lauralyrics (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lauralyrics) wrote,@ 2008-01-16 23:19:00 |
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Life continues with dramatic flourishes at the library. I thought that after college, I'd never have to take another pop quiz or test in my life. Totally wrong about that: there are always tests. They just happen to be self-grading, and there are no do-overs. I give myself a C average; I'd study for the next test, maybe pull my grade up, except the subject areas are never announced ahead of time and they are always broad-ranging.
I led a tri-library conference today, but in my head it was the tri-wizard tournament. First event, battling dragons, followed by deciphering html code riddles ("Um, this means 'bold', and this is the beginning of the table. Wow! I guess the programmer spasmed or something, because this is just gibberish. I mean, '{$A%GH/b', that's a swear word, right?"). Thence to untangling my pages from the murky depths of workflow, traversing the labyrinth of kit processing ("Are we agreed that books with read-along cassettes belong in kit-bags, whereas books accompanied by music CDs will go into the regular collection, photo DVDs accompanying books will be tossed out and books accompanying DVDs and pamphlets will be sold?"), and finally sparring with Death Eaters on skateboards.
It can only end in tears, and the knowledge that we can't go back to the way things used to be. But there's victory at the end, I hope, and in the meantime the lights go on and the credits roll. It'll be another day tomorrow.
I led a tri-library conference today, but in my head it was the tri-wizard tournament. First event, battling dragons, followed by deciphering html code riddles ("Um, this means 'bold', and this is the beginning of the table. Wow! I guess the programmer spasmed or something, because this is just gibberish. I mean, '{$A%GH/b', that's a swear word, right?"). Thence to untangling my pages from the murky depths of workflow, traversing the labyrinth of kit processing ("Are we agreed that books with read-along cassettes belong in kit-bags, whereas books accompanied by music CDs will go into the regular collection, photo DVDs accompanying books will be tossed out and books accompanying DVDs and pamphlets will be sold?"), and finally sparring with Death Eaters on skateboards.
It can only end in tears, and the knowledge that we can't go back to the way things used to be. But there's victory at the end, I hope, and in the meantime the lights go on and the credits roll. It'll be another day tomorrow.
