November 10, 2015

Throughout the day I had classes in the lab. They were a fairly constant presence but there's nothing really worth writing about. After lunch I put together several book fair signs and then put then along the front of the school. I generally don't get to go outside during the day, or even see outside, so it was kind of nice to be out there for a little bit. This afternoon I was also able to donate money to buy books for kids who aren't able to get them. The librarian said I could pick them out but I figured she would have a better idea. Also, this morning she gave me a book called Be Yourself with the Peanuts characters because she was giving them out to the teachers and she had extra. I'm a big fan of the Peanuts cartoon, and actually just bought a bunch of Peanuts ebooks. So that was pretty cool.

When I didn't have classes in the lab and tweaked my website a bit, read a little bit for my research paper, and looked into the idea of a librarian working at a video game studio. Like a corporate librarian. I found an article where someone was making the argument that game studios should hire librarians as knowledge managers, which was interesting, but I was thinking more like having one for the purposes of research. Like how some corporations have their own book libraries in-house. I know there are video games out there that involve a lot of research and I would think some of the studios and publishers would have some sort of researcher. My initial searches didn't turn anything up, though. Along with books, video games are another constant in my life and I think it would be cool to get into that industry and do research for video games. I also have seen where certain libraries, even the Library of Congress, are building video game collections, so maybe I could find a job overseeing that.

Before heading home I stopped at Target and got the cashier who was way too friendly. There was a mom with three kids in front of me and the cashier ended up going over to another register and getting a big, pocketed-envelop filled with stickers for the kids to look through and pick out out. That took some time. I don't have the best of luck when it comes to picking checkout lines. I could relate to the girl in scrubs in another line who let a couple go ahead of her and they ended up having to price check something and then had to call someone over. That's usually my luck.

Tonight I didn't accomplish anything. I'm just so freaking tired and feel very lethargic. Just my brain revolting against the idea of writing a paper. Same old story. I really wish the paper was due on Sunday so I would have another weekend to work on it. But it's good that it is due Friday because that means I can do other things this weekend, like catch up on reading.

It is now 9:30PM and I will be going to bed shortly. I can't wait.