Dorkbot

I forgot to share this with you the other day. It’s a CNN article about Dorkbot New York. Something my friend Jason started here in Detroit not too long ago that both Jeff and I have participated in. Jeff and others have been more involved than myself. I’d like to take part in it more, but it’s just not a priority for me right now. Blogging is as you an see. Pointless babble for anyone in the world to read and judge my intellect by.

Anyway, if anyone is interested please go here and get in touch with Jason about joining in the dorky fun. We promise there will be no pocket protectors or calculator watches present. Unless the calculator has been used in someone’s circuit bending experimentation. In that case….it will be there along with laser pointing toothpicks. If you don’t live in or around Detroit, try finding one near your city here.

I’m 99.32222222222222222222222222222 % sure I got an A on my final.
I think it was the Dill soup that helped pull me through near the end of my studying.

Things to do….after the “final”… but before the 9th

1) Watch March of the Penguins (which I have had checked out for almost two weeks now).

2) Watch a movie every night of next week to make up for a semesters worth of NO movies.

3) Watch more than the recommended amount of television to make up for a semesters worth of NO television.

4) Eat more than the recommended amount of Ben & Jerry’s.

5) Drink more than the recommended amount of beer or liquor (whichever is quicker) hee hee.

6) Do Less than the recommended amount of cleaning.

7) Cry and say goodbye to it all as another semester begins.

Craziness

So I babysat for a couple hours tonight after I got off my full-time job. I have a final I have barely studied for that I must take by 11:00 pm tomorrow night. I have an annotated bibliography due by the end of tonight which means no studying for the final. The family I sat for tonight forgot to pay me for watching their kids, and I felt too weird asking for it. After the sitting job, I stopped by my co-workers house here in Hamtown, whose cats I have been caring for all week (volunteer work). I was going to clean their kitty litter, but figured changing two poopy diapers within two hours was about all I could handle in that area for one day. Now it is 9:00 pm and I can almost allow myself to relax before I cram, go to sleep, get up to work an 8 hour day (making up for having monday off) and trying to do more cramming before finally taking my final before 11:00 pm. Ohh and here I am wasting precious time on a BLOG. You see where my priorities are people? Bad me. Bad.
It’s called procrastination and avoidance. For real….I’m getting to work now.

I’m so pooped you guys:(

*I did call the family and they are going to pay me next time I see them. I felt so awkward calling.

Study Time

So I’m at a coffee shop trying to study and this guy next to me keeps answering his phone; “Hello, special agent Howell!”

I keep wanting to bust out laughing every time he says it.

Must concentrate.

*okay, so I’m home now. That guy kept bugging me. I forgot to mention I helped him with his wireless multiple times. He was continually needing computer assistance and I was beginning to feel like I was at work. Not to mention he started snapping his fingers to the music playing in the background. He was the worse case scenario for anyone trying to study and he decided to sit down right next to me. Additionally, he kept trying to make small talk with me when he wasn’t on his phone or fidgeting with his laptop despite the fact that my nose was buried in a book. After an hour or so I decided I should go home. When I was leaving he was still trying to get his wireless going AGAIN. Somehow he kept messing it up and though I felt bad for him, I can’t play personal tech assistant when I am off duty trying to do something for myself. I rushed to my car parked down a side street, occasionally looking over my shoulder to make sure he wasn’t following me. He was kind of one of those creepy guys who stares at you when he doesn’t think you’re aware.

So if my body ends up in a dumpster somewhere…just go to the Coffee Beanery in Royal Oak and look for the guy who looks clueless in front of a laptop and who is answering his phone with “Hello, special agent Howell!”

He’s most likely the suspect.

Go Heidi!

My fellow library school cohort Heidi was quoted on >ALA Techsource yesterday (regarding LIS students in a 2.0 world). Thanks for representing Wayne State Heidi!! Very nice. You’re so on top of everything!!

I too am glad that I have chosen Wayne State’s program. I’m especially pleased and grateful that I had professor Li as one of my first experiences in the program. She is one great professor/advisor. Like Heidi, she gave me a list of classes associated with my area of interest (Information Science/Technology) early on. Additionally, she e-mailed each and every one of her students (independantly) their grades along with her comments. That really showed me how passionate she is and her regard for us students.

Heidi pretty much summed it up though, so go and check that link out:)

Mmmmmm….

I just got done eating a can of sardines with crackers. I then followed them with 2 Daims.

And no……I’m not pregnant.

School Stuff

Okay, I’m totally geeked but stressed. This is my last week of school. I have knocked out many projects so far and have only a couple more to do as well as study for a final I have on Thursday. Well, I have till Saturday to actually do it. I’ll have to start studying tomorrow night though.

Here is the project I’ve been stressing over these last few days. I had to do a pathfinder and will be presenting it in class tomorrow morning. It’s nothing phenomenal, but I’m happy it’s finally over and done with. I’m one of the few people who did mine in website form. Most people have been doing their projects in Powerpoint. I thought it would be more fun if I did mine as a website though.

There were a million resources I could have thrown into this pathfinder, but I couldn’t share them all. Please don’t e-mail me with things I have missed as I already know. Believe me, it was hard disseminating all the the available information for my selection. This was only meant to serve as a guideline for those researching the topic at Southfield Public Library and online.

I would accept/appreciate any constructive criticism you might have though.
I’m kind of debating whether I should not include the first two books under “Circulating Books for Adults” and “Circulating Books for Children” since they Really aren’t computer science books. They are more computer literacy. I don’t really remember why I wanted to include them now though. Debating if I need to exclude them though. Hmmmm…….Ann? Heidi? Any thoughts?

* I decided I had better take those irrelevant sources out on my own. Hmmfff!!*

It’s almost opening day…..

Thanks to Jeff’s parents for sending me this great news. Ikea is opening on June 7th! I can’t wait! It’s going to be nice having an IKEA in our backyard. Apparently all of the hotels are booked in the area surrounding the store. I guess people just can’t wait to get in there and fight over kitchen cabinets and Daims. Jeff thought it would be fun if we went on opening day to record the crazygoers. From afar of course! Don’t want to be part of the stampede. Just kidding! They emphasize on their website that there will be nothing special for anyone who is first, second, or third in line. Just take your time and visit when you get the chance. Make sure you try their food too. It is delish!

Peeps in Bama