Lily
New Member
Hello all!
You may have seen me already out there poking my head and my opinion in a few threads. I've found that when joining a new board it's easier for me to pop around for a bit before I post an intro thread, if nothing else, just to see what my comfort level is, and give myself time to figure out what the heck to put in said intro thread.
So... I'm new here, but I'm a forum vet, having been a member of another community for the last several years (I'm too lazy to go back over there and look at my join date). Hopefully I'm well trained enough not to do anything stupid here
Hrm. about me... I was bored when I was five, and driving my mother insane, so she went and got me a McGuffy reader, in hopes that I would finally sit still. It worked... sort of. I taught myself to read with that little book, and I've been a word junkie ever since. As a teen, I wouldn't even stop reading to go do whatever I needed to do next.. I just took the book along and took care of whatever it was. I've lost that talent as I've gotten older, I'm just no longer coordinated enough to do it anymore..... Although I am known around town for walking and reading at the same time.
As for college... well, I should have listened to my mother. Having worked in the school library for 3 years she told me to go into library science.. I told her that was a boring job and went for other things.... 4 majors, 2 dropouts, 2 colleges (both in which i worked in the Library for workstudy), and 2 babies later, I'm working as a library clerk in a small town, loving very minute of it, and looking into scholarships and grants so that i can get a Library Science degree..
...prolly shoulda listened to mom, I'm thinkin. hahaha
About my job: Since my library is in a tiny little town, there is only a staff of three... I'm the book club coordinator/liaison, Interlibrary loan chick, teen programming lady, reader's advisory person, flyer maker, magazine cataloger, googler, and computer troubleshooter. Plus the shelving, checkins, holds, and checkouts. I'm also the lady that calls and threatens to break your kneecaps if your books are late (just kidding) The other two ladies wear just as many different hats, and surprisingly, there is no drama and we all get along famously. (that, folks, is hard to find in ANY job)
I am one lucky woman.
Reading tastes are eclectic: some nonfiction depending on the topic, fantasy, mystery, humor, horror.. the only thing I really don't get into that much is the mainstream fiction and the chick lit.
Chick lit is easy to explain. I don't shop for fun, I have 2 pairs of shoes, I do not carry a purse, and I decapitated my barbies as a child and hid them under my bed before I went outside to climb a tree and read in it. And I refuse to wear a skirt in public.
Mainstream... I don't know... It's almost as if 'just a story' isn't enough for me. I have to have a murder, or a monster, or a magical power in there somewhere in order to be satisfied. I tried to read "Vinegar Hill" a few years ago and it left a bad taste in my mouth. If I wanted stories about 'real' dysfunctional people I'd call my Mom and ask how the family is doing.
....there are, of course, a few exceptions to those.
whoa. I seem to have rambled and babbled and stuff. oops. so I guess I'll just sign off for now and say "Glad to be here"
You may have seen me already out there poking my head and my opinion in a few threads. I've found that when joining a new board it's easier for me to pop around for a bit before I post an intro thread, if nothing else, just to see what my comfort level is, and give myself time to figure out what the heck to put in said intro thread.
So... I'm new here, but I'm a forum vet, having been a member of another community for the last several years (I'm too lazy to go back over there and look at my join date). Hopefully I'm well trained enough not to do anything stupid here
Hrm. about me... I was bored when I was five, and driving my mother insane, so she went and got me a McGuffy reader, in hopes that I would finally sit still. It worked... sort of. I taught myself to read with that little book, and I've been a word junkie ever since. As a teen, I wouldn't even stop reading to go do whatever I needed to do next.. I just took the book along and took care of whatever it was. I've lost that talent as I've gotten older, I'm just no longer coordinated enough to do it anymore..... Although I am known around town for walking and reading at the same time.
As for college... well, I should have listened to my mother. Having worked in the school library for 3 years she told me to go into library science.. I told her that was a boring job and went for other things.... 4 majors, 2 dropouts, 2 colleges (both in which i worked in the Library for workstudy), and 2 babies later, I'm working as a library clerk in a small town, loving very minute of it, and looking into scholarships and grants so that i can get a Library Science degree..
...prolly shoulda listened to mom, I'm thinkin. hahaha
About my job: Since my library is in a tiny little town, there is only a staff of three... I'm the book club coordinator/liaison, Interlibrary loan chick, teen programming lady, reader's advisory person, flyer maker, magazine cataloger, googler, and computer troubleshooter. Plus the shelving, checkins, holds, and checkouts. I'm also the lady that calls and threatens to break your kneecaps if your books are late (just kidding) The other two ladies wear just as many different hats, and surprisingly, there is no drama and we all get along famously. (that, folks, is hard to find in ANY job)
I am one lucky woman.
Reading tastes are eclectic: some nonfiction depending on the topic, fantasy, mystery, humor, horror.. the only thing I really don't get into that much is the mainstream fiction and the chick lit.
Chick lit is easy to explain. I don't shop for fun, I have 2 pairs of shoes, I do not carry a purse, and I decapitated my barbies as a child and hid them under my bed before I went outside to climb a tree and read in it. And I refuse to wear a skirt in public.
Mainstream... I don't know... It's almost as if 'just a story' isn't enough for me. I have to have a murder, or a monster, or a magical power in there somewhere in order to be satisfied. I tried to read "Vinegar Hill" a few years ago and it left a bad taste in my mouth. If I wanted stories about 'real' dysfunctional people I'd call my Mom and ask how the family is doing.
....there are, of course, a few exceptions to those.
whoa. I seem to have rambled and babbled and stuff. oops. so I guess I'll just sign off for now and say "Glad to be here"
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Welcome to the forum, you definitely have your own flavor to add to the forum, which is a good thing.
