hi! i'm going to take one day a week to just talk to you. i feel like it might be nice if there are some of you out there that don't know me IRL. this week has been particularly crazy. i've spent a vast majority of most of my days at work in the pursuit of being a real life published author. now, not in anything particularly exciting to the masses. i'm co-writing a book chapter about the collaborative assessment model of information literacy skills at my university. to be honest, i'm really excited about the prospect of seeing my name in print. it's been a dream of mine for a while now.
speaking of dreams, i recently fulfilled another of my life goals. since i was about 16, i've really wanted to see london. i made a pact with 3 friends in high school that we'd all get there some day. i'm sure none of them remember that pact now, as they all traveled there within 2 years of the agreement. 8 years later, i finally made it to london, and it was all i imagined it to be. as a history and lit major, the museums and libraries facinated me. i did manage to miss the opportunity to fulfill another major life goal while i was there. i hope to someday see at least 2 of the major venues of the tennis grand slam. (i'd also like to see either the us open or the australian open being played.) wimbledon is a little further out from the city than i imagined and we ended up with less individual time on the trip than i needed to get out there, so i'll have to save that one for another time.
now that i've been abroad (yes it took me til age 24 to get out of the country), i can't wait to travel again. i'd love to see australia, new zealand, spain, italy, and argentina during my life. when and how i'll be able to do all this on a librarian's budget, i'm not sure, but i'm hoping that i manage to get myself on a few more faculty trips to some of those destinations.
another life goal is to go to the olympics. no not compete, but as a spectator. i've got a real opportunity in 2010 in vancouver, and i couldn't help but think that the 2012 games in london wouldn't be a bad time to revisit that city :) but the best possible option is actually the 2016 games if they chose chicago. if chicago is the destination, i'd be just a 3 hour drive from the heart of the action, and just 60 mins from the cycling road race.
well hopefully that's given you a little insight into the personality that is me. tomorrow will return to your regularly scheduled artistic outlet, but look for a weekly free flowing ramble from me.
-B
speaking of dreams, i recently fulfilled another of my life goals. since i was about 16, i've really wanted to see london. i made a pact with 3 friends in high school that we'd all get there some day. i'm sure none of them remember that pact now, as they all traveled there within 2 years of the agreement. 8 years later, i finally made it to london, and it was all i imagined it to be. as a history and lit major, the museums and libraries facinated me. i did manage to miss the opportunity to fulfill another major life goal while i was there. i hope to someday see at least 2 of the major venues of the tennis grand slam. (i'd also like to see either the us open or the australian open being played.) wimbledon is a little further out from the city than i imagined and we ended up with less individual time on the trip than i needed to get out there, so i'll have to save that one for another time.
now that i've been abroad (yes it took me til age 24 to get out of the country), i can't wait to travel again. i'd love to see australia, new zealand, spain, italy, and argentina during my life. when and how i'll be able to do all this on a librarian's budget, i'm not sure, but i'm hoping that i manage to get myself on a few more faculty trips to some of those destinations.
another life goal is to go to the olympics. no not compete, but as a spectator. i've got a real opportunity in 2010 in vancouver, and i couldn't help but think that the 2012 games in london wouldn't be a bad time to revisit that city :) but the best possible option is actually the 2016 games if they chose chicago. if chicago is the destination, i'd be just a 3 hour drive from the heart of the action, and just 60 mins from the cycling road race.
well hopefully that's given you a little insight into the personality that is me. tomorrow will return to your regularly scheduled artistic outlet, but look for a weekly free flowing ramble from me.
-B
That's good that you fulfilled your goal about going to London. I went when I was around 17 and would love to go back. But right now my goal is to go to Australia.
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