Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.

The consequences of world domination.

2009-11-11T04:33:57Z

Originally published at lib schooled.. You can comment here or there.

Last week, to put it succinctly, was the week from hell.

I left for St. Louis to present at a conference on Wednesday, came home mid-afternoon Friday only to immediately head to the Fox Theatre with Justin to see Bob Dylan play Friday night. Saturday morning, after dropping Wednesday off at the dog boarders, we drove to Kalamazoo to see our friends Lauren and Eric get married. Sunday, after a pit stop at IKEA, we headed home where I was able to finally couch for the first time, it seemed, in weeks.

I only checked email twice on Monday. Twice! Clearly, I was tired and overworked.

Justin and I have been having a lot of conversations on what’s going to happen with me when on-campus classes are done for me in May (I’ll still be doing a few online classes for the summer session): I’ll be out of a job (the graduate program kicks students off of student assistantships after 36 credit hours and I hit 42 or 44 May 2010), Justin and I are getting married (to get health benefits – srsly), we’re moving somewhere but we’re not sure where. And then there is the honeymoon to contend with (UK? Italy? For how long?). In a short amount of time, a lot of stuff is going to be happening and I can’t plan for it because it is all dependent on whether or not I get a job offer and if so, where I’m going. And on top of that, if I don’t get a job offer, where do we move to? Justin has the luxury of telecommuting, and I know that if I can’t find a job in X time, he will support me, but I don’t want to have to do that.

It’s called having to pay $900/month in student loans, muthafucker. (”Down with your bourgeois education,” Justin says.)

So then it goes back to, “What do you want to do! What do you want to do with your life!” and of course, “world domination” doesn’t necessarily pay the bills.

In all seriousness though, I stacked my interests and my work experience in the last two years to make myself as marketable as possible. I’ll have 18 months of academic librarianship under my belt, along with having presented at a conference, certification in archival work coupled with practicum experience, digital librarianship, special projects I’ve worked on with professors plus my own incredibly varied background.

I’m awesome and I know that.

One thing I keep musing on is just how far and to what extent I want to make librarianship and archival work my life — because I know me well enough to know that I will rabble rouse and want to change the world (I’ve already started that on campus here with the creation of a new student group that I did with three other students this summer), and while there are many incredibly awesome librarians and archivists out there who do similar rabble rousing things, the profession as a whole can be and is to some extent, incredibly backward and staid. As a student, looking at the work being done typically sums up one thing — that everything has to be committed to death and with that comes the death of innovation and moving forward.

But as par usual, I’m digressing.

As it stands, in addition to my course work and 20 hours of ref desk pimpin’, I currently am doing the following:

President, ASIS&T,Wayne State student chapter.
Vice President and co-founder, Progressive Librarians’ Guild, Wayne State student chapter.
Communications chair, Graduate Employees’ Organizing Committee, Wayne State.
Member, virtual reference committee for new technologies, Wayne State Library system.
Digital technologies librarian liaison, various roles/responsibilities ¹.

I can see my life going in a variety of directions, and I know that I’m flexible enough with my skillset that if I don’t like how one way goes, I can totally switch it to another. The problem, however, is that I’m not quite sure if I want to be a rabble rouser anymore — my own work and interests seem to get pushed to the side because when I take on something, I like to think I give it 110% of my focus – and I know it is because of this that makes me so good at what I do.

Writing, for example, has gone to the way side. Not just missing a few days or a few weeks but it’s been since MAY since I’ve posted anything to this or my LiveJournal account, which I even barely check anymore. My other domain, biblyotheke.net is to represent my “professional portfolio” and that’s not even been tweaked with since I installed Indexhibit on it a few weeks ago.

The quandary I’m having is not only how I want to live my life, but how to live my life and make it meaningful. How do I balance a husband, a future family, a career and personal interests while giving myself Lisa-time? What type of jobs should I start looking for? Should I sell out? Consult? Write the “Great American Novel”? Do I want to work 60hrs a week and push family and personal life aside (like my mom)? And if my school involvement right now is any indicator, it can end up like that.

Because I find it incredibly difficult to say “No.”

1. I have not discussed with my freelance employers what I can and cannot post about my work for them, so for now, they remain anonymous.

I'm engaged, bitchez.

2009-08-18T23:48:47Z

I'm engaged, bitchez.
Originally uploaded by modgirl.

Title says it all, pretty much.

365 Photo: Day 9: Wolfgang’s Keane

2009-06-30T17:37:42Z

Originally published at digital biblyotheke.. You can comment here or there.

When I moved back to Grand Rapids in December of 2002, I made a promise to myself that the only place I would want to live is in Eastown, a wonderfully hip and fun area that reminds me of Ann Arbor (in which A2 is always considered to be Michigan’s answer to Berkeley), just on a incredibly smaller scale. It took several years before I would end up living in Eastown, and for 3.5 years, I had a ramshakle apartment on Norwood Ave that gave me 5 minute walk to some of the better eateries, pubs/bars and shops in the whole of Grand Rapids area. In the last few years, other walkable neighborhoods have started popping up such as Cherry Hill, Diamond District, Downtown and the burgeoning midtown areas. But Eastown has always been my first love and it is here I always come to visit when I come back to visit the ‘rents. And if there is any chance of moving back to Grand Rapids, Eastown would be the first place we would look to live.

The one thing that Eastown has that I have not found duplicated anywhere I have traveled is Wolfgang’s, one of the (bar none) best breakfast places ever. And ever, I mean ever. There is nothing like Wolfgang’s anywhere — it is not their extensive breakfast menu, their awesome hazelnut coffee or the familiarity of their waitstaff who recognize me when I come in — it’s the whole attitude of breakfast that presented. It’s not some highfalutin, overly priced restaurant where one gets some “fusion” dish that fails horribly (Muse in Royal Oak, I’m looking at you) or has a limited sampling of breakfast entrees (most breakfast places), but over and over again, they have pages upon pages of delicous, artery hardening, weight gaining breakfast. It is no wonder they are consistently voted the number one breakfast place everywhere in the local “best of” polls.

My favorite, something I have tried to duplicate by ordering separate dishes at other places, is the Keane: Southern style biscuits and gravy, topped with corned beef hash and scrambled eggs. I think one of the reasons I could never go vegetarian is the promise of no more Keane, something that I would gladly travel hundreds of miles to have.

Wolfgang’s has become the staple to visit when I come into town, not a visit goes by where I’m here at least once. When Justin and I end up moving to our nesting spot and if that place ends up outside of Michigan, I’ll lament not missing friends and family, but I’ll lament missing out on Wolfgang’s.

365Photo: Day 7: Mocha Mocha

2009-06-28T23:31:53Z

Originally published at digital biblyotheke.. You can comment here or there.

I’ve been a bit lax on the whole “digitally document my life” thing, understandably due to heavy work and school load this past week that was unforeseen last Sunday. I’ve got a few days to fill in (and which they will be backdated so I’m not terribly sure how they will translate to updating Twitter and LiveJournal), but I’m really keen on getting these uploaded sometime soon. Also, interestingly enough, I brought everything with me to power/transfer my camera but not the camera itself. The camera on my phone takes fairly decent shots but the system of shooting, uploading and fixing is a bit more kludgy than I’d like.

This partial weekend, I’m in Grand Rapids visiting fam and heading to a few doctors appointments. Now that my insurance has changed, finally, from one job to the next, I’m honoring a few appointments I have left before I start the process of digging for a new set of doctors in Detroit.

With that being said, Mumsy and I went out to lunch today and on our way back to her house, we stopped at Biggby Coffee so that I could load up on caffeine. I ordered a 24oz iced Mocha Mocha, which contains copious amounts of espresso but also interestingly enough, while it is labeled as “Sugar Free,” my iced Mocha Mocha came with whipped topping and chocolate syrup. What would have made this even more priceless is if I had this made with skim milk.

academichussy @ 2009-06-20T00:01:00

2009-06-20T04:01:15Z

01:40 Good twittervrese. I'm off to dream of guinness steak pie. Mmmm.. #
09:44 Good morning tweeps. @unrealsnow and I are hanging out in class. Woot. #
10:43 I'm at Wayne State University - bkite.com/08Fyp #
10:43 Someone needs to come and remove my uterus. ASAP! kthanx #
12:09 I'm adui5000g. End of class. #
16:18 I'm at Apple Store Somerset - bkite.com/08GdM #
16:23 Escorted into the apple store. #
18:36 twitpic.com/7uebb - Guinness Steak Pie before going into the oven. #fb #
23:05 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08H3U #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-19T00:04:00

2009-06-19T04:04:47Z

00:13 Since the world did not end, I'm now going to bed. *wink wink* #
00:20 Also marinating 6lbs of meat in GUinness for GUinness Steak Pie on Friday. Mmmmm.. meat! #
11:43 What my Guinness Steak Pie looks like (along with mashed potatoes): www.flickr.com/photos/modgirl/259346534/ #
12:09 Must go clean apartment for tomorrow's Romanesque gluttony fest. TheBF made comment even too crude for me to Twitter re: cleaning. Shameful. #
13:01 Can't. Get. Eye. Of. The. Tiger. Out. Of. My. Head. IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS! #
17:52 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08E1Q #
18:04 All these green people make me think they have been copulating with Kermit the Frog. Or just deathly ill. #
19:03 Patron just tried to pawn off a Chick publication to me. I handed it right back. #
19:11 Apparently my love of hentai COULD get me into trouble. bit.ly/19RSbM Damn puritans! #
20:36 TheBF finished off "chili surprise" (made a week ago). Gets sick. Acts surprised. #imdatinghimwhyagain #
20:47 Library is closing in 15 minutes. Woot! The on to home and "running" or whatever it is these kids are calling it now. #
22:47 Just got back from our run. Forgot iPod so sang the "Doom Song" by Gir (via Invader Zim) for the entire run. Awesome! #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-18T00:01:00

2009-06-18T04:01:21Z

11:12 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08B4I #
11:47 For as much as I love Twitter, the mass hysteria over X is BLOODY ANNOYING! X = current overly hyped item of the moment. #
12:21 "Ran" 2.2 miles last night. Started out at 10min/mile and ended on 15min/mile. Need to figure out right "speed." #fb #
12:30 Thanks to @unrealsnow, TheBF now has a few leads on engagement rings via Etsy. This shopping for rings business is feh. #
12:45 Am currently plotting white slavery trade for @ninthspace + @noirem. TheBF and I are eatin' good tonight! #
13:15 Maps + directions printed for white slavers. Am currently shopping for trinkets to buy with new found monies. #
13:22 $9.95 to update my iTouch to OS3? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! To cut/copy/paste? Blow me Apple, you money grubbing whores. #
13:31 In other words: LOOK! Shiny! bit.ly/nq6sP #
13:33 I'd like you to meet my significant other, Mr. 21 carats of Amethyst bit.ly/W6ukN He's charmed, I'm sure. #
14:40 RT @nprlibrary New Dispatches from a Public Librarian now on McSweeney's, Twitterfied: tinyurl.com/llyx7x (via @KristinaLibBib) #
14:49 Leaving in a few to go pick up my captives. I'll update appropriately. #
15:09 Have issues paying tens of dollars for 50 lines of code. #
16:01 I'm at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport - bkite.com/08BB9 #
16:19 Oh the cuteness! @noirem and @ninthspace showed up wearing matching tshirts. #
19:15 Still have not heard back about mtg that was to happen tonight so heading out for dinner with TheBF to discuss 3GS v. 4F (for fellatio). #
19:15 TXT or DM me if you need me. AND BE BAD! #
19:40 I'm at Azteca II - bkite.com/08C1e #
21:01 I'm at Madison Hts. Meijer - bkite.com/08CaU #
21:38 I can haz Mushy Peas, 4 bottles of wine, Guinness, WoodChuck and Sangria. So what are you guys bringing for yourselves? :) #
21:38 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08Cf9 #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-17T00:01:00

2009-06-17T04:01:31Z

11:06 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08yWr #
12:13 Tonight is going to be yet another adventure in this couch->5k business that I'm doing with TheBF. #
12:16 Apparently for a chubby chick, I can run a 13 minute mile which is not too shabby, you know, for being a chubby chick. #
14:53 Beautiful day to spend lunch outside reading "Persepolis." It seemed appropriate. #
15:38 twitpic.com/7kb5h - We're so hardcore, we tag book drops. RO represent, yo! #
19:23 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08zOh #
19:34 Getting ready to leave on "run." Only song on iPod? "Eye of the Tiger." #sweartogod #
20:49 Me to TheBF: "If you don't stop grabbing my ass, I'm going ot round-house kick you to the head!" <-- Ahhh.. True wuv! #
21:00 TheBF was scandalized when I started air punching at the beg of our "run" to "Eye of the TIger." Srsly -- what is with kids these days? #
21:02 "RIsing up, straight to the top. Got the guts. Got the glory." #
23:28 TheBF made me a smoothie/milkshake. Instead of pouring it in a glass, puts a straw in the blender and hands me the blender carafe. #
23:34 Ways people have found my blog: "other books with a similiar pure, sexual tension like edward and bella" <-- ARE YOU FUCkING KIDDING ME? #
23:59 Good night tweeps. Tomorrow I pick up @noirem and @ninthspace at the airport and sell them into white slavery. Mama needs new shoes! #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-16T00:01:00

2009-06-16T04:01:11Z

15:57 I'm at Tiffany & Co - bkite.com/08xsb #
22:50 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08y65 #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-15T00:01:00

2009-06-15T04:01:22Z

12:47 I'm at Toast Elegant Catering - bkite.com/08vcF #
13:48 Leaving toast and heading to clay and glass fest. #
16:06 At BN RO w/ @obliviousbeth's sister and she had to stop me from doing recovery in fiction. It's a compulsion. #fb #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-14T00:01:00

2009-06-14T04:01:33Z

00:05 www.facebook.com/lisarabey Suck it the other Lisa Rabey's (yes, there are more of us on FB). #
00:28 RT @feliciaday: Special tip: As of 10 seconds ago /beefburrito was still available on Facebook. ACT NOW! #
00:50 Alright party people, time to slumber. Being old sucks. Must consult elders on how they handle it. ;) #lisamas #
11:28 Arghhhhhhhhhh John Crace is now doing James Bond novels for digested reads. Must remind self to sync up iPod. #
11:29 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08t1A #
11:35 Ohh that's freaky. guardian.co.uk is now showcasing ads appropriate for your country of origin. Was confused as to when Macys was in UK. #
12:18 Was told needed to do something for b-day. Invited 4 other couples to go out. 3 couples canceled, including one who insisted I do this. #
12:20 Did not want big fuss, just me and TheBF. Made big fuss and just about everyone bails. Don't know if I should be pissed or upset. #
22:20 I'm at Duggans - bkite.com/08uh0 #
22:43 My goal is to get sloppy drunk. Right effing now. #
23:23 How canyounot rock out to journey or acdc?!?! How is that even possible? #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-13T00:01:00

2009-06-13T04:01:31Z

09:38 I'm at Wayne State University - bkite.com/08qzv #
09:43 Today I turn 6 squared + 1. Woo. Or something. #
10:45 Librarians dusting the shelves, circ 1913 : www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3109282915/ (You know, in the time of @joe_librarian) ;) #
10:46 Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! Am currently in class taking "notes" during lecture. :D #
11:09 I've decided for my birthday I want to be a top trending topic. Please use #lisamas as the tag. ;) This will be awesome! ;) #
11:54 Class has was all guest lectures today on digital librarianship, including a demo on SecondLife, which I've avoided for years. #
11:54 But thanks to gigE, have downloaded installer and will be playing with it this weekend. Mmmm... more digital crack. #
11:55 I will of course be spending hours coming up with appropriate avatar name. #
11:56 ?!?! You can apparently get almost your entire MLIS on SecondLife via ALA approved universities?!? #
18:00 twitpic.com/78b1x - Here is @TheBFisms and that treacherous dog, @wednesdaythepug. #
18:55 I came home today to a cake blazing with candles and cheap champagne for mimosas later. #lisamas #
18:56 The fury fueled to finish this paper is based on obtaining Three C' when I'm dones: Cake, Champagne and Cock. Tis how I roll. #lisamas #
19:38 Damn you microsoft office! Folksonomies IS TOO a damned word! Stop telling me it isn't even after I freakin' add you to the dictionary. #
21:55 Two out of three C's completed. Holla atcha yer girl. #lisamas #
22:55 How this film was named one of the "10 Best" in France in 2007 is beyond effing me, IT'S A WRETCHED PIECE OF TRASH! bit.ly/oFpwp #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-12T00:01:00

2009-06-12T04:01:07Z

00:39 This site makes me tingle: taxonomywarehouse.com/ #
01:36 150 pages of Info Arch absorbed and in the next 48 hrs, I ahve to become an expert on folksonomic tagging. May be twittering less. Ish. #
01:37 I also turn old on Friday, so need to time to sacrifice the virgins and etc to keep on looking young. Night peeps. #
10:02 Okay, enough shenanigans. I gots folksomonies to conquer. #
10:06 On the eleventh day of Lisamas/Your trulove sent to thee/11 tweeters typing/10 pugs a-sleeping/9 hussies prancing/8 jaffa cakes a meltin' #
10:08 7 Guinnesses a-brimming/6 Elbow songs a-playing/5 CHEAP ASS RINGS! #
10:09 4 pairs o'flip-flops, 3 chick flicks, 2 green & blacks and a Macbook, aint it pretty. #
17:25 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08pg7 #
18:04 Tomorrow I leave my early-middle '30s. I also spend the day in class and writing a massive paper. Happy effing Birthday to me. #fb #
18:26 Currently discussing video game preservation and archival methods. This is AWESOME! #gamersknowhowto1up #
18:51 Am relieved to find out that paper due tomorrow is 5-10 pgs, not 8-10pgs. I can BS 5 pages easily. #englishmajorsputprosebeforehoes #
19:00 List of video games, organized by platform: bit.ly/j3NQV #
19:11 Apparently all the games I remember playing on Atari7800, were never available on the 7800. Dammit, this is going to drive me crazy. #
19:29 Aha! I had an Atari5200 not a 7800. For the last 10 years, I've been stalking the wrong console on #ebay. #
20:17 Want to point out my willpower of not checking Amz.Wishlist to see what am getting for b-day. Want mad props for that! #
20:45 Another slow evening at the ref desk comes to a close. Heading home to "run" (AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) er "train" for a 5k. Or whatever. #
22:44 TheBF made "chili" with corn and bacon bits and pasta in the mix. It tastes -- interesting. #
23:05 Good night peeps. Currently making threats to TheBF that there better be cake tomorrow! #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-11T00:01:00

2009-06-11T04:01:24Z

11:48 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08mGh #
12:20 How I feel on a daily basis: RT @NattyDReese: OK Ref Desk, 2day U R Pwned! U shall not defeat nor shake me! #
16:16 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08n9c #
17:31 .@thebfisms MacBook is "Brazen Hussy" and mine is "Rakish Cad." #
17:55 Okay you macintosh type people, what's a good all in one chat client (like Trillian for winders)? That is not iChat? ;) #
18:01 I've decided I'm going to triple boot this bitch. Installing windows now, next ubuntu or solaris. Yay Vmware! #
18:50 I'm making pasta fagioli for dinner tonight, from scratch. Mmmm.. #
19:37 IE on XP via VMWare on my mac is FASTER than natively. Just sayin'. #
20:24 (Absurdly clever or cleverly misleading?) RT @mashable Want a Free iPhone From #Squarespace? Read the #FinePrint bit.ly/whkUN #
21:12 Installing MSOffice '07 over network to XP via VMWare on RakishCad (the mac). #
22:46 vmware fusion unity is the bomb fucking shiz! #
22:55 Robert Pattison is playing Salvador Dali in the movie "Little Ashes." I can't wrap my head around that. Dali doesn't sparkle! #
23:46 bit.ly/TKaWk <-- Bwahahaha. Snort. Bwahahaha. #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-10T00:01:00

2009-06-10T04:01:50Z

10:59 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08kxc #
11:33 i gotta knock some fucking heads together. #
12:39 My dog is apparently planning a coup: RT @TheBFisms: "@wednesdaythepug and i have been talking, she want to leave you and elope with me." #
14:24 "We have an app for that." I drank the damned kool-aid. #fb #
18:16 I'm at Cass Cafe - bkite.com/08lgw #
20:10 TheBF's idea of a good time it to cross-train me to run a 5k with him. I championed for a DQ visit if my chubby ass is "running." #
20:11 It was vetoed. I must apologize to all of Royal Oak for what they are about to see. #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-09T00:01:00

2009-06-09T04:01:22Z

07:34 It's been a very lusty morning, ROWR! #
11:59 TheBf: "I don' t need a twitter account, goddammit! I'm twittered by proxy!" <-- #
13:26 Dear Lisa: In 36 days, you've gained 5.1lbs,BMI and are still a fat ass. But your WiiAge is younger than your actual age by 4. x0x0, WiiFit #
13:27 TheBF and I are heading out to get my macbook but am curently stalking news from WWDC. #apple #
14:20 Grrr. Email notification that my department put me on "hold" for something that I was to have done which I already did do! #
14:21 Screw you people, I'm going to the mall! #
14:55 I'm at Somerset - bkite.com/08j1N #
20:46 First app on the itouch is of course twittfon! #
23:16 goodnight peeps #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-08T00:01:00

2009-06-08T04:01:17Z

08:13 Rowr rowr rowr ROWR #
08:47 TheBF is currently making breakfast -- if I die, I LOVE YOU ALL! #
08:54 The "clang clang" coming from the ktichen is that TheBF decided NOW would be a good time to unpack silverware and other kitchen doodads. #
08:55 I AM WASTING AWAY HERE! "Why are you unpacking the silverware NOW?" "Because I can." "I"m starving." "Get someone else to cook for you." #
12:46 TheBF, @wednesdaythepug and I are out for a walk. Getting @wednesdaythepug in shape with a mile walk. #
12:55 Reward for the walk? Slurpee!! #
13:02 old guy on a bike came up to us and asked if he could have TheBF's hair (which is past his ass). When told no, old guy then hit on TheBF. #
13:15 Right. Home from Walk. @wednesdaythepug is panting and we need to do an emergancy run ot Old Navy. Back in a jiff. #
13:46 I'm at Old Navy - bkite.com/08gYX #
15:13 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08h8n #
17:52 I'm at 663 Prentis St - bkite.com/08hrb #
20:02 I'm at Motor City Brewing Works Inc - bkite.com/08hFL #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-07T00:01:00

2009-06-07T04:01:15Z

08:01 ♥ Fuck Everyone by Everlast bit.ly/zhIbU #
08:37 ♥ I Still Remember by Bloc Party bit.ly/Tj2hw #
09:10 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08egO #
09:13 Had dreams about the twitter peeps. This is not my first, I should perhaps, though, lay off on the social networking? #
09:16 On the sixth day of Lisamas / your true love sent to thee/ Six Elbow songs a-playin' / Five cheap ass rings / (#lisamas) #
09:17 Four pairs o' flip flops / Three chick flicks / Two Green & Blacks / And a Macbook, ain't it pretty (#lisamas) #
09:18 Twitterverse: In the next 6 days, I'll be cursin', bitchin' and moanin' about leaving my early-middle 30s. Apologies forehand. #lisamas #
10:08 Interesting. The doodle on the front of @google's page is of Tetris' 25th anniversary but not Berlin Wall or D-Day. #
10:42 Have been at the library 1.75 hours and not a single reference question. Not even directional. #
11:47 As I'm bored-ish, am using namechk.com & and realised I have at least four concrete online identities from various periods of my life. #
12:22 I'm #reading Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde - tinyurl.com/oujfy3 #
12:23 I'm #reading The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - tinyurl.com/oje2mb #
12:24 Brilliant. Now have goodreads auto-updating twitter when I update my bookshelves. The entire world can see my questionable lit tastes. #
14:30 twitpic.com/6rebe - Am I wrong to think that the NY Times missed the mark here? #
14:33 RT : Hey all: please RT the tag & help a fellow Twitizen see his special day commemorated in the Twitterverse. #LevyWedding (via @leonnea) #
14:48 New blog post: Decompressing Tech unConference: May 15, 2009 #techuncamp bit.ly/egn3A #
15:00 My shift here is ovah. Heading home to walk @wednesdaythepug, get ready for a #redwings fuled BBQ and then picking TheBF up from DTW. #
17:52 ALright peeps, heading to East Detroit for the BBQ! I'll be sure to tell Eminem y'all said whut up! #fb #

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Decompressing Tech unConference: May 15, 2009 #techuncamp

2009-06-06T18:48:09Z

Originally published at lib schooled.. You can comment here or there.

The other morning while getting ready for work, I was thinking about the beginnings of this entry which originally started out with, “Recently, I went to my first conference…” which was not necessarily correct as I went to a student journalism conference back in the mid-’90s in D.C. and did the LinuxCon circuit across the US (San Jose -> Atlanta -> New York) in the late ’90s and early ’00s. So no, this was not my first conference. But it IS my first conference as a librarian, so we’ll begin with that.

On May 15th, Heidi¹ and I went to Tech Camp unConference at Michigan State as it was local-ish, free and the content was right up my alley. After dithering about what to bring with me and getting that all sorted, Heidi and I piled into my car and drove the 1.25 hours to E. Lansing.

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academichussy @ 2009-06-06T01:11:00

2009-06-06T05:11:57Z

08:46 I'm off to class ... as i aint got none. #
09:13 I'm at Wayne State University - bkite.com/08bXE #
12:37 I can haz slurpee. #
13:39 I'm at Royal Oak Library - bkite.com/08crx #
14:39 The bloody cheek. #
14:42 RT @BillDrew4: Long Twitter IDs prevent RT! @ALA_TechSource @LibraryOfCongress @allmylibraries @pnkrcklibrarian nd to shorten or get new ID #
14:48 Looks like Google finally caught up to what @LibraryTHing has known for ages: bit.ly/1lQk8A #
15:05 HAHA! RT @god So, people have been questioning the whole immaculate conception thing. Let me be clear, I did NOT have sex with THAT woman! #
15:15 HOLY CRAP! The Charlatans UK are coming to Detroit in September. It's so 1994! #
15:22 ♥ Hunting for Witches by Bloc Party bit.ly/Bi84 #
15:22 So @god, @satan, @lucifer, @allah have accounts. I wonder if there is a rock/paper/scissors/spock to find out who is "right." #
15:29 #robotpickuplines RT: chrishokeblog Is that a photon accelerator in your pocket? Because I'm perceiving you as a hot wave & a sexy particle #
15:42 ♥ Animal (Zoo) by Front 242 bit.ly/kUYjy #
15:49 ♥ geezer's need excitement by The Streets bit.ly/o1GlC #
15:50 TheBF is arrving tomorrow and I need to clean the house. By clean I mean sit on my chubby ass and catch up on Tivo. #
16:29 ♥ Words (Echoboy remix) by Doves bit.ly/DmEo7 #
16:49 ♥ Crash by The Primitives bit.ly/BSgct #
17:09 ♥ Natural Born Killaz feat. by Ice Cube bit.ly/gmyjX #
17:23 When the evening is spread out against the sky #
17:33 ♥ The Prince of Parties by Flight of the Conchords bit.ly/vWdk #
17:37 ♥ Collide the Tide by Chin Up Chin Up bit.ly/iM3zZ #
18:33 ♥ Paris by Friendly Fires bit.ly/tbP3F #
18:49 ♥ Pumping on Your Stereo by Supergrass bit.ly/13JgAe #
19:12 Oh yes: On the fifth day of Lisamas / your true love sent to thee / 5 cheap ass rings/ 4 pairs o' flip flops/3 chick flicks #
19:12 Two Green & Blacks / And a macbook, ain't it pretty. #
19:56 "At least we're not Detroit." : bit.ly/PQbgB #
20:07 What he said:RT @djfiander: Holy crap! This November is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall! #
20:20 Awww, Ohio has had enough and now wants to seceded: bit.ly/JcNed #
22:13 THe power of infomercials compels me to buy EzCombs! www.ezcombs.com/ Even though my hair is too short for it. I want! #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-05T00:01:00

2009-06-05T04:01:20Z

00:50 Good night, mutha fuckas! (Considering #guardian said that anything beginning with "tw" should be banned.) #
10:14 TheBF forgot to email me the "4th Day of Lisa-mas" stanza. Of course he will never hear the end of this. #
10:26 On the 4th day of Lisamas,your true love sent to thee 4 pairs o' flip flops/3 chick flicks /2 Green & Blacks /& a macbook, ain't it pretty. #
10:41 Going to go do my walk so that I can later come back and bitch about the fact that I walked. #
10:41 Will twitter at stop points. :D #
10:53 only .5miles in and really stiff even after stretching. #
11:16 Halfway point at 1.6mi and kinda starrting to feel better which is that not so stiff as before but still fairly stiff. #
11:27 Listening to #bbchistorymag podcast which this month is about anglo-saxon life. One of the lead stories is about Sutton Hoo. #
11:35 Walking past cemetary and saw a hwadstone that had facw of the dead chisled in. #
11:51 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/08a6L #
11:54 Essentially walked downtown to the USPS to drop off Netflix and came back, with slurpee stop on the way home. 3.2 miles roundtrip. #
12:20 twitpic.com/6lspf - #
13:01 Mmmm.. today is a TV on the Radio kind of day me thinks. #
13:23 Well shit. Forgot that 10page paper on Tagging due a week from tomorrow. Good thing I actually started reading the book already, blech. #
13:46 giggles. "Lovers Day" by TV on the Radio is such a perfect song! #songotheday #
14:02 "Staring at Sun" by TV on the Radio #songotheday #
14:09 Dear Science, RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN! Love, Desperate youths, blood thirsty babes #
14:48 Apparently if you switch between visual editor on/off, Bb9 drops/removes your work because IT IS STUPID PIECE OF CRAP! #
14:56 Off to shower, walk @wednesdaythepug and go to work. I hate Thursday schedules. #
17:31 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/08aHG #
19:41 Just GAH. #
20:45 Mmm.. library closes in 15 minutes. Hooray for it still being daylight out! #
21:53 ♥ Uptown Again by Afghan Whigs bit.ly/KmtZS #
21:57 ♥ Black Metallic by Catherine Wheel bit.ly/ZmdR2 #
22:09 ♥ Doowutchyalike by Digital Underground %l #
22:33 Parker Posey in "Party Girl" showing how librarians REALLY shelve books (to dance music, of course!):bit.ly/CRHVg #
22:39 I'm looking for the scene in "Party Girl" where Posey re-orgs her friends record collection via DDC. Heh. I will just have to buy the DVD. #
23:20 Good night peeps. #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-04T00:01:00

2009-06-04T04:01:15Z

09:42 Bit of a pretentious fuck, but interesting nevertheless: "I'm like Moses, but for Twitter" : bit.ly/vFXjF #
10:57 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/0882d #
11:22 TheBF has decided to do "12 Days of Lisa-mas" so that every day i get a new part of the song leading up to my birthday. #
11:23 Today's: On the third day of Lisamas/Your true love sent to thee/3 chick flicks /2 Green & Blacks / And a macbook, ain't it pretty. #
12:26 DAMN! I AM AWESOME! #
12:38 Why I am Awesome: @frecs mentioned that Winona Ryder was in Star Trek and i guessed as Spock's mom before checking IMDB. #
15:58 I'm at Trader Joe's - bkite.com/088yr #
16:45 I'm at Royal Oak Library - bkite.com/088D8 #
16:54 There a #
17:22 Er yes. Too frustrated with home library & spent 20minutes doing recovery. That library could learn A LOT from bookstores. #fb #
17:23 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/088HW #
17:33 ♥ Remote Control by Beastie Boys bit.ly/pkSao #
17:35 Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys is so freaking underrated! #discotheday #
17:36 #imthemostmackenist #
17:46 Paul's Boutique is 20 years old. #ohmikedyouresodreamy #
17:57 ♥ Hey Ladies by Beastie Boys bit.ly/14fLr7 #
18:01 Dammit! #havebeenfoiledagain #
19:18 ♥ Where the Ocean Meets the Eye by The Stratford 4 bit.ly/dqnPg #
21:20 (in that, it's vaguely pissing me off etc.) #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-03T00:01:00

2009-06-03T04:01:15Z

09:52 Mmm... Elbow's "Some Riot" on iTunes, fresh coffee and Guy Garvey's amazing voice. What a morning. Mmmmmm.... #
10:02 ♥ Some Riot by Elbow bit.ly/5UZvN #
11:12 I'm at Purdy Kresge Library - bkite.com/0863k #
11:26 J.D. Salinger sues to stop sequel: bit.ly/dYbka The book sounds wretched. YAY! Salinger is still kickin' it! Now, THAT is awesome #
11:42 "Wordpress is the new Blackboard killer" : bit.ly/FIpgF #
11:54 what do you think peeps? Should I put this on the back of my Moo cards? : bit.ly/1a6nD (I was 1 in the photo -- i was a big baby!) #
11:59 Tetris in the hizzouse! RT @slashdot: Tetris Turns 25 tinyurl.com/kma9c3 #
12:04 twitpic.com/6gx6y - Today is a black satin w/ pink laces Chucks kind of day. #
12:24 Quick poll: what do you think of the word: Bibliotechnologist ? #
12:44 Alright peeps: What do you put on your biz cards other than name/phone/email/web ? #
13:34 Something I never really thought I'd say in my career: "I don't want to piss off the already angry transvestite!" #
16:54 Tuesday is knitting night! I'm audi 5000, G! #
20:16 I'm at Bean & Leaf Cafe - bkite.com/086Y1 #
20:18 I'm at Bean & Leaf Inc - bkite.com/086Ye #
21:32 Im in the wilds of Rochester, MI. Im vaguely scared. #
00:00 GOOD NIGHT CRUEL WORLD! Tempting me with your cakes and cupcakes!! #backofheandstapledtoforehead #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-02T00:01:00

2009-06-02T04:01:10Z

00:03 Am throughly confused for a moment - going over friendorfollow.com to see who else to add and wondered why tweeps dates 6/1/09 #
00:03 Wondered how tweeps posted in future when realised it is after midnight and it's now June 1! Holy hell htis year has gone by fast. #
00:31 A Japanese university is giving away iPhones to students to curb truancy!bit.ly/QcuOd #
01:29 Just read the winners for #mtvmovieawards -- Holy fuck me, Twilight has become the Millennial version of Da Vinci Code. #seriouslybadcrap #
01:30 Srsly, if you like the "twilight" series or Dan Brown -- even ironically (#forrealzbeserious) - Don't tell me. My respect for you will drop. #
01:32 Like a damned flan in a damned cupboard. #willrefrainfromrantonpoorlywrittenworthlesspointlesstrashynovels #
01:43 Good night tweeps! #
16:08 Spent the afternoon cleaning out a gmail account that had 4k messages. 0 inbox. Now? Wasted day that was planned for real work. Am idiot. #
16:13 Dear Blackboard9: I really really, really hate you. No hugs and no kisses. #
16:14 Also looks like I'm one of the only people participating on the discussion board for my Info Arch class. This does not bode well. #
16:18 Does anyone know how to do multiple sigs in gmail? Can't find anything via googleLabs or help. #
17:58 I'm going to go do homework now! Don't try to stop me! I can feel the need to plow through my books burning through my soul. #
19:27 My cataloging class read this: bit.ly/tdrta I'm now reading this: bit.ly/19WsRh for my Info Arch class. Transferent bliss! #
20:40 Damn you Blackboard9, why the hell can't you play well with FIrefox3.x! Clearly you need an Info Architect to make nav and usability easier! #
21:56 All this chit-chat on MeFi and I had to go waste 30 minutes reading the train wreck. Damn you people! #
22:09 Dammit, Bb9 needs a "like it" feature like Facebook. #
22:11 Question: If spam bots auto-add each they, do they eventually self-destruct? : bit.ly/dKx8d #
22:34 Wow, I'm lazy. Just did request for book held in another lib on campus to be dropped of for me at my lib. Even though build. near each other #
22:45 I need to stop treating ILL as my own personal shopping grounds. Am I REALLY going to read all of these books? #
23:33 There is an undergrad Russian Culture class being offered for the fall that I really want to take but the syllabus is nothing but busy work. #
23:42 Good night tweeps! #

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academichussy @ 2009-06-01T00:01:00

2009-06-01T04:01:22Z

00:10 Um, I'm sorry but "Dirty Dancing" is not the "female version of Star Wars" - bit.ly/wN2Es At least not in my little world. #
00:19 Judith Beheading Holofernes is one of my favorite paintings Not only have I seen it, I have a print in my bedroom Heh.: bit.ly/UmLgn #
00:58 Alright party-people, night! #
02:44 New blog post: There are stories left to be written. (And hopefully they will be a lot longer than 140 characters.) bit.ly/JV7MG #
13:29 Woke up this morning with an overall sense of "eh." Ditched plans for the day (walking 3.1mi, research, homework, blog writing). #
13:30 Just made a big pot of tea, am currently ensconced on the sofa with @wednesdaythepug whilst I read a quasi-literary bodice ripper. #
13:51 Tea time. #
14:29 Today is a bossa nova kind of day, including tracks from Nouvelle Vague - whom I fucking adore. Their dropping a new album next month. #
14:41 ♥ Love Will Tear Us Apart by Nouvelle Vague bit.ly/10rucu #
16:34 Sum bitch. Pink Martini is playing at Ann Arbor summer festival and I won't be able to go. Dammit! #
17:18 Finished my quasi-lit bodice ripper, drank a pot of steaming tea and am now off to shower. Have business meeting in Detroit tonight, sigh. #
19:16 Heading into Detroit for a meeting at 8pm on a Sunday. Go me! #
22:50 I'm at 2310 Rochester Rd - bkite.com/083kH #
23:21 Google throws it's weight behind HTML5. It looks bloody amazing! bit.ly/ZQaJL #
23:52 Librarianz: I need a "title." For biz cards. "Emerging tech librarian" "web2.0 librarian" "Byte slut" -- halp! #

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