library science

My monthly "should I get a MLA?" talk with Ryan.

(2:01:15 PM) Me: should I be a librarian, ryan?
(2:01:28 PM) Me: fix my life
(2:02:42 PM) Me: haha I love that for the application checklist
(2:02:56 PM) Me: they include "You need to know where and when you were born."
(2:03:00 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: hahah
(2:03:05 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: I forget!
(2:03:08 PM) Me: I could end up being the smartest person at this college
(2:04:28 PM) Me: three references? what the fuck
(2:04:48 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: that's a librarian joke
(2:04:52 PM) Me: HAHA
(2:04:59 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: you should put "the dictionary, the thesaurus, and the encyclopedia"
(2:05:08 PM) Me: it would be funny if it were on the librarian section, this is just to apply to the school at all
(2:05:31 PM) Me: oh god
(2:05:36 PM) Me: these people need to write letters
(2:05:42 PM) Me: you can't just give them the reference's name
(2:05:47 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: that's annoying
(2:05:53 PM) Me: I don't think I have three respectable people willing to write BS for me
(2:05:57 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: haha
(2:07:28 PM) Me: oh wow, I have till like January to apply for this shit
(2:07:38 PM) Me: I don't even have to worry about it right now
(2:07:44 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: wooo
(2:07:46 PM) Me: which is good since I don't even know if I want to do it
(2:08:55 PM) Me: wow, you have to upload your fucking RESUME
(2:09:05 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: yeah that might be a good thing to figure out before you go through the whole process
(2:09:11 PM) Me: and write two essays
(2:09:21 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: wow a resume for a college application?
(2:09:22 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: that's weird
(2:09:30 PM) Me: yeah I know
(2:09:37 PM) Me: they are chodes at U of I
(2:09:49 PM) Me: this is why the fuckers rejected me as an undergrad, too
(2:09:55 PM) Me: actually no
(2:10:04 PM) Me: I did apply and all correctly and there wasn't half of this BS
(2:10:08 PM) Me: but they still didn't take me
(2:10:34 PM) Me: the thing is this is the hardest and most prestigious library science prog in the country, if not the world
(2:10:43 PM) Me: but it's the closest, and if I pull it off I look awesome
(2:11:39 PM) Me: I just don't know if I want to blow thousands of dollars on this, you know
(2:11:40 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: I'm still not sure how they manage to fit a whole degree's worth of information into being a librarian
(2:11:56 PM) Me: well nowadays there's a looot of computer shit you have to know
(2:12:16 PM) Me: it's not like "here's the dewey decimal system, go find a book"
(2:12:34 PM) Me: I don't know, I just don't want to work in retail or a call center anymore
(2:12:36 PM) Me: and I like books
(2:12:36 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: I've worked with librarians for the past few years
(2:12:45 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: most of them aren't anything special
(2:12:57 PM) Me: well school librarians don't usually have a MLA
(2:15:50 PM) Me: man it pisses me off that the local libraries won't hire me for anything
(2:16:04 PM) Me: you really don't need an MLA for a dinky little public library
(2:16:09 PM) Me: and I have a BA
(2:16:25 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch:: I wouldn't think it would be that hard to pick up the work there
(2:16:26 PM) Me: and if I liked it I would know whether or not this is what I want to do with my life
(2:16:31 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: especially if you weren't the head librarian
(2:16:35 PM) Me: exactly!
(2:16:40 PM) Me: I applied for some BS part time job
(2:16:59 PM) Me: I have 2 years of experience in a fucking bookstore
(2:17:31 PM) Me: I think I might've failed my personality test though
(2:17:34 PM) Me: goddamn I hate those things
(2:17:59 PM) Me: all you need to know about me: I won't steal or give you back talk
(2:18:08 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: haha
(2:18:17 PM) Me: instead of backtalk, I just go home and complain to Ryan
(2:18:23 PM) Me: you don't have to deal with my attitude at all
(2:18:51 PM) Me: gah
(2:18:57 PM) Me: personality tests are so awful
(2:19:10 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: yeah
(2:19:37 PM) Me: the fuckers don't even have volunteer opportunities
(2:33:34 PM) Me: fuck it
(2:33:42 PM) Me: Ryan, I'm going to become a Stand Up Comedian
(2:33:49 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: haha
(2:33:50 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: do it
(2:33:53 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: you are funny
(2:33:53 PM) Me: I'm going to steal all of Dave Chappelle's stuff and say it's mine
(2:33:59 PM) Me: haha thanks
(2:34:25 PM) Me: man even if I wanted to commit to that I don't even know how. There aren't any comedy clubs in bizzle nizzle
(2:34:40 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: you could start one
(2:34:53 PM) Me: if I owned and operated a comedy club
(2:35:04 PM) Me: I probably would not need to become a comedian or a librarian
(2:35:17 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: you culd be a comediam who owned and operated a comedy club
(2:35:26 PM) Me: haha I could also be an astronaut
(2:35:28 PM) Me: IN THEORY
(2:35:39 PM) Me: but I don't think either is going to happen
(2:36:03 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: you could be a comedian astronaut
(2:36:07 PM) Ryanthor Murdoch: and do jokes in space
(2:36:26 PM) Me: I like that we're practical about this