A few of my favorite things...

Since I'm still short on time, I offer you another Wordle. This one's of my blog.
I was surprising how revealing this was. Bet you can't guess what
I'm daydreaming about now...can hardly wait for the seed catalogs to get here!!

Librarian in a Nutshell

I've been kinda busy lately as evidenced by lack of posting. Tomorrow my 2nd year dossier is due in it's near-final draft form. Creating a dossier for the tenure review process is an endeavor that elicits any number of adjectives (and expletives) at any given time. Some are positive - reflective, rewarding, creative. Others are, well, not as much - time-consuming, grueling, the rock on my shoulders...you get the idea.

The process of putting together into one document all of my endeavors and accomplishments that I've done in support of my job has been a great act of mental aerobics and weightlifting - combined with some yoga I think. I've used the process to (I hope) reflect on the projects I've taken on, and those that I hope to, in terms of the way that they both support my job assignment and contribute to the greater good that is Librarianship.

Yesterday some colleagues introduced me to a fun little tool called Wordle. I copied and pasted my entire dossier in to see what the tag cloud would look like, and it went a little something like this:

So there you have it - my professional life in a nutshell.

My Mosaic

Following the Trend:







Thanks Eva! This was fun!

To play, answer the questions below and type your answer into Flickr search. Pick your favorite photo from the first page of results, and enter the URL into Mosaic Maker .(3 columns, 4 rows.) Post a link here in the comments so I can see the results, too!

The questions:
What is your first name? Anne
What is your favorite food? Ice Cream
What high school did you attend? Middletown Area High School
What is your favorite color? Blue
Who is your celebrity crush? Vigo
Favorite drink? Riesling
Dream vacation? Venice
Favorite dessert? Ice Cream (I know, it's on here twice...but it is, indeed, a food and a dessert!)
What do you want to be when you grow up? Me
What do you love most in life? Family and Friends
One word to describe you. Thoughtful
Your Flickr name. annielivre

Photo Credits:
1. Anne Frank with Keffiyeh in NYC Street Art, 2. there's nothing better than summer, 3. Three Mile Island, 4. Max!, 5. ohh a celebrity, 6. The sun inside..., 7. Parking space, 8. More Spoons For You, 9. Perspective Matters (500 unique and cool people count this photo as a favorite), 10. Dancing Rainbow, 11. thoughtful, 12. Queen Anne