baroqueMorales

As I further explore the role of Library and Information Science professionals in social context, I found this interesting Yahoo group called "Librarians in the Movies." Through this group one can follow the relatively narrow topic of film and media representation of people involved in LIS work. This link above goes to short, filmed interviews produced (by Google) that solicit information from professional librarians about accessing/finding information using Google at a recent A.L.A conference. Google also has a group targeted to librarians to help them use Google searching techniques and products more effectively called The Google Librarian. There is some obvious cross-promotion at work here, as Google strives to make traditional paper books "searchable" by scanning them and putting "everything" online. It makes me curious about the company itself, and I wonder what it would be like to work for them?

For any of you that have yet seen or heard of this strange, new comic force, I give you the home page of Eugene Mirman . He is currently on "THE COMEDY MEN FROM TOMORROW TOUR" W/ Michael Showalter (Stella, Wet Hot American Summer, The State) and Leo Allen (Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central Presents, former SNL writer) Local shows include: Sat-Jul 22 Seattle, WA Sonic Boom Records in Ballard (5pm) Sat-Jul-22 Seattle, WA Chop Suey www.chopsuey.com (9pm) I find him absolutely charming and original (hence the gratuitous promo) and am looking forward to meeting him on Saturday as potentially introduced by a dear friend.

I attended The Evergreen State College during for the last 2 years of my undergraduate degree. I've long kept this fact on the "downlow" because Evergreen seems to be highly lauded everywhere but in Washington State. I've just recently become involved in raising the profile of TESC alum in Seattle from basically non-existant to...? I recently joined the Seattle Greener's on Yahoo idealistically thinking that we might come to some more formal collective organizing. We have a vision of creating the professional and personal network common in much larger schools. While Evergreen is growing and becoming more mainstream, it's still our way to build something socially useful, especially if it doesn't currently exist. Do contact me if you're a TESC alum and interested in getting involved or attending on the various local gatherings planned for this Summer. Jennifer Morales UW dMLIS Admitted autumn 2006 TESC c/o 99'

Was the initial day of my existance. That makes me 33, or as my son said this morning "That makes you a factor,..I mean a multiple of 11." We laughed about that. Since Eric is working today, yesterday I came home all stressed out, anxious and ready to go to the gym, but he sabotaged that by having mini-corn-dogs hot and ready when I got home, chocolate mousse, a funny card, and books wrapped in plain brown paper and pretty purple ribbon (that I still haven't opened yet) from my favorite bookstore. He said "is there anything else your birthday slave can do for you? We then watched the riveting "Brokeback Mountain." The night was too short. Sigh.

Though just recently accepted to the iSchool, and yet to introduce myself to the MLIS community, I will now join the fray of "librarian-types" who blog. Starting at the very beginning. Why do I want this? What do I hope to learn? Why do I think I might be successful at this? What do I envision? What could I hope to contribute? What type of work-environment do I hope to get out of this? Will this make me happy? These are just a few of the questions I need to learn to answer with ease. I was able to answer many of these questions successfully in my admissions essay (max 750) words, which I worked on daily for about 8 weeks. Going through the process of: idea, futher research, writing, revision, peer review, re-writing, better ideas, (rinse, repeat). In the end my essay was exactly 750 words, written as tightly and with as much passion as I could muster. It's a very personal statement so I'll not repost it here. What I will post here are some basic ideas about how this ...

Friends & Family, This is to let you know that I was finally able to breathe a huge sigh of relief when I received a letter this Saturday on UW Stationary that reads: "I'm pleased to inform you that the MLIS Admissions Committee has decided to recommend you for admission to the distance Master of Library and Information Science program for autumn 2006. Official confirmation of your acceptance into our program will be sent to you under separate cover by the Dean of the Graduate School." I will now be spending the next few months learning how to become a graduate student/100% FTE/mom. Wish me luck! Especially in finding creative financing beyond taking out the max allowable student loans of 35k/year x 3 years! on top of my loans from undergrad...ack! For anyone not familiar with this program, you can check out the UW website at: http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ --

Well, I'm in the market for another place to live...Again. This time, the reason is completely legit. I just need more square footage and perhaps someplace closer to CNB's school so he doesn't have those arduous cross-town yellow bus commutes that I had as a child. Actually, there are a number of other reasons, one of which is just looking at the rental market again before I continue to go through the motions of becoming a first time homebuyer, weighing the options, seeing what's available etc. So I put up a blurb on Craigslist, marketing myself as a good potential renter and have begun my search. There are many humorous stories to tell about what's available in the Seattle rental market, but (that would be the ultimate digression). Every place I look at that's affordable and has a vacancy has really obvious reasons as to why it's vacant. Doing research, driving around neighborhoods, looking at listings, gets me into this really competitive mood. Be the firs...