You all have to see my adorable little neice, Keira! There are pics of her twin sister and older brother on my Flickr page.

Well, on November 15th we had the program.  Darlene Fichter gave an overview of new technologies in libraries.  On the blog, she spoke about how the most important thing we can do as a blogger and blog reader is to comment.  Comments encourage the blogger, and also lets them know that someone is indeed out there.

I have to admit that I spend weeks wondering if anyone ever actually makes it here.  Part of me is like, “Well, it’s kind of a journal, more for you than for anyone else”, but then I think “well, if it’s really a journal, do I want these people reading this?  lol

I came to the conclusion that this is a blog.  It’s for people to read, and it doesn’t matter whether or not I know who makes it here, but I would still like to know.  I’m trying to comment more on other people’s blogs, even if it’s just some silly, mindless comment, and am hoping that maybe others will follow…

I also want to find a some kind of plug in that will let me know how many hits my blogs receive.

Well, if anyone is interested, I just added my version of an “about” page. I will add an faq as soon as someone asks me a question!

We went to the Traveler’s Cub for dinner last night. To my delight, everyone seemed to really like it! We all had a good time talking shop, sharing tattoos and basically just having a nice time. The large selection of wonderful beers (which unfortunately I did not sample) helped the evening along. Here are a few pics:

Brian, who joined us after class, and Sonya.

Meredith and Aaron

A group shot.

Me & Jessamyn

OMG, what an awesome program we had today! More later (if I remember, of course!), I’m off to take the speakers out to dinner.

Just a little reflection. You know how you read the blog of someone you never met, and you get an idea of what they’re like…you almost invent a person that is all way super cool, and then you meet them and it’s a complete let down?

THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN! All four of the speakers were as wonderful as I expected them to be, and some were even nicer! What an amazing group we had!

Okay, off to dinner. Pics to come.

Well, I have now completed my first shift on the Reference Desk at the Second Life Library 2.0 on info island. The highlight of the evening was when a random guy showed up and started asking me random questions about the library. I had five minutes left in my shift, and all of the sudden the director and all sorts of important people showed up. Now, it was midnight, not the prime time for a staff meeting…

Turns out the guy was from the Chicago Tribune. Very cool. I promptly disappeared.

Last night and tonight I tore down our old building on sl, and built a new one from scratch. This is my very first building. I have edited other people’s building, but never before had I built my own. Here is a pic of me in front of my new building:

I have to admit that sl is WAY fun. However, I find it somewhat unnerving that the same social inadequacies that I experience in rl (that’s “real life” for all you non sl people), I experience in sl. *sigh*

Regardless, I have managed to meet a ton of cool people, and am in the process of putting together a sl online course and tours for our members.

We’re on Info Island currently, but we may be moving to a new location some time in the near future.

If any of you happen to pop in, stop by the Michigan Library Consortium - Virtual Branch on Info Island!!!