The Lisa Chronicles - Latest Comments

Re: Magic, dreams, and wonderful, gorgeous mistakes

Kristi C. — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:23:55 -0000

And I love you! :) Happy New Year.

Re: The Fragility of All Things

EMC — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:18:44 -0000

This one really resonated. Yay for the realizations and "big thinks" and yay for putting it out there so beautifully.

Re: The Fragility of All Things

Vegangurrl — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:22:10 -0000

I love your husband for seeing all of the things that some of us have always known. You're one of the strongest women I know. I know the brassiness is a defense mechanism, but it in no way makes you weak. It makes you human and a superstar brassy bitch who I wouldn't change for the world. : )

Re: …Who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid*

biblyotheke — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:15:11 -0000

Yes! Exactly! What's distressing is most of these adventures written by others are not really that well written..

Re: …Who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid*

je_reviens — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:10:51 -0000

I am having an odd feeling of late in re: my love of books, TV shows, movies... I am feeling like I am wasting my life injesting other peoples' creativity instead of generating my own. I am feeling like I am tired of reading or watching others' adventures, instead of having my own. It feels really passive to me and I am becoming disillusioned with these hobbies.

Re: So I asked the Internet to trim my tree

booksNyarn — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:56:16 -0000

Every time I see your comment of "TheHusband loves the cock" I am forced into peals of Beavis and Butthead laughter, and I hate that show. Thanks ever so much. ;)

Re: A charming man

Amanda Goodman — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:26:10 -0000

Oh, lord, the charming man. Beware, ladies, beware.

Re: Meet Jeeves. Part II

Amanda Goodman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:58:45 -0000

I'm so glad that you post such detailed rants/decisions. I'm in the camp of "badass!"

We've been living since July with only one car because my car was damaged badly enough that it couldn't make the 800 mile trip north when we moved. His car is manual which I can't drive so I'm beginning to realize how bad it makes me feel to not be able to drive anywhere ever. I didn't go out much when I owned a car, but hell, I loved having the ability to just get out and go. Explore the place. Go on midnight drives because I'm bored/aggravated. Now I have to wait/ask to be taken somewhere and that loses half the fun. His car lacks a CD player so my collection isn't getting blasted as I scoot around the city. Things will change when he gets a job though...

/rambling

Re: The meat eating vegan

tamaracks — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:21:06 -0000

I shudder to imagine life without dairy. So many yummy things come from it. On the other hand, I would imagine it's a relief to know the cause and be able to do something about it. There's still bacon, right?!

Re: So, You Want To Be A Librarian/Archivist: A Portrait of the Librarian as a Young(ish) Woman #libday7

Jen Moore — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:48:45 -0000

I hear you. In library school I had professors who had worked in libraries (decades ago) and professors who knew technology. There wasn't much overlap. I adored most of my professors, but practical application to libraries, particularly public libraries? There really wasn't much.

Re: So, You Want To Be A Librarian/Archivist: A Portrait of the Librarian as a Young(ish) Woman #libday7

Amanda Goodman — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:25:37 -0000

That was my experience as well. Most of my classmates also lacked any interest to be involved or care about librarianship, so I took to internships, volunteering, and then seeked out like-minded driven peers via social media. In a lot of ways, I feel that *they* were my true classmates vs. the ones in the classroom. Of course, not all of my real classmates were like this, but it was definitely the ruling statement.

As far as professors went, several of them was either teaching severely outdated materials or knew nothing about libraries.

Re: So, You Want To Be A Librarian/Archivist: A Portrait of the Librarian as a Young(ish) Woman #libday7

MissArrowette — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:59:18 -0000

I haven't looked at their CV's in a while...but to my last recollection, about 9/10ths of my professors had never worked in a library either. My first semester was incredibly disheartening, honestly. Here I was, super excited to be in *library* school (of course, I was attending an iSchool but I was a bit naive because they still had a library track available) and BAM! this first class is being taught by an ECONOMIST and the topics were so far afield from libraries that I had no idea WHAT any of the syllabus had to do with being a librarian.

If it wasn't for a couple of good friends I made and my work-study job, I would have been *this* close to leaving the program. Despite the amount of research I put in when I looked at library schools, I was also astonishingly naive and missed a lot of warning signs (I mean, I even looked at the professor's research interests and I know none of them really mentioned libraries--what was I thinking?!). And all the librarians I knew had gone to school nearly 20 years ago, so none of their experiences really helped me make a choice. Just goes to show that a person should really contact current students if at all possible to get a better picture of academic life.

Definitely a case of expectation hang-over.

Re: Le mie passioni, parte 3: Gardening

Anne H. — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:03:02 -0000

Here's to the zen of weeding. Also to full-contact gardening, where you end up feeling like you vanquished some serious foes while you were at it (or in my case, at least end up looking like you did).

Re: A blog with an indentity crisis

Jen Morales — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:06:21 -0000

I love your blog and find you very inspirational.

Jen Morales
-age 38, occupation librarian seeking employment with minor identity crisis

Re: Dreaming of Logan Echolls

Ashley Carr — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:58:15 -0000

I feel your pain, I watch the 1st and 2nd seasons over and over. I don't watch the 3rd very much, it is too frustrating for me, like many shows, the transition to college was awkward.

I also love Party Down. I really wish Rob Thomas was more prolific.

Re: Dreaming of Logan Echolls

AmandaStretch — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:53:56 -0000

I watched VM in the last year and by golly, it WAS as incredible as everyone had told me. AWESOME show.

Re: Decadence Tackycake

Veronica Bielat — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:21:00 -0000

My husband says you can't call yourself an artist unless you make art (continually, because you have to). I would assume you can't call yourself a writer unless you write. You, my dear, are a writer. Do what you love--it's all that matters. And call your 9-5 a hobby.

Re: To Be Read

biblyotheke — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:45:06 -0000

Let me clarify: In 2008, I moved in with my family while in between cities (and apartments) and packed up all of my books to their basement. That winter, due to massive snow storms, the basement flooded and I lost 18-20 boxes worth of books to mold/water damage/dampness. Which is almost half of the amount of books I had.

Two years later, when TheHusband and I were packing for our move, I donated ANOTHER 6-10 boxes of books to local library system AND friends who wanted them. So all in all, in the last three years or so, I've lost/donated/sold nearly 30 boxes of books. So the above full size bookcase is oh, about half of what we used to have. :) But now that we've bought a house, I no longer have to donate to make room! Hurray!

Re: To Be Read

Michelle — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:16:22 -0000

See now I am confuse-ed. Did all your books that you own fit on the one big bookcase, except for the Austen? I ask bc I have 3 giant bookcases, all full, and a smaller bookcase just for paperbacks. But all of the books I own, I have read. I have this thing abotu ooks not being allowed to stay in my house unless I have read them and they pass muster. :-) I LOVE your rug, it is fantastic!!!!

*sigh* I miss reading BOOKS. Even in library school, I always read fiction just as a brain break. But ever since I got a job as a librarian, I can hardly read for fun at all. I keep trying, but after 5 pages I start to fall asleep. I hope I get my reading mojo back someday.

Re: Patron Saint of Piercings

little big — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:31:23 -0000

I feel so bad for all the people finding you by desperately searching, "What can I do with an mlis?"

Re: So, You Want To Be A Librarian/Archivist: Plan.

pigbitinmad — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:48:00 -0000

The best advice for someone considering library school is don't go.

Re: To Read: Discworld Project

Noirem — Mon, 23 May 2011 05:06:02 -0000

We have an extra copy for Mort (as well as Hogfather and Thief of Time which weren't on your list). They're the UK adult trade paperback format.

Re: To Read: Discworld Project

Madigan McGillicuddy — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:40:01 -0000

Gah! I had something so similar happen to me! I had some things in storage while I was renting a super tiny cottage... and the storage facility flooded. I lost most of my book collection! A sad day, but I can look back on it now as a blessing. I had too much stuff to begin with! If I'd been more careful in deciding what to keep, my treasures (signed first editions and out-of-print books with tremendous sentimental value) wouldn't have been in underwater storage along with random unread ARCs from 2001-2005!

Re: Conversations About Mother (part i)

Anne H. — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:17:29 -0000

Dude, I'm sorry to hear about this. Suck! I wish I had any kind of advice or whatever, but like @140f74b20c9e9060902c693a1f34553f , I've got naught but listening to offer. Although I am good at shaking my fist and generally being all "Yeah! Totally!"

Re: Conversations About Mother (part i)

booksNyarn — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:34:53 -0000

I feel lucky to have been able to find a peace with my mother after many years of misunderstandings and hard feelings. I offer my sympathy and kudos for being a strong, terrific woman IN SPITE of all of that.