While we're at work and everyone else has already left for the day.
Papa Bear: Okay, I'm just going to steal the clementine Paige left on her desk. I'll leave a note -- "Sorry, your orange had to leave."
Me: What? No!
Papa Bear: I'll steal it if I want.
Me: Yes, fine, steal it. But that note? It's crap. When for the rest of your life will you another chance to quote "Oh My Darling Clementine?"
Papa Bear: Hmmm. You have a point.
Me (singing): "I am lost and gone forever, oh your darling clementine . . ." Oh, it works!
Papa Bear: Yeah, it really does. (He walks away.)
Me: Wait, you forgot your clementine!
Papa Bear: Oh, I changed my mind.
Me: What? No! You have to steal it! We'll never have another chance like this!
Papa Bear: Nah, I don't feel like it.
Me: TRAITOR! STEAL THAT ORANGE!
Papa Bear: No, thanks.
He should've taken it. Theft serving a good joke is always excusable.
God, he hurts me.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Do My Homework?
So although the class-portion of the semester is over, I still have another 4 days until my last two projects are due. I have to create two libguides, a convenient grouping of various types of sources on a particular topic. I am doing one on Medieval Adolescence and one on Sexual Education. It's the latter I'd love your feedback on. It's being targeted to high school students and teachers.
For the students, I am specifically targeting those who are receiving no sex ed classes. Over the course of 13 years of Catholic school education, I had 8 different sex ed courses, ranging from 6th grade PE class to 1oth grade Theology to 12th grade Anatomy. I cannot believe that public schools, those unholy, gum-chewing institutions of heathens, can't do at least that much! Honestly, I sort of thought that to be less conservative than we were, they'd have to show porn.
For teachers, I am targeting those teaching health, science, or current event courses.
The source types I need to provide both groups are core databases, key journals, key data sources, print reference sources, key subject headings for catalog searches, and important websites.
Regarding important websites, I so far have Go Ask Alice and WebMD. I've just started that portion of the search, so I'll be finding many more of the obvious ones.
Do you guys have any feedback on less obvious sites? They should have a solid scientific source behind them. Or any thoughts on the other source types?
For the students, I am specifically targeting those who are receiving no sex ed classes. Over the course of 13 years of Catholic school education, I had 8 different sex ed courses, ranging from 6th grade PE class to 1oth grade Theology to 12th grade Anatomy. I cannot believe that public schools, those unholy, gum-chewing institutions of heathens, can't do at least that much! Honestly, I sort of thought that to be less conservative than we were, they'd have to show porn.
For teachers, I am targeting those teaching health, science, or current event courses.
The source types I need to provide both groups are core databases, key journals, key data sources, print reference sources, key subject headings for catalog searches, and important websites.
Regarding important websites, I so far have Go Ask Alice and WebMD. I've just started that portion of the search, so I'll be finding many more of the obvious ones.
Do you guys have any feedback on less obvious sites? They should have a solid scientific source behind them. Or any thoughts on the other source types?
Monday, December 7, 2009
People, bleh
I'm not too keen on people today.
-- At Starbucks. A college girl asks the drink guy if they have free wifi. He tells her she can have it if she has AT&T DSL at home (true) or if she buys a gift card for 5 dollars. I mention to the girl that she can also just buy 2 hours for $4. Now, I don't know the girl's situation, but I do know that when I was in college, there was many a time when I had 4 dollars, but not 5. So, I just mention this to her as an option, not rude at all. So then another customer says in what is undeniably a rude tone "No, don't do that, it's cheaper the other way." I tell him that of course $4 is less than $5, and it's a two hour limit today either way. "Yes, but it's only 5 dollars!" he responds impatiently. And the other way is only $4, dude. And then he tells me that there isn't a time limit with the gift card -- even though the drink had just said that there is! The other patron is, of course, very wrong.
-- My school semester is suddenly over. I attended every class and turned in every assignment on time. I never got back a single homework assignment -- assignments I had spent 10-15 hours each on -- nor did I get any feedback on my class presentation. Nothing. I have two end of semester projects to turn in, and I have no fucking clue what my grade in the class is currently. The icing on the cake is that the last class was scheduled for this Thursday, assigned reading listed in the syllabus, discussion planned and everything. Then someone pointed out via email to the class that the semester technically ends on Wednesday, so the teacher dropped us with a class is cancelled, you've been a wonderful crowd, try the fish. I'm really mad at her. I've never taken a class like this before, and I really wanted feedback. If I don't make an A, I'll be very angry that I never had an opportunity to improve. If I do make an A, I'll still be angry, because how will I do in my next class? I might as well not have taken this one for all that I learned.
And doing the work hasn't been easy, either. I scheduled a number of days off throughout the semester before key assignments were due so I'd have time to work on them, and she changed the days of the assignments. I picked a class with a Saturday "On Campus" day, and she switched it to Thursday. I carefully selected this class based on my research of the professor, and then they switched it up and gave it to her.
I'm just really disappointed.
-- At Starbucks. A college girl asks the drink guy if they have free wifi. He tells her she can have it if she has AT&T DSL at home (true) or if she buys a gift card for 5 dollars. I mention to the girl that she can also just buy 2 hours for $4. Now, I don't know the girl's situation, but I do know that when I was in college, there was many a time when I had 4 dollars, but not 5. So, I just mention this to her as an option, not rude at all. So then another customer says in what is undeniably a rude tone "No, don't do that, it's cheaper the other way." I tell him that of course $4 is less than $5, and it's a two hour limit today either way. "Yes, but it's only 5 dollars!" he responds impatiently. And the other way is only $4, dude. And then he tells me that there isn't a time limit with the gift card -- even though the drink had just said that there is! The other patron is, of course, very wrong.
-- My school semester is suddenly over. I attended every class and turned in every assignment on time. I never got back a single homework assignment -- assignments I had spent 10-15 hours each on -- nor did I get any feedback on my class presentation. Nothing. I have two end of semester projects to turn in, and I have no fucking clue what my grade in the class is currently. The icing on the cake is that the last class was scheduled for this Thursday, assigned reading listed in the syllabus, discussion planned and everything. Then someone pointed out via email to the class that the semester technically ends on Wednesday, so the teacher dropped us with a class is cancelled, you've been a wonderful crowd, try the fish. I'm really mad at her. I've never taken a class like this before, and I really wanted feedback. If I don't make an A, I'll be very angry that I never had an opportunity to improve. If I do make an A, I'll still be angry, because how will I do in my next class? I might as well not have taken this one for all that I learned.
And doing the work hasn't been easy, either. I scheduled a number of days off throughout the semester before key assignments were due so I'd have time to work on them, and she changed the days of the assignments. I picked a class with a Saturday "On Campus" day, and she switched it to Thursday. I carefully selected this class based on my research of the professor, and then they switched it up and gave it to her.
I'm just really disappointed.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Re: My Life
Okay, kids, a few important notes:
-- The Roommate Formerly Known as the Candy Formerly Known as Eye has officially been renicknamed to Papa Bear. That's what I call him around the house, anyway. A free prize to the person who can guess what he calls me (you are automatically disqualified if I already told you or if someone I told tells you or if someone I told tells someone who tells you, and so on). I really will send a prize if you can guess, but I bet no one can.
-- Despite having had him as a roommate for over 3 months, I am still startled to run into him in the apartment at least weekly. For example, about five minutes ago he walked into the room I'm in and started talking. This was enough to cause me to yelp and get all scared-eyes on him. "What? Me watching a horror movie in the living room has you scared enough that just walking into the room freaks you out?" No, dude, it has nothing to do with the movie; it's just you.
-- I got my hair all doned up this morning. I had it colored! A first for me, and I won't be one bit surprised if it just all falls out overnight, like how having a car washed makes it rain. What color? Brown. What color was it before? Brown. But this is a nicer brown! I swear.
-- And in conclusion, that is all.
-- The Roommate Formerly Known as the Candy Formerly Known as Eye has officially been renicknamed to Papa Bear. That's what I call him around the house, anyway. A free prize to the person who can guess what he calls me (you are automatically disqualified if I already told you or if someone I told tells you or if someone I told tells someone who tells you, and so on). I really will send a prize if you can guess, but I bet no one can.
-- Despite having had him as a roommate for over 3 months, I am still startled to run into him in the apartment at least weekly. For example, about five minutes ago he walked into the room I'm in and started talking. This was enough to cause me to yelp and get all scared-eyes on him. "What? Me watching a horror movie in the living room has you scared enough that just walking into the room freaks you out?" No, dude, it has nothing to do with the movie; it's just you.
-- I got my hair all doned up this morning. I had it colored! A first for me, and I won't be one bit surprised if it just all falls out overnight, like how having a car washed makes it rain. What color? Brown. What color was it before? Brown. But this is a nicer brown! I swear.
-- And in conclusion, that is all.
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