friday a fellow slis student and i headed up to cleveland to attend a small seminar/presentation about digitzing and storing slides. first of all they wouldn't give us a student discount which is fucking bullshit. when we asked if we could get a cheaper rate if we just left before lunch she said no we'd ordered lunch in advance and it was there. no we hadn't. what the fuck? finally we just paid and headed to the session since we were already like 15 minutes late. (damn traffic!) besides not teaching me anything the guy was an asshole. i could go on and on in this segment of the story but it would really just bore you since it has to do with library school shit that is rather mind numbing.
so, we tour their new facility and then head down to lunch. soup and salads and cookies? not fucking worth $25! anyways, we sit down at this table and all of the sudden we're surrounded by librarians. and you could tell they were librarians. one of them was wearing a giant poncho and one had a mustache and get this.....they all went to KSU!! i'm not joking. every single one! they even brought up faculty members that were still there and they went on and on about their advisors and focuses and soon i started to sweat and my throat clogged up.
this was my future. there i was staring at my future. it was too much for me. i suggested we leave and as my fellow slis friend and i headed out i cried, "my god. that is us. that is our future." and my friend said, "no. no. we are an anomaly." but are we? who can tell. maybe these women looked, and walked, and felt like me 15-20 years ago. it's possible. oh my god. i don't think i can sleep at night. i am serious. you may all think, "ha.ha. silly blog girl with her library science trials and tribulations" but seriously. i'm terrified. horrified. scared. really, really scared.
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