LJ Idol: Skating to the puck

[deza]

There I was. A newly-minted college graduate, with a degree that allowed me to be grammatically correct when I asked customers if they wanted a lap dance and no real prospects for a more stable job. I had gone for a few extra semesters on the hope of getting an Education degree -- only to find out I had been left off the student teaching roster and

Comments

[dee_aar2]

Its so good to be able to do what you love and love what you do. There is so much fulfillment in that. Glad you were able to find that calling and have no regrets and ofcourse you have been doing so much more than being a librarian ... Kudos to you and your life.

[deza]

Oh, I have some regrets over chances not taken. You don't make it to middle age without a few. ;)

[dmousey]

I was 10 when I first stepped foot into our local library. I thought I had found a slice of heaven. The smell of books and ink, the quiet rustle of pages, and the seemingly endless selections of knowledge. Yeah, I am such a geek! Thank you for keeping that alive for others to discover. Hugs and peace~~~D

[deza]

It's not so quiet any more. Now we're more the community living room.

[marlawentmad]

I think librarians are the unsung superheroes of the modern age.

[deza]

Thank you! I'll take it. :)

[penpusher]

Certainly there's the beginnings of at least ten stories in this one! And I know a little something about at least one of your careers... in college my very first job was as a library clerk in the periodicals department, a job I held my entire four years there.

I admire those that gravitate towards books. That has to be one of the positives of the job!

And, I have to bring this up, a couple of years ago, there was a big story about a woman who was doing a vid cam performance of stripping inside of a college campus library! I wondered if you heard about that and what your thoughts would be about it!

[deza]

I remember that. It says a lot about the state of pay for library workers that so many of us have to take second jobs to make ends meet. I'm doing middle management now, and I honestly would make more managing a gas station than I do in a library.

That being said, the young lady really needed to learn the value of discretion. It's one thing to sneak your guy in for a quickie in the rare books room after hours. It's something else entirely to put it on the internet!

[halfshellvenus]

Some of the hazards of your current job seem to be truly hazardous! I hope the book-drop kitten fared well. :O

[deza]

He did. He came home with me and was very happy for many years, until he decided he would rather be a barn cat.