Delightful little anti-Bush tirade

It's both depressing and hilarious!

movie?

Does anyone want to go see Children of Men at the Union this weekend? One of the Saturday shows works best for me, 7 or 9:30 pm. I could make Sunday work, too. Let me know!

my second

I am having a great day!

Subject: Application Status

Thank you for your interest in this position, ____________________. Based on your application information, at this point in the applicant review process you are no longer being considered. Please do not let this discourage you from applying for other positions that interest you.

my first

re: ___________ position

Hello Deborah,

Thank you for applying for the position. We have offered the position to another candidate and they have accepted.

Thank you,
__________________

The only bright spot in the endless Oscar telecast

I can't help it, I love Jack Black. The best part?
Ryan Gosling, you're so hip and now, I'm gonna break your hip right now!

Where do I turn?

I just read this quote by my favorite leading man and it makes me mourn the loss of the O.C. even more:

"Somebody said, 'I'd like to cut them up, make tea out of them and drink it.' I thought, well, that would be hard to swallow."
--Peter Gallagher, on his eyebrows

The last episode aired last week and, well, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get a little teary eyed what with all those flashbacks to first-season scrappy Ryan accompanied by poignant indie music. Still, life must go on and I can’t help but wonder, now that my darling Peter Gallagher is off the air, who shall I admire? Are anyone’s eyebrows up to the challenge? Will I have to switch my allegience to some other outrageous form of facial hair? Considering my primetime TV line-up, it looks like I really only have one option:

I got my first one

The best part: my mother stopped by today, and saw the envelope sitting on my counter. "Oh, what did you get from North Carolina State?"

"A rejection letter."

They'll be sorry when I'm a famous librarian!

conservareality

You sometimes have to admire the Christian Right's balls-out battle with reality, don't you? Example: Conservapedia, the conservative response to Wikipedia. It's kind of cute that these people consider Wikipedia's threat to literal bible interpretation to be so great that it warrants an online truthy-pedia rebuttal.

The Conservapedia even has its own commandments: "When referencing dates based on the approximate birth of Jesus, give appropriate credit for the basis of the date (B.C. or A.D.). "BCE" and "CE" are unacceptable substitutes because they deny the historical basis."

not on ebay

Here you go, Leah. The opportunity of a lifetime.

Total Celeb Meltdown

Here's the God of Celebrity Gossip's President's Day gift to us all:

Not my kind of librarian...

Did you all see this New York Times article about all the librarians that won't have a book with the word “scrotum” in it? As we all learned from this post you do indeed find men’s genitalia in quality literature.

March of the Librarians

A March of the Penguins style documentary about the semi-annual migration of the American librarian.

Note how the narrator points out the "facial plumage" of the rare male librarians. I'm glad I'm not the only librarian-watcher to have noticed this feature.

How We Shower

For all of you who have ever had to share a bathroom with a man for over three days. You know it's true.

catch 22 x 1,000,000

Just a another indication that we're not just being whiny - it's tough out there!

(In case the link just takes you to the blog, I’m referring to this post specifically “Credentials and Experience and Jobs and Stuff:”)

in anticipation of the next big national "holiday"

Alright, stop! Collaborate and listen! Ice is back with a brand new invention. Turbo Tax grabs a hold of him tightly, flows like a harpoon daily and nightly. Will the Tax Rap stop? Yo, I don't know. Turn off the lights and I'll glow. With Vanilla Ice I rock a 1040EZ like a vandal. Light up my software and wax a chump like a candle.

Be sure to click on the Vanilla Ice video near the bottom left side of your screen.

Accountants are hot.

Does this look like anyone we know?

Discuss.
(p.s. I got to see all the pictures.)

Just Play It Cool Boys, Real Cool

Some advice from the fine people over at A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette regarding job interviews...

Oh and Happy Valentine's Day... I love you bitches :)

I heart Google

I want to go to work here!

Banker Spank

Parody of "I'm a Mac" commericals developed for an ad campaign at my work. Nice little fluff for the fans!

Denied!

Dear Ms. ____

Thank you for your recent interest in the position of ____ at the ____ Public Library.

After careful review of the 72 applications, we regret to inform you that you have not been chosen as one of 5 to proceed in the interview process at this time. However, we will keep your application in our active file for one year. Feel free to visit our website at www._____.com and call us if another position is available that you would like to be considered for.

Again, thank you for your interest in the City of ________ and for your patience. If you have any questions regarding our selection process, please feel free to contact me at (---)--------.

Sincerely,
_______ _______

Poop is useful

This one is for all the poop lovers in the audience... especially you, Lia V. How long until library books are bound with poop covers?!

Gimme Serials

As promised, here is my newest song. It's inspired by academic libraries, and by whatever commercial that is that uses "Gimme Shelter". I guess it's not a very effective commercial, because I have no idea what it's for. I just know I keep hearing "Gimme Shelter", and once the chorus was stuck in my head the parody seemed obvious.

Okay, enough talk. Let's rock and roll!

Gimme Serials
(apologies to the Rolling Stones)

LIBRARY PAGES:
OoooOOOOooooh,
OoooOOOOooooh.
OoooOOOOooooh,
OoooOOOOooooh...

STUDENT:
Oh, this course is threatening,
My G.P.A today.
If I don't read some serials,
Oh yeah, I'll get a failin' grade.

LIBRARIAN:
Oh, patron, it's just a shelf away,
It's just a shelf away.
Oh, patron, it's just a shelf away,
It's just a shelf away, yeah.

STUDENT:
Oh, see I need citations,
For an essay due today.
Where do ya keep the journals?
'Cause I've lost my way.

LIBRARIAN:
Oh, patron, it's just a shelf away,
It's just a shelf away.
Oh, patron, it's just a shelf away,
It's just a shelf away, yeah.

{guitar solo}

LIBRARIAN:
Bound...journals!
It's just a shelf away.
It's just a shelf away.

Bound...journals!
It's just a shelf away.
It's just a shelf away.

Bound...journals!
It's just a shelf away.
It's just a shelf away, yeah, yeah, yeah.

STUDENT:
Oh, this course is threatening,
My G.P.A today.
Gimme, gimme serials,
Or I'll get a failin' grade.

LIBRARIAN:
Oh, patron, it's just a shelf away,
It's just a shelf away.
It's just a shelf away.
It's just a shelf away.
It's just a shelf away.

If you need help, students, then just you ask away,
Then just you ask away.
Then just you ask away.
Then just you ask away.
Then just you ask away.
Ask away, ask away, yeah.

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?

For the lovers, for the haters.

Not that I'm not happy for Judd Apatow's success, but it just makes me miss Freaks and Geeks

*This has sound*

So here's a trailer for Judd Apatow's new movie. On the surface it looks to have several things that I love (e.g. Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd) and I have to admit that (even though I saw it with my mother) I really liked the 40-year old virgin (particularly the inspired musical ending). Still, it makes me miss the best tv show ever.

Show your library some love!

Okay bitches, I know that this is totally unrelated to procrastination, but I have a work-related request. I know from spending over a year reading and contributing to this blog that you are a group of super-creative gals (and guys) -- see Lego Beer Cozies and Crazy Baby Wigs -- so I want to encourage anyone who is in the area (and in school) to sign up to do a display for the lab library! Woo hoo! You get to express your creativity and, as an added bonus, you get to save yourself from being subjected yet again to one of my heinous creations! Any takers? Just stop by the library to sign up or comment to this post and I'll sign you up.

Probably Not a Great Place for Science Project Ideas for Kids....

I don't know who these people are or where they come from but have you ever wondered if a rice krispie beer cozy could keep your beer cold? Or how many condoms you could wear at once? Or how much vodka you can put in one jello shot before it becomes a soupy mess? No? Me either. But they have.

So this doesn't have anything to do with Daniel Radcliffe...

or horses for that matter, but it is funny!

*just fyi there is sound involved*

It's not enough to be nekkid with a horse...

Check out Daniel Radcliffe's wonderful turn on Ricky Gervais' Extras. (Bup bup Ricky Gervais)

maybe this is a good way to pay off the student loans

Some dude in Australia sold his identity for 7500 australian dollars! Not really his legal identity, more like his persona. The winning bid gets his haircut, his friends, lessons in all of his skills and hobbies, six jokes, and over 300 cds, to name just a few highlights. Probably a whole lot less painful than selling a kidney on the black market.

A Case of the Mondays

Who felt like this today?

Fun fun fun until Daddy takes the T-Bird away

I NEED this. I don't have enough Beach Boys in my life. It's not enough to hear "Good Vibrations" every time my phone rings; I must hear "Fun fun fun" while I take care of my teeth and gums. (Semi-unintentional rhyming just then.)

Library Career Romances

Snagged from Amused Library, here's a page devoted to "Library Career Romance" novels of the mid 20th century. See the covers of and read excerpts from books like Miss Library Lady, Girl On the Bookmobile, and The Loveliest Librarian.

The Amused Library posters got some big laughs from The Loveliest Librarian, which describes its heroine as having earned enough to purchase a secondhand Porsche after seven months of working as a university library ASSISTANT.

Kitsy Babcock, Library Assistant, presents a somewhat more realistic view:

"I’ve been thinking about being a librarian. I’ve even been reading up on it. Did you know that there are librarians in these United States who make eighteen thousand dollars a year?"

My personal favorite quote, however, comes from Library Tree:

"Carolyn wondered what to do. She caught the slightly musty smell of the old building and felt a stirring of excitement as her gaze moved round the great room which formed the lending section of the library. Books, she thought, this is what I've always wanted. Surrounded by books all day, working among them, handling them..."

Oh, baby!

More M&M Madness

As you can see, when I was living in Japan I also had a hard candy shell.

Leggings for men are sooooo last week....

I present: The men's fashions of Fall 2007, featuring the caveman ninja clown bank robber look!!

And the young, mod Wolverine collection:

Bravo!

This is the best procrastinating I've done in a while, thanks theshortkatie!

My private life as an M&M Librarian

For your time wasting pleasure...create yourself as an M&M!