Adult supervision
My boss is out of town for a conference for a few days. This makes me senior staff and, therefore, in charge of the library. A little daunting, although it's working out so far. Today is the tough one -- the assistant librarian doesn't work on Fridays, so I have to open *and* close. Which means that I got here at 7:45 AM and won't get out of here until after 7:00 PM. Fortunately I was able to knock off a little early yesterday, and I took a longish lunch (met T and S at this funky vegan Japanese restaurant, which was tasty if a bit odd), but it's a long day however you slice it. Hence, the LJ break.
One of the student workers today claimed that I have a bubbly personality. When I expressed surprise, she backed off to "friendly", which I can certainly agree with, especially in my "public service worker" persona, but bubbly? Not how I would describe myself. Not even vaguely.
In other news, I am finding this drabble thing completely addictive. It's not easy to craft a story with beginning, middle, and end in just 100 words, but it's fun, and once I get rolling on an idea it goes so quickly. I tend to ramble in my writing, as well as often using overly complex sentence structures, so being forced to tighten my prose to such an extent is a fascinating exercise, and worthwhile I think. I do suspect, however, that it's a lot easier with fanfic than it would be with original fiction, because the characters, and often times backstory, setting, etc., are already established.
One of the student workers today claimed that I have a bubbly personality. When I expressed surprise, she backed off to "friendly", which I can certainly agree with, especially in my "public service worker" persona, but bubbly? Not how I would describe myself. Not even vaguely.
In other news, I am finding this drabble thing completely addictive. It's not easy to craft a story with beginning, middle, and end in just 100 words, but it's fun, and once I get rolling on an idea it goes so quickly. I tend to ramble in my writing, as well as often using overly complex sentence structures, so being forced to tighten my prose to such an extent is a fascinating exercise, and worthwhile I think. I do suspect, however, that it's a lot easier with fanfic than it would be with original fiction, because the characters, and often times backstory, setting, etc., are already established.
