones in there, I should know due to the bills that have accumulated. I have to go out now and see if he lives, or if a tow truck is needed. I keep trying to remember the old saying "God only gives us as much as we can handle" but right now I feel in need of a huge shovel to pick me up.

Over the river and through the woods

Let's see, my birthday weekend went well, I went to a wedding, spending oodles of time in the car since I had to go out for the rehersal dinner, drive home, then drive back the next day (good time to read the final book for the paper that was due on June 26). The wedding was between two friends of mine from college. It was 2 1/2 hours away, in Danville, PA. It was an amazing contrast, the church being in the middle of farm country, the music was all classic, with several selections from opera pieces, sung very well by friends. And then since the groom is a farm boy, despite being a music major (music major = insane at least at my school) they got bombarded by grain seed and driven by a tractor through the parking lot. So I spent close to 10 hours in a car this weekend, which was very good for my reading if very bad for my side.

Then on Monday I wrote my paper, it is amazing how when I am sorting out my thoughts for papers, I rarely ever go where I think I am going to at the beginning. Thoughts start sprouting and taking root during the whole process. Yes it is a little odd, but that is almost always the way I write, outlines never seem to work, which is something I really have to work on.

Let's see tomorrow we will be discussing Superman, Pirates, and HTML vs. XML. You're excited aren't you. I can tell.

Not by bread alone

I am sitting at Panera and enjoying a wonderful salad and free internet, can anything be better? ( I am sure the answer is yes, but being that I just got out of work, this is wonderful!) The only thing that could make me happier is a huge comfy chair. (oh, and my internet to be working at home!)

Today is my birthday. I always get contemplative on my birthday, well contemplative and completely nondecisive. Family have been calling throughout the day and now I am sitting eating and reading at a place with really good bread. I am not sure about the contemplative part, I am generally contemplative, why else would I have 3 blog sites, a journal on my computer and another beside my bed? But on my birthday, it is different. Oh, I don't know.

Anyways, I think I got the Cloud Tag assignment completed, it worked for me when I was signed in anyways. I think it is very funny that I worked getting all my tags for Connotea making sure they were proper and mostly different from delicious and then it won't work. Very odd and vaguely disappointing.

I am now going to go back to reading.

Internet Scout is killing me

I was having a hard time trying to find interesting sites and then "cataloging" them, so I built an email list and then sent it to myself. But it got even worse as I was trying to add them on yesterday and I could only get like 6 of them on, and half of those I had to do twice before they would go on. I have them all I promise, but the system just wasn't working yesterday.

My internet is still not working well. I am going to see if the school I work at will give me access to everything I need so that after work I can stay late and do some of the stuff, at least until the lovely IT hubby can come out and work on the problem to see if I have to switch to someone else. This is so annoying! Thanks Stephanie for the help, I have to wait and do it in a bit. I am glad and rather nervous about doing the HTML stuff, at least my boss knows it well so I can ask her scads of questions. Anyways see you all later. Laura

the internet and i

I really hate our internet connection it works for my roommate throughout the day, and then magically I come home and boom! it stops working. I have DSL shouldn't that be working, but no, Verizon owns the lines and I have to suffer. GRRRR.. I need to clean my apartment so my boss and her IT hubby can come over and see if he can find the glich. Or tell me that with my apartment I have to switch to Cable. I don't want to switch to cable, but if I have to I have to.

I went to church today so I got to see people I don't normally get to see. It was the first time I had made it there since my surgery. It was good to be back. The church was a blast, they are having VBS (vacation bible school) and it is a fiesta theme, so the church was decked out for that this week since they decorated yesterday.

I am still trying to catch up with all my reading from the other week, man, I think I am going to have the school make it so my laptop will work here so i can stay after work and do some more school work before going home. Ugg, is all that I can feel about that. I never studied in this library while I was a student, and now that I am a grad student at a different school I will be using the library to study in, how ironic is that?

Migraines and Mindgames

I am not sure what is worse, the pain in my belly or the pain in my head. I get all excited over things, like being able to work from home on a half day schedule this week and then come home to find out that the not only is the internet not working none of the jacks in the apartment are working. So my roommate goes and calls everyone she can think of to solve the problem. Our apartment maintance people come over, finally today (because it isn't an emergency) and all of the jacks, even the one in the living room that hasn't worked since we got a phone line are now working!

Of course I woke up with a migraine that I haven't experienced in ages, shakes, chills, nausea, auras, pain in my sinus cavities and teeth, and can't take my prescription for it because I have to be on the meds the doctor gave me for my surgery. So it took until about 3:30pm this afternoon before I could stand to uncover my eyes.

I am still trying to wade through all the reading I missed out on from last week. There is so much on a normal basis that getting through all of this info for two weeks is feeling a little too heavy. Oh, well. Life happens and will continue to keep going whether I fail or pass. Though I fully intend to pass! Have a grand day!

Hello again

I am back again. I have had my gallbladder removed, and now am once again at a computer, though still rather uncomfortable. I still feel rather bruised and cannot laugh hard, cough or sneeze. I had no idea there were so many stomach muscles involved in those processes.

I finished the next paper and have so much reading that needs to happen. My evenings all this week and probably next will go towards reading to try and catch up from last week. Narcotics are rather dangerous things, I hardly felt them working the first 2 days I was in so much pain, and then they put me asleep for the next three days, I would be doing some reading and then suddenly would get ridiculously dizzy and then start to sleep for at least 3-5 hours. Not well mind you, I would sleep 5 minutes, then wake up suddenly only to fall asleep again. Fun times let me tell you.

Though it was nice to see my parents, I haven't seen them since Christmas so I was very glad to have them here. After having gone through the surgery it still surprises me it is outpatient. Though for me, the problem was that my nurse left too soon after the surgery so she couldn't explain some of the circumstances to my new nurse. Oh well, it is over with. Now if only the bruising would go away. I am supposed to start work tomorrow and am a little nervous there is so much I still can't do. And sitting upright for 2 hours seems to be one of them. :) Anyways have a great day.

This is the day.. but for what?

I don't know. I am sad and glad about the quiz getting moved. I got through all the material, now I shall have to read over my notes everyday or so to try and remember it all for the July 5th quiz. Also can anyone explain to me how to get "subscriptions" that is what my xanga account calls them anyways. They are "friends" on myspace.

I am having a hard time concentrating. There is so much that needs done. I am trying to remember my undergraduate days, how did I do it? I think I had less work with 18 credit hours than with 6 in graduate. I once again feel like a hermit.

I get to see my parents they are coming up for my surgery tomorrow. I am having my gallbladder out. I had hoped they would have let me have surgery earlier this year but they kept wanting to run tests. So now I am off for a week. Let's hope I can still keep up with my reading. Have a great week.

I think I am very far behind

I am so far behind, I keep trying to catch up and yet seem to keep lagging behind. I only just found the homework posting site. This last week I have been trying to catch up on reading, and I keep calling the DSL company trying to get them to fix my connection because it is taking forever to get anything related to FT to download.

Maybe after my surgery I will have time to sit down and try to figure this class out. I am so confused and seem to be missing things. I think I need to talk to my group members to see where they are at. This is one class that I wish I had the in-classroom experience for. I didn't realize how technologically inept I am.

Nothing inspiring to say

I have discovered that while glancing through the Discovering Computers book, and it looks very awe- inspiring it really isn't. I was able to very simply comprehend what it was saying. Which is good since I have to finish all the chapters I haven't read and process it before our quiz on it Monday.

Monday is the last day before I have my gallbladder removed. Amazing really that they can do that as outpatient. It will be the first time I will be given prescription painkillers. But at least it will be out and hopefully getting rid of this 5 month pain and nausea that I have been having.

However I hope they don't mess me up too bad, because I really want to get some reading done. It will be a very good oppurtunity. Here's to hoping and praying for the best. Tomorrow my pastor and his wife are coming to pray with me over it. Very nice of them. Talk to you later.

Yipee!

I just got my Discovering Computers 2006 book! Now I won't fail the first quiz. :) I started reading the intro to the 1st chapter and nearly started to hyperventilate. I don't think that I had any idea how much I didn't know about computers. Grip for the day. My DSL wasn't working properly most of the weekend and so I had a hard time doing much of anything. Hopefully my roommate will see if is working better otherwise another call will go out to my ISP provider. I am once again gauging my options on switching services. Anyways, hope all of you who read my post are well? I am trying not to be nervous over my surgery next Tuesday. I have blood work on Friday so that should be fun. Bye.

Nice to know

It was nice to know that I am in tune with much of what other people think and say about technology. I know I have a hard time reading for long periods of time on the computer. I hate my cell phone but deem that it necessary, especially when I am going home to WV (a 8 and half hour drive). I have all sorts of accounts for things that I don't use anymore. Anyways I am going to bed.

Great Poem

Be a little careful of your Library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am trying to finish reading the Kuhn book. It was really hard last night, it took almost an hour per chapter because I just couldn't concentrate. I guess being told about surgery and everything that is going to be happening in the next two weeks got to me. Knowing that the pain will stop, is a lovely miracle in itself. I have had too many tests that came back saying I should be normal.

So the plan is that tonight- homework, go to movie, sleep in, and then homework and clean house during the weekend. Sounds like a doable plan, so let's see how it goes.

LIS 2600

I honestly don't know if I am going to make it through this class. :-) I didn't realize I was so far behind in technology. Though I am happy that I am not the only one, obviously misery loves company. I still haven't recieved my book for this class. I am never going to choose the "as few as possible" shipments ever again. I am also trying to delve into this class a bit more. I think I should have spent more of the weekend looking over this Course rather than LIS 2000. Though I am having a problem with the 'http://mingus. assignment file, I can't get it to come up until after 8:00 pm at night, I have to try my roommates computer, maybe it will come up there for me.

This is definately more work than I had anticipated, at least right off the bat. I am trying to change my mindset from undergrad to grad style classes. (Exp. Read every word vs. picking out general ideas.) I enjoy watching the classroom sessions, they make me feel involved, and I also like the Podcasts. I am still waiting for more info on the Tag assignments. I have actually never done those before. I am much more familiar to blogging, and chat rooms.

If you couldn't tell I am more than a bit of a worrywart. I suppose I am also stressed by the fact that my one and only book for this class still isn't in. Here's to praying for a miracle from Amazon.

Still figuring this blog site out

I am trying to shift through all the reading that we have to do, especially this week. I thought that I had to do a lot of reading compared to my friends in undergrad, but this is amazing!

I am also trying to figure out this blog site. I have a xanga site, myspace, and facebook, but all of them take time to learn. Though I must say that xanga was by far the easiest to learn.

Now a bit about myself other than what is in the profile. I was born in Groton, Conn. And then when I was 7 moved to West Virginia. I have a very large extended family and we all grew up together and so are very close. Now my cousins are all having children of their own, so I am Aunt Laura. Currently 4 of my cousins and their spouses are expecting children.

I came to the Philadelphia area for school. I attended Philadelphia Biblical University initally as a Secondary Education History/Social Studies major, but after one semester switched to Counseling. I started working in the library of my school the 2nd week of my 1st semester during my Freshman year. I have always loved libraries. Whenever my librarians saw me coming, they would go over to the holds shelf and get down about 20 books at a time, which I would read in about a week.

During my senior year of college I went through a crisis of sorts and discovered that I didn't have enough life experience to be a Marriage and Family Counselor at the age of 24. So I started looking for a career until, who knows when exactly, I guess the real reason was that i needed a job that would help pay off my student loans. :) I looked into Massage Therapy, MLIS, and several other possibilities. However, since I couldn't make up my mind so I took a year off after my undergraduate studies to work in the library and decide if that was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I discovered that I really rather enjoy it, and so applied for FastTrack MLIS and that is how I got here.

Hello, True Gods of Sound and Stone

On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue;
I saw the danger, yet I walked along the enchanted way,
And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day.

On Grafton Street in November we tripped lightly along the ledge
Of the deep ravine where can be seen the worth of passion's pledge,
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts and I not making hay--
O I loved too much and by such by such is happiness thrown away.

I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her the secret sign that's known
To the artists who have known the true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint. I did not stint for I gave her poems to say.
With her own name there and her own dark hair like clouds over fields of May.

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly my reason must allow
That I had wooed not as I should a creature made of clay--
When the angel wooes the clay he'd lose his wings at the dawn of day.
-- Patrick Kavanagh