I wasn't that impressed with Deep Impact. So many people died
and it seemed unnecessary. The greatest impacted area was along the
coasts and it only seemed that at the last minute people thought
maybe they shouldn't be on the coast. Even though the situation
changed somewhat near the end with the asteroid, maybe as a
preemptive act people could have moved away from the coasts just in
case. There was also the mom who killed herself because I guess she
wanted to go out on her own terms. Thankfully the daughter and the
ex-husband also died so they won't have to live with the fact that
the mom killed herself when she didn't really have to. And then the
parents of the new bride died, while the newlyweds escaped up a hill
on a motorbike. It was just annoying that they presented the
situation in a way that showed a lot of advance warning and everyone
who wasn't picked in the lottery to go underground pretty much just
resigned themselves to death. Then the movie ended on an uplifting
note, despite all the unnecessary death, and there wasn't even a hint
at all the backlash and unrest that there surely would have been from
the people who didn't win the lottery and ended up living. I don't
know, I'm thinking way too much about it.
Today was another eight o'clock morning at work. Everyone in our
department except for one assistant were there at eight o'clock but I
was the only one opening because everyone else was at the staff
meeting. In order for everyone to go to the staff meeting while
they're on the clock, there are actually two staff meetings, one in
the morning and one in the afternoon. It's an interesting way to do
it.
After doing all the opening stuff I wasn't on the desk until eleven
o'clock, so I did things. I think I mostly focused on coming up with
my staff blog post about incident and behavior reports. I went with
a PowerPoint because it is quick and easy. I started with some text
slides describes each type of report and how to post them. Then I
made several slides with pictures to illustrate possible scenarios
for when a report should be written. I think it will be mildly
entertaining and hopefully educational. I wasn't able to post it yet
because my boss wants to run it by administration, just because it
ended up pointing out the fact that the difference between the two
reports isn't explicitly stated anywhere and there seems to be a lot
of subjectivity to it. So once we get that sorted out I'll be able
to post it.
This afternoon I set up one of my displays for September. Originally
it was called Autumnal Favorites. It was decided that 'Autumnal'
probably wasn't the most patron-friendly word, however, so we went
with my alternate title, which was Fall Into Autumn. Kind of clever.
I went out and pulled all the books on my list, and used my cart for
the first time to do this. It is way easier doing it that way than
holding all of the books and making several trips. It is awkward
pushing the cart, though, because if I stand directly behind it I
kick it. Anyway, I'm going to need to find many more books because
even if my display is only a little popular I'm going to quickly run
out of books.
I was also reminded that I have a third display this month, which is
another non-fiction display (like the Fall Into Autumn display). I
think at one point I had an idea for it but I either didn't write it
down or I lost that piece of paper, so now I need to come up with
something, possibly by tomorrow. No pressure.
At four o'clock I went to the second staff meeting. We remembered at
the last second that we were going to record it so I ran back and got
my bosses camera and tripod. Then I quickly got it set up while
everyone waited on me. I will admit it is not my bed videography,
but it got the job done. Although it is a whole staff meeting, this
particular one ended up being run entirely by Adult Services. It
started with my boss and one of the other librarians doing several
small skits about how to handle particular patrons that are causing a
disturbance. It was pretty entertaining but I'm glad I didn't have
to participate. At every staff meeting the Adult Services department
is in charge of giving a short presentation on a particular safety
issue, ideally in an entertaining way. I don't believe mine will
involve a skit. The second presentation at the meeting was another
Adult Services librarian talking about the reference interview. It
involved a funny video from Australia or New Zealand that showed a
bad reference interview and then the correct way to handle it. The
camera ended up dying at the tail end of the question portion after
the presentation. I at least got the important stuff.
Tonight was Chipotle night. I've had better. The rice wasn't great
due to random crunches, so I'm not really looking forward to part two
tomorrow. After dinner I showed some videos and then it was the same
old thing with the rest of my night. I read a little, practiced my
handwriting, and watched YouTube videos.
Soon I will go to bed so I can wake up and maybe do something with my
morning before going to work. The open beta is live for Battlefield
1 and I downloaded that tonight but didn't play it, so maybe I'll
look into that.
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