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mizarchivistI'm headed down to Plymouth today- possibly for half of tomorrow to represent the library at a national convention. Just waiting for Enterprise, at this point.
In the meantime-quiet_elegance made a great brisket last night- well, he started almost before I was awake and bbq-ed it for 6 hours. It kicked ass. evila and E. helped us eat some of it. I also got to blade during the storm. That was exciting.
Today's Joss's birthday.purple_terror, Robin, caulay, and I went to the Can't Stop the Serenity benefit screening on Saturday night. I got to meet his friend., A- and her friend C- that was cool. The new seats at the Coolidge are very comfy. Yay! Some random guy came up to us and asked what was going on. I attempted to explain- R. did a better job. Sometimes english is hard.
ok gotta run
< . .. pause for 11 hours >
Apparently I forgot to hit send. I thought I did, but the Enterprise pick up girl arrived mid-entry.
So!! I survived what could have been a much worse go-to-exhibit-and-talk-about-how-awesome-my-library-is thing- sort of like 2 weeks ago in Wolfboro, NH, the exhibitor's hall was not in a high traffic area. I did get almost a full page of people signed up for the e-newsletter we're finally getting around to. I also had to calm some folk who heard we're selling the building and assume the absolute worst, namely that we'll get kicked out. I can see why folks would fear such a thing, but there's lots of reasons why this is unlikely. Besides the lawyers and real estate agents who're safe-guarding against such a scenario, our reading room is protected by thehysterical historical folks. The new owners can't change that room. Not without some serious nastiness. Losing the library would mean a massive amount of dead space- and as for the stacks- hah. They were built when the building was. Hard to imagine how they'd rehab that space. So, no. We'll be there. S'ok. really!
Then I drove home into a biblical retribution. I hit Rt 20 headed north on 95 and the world slowed down and was thoroughly enmoistened. By Tottenen Pond Rd. exit I foolishly belived that somehow going overland would be better rather than stick out the last 4 miles to my exit. Dumb-dumb-dumb. Good thing I'm cute. I went through at least 2 rivers and 2 lakes that normally aren't in the road before hitting a mini Atlantic on the final stretch. For those who're familiar with Waltham/Lexington Streets - just past Trapelo in front of the Friendly's. I saw it as a sign that I should just park and eat at said Friendly's until the worst of rush hour was over. I got a ring-side window seat and got to see various cars go up to their bellies or further. Not civillian cars, usually- Public works pickups. Turns out that the (ha ha) Watertown Bank did recent landscaping with sod. The sod sloughed off the small hillock and lodged itself over the storm drains. Probably about 20 yards were in the road. Not all managed to congregate at the drains. The DPW dude in his huge Wellies and his garden rake managed to clear the sod parts by the time I finished my sundae.
So yeah! Maybe a beer now.
In the meantime-
quiet_elegance made a great brisket last night- well, he started almost before I was awake and bbq-ed it for 6 hours. It kicked ass. evila and E. helped us eat some of it. I also got to blade during the storm. That was exciting. Today's Joss's birthday.
purple_terror, Robin, caulay, and I went to the Can't Stop the Serenity benefit screening on Saturday night. I got to meet his friend., A- and her friend C- that was cool. The new seats at the Coolidge are very comfy. Yay! Some random guy came up to us and asked what was going on. I attempted to explain- R. did a better job. Sometimes english is hard. ok gotta run
< . .. pause for 11 hours >
Apparently I forgot to hit send. I thought I did, but the Enterprise pick up girl arrived mid-entry.
So!! I survived what could have been a much worse go-to-exhibit-and-talk-about-how-awesome-my-library-is thing- sort of like 2 weeks ago in Wolfboro, NH, the exhibitor's hall was not in a high traffic area. I did get almost a full page of people signed up for the e-newsletter we're finally getting around to. I also had to calm some folk who heard we're selling the building and assume the absolute worst, namely that we'll get kicked out. I can see why folks would fear such a thing, but there's lots of reasons why this is unlikely. Besides the lawyers and real estate agents who're safe-guarding against such a scenario, our reading room is protected by the
Then I drove home into a biblical retribution. I hit Rt 20 headed north on 95 and the world slowed down and was thoroughly enmoistened. By Tottenen Pond Rd. exit I foolishly belived that somehow going overland would be better rather than stick out the last 4 miles to my exit. Dumb-dumb-dumb. Good thing I'm cute. I went through at least 2 rivers and 2 lakes that normally aren't in the road before hitting a mini Atlantic on the final stretch. For those who're familiar with Waltham/Lexington Streets - just past Trapelo in front of the Friendly's. I saw it as a sign that I should just park and eat at said Friendly's until the worst of rush hour was over. I got a ring-side window seat and got to see various cars go up to their bellies or further. Not civillian cars, usually- Public works pickups. Turns out that the (ha ha) Watertown Bank did recent landscaping with sod. The sod sloughed off the small hillock and lodged itself over the storm drains. Probably about 20 yards were in the road. Not all managed to congregate at the drains. The DPW dude in his huge Wellies and his garden rake managed to clear the sod parts by the time I finished my sundae.
So yeah! Maybe a beer now.
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