Amazing push-button shushing action!
yesterday at an all-libraries event i (due to my extreme intelligence) won a librarian action figure! i had always been somewhat opposed to the action figure. i find the shushing action to be a disappointing representation of my profession. but nancy is great and it's all seattle-librarian, and i'm all seattle-librarian, so i greedily took the doll as my prize and then remembered to say thank you. i just noticed that one of the books in her little pile is called 'the complete history of corndogs.' what?? this is not a real book! i thought all the books in her little pile were real, but this one is not (i looked in OCLC and books in print). once i read a book called 'uplift: the bra in amerca.' that would've been a good choice for the action figure! better than a fake corn dog book, for sure.
how did i win, you ask? when presented with the first line of a novel, i immediately recognized it as 'snow falling on cedars', my hand shot up, i yelled the title, i ran up to the front of the auditorium to claim my prize. it was the most 'price is right' moment i've ever had in my life! i was disproportionately excited about my winnings and it took me quite a while to settle down.
remember, italics means this is real. not a dream. yes, you can visit me and my librarian action figure in my office any day of the week!
posted by jammies @ 3:44 PM
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9 Comments:
Dr. Matt and I actually stopped by to see you and your action figure today, but the sign said you were at the reference desk. Sadly, we were too lazy to walk up those stairs to say "hi". But congrats anyway on the action figure.
Wow, jammies. That action figure is pretty sweet. I can see why you were so excited to win...well, maybe. Anyway, can't wait to see it in person. I doubt that will be until classes start back up - I'm trying to stay away from campus as long as I can. I think I just dread the thought of going back, not actually having to go back. I'm ready to learn more, and I'm excited about my classes and things I have planned for this next year. Wow. I like how I turned this comment on your blog into a makeshift post like the ones on my own site.....lame. My apologies. Somebody should make 'The Complete History of Corndogs' into a real book. I'd buy it just for kicks. Okay. I think I've wrote enough. (not that I was forcing myself to write....I just start rambling on and on..much like I'm doing now...)
I forgot to tell you earlier this evening that I also tried a few days ago to drop by and see your action figure, but you were not in your office! I had to meet with a professor at the Suzallo coffee area and I was early. I'll try again when school starts! Ugh. School. I mean, I really like the new pencils and the smell of fresh spiral notebooks, but I have a hard time walking around campus when it's cold. It makes me want to be at home by my fireplace with some hot chocolate and my favorite pair of slippers. OK, enough. I'm signing off. I hope watching videos of Morris Dancing went well tonight. See you Saturday.
Who the heck is 'Me'? I sure don't recognize the writing.....I doubt that I've ever seen her before in my life.
i don't know who 'Me' is either! probably a crazy blogger comment spammer just looking for attention. or maybe trying to subliminally sell us something. like pencils. or spiral notebooks. or coffee! oh horror!
Now I know what to call my great American novel! If only I were depressed and alcoholic, I'd have a better shot at literary fame. Since that's double plus unlikely, I'll forego the pseudonymns here in an attempt to get my name to the top of You Know Whoogle's rankings.
i hope that when you write the great american novel "the complete history of corndogs" that you reprint this post in the introduction to show where you got your inspiration! (i will only charge a small fee plus royalties plus a few autographed copies of your book plus a lifetime supply of corndogs).
Do they have to be fancy store-bought corndogs or can I make them myself? Come to think of it, is there such a thing as a fancy corndog?
i googled "fancy corn dogs" and received only one hit--and that hit did not actually contain the phrase "fancy corn dogs". i'd prefer the homemade kind anyway! i'm not a fancy girl.
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