A Ghost of Daisies

An outfit I’m putting together for an upcoming event. I got the lace dress for $12 from Target and the shirt that goes under it for $4 from the Goodwill.

These chapters cover how to manage a reference department (not that I think the chapter really tells you much of anything!) and how to assess the services the reference department provides.

I can’t get Relient K’s “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been” out of my head.

Here. Sorry, I’m not more verbose. I’m tired.

Here.

Today’s adventure at work involved me completely breaking my Drupal installation. My workbook told me to go ahead and download and install the CCK module. There’s just one little problem: it completely broke my website.

My steps were as follows:

I uploaded the CCK module to my Drupal install and enabled all the options listed under CCK. When I clicked Submit/Save, I got an error 500. So I hit the back button and deselected all the CCK items. Now nearly ALL my administrative tools are gone. I can’t even find the link to put my site back online! This also took out my ability to make new content pages, add/delete modules (there is no longer a link!). I even deleted CCK from my server but still nothing.

Over on the Drupal forums, someone suggested that I “empty the cache tables.” My boyfriend worked with me on this part and in the end the website broke even further. So tomorrow I’m going to delete the whole website and start over again. I’m pretty aggravated.

I’m practicing coloring on this drawing by Shiver.

Finally, the meat of reference: the reference interview.

I have been updating as much of late because I’ve been pretty busy between school work and my assistantship. Then today I was sending out (what felt like) dozens of emails to various teachers, the county district’s school librarian head, librarians, AND sent in my application for reference internship. I was so wiped out that I came home and slept for a few hours. So onto progress on the two websites I’m doing for my job!
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I think the alternative title of these chapters is “libraries are boring, drab places that suck.”

Sure, I recognize the types of libraries she’s discussing but I don’t think it’s fair to whitewash all libraries with that brush. I really liked my high school librarians and even now write to them. The ladies at the public branch that sits next to my high school though? They spent all their time trying to make up fines for me which infuriated me to no end.

Coping with Toxic Managers is a tough book. I’m not sure whether I like it or not. Chapters 1-4 deal with narcissism and the dangers inherit in dealing with these individuals. I got distracted while reading trying to figure out if my previous managers were like any of the examples.

Today was all about the facts. Also, got out nearly an hour early.