ridiculous

our library is about to be renamed for a former president of the college who was an active enemy of the library during his tenure. i'm speechless.

you have to see this

i never thought i'd link to an eminem video, but everyone should see this: Mosh.

that's it, exactly.

speaking of piercings

i got my septum, as opposed to any other available body part, pierced mainly because the piercing is easy to hide. this is one of the lessons i've learned since i've been out of library school: the widely-spread rumor that all libraries are bastions of liberalism and all librarians are freak-loving lefties is, sadly, false. it's true that many academic libraries are tinged with the sweet stink of tolerance for intellectual curiosity, but our patrons are still mommy-works-for-merck and i'm-driving-daddy's-bmw and our board of trustees are still, well, mommy and daddy. i suppose in a more urban setting i could let my piercings peek out and nobody would pitch a fit (well, depending on the piercing, i suppose...) but in my current circumstances i'm restricted to the invisible body as my canvas.

i'm sure there's a thesis-length article lurking about in this subject somewhere... i'll have to dig it out when i have more time to think about it.

of plugs

my septum is healing up nicely. i'm still afraid to blow my nose, but i've worked out a system involving a q-tip and a tissue that i'm sure nobody wants to know about. anyway, i can move the ring around a little bit and flip the retainer down with no trouble although i have been trying to refrain from doing that. but what can i say, i'm a fiddler. ha. ha.

yeah.

anyway, on the note of piercings i'm throwing in a plug for infinite, and particulary kevin who pierced my septum. if you're ever in philly and get the urge to have metal shoved through your flesh, look them up.

because i promised to steal it...

things i am addicted to:

1. candy
2. email addresses (two gmail, two yahoo, 5 hotmail, two lycos, one school, one work... and counting)
3. blogs (one livejournal, three bloggers, and one wordpress for work)
4. buffy
5. smallville
6. piercings (um. lots.)
7. pinup girl cartoons from the 40s
8. lame memes

wob joes

my job has been extended until dec. 31st. hoorah!

ow again, but in a good way

i got my septum pierced. didn't hurt all that much, although i was expecting it to, and it doesn't hurt now. my eyes did start running like crazy right after it was pierced. this morning it feels vaguely tight and it bled a tiny bit over night, but other than that i'm right as rain. i did invest in some hardcore decongestants just in case. i don't relish the thought of having to blow my nose AT ALL in the next two months if possible. the retainer is truly tiny and when flipped up disappears entirely.

all in all, a good thing.

ow

i was awakened rather rudely at 4am by a stupid sinus headache. i shouldn't have come to work today, but i did and now i'm stuck. i can't even leave early because i have to cover someone's shift at the reference desk. agh.

Crowther/With Trembling Fingers

Crowther/With Trembling Fingers

'... It is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.'
-Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials

Poet laureate an oracle of the ordinary

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The Man Who Showed Us How to Take the World Apart

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