Yay! Last one!

So, this is officially my final post for the blogging assignment provided I don't have another technical mishap with Google when I hit publish.

Although it's a trifle scary only having one semester left in the program, I can honestly say that this was possibly one of the worst and most stressful semesters I have had in all my years of schooling. Although it's a bit sad that summer is more than half over and that much closer to cold weather again, I just am so glad to be done with this semester's courses. Never fear about my tech skills-I am signed up to take Dr. Koshman's course Information Architecture in the fall so I am sure that I will still be dabbling away in HTML, XML soon enough!

I am beyond excited over the idea of having a whole month break before next semester. As I mentioned before I will be traveling to Ireland and cannot wait for that! My boyfriend is a bit miffed that he won't be having any beach vacation this year, but I think one will def. be in the works for next year. I haven't been back to Europe since I studied in Spain which is now already three years ago so I am glad that I get to cross the pond once again.

I can't say it's been all fun and laughs, more just cries and stressful times, but I made it nonetheless. Hope everyone has a happy and relaxing break.

Adios!

I GIVE UP WITH TECHNOLOGY

OMG- I so cannot stand technology!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The post I just spent the last five minutes writing is completely lost as Google blog spots encountered an error and tells me someone else was editing my post at the same time as I!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, the title of the entry saved.

Really trying not to lose it here, but can I ever be cut a break???? I try to get stuff down and am given crap and difficulties at every corner :(

Maybe I'll try this again manana.

Yes, adios to blogging

Highly stressed :( and bummed

I could not be more stressed. I discovered today that a children librarian position I had applied for last month has been filled. It was a major crushing blow considering this time I had been extremely pro-active, shown a lot of interest, and even had my boss at the community college library where I work write a glowing letter of recommendation. To not even be called in for an interview was beyond disheartening. They had said they wanted someone with an MLS degree but I thought being 2/3 of the way done in the program, I could at least qualify. This was for an extremely small-town library and I know of libraries in much more urban areas that hire someone who is working towards their degree. When it comes to me and jobs, Pittsburgh is not my friend and not someone I really care for at all. I feel that it's treated me extremely crappily this year and all of last year. I'm not going to limit myself though. I am going to school, getting into deep debt for a reason and want a job that is worthy of me and my academic background. I've started to apply to jobs way outside of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area so please keep your fingers crossed. I want to know that out of the dozens of people that apply for one single job, just once I am good enough to be considered to make the cut.

BTW-I did finish the final assignment for this class last night. I hope it's okay. I guess maybe I'll try to blog a bit more on HTML in my next post. Really just disheartened right now.

4 1/4 days and counting

I am giddy with glee over the semester almost being over but I am seriously going to such lengths for a group project that needs to finish up pronto and is being presented this Thursday in class. Today I actually used Jing! to create a video capture for my presentation. Although I had no intention on taking on this extra role (with the semester so near at hand), some wayward girl in my group had an excuse about not being able to do it, so being nice, I volunteered and took on the work. Being a quasi perfectionist, I must have taken about a dozen times if not more on making the presentation. I didn't plan on it, but I felt the actions on the computer didn't always match up with what I was actually saying. Jing overall is a nice program and it's cool that I know it's a good resource to use in the future.

So I know I have been saying this for like the last two or three blog entries but I do plan on completing the final assignment for this class tonight (especially since it seems everyone else has already done it). I don't think I am going to be able to attend the Dim dim meeting tonight as I have way too many other things to do but hopefully I'll figure out where the transcripts for it are this time.

Later gente.

So so behind!

As the title denotes, I am so so behind with this week's blog entries. Although the semester is over in a less than a week, I could not be any more swamped and it all is stemming from my one class, LIS 2002 (the last day of the semester on which I am having to do a major presentation). And to make matters more difficult and all around crappy, I am going to be doing a Jing presentation on some index I have still not wrapped my head around. Woe is me for sure.

I just got back from an all day adventure at Kennywood. It's fun enough but spending all day there in lines, in the sun just takes it right out of me. I am so tired right now and it feels like my eyes got some major sunburn as I am doing a ton of squinting. Thank goodness I am only "required" to go once a year.

I have so much to do tomorrow which is sad since it should be my nice relaxing day. I am very bummed about that. I guess the two biggest things are the last assignment in this class and then the Jing thing. Need to have a mini refresher on how that works again :(

All for now, time for bed :(

Almost finis

I am happy to say that I finally feel that the end is in fact in sight. Although it's still not officially until next week due to having a class on Thursday evening :( it is indeed coming. Although if I may vent for a second, in one of my classes, the professor literally changed the final assignment/added extra work (completely ignored what he had originally stipulated in the syllabus) after I had already submitted it! I was furious and to make matters worse and more irksome, I have still never received an email back from him for clarification on it! I finished it, but I feel at the graduate level, this is not at all professional behavior :(

So, I haven't started on the last assignment for LIS 2600 but I plan on doing it this weekend sometime although the consolation is that it is not due until the 31st so I have a little bit of time still. I always am so glad when people post the exact questions I am having or thought about for the assignments, makes me not approach doing them with as many feelings of trepidation from the get-go. It should be okay enough, but I'm having a difficult time remembering all of the assignments from the very beginning. Anything pre-Memorial Day seems so long ago (although it barely was). I am really glad for this semester to be over because I have never felt more drained or devoid of thought lol. Not to mention that next month I am going home to Philly for a visit and then off to Ireland for the week! I have never been so I am looking immensely forward to that. I'll def. talk more about Ireland in the remaining blog entries. Can't wait for Guiness and scones, yay!