Alphabetized Spice Rack? OMG THAT'S ME!

Actually, I have alphabetized books and DVD's, but we won't go there. My mother won't LET ME alphabetized the spice rack.

So, I throughly enjoyed Joe Janes this past week, and it was mostly due to the dynamic between Professor Lankes and him, they were (gasp!) adorable together! It was like, so cool to see two fellow comrades (comrade!) up there enjoying themselves.

But, on to what I really loved about last class. It was when Joe Janes talked about what he told people when they were like, I don't know if I'm an information person. When he talked about being the person who really liked to do the research, but just never started the paper. OMG! ME! Or the person who alphabetized there spice rack! I just started giggling softly.


One of the reason it was really funny to me, is because, at my current job, they refuse to utilize what I'm learning to there own benefit. I have offered to be there little info gatherer for different projects and what not, but nooooo..... So thing just lay around and there are days where I have absolutely nothing to do and could be helping on this project or that project. I mean, half the time, I have no clue what the things are that cross my desk. And I'm ordering or handling or (gulp!) inspecting these things. I mean, I get a sheet of paper that says order 200 PTO2403-12P01's and that's it. So I have to figure out where the drawing is, when's the last time we ordered it, how much did we buy it for, who did we buy it from, how long did it take to get there. I LOVE THAT PART OF MY JOB! I WISH THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO DO! I just find as much information as I can, ask as many people as many question as I can and go from there.

I wish they would let me help out on all the little projects that are scattered across my favorite VP of Manufacturing's desk. He has his fingers in so many different pots I would just love to be like, give me that pile I'll go find everything I can and get back to you on it and then you can make a decision. But no, instead, projects sit forever and then people ask about them and he's like, yeah, I took care of that months ago. No, man, you didn't, cause here it is! And they wonder why nothing gets done on the production floor.....hhhmmmm....


So, back to Joe Janes' awesome talk there, I swear, my work rant is done for today.

I'm sure we've all done this like a thousand times (or maybe just me) but I've been doubting my abilities and my decision to become a librarian in the past oh....week or two. I think it's been mostly the time crunch I've been under more than anything. ANYWAYS! Before I get lost on another tangent. I've been thinking I should've done something with History because I MISS IT HORRIBLY! But as I sat there last week listening to him (Joe Janes) talk, I'm like, "All in all I am an information person."

I miss the information of History, but I can easily start focusing my projects more around History to get my fix. I could research stuff for the rest of my life and be a happy person. I am so the kid who loved to find the information but hated to write the paper. And it wasn't the papers, it was simply the enjoyment of finding new information or discovering something.

I would pull all-nighters in under-grad before a paper was due, and it wasn't because I didn't have proper forethought or hadn't started working on it. The problem was, I had gotten so wrapped up in the discovering of information portion, I had forgotten to actually sit down and examine the information and write the paper.

After Joe Janes talked I felt more relaxed than I had in days (that vanished after being assigned the Rapid Response, but I digress). I have found my niche, now I just need to find that niche in the niche (ha, hope you understood that) that will make me happy. I need to find that place where I can get my fix on information, on history, on kids and helping them learn, on all that stuff. The cool thing about librarians is that we can do that, we can meet all our information needs. We can mix work and pleasure, we can have it all.

To steal one of my favorite lines ever in a movie:

Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.
Rick: And what is that?
Evelyn: I... am a librarian.

Evie - one of my heroes :-D


(Quote Taken From: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/quotes)
(Picture Borrowed From: http://smulibraryblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/im-celebrity-librarianget-me-out-of.html)