So back when I still had a head reasonably screwed on, I nonetheless decided to coincide a trip to Boston for BFFsie's wedding with ALA Midwinter because, apparently, I like a challenge.
I've been dreading it for a week; squirreling my head away from the conference materials sitting on my desk, I simply couldn't bring myself to Plan such a thing as what to do in two days at my First Ever Professional Conference.
Turns out, all you have to do is show up and know you have a few fabulous fellow Pratthattanites to flounce around with. With which to flounce around. Whatever, I'm tired, it was a lot of work, all that flouncing. Not to mention those margaritas with lunch and all that raiding the ARC piles* like a very well-dressed scavenging horde**. Plus, I got to flounce with BDL, a fellow library student and New Yorker who agrees with me on critical issues pertinent to librarianship like "why do I have to order extra cheese with my fajitas?" and "I expected bagels at this event". In my book this makes her top shelf.
Tomorrow I fully expect Al Gore to ask me to check myself before I wreck myself, environmentally speaking. Aw yeah.
*OMG so much bookswag. Tomorrow I will be strict with myself and only visit vendors that offers products about which I want to learn, instead of flinging myself at the Penguin Booth and just licking all the books.
**SO well dressed, was my gang of ladies. And full of brains. Librarian chicks are awesome.
I've been dreading it for a week; squirreling my head away from the conference materials sitting on my desk, I simply couldn't bring myself to Plan such a thing as what to do in two days at my First Ever Professional Conference.
Turns out, all you have to do is show up and know you have a few fabulous fellow Pratthattanites to flounce around with. With which to flounce around. Whatever, I'm tired, it was a lot of work, all that flouncing. Not to mention those margaritas with lunch and all that raiding the ARC piles* like a very well-dressed scavenging horde**. Plus, I got to flounce with BDL, a fellow library student and New Yorker who agrees with me on critical issues pertinent to librarianship like "why do I have to order extra cheese with my fajitas?" and "I expected bagels at this event". In my book this makes her top shelf.
Tomorrow I fully expect Al Gore to ask me to check myself before I wreck myself, environmentally speaking. Aw yeah.
*OMG so much bookswag. Tomorrow I will be strict with myself and only visit vendors that offers products about which I want to learn, instead of flinging myself at the Penguin Booth and just licking all the books.
**SO well dressed, was my gang of ladies. And full of brains. Librarian chicks are awesome.
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