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Hahahahahahaha...  I just got this link to a free bumper sticker:

Mccain

To keep myself busy all day long, to complete more than I add to my "to do" list, and to make the best of the crappy situation that is my Teen Area...  Last night, I rearranged the existing Teen Area since I know there is no way in hell I am going to be able to move the Teen Area to another section of the library any time soon...  Grrr -- but also, oh well...  The teens who have seen it already said that they love what I have done with it, and I am pretty happy with it too...  At the very least, I gained access to 3 more shelves and added a table that seats 4 people...  I also pulled myself out of the corner and have enough space to easily get in and out of my desk...  It's not perfect, by any stretch of the imagination, but it'll do...  Later days...

Lyra! 

Thought this was a rather amusing quiz -- http://Bush-McCainChallenge.com/?rc=challenge-friends&r_id=12570-8626272-5kLUKa...  (That is, if amusing = seriously scary and depressing)...  Later days...

My baby is a preschooler...  It's hard to believe it's true...  This morning, he told me, "But, I'm too little!"  All I could think was, "I know, Dude!"  He insists that he is only 2 and will turn 3 on his birthday -- and he won't believe me that today is his birthday...  So funny!  I guess little kids think birthday = party...  We are going out for dinner tonight, so maybe that will be enough to convince him!  Teeheehee... 

Shower07

Later days...

I think so...

Svh

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I am so sick of the "holier than thou" attitude some people have toward me...  They think that their being older automatically means that they know more than me -- about everything...  Well, let me tell you something...  When it comes to working with teens and advocating for them, these people don't know shit...  I just overheard them say that I don't know what I'M talking about, but they sure as shit know nothing about "real" teens...  They assume that the few trouble makers -- who are mostly misunderstood in the first place -- are the only teens for whom we make our library policies...  And, somehow, they think that this makes it fair to have age discriminatory policies (that only work against teens)...  The other day, a student was hit by a truck as he walked to our library...  Why?  Because he missed his bus home and would have needed a fucking pass (from a teacher, not a parent) to get the bus here -- but he didn't have one...  So, he did like a lot of my teens and walked down a major road (it's less than a 1/2 mile, but still dangerous) to get here...  Unfortunately, he didn't even make it all the way here...  He was hit by a truck and the boat it was towing, so he has a broken nose, stitches all over his face (to the extent that his eyes are swollen shut), broken shoulder blades, a collapsed lung, a broken pelvis, a disconnected hip, and a broken foot...  There were a TON of witnesses -- some his friends and some who were not -- who all said that the kid merely walked across the road (not playing chicken as rumors have stated) and that the driver probably would never have hit him if he didn't freak out and slam on the brakes (causing the truck and boat to skid to the right and hit the kid)...  And yet people still feel as if the teen MUST HAVE done SOMETHING wrong to cause this accident -- citing the so-called fact that, "Teens lie to protect each other."  WTF?!?  Some of these kids were his friends, but some of them didn't even know him -- and I got the same story from all of them...  I am so pissed that I don't think I will be able to get much actual work accomplished right now...  And that's a bad thing, since I am the only one in the children's room AND I have a class coming in at noon...  Gah...  Later days...

So, I had a discussion with a colleague the other day in which we discussed professional goals and how to attain them...  And then she said something that really made me think...  She said that she went to a conference once where a speaker said that even individuals should have mission statements...  Just like a business, you should be able to look at your options and see whether they mesh with your mission statement...  It sounds kinda corny, but it also makes so much sense...  Decide what you really want out of life, and then consider whether everyday decisions match up with that mission...  Dude!  I think I need a mission statement...  If only I had a clear enough mind to work on it right now!  Teeheehee...  Later days...

Molten chocolate cakes, to be exact... These cakes are way too yummy when I go out to eat, so I am finally trying my hand at making them myself...  Wish me luck!  Later days...

Don't know how vegetarians can do it...  I'm about to eat some BBQ'd steak, and I am rather excited at the prospect!!!  BTW...  Sorry I've been so "quiet" lately -- just too busy/tired/medicated to care about keeping up with posts, I guess...  ;-)  ... Later days...