I'm so lame!

[ladybranwen]

I really need to update more than once every four days. I didn't realize I had gone that long. And that way, I won't have to say things like, at last week's reference librarian meeting, I managed to "abstain, respectfully" from the voting (like any good New Yorker) and nobody got it. Nobody gets me when I use any musical quotes. And, ok, maybe saying something like "And I don't even know his name!" is a bit obscure (used today, however, when I joked about posting an ad at the library for a date to tomorrow's staff dinner thing) but people really should get 1776 jokes. Really.

Yesterday found a very confused Kristin in the fruits and vegetable section of the grocery store attempting to pick out the appropriate vegetables (or fruits? they have seeds) for a pasta salad. All previous forays into the F&V section were strictly for lettuce and only lettuce (well, potatoes too) so it took a good five minutes to locate where the cucumbers were located. Tonight, after work, I put together the salad. Something that I have no idea what it is supposed to taste like, so I really can't tell if I put it together correctly or not. Maybe I should have brought cookies tomorrow. For, in addition to the staff dinner, tomorrow is also Terri's birthday and they like to celebrate birthdays there by bringing in food. I'll be the lame one bringing in something remotely healthy (and then they will think I've poisoned it because I didn't eat any of it). But, it's how Dad makes it, and everyone seems to like it. So, here's hoping!

Lastly, does anyone want to recommend me some good non-fiction that you think any and every library ought to have? Currently, I'm plotting how to introduce some Tom Stoppard into the library system, as we have none. But, really, suggestions? Know anything good about teenage suicide or dealing with homosexuality? Our books in these areas are vastly out-of-date. Like 1970s/1980s. And who wants to read a book that features teenagers with weird outfits and huge hair on the covers?

Comments

[stayinmylife.livejournal.com]

Boo, I hate when people don't get musical theatre references. And that definitely happens a lot to me as well. I need more theatre people in my life and in my job.

[grimms-creed.livejournal.com]

People should totally understand "abstain, respectfully". At least if I have anything to say about it. Which I don't.

And your library should purchase "Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws". From what I've seen, it is a truly awesome book.

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

That one is actually on my list! Go me. Apparently, these books seem to walk, not thanks to the teens who might want to read them, but thanks to people who want to censor books. Poo on them.

They need to teach 1776 101 at library school.

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

Start with R&G and Arcadia, as far as Stoppard.

But I know nothing about dealing with homosexuality - I just read gay novels.

Oh, and every library ought to have Don Rumbelow's Jack the Ripper book. (you said good non-fiction *g*)

[monkeybobert.livejournal.com]

I would recommend Homosexuality in the Opposing Viewpoints Series from Greenhaven Press. It's very accessible and shows both sides on various issues. I also personally like All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America by Suzanna Danuta Walters.

As far as non-fiction to take the linguistics spin I recommend Language and the Internet by David Crystal and You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen.

Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America is another good non-fiction book.

You may have these things...but those are my spur of the moment recommendations!