Still Waiting For My 15 Minutes

Reason #5,127,458,459 Why Seth Green is Cool

2008-04-28T00:46:50Z

Seth on Conan O'Brien for Earth Week here (scroll down for the Hulu clip). Expect impressive facial hair, a Green Arrow reference and more!

There's No Stopping the Vortex, Charlie

2008-04-25T04:14:18Z

For some reason, I lost my journaling mojo. I haven't been reading my FL or posting lately. I really haven't been doing much at all except working which is not a good sign. I told myself that I woudn't get obsessive about this job and end up without a personal life. I did that when I was an Opera Stage Manager. I did that when I owned an art supply store. Now I'm doing the same thing with my library job.

So, poke me in the ass and remind me that there is life outside the library. Remind me that even though my job lets me watch anime, read manga and comics, and create silly You Tube videos, I need to do something not related to my job now and again.

Of course, I come to this realization only a month before the Summer Reading Program (aka The Thing That Eats My Summer) begins. This summer, I am doing 58 programs, moderating a teen online book club, writing a training program for our library system about social networking and YouTube, organizing a PostSecret type project for the whole library system, and putting together a training/lecture about the positive side of console gaming. I really should get an honorary MLIS for this or at least a pay raise.

In good news, the University of Texas has approved my plan to actually complete my B.A. in Theatre (Directing concentration). I might actually graduate before my 21 year old nephew. If not, I will definitely graduate before my 15 year old niece. 16 hours of Spanish (4 classes) and I will be on my way to graduate school.

And if you have made it this far, here's something for your own amusement. I am a bad actor on YouTube! This segment was filmed for ihcpl, my library system's exploration of the "23 Things" and Library 2.0. I'm the fat chick with glasses and curly hair. And bad acting skills. Meryl Streep ain't got nothing on me.

eccentrici @ 2008-03-01T08:12:00

2008-03-01T14:15:57Z

I am breaking my vow of silence (aka extreme laziness) to tell you about a local candidate that I feel the need to get behind: Manlove! Unfortunately, he's a Republican and friend of the evil empire and an asshat. Every time I see his commercials, I seriously have to keep my inner 10 year old under control. Why couldn't you be a better person, John Manlove? Then I could proudly sport a "I Support Manlove" bumper sticker or wear a "Get Behind Manlove" t-shirt without feeling like a traitor to my personal beliefs.

When RL and Fandom Collides...

2007-12-30T23:14:14Z

For those of you who don't know, I work in a library. I am a circulation assistant/young adult coordinator/ILL person. Usually the only place where fandom and work cross over is when I'm doing my young adult programs. Yesterday was the first time that I've been able to use my fandom knowledge when doing ILLs (interlibrary loans).

I was in the back processing ILLs when I was called to the desk for an ILL emergency. No one there knew our code to get on to WorldCat (because god forbid anyone get ahold of that tidbit of information) and there was a lady at the front desk who needed some ILLs requested. I looked at her requests and was actually able to find one book in our catalog (she was using the editor's name instead of the author's name) and another readily available on WorldCat. It was the third request that was the problem.

She was looking for Out of the Shell by an author whose last name was Chrissey (I can't remember the first name). I looked in WorldCat. I looked on Amazon. I checked out ebooks. I looked on several rare books websites. Nothing. She thought it might be out of print but she had a review at home which featured the first chapter of the book. I googled, I yahooed, I dogpiled. Nothing. Nothing on the author. Nothing on the book. Finally, I told her to bring in the review she had printed out and I would try and help her track it down.

An hour later she comes in with the "review" clutched in her hand. According to her, she ran across this "review" by either doing a Google or Dogpile search. I looked at it. It wasn't a review. It was a story from fanfiction.net. Or at least, the first two paragraphs of a story from ff.net. It was a story based on an unnamed Ann Rinaldi novel. Then the fun began.

Have you ever tried to explain fanfiction to a layperson? A 70 year old+ layperson? No matter how hard I tried, she just couldn't understand it. She wanted the rest of that "book". I tried to explain how ff.net works and how she can read it online. I tried to explain fanfiction and how it works. I don't think she understood me and I don't think she believed me when I told her that Out of the Shell wasn't available anywhere but ff.net. Even my Browncoat branch manager tried to explain it to her. In the end, I showed her our large selection of Ann Rinaldi books and she found a few that she thought were interesting. (I tried to find the book the fanfic was based upon but the author didn't post that information and we weren't able to track down any of the keywords on our databases) She told me that if the other one ever turns up, she wants to read it.

Greetings From Gafiation Lane

2007-12-25T03:48:33Z

Hi gang! I just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays! Someday I will update the journal and possibly even write some fic, but for now, have a belated Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, Wonderful Kwanzaa, Joyous Solstice, and Happy New Year. That should cover it for the next few weeks unless I've left something out.

We don't open our presents until tomorrow morning, but I got some early handknitted swag from my sister. She knitted two pairs of fabulous socks (one from a hand-dyed yarn that I bougt on etsy and she stole from me), 4 headbands, and a gorgeous stole. I'm so happy that I have a sister who can speed knit. I can barely do 1-3 projects a year and she can whip out a pair of socks per day. So far, Christmas is pretty fab.

I didn't manage to do any cards this year, but I do have New Year's cards if anyone wants one. Just e-mail me your address at eccentrici at aol dot com.

I am going to try to catch up on posts the next few weeks so if you find comments to old posts in your inbox, they are from me.

eccentrici @ 2007-11-29T22:59:00

2007-11-30T05:01:59Z

My Life as a Cover Girl

2007-10-23T14:41:50Z

I just had to through in that shout out for ANTM fans. It should be "My Life So Far...."

The Good

glossingwrote a fabulous gen piece for inca_mummy_guys "Got Chaos". It's one of the best gen stories I've ever read and if you don't read it, you are made of fail.

I took Fandom Niece to an anime convention this weekend and we had a blast. I have cemented my title of "Best Aunt Ever". I am now also hooked on Death Note. I tried to resist it because I really don't need another manga/graphic novel series to read, but I couldn't resist it. It's so full of darkness and angst.

I am now the YA Go To person in our library system. I was asked to join the Continuing Education Committee and at a meeting, one of the new YA librarians introduced herself to me by saying, "I heard you were the one to talk to about YA in this system." Can't I just be granted an honorary MLIS? Damn 16 hours of Spanish!

I'm training for the Houston marathon and loving it.

The Bad
Last month, I was diagnosed as being 10 points away from being insulin resistant. My doctor has given me 6 months to make some major life changes before starting medication. That means, no sugar of any kind, whole wheat only, no white rice products including rice flour and no potatoes. Now, I love whole wheat bread but when you start looking for whole wheat without any sugar, it gets complicated. I was shocked at the whole wheat bread with corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup in it. Just because it doesn't have the word sugar in the ingredients doesn't mean it's sugar free. Also, white flour is everywhere. And wheat flour is not the same as whole wheat flour. Luckily, I've been able to find whole wheat Udon noodles so I don't feel completely deprived.

The only thing that marred the anime weekend was the overall lack of hygiene. It's called "Speed Stick". It's not expensive.

I have 16 hours of Spanish (4 courses) to complete and I'm just not feeling it. Why can't I complete anything?

The Ugly
October 26th will mark one year since we moved in to the new house. I am still not unpacked.

Devonluv: You Know You Want It

2007-09-27T03:23:05Z

An old school BTVS fic writer just joined the list and posted two new fics. Don't you want to read them? Join!

Reason 1,526,234 Why I Love Seth Green

2007-09-15T02:15:58Z

Intercourse in the Parking Lot

2007-09-12T03:31:11Z

That's the title of the incident report that my Branch Manager had to file yesterday. Yes my friends, we had people gettin' it on in the parking lot. At 2pm. Not the back of the parking lot mind you. Not by the dumpster or in the staff parking. No, in the middle of the parking lot right in front of the library! We found out because I patron discreetly complained out it.

Beth asked me to accompany her as backup just in case there was a problem and she needed a witness. The minute we walked out the front door, we could see a man's head in the back window of a car go up and then down several times. When she knocked the back window, he did manage to roll down the window and tell us that nothing was happening. Yeah, right. You were just discussing the ramifications of recent Iraq report. Or Sartre. Lying down in the backseat of a car. While you were doing push ups. With a girl underneath you. That's okay. He was dressed so at least we didn't have to look at his naked ass. Beth told him that his behavior was inappropriate and he needed to discontinue it or leave.

As we walked away, they sat up and started to dress. In a few minutes, they were gone and we were left with our incident report and this story.

Crossposted from wannablibrarian.

Somehow, I Have a Feeling This Is Going To End Up On YouTube

2007-09-10T03:40:28Z

This is what I get for bragging about being accident free for so many months.

Last night, I was in Target doing some shopping when I come across these really cool chairs that would be great for my living area. They match my furniture and even though they are low to the ground, I thought they would be perfect when Hillary comes over to play video games. They were far more chic than those video rockers. So I thought I should try one out. NOT A GOOD IDEA. They are about 4 inches off the ground. Picture me trying to lower myself so I can sit on one. The moment my ass touched the chair, the chair shot out from under me like the Flash on speed. I hit the floor. Hard. And I landed flat on my stupid ass. No one was around, but I'm sure the people monitoring the security video had a good laugh.

Oddly enough, I wasn't sore today. My wrist hurts but that could just be carpal tunnel from my job.

So today's lesson children is don't even think about trying to sit on furniture that is 1/100th of your body weight and 4 inches tall. It only leads to a buttache and a possible spot on America's Funniest Surveillance Videos.

How I Spent My Vacation...

2007-09-04T03:14:27Z

Oz "Monkey Pants" Doctor Who Macro

2007-08-29T23:26:57Z

Oz's "Monkey Pants" speech used as a Doctor Who macro here. Just adorkable.

My 39th Year of Life In Stats

2007-08-29T23:15:57Z

I tend to do some weird record keeping. With that in mind, here are some stats from my 39th year of life:

Complete Workouts (an hour of weights and 30 minutes on the treadmill): 25 (I really slacked off this year)

Caldecott Medal Winners Read: 52 (almost finished!)

Children's Books Read: 82

Bluebonnet Books Read (a Texas list of best children's books for the school year): 6

LiveJournal entries: 25

Stocks bought: 62 (including Devon Energy which turned out to be a great investment even though you know why I bought it)

Audio Books Listened to: 20

Adult Books Read: 28 (I need to put down the childrens and YA books for a while!)

Manga/Graphic Novels read: 21

Miles on the Treadmill: 41

Newberry Winners read: 5

Words Written (creatively, that is): 4827 (includes an article for our library system on my YALSA experience, Devon's MySpace entries, and my play)

Lone Star Books (a Texas list of the best YA books) read: 8

Miles Walked (not on a treadmill) 10

Hopefully, I will do a better job walking and writing in my 40th year.

Calling All Fans of Oz, Devon, or Jonathan

2007-08-29T22:17:08Z

I've created the inca_mummy_guys comm and I'm about to make the first post. Join and pimp please!

Name for Inca Mummy Girl Challenge

2007-08-28T16:06:46Z

Hi gang! I'm about to head off to my birthday lunch with mom and Sharon but first, do you have any suggestions for a name for the Inca Mummy Girl Challenge. In short, I want everyone to post stories featuring Oz, Devon, or Jonathan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the episode on October 6th. Any name suggestions?

Birthday Greetings in My Inbox

2007-08-28T15:29:52Z

Today, I expected to get birthday greetings from stores (online and offline) that I usually visit--Borders, Sephora, Burt's Bees, etc. I didn't expect to get a "Happy Birthday" from DefensiveDriving.com. Talk about random.

Ask me about my fandoms

2007-08-27T05:21:45Z

Gakked from perrynqa:

Comment with one of my fandoms, and I'll reply with:

01. The first character I first fell in love with
02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
03. The character everyone else loves that I don't
04. The character I love that everyone else hates
05. The character I used to love but don't any longer
06. The character I would shag anytime
07. The character I'd want to be like
08. The character I'd slap
09. A pairing that I love
10. A pairing that I despise

In case you don't know, my fandoms include BTVS, Firefly, Angel, Lexx, Dark Shadows, Forever Knight, Doctor Who, Sukisho, Gravitation, Red Dwarf, and anything else I've mentioned along the way.

2 More Days!

2007-08-22T04:03:20Z

Technically, summer reading was over on Saturday (when I worked from 8:30am to 9pm) but in 2 more days, I will have an 11 day vacation (except for a YA meeting on Friday and Club Anime on the 30th)!!! 11 days without work! 11 days without dealing with insane customers! 11 days all to myself!

I have tons of comments to answer plus lots of wonderful fic to read. I'm bouncing around like Tigger on crack at the thought of having time to devote to fandom and books and writing. I might actually take one whole day just to write and spam my journals with stories.

I have so many things to say, but I need to get to sleep. 2 more days!

I just realized that next Tuesday, I will be 40. I don't know what that means yet. I've never been hung up on age, but this seems like a milestone. I feel like I should do something symbolic. Any ideas?

BTW, I had my hair bobbed. I'm ranting and incoherent. I need some sleep.

Dear Local News Reporters,

2007-08-18T13:00:56Z

I know you get all tingly in your naughty bits when possible disaster looms. I know you picture yourself as the next Dan Rather braving your Hurricane Carla. I know that the idea of an evacuation has you ready to spring in to action. BUT could you please dial it down a notch. Just from 11 to 10.

Thank you,
Darla

P.S. And the next time the terrorist threat is raised, could you please not go on and on about the importance of the Port of Houston. Even though it is a possible target, I think the terrorists have more lucrative targets in mind.

P.P.S. Channel 11---please don't send Shern-Min Chow out in the middle of the storm. I love her dearly, but some day, she is going to blow away. Plus, she looks like a child playing dress up when you put her in that ridiculously oversized yellow rain slicker and matching hat.

Wait a Minute There, Numfar!

2007-08-18T04:18:37Z

Oh yeah, all will be good after tomorrow. Except for the the big ass hurricane that we may or may not be getting next week. I swear, the mass media hysteria is going to drive me crazy. At this moment, the projected path is between central Mexico and New Orleans. That's a mighty wide path. We always keep supplies on hand during hurricane season, but I'm not about to freak out and evacuate yet. dude!

Of course, part of my cavalier attitude comes from the fact that my mother's side of the family survived the 1900 Galveston storm. Okay, just barely but they made it; otherwise, I wouldn't be here today.

If it heads toward us, I will take it seriously but right now, I'm not about to start packing the car and heading north.

One More Day!

2007-08-18T04:07:22Z

I have one more day of Summer Reading ahead of me and I WILL BE FREE! Of course, it's a 12 1/2 hour day, but at 9pm tomorrow night, SRP 2007 will be complete. I have to do my stats and starting August 24th, I will have 11 days of vacation (with the exception of a YA meeting and anime club). I won't know what to do with myself.

Tomorrow, my Scenes and Screens group will perform the play I've written (with yet another cameo from the Ghost of Bruce Lee) and then from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, we have Video Game Jam. Then I'm finished! I will return to the world of the living.

Numfar--prepare to do the dance of joy!

Where Am I?/Inca Mummy Girl Anniversary/40

2007-08-06T02:32:58Z

So I'm not dealing with this whole LJ thing until summer reading is over on August 18th. After that date, I will have my life back and will be able to think again. Right now, I am busy writing a play/puppet show that is due tomorrow. Then I have a podcast to edit and three videos to code so they can be sent to the editor.

I have created mirror journals at JournalFen, Insane Journal, and Greatest Journal so please friend me. I am eccentrici on all of them. I'm not jumping ship, just covering bases for now.

I have also created a Devonluv asylum on Insane Journal. Friend it!

In the same vein, I was thinking. October 6, 2007 is the 10th anniversary of "Inca Mummy Girl" which introduced the world to Oz, Devon, and Jonathan. I think fic might be in order for this occasion. Would anyone be willing to contribute?

I am thinking of doing a mini-NaNoWriMo at the end of August because I will be taking 11 days of vacation time to celebrate my 40th birthday. I want to get everything rounded up so I can spend my 11 days just having fun and doing anything I want. I have until August 24th to clear my calendar.

Back to writing the play. This year, the ghost of Bruce Lee is getting another cameo appearance.

Pay It Forward

2007-08-03T03:00:09Z

Gakked from zortified:

PIF meme: I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet, but you will receive it within 365 days. The only thing you have to do in return is “pay it forward” by making a similar agreement on your blog.

If you don't want to make something you can offer to write fic, create videos, etc.

Also if you don't want to receive something handcrafted, you can have Oz/Devon fic. If you want both, you can ask for both.

If you want something handcrafted, I need to know your favorite colors, least favorite colors, allergies (wool, fibers, etc.), and five facts about you.

Poop! There It Is!

2007-07-30T15:38:59Z

I have to make this short because I'm at work. I should have posted this on Friday, but since the people have returned today, I thought I needed to post it now.

We have a "mother's of twins" (aka MOT) group that uses our meeting room for an infant/toddler playgroup. I've never had a problem with them. They tend to be noisy, but they clean up after themselves.

On Friday, I did the Mother Goose Infant Lapsit program because Christine and Susan weren't there. I didn't have much time to clean up and left most of my stuff to clean up later. Around 4pm, I heard people entering the meeting room and realized that the MOT group had booked the room (and I hadn't been told). I ran in and started packing up my stuff.

I noticed someone bring in a potty chair, but didn't think anything about it. That is until a kid pulled down her pants and proceeded to take a big, stinky dump in it! IN FRONT OF EVERYONE! WITH THE MEETING ROOM DOOR OPEN! I packed up as fast as I can and got out of there.

I told my Branch Manager, but she didn't have a problem with it as long as they cleaned up the meeting room.

Today, they are back. And so is the potty chair. AND THIS TIME THEY PUT IT IN THE FOYER OUTSIDE THE MEETING ROOM! Dude, that's just not right.

I know I'm not a parent so I might be missing something, but DUDE! Unless you are preparing your children for life in prison, they shouldn't have to poop in public.

I told Beth that maybe next session they will move it into the library proper. That would be a treat.

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