My life through Dewey

For those who are librarians or even frequent library users, you will be familiar with the Dewey system and therefore will understand this entry. Others.... well you can try and research it, but it is probably not worth the trouble. I'm just telling you a little about myself...

My name is Jessi (929.44), I was born in April (133.52). I work in a (020) and have two pets, Cassie (636.7) and Millie (595.7). My hobbies include (635), (004), (011.73), and trying to (641) I also love to (910.2). I drive a (629.28722). I studied (371) at (378.73). I studied 7 years in (433.2421). I am not very good at (796) or (641. 5). My guilty pleasure is (791) gossip. I really need to have a better (613.25) and do more (613.7). Currently my greatest worry is never (618.2) because I am having issues with (618.11) and my (612.62) is messed up. I love (792) and really like (813-818). I am absolutely useless at (646.72). And am currently trying to (748.94) because we just recently (728).

This is me, my life through Dewey.... It's random and sporadic, but it's me. I came up with this entry last night, and couldn't stop thinking about it. Ha ha it's like a librarian mad lib :)
Bis Bald
Jessi

School, Lancaster, and Hamilton

So I just finished 2 summer classes Management and Electronic Materials for kids. I got an A- in Management and a 93.25% in Electronic Materials which apparently equals out to.... a B+! I sometimes wonder in what world does a 93% equal a B+? *rolls eyes*
Now I'm in the Youth Services class which is pretty awesome already. There are only like 4 people in my class so it's going to be real fun! The teacher (Beth) is super awesome *Yes, I said super* She's really excited about what she does, which makes class much more fun... I've had classes where the professor doesn't really care about what they do, and you can tell it...
I'm done with my degree in May, so the end is in sight.
It's been a while since I did a book review, so here is one for ya, it's even non-fiction.

Jen Lancaster "Pretty In Plaid"

This is Jen's 4 memoir, in this book she describes her life using her fashion as the time line, with items such as the Girl Scout Uniform to the golden sorority Lavaliere, Jen keeps you laughing non-stop. I have a special place in my heart for Jen because she lived in Huntington, the hometown I am from. She also went to Purdue, so I look for the familiar places she talks about in her books(Harry's Chocolate Shop). Although I did find it funny that she referred to it as "Cow Town" because there are a lot of farmers in my community. Jen does not disappoint in this book, in fact she is getting better and better the more she writes.

Let's do one more, this one will be fiction.

Laurell K. Hamilton "Skin Trade"

Anita finds herself in Las Vegas in this book, looking for the psycho super strong serial killer vampire that she was after in a previous book. With her lovers back at St. Lewis, Anita fights to control her audre, gain the respect of the men on the LVPD, and keep her wear-animals *particularly the wear-tigers* under control. I will say right now that this is different than the books she has been putting out lately. The biggest is the sex, what feels like for the past 5 books she has written there were very discriptive sex scenes where you have to skip pages at a time to get to the actual plot; this is not the case in this novel. You actually get to read about the plot as opposed to the other stuff. Many of the main characters are sitting this book out, you don't hear from Richard at all, and you only get to hear Jean-Claude talk to Anita on the phone. An old favorite that comes up is Edward, and the unfortunate appearance of the very creepy Olaf. This was a very good book, and it reminds me of Hamilton's earlier Anita Blake novels, which is a wonderful thing.

-JB-

1/2 way done with grad school

I just finished my last cataloging class ever! *Celebratory dance, along with ceremonial burning of the AACR2 textbook* This summer I'm taking three classes *which according to the MLS advisers, is not a smart thing to do (I guess three will be too stressful or whatnot)* Whatever... I honestly do not know how this passes as a graduate program... It feels like an undergrad.
Catch ya'll later
-JB-

Wow, I have been super busy! I looked at my last log in date and it was in JANUARY!!! Holy Cow... It's no excuse, but I've been taking a very time intensive MLS class so it has been very difficult to get here and blog. I'm thinking of taking a different approach to this blog, I have just been doing book reviews which is all nice and good... But it gets somewhat repetitive... So yes, hello... Happy Easter for those who celebrate it.. for those who do not.. Happy Sunday....
-JB -

Dirty Job

Dirty Job is by Christopher Moore, the same guy that wrote You Suck and Bloodsucking Fiends (two books that I loved!) Dirty Job is about a fellow named Charlie Asher *who kind of reminds me of Woody Allen in the beginning. * He considers himself to be a "Beta Male" and he is the biggest worrier ever, and I found him very annoying. So the story starts out with Charlie and his wife Rachel(who is obviously out of his league) at the hospital after having their baby.
Well, this little bit of happiness just can't last now can it? Charlie walks into his wife's room seeing a man in a mint green suit.... and apparently he wasn't supposed to see him. Pretty soon he starts seeing things glowing red... and people are dying around him.... not to mention that his daughter is going through a ridiculous amount of pets... fish, turtles, even a cockroach! which after they die seem to dissapear into Charlie's neighbor's "flower box" and by "flower box" I mean her dinner...
Charlie finds out later that he is the equivalent to Santa's elves, his little helpers... and by Santa I mean Death....
I eventually got over my annoyance with Charlie and found him likable in the end. I mean the poor guy has to deal with the whole being Death's helper, having Hellhounds in his house, and having his daughter kill anything she looks at with the word "kittie." This book was laugh out loud funny.
Next Up:Plum Spooky
-JB-