Wikis are Weird!

Wikis could be really cool...for some people. I just don't know how involved I would be in something like that. It's a lot of pressure!! You want to make sure what you put on there is perfect...and if it isn't, well, anyone can see your mistakes! Eeep! I have no ideas for KRL. My mind goes completely blank. A wiki about the area might be neat, like what to do, where to eat, that kind of stuff. Or a book recommendation wiki, but I don't really know how that might go. People could recommend books and why they like them, or something. I don't know...I think I'm just sleepy.

Yeah, sleep sounds good....

But I have to work!!! Aaagh!!!

My computer is EVIL!!

It won't let me watch videos tonight!! It keeps freezing up...stupid, evil computer...

Anyway, You Tube...ah, I love You Tube. Of course, it has only served one purpose for me. It exists only to make me laugh. If I'm having a bad day...if I'm having a good day...it's there to get me through. And when my computer is not being a jerk I could spend HOURS laughing with You Tube. If only tonight were one of those nights...

I don't know if this video counts as "library related" or not, but it's set IN a library, and it's a video, so isn't that really all that matters? Anyway, it's this AWESOME Japanese game show that was introduced to me at work. As I was looking for library videos I decided to just skip ahead and type "library funny" to see what I would get. And up comes this game show...I can't wait until my computer is in a better mood, because I really want to watch the second half of this.

Funny Japanese Video!

Please watch, I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Then of course there's my FAVORITE You Tube video. It's a lovely little cartoon about Charlie the unicorn and his adventure to Candy Mountain. My goal in life is to share this video with as many people as I can. I laughed SO HARD!!



Special thanks to the letter Y. :)

Finally, the bookcart drill teams, wow. If only our bookcarts were empty for long enough....I suppose we can only dream...

Books...mmm....

I suppose it should be obvious that someone working in a library loves to read, perhaps even have a little obsession. I am certainly not an exception. I LOVE to read. I might not read a wide range of books, but there are SO many out there, well, you would need to read 24/7 to have a truly wide range of reading. I definitely do not have that kind of time. If only...

Library Thing was FUN! Obviously I added more than the required three books. I really liked how it recommended books based on what I had read. Very handy. It can be so hard to choose what to read! What if it's horrible? Do you finish it to at least see what happens to the characters, or do you just give up? Or maybe you should just stick to the same authors so you'll know that you are safe and entertained.

Maybe I will become more widely read after all...

I love pictures!!!

I LOVE TAKING PICTURES! I should probably point that out, which is probably a good thing since I used to be a photographer. I also love looking at good, no, GREAT pictures and trying to figure out how I can recreate them myself. I will not claim to be the best photographer in the world, or anywhere. I still need to learn all the technical stuff, but if you give me a two year old in a studio...well, you'll get SOMETHING, usually something good, or at least amusing. That is where my expertise lies.

Anyway, Flickr is something I was already familiar with. I've been using it as online storage for my pictures a while now...but other than that I never really played with it. I could get SO addicted! I could easily spend hours upon hours looking at pictures....which would of course distract me from taking my own, but I could be OK with that. This is definitely something that I will be using more than I was before. Sweet!!!

So ill...

I DO NOT ENJOY BEING SICK! Not that I think anyone does, and if they do then they really need to be evaluated by those little guys in white lab coats. Do you ever get so messed up in the head when you're sick that you start seeing things? Oh boy, I do. Yesterday I just STARED at this book for a few minutes. I could have sworn it was flipping me off! I really wanted to know what problem this book had with me. I didn't do anything to it!! Well, obviously it wasn't. And I choose not to admit what it was about the book that made me think that.

So, today I did the whole RSS thing. It took me awhile to really figure out what it was. Even as I was picking things to put on it I didn't know. Then it clicked (and I felt a little silly that it took so long) but at least it finally clicked! I'm really going to have to play with it more to see if it's something that I'm really going to enjoy and use. Still, it was interesting to learn about...and that it even existed.

I believe I'm done confusing my mind for the day....

Later is better than never

So I got kind of a late start on week 3, but at least I did it! And I'm really enjoying tagging. Not typing in every web address is a real time saver!

You know, this whole blogging thing is really hard. What do you write about?! I could write about what's going on in my life...I suppose. Or I could just write about this 2.0 stuff, but that doesn't seem like it would make for a very long blog. I just don't know!! I figure I'll just write in whatever manner my mood happens to be in. That's grammatically correct, right? Oh well, I don't care! As long as it gets my point across.

Right now I am reading this HILARIOUS book. Ok, not much reading involved in it, but that's ok. It's called "Boners-Seriously Misguided Facts-According to Schoolkids." The title pretty much explains it. And the illustrations are by Dr. Seuss and some of them are funnier than the fact that they're illustrating. If I explained it wouldn't do any justice, just trust me and read it. Did you know that celibacy is the crime a priest commits when he marries?? I had no clue! Now some of these "facts" made me feel a little stupid, because I didn't know either, but still a very amusing read. Highly recommended by ME.

I apologize if this blog was not as entertaining as you hoped. I do try to please! But, alas, it all depends on my mood.

Woohoo! Blog number two!

So, last week I read the article “43 Things I Might Want To Do This Year.” It was SO crazy to see a list of all the things you can do on the internet that we should all try. I had no clue! I knew the web had endless possibilities, but wow! And so much of it looks like fun…so where to start?? I am just so happy KRL started this 2.0 program so I don’t have to decide. Yay!! The only thing I was a little disappointed about in the article was that it was ALL web related. We need to try new things in all aspects of life! It’s so easy to get into our routines and never try anything new. I know I’m guilty of it. (Shhh! Don’t tell!) So I think that when we make our lists of all the things we want to try this year, a good portion should have other things on it. Things that get us off our butts!

Well, I hope my ranting entertained at least one person. Lots of love to all. :)

I'm bloggin!!

Coming up with a name for my blog was HORRIBLE! I wanted it to be creative, but my mind went blank. So, I decided since I tend to write things pretty crazily, or insanely, that I would just be honest.

So, welcome to Utter Insanity!

This one is going to be short, but I just couldn’t wait to get started! More to come another day, and I hope everyone enjoys!!