It sounds like I am about to give a lecture, ut it is quite the opposite. It has been quite a while for me, blogging and chatting with you viewers, because I have been in my first weeks of classes. This is my first semester as a graduate student. I decided to take things light and playful, with only three courses to start. I am taking LSC(why it is LSC instead of ILS, I have no idea) 502, which is focused on making me into library management/ director material. This class should be interesting because I feel like I had a really good experience with my director at the FPL. She was very knowledgeable and I want to learn more about what she does behind the scenes. It should be an easy course because it is online- though t would seem there are things to be forgotten...- if not for light reading, then for my class partner. We just held a Skype conversation where we co-wrote an entire essay that isn't due until next Wednesday. Jurronimo!
Another class have is LSC 504, information and reference services. This class will be relevant to me if I get a full-time assistant reference librarian position I interview for last week. It will be relevant or the future of course, but more so at present. 504 has also proved to give me a few smart "choice words" at an interview I had today, assistant children's librarian, in that I had some context to library science n which to answer the age old question of "If a child, say ten, want to check out_, which may be intended for _ age range, do you let them check out the book?" My first answer was that I would need to be familiar with and assured of the library's policy's regarding this query. My old library ran with the library bill of rights in that we didn't believe in censorship or restriction of patrons, and to stress this we made adults aware that young patrons were their responsibility when signing them up. As a result, we ran into fewer issues. I think this answer, which was much smarter at the time and full of more catchphrases from my 504 textbook, did well by them. Afterall, the interview was forty-five minutes long. I really want this job.
Lastly is my LSC 510 class. This course I took as an elective. For fun. I seem to be sorely mistaken. The syllabus is far more intense than the other two courses, all of which are "beginners" courses. The teacher has a nice backgound, but there are at least a dozen books, all of which are highly overpriced. So, I will be spending a lot of time in my library, as well as others, doing the 100+ page assignments each week. While it meets in person and I can take plenty of notes, I dread the one week where there are over 300 pages of reading....
Moving on. I have made a few friends amongst my classes and tomorrow have a coffee "date" to get to know one of them more. She lives alone and we both agreed we are in desperate need to find out how to make friends as freshman again. If tomorrow goes well, I will not only have joined a club, but I will have made my first Rhode Island friend that is not my roommate. (Roommate, I love you, but I want more people so we can play Apples to Apples and Pirate Munchkin :D )
So, while I am not sure when I will get my first paycheck, I really can't complain. I can watch Doctor Who on Saturdays as it airs on the BBC. I can read or swim in the ocean that is slightly up the road from me. The land is flat so that I can go running more consistently. I have unlimited streaming, which means I can catch up on Castle before the season five premier. I have electricity, meaning I can use a toaster or perk coffee- something I neglected before the summer. And there are all new, shiny straight guys. I have already begun to be able to spot smokers and fratboys, now if only I can find the hot nerds....
...speaking of nerds! King Richard's Faire began last weekend and, as always, it was awesome! I was really surprised that there were still new things for me to see. While there were a few hurdles with friends that day, I was able to see The Tale of the Tiger, Jacques Ze Whippeur, all of the King's Tournament(our guy, Sir Vincent the Vain(only the second half of that is my naming) the frenchman wearing gold and purple won! And a friend of mine gave him his token/favour, which was really cool! We didn't know you could actually interact with the actors. Next year!) as well as other sideshows and shops that I passed. I was most excited that I did the archery section- shooting twelve arrows at a red heart- and that I found my dragon claw gems, of which I purchased a yellow for last year and a black for this one. The story to that is that the first year I went I bought a green one, for ten dollars, and decided it was a much better souvenir than the Faire t-shirts. (Though I bought one that year as well because it made a pun; "joust do it!") And when I went last year I was unable to find them, which made me le sad. And then this year, voila! I intend to keep this tradition but, next year, I am switching back to going in October, when the weather is cooler and cloaks are fashionable.
So, until next time my viewers, wish me luck and good night!
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