Smartass-
Labels: bookstore, dewey, Gilbert Library, Library Revolution
Labels: deerhoof, frankie goes to hollywood, peeping tom, relax, soundtrack, the knifeMay 22, 2007
I got into work early today, an hour and a half early. So I go sit down in the meeting room, where I can watch what all is going on, while listening to the random songs on my headphones. Let me say it's really interesting to watch someone check in a pile of books while listening to Like a Pen by The Knife, or watching the aides shelve books to the tune of Desaparecere by Deerhoof. It's somewhat odd to be on the outside looking in at the job I do on a daily basis. For the most part the place just looks pretty normal, with the staff looking appropriately attentative to their respective jobs.
Still, I just feel like a peeping tom. A peeping tom with a soundtrack. Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax just came on. This is probably the top song I would have play at least once a day during my soundtracked day at work. Just because.
Labels: Copier, Kinkos, LibraryMay 16, 2007
Apparently the library is a sort of free Kinkos. Today's transaction went like this:
Patron: “Maaaamm, I need some copies.”
Me: “Copier is right there.”
Patron: (makes a poof sound) “I don't know how to use that thing.”
I demonstrate how to “use that thing.” After they are done “using that thing” (The big green button makes it go, not the coin release lever. Please don't spread your files on the circulation desk, other people want to put their books there. No, your paper has to go face down on the glass for the “magic eye” to see it. Where the little arrow is. No, don't push the coin release. The big green one....”) they ask for a stapler. Ok. And White out. Ok..... “And some paper clips? Do you have a manilla folder? And I need to fax this.”
“We don't have a fax machine.”
“Well fuck, what good is the library anyway?”
“ You're right. No good. I suggest you try Kinkos.”
Labels: DDR, MTV, stunned silence, Video Killed the Radio StarMay 15, 2007
*Two teens DDRing to "Video Killed the Radio Star"*
Teen A: What kind of song is this?
Me: It's called "Video Killed the Radio Star", by The Buggles. It was the first music video played on MTV.
Teen B: What did MTV play before then?
Labels: Miscreants, MosesMay 11, 2007
Today I helped a very nice man do some research. The mixed-era military costume didn't phase me; harmless crazies are usually a nice change of pace. While helping him find books on Moses OR Charlton Heston (but preferably Moses), the late Dr. Martin Luther King, every Shakespearian film ever made, and the dead Kennedies OR Lee Harvey Oswald (but preferably the Kennedies. They're more famous.), I found myself alone in the corner of the library with him. This is the opportune moment for his jacket to fall open and reveal the large amount of dried blood on the front of his shirt.... Such a little thing and I turn into such a wuss. See Subject Heading: Deranged, Fugacious, Psychopath. See Also: Run. See Also: Where the hell is our reference guy?
Labels: excellent help bitchMay 10, 2007
We won't let this thing die. That's why we've brought another of our staff over to the darkside. Introducing the Excellent Help Bitch, I personally love her blog-name, though I forget wich of our delightful patrons gave it to her...
Water under the bridge I guess. She's cool anyway....
