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Web Services Librarian. Posting whatever catches my eye including, but not limited to, video games, books, and all around flagrant geekery.

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Devil girl. #sanantonio #streetart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9rK3_BnKK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2ocrc6d8b92u

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My Senecio crassissimus overachieving in yellow. :) #succulents #senecio #kalanchoe https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmMzVfBkru/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bqax0h7s7n73

[vrabia]

“ᴍʏ ʙᴀᴛᴛᴇʀʏ ɪs ʟᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ’s ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴅᴀʀᴋ.” || 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, 𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝓎!

[cheaphalloweencostume]

Triscuits are like eating shrapnel from a wicker picnic basket blown up in a tragic salt accident but I still won’t stop shoveling them into my Triscuit Chewer

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Accurate.

[closet-keys]

Pro-tip for anyone applying for a librarian assistant position (or any other library job that doesn’t require an MLS) who has never worked in a library before—

Don’t talk up how much you love books or reading or “calm, quiet environments”

Do talk up ANY customer service experience you have, especially in chaotic environments that required multitasking. Also mention volunteering or anything to show that you like helping people.

I’ve been an interviewer for quite a few Library positions and what we always look for is people who both

Have customer service experience

Still genuinely care about other people despite that

Working in a library is about serving the public all day and holding onto compassion for your community even when things are busy and chaotic and people are rude or downright scary.

It’s one of the reasons leftist activists make great librarians.

You have to be able to work with people and believe that people are fundamentally worth supporting and collaborating with to build and strengthen community. There’s no room for misanthropy- you need to radically care about people.

[intriga-hounds]

can i interest u in a box of friend??

[gigabitch]

@bonelyrover

[broitsablog]

It’s him, it’s Earl Grey

[higgsboshark]

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

[cheskamouse]

This is a powerful positive message..

[greaterumbrage]

My haworthia had some massive blooms. #succulents #haworthia https://www.instagram.com/p/BslNicXhQ3C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1va0h80p8l1sc

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Happy with this little guy. 3D printed body, painted with nail polish, hand knitted scarf. Had lots of fun putting it together. #3dprinting #snowman #ornament #knitting https://www.instagram.com/p/BriFsAlhTrx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15xs2op3nq38t

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3D printing some Christmas ornaments. They both articulate. TAZ6 and MakerBot Replicator. #christmas #snowman #star https://www.instagram.com/p/BrS3kVfBUoc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=108zxj47nphi6

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Found these lovelies outside work. #succulents #plants https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGSc1yBJAG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qsj5fq8eho4i

[anato-finnstark]

Yharnam ( Bloodborne )

PRINT AND OTHER GOODIES AVAILABLE HERE : https://www.redbubble.com/fr/people/anatofinnstark/works/35459189-the-monstrous-city?asc=u

[colorel11]

via

[absinthundblut]

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Much like my taste in music. (JK but there's a lot of it.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqP1J2jAaCB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s4anarjitm45

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3D printed Tromner reflex hammer. PLA on MakerBot. #3dprinting https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNogH1BVls/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jzg2w7a50dh0

[bruinhilda]

As a library worker, there’s something I want to say to you.

You do not have to apologize for the books you choose to read.

At all.  To anyone.  You owe nobody any explanations; you need no excuse or “good reason” to be reading the book.

You do not have to be ashamed for wanting to read “bad” books.  You wanna read Twilight?  We got Twilight.  Need a banal, cookie-cutter-plot mystery or thriller?  Those are always fun.  Our regulars check them out by the towering stack.  Ask Betty for recommendations; she’s read them all.  50 Shades of Oh Fucking No?  We’ve got it, we even got it in large print.  Have fun.  Check out the rest of our porn too.  Oh, and the sex manuals are a MUST if you want to “experiment” yourself.  Don’t be afraid to ask; they’re here for a reason.

Want to read a book written by a huge asshole everyone hates and agree was a monster?  Yeah, we have those.  No, we don’t think you’re an asshole for wanting to know what was actually written in there, or judging things for yourself.

You are not too old for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Babysitter’s Club, or Captain Underpants.  You are not too young for Sherlock Holmes.  There’s nothing wrong with a boy reading The Princess Academy or Sweet Valley High.  There’s nothing wrong with a girl being into The Hardy Boys or Artemis Fowl instead.

You do not have to pull the shame face and offer me an excuse when you check out your books.  I don’t care if I got so angry at that book I threw it against a wall when I read it: you have the right to read it, and enjoy it if it’s enjoyable for you.  THAT’S WHY THE LIBRARY HAS IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.  If we only stocked pure, unproblematic literature everyone approved of, by authors of unquestionable virtue, we wouldn’t have any books at all.  Or music.  Or movies.  It would be utterly fucking boring.  And it certainly wouldn’t be a library.