Operation Fall Purse was successful. Unfortunately, I was talked out of picking up these little darlings (in brown) by the lesbian. I'm going back asap. They're going to look darn near perfect with one of my cute new skirts.
ENOUGH OF THE FASHION BLOGGING!
The outreach program at the movie theater was wildly successful. We didn't register a ton of kids for cards--alot of people were already cardholders--but we did enthusiastically promote the library. From a 15 minute conversation with a man about the Mac vs the PC ("You have computer classes?! I had no idea you had computer classes!") to the dad who couldn't believe we hosted free dvd release parties ("Free? You mean, the movie's free, but you have to pay for the popcorn? The popcorn's free TOO?!? So you pay for the water bottles! You mean you're giving those away?!?!?!") my co-worker and I left feeling great about our jobs despite the realization that once again we were doing someone else's work. My other library-related adventure of the day was out-Referencing a librarian and an MLS student. Finding answers quickly and accurately for people is like doing crack--once you get a taste of the rush of success, you crave more.
I'm not exactly sure who to blame for the latest Muslim debacle. On the one hand, the Muslim community has a tendency to blow things a little out of proportion. Cartoons--this community got upset about some cartoons. And yet when you've been labeled the key target in the War on Terror, it's a little hard not to be sensitive especially when the head of a Christian denomination sites words from an emperor characterizing some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as "evil and inhuman." Way to anger and alienate a religious community that already feels a little bit marginalized.
It was a tough week for the White House in regards to the controversy surrounding his assertion that the CIA can just keep on keeping on with their interrogation methods. According to some, a compromise is in the works. How they can compromise with a man who thinks that withholding evidence from a defendant if it's considered classified is aok or who believes that coerced information is just fine as long as it's reliable is beyond me. Did no one within the administration actually read the SCOTUS decision? Does no one within the administration see what a dangerous precedent this would set internationally? Does anyone else in the country notice that those who vocally support the president never actually served in the armed services whilst those who are against it did?
And my favorite news story that I'm so pleased has yet to go away is the Deadly Spinach Story. The local news did a greeeeaaat story on how this vegetable used to be considered a superfood and is now a killer. Ooookay. First of all, only 1 person has been confirmed killed by the bacteria. In almost a week. Secondly, only 109 people have been reported sickened by the bacteria. This is one of those typically American scare stories that the country gets riveted by: shark attacks, bird flu, anthrax...you name it: if it affects only a teeny tiny part of the population, but is remotely threatening, Americans will eat it up. Or not. In this case.
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