today I...

[orangerful]

...helped someone find a copy of 'hitchhiker's guide' and totally fangirled at him. Though, to be honest, he seemed interested in my babbling about the radio drama and how much I loved the books. He had already seen the new movie and had watched about half of the original BBC miniseries, so he's on his way to becoming a fan, I can tell. It makes me so happy to see those books getting checked out. I need to re-read them.

Speaking of books, I almost started crying on my lunch break today. I've only got about 40 pages left in 'The Book Thief' and it's just as good as all the reviewers said. I was a bit worried. I adored 'I am the Messenger' and bought this one because it was his new book. But, while 'Messenger' took place in modern day Australia, 'Book Thief' is about Nazi Germany. I wasn't sure if I would want to read it or where it would go that would be new. It's a beautiful book. Zusak has a way of writing prose and making it feel like poetry. It's just such a fantastic read. I don't want to spoil any of it for you, but if you have a chance, go to your local library or spin by Borders and grab a copy. I think you'll want to own this one so you can lend it out afterwards. I'll probably blubber over it after I'm totally finished with it because I can already tell I'm so very attached to these characters, I don't want to see them go. (FYI - you can read the first couple chapters from each of those books on Markus Zusak's homepage. Definately reccomended)

We got a new children's book, an illustrated version of the holiday classic 'I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas'. I emailed my supervisor about having a holiday sing-a-long storytime this year. And she said that was a great idea. That song is awesome. I will have to get zaubervz to send my the mp3 again so I may listen to it, even though it's practically summertime.

I also attempted to help someone who actually had no desired to be helped. I cannot stand people who wish to be ignorant. What is that? Especially teenagers. Haven't they seen enough stereotypes of the dumb teen who doesn't care? Don't they want to be something more impressive? Apparently not. All this person wanted was a note that said we couldnt' find anything so they could leave. And they refused to actually answer my questions, since I was trying to find a way to get around their issues and focus on the real project they were working on. But no, they just wanted to be slackers. ("when's this due?" "um, tomorrow, we had 2 days to work on it but I was sick one day and the other day I um...like...um, didn't go cuz of something")

*sigh* it's a good thing I know people like zaubervz, _____saveferris, and the pages at work otherwise I'd be concerned about teenagers of today.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to attempt to add a song to my MySpace profile so I can be like jimithingy hip and with it.