Smells like you're a teenager in love....

Library books need to be returned. Things need doing. So I am updating this? Smart life choices are happening right now.

After yesterday's archives class in which there was epic arguing and tuning out of said arguments and in general wondering what the hell I think I am doing in Pittsburgh anyway, I have decided there are only two career choices open to me now: flapper or member of a ukulele orchestra.

And PanOpto Man had to chime in too. There was much head shaking.

Worked in the Preservation Lab today. There was much talking about last night's class and our poor life choices.

I love you, Preservation Lab. You make sense. Hopefully learning some new book treatments soon. People are here for field placements and it's good to see new faces.

Went to Peter's after class which is our way. Grilled Cheese and delicious drinks were had. Riding the bus slightly drunk is my new hobby. I strongly recommend it.

Part of me will miss Pittsburgh and the awesome Archives friends I've made plus awesome New Hampshire Friend Letty as she is in Library Business and all that jazz. We need to go to another concert together.

And the other part of me will happy to move on to the next place. More than likely, Maryland briefly and then either moving further up North to more snow, cold, and greyness or staying in Maryland and moving to Baltimore to find a museum/archive that will hire me. East coast, you and I are stuck together for awhile. For some reason, I like you...? *shrugs*

One day, I will write a proper blog in which I write about Important Archive Issues.

Serious Business

Well, I've survived the first complete week of work and classes. It looks like the classes will be pretty interesting for the most part. Digital Preservation makes my eye twitch, mostly because I do not understand how people deal with all of that data without quitting their jobs. Seriously, all that metadata, plus the actual documents, plus the maintenance required to make sure the documents will actually open a few months, a year, five years, twenty years from now. Crazy. I guess I will find out how they deal because I will at some point have to do these things in my career.

I will have to start the job search. I've done a little bit of searching but I think this weekend there will be serious business action!job searching. I wanted to apply to some internships but I either didn't have enough experience or I would still be in school. The NASA one looked amazing but sadly it starts in June and I don't finish my program until the end of July/early August. The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Archivist position has been open for awhile, like a year and a half. That is my dream job. Right there. I don't know why they haven't filled it. We talked about it at work today. I really want to do music archiving. That would be my super duper dream job of amazing.

I'm hoping to gain some archival experience through some volunteer activity this semester. Some people are doing field placements at the Preservation Lab. It's my favorite job so far. That's part of the reason I decided to do some volunteering work instead of field placement, because I wanted to be able to keep my preservation job. Sometimes I wonder if it was the best choice but I like it too much.

Anyway, that's enough rambling for now. I must go watch some Six Feet Under.

Why do I do this to myself?

I'm back in Pittsburgh! Class starts Wednesday, then work on Thursday and Friday. I'm worried for myself. I'm afraid I won't make it through four archives classes. It might kill me. If I don't make it, tell the kids I love them.