June 13, 2014

Most of my day was spent watching World Cup games. I can't remember anything about the first game but in the second game, Spain had their asses handed to them by the Netherlands. It was a bit of a rematch from the final of the last World Cup and the outcome was very different. I looked back at my journal entry for that game and it seemed that both teams annoyed me. Without the journal assist I vaguely remembered that both the teams spent a lot of time falling down trying to draw fouls. Or actually being fouled. That's makes for a long and annoying game. This time around, I found myself wanting Spain to win more often than not because the Netherlands were falling and fouling a lot. Unfortunately it worked in their favor.

I emailed the director of the Library Science program today about the interview. I wanted to get a better idea of what it would consist of because a ninety-minute interview sounded intimidating and grueling. She got back to me and said that it wasn't necessarily an interview but more of a visit. She said they would have a few questions for me but it would be more about going over the curriculum and allowing me to ask any questions I have. That eased my mind a little bit but I still need to come up with answers for the basic questions of why I want to go to library school and why their program and my future after school. I also need to come up with good questions to ask them. I know I want to ask about the success of their graduates in finding a job in a timely manner and what kind of help they offer regarding that because my ultimate goal here is to get a grown-up job making real money.

Tonight at work I watched 22 Jump Street. It was really funny. It was also maybe a little bit too self-aware. They referenced the fact that it was a sequel numerous times and eventually, although still funny, they definitely beating a dead horse.

When I wasn't watching the movie, I was reading. I read a couple short stories and continued reading S. It didn't take very long to change my mind but I think I'm moving to the technique of just reading the book as a book and ignoring all the marginalia. At this point it is more of a distraction because it is mostly regarding the mystery behind the author and it is written from the viewpoint of two people who have already finished the book. So I am going to finish the book.

I also started reading Picture This by Joseph Heller because why not. My favorite line from the book so far is: “Caravaggio would have turned over in his grave had he been alive to see it.”

Right now I am watching the Chile v. Australia game. I've made it to the second half but I won't finish it tonight. At the moment Australia is down 2 to 1 but I want them to win, entirely because Chile spent a lot of the first half falling down for no reason. I realize how tactical it can be to fall and how tactical it can be to foul, but I just don't like seeing dudes fall down for no reason other than trying to draw a nonexistent foul.