Crappy Day

Hey all,

Ever have one of those days where you just wanted to stay in bed? I am having one of those days today. It all started early in the morning when I was in bed. I felt something on my head and was kinda finding it hard to breathe.

While I was sleeping in a sorta fetal position in bed, my lovely and wonderful fiancee had rolled over onto the top of my head and I was finding it a bit stifling to say the least. I don't know what she was dreaming a bout. later she had gotten too hot under all the covers and had thrown them off and kneed me in the kidney too. Now I know this was done while in her sleep and not meant to be harmful to me. Well, I told her about it and she was very apologetic when she was getting dressed at 5 am.

I was tired and sore and still had an hour before I had to be at work. Well when I did finally get ready and was off to work, my fiancees car was behind mine and she had the car keys! Luckily My co-worker Dan answered his phone and gave me a ride to work! THANKS DAN!

Work wasn't much better. The students have not been paying attention and have been making stupid mistakes. I know what you are thinking, no big deal. Well if there are 12 students that stupid mistakes times 12! Who gets to hear about and get griped out for these stupid mistakes? ME, that's who! I was mad. I got my bi-weekly deposit done in record time though. i always work faster when I am pissed off. (Isn't that right Jason Morgan?)

Well work was no better. I have had two workers quit on me due to better jobs. So I have been interviewing people. But it will take a few weeks for the paperwork to get done. Which means we will be short handed for a while. I really wish them good luck but it is a absolute pain in the ass! I used to get mad and rant and rave over shit like this but I now see there is no point now.

I am just looking forward to going home and holding Blanca. Maybe going and getting my new glasses, I really am turning into Grandpa Kitteh!

later people, thanks for letting me rant a bit!

Inventory,etc...

Hey people, Its Wednesday and I have been training staff how to use the computers to do inventory for books. We have had our students doing it for a little over a week now. This is my 3rd attempt to start an inventory since I had this job. Before I got little or no support from my superiors and it would always fizzle out half way through. This time my boss is pushing the buttons and helping get things set up and so far we are behind schedule, by a month, but it is progressing now. We have had a few snags and I went on vacation but it is going. We have had more trouble from the Staff who are to be running computer 2. They are whining that they can't reach the top shelf or bend over and reach the bottom shelf!!! My God what a bunch of babies! My boss is going on vacation for a week so that will be cool. Maybe she will de-stress and calm the hell down! I know it worked for me. I was ready to beat people with their own severed arm before my vacation. I think I may need to start drinking again, that may help! LOL!!!!

On a lighter note I am going to make a big batch of refrigerator pickles tonight. We have a ton of cucumbers in our fridge that need to be used or eaten. We have eaten a lot of them but i like them better as pickles!

Going to Waurika again this Sunday, Blanca and I are taking the kids to the lake and have a cookout while getting burned by the sun. I got a hair cut last weekend so I have to put sunblock on the top of my head for sure now, plus wear my hat too! I hate wearing hats, they make my head itch! But with the hair leaving the ole noggin then it must be the way. Getting old sucks. Oh for the carefree days of youth!!!!

I have to mow the yard this weekend too, yippee. I still think those people who love to do yard work are just plain crazy. I hate doing it and always will! I may just cement the yard and put down astro turf! Perfect yard all year round! I am getting used to the domestic life now. I'm house trained and all now! I even have a grill to cook out back! Now that is domesticated!!! All I need now is a cat like above! But as Blanca has never had a pet she is hesitant to get one. As she claims, we are not home during the day,litter boxes smell and are messy,etc, etc. Oh well, we will eventually.

Well it is almost time for lunch now so I will sign off for now.

Later,

I'm back

Hi all,

I'm back after a LONG time, almost a year. I forgot the passwrod and haven't taken the time to get it reset. Alot has happened in a year, i can't recall much of it but I know things have. LOL!!! Some important new stuff in my life is i got engaged to my love Blanca Rowe. And NO, we haven't set a date for the wedding yet!!!! We are not in any hurry to get married. Gods and Monsters, why are people so damn hurried to get married anyway! Its like jumping off a cliff just because everyone else is doing it, do i look like a fucking lemming!!!! Ever hear of test driving a car before you buy it, same concept. Well we went on vacation week before last. We went to South Padre Island, Texas! We took no pictures because we didn't want to haul around a camera. But it is a really nice place to go, if you don't count the 11+hour drive to get there from Wichita Falls!!!!! Ye Gods Texas is big! It wasn't so bad on the way back since we had a good nights rest before we left.

So, I have been making refridgerator pickles and have eaten the first batch and I made batch 3 last night. batch 2 went to my parents where I eat them when I visit like last weekend. Man they are good and Dad's got cucumbers by the bucket load from the garden!!! Here is the recipe if anyone is interested. http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007/07/with-patience-comes-pickles.html. I think they need a little less salt though. I took out one pickle and filled it with water and they were wonderfully perfect!!! Well, more later as I got some stuff to do! Later people!

Retro, thing 22

Well I combined 22 and 23 last time and it seems I must seperate them, ok. Well I think our library would be improved by doing a 23 things for our library. I know my students (12 of them) would benefit with a 23 things training. i would tweak some stuff as some of it repeats. As our staff here had to do the 23 things this summer it was like pulling teeth to get some of them to participate. Some were damn near rabid when confronted with the task. While i thought some of it was repetative I enjoyed the exercise. My own staff are pretty young and know about most of this stuff already but there is such a wide array of things that some would be new. It would help them understand that there is more than one way to skin a cat so to speak. So I think this would be benefitial in the intial training for all my student workers. Thanks!

Thingy 23!

I have really enjoyed doing the 23 things this summer. A lot of my co workers have resisted the new change in the way the library is going as if it would kill them. We have used Facebook and others already and have had a working knowledge of these things for a while. At least those of us who embrace new things. I loved Imagechef way too much. most of the things I made were uncouth but they made me and my friends laugh histerically! But isn't this whole little experiment about having fun and learning new things? The parts I didn't care for others may have liked. that was the diversity this exercise offered and it was a refreshing change to rehashed lectures and boring meetings! So I shall continue to do my blogs sporaticlly but they will be solely my own and I will drop all restraints and be myself. So if I offend anyone, that's me!!! See ya'll later!

Thingy 21! Podcast

I view podcast all the ime on www.newsarama.com. Most reacently they had coverage of the San Diago Comic Con. I feel podcast are usefull for giving directions to those who would find reading long directions boring. I also get podcasts on my Zune and view them on it all the time. I like video podcast and think audio podcasts are a pain.

thing 20 Youtube

I love YouTube. I have an account there and I look at videos on it all the time. A friend of mine refered me to the one called the Angry librarian and it sounds just like it was from our library!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XvAakX__cQ
I laughed so hard!!! So did my student assistants!

Thing 19!!!! Google Docs

Ok, I have now uesd Google Docs. It is set up just like Microsoft word and is in an easy to read format. It is easy to figure out what to do on it. I don't know when i would use this thing but I now have one. My friend Jason might find it interesting but since he loathes anything microsoft, I doubt it. Now I am off to blog thing 20 now!!!!

Thingy 18 Wikis

Ok, I loke wikipedia.org. i go to it for all my comic book and music needs and any info I want to know about. We have a saying here at work amounst my co-mworkers whom I am friends with. "You too can be a librarian with Wikipedia!" I have contributed to a few wikis already so I know how to do that already. For example I corrected a papragraph on the page for DC Comics' Red Star. There are a few other ones I have done so as well. I have seen many with captions saying there were problems with the entries, for eample. Some told plot lines only and didn't tell the history of the character in general,etc. I almost always refer to wikipedia kinda like my hero on the Office: Michael Scott!!!! LOL!!!!!

Thing 17 Libworm

Libworm is yet another RSS feeder. It is interesting when you have need of that sort of thing but as with most of these things I am starting to be overwhelmed with items that do the same thing. Yes i understand the need for these and choice is good. I looked up dragons and got several hits, not so with buffalo soldier. I guess its on with the next thingy!

Thing 16 Librarything

I like this site. It is yet another social site but it differs in that its draw is books. I have been a voracious reader since I was in 5th grade. I read every book our school had on vampires and scared the snot out of myself untill I was in Jr. High.(You can thank my cat too, who used to scratch at my window when he wanted in!!!) I added my favorite book Dracula, of course and then the Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth Series. I also added the Elric Saga too because i am a huge Moorecock fan as well as McKiernan too. Where I am already a member of so many social sites now I can hardly keep track of them all (and have forgotten a few). Well I guess it on the blog the next thingy!

Thingy 15 Digg

While I didn't sunscribe to Digg, I did read a few articles. One was about the Dude Phenomenon. It was about my favorite movie and cult classic the Big Lebowski. It has now eclipsed the Rocky Horror Picture Show ith that status. I also read one on the Clinton's trip to Africa, and adds that make you think twice a bout drunk driving. I didn't think the adds were so bad but having been in that type of trouble myself i steer far away from repeating the mistakes of my past. Yet more to write, stay tuned.

Thing 14 Delicious

Well I can see how Delicious can be useful to some people. I personally don't have a need for the services of Delicious at this moment. I signed up for delicious but didn't install the additional software at this time I went ahead and marked some of my own favorites I had marked already. They are Newsarama.com, Its The least I could Do, and Anima Designs.
Well I guess that is all on Delicious. I already did all 23 things but am just now getting to Blogging them. I shall be back shortly.

Thing 13 Tagging

Well, I like tagging....wait....I mean the computer kind. LOL!!!!! I like clicking on one word links that send you off on a tangent while you are reading an article,etc. It would be interesting and quite useful to have it on our catalog at work but I believe that our system cannot do such things. Or at least that is what a co worker told me, who is in tech services. (You know who you are.) I guess that is all I have to say on tagging. On to the next thing.

Thing 12 Twitter

Ok I see the reasoning behind Twitter but I personally don't want to know every thing a person does at every minute of the day. I could possibly use this if I was traveling somewhere and was worried about where I was going or where I was at. I am afraid I really don't care about anyone enough to know their life every minute. Maybe I'm just tired, as it is close to time to go. I'll make sure I am a little more upbeat tomorrow. Thanks all and have a good day!

Thingy 11 Instant Messaging

Hi all again. Instant Messaging or IMing is not really new to me. I have been IMing for quite a while too. I used to use a IM program but now Facebook and YahooMail both have IM incorperated programs. The one in YahooMail is an aggregator as well as it can use multiple IM programs. I use my IM to talk to my college buddy Jason who works at a women's prison in Oklahoma. I also use it to send secret messages to my co-workers if there is something interesting going on. LOL!!!!! I use IM on Facebook occasionally when talking to friends who are across the country. Guess thats all I have for IMing. Now onto Thingy 12.

Thing 10 Ning

Well, Ning is an interesting place for finding like minded indiviuals who share the same interest. I didn't join but searched around. I found tons of interesting groups to join but don't really have an interest at this time. I am a member of so many internet sites and groups now that I couldn't keep them all strait, let alone remember the passwords. I guess this is where a blog reader would come in handy. LOL!!!
I searched many subjects but some that stood out was a search of voodoo! Wow, new age still lives. I found one site dedicated to Jimmi Hendrix under that heading as well. Another thing I searched was Dungeons and Dragons. Having been an avid player growing up and still did up to a couple of years ago, I was a little shocked at how many sites were dedicated to the game still. Long live RPG's !!!!!!!! Well, I ate too much at lunch and am finding it hard to keep focused.....can't.......concentrate......need.......nap..ZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!! on to the next thing.

Facebook and More Facebook.

Well, Facebook is nothing new to me. I have had a Facebook accout for like 3 years or so, maybe longer. I have 172 friends there who i actually know. Its not like MySpace where its a competition of how many friends you can get. I don't talk to all 172 all the time but I do every once in a while. I use Facebook to keep my student assistants informed if there are any changes they need to know about. I use texts for that too, as I can Text en mass. I am a member of 21 groups on Facebook, like Bacon Salt, I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammer, and Historians Against The War. to name just a few. I really don't mind using my real name either. After I got on it my Boss and i used to to promote Library programs and events. I was really surprised this year by the number of people from my Hihgh School who had made contact with me. Plus as a n added bonus they have included numerous games recently. I myself and lots of my friends have been playing Farm Town. Its a cute little game where you creat a working farm. The only problem is you have to keep logging in to keep your crops from spoiling or you fruit trees from rotting. Its a good thing the animals don't need upkeep. Some of my friends are totally addicted to it and get up at various times in the night and farm. So I am and have been a big fan of Facebook and see the many uses it can hve to a library of the modern age!

Google Reader and RSS feeds

Hi all, I'm here again! I had a great vaction with my girlfriend in Guthrie, Oklahoma!! I wish it could have lasted longer. Thanks Jason and Melissa for putting up with us. Well I got told to get my butt in gear by my administrator here for the 23 things! LOL!!! Just kidding, she is real polite. Anyway I promised to get back into this stuff so here I am.

i just got through looking at the Google Reader. It is for subscribing to multiple websites and recieving whats new on the sites you add to it. If you have multiple sites you want to see what is new then this is handy. I used to have one of these a year ago but i forgot the web address when my computer crashed the second time. i also got a "new" computer and cannot remember the address of the site before. Oh well, it was not useful to me at the time. Readers like these are great for the information junkies we are all becoming now. I personally love it. usually If i don't know the answer to something , I must find it ASAP! Well this makes such things easy. Now on to the next thingy! As for the RSS feeds you can't have the reader without the feeder!!! LOL! E'nuff said.

Thing 5

Ok, this is way too fun. I have sent messages to my friends on Facebook with this! I have insulted my workers too. Is there no end to the mischief you can do with this! I love this so much I am saving it to my favorites. The hardest part was figuring out which part to post. But luckily I have posted html with MySpace and the earlier exercise so it was a breeze! I will do some more tomorrow! I will see ya'll later!