I am trying to be busier and productive now that I’m a little rested from last week. I am trying to prioritize, and trying not to feel guilty about “owing” various folks here something or other.
I’ve been busy and want to mention some of these things here in more detail:
The Wailin’ Jennys on Wed.
Siva on Thursday
Friday the 13th (I love them!)
Chicago
Ace
Two days of “rest”
Refocused busy time, again
I’ve already started on Ani post. I have some notes from Siva’s talk for a post. I have photos on flickr; not of Siva or Ani though….
But I also have other things to do and other priorities. I end one class on Tuesday afternoon. And as much as I love it and would like to continue it in other directions, I need a freakin’ break and I need to start attending my other class.
For Pauline’s last class, I need to finish my Common Ex. C write-up and turn it in. I also need to prep for leading discussion on the Calhoun Report. That is the easy one of the two, even if the common exercise is technically further along. It has been a few weeks since I looked at the exercise. As for Calhoun, I have written and spoke about this at least 3 times each now and have read lots of commentary covering the spectrum on it. My views have, in fact, moderated much since I first read and wrote about it. I still think that despite the good that is in it, it is an abomination and went a long way to effectively shutting down productive discussion on its and related topics of concern in the cataloging and classification worlds of libraries. [Steve, our discussion from summer LEEP oncampus would be vastly different now. I see some good now, a lot even. But....]
The Wailin’ Jennys were excellent. I got no good photos though. I did get all 3 to sign the liner notes of my 40 days cd.
Siva was good, but I was exhausted [there will be more on Siva]. Besides the exhaustion building up to Thursday, I also woke up at 4 AM Thurs. morning. Yippee! I followed Siva with 2 classes. I gave my “Free the Authorities!” presentation in the last of the two. It started out quite well despite the situation. I did start flagging after a bit, particularly after a few questions and discussions. But I held up reasonably OK. I was proud of it (my performance?) at the beginning….
After class Pauline said something very positive to me. Daunting in a way, but very nice. On Tuesday she had asked me if I was applying for a possible job, because she said if I wasn’t then she was going to twist my arm until I did (paraphrased). I sure wish I could believe in myself like she does.
I’m not sure how driving to Chicago and back in a day and a half is “rest.” But I had a good time and it was as relaxing as it could be. So I am somewhat refreshed.
3rd load of clothes is in the dryer. I may have to go in to GSLIS to look at my thesaurus for Common Ex C. I found all my stuff, but printouts do not a thesaurus make.
OK. Off to do other things. I’ll be working on more details as I can.
Oh, BTW. I’m going to a meeting about that job tomorrow. More in the future, but it is one I hope to do beginning next semester, while hopefully staying in serials cataloging also. So, I’m also studying a 32-page LSTA grant application and finding myself wishing I had the figures and the attachments. I’m asking for a complete copy tomorrow at our meeting.
Where do you go little bird
When it snows, when it snows
When the world turns to sleep
Do you know, do you know
Is there something in the wind
Breathes a chill in your heart and life in your wings
Does it whisper ’start again’
Start againThe Wailin’ Jennys. “Arlington.” 40 Days.
Peace.
4 responses so far ↓
1 jenny // Oct 15, 2006 at 6:47 pm
gee if only you knew someone who worked in an office with copies of lsta grants….
2 Mark // Oct 15, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Well, there is a difference from saying nothing so that no one knows anything, or making some reference that no one will get, and that of saying just enough so that one person who is a known reader and possibly 3-4 others who I’d give good odds are *not* readers. That is *discretion.* Or a form thereof anyway.
I have no doubt I blow the discretion thing sometimes, but this one was pretty good I thought J. And, yes, I saw your
I did finish reading the grant proposal. And it had most of the attachments, after all. But all figures (and 2 attachements I really don’t need) weren’t there. A couple conceptual diagrams; might be useful. Anyway, like I went to see the others at the end of summer, I’m heading into this. Finishing the grant proposal clued me in to some things, so we’ll just have to see….
3 Off the Mark // Oct 17, 2006 at 7:56 am
Shiny new battery…
Yesterday I received my shiny new replacement battery from Apple. My PowerBook did not need one in the first recall, but did from the second. I took the opportunity to gentle “realign” my case and you can barely tell it fell now.
Now, I&#…
4 Mom // Oct 18, 2006 at 1:11 pm
It took a very long time to believe it, but I have learned over the years to believe it when others have more confidence it me than I do. By believing them, I have been able to ‘go for’ things, opportunties or adventures that I would never have tried on my own because I didn’t think I could or I didn’t measure up somehow. Start believing and you will be amazed the places you’ll go and the things you will accomplish.