December 2010
1 post
The Miracle of Life
9th Grade Boy: Miss, tomorrow in class we're going to watch a video of a baby being born.
Me: Oh yeah, that miracle of life video (having flash back to health class in 8th grade).
Boy: It's going to be so awesome! I really hope someone throws up!
November 2010
1 post
“I really didn’t realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous...”
– Michael Moore, from BuzzFlash.com interview 3/12/02
July 2010
2 posts
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most...”
– Rolling stones guitarist Keith Richards, quoted in a preview of Life. Sunday Times (U.K.) April 4. (Found in American Libraries May 2010 “How the World Sees Us” feature).
“I love coming to the library because if you don’t know something you can...”
– A 9-year-old in my library said this to me today! It made me so happy :)
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
3 posts
WatchNightJohn Book Trailer made with Animoto. Text inspired by the book jacket excerpt and this booktalk. Images from The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record and Stock Exchange
April 2010
2 posts
“One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it...”
– W.E. Johns, The Passing Show. (Found in The Curious Gardener’s Almanac by Niall Edworthy.
WatchSpring in the garden. Lots of little baby plants!
February 2010
1 post
WatchThis month’s book display in the teen room. Thanks to YALSA_BK and Brenda Hall of Des Moines Public Library for the idea!
January 2010
1 post
WatchCosta Rica 2010 pictures.
December 2009
1 post
What kind of tooth?
Me: I don't understand why you don't have a sweet tooth. It's weird.
David: I have a beer tooth.
November 2009
1 post
October 2009
1 post
July 2009
1 post
Hot Presidents
Me: I think Obama is the hottest president yet.
David: Really? Hotter than Andrew Jackson?
Me: You think Andrew Jackson is hot?
David: Yeah, he's all rugged.
June 2009
1 post
I am not a mind reader
On three separate occasions, patrons came to the desk tonight and said only the following:
Can you fix this? (With no corresponding body language or item)
It happened again (he confused me with another librarian who had helped him before)
Pass (and thrusts ID at me, presumably to request a visitors pass for the computer)
May 2009
3 posts
“I like my tea like I like my women— loose.”
– My incredibly inappropriate husband.
April 2009
8 posts
The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars McCarthy’s style is understated and beautiful— so much emotion hovers just below the surface of his simple prose. Though it sounds like a cliche, his novel evokes questions about what it means to be human and what it means to love another person. It is not a “happy” book, but it is a very enjoyable one. View...
The librarian is not flirting with you; it's her...
Patron walks in to the empty children's room. He's middle-aged and I have helped him before.
Me: Hello, how are you? (In a tone intended to politely hint that he should not be in the children's room as he is a middle-aged man without a child)
Patron: I'm fine, how are you?
Me: I'm good, thanks.
Patron: I didn't ask how you look, I asked how you are. *walks closer to the desk*
Me: I'm fine, thank you. (trying to pretend he so did not just say that)
Patron: I said, I didn't ask how you look, I asked how you are.
Me: *nervous laughter*
“Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community —...”
– Judith Krug, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/opinion/15wed4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars It is a great story with really captivating characters— I thoroughly enjoyed it. At first the footnotes turned me off, but I grew to love them. It was challenging to read a book with so much Spanglish, but I stopped worrying about trying to understand every word perfectly, and was kind of like listening in...
Review: In the Woods by Tana French
In the Woods by Tana French My review
rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed the police procedural aspect of the book and the extra twist that Rob is a victim as well as a officer. I was mad at the way he treated his partner after certain events unfolded and that made him less sympathetic, but more realistic. Overall it was enjoyable and sort of akin to a good episode of Law and Order SVU.
View...
Squirrel Librarian
Me: How do squirrels remember where they buried their nuts?
David: They have good spacial memory.
Me: Oh, so it's like how I remember where books physically are on their shelves, but not what Dewey number they are.
David: Yes, you're Cami the Squirrel Librarian.
Oh Snap!
Scene: It's April 1st and I am in a high school language arts class promoting our upcoming discussion and online chat with the author of "Life As We Knew It"
Me: Raise your hand if you are interested in coming to the event
Boy in front row: What did you say?
Me: I said raise your hand if you are interested in coming to the event
Boy: (Raising is hand) I'm interested
Me: Great!
Boy: April Fools
Ohhhh Snap!
March 2009
1 post
WatchUganda Pics!
January 2009
3 posts
Visually Stunning
Rebecca: I was watching "Flight of the Conchords"
David: That was a visually stunning movie
Rebecca: ?
Me: Are you thinking of "Winged Migration"?
David: Yes
WatchA winter hike in the Norvin Green State Forest
WatchCOSTA RICA!
December 2008
3 posts
WatchChristmas knitting roundup!
What Dewey Section Are You?
Camille’s Dewey Decimal Section: 811 American poetry in English Camille’s birthday: 8/28/1983 = 828+1983 = 2811 Class: 800 Literature Contains: Literature, criticism, analysis of classic writing and mythology. What it says about you: You’re a global, worldly person who wants to make a big impact with your actions. You have a lot to tell people and you’re good at making...
Young Knitters & Crocheters are Honing Their Craft... →
I don’t like the way my chin looks in the picture, but I’m happy to have press coverage of our knitting club!
November 2008
4 posts
WatchOne of the highlights of my Thanksgiving weekend was visiting the Old Dominion Alpaca Farm in Spotsylvania VA. They are so soft and cuddly! The best part was holding a 3 day old baby alpaca. (Photos are courtesy of my mom and dad)
That's What Vampires Are for →
This article is interesting. I don’t agree that Twilight contains a “rabid anti-feminist message.” I do enjoy the end of the post where the author basically says that vampires are a vessel for our desires and cultural projections, so let’s not freak out too much about the morality of the book.
WatchPics from San Diego 11/1-3
October 2008
5 posts
How to win over a reluctant reader-- a comic →
Librarians will appreciate this. I too become glowingly joyful when I convince someone to read something!
September 2008
4 posts
Another special marital moment
Me to David: It's like you were raised by wolves (referring to something David did that I thought was rude).
David to me: It's like you were raised by sensitive fairies. And wolves aren't a good analogy since they are socialized in packs.
Me: Fine, it's like you were raised by monkeys.
... 5 minutes later out of the blue
David: Actually it's like you were raised by salamanders, they're sensitive to environmental change; or oysters! You were raised by salamander oyster hybrids!
Me: You were still raised by monkeys.
August 2008
3 posts
WatchHighlights from our westward vacation through Utah, Idaho, and Oregon.
“And so the moment we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold into a...”
– Barack Obama’s Speech to the American Library Association 6/27/05