October 16, 2017

 I took notes today but it was a fairly boring day. Which I guess is the best time to take notes because the boring days are the most forgettable.

I slept in this morning, finally getting out of bed around nine o'clock, and then I spent the rest of the morning watching old YouTube videos and reading some of the random articles I opened in new tabs and never got back to.

I went to work at one o'clock because I'm have to lose time for working this coming weekend. I was on desk for two hours and it took me that entire time to print out bookmarks, stuff them in books, and update my spreadsheets. I also had a few breaks in there to help patrons, but it was pretty much just homebound stuff. I love the service but it is such a time-sink every month.

On my walkthrough I refilled my DVD display and then ran around a little bit doing things I can't remember. I then I started looking at the book I got through ILL for my fake news presentation until it was time for my dinner break.

When I got back from dinner I continued looking at Infamous Scribblers, the book about the beginning of journalism in the United States. And then one of the other librarians and I tried to figure out the new admin copier. Not too long ago we got a new admin copier but it kept printing rainbow lines randomly across all full color prints. The rainbow being yellow, magenta, and cyan because I'm assuming it had something to do with the toner cartridges. The color was also really washed out. They tried replacing a few different things but it didn't work, so now we have another new copier. It's kind of annoying because we had all just figured out how to use the old new one. It took a few trips back and forth but we got to a point where we could reliably print things. It'll go quicker once I've done it a few times but right now it seems very convoluted. There are a lot of things that need to be clicked just to print something. And I think the new one is more convoluted than the old new one. But the print quality seems like an improvement over the old new one, so we're doing better.

The rest of the night went pretty quickly. I read more of Infamous Scribblers and a few articles from the library link of the day emails I get. Some of them were about Google, Facebook, and Twitter promoting misinformation following the Las Vegas shooting, and how poorly they dealt with fake news during the presidential election. Possible things to talk about during my fake news presentation. I also had a good conversation with the dad of the librarian who was hired with me and is now in Japan for three years.

At one point later in the night one of our regulars stopped by the desk. She said she had parked her car in our parking lot Sunday night and today it was gone. I didn't find any mention of it being towed, which I think is something that would have shown up on the staff blog, so she decided to call the police and I gave her the non-911 phone number. I'm hoping she just parked it somewhere else and forgot. She was with a guy who was a bit eccentric to say the least. He talked constantly and was pretty funny but also mildly inappropriate at times.

After work I went to the grocery store and tonight was easily the most disappointing in terms of their produce selection. I ended up with bagged cauliflower and baby carrots, a couple small things of broccoli, and red potatoes. I need to get over going during the day and go during the day when I can get more vegetables. I also had to get two smaller jars of peanut butter, because they didn't have the big jar. And they didn't have the bread I like. I've had better trips to the grocery store.

When I got home I put the groceries away, watched a few YouTube videos before switching to a Twitch stream, clicked around the internet, messaged with my latest match, and slowly got around to writing this. My sleep schedule continues to not be great this week. It is 12:17AM and I need to put a pin in this so I can record my audio journal and go to bed.