Urban Poly Princess

I talked to my director about being blocked from lds.org. I asked about it in faculty meeting when Dale's wife Charity said how it didn't have anything to do with school. I wanted to snap at her but it wasn't worth it. I'm pretty sure Dale blocked it on purpose because his wife felt I was wasting my time on it. It's like how Tiffany was acting STUPID - people need to get out of their small little towns and realize what the hell they are supposed to do which is worry about your own damn job NOT MINE. ESPECIALLY when you are NOT my DIRECTOR!!! It was NOT BLOCKED today probably because Sharla talked to Dale about it.

Sharla is a smart lady and I think she gave me those CDs so I wouldn't make trouble AND I'm not going to bring it up BUT DAMN!!! Go and get a library science degree then you can actually get a job that pays more than half of what I make an hour even in this crappy low-paying job of mine. Actually I looove my job and my director and my dean. I don't love the crappy pay but I understand why I'm not getting paid more at my location. Dale who is Charity's husband is the computer science dean and he is professional too for the most part EXCEPT for blocking the church site from me. Why do people give a damn what the hell I do? As long as I do my job they need to chill the out.

It was very sweet of Sharla to give me those CDs but now that my site isn't blocked I DON'T NEED THEM AND I CAN ACCESS THEM FOR FREE ON MY PHONE OR IF I TAKE MY LAPTOP THERE. I don't have a working CD player. The one I took from my mother is in my room but I only use it for the radio. It worked when I moved here. Of course I can WATCH any talk on my wireless at home. My car has a tape player I haven't used at all. Who even owns tapes anymore? Instead I took those to Deseret Book and got a gift card after work today. I'm not going to tell her that. It was a very nice gesture although I think she was partially doing damage control for her country bumpkin idiot workers.

My brother said he and Alisa are going to Boise for her Zumba training this weekend. I told him to come by since they are driving there. I have the ULA multi-cultural committee potluck this Saturday in Murray and while I would REALLY like to attend, I think the intellectual freedom committee is going to take up enough time as it is.

I also need to hurry up and submit my application to ALA's emerging leaders program that'll require me to attend the ALA conference in Las Vegas next July and their Mid-Winter meeting in Philadelphia in January. I will have the money to do that then and it is also possible to secure sponsors through APALA and ULA to cover half the costs. I joined APALA specifically for that opportunity. Although my director said she doesn't see the company as being able to pay/sponsor it in any way, I think as it approaches I'll be able to convince them to pay AT LEAST something. In any case APALA or the Asian Pacific American Library Association pays for a member to attend each year. ULA should be able to help fund it too AND there's the state library as well to hit up. I just checked and applications are due Friday. So much for NOT waiting until the last minute to get this done.

Tyler FINISHED his paper in class AND before I could post this. I went home and fell asleep watching a Korean drama before I woke up, took out my contacts and went to bed. This morning I was pulled over by a police officer for not turning into the closest lane. I thought I didn't have my insurance on me but it was in my glove compartment with a bunch of other papers. He let me off with a warning.

I made it to my class on time and I am grateful for that. Yesterday I complained to my boss about lds.org being blocked. She told me she'd look into it. This morning I received the conference talks on CD on my desk with a pink ribbon. She is so sweet. She definitely didn't need to do that. She told me I shouldn't be listening to anything at work and I told her sometimes I'm shelving books or putting labels on books, menial tasks that should be able to be completed while listening to conference talks. I told her I like listening to conference talks AND music BUT that I always feel like I should listen to conference B4 I listen to music or anything else. She is awesome!!!

Mosiah 16

I was about to call my assistant to see if she can watch the library when I take an extended break following faculty meeting but it's so dead during that time right now that I don't think I'll call her. I teach tonight so this is going to be one of those looong days only today I'm going home for 3+ hours. Faculty meeting is at 2:30 then I'll go home until my class at 6pm. It ends at 9:50. I got the official time from Bryan. A lot of teachers end class at 9:30pm. I can't cut it off when students pay for the time with the instructor.

I need to get these books ready for a book sale and get them out there quick. After this I'll let Eli dispose of them at DI for me. LDS.org is blocked. I wonder if my job is doing that to me. That is going to suck!!! I can still get it on my phone BUUUT what the hell???!!!

Mosiah 15
16. And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that are still publishing peace!

I want these beautiful feet!!! Missionary work is so great and missionaries are beautiful as they go forth to share the message of salvation. I had to manually type this scripture. I miss copying and pasting. I talked to our computer science dean and asked him if he blocked the church site. He said no. It appears to be company-wide.VERY ANNOYING!!! I will have to do this at home now. I'm going to try this today.

Come, All Ye Sons of God - Thomas S. Monson
The holy scriptures contain no proclamation more relevant, no responsibility more binding, no instruction more direct than the injunction given by the resurrected Lord as He appeared in Galilee to the eleven disciples. Said He:
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
"Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."

The work is hastening now and we all can be a part of it if we want to do that. I was talking to this awesome student Keri Nyman. She is taking a class in event planning. That is something I REALLY love. I'm not willing to start at the bottom however. I've done it enough that I feel confident doing it myself BUT I'm not sure EXACTLY what I'm interested in doing. Wedding planning is an option although I have a feeling the clientele here is too cheap for it to be worth it. Business conferences are better although there is usually an event planner attached to a venue. I don't want that. Logan is not exactly a hot spot that people are interested in holding their events at.

I know I want to do too much. There has to be some way that I can work for myself on the weekends and make it as profitable as I want it to be. Zumba has been taking too much of a back seat for me. I love it, I just love sleeping too.

My visiting teacher Marci has her nephews visiting her from Montana. Their ages are 5 through 12. They were supposed to get a tour of the football stadium but it was cancelled. I felt bad to hear their disappointment so I asked my friend Val if she could do anything to help. I knew her husband was some sort of coach for USU but I didn't know exactly what he did. He is the assistant athletic director for football operations. I'm not sure exactly what that means. He told Val he'd make sure someone would give them a tour at 1pm.

I looked up Waqa Damuni online to figure out what his position is. I had to drive away from my apartment so I could tell Marci. When I reached her she told me she just heard from JT, some guy in compliance who was supposed to arrange it in the first place. I told Val what happened and she told me Waqa just called JT and told him to give the tour tomorrow. Val said Marci originally wanted the tour on Thursday which is when football camp happens and is why he couldn't do it.

I hope Marci's nephews have fun. I know Waqa and Val made it happen. I need to bake them something to thank them. I have some ideas. I think they have 7 kids so it's kind of like George's family. I am grateful for their quick response to help me. Waqa is from Laie but I never interacted with him. I used to dance with his brother Jack and his parents worked at PCC too.

I'm very grateful for their willingness to help me so quickly

I looove my job!!! My students are reading the APA sample paper with all the notes about what to include. I need to change it again to include my notes specifically for my English 98 class. I have 3 students but only 2 showed up. The other student is the one with the Hawaiian last name. She used to be married to some Hawaiian guy.

So my mini-vacation ends tonight. It's been fantastic. My towel rung is fixed, my laundry is done and my guest bedroom looks a lot better although I never did finish cleaning it. I have chicken in the freezer, shrimp and spam in the fridge. I need to make something to work for my meals for next week. There's a fireside tonight featuring a couple who served a stealth mission in the middle east. They had to move several times because it wasn't safe and they didn't proselyte. How fun. Jared told our relief society about it. Lauresa was the only member of our presidency at Relief Society. She had me sit with her up front. I was happy to do that with her. She told me when we did lunch that she's not comfortable teaching relief society. I am completely comfortable speaking OR teaching. Saying that makes me think it's good I don't have a more meaningful calling if it means someone else gets the chance to develop their skills. I've been blessed.

We had some nice new faces to hear from in church today. I enjoyed listening to Jenn, Katy and Sam. Sam is a high councilman. How did I miss that. He is a good man. I am very happy he is engaged to Rebecca Rawlins. They both look very happy. At linger longer Mark came over to chat which was fine and I was nice. The sisters were there. I told them I'll take them to lunch at Elements on the 5th. They told me they eat there free!!! VEEERY NICE!!! Sister Newcomer said she didn't like her lunch there when she went there. I told her it was my favorite restaurant in the valley. She still wanted to do lunch there so it'll actually be cheap because I'll just have to pay for myself.

Mosiah 13
 35 Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pass the ^aresurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and afflicted?

My academic Poly friends typically like to talk about how oppressed they are and about white privilege. While incidents annoy me, I am over this AND I'm pretty sick about discussing it. My entire life does not revolve around this the way I feel it does to my friends.I found it interesting that Christ is described as oppressed and afflicted. So perhaps being oppressed is a blessing in disguise. 

A Sure Foundation - Dean M. Davies