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08 February 2008
What should gaspode be when she grows up?→[More:]I think she should be a clown. With red braided pigtail hair, and big pink cheeks and a big painted on smile. And instead of talking, she should just run around and throw glitter.
I think gaspode should be the fridge magnet buyer for Bloomingdales. She could tour the world seeking out unusual and attractive fridge magnets without fear of being tazered by Steve-O.
True story - a few weeks ago a drunkish older man tried to recruit me to join the Fire Department. He kept saying "You're cool under pressure. You keep your head in a crisis." He asked me how much I was making. For the same money, I could be sitting in the Fire House cooking chili with Garland. What am I even DOING here at my desk! My other qualification? "They'll let anybody in, nowadays."
So, If I'm FD material, certainly gaspode is. No question. A truck, whatever, she can do it.
I am, frankly, agog that nobody has said 'librarian' yet. Itinerant jacks-of-all-trades-and-masters-of-none are essentially what we are. Oh, sure, you can specialize if you want to be a prima donna about it. And if you get really into it (or the Adderall finally starts working), you can always turn into an administrator when the focus appears. But all the symptoms are there.
To library school, post haste!
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