Library Gremlin (she/her)

Week after Derby is planting season.

My husband and I have shared a car for most of our relationship - even before marriage. It sucks sometimes but we can barely afford the one right now. Hard times are coming and they would be easier if politicians had invested in public transit earlier and wider.

Mass transit is good for planet, national security, and our pockets. There was a time I lived close enough to a line I could ride to work - but not home because it stopped running before my shift ended. But those mornings were a dream.

I need a rise that’s high, inseam long, and fabric in the thighs made for LIVING.

I have been buying Universal Standard for the last few years but they don’t have their $25 jeans sale anymore and the pants I buy from them split in the thigh within 6 months of regular, human wear.

On international women’s day - during women’s HERstory month - I went to a mall to buy pants and found nothing while my husband found two pairs within 15 minutes and had time to go to his video game store (which closed in solidarity with women who just want pants that fit).

Pay taxes, cry. Wish they went to a social safety net instead of bombs and domestic terrorists.

Cute how I thought I'd get a tax refund this year - but if I don't pay in, how will the billionaires get their tax credits?

Found out we have a regular student who has a whole setup for her library study space - she even brings in a portable standing desk to use. Packs it in and out every day. She’s an icon.

Buttigieg also flirts with anti-trans rhetoric - i find him hollow, personally.

About to become a phantom.

Sometimes I think this is the year I go to the opera/ballet and then I find out tickets are like $200-400. 😵‍💫

They just showed up as available in a wishlist a coworker sent me and I downloaded them - no cost mentioned. They aren’t good records.

Amazon has MARC records now?

Every few years I pay for a one off webinar and remember why I don’t pay for one off webinars.

So the issue with only including people in leadership positions on this panel is that they think every problem can be solved with figuring out what magic data is going to convince leadership to change - as if it's all just a communication issue.

It's not looking good. Getting my wet blanket.

The topic of this keynote is so important but I find it interesting to hear people in leadership positions tell us to speak frankly and honestly while they're also not speaking specifically. Lots of hedging and hinting at issues that have impacted them. Maybe they'll get to it by the end.

Our profession has an insatiable thirst for tea - someone step up and serve it!

I miss when Library Twitter was active enough that you could easily find people subtweeting a conference and find out about all the drama.

They want to outsource the work they spent their entire education and career striving to do.

I love finding out the conference DJ is also in LA and realizing they're trying to get people hyped up at 8AM. 😅

But I do contain multitudes, so I also need a ticketing system for myself.

I love watching sessions on improving workflow and communication but also laugh because most libraries presenting have a team of people doing each step in the flow and I'm like step one: me, step two: me, etc...

An actual critical discussion about the ethics of AI in libraries? 🔥

I love when conferences just make me realize how much work my job requires and all of it is invisible 😭

Teams chats on the other hand. 😭

Oh finally - my grocery store has AI now! So few spaces left where I don’t get to use AI! So glad to use AI to help me buy my green beans!

There should be DJs at all conferences for in-between sessions.

I am so glad I'm not the only one upset by this! Bring back Boolean!