...anyone reading my blog please take the survey at the bottom of my blog page. Just scroll down a bit. It is title Online Bookgroup Survey.
I created it on the wufoo.com site for my internet class...It is only 4 questions...very short...and maybe I really will start an online bookgroup after I see the results :)
P.S. For each question there is a drop down menu showing choices - select the answer you most like...and when you've answered all 4 make sure to click the Submit button at the bottom of the questions. If you've tried answering the questions, try again -there may have been a little glitch in the system for a bit :)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
The outfit is planned for the first day
Well, monday is the start of my new job. I have had so many new starts in the last 8 months it's become routine, however, this new start has got me feeling a little nervous. It's a temporary, part-time position at Capella University. I get to work in downtown Minneapolis again! Only this time I have an office type of job which I have always pictured myself in but never had...well I guess it's more like a cubicle type of job...or may even just a desk in the middle of the room, not really sure yet :) The point is, it's in a super tall, really pretty building that has elevators for specific groups of floors (I go to the level 1-15 group) and when I get to the floor I work on there's a receptionist! and a secure entrance! I may have to have one of those swipey cards to get into work - how exciting is that! I could try to explain the psychology behind why all of this sounds really exciting to me but I don't want to get into that right now :)
The strange thing behind all of this description is that I'll be working in the library, processing requests for information from students...these are online students because Capella is an online university. If a student needs an article that we don't have in our collection I'll find a library that owns it and ask to borrow it for the student, they'll send a copy to our computers and then I'll e-mail it on to the students - this is interlibrary loan, and what I will get to do for 2 1/2 months. Apparantly we process 300-400 requests a week - for you nonlibrary people, that's alot! It's going to be an awesome experience to put on the resume and I am nervous! I always get nervous when starting a new job, you meet so many people, and I never remember names, and there's so much new stuff to learn and I always want to joke a little but I can't until they get to know me - because I don't there sense of humor and they don't know mine.
Anyways, I know it'll go fine cause I have my outfit planned! I bought 2 new pairs of pants, a dress and 2 tops in order to be prepared for the first day :) Shopping helps with the nerves and now I have a Lorelai dress. Lorelai is my favorite character on Gilmore Girls and she always wears this style of dress that goes to the knee, is sort of a v-neck but also looks like it wraps in the front with some sort of fabric tied in the front or a belt. That's what my dress is like - it's a Lorelai dress - I so am going to have to figure out how to post a picture of Lorelai on this post. I love the Lorelai dress but that's not actually the outfit I have planned, I'm wearing gray pants with colored lines in them (sublte lines) and a winter white sweater that has a little detail in it and a buckle on the collar...very professional, a little stylish and very librarianish. And of course, heels - just about an 1" to 1 and 1/2" I don't want to fall or twist an ankle :)
This is a very weird post - but I wanted to document my thoughts and excitement before the first day! And of course archive what my outfit for the first day will be :)
The strange thing behind all of this description is that I'll be working in the library, processing requests for information from students...these are online students because Capella is an online university. If a student needs an article that we don't have in our collection I'll find a library that owns it and ask to borrow it for the student, they'll send a copy to our computers and then I'll e-mail it on to the students - this is interlibrary loan, and what I will get to do for 2 1/2 months. Apparantly we process 300-400 requests a week - for you nonlibrary people, that's alot! It's going to be an awesome experience to put on the resume and I am nervous! I always get nervous when starting a new job, you meet so many people, and I never remember names, and there's so much new stuff to learn and I always want to joke a little but I can't until they get to know me - because I don't there sense of humor and they don't know mine.
Anyways, I know it'll go fine cause I have my outfit planned! I bought 2 new pairs of pants, a dress and 2 tops in order to be prepared for the first day :) Shopping helps with the nerves and now I have a Lorelai dress. Lorelai is my favorite character on Gilmore Girls and she always wears this style of dress that goes to the knee, is sort of a v-neck but also looks like it wraps in the front with some sort of fabric tied in the front or a belt. That's what my dress is like - it's a Lorelai dress - I so am going to have to figure out how to post a picture of Lorelai on this post. I love the Lorelai dress but that's not actually the outfit I have planned, I'm wearing gray pants with colored lines in them (sublte lines) and a winter white sweater that has a little detail in it and a buckle on the collar...very professional, a little stylish and very librarianish. And of course, heels - just about an 1" to 1 and 1/2" I don't want to fall or twist an ankle :)
This is a very weird post - but I wanted to document my thoughts and excitement before the first day! And of course archive what my outfit for the first day will be :)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Internet Fun!
I started a class last week on Internet Fundementals and Design. It's fascinating!
This week we talked about blogs...did you know that 36% of blogs are in English and 37% are in Japanese - fascinating!
I learned so much about the Internet that my mind was fuzzy after class - well that was probably from the html coding that we had to practice...yes I'm learning html so that I can design a website from scratch. And I'm excited about it :) Anyways...on to the cool stuff....
http://del.icio.us ---- this is a social bookmarking site, meaning that any sites you really like you can bookmark and categorize - what makes it cool - everyone can see what sites everyone else really likes. So if I want to see what sites exist on travel - I search for travel in del.icio.us. I tried this and found one site on airfare predictions that was saved by 9910 people - so I know this may be a great site to look at since a lot of people are saving it. It's a lot of fun :) along the same lines:
http://popurls.com ----- this is an aggregator meaning it pulls information from websites and let's you see alot at once instead of having to go to each site individually. So popurls has maybe 10-20 sites listed and under each one lists the most popular articles or links people are going to on these sites. i.e. del.icio.us is listed and about 20 of the most popular links people are bookmarking are listed. I like popurls mostly because it has loads of fun stuff (if you have time to kill it's loads of fun) and is designed so nicely - it is organized and has a clean look but a very cool look at the same time - it's just a great design for the amount of info displayed.
I could go on and on and on with more very cool and very fun sites but I'll take a break for now!
This week we talked about blogs...did you know that 36% of blogs are in English and 37% are in Japanese - fascinating!
I learned so much about the Internet that my mind was fuzzy after class - well that was probably from the html coding that we had to practice...yes I'm learning html so that I can design a website from scratch. And I'm excited about it :) Anyways...on to the cool stuff....
http://del.icio.us ---- this is a social bookmarking site, meaning that any sites you really like you can bookmark and categorize - what makes it cool - everyone can see what sites everyone else really likes. So if I want to see what sites exist on travel - I search for travel in del.icio.us. I tried this and found one site on airfare predictions that was saved by 9910 people - so I know this may be a great site to look at since a lot of people are saving it. It's a lot of fun :) along the same lines:
http://popurls.com ----- this is an aggregator meaning it pulls information from websites and let's you see alot at once instead of having to go to each site individually. So popurls has maybe 10-20 sites listed and under each one lists the most popular articles or links people are going to on these sites. i.e. del.icio.us is listed and about 20 of the most popular links people are bookmarking are listed. I like popurls mostly because it has loads of fun stuff (if you have time to kill it's loads of fun) and is designed so nicely - it is organized and has a clean look but a very cool look at the same time - it's just a great design for the amount of info displayed.
I could go on and on and on with more very cool and very fun sites but I'll take a break for now!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Blissful tiredness
I'm officially tired. I blame the many days I had off around Christmas and New Years. My body was happy with the routine of sleeping in, lying around all day...maybe going outside every other day. My body hates me know because for the last 3 days I've been back to the routine of getting up at 6 in the morning...I'm tired. There is great news though...a light at the end of the tunnel...a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...
Yesterday I found out that I got the Graduate Assistantship position at the library I currently work at (St.Kate's, Minneapolis campus)! Yay :) It is a small amount of hours, 8-10 per week but more money than the circulation assistant position I had and it means that I get to work on projects specifically geared towards librarian experience. It's very cool and I'm very happy and excited. I'm going to get to buy books (my favorite thing to do!) and handle reference questions and create online tutorials to guide our nursing students through a few of the difficult databases when they're doing research. Maybe a few other projects as well...but those are the main duties on the plate thus far. I start Tues - and here's where the really good news comes in - I'll be working afternoon hours!!! :) Yay for sleeping in again for the next 2 weeks - until the Capella position starts! I start the Capella job Jan 28th so I'll blog about that one sometime in Feb.
It is so weird that a year ago I was a merchandise team leader at Jo-Ann Fabrics working strange hours and now I'll be working Mon-Fri in two different libraries - daytime hours - such a different life and the best is yet to come since I'm not even done with grad school. I may be tired but it is a blissful tiredness.
Yesterday I found out that I got the Graduate Assistantship position at the library I currently work at (St.Kate's, Minneapolis campus)! Yay :) It is a small amount of hours, 8-10 per week but more money than the circulation assistant position I had and it means that I get to work on projects specifically geared towards librarian experience. It's very cool and I'm very happy and excited. I'm going to get to buy books (my favorite thing to do!) and handle reference questions and create online tutorials to guide our nursing students through a few of the difficult databases when they're doing research. Maybe a few other projects as well...but those are the main duties on the plate thus far. I start Tues - and here's where the really good news comes in - I'll be working afternoon hours!!! :) Yay for sleeping in again for the next 2 weeks - until the Capella position starts! I start the Capella job Jan 28th so I'll blog about that one sometime in Feb.
It is so weird that a year ago I was a merchandise team leader at Jo-Ann Fabrics working strange hours and now I'll be working Mon-Fri in two different libraries - daytime hours - such a different life and the best is yet to come since I'm not even done with grad school. I may be tired but it is a blissful tiredness.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
P.S. I love you
I start my last two grad classes this week so I went to a movie today in order to do something fun before the start of what will probably feel like the longest semester yet!
So I went with a friend to see P.S. I love you and it is a very sweet movie with great music and beautiful scenes set in Ireland. I won't say too much about the movie...but you've probably gathered from previews that it is about a woman who at the age of 29 becomes a widow and her husband has left her letters to help her go on with life without him. It's very emotional but what I liked about it is the truth that even when something wonderful ends there is hope of good things to come.
We go through some horrible changes in our lives sometimes that don't make any sense, are unfair and unwanted and end something really great, forcing us to move on and in a different direction than we wanted...but that doesn't mean that our dreams have to end and there can be goodness greater than we ever expected without forgetting the goodness we've already experienced. I like that we can think of our lives as chapters in a book...or maybe even books in a series. I think I'm starting a whole new book in my series...volume 2...what chapter or volume are you on...and a more interesting question, is there a title and what is it? My title of volume 2, fresh start...mmhh, that's sort of boring, I'll have to think of something more creative.
So I went with a friend to see P.S. I love you and it is a very sweet movie with great music and beautiful scenes set in Ireland. I won't say too much about the movie...but you've probably gathered from previews that it is about a woman who at the age of 29 becomes a widow and her husband has left her letters to help her go on with life without him. It's very emotional but what I liked about it is the truth that even when something wonderful ends there is hope of good things to come.
We go through some horrible changes in our lives sometimes that don't make any sense, are unfair and unwanted and end something really great, forcing us to move on and in a different direction than we wanted...but that doesn't mean that our dreams have to end and there can be goodness greater than we ever expected without forgetting the goodness we've already experienced. I like that we can think of our lives as chapters in a book...or maybe even books in a series. I think I'm starting a whole new book in my series...volume 2...what chapter or volume are you on...and a more interesting question, is there a title and what is it? My title of volume 2, fresh start...mmhh, that's sort of boring, I'll have to think of something more creative.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year
It is 2008! I love New Year's, it has always been one of my favorite holiday's to celebrate simply because it is so positive and well, happy! You reminisce about the previous year, look to the future and dream of what you want it to be like. And if you're hanging out with friends like mine there's dancing, laughing and hopefully the well know Prince song...how does it go, "party like it's 1999."
Actually this year I stayed in with the parents and that was just as good as the dance sessions I used to have with my friends on New Year's Eve! I have a bit of cold or something horrible resembling a cold and am just plain exhausted so New Year's was just as fun this year from the couch of my family room watching a movie ;)
For the past few years I've been reluctant to come up with any New years resolutions, mostly I think because I knew I would fail to follow through with any of them! I feel confident that this year I can follow through with a few resolutions:
1) complete the Masters!
2) go to New Zealand!
3) get a job!
4) move out of mom and dad's!
okay so those four are no-brainers that will be done for sure...here are the tougher ones:
5) exercise - gasp! - at least 2 times a week (probably should do 3 but I do not exercise so I'm shooting for 2 times a week)
6) date - gasp! - I've been avoiding relationships, in the last year I've turned down dates or run away from possible relationships and this is so not healthy. Time to face the facts - I've had a serious relationship in the past and have been scared to get into another one but the fear ends now. I will date, maybe not be in a serious relationship but I will give guys a chance and I guess in a way give myself a chance too.
7) friends - see them more! I can't wait for school to end, and once it does I will have so much free time and I can't wait to be able to spend more time with friends - and I should say family too.
well...that may be enough resolutions for now! I'm feeling stressed....just kidding ;)
Actually this year I stayed in with the parents and that was just as good as the dance sessions I used to have with my friends on New Year's Eve! I have a bit of cold or something horrible resembling a cold and am just plain exhausted so New Year's was just as fun this year from the couch of my family room watching a movie ;)
For the past few years I've been reluctant to come up with any New years resolutions, mostly I think because I knew I would fail to follow through with any of them! I feel confident that this year I can follow through with a few resolutions:
1) complete the Masters!
2) go to New Zealand!
3) get a job!
4) move out of mom and dad's!
okay so those four are no-brainers that will be done for sure...here are the tougher ones:
5) exercise - gasp! - at least 2 times a week (probably should do 3 but I do not exercise so I'm shooting for 2 times a week)
6) date - gasp! - I've been avoiding relationships, in the last year I've turned down dates or run away from possible relationships and this is so not healthy. Time to face the facts - I've had a serious relationship in the past and have been scared to get into another one but the fear ends now. I will date, maybe not be in a serious relationship but I will give guys a chance and I guess in a way give myself a chance too.
7) friends - see them more! I can't wait for school to end, and once it does I will have so much free time and I can't wait to be able to spend more time with friends - and I should say family too.
well...that may be enough resolutions for now! I'm feeling stressed....just kidding ;)
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