librarian invasions

So today is my first "official" day in Library School.

It's funny how I came down this career path... it almost seems like fate. If I didn't go that one social event and talked to that one person, I would probably have never even considered it as my future career- or even knew of its existence. And even after I took interest in the field of Library & Information Science, I still had so many doubts and second thoughts. I even turned my acceptance down initially last Spring. But here I am now... I feel at peace with my decision.

I know people usually think of old grannies with buns and knitted sweaters, but here are some "hot" librarians to break the stereotype (sadly, they're all fictional):

Mary, the "hip," stylish librarian played by Parker Posey

yomiko readman, special agent for the British Library in manga "Read or Die"
"I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. ... I am a librarian, and I'm going to kiss you, Mr. O'Connell!" - Evie Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) in one of the Mummy movies

Katharine Hepburn in "the Desk Set"

did ya know batgirl was a librarian?

noah wyle was too!

giles from buffy. what a stud.

my second favorite library scene:

my favorite library scene:

rawr.

ponyo

this movie had all kinds of cute in it~ even if there were too many "egg-y" things in it. *cringing*



i've already seen "spirited away" and "princess mononoke"... must watch the rest of hayao miyazaki films!

happy back-to-school day everyone!

cosplay

Sometime during high school, I decided to accompany my brother (during his obsessive anime phase) to the annual Anime Expo. The only animes I watched at the time were Sailormoon, a little bit of Dragonball when I was younger, and some scattered episodes of Cowboy Bebop & Evangelion. I didn't really know what to expect when I entered the Long Beach Convention Center, but boy~ was I in for a surprise!

There were people of all ages (babies to grandmas), of all ethnicities (I expected only Asians and a couple of geeky, Fogell-esque white guys), of all sizes (a 200 pound guy in a Faye Valentine costume is not a pretty sight) dressed up in wild, gaudy, and (sometimes) slutty costumes of their favorite characters. I mean I knew their fandom consisted of weirdos, but I guess I didn't realize the vast range of weirdos that existed.

But I'm not going to lie... ever since then, I had this strange desire to dress up as Rei Ayanami from Evangelion. There's is something so intriguing about this child: her mysterious origin, her otherworldly nature, her aloof demeanor, her questionable relationship with Shinji's hot dad... Or maybe I just want an excuse to don a short, periwinkle wig.

I used to have this co-worker who I was so intimidated by/felt awkward around, so I made it a point to strike a 5 min.+ conversation with him to overcome this fear (?). I realized the only thing I vaguely had in common with this scary man was our fervent interest in anime (well mine was pretty half-hearted). So, the following day, while we were both washing our cups in the break room, I decided to ever-so-casually ask him which animes he was watching. This dude who barely spoke 3 words to me at a time, started rambling like a used carsalesman. He even let me borrow his dvd, which included this short sweet:



who knew this icy-cold man would have a soft spot for such adorableness?

on a sidenote:


tablo ♥ kang hye jung

I hope when I get a bf, we could be half as cute as them.