First I want to start off by saying thank you for over 1000 pageviews. While it isn't followers, I definitely feel noticed. As long as someone is reading, that's enough for me.
In bigger news, I completed the first year of my masters program last night. While the grades aren't all in- I am waiting on the presentation I gave last night(more on that in a minute) and a reflection paper of my Collection Development class- I can safely say I passed. I still remember last summer when I began writing about my thoughts towards graduate school. My concerns, my hopes, the idea of going back for school while having senioritis. And now here I am. "A"s in most of my classes, a member of the Student ALA, worker of(now two, I finally quit Dunkin Donuts, which made three) part time jobs, I have been to several "Rhode Island only" places, like Fat Belly's Pub, O'Brien's pub, and OrangeLeaf. Okay, well OrangeLeaf(a fro-yo shop) isn't in Maine so, to me, it's a Rhode Island thing. I have completed six courses, with five or six more to go. I have paid my tuition to attend King's College in England for a summer course. I'm finishing the paperwork for a Digital Literacy internship this fall. I still get along with my roommate. And I am "in-like"(also known as a crush) with someone back home, which is funny because I don't spend that much time in Maine since I moved down here.
So, like I said, my last course for this first year was last night. It was great- seven people presenting for 15 minutes a-piece on a project in which they organized some type of information. For me, I created a comic book store, called The Comic Vault(yes that's now my copyright) and told the story of a man "who recently came into money" and bought an old borders. I made it all up, but the narrative was necessary to transition from my initial Case Study to my paper(or research). I split it into four rooms, as opposed to a full, open floor of space. I gave it nerd-motifs and basically tried to convince people that comic book stores aren't dead, they just have to try new things- like selling Doctor Who merchandise or hosting a gaming night. Not so new, but highly overlooked.
At one point there was a presenter who talked about the concept of a "Writing Gym" and how he might have a free-write station, of which would have a typewriter. This got my roommate and I talking on the carpool home. We more or less felt it was a lost art of sorts, not having used our mother's typewriters since we were kids. (My mum use to sell Mary Kay in the late 90s and, since we didn't have a computer at the time(IKNOWRIGHT!) she used a typewriter for work. I used it for fun. Until she taught me how to erase the type, at which point I went through two erases and I don't remember playing with it after that.) So in memory of typewriters, I wrote this blog in courier.
Last on the menu, I wanted to let you know you can look forward to more book reviews, and maybe a few movies as well, because I will be reading plenty of Young Adult literature in preparation for my Young Adult Public Library course this fall. (30 books + 13 weeks = start now) Luckily, I have read some in recent times and remember plenty, but I want to read more. This class will be a great excuse. First on my list are Divergent and The Disaster Diaries: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse. The Great Gatsby will be coming out soon, so I might reread that as well as watch it. Now You See Me is due out soon as well as Iron Man 3 and others. I am also attending free comic book day, so whatever I get for free I will read and tell you my thoughts.
I think that's about it for now. Back to work!
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