Library Stuff

I've been giving a lot of thought to what I want to do when I grow up when I finally graduate from library school. As usual, I can't seem to make up my mind, but lately I've been leaning back toward my original plan to work in an urban public library. I think this is partly influenced by my academic library seminar, which has reminded me that I don't really want to be a part of the "publish or perish" tenure system or spend my entire life in committee meetings. It's also partly influenced by kit_the_brave's posts about her library, which remind me how much fun it is working in a public library.

( I found myself a hypothetical job! )

Slightly related: I've looked at a lot of other current job postings, and I really think I need to brush up on Spanish. I love Italian but it is not useful/marketable like Spanish is. I'm not sure where to start with that because a) I'm too super busy with my regular classes to take Spanish and b) I'm crap at language learning on my own. Anyone got any tips?

Several of my friends have started library blogs, so I'm wondering if that's something that I should do. There don't seem to be many students here at Maryland who are involved in the "biblioblogosphere," but I hear it's a good way to make connections with other professionals and share new ideas. I just don't know that I have anything all that amazing or original to contribute. *shrug* We'll see about that one.