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Slowly learning to balance things in Grad School. Contemplating getting a NetBook. Or a Cell Phone. Or neither. Or both. We'll see. Learning tonnes. Trying to manage time effectively, yet there are tonnes of distractions. October will be very busy. Must somehow fit it all in. Still need to book an eye appointment among other… Continue reading Quick Update

So, it's Alberta Arts Days this weekend. I don't actually have classes on Fridays (though I did need/want to be on campus for a meeting and a session of sorts, among other things), but I went to campus early to attend several Alberta Arts Days events. The first event I attended wasn't on campus, and… Continue reading Reflections on Alberta Arts Days (CLC, Dr. Ang, Ted Bishop and Ted Blodgett)

I had been up for over an hour this morning, and was finishing my breakfast while reading my LIS textbook, when I heard a low rumbling boom of sorts and my electronics beeped a bit. Since I wasn't actively using any of them, I didn't notice that the power was out until I looked at… Continue reading Power Outage, and yumminess

This summer while I was in Birmingham, Alabama I visited a library. Here are some of my thoughts on it: my guest post on the Libraryroad blog! In other news today I learned about worm composting and decided to help check on the worms, I visited some new areas of campus, did some mending, some… Continue reading Check out my guest post on the Libraryroad blog!

Friday night I went and saw The Drowsy Chaperone at the Citadel. It was wonderful! I love how it was totally self-referential and included so many fun aspects. Pastry Chef Gangsters? Blindfolded roller-skating? Random Racial Stereotypes? All for comedic effect? Wowza! Totally worth it, and really some catchy tunes! I adored it. It was also… Continue reading The weekend of seeing so many people…

… for class! Not only that but I think I'll be occasionally posting on my peer, Maria's blog about libraries at: http://libraryroad.wordpress.com/ Fortunately for you, I don't currently plan on developing a new blog, but rather adding some more erudite (or rather less emotionally charged blog posts, not that I don't keep what I post… Continue reading Apparently I'm supposed to write blog posts…

When group work works out this well, I can't help but be pleased. This past week, a group of students consisting of me, a first year HUCO MA student, a second year HUCO MA student and a CS PHD student got together to design an alternate reality game (ARG). I'm glad this did not involve… Continue reading ARG! 🙂

***********FOODOLOGY*************** What is your salad dressing of choice? I like oil and vinegar… balsamic is good, as is asian vinegrette What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Upscale – Gosh, so many good ones, The Creperie, Melting Pot (in USA) Regular – Shogun Japanese Food, Fire and Ice (in USA) Fast Food – Uh… a mixture… Continue reading Ali-ology meme

After two pretty full days of orientation (and class), I guess I'm ready to tackle this school year. LIS has approximately 50 new students, HUCO has approximately 7-10 new students, and my program [the intersect of the two] has 4 (myself included). It'll be a good three years, I think! Of course the more I… Continue reading Initial thoughts on grad school

… and we are all growing older. This weekend reminded me of this fact, and not only because of birthdays. Friday I met up with many people I hadn't seen for far too long. I got a marvelous haircut from Jackie (thanks!) before moseying to the Sugar Bowl to hang with fellow Huco students (and… Continue reading Life is a busy adventure…