I'm a slayer, ask me how.

First day was a success! Thank you to everyone who left me positive vibes in the last entry.

It was weird, driving in today, I felt...good. Confident. Like, fuck yeah, I did this, I'm ready for this!

Not cocky, I know I don't know a LOT but I feel like I know I can do this. It was a good feeling.

I got to work and the staff had already prepared my office:

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Okay, collective brain, I've got one for you. The theme for our Summer Reading program this year is "Dig Into Reading". I went on Pinterest and I'm seeing a lot of bugs and worms and just sorta meh stuff. Usually we do a big craft for the staff to get involved so I'm trying to think of what we can do...I'm leaning towards something archeology themed...

We also do a week long kick-off where we have crafts out and activities for the kids to do. The usual age range is preschool up to 5th grade (yeah, quite a range!). Anyone here have any suggestions for crafts or decorations?

Right now I just want to put up a big picture of Indiana Jones...

wow, this week went by FAST! I swear it was only monday a minute ago. It's probably speeding by because I have a programming assignment due on March 6th - I have to write up a storytime program and then present a book and a fingerplay in front of about 30 other librarians. That should be nervewracking fun!

Just finished 'sex and the slayer' and I LOVED it! I might not have agreed with everything that was said, but it brought up lots of interesting points. And it was nice to see the guys picked at too, since most of the time the writers just focus on Buffy or Willow or Faith when they talk about the characters. I think she touched upon every main and a few minor characters in this book. Good stuff.

I started book 2 of 'Ex Machina' yesterday too. I just really love this series. I hope I can get away with ordering it for the library system. It's the tamest of all the graphic novels I've read and enjoyed. I want to order 'Y' but there's that dominatrix issue...hm...

I'm getting nit-picky about new comics that come in to our branch. For some reason, we just got two Spiderman books and both have been put under Children's Fiction, and as far as I can tell, they are just comic book TPBs. So, are they really J-Fiction (which means anywhere from 3rd-6th grade) or should they be Y or adult. Perhaps they think they will circulate more in J Fiction. I dunno. I did send the 'batman begins' comic back yesterday with a request to change it to Y or Adult since the movie was PG-13...seems like a novelizations, graphic or not, should at least by YA.

btw - I posted two reviews this week at novel_graphics; one of WE3 and another of Blankets. (I checked out issue one of 'Planetary' and also a swamp thing collection yesterday so hopefully I'll post something about them soon)

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I forgot my claddagh/buffy ring today. I haven't done that in ages, but I was so tired and out of it this morning, I stumbled out of the apartment, running a bit late, and didn't realize until I got to work that I wasn't wearing it. I have this nervous/thinking habit of twirling it on my finger and sliding it off and on. And right now there is nothing on my hand, so I keep reaching for it to play with it and it's not there. :(

It's Presidents Day, and all of the government offices and public schools are closed. So everyone assumes we're closed, but we are not. So it's pretty slow right now.

I'm in a new music kind of mood. I just checked out a few more CDs from the library and on Friday I had a moment of weakness and did a random CD purchase. I don't usually do that anymore because I've been dissappointed to many times with lame albums plus I can usually get stuff from the library and preview it before I buy. But I felt like having a new CD, so I bought the new Corrs album which is actually their take on some traditional irish tunes, which should be cool. I like their sound but most of their latest stuff has been too bubble gum for me. We listened to the album once on Friday but it was while blu_harvest was over so I wasn't listening too closely and I didn't have very much of a weekend, since I worked both Sat and Sun and then we had the whole dinner thing. Probably why I am so tired.

Does anyone know who Jesse Harris is? I just found his CD in the collection and the name sounds very very familiar...

okay back to work!

EDIT: I lied, faeriesfolly posted a little quiz so I took it

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Yesterday, I was spoiled yet again. Went to the mall while we were out, because one of the members of the DCSWCC reminded me that the Illyria figure was out and I had seen her before christmas but felt silly buying her. So I ran back into Suncoast to get her. And as a bonus, they had the Buffy Halloween PaLz set for 75% off! So I snagged that too. Because they are so darn cute. (though whoever made the jacket for Xander was a doofus, as I can't get it on him...so he's staying in Army costume for now).

These purchases spawned a re-arranging of my desk. Moved all my Yodas around, bumped the other PalZ set down next to the middle shelf and put Illyria next to Spike...I'll post photos of that later.

Then we went and saw jimithingy's brother and got our christmas presents (hey, better late than never!). jimithingy got a cat calendar and 40-year old virgin. I got a new DDR game, plus, addressed to both of us, was a copy of Karaoke Revolution Party for PS2, which part of me really wants to try, and the other part wants to go hide the game. hehe. We have to buy a microphone before we can even try it out though. (though I think the game should come with a case of some sort of alcohol...)

We also found out that there are a few gifts in limbo. Apparently, jimithingy wishlisted 'Batman Begins: Deluxe Edition' and that turned out to be a Best Buy exclusive. So Amazon ran out of items to fill the order and decided not to send it until it had a copy...along with about 5 other things that he had asked for.

ack, library is closing, must go!

Okay, remember how I posted that little voting entry a few weeks back asking everyone which fandom I should icon? Well, Buffy got the most votes along with 100 icons. So I was sitting here at the desk, clicking through the 100 icon communities, seeing what themes they all had, and I stumbled into whedon100...and...well...I just made a claim to do 100 icons from the 'Earshot' episode of BtVS! Eep! But I figured if I did it, I would have made a commitment and that would make me follow thru a bit more.

So, my job has been officially announced now, the fax came thru to all the branches this morning. Everyone has had only nice things to say to me. I'm really excited and looking forward to this new adventure in librarian land (OMG! I get to open my Giles figures now!!!) but I'm sorta bummed about not being at Crofton or West County or my other favorite branches with my buddies. I just figure I get to crash everyone's holiday parties, right?

In other news, we're actually going to be in town for New Years so simontrueheart and I are in the plotting stages of a mega-shindig of some sorts. Perhaps even on the level of hootenany, though it's too soon to tell. I'm thinking of some sort of trivia showdown, maybe with SceneIt or one of the trivial pursuit games and prizes! Then, I would show offcase all of our christmas presents, which will probably be mostly DVDs and video games. Ooooh, if I get one of the giant star wars lego sets, maybe we can all work together to make one!

Or, I could finally dig out my plans for a Buffy party and follow thru with that. Or maybe even a Jossverse party, allowing showings of Angel and Firefly. I had very elaborate plans, with special games and themed drinks (like, instead of a "Bloody Mary" we'd drink "William the Bloodys" and I'd carve the celery stalks into spikes/stakes, get it?) and such. And Buffy bingo! It wouldn't require any actual knowledge of the shows, I'd just make some bingo boards and we'd go from there.

OR, this one would be a bit rougher, OR we could do a best of 2005 party, and watch some of the movies that came out this year that were really good. Or even TV shows. Except the TV shows would be harder to get on DVD. Maybe we could do an "in memoriam" of TV shows and watch 'Arrested Development'...and then we could watch 'Serenity' cuz that's definately one of the best films of 2005...okay, never mind, that party would be far too out of control....I need to stick to tv shows so that we have time to mingle.

the only food we had left in the fridge was the making for lemon chicken....i love me some lemon chicken so 9pm could not come sooner. jimithingy has to tape 'House' for me so keep those spoilers under a cut as I'll probably just watch a Veronica Mars with dinner instead of waiting for 10pm to happen....mmmmmm lemon chicken...

I can't believe this! Freakin' Xbox360, came out YESTERDAY and people are actually ready and willing to pay at least twice as much as it's worth??? WTF! There is actually a listing on there for over $2500! Granted, that includes a games bundle, but that is still way more than they actually paid...if this person paid for it at all!!! And they have 10! TEN of these systems.

This is one of the things that infuriates me about ebay - these people who put something this new up at that inflated a price and the people stupid enough to pay for it, mostly because I suspect the sellers have to be employees of retail stores. Which also makes it appear that stores are selling out of the items, when in fact, their employees are just raiding the stash before it goes on sale then turning right around and selling them for so much more. I just....grrrr. And if it didn't make me feel dirty, I'd want to do this too, but I couldn't because I'd just feel horrible.

okay, I got soap in my eye while I was in the shower today...not really soap, some sort of moisturizing stuff for my hair since I got it dyed, and my eyes still hurt. They feel all puffy and burn a little. It feels better if I close them but I can't really sit here at the desk and close me eyes hehe.

My brother is adorable so very very cool

I wish he'd post those pics to LJ though, I freakin' HATE MySpace sooooo much.

zaubervz, if you're reading this - GET A FREAKIN' SHUTTERBOOK or FLICKR ACCOUNT!

Okay, like, half the librarians in this branch have MySpace accounts now, it's ridiculous. And, of course, I'm friending all of them. But I truly hate MySpace. Why can't they all get LJ accounts. LJ is so much prettier. No ads or pop-ups. it's free and pretty. And I hate logging into it while I'm at work cuz they have Internet Explorer and it doesn't block pop ups like Firefox. Ugh.

HARRY POTTER IN 6 HOURS!!!!!!! w00t!

EDIT: okay, you have to have MySpace to see those pics - but don't worry, I did teh evil hotlink below so you can see them without signing up.

( so you don't have to sign up for evil myspace to see what I'm talking about )

well...4 hour shift here...on the children's desk...school isn't even really out yet...so you can imagine...it's very....very.....quiet......

My interview for a full-time position is tomorrow! I don't feel nervous yet. I've done this enough now I guess. I just need to remember to sell my talents. So, tomorrow, around 2pm, everyone cross their fingers for me. Then cross your fingers about an hour later that Burger King has new star wars toys in (because after a stressful interview I will need those little guys to cheer me up!)

Hm...what shall I muse about while I'm down here. I watched 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' the other night. I was in the mood for a popcorn movie. Something I could crunch and just enjoy. I have to say, I think that movie might be perfect. Sure, it's not "great art" or anything like that, but its' just fun. And it ages very well. You can tell that everyone is having a good time in that movie, especially Sean Connery! haha. And I remembered every single word.

And talk about distinct childhood memories, I remember when I saw it in the theater with my parents, it was one of my first "opening weekend" movies that we all did together. And I remember when Donovan shoots Indy's dad...oh I broke down in tears! I was only 8 years old and that was shocking to me! I was sure he wasn't going to make it!

The Indy films hold a special place in my heart, probably very close to the spot Star Wars occupies. So many childhood memories. I was scared to death of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and refused to watch it for many years because of the freaky skeleton ghosts at the end. But for some odd reason, a guy getting his heart ripped out didn't bother me, so I used to watch 'Temple of Doom' all the time. I even have a cassette tape of me attempting to retell the story - stopping right in the middle and telling a joke from the first 5 minutes that I forgot to mention.

Lordy lordy, me and my fisher price cassette player/recorder. I loved that thing. I used to carry it with me everywhere and record my adventures. I couldn't have been more than 6 or 7, but I know I was at a playground with my friend Kelly and we were climbing up the twisty slide. One of us would stand up top with the recorder, giving a play-by-play of the other's progress, which would end with them sliding back down the slide usually squealing all the way.

I wonder what happened to Kelly. Of course, we were only 7 years old, it's hard to say whether we would have stayed friends beyond that. Same with my best buddy in 6th grade, Tara Kurtz (at least I remember her last name!) We were inseperable for about a year...then her dad was transferred. I think we managed to do one bit of correspondance, but this was in the pre-internet days so no quick and easy email. I imagine it's easier to stay in touch now.

well, that was all over the place, wasn't it? Killed about 15 minutes of slow desk time too. I need to be amused here people. Tell me about your Indiana Jones memories, or if not Indy, another film that holds that special place in your heart that you can still watch today. Have you managed to stay in touch with childhood friends or are all of your current friends people that you've met in the last 5 years?

And what the hell am I going to watch tonight now that FOX has pulled both Arrested Development and Kitchen Confidential!!??

p.s. iconifer made some amusing star wars icons *points to her current one* you should check them out if you want a giggle!

So, remember how I said I was going to hold out until xmas to get the Revenge of the Sith DVD? Well, I sent jimithingy over to Wal-Mart to see if they had any of the new figures that are coming out, and I was greeted with this image in my email about 2 hours ago.

it's his lack of willpower that makes him sexy. We blame marmistheman for posting about it yesterday. He just sounded like he was having so much fun watching it! But it's totally fine as I was hoping he'd give in to the dark side and buy it for us. hehe. Now I get to watch the movie tonight with dinner!! And have SCREENCAPS for graphics that don't suck!

Been at the library today, the ol' 1-9 shift. It's been steady so far. They are doing a Series of Unfortunate Events program tonight, so the kids should be showing up for that soon. One of the librarians I worked with back when I was a page is helping with the show, so I have to get downstairs to say hello before she leaves!

Runaways finally came in for me yesterday. What a great little comic. I read the entire first book last night, it was so hard to put down. The author, Brian K. Vaughan, is a huge Joss fan, and you can tell by his writing style. The kids talk just like Buffy and co. The premise is that these teens, who have always assumed their parents were evil, find out that their parents actually are super villians! I checked out book 2 already, so I'm going to dive into that tonight!

The DVD cover for Serenity has been released...at least, the current cover. There's already a petition online to change it. It's pretty bad but I'm not gonna throw a fit over it. haha. Universal has given us this much, I'm not gonna whine. Just gimme my gorram DVD!

jellibean used "gorram" in her post today - it made me happy. See, I'm not the only one!

Yeah...so it's come to a screeching hault here at the library. So who wants to tell me a story? Tell me something! ANYTHING!