Urban Poly Princess

Last night I decided to attend an intellectual freedom dinner meeting with Jonathan Kelly who is the Director of the Freedom To Read Foundation. It is part of ALA and he is based in Chicago. Denae, Wanda, Trish, Dustin and then this U librarian Greg Hatch also attended. Conversation was completely boring to me but I hung in there and tried to enjoy it. Listening to Greg was good for me. His specialty and/or interests lie in Art in the library and he does exhibits at the library and has a lot of overlap with the art department at the University of Utah as well as the University's Museum of Fine Art. He is also heavily involved with plays at the University.

I'm sure he thinks their museum is substantial, IT ISN'T. Although unless he traveled and explored more he'd never really know that. His knowledge however is vast and he is definitely a professional I could learn from. Interacting with him as little as I did made me realize academic librarianship is something I could actually enjoy doing.

In all I felt like a complete fish out of water although I was very happy Trish was there. She was the only person there last night with a rock testimony who is also a consummate professional. She is the librarian I want to become. She manages a public library very well. I never wanted to be an academic librarian filled with specialized knowledge isolated in my own pretentious ivory tower. I kept thinking how Shem would fit into that perfectly. To me he should be a college English professor since its where his interests lie.

I like that I don't look like the typical librarian. I applied for that diversity resident position at the U and I would enjoy that very much. That type of solid experience would be great for me. Perhaps performing well at an academic library is the only way to get the credit I want to have. People will always underestimate me. It may be the only way and maybe that's why I'm not getting a job yet. I never applied for a University of Utah position just because I didn't want to work for an academic library. I'd rather work for the U just because I don't want to live in or have to commute to Provo.

1 Nephi 17

2 And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that while we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women did give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea, even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings.

And this is one of the reasons why I will never become a vegan or vegetarian although I feel great as far as eating all these veggies, beans, seeds and fruits is concerned. The end of tomorrow will mark one week of eating like this. After my second week I will give myself a free day and eat whatever I want. I still need to incorporate weights and do another Zumba session each day. 

Tuesday I'm paying for my Zumba certification on March 6th.  I can't wait!!!