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Jul. 7th, 2008 10:37 am
alexiscartwheel: (cj)
Someone just asked me if we have old magazines here. I directed her downstairs to the periodicals section, and she said "No, I mean ones we can like rip stuff out of." *facepalm*

Working with a new person makes me grumpy. Well, grumpier than I already am at 7:30am. There is no real training here, unless you count the software program that teaches how to put LC call numbers in order, so I pretty much have to train her. I feel kind of hovered over, and I don't like it. Also, I'm tired of explaining that copy is Ctrl+C several times a day.

I spent pretty much all day yesterday reading a book, and then it turned out to not have an ending. I mean, it ended, but it felt to me like the author just picked a place to stop rather than writing an actual conclusion. Usually even individual books within a series do have some closure at the end.

Another high school classmate got married this weekend, and a friend from M Row had her bachelorette party. This, as usual, makes me feel old. (Or like everyone I know is getting married young.) I forget sometimes that I'm supposed to be a real adult now.

Google is Marc Chagall-ified today. In my high school drawing class we had to do self portraits in another artists style, and I based mine on this painting.

ETA: LOL. US TV critics say Torchwood is one of the Top 25 shows of 2008. :D

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Mar. 5th, 2008 04:44 pm
alexiscartwheel: (cj)
Today at work a patron asked me how many rough draft page it takes to write three pages. I asked him what he meant, and he eventually explained that he had to write three typed, double spaced pages in 12 point Time New Roman font  (ugly, ugly, ugly!); however, he was writing his rough draft by hand on lined looseleaf paper, and wanted to know how many he should write. Uhhh...

I check the books in and out, why on earth would someone expect I know the answer to that? There isn't even one correct answer. It depends on the size of the paper and the size of your handwriting. It's not like asking about miles to kilometers! So I guessed, and told him so, but he seemed happy about it at least.

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Another patron came in with his mother--this is at a college, remember--who demanded to know why her son did not have an active account this semester. She's paying good money for his tuition, so he had better have library privileges!

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