Mr. Deity

Friday, May 26, 2006

Middle Schoolers Rock!


So, I am so psyched today because I have taken a vacation day and am not at work! Don't get me wrong, I love my job but I was sooooo ready for a break. I am not due in back to work until Wednesday of next week.....so awesome!

Chas was supposed to take today off with me so we could go see X-3 first thing, but he could not take the day off. He just got a new job (YEA!) and he is trying to get all of his loose ends tied up before he leaves his old job. Chas, new job is a Quality Assurance Engineer for the Systems department. Pretty dang cool, I think. Keep your eye on that one... he's going places!

The past three weeks have been incredibly busy. Our library has been visiting elementary and middle schools to discuss the summer reading program. The first week was elementary school which was pretty fun. The last two weeks have been elementary school, which has been really fun! Sally and I visited all of the middle schools ourselves and got into a great rhythm! I think that we are going to have awesome attendance this year for the teen summer reading program!

I think I might go see MI-3 by myself today. No one else is off work, GC already saw it and I really want to see that one before X-3. This super fun long weekend has just begun!

Be sure to visit the Vintage Vantage wesbite and checkout their super fly T's:
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Monday, May 08, 2006

School out for summer!

Well, I am officially out of school for the summer. I decided a few weeks ago that I was going to take this summer off, and I can not tell you how excited I am! Spring grades are supposed to be posted tomorrow....I sure hope I passes special libraries. I am nervous because the instructor had not graded 80% of our work in blackboard, so I just hope I pass. If not, that instructor will feel the full wrath of Dawnzilla! That's right. Most of you have met Dawnzilla, and lets just say it aint pretty. I remember a couple of years ago I had 2 professors give me grades that I did not agree with, so I let Dawnzilla do her thing and had both grades changed. Oh yea!

I got to spend the day with Aidan yesteday which was super cool! Avery was invited to a princess tea party (she promised to bring me back a cupcake), so Aidan hung out with me and Chas all day. It was so much fun! We went to the grocery store and drove the racecar shopping cart, got a super rad new monster truck, and made cookies. I am incredibly lucky to be so close the the two coolest twins on the planet! Big shout out to Kita for having created the most awesome kids ever!

Well, I guess that's all for now. Can't wait to see MI-3! Tom Cruise may be a total whack job, but that movie looks freakin awesome!

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Miracle Whip!


Some of you have seen this, but I just had to post it!
Every once in a while you get those reference questions that make you take a step back and say to yourself: wow, that person is just a little nuts.

Here is a call that I got this week:

Me: Reference, how may I help you?

Crazy lady: He, he, he. Can you hear my grandson in the background... i'm babysitting today.

Me: Yes, that sounds nice.
Awkward pause....

Me: How may I help you?

Crazy lady: Well, I like Miracle whip. You know, Miracle whip? I really like that stuff.

Me: OK...

Crazy lady: the problem is the miracle whip jar is narrow at the top and so I can never get all of my miracle whip out of the jar. I love miracle whip.

Me: OK...

Crazy lady: I have a 32oz. glass jar that is clear. Totally clear. Clear like glass you know?

Me: Yes, I understand the jar is clear...

Crazy lady: Well, this jar is NOT narrow at the top, so I want to put my miracle whip in this jar so that I can get it all out.

Me: Ok... (wondering how she is going to transfer "all" of the miracle whip from the narrow top jar to the open top jar, but deciding not to mention the obvious problem with this plan.)

Crazy lady: I want you to print me out a label for my clear jar that looks exactly like the miracle whip jar.

Me: Ok, well Miracle whip is trademarked food item, so their copyrighted label is not available for the general public to use on their own containers, so I am not sure that I would be able to do this for you.

Crazy lady: Well, you have the internet dont you?! Can't you just go to kraft's website and print me out a label? I mean it cant be that hard.

Me: I can search Kraft's website for you please hold. (go to kraft, find miracle whip, no label to print out---duh!)

Me: Ok, sorry about your hold. It looks like on the Kraft website you can print out a picture of the miracle whip jar, would you like me to print that for you?

Crazy lady: Is it the miracle whip label?

Me: No ma'am. It is a picture of the Miracle Whip jar, so it looks exactly like the jar that you see when you go to the grocery store. Do you think this will work for you?

Crazy lady: I just want the label!

Me: I understand that, but this is the only thing I can find for you. Would you like me to print this out and you can come and pick it up.

Crazy lady: (a full minute of himming and hawwing) I just want the label. That is not what I want. Just forget about it! (hangs up)


I really think I hate adult reference!! Hope you are all having an exciting, miracle whip free, day! Dawn