A day in the life
Jul. 20th, 2007 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jadesfireAnd so, ten hours after I left work, I am up again. Ugh. I didn't get finished but my brain was starting to fuzz up, and there's only so many mistakes you can make before you have to give it up. I never thought I'd be grateful for a book in German. I mean, it's nothing personal, it's just that I don't speak German, so trying to work out subject headings is tricky. I can identify words for "history" and "art" and spell 'archaeology' in most European languages, although I only 'speak' French and a smattering of Italian. Oh, and English, but some days I wonder about that.
Anyway, after cataloguing the world's most enormous museum catalogue that also happened to be in Slovenian, (too many accents!) German seemed a doddle in comparison. My Dutch reading skills are improving, as is my Portuguese. I can struggle through the Cyrillic alphabet and say 'I am exhausted' in Polish. The day I can read Bulgarian is the day I know I've really made it as a librarian. Because however pretty it is, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to read Georgian.
In other news, today is a rest day, to let my brain re-charge a little. I'm going to post to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
torchwood_meta; email my supervisor and play with reading lists and study timetables; do washing and ironing and maybe finally get round to watching some of S3 of House; see if I can get Rose to talk to me for one tw_exchange story and try to come up with a mystery plot for my other; and generally be domesticated. The other half's been an absolute star in taking all the chores, but it'll be nice to feel I'm helping out for a change. Given it's still dark outside, 2 hours after dawn, there's not much incentive to go out. Especially now there's thunder. I hate thunder... *hides under desk* EDIT: The thunder's loud enough to rattle the letterbox and my poor love is cycling to work through what looks like a waterfall from the sky. He's going to drown!
I will also NOT be getting the new Harry Potter when it comes out. I'm not spoiler-phobic, but I'm not going in search of them, so anyone who wants to come play over here is more than welcome :)
So, that's my day. What about yours?
Anyway, after cataloguing the world's most enormous museum catalogue that also happened to be in Slovenian, (too many accents!) German seemed a doddle in comparison. My Dutch reading skills are improving, as is my Portuguese. I can struggle through the Cyrillic alphabet and say 'I am exhausted' in Polish. The day I can read Bulgarian is the day I know I've really made it as a librarian. Because however pretty it is, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to read Georgian.
In other news, today is a rest day, to let my brain re-charge a little. I'm going to post to
torchwood_meta; email my supervisor and play with reading lists and study timetables; do washing and ironing and maybe finally get round to watching some of S3 of House; see if I can get Rose to talk to me for one tw_exchange story and try to come up with a mystery plot for my other; and generally be domesticated. The other half's been an absolute star in taking all the chores, but it'll be nice to feel I'm helping out for a change. Given it's still dark outside, 2 hours after dawn, there's not much incentive to go out. Especially now there's thunder. I hate thunder... *hides under desk* EDIT: The thunder's loud enough to rattle the letterbox and my poor love is cycling to work through what looks like a waterfall from the sky. He's going to drown! I will also NOT be getting the new Harry Potter when it comes out. I'm not spoiler-phobic, but I'm not going in search of them, so anyone who wants to come play over here is more than welcome :)
So, that's my day. What about yours?
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Date: 2007-07-20 03:52 pm (UTC)Oh hurrah, I won't be the only one. *g* I'm looking to purchase it on Wednesday. The fallout itself will be so intense, it'll be tough keeping up with it.
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Date: 2007-07-20 03:56 pm (UTC)*grin* I'm going to suggest that all of us at the library who want to read it club together and pass it round. We do that with books we own anyway, and we'll all get there eventually. I coped with reading the last one after being spoiled - I'll probably survive this time too.
I also heard that Childline (http://www.childline.org.uk/) are laying on extra staff for any youngsters traumatised by whatever-the-hell is going to happen. *blinks* Is it me, or are there perspective issues here....?
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Date: 2007-07-20 04:08 pm (UTC)0.o ?
Wow. Though I think the biggest trauma will be felt by the Potter fen, and/or those who grew up with the books. We are witnessing the end of an era. HP fandom will change after this book, to be sure.
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Date: 2007-07-20 04:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-20 04:32 pm (UTC)Oh, the drama of the Potterdammerung will be strong. And loud. Why yes, I am cynical, how did you guess? *g*