Sigh...

...no one came to my program today. And it was going to be sooooo cool. I guess no one else thought so. The Seattle Times even ran a cute little blurb on it in their entertainment section. And there I was, stewing in the heat of 9 laptops, all alone...

One person did turn up, but he isn't a teen and I think he knows I am on to him, so he never came down. Well, you can't have one person doing a scavenger hunt anyway. That just doesn't work.

Tonight is an iSchool get together. Should be fun times, although I always feel a little awkward at these things. I am fairly certain there will be a person or two I would rather not see, and that there is a person or two who would rather not see me. But there are at least two peeps that I will adore seeing, even though I already see them on a regularish basis, so not all is lost. I am bringing my book as armor though.

Zine Librarian unConference this weekend is going to rock. I know people are coming to that. Not only is it going to be a ton of fun, I will have a bit more event planning on my resume. Always a good thing. And I get to learn more about zines. I am also looking forward to it being over so I can spend more time w/ Dr. T and The Boy. Time suckage! (in the best possible way...)

I haven't done my EMP post yet, mostly because I haven't found the time to upload the photos and video I took. It was a fun show, but would have been more fun if I hadn't felt chained to my table. More on that later.

Lunch Tables and Mentors

Well, my first experience doing a lunch table went fairly well, due for the most part to my fellow librarians showing up to help me out. During the first few minutes, there was a mad rush to get the candy I brought--next time the pieces will be smaller and will be doled out in smaller incraments. After that initiation, things slowed down to a much more managable level, and we got a whole lot of the teen gaming surveys filled out for teen librarians at central. It helped that we only let kids that filled out the survey have the cool flip pens that I posted pictures of yesterday. They were a real hit. We chatted, and kids tried to be funny, walking of with library books from our display and such. Many of the books I brought interested the kids, which I was glad of, and I decided to put two on the Staff Pick display and another two that I already had on the Halloween Display I put on top of the glass case with Staff Pick cards in them. Skateboarding is Not a Crime was one of the most popular. I think they wore me out though. It was an intense experience.

I am filling out the application for mentoring (so I can get one). I am excited for the opportunity to keep on working with my manager after he leaves us to go work at Central. We of course will be scattered as well, since the building is closing for renovations. I think that I will be able to learn a lot from him about SPL and moving up in the system the right way or at least in a productive way. I don't know if there is a "right way." The application is a little daunting, although I am sure that it will be fine once I get started. There are a bunch of essay questions about why I want to have a mentor and how I take criticism, etc.. Fun, Fun